①Each business year, a bank holding company must prepare explanatory documents for the interim period of the business year that is a part of the business year, which state the particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order as relevant to the status of business and property of the bank holding company and its subsidiary companies, etc. on a consolidated basis, prepare explanatory documents for the entire business year which state these particulars on a consolidated basis, keep those documents at the business offices (excluding unmanned business offices and other offices specified by Cabinet Office Order; the same applies in paragraph (3)) of the banks which are subsidiary companies of the bank holding company, and make those documents available for public inspection. The same applies to the documents prepared pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.

②Explanatory documents for the interim period of the business year and those for the entire business year provided in the first sentence of the preceding paragraph may be prepared as electronic or magnetic records.

③If the explanatory documents for the interim period of the business year and those for the entire business year which are provided for in the first sentence of paragraph (1) or the documents provided for in the second sentence of that paragraph have been prepared as electronic or magnetic records, the bank holding company may take a measure that is specified by Cabinet Office Order as a measure that uses electronic or magnetic means to make the information recorded in an electronic or magnetic record available to many and unspecified persons at the business offices of the banks that are subsidiary companies of the bank holding company. In such a case, the bank holding company is deemed to have kept the explanatory documents for the interim period of the business year and those for the entire business year which are provided for in the first sentence of paragraph (1) or the documents provided for in the second sentence of that paragraph and have made them available for public inspection pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph.

④Beyond what is provided for in the preceding three paragraphs, Cabinet Order prescribes the period of time during which explanatory documents for the interim period of the business year that is a part of the business year and those for the entire business year which are referred to in the first sentence of paragraph (1) and the documents referred to in the second sentence of that paragraph are made available for public inspection and the particulars necessary for the application of those provisions.

⑤In addition to what is provided for in the preceding paragraphs, a bank holding company must endeavor to disclose information which is to serve as a reference for the depositors and other customers of the banks that are its subsidiary companies to learn the status of business and property of the bank holding company and its subsidiary companies, etc.