Companies Act

The stock company splitting in an incorporation-type split or the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from a share transfer must, without delay after the day of formation of the company incorporated in the incorporation-type split or the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a hare transfer, prepare what are provided for in the following items for the categories set forth respectively in those items, jointly with the company incorporated in the incorporation-type split or the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer:

stock company splitting in the incorporation-type split:documents detailing the rights and obligations that the company incorporated in the incorporation-type split succeeded to by transfer from the stock company splitting in the incorporation-type split through the incorporation-type company split and any other information prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as concerning an incorporation-type company split, or electronic or magnetic records in which the information has been recorded; and

wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from a share transfer:documents detailing the number of shares of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from a share transfer acquired by the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer and any other information prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as concerning a share transfer, or electronic or magnetic records in which the information has been recorded.

The stock company splitting in an incorporation-type split or the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from a share transfer must, for a period of six months from the day of formation of the company incorporated in the incorporation-type split or the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer, keep the documents or electronic or magnetic records set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph at its head office.

Shareholders, creditors and any other interested parties of a stock company splitting in the incorporation-type split may make the following requests to the stock company splitting in the incorporation-type split at any time during its business hours; provided, however, that the fees designated by the stock company splitting in the incorporation-type split are required to be paid in order to make the requests set forth in item (ii) or item (iv):

requests for inspection of the documents set forth in the preceding paragraph;

requests for delivery of a transcript or extract of the documents referred to in the preceding paragraph;

a request to inspect anything that is used in a manner prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order to display the information recorded in an electronic or magnetic record as referred to in the preceding paragraph; and

a request to be provided with the information recorded in an electronic or magnetic record as referred to in the preceding paragraph by an electronic or magnetic means that the stock company splitting in the incorporation-type split has designated, or a request to be issued a document showing that information.

The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to a wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from a share transfer. In these cases, the phrase "shareholders, creditors and any other interested parties of a stock company splitting in the incorporation-type split" is deemed to be replaced with "persons who were shareholders or holders of share options of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from a share transfer as of the day of formation of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer".

The provisions of Article 445, paragraph (4), Article 458 and Part II, Chapter V, Section 6 do not apply to the acts set forth below:

acquisition of shares referred to in Article 763, paragraph (1), item (xii), (a) or Article 765, paragraph (1), item (viii), (a); and

distribution of dividends of surplus referred to in Article 763, paragraph (1), item (xii), (b) or Article 765, paragraph (1), item (viii), (b).

A membership company conducting any one of the acts below must obtain the consent of all members of the membership company with regard to the consolidation-type merger agreement, etc.;provided, however, that this does not apply if it is otherwise provided for in the articles of incorporation:

consolidation-type merger; or

incorporation-type company split (limited to cases where another company succeeds to all of the rights and obligations held by relevant membership company (limited to a limited liability company) in connection with its business).

The provisions of Article 810 (excluding paragraph (1), item (iii) and paragraph (2), item (iii)) apply mutatis mutandis to a membership company disappearing in a consolidation-type merger and to a company splitting in an incorporation-type split that is a limited liability company (hereinafter referred to as the "limited liability company splitting in the incorporation-type split" in this Section). In these cases, the phrase "creditors of the stock company splitting in the incorporation-type split who are unable to request the stock company splitting in the incorporation-type split to perform the obligations (including performance of the guarantee obligations that the stock company splitting in the incorporation-type split jointly and severally assumes with the company incorporated in the incorporation-type split as a guarantor) (or, if there are provisions on the matter set forth in Article 763, paragraph (1), item (xii) or Article 765, paragraph (1), item (viii), creditors of the stock company splitting in the incorporation-type split)" in Article 810, paragraph (1), item (ii) is deemed to be replaced with "creditors of the stock company splitting in the incorporation-type split who are unable to request the stock company splitting in the incorporation-type split to perform the obligations (including performance of the guarantee obligations that the stock company splitting in the incorporation-type split jointly and severally assumes with the company incorporated in the incorporation-type split as a guarantor)" and the term "disappearing stock company, etc." in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "membership company disappearing in the consolidation-type merger (limited to a limited liability company if the company incorporated in the consolidation-type merger is a stock company or a limited liability company) or the limited liability company splitting in the incorporation-type split".

The provisions of Part II, Chapter I (excluding Article 27 (excluding items (iv) and (v)), Article 29, Article 31, Article 37, paragraph (3), Article 39, Section 6 and Article 49) do not apply to incorporation of the stock company incorporated in a consolidation-type merger, the stock company incorporated in an incorporation-type split, or a wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer (hereinafter referred to as an "incorporated stock company to be incorporated" in this Division).

The articles of incorporation of an incorporated stock company to be incorporated are prepared by the consolidated company, etc.

The stock company incorporated in a consolidation-type merger must, without delay after the day of its formation, prepare documents detailing the rights and obligations that the stock company incorporated in the consolidation-type merger succeeded to by transfer from the companies disappearing in the consolidation-type merger and any other information prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as concerning a consolidation-type merger, or electronic or magnetic records in which the information has been recorded.

The stock company incorporated in an incorporation-type split (limited to the stock company incorporated in the incorporation-type split where only one or multiple limited liability companies effect an incorporation-type company split) must, without delay after the day of its formation, prepare, jointly with the limited liability company splitting in the incorporation-type split, documents detailing the rights and obligations that the stock company incorporated in the incorporation-type split succeeded to by transfer from the limited liability company splitting in the incorporation-type split through the incorporation-type company split and any other information prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as concerning an incorporation-type company split, or electronic or magnetic records in which the information has been recorded.

Each of the stock companies to be incorporated set forth in the following items must, for a period of six months from the day of its formation, keep what is specified respectively in those items at its head office:

stock company incorporated in a consolidation-type merger:the documents or electronic or magnetic records referred to in paragraph (1), and documents detailing the contents of the consolidation-type merger agreement and other information prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order, or electronic or magnetic records in which the information has been recorded;

stock company incorporated in an incorporation-type split:the documents or electronic or magnetic records referred to in the preceding paragraph or Article 811, paragraph (1), item (i); and

wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer:the documents or electronic or magnetic records referred to in Article 811, paragraph (1), item (ii).

Shareholders and creditors of the stock company incorporated in a consolidation-type merger may make the following requests to the stock company incorporated in the consolidation-type merger at any time during its business hours; provided, however, that the fees designated by the stock company incorporated in the consolidation-type merger are required to be paid in order to make the requests set forth in item (ii) or item (iv):

requests for inspection of the documents set forth in item (i) of the preceding paragraph;

requests for delivery of a transcript or extract of the documents referred to in item (i) of the preceding paragraph;

a request to inspect anything that is used in a manner prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order to display the information recorded in an electronic or magnetic record as referred to in item (i) of the preceding paragraph; and

a request to be provided with the information recorded in an electronic or magnetic record as referred to in item (i) of the preceding paragraph by an electronic or magnetic means that the stock company incorporated in the consolidation-type merger has designated, or a request to be issued a document showing that information.

The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to the stock company incorporated in the incorporation-type split. In these cases, the phrase "shareholders and creditors" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "shareholders, creditors and any other interested parties", and the term "item (i) of the preceding paragraph" in the items of that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "item (ii) of the preceding paragraph".

The provisions of paragraph (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer. In these cases, the phrase "shareholders and creditors" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "shareholders and share option holders", and the term "item (i) of the preceding paragraph" in the items of that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "item (iii) of the preceding paragraph".

The provisions of Article 575 and Article 578 do not apply to incorporation of a membership company incorporated in a consolidation-type merger or a membership company incorporated in an incorporation-type split (referred to as an "incorporated membership company" in the following paragraph).

The articles of incorporation of an incorporated membership company are prepared by the consolidated company, etc.

A parent company resulting from a partial share exchange must keep documents detailing the content of the partial share exchange plan and matters otherwise prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order or electronic or magnetic records in which the information has been recorded at its head office from the day on which the partial share exchange plan began to be kept until six months after the partial share exchange takes effect (hereinafter referred to in this Section as the "effective day").

"The day on which the partial share exchange plan began to be kept" prescribed in the preceding paragraph is the earliest of the following dates:

if the partial share exchange plan is required to be approved by a resolution at a shareholders meeting (including a general meeting of class shareholders), the day two weeks prior to the day of the shareholders meeting (or, in the cases prescribed in Article 319, paragraph (1), the day when the proposal under that paragraph is submitted);

the day of notice pursuant to the provisions of Article 816-6, paragraph (3) or the day of the public notice under paragraph (4) of that Article, whichever comes first; or

if the procedures under the provisions of Article 816-8 are required to be carried out, the day of the public notice under the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article or the day of the notice under the provisions of that paragraph, whichever is earlier.

The shareholders of the parent company resulting from a partial share exchange (in cases other than cases where the monies, etc. (excluding the shares of the parent company resulting from a partial share exchange) to be delivered to the transferors of shares and share options, etc. of the subsidiary company resulting from a partial share exchange from the partial share exchange are limited to shares in the parent company resulting from a partial share exchange or those prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as being equivalent to shares in the parent company resulting from a partial share exchange, shareholders and creditors) may make the following requests to the parent company resulting from a partial share exchange at any time during its business hours; provided, however, that the fees designated by relevant parent company resulting from a partial share exchange are required to be paid in order to submit the requests set forth in items (ii) or (iv):

a request for inspection of the documents referred to in paragraph (1);

a request for delivery of a transcript or extract of the documents referred to in paragraph (1);

a request to inspect anything that is used in a manner prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order to display the information recorded in an electronic or magnetic record as referred to in paragraph (1); and

a request to be provided with the information recorded in an electronic or magnetic record as referred to in paragraph (1) by an electronic or magnetic means that the parent company resulting from a partial share exchange has designated, or a request to be issued a document showing that information.

A parent company resulting from a partial share exchange must receive approval for the partial share exchange plan by resolution at a general meeting of members by the day immediately prior to the effective day.

If the book value of the monies, etc. (excluding shares, etc. of the parent company resulting from a partial share exchange) delivered to transferors of shares and share options, etc. of the subsidiary company resulting from a partial share exchange by the parent company resulting from a partial share exchange exceeds the amount prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as the amount of shares and share options, etc. of the subsidiary company resulting from a partial share exchange to be acquired by the parent company resulting from a partial share exchange, a director must explain to that effect at the shareholders meeting referred to in the preceding paragraph.

If a parent company resulting from a partial share exchange is a company with class shares, in the cases set forth in the following items, a partial share exchange does not become effective without a resolution at a general meeting of class shareholders constituted by class shareholders of the class of shares provided for respectively in those items (limited to shares with a restriction on transfer and for which the provisions of the articles of incorporation referred to in Article 199, paragraph (4) do not exist) (if there are two or more classes of shares relating to the relevant class shareholders, the respective general meetings of class shareholders constituted by class shareholders categorized by the class of the relevant two or more classes of shares); provided, however, that this does not apply to cases where there is no class shareholder who is able to exercise a voting right at the relevant general meeting of class shareholders:

if the monies, etc. delivered to transferors of shares of the subsidiary company resulting from a partial share exchange are shares of the parent company resulting from a partial share exchange:the class of shares set forth in Article 774-3, paragraph (1), item (iii);

if the monies, etc. delivered to transferors of share options, etc. of the subsidiary company resulting from a partial share exchange are shares of the parent company resulting from a partial share exchange:the class of shares referred to in Article 774-3, paragraph (1), item (viii), (a).