The filing of an initial financing statement in the office specified in § 9–501 continues the effectiveness of a pre–effective–date financing statement if: The filing of an initial financing statement in that office would be effective to perfect a security interest under this title, as amended by the Act; The pre–effective–date financing statement was filed in an office in another state; and The initial financing statement satisfies subsection (c). The filing of an initial financing statement under subsection (a) continues the effectiveness of the pre–effective–date financing statement: If the initial financing statement is filed before the Act takes effect, for the period provided in § 9–515, as it existed before the Act takes effect, with respect to an initial financing statement; and If the initial financing statement is filed after the Act takes effect, for the period provided in § 9–515, as amended by the Act, with respect to an initial financing statement. To be effective for purposes of subsection (a), an initial financing statement must: Satisfy the requirements of Subtitle 5, as amended by the Act, for an initial financing statement; Identify the pre–effective–date financing statement by indicating the office in which the financing statement was filed and providing the dates of filing and file numbers, if any, of the financing statement and of the most recent continuation statement filed with respect to the financing statement; and Indicate that the pre–effective–date financing statement remains effective.