Supplementary Provisions, Article 5Transitional Measures Concerning Cumulative Voting
第五条（累積投票に関する経過措置）
An article of incorporation that, at the time the provisions amending Article 256-3 of the Commercial Code and the provisions deleting Article 256-4 of that Code come into effect, provides that cumulative voting is not to be used for the election of directors is deemed to contain a provision that a shareholder holding shares equivalent to one-fourth or more of the total number of issued shares may demand that cumulative voting be used; provided, however, that this does not apply where there is a provision that a shareholder holding shares equivalent to a proportion of one-fourth or less of the total number of issued shares, or more, may make that demand.
商法第二百五十六条ノ三の改正規定及び同法第二百五十六条ノ四を削る改正規定の施行の際現に取締役の選任について累積投票によらないことを定めた定款には、発行済株式の総数の四分の一以上に当たる株式を有する株主が累積投票によるべきことを求めることができる旨の定めがあるものとみなす。ただし、発行済株式の総数の四分の一以下の割合以上に当たる株式を有する株主がその請求をすることができる旨の定めがある場合は、この限りでない。
articles of incorporation
定款
A company's own basic rules, written by its founders when it is formed: at least its purpose, its trade name, where its head office is, the value of the property contributed at incorporation and who the founders are (Companies Act, Article 27). A stock company's must be certified by a notary before it takes effect (Article 30, paragraph (1)), and can later be changed by a resolution of the shareholders meeting (Article 466). Many rules in the Act apply "unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise", so a company's articles decide a great deal of how the Act applies to it.
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 26, 27, 30, 466, 575 as a reference.
director
取締役
An officer of a stock company, elected by the shareholders meeting (Companies Act, Article 329, paragraph (1)). Every stock company has at least one (Article 326, paragraph (1)). Where there is no board of directors, the directors run the company's business unless the articles of incorporation say otherwise (Article 348, paragraph (1)), and each of them represents it unless the company has chosen representative directors (代表取締役) or others to do that (Article 349, paragraphs (1) and (3)). Where there is a board (取締役会, board of directors), the directors are its members, and the board decides the business and normally chooses the representative directors from among them (Article 362). The term normally runs to the annual shareholders meeting for the last business year ending within two years of election (Article 332, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 326, 329, 332, 348, 349, 362 as a reference.