Kadar ima fizična ali pravna oseba po lastni pridobitvi ali po pridobitvi oseb, ki z njo delujejo usklajeno, vrednostne papirje družbe iz člena 1(1), ki ji skupaj z deležem teh vrednostnih papirjev, ki jih že ima ali ki ga že imajo osebe, ki z njo delujejo usklajeno, posredno ali neposredno dajejo določen odstotek glasovalnih pravic v tej družbi in s tem kontrolo nad družbo, države članice zagotovijo, da se od te osebe zahteva ponudba kot način zaščite manjšinskih delničarjev te družbe.
1.Where a natural or legal person, as a result of his/her own acquisition or the acquisition by persons acting in concert with him/her, holds securities of a company as referred to in Article 1(1) which, added to any existing holdings of those securities of his/hers and the holdings of those securities of persons acting in concert with him/her, directly or indirectly give him/her a specified percentage of voting rights in that company, giving him/her control of that company, Member States shall ensure that such a person is required to make a bid as a means of protecting the minority shareholders of that company.