Deposit of the sales prospectus and the asset investment information sheet, and the form of submission to BaFin

(1) The offeror must transmit the sales prospectus to be drawn up for the asset investments to BaFin, as the depositary, before its publication. At the same time as the deposit under the first sentence, the offeror must also deposit the asset investment information sheet drawn up under section 13 with BaFin.
(2) BaFin confirms to the offeror the day of receipt of the sales prospectus and the asset investment information sheet. The deposited sales prospectus and the asset investment information sheet deposited under subsection (1) are kept by BaFin for ten years. The retention period begins at the end of the calendar year in which the sales prospectus and the asset investment information sheet were deposited.
(3) The offeror must, in the case of publication of supplementary particulars under section 11, transmit the supplement to the sales prospectus to BaFin for the purpose of deposit. In the case of an update of the asset investment information sheet under section 13(7), the offeror must transmit an updated version of the asset investment information sheet to BaFin for the purpose of deposit.
(4) Sales prospectuses and asset investment information sheets must be transmitted to BaFin, for review and deposit, electronically and in an electronically searchable format, through its notification and publication system. This applies accordingly to supplements under section 11 and updates under section 13(7).