1096. (1) For the purposes of serving notices of meetings, whether under section 218, any other enactment, a provision in the articles or any other instrument, a participating issuer may determine that persons entitled to receive such notices are those persons entered on the relevant register of securities at the close of business on a day determined by the participating issuer.

(2) The day determined by a participating issuer under subsection (1) may not be more than 7 days before the day that the notices of the meeting are sent.

(3) In this section “register of securities” has the same meaning as subsection (3) of section 1095 provides it is to have in that section.