Companies Act

The wholly owning parent limited liability company resulting from a share exchange acquires all of the issued shares of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from the share exchange (excluding shares of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from the share exchange already held by the wholly owning parent limited liability company resulting from the share exchange) on the effective day.

In the case set forth in the preceding paragraph, the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from the share exchange is deemed to have given the approval set forth in Article 137, paragraph (1) with regard to the acquisition of shares of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from the share exchange (limited to shares with a restriction on transfer, and excluding those already held by the wholly owning parent limited liability company resulting from the share exchange prior to the effective day) by the wholly owning parent limited liability company resulting from the share exchange.

In the case prescribed in paragraph (1), item (ii) of the preceding Article, the shareholders of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from the share exchange, in accordance with the provisions on the matters set forth in that item, become members of the wholly owning parent limited liability company resulting from the share exchange on the effective day. In these cases, the wholly owning parent limited liability company resulting from the share exchange is deemed to have effected changes to the articles of incorporation relating to the members set forth in that item on the effective day.

If there are provisions on the matter set forth in paragraph (1), item (iii), (a) of the preceding Article, the shareholders of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from the share exchange, in accordance with the provisions on the matter set forth in item (iv) of that paragraph, become holders of bonds relevant in item (iii), (a) of that paragraph on the effective day.

The provisions of the preceding paragraphs do not apply if procedures under the provisions of Article 799 (excluding paragraph (2), item (iii)) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 802, paragraph (2) are not completed yet or where the share exchange is cancelled.

One or multiple stock companies may effect a share transfer. In these cases, relevant companies must prepare a share transfer plan.

If two or more stock companies jointly effect a share transfer, those two or more stock companies must prepare the share transfer plan jointly.

If one or multiple stock companies effect a share transfer, those companies must prescribe the following matters in the share transfer plan:

the purpose, trade name, location of the head office, and the total number of authorized shares of the stock company incorporated in the share transfer (hereinafter referred to as the "wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer" in this Part);

beyond what is set forth in the preceding item, the matters provided for in the articles of incorporation of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer;

the names of the directors at incorporation of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer;

the matters provided for in (a) through (c) below for the categories of cases set forth respectively therein:

if the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer is a company with accounting advisor:the name of the accounting advisor at incorporation of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer;

if the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer is a company with company auditor (including a stock company the articles of incorporation of which provide that the scope of the audit by its company auditor is limited to an audit related to accounting):the name of the company auditor at incorporation of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer; or

if the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer is a company with financial auditor:the name of the financial Auditor at incorporation of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer;

the number of shares (or, for a company with class shares, the classes of the shares and the number of the shares for each class) of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer to be delivered by the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer to shareholders of the stock company effecting the share transfer (hereinafter referred to as the "wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from a share transfer" in this Part) in lieu of the shares thereof, when effecting the share transfer, or the method for calculating the numbers, and matters concerning the amount of the stated capital and capital reserves of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer;

matters concerning allotment of the shares set forth in the preceding item to shareholders of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from a share transfer;

if the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer is to deliver to shareholders of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from a share transfer bonds, etc. of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer in lieu of the shares thereof when effecting the share transfer, the following matters concerning relevant bonds, etc.:

if relevant bonds, etc. are bonds of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer (excluding those concerning bonds with share options), the description of the classes of relevant bonds and the total amount for each class of bonds, or the method for calculating that total amount;

if the relevant bonds, etc. are share options of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer (excluding those attached to bonds with share options), the description of the features and number of relevant share options, or the method for calculating the number; or

if relevant bonds, etc. are bonds with share options of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer, the matters prescribed in (a) concerning relevant bonds with share options and the matters prescribed in (b) concerning the share options attached to relevant bonds with share options;

in the case prescribed in the preceding item, matters concerning allotment of bonds, etc. set forth in that item to shareholders of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from a share transfer;

if the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer is to deliver to holders of share options of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from a share transfer share options of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer in lieu of relevant share options at the time of the share transfer, the following matters concerning relevant share options:

the description of the features of the share options held by holders of share options of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from a share transfer who will receive delivery of share options of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer (hereinafter referred to as "share options under share transfer plan" in this Part);

the description of the features and number of share options of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer to be delivered to holders of share options under share transfer plan, or the method for calculating the number; and

if share options under share transfer plan are share options attached to bonds with share options, a statement to the effect that the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer will succeed to the obligations relating to bonds regarding to the bonds with share options and the description of the classes of the bonds subject to relevant succession and the total amount for each class of bonds, or the method for calculating that total amount; and

in the case prescribed in the preceding item, matters concerning allotment of the share options of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer referred to in that item to holders of share options under share transfer plan.

If a wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer is a company with audit and supervisory committee, the matters set forth in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph must be prescribed by distinguishing directors at incorporation who are audit and supervisory committee member at incorporation and other directors at incorporation.

In the case prescribed in paragraph (1), if the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from a share transfer is a company with class shares, the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from a share transfer may provide for the following matters in prescribing the matters set forth in item (vi) of that paragraph in accordance with the features of the classes of shares issued by the stock company disappearing in the absorption-type merger:

if there is any arrangement that no shares of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer are allotted to shareholders of a certain class of shares, a statement to that effect and relevant class of shares; and

beyond the matters set forth in the preceding item, if there is any arrangement that each class of shares is to be treated differently with respect to allotment of shares of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer, a statement to that effect and the details of relevant different treatment.

In the case prescribed in paragraph (1), the provisions on the matters set forth in item (vi) of that paragraph must be provisions in which the shares of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer are delivered in proportion to the number of the shares (or, if there are provisions on the matters set forth in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph, the number of the shares of each class) held by the shareholders of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from a share transfer (excluding the shareholders of the class of shares referred to in item (i) of the preceding paragraph).

The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to the matters mentioned in paragraph (1), item (viii). In these cases, the term "shares of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer" in the preceding two paragraphs is deemed to be replaced with "bonds, etc. of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer".

The wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer acquires all of the issued shares of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from a share transfer on the day of its formation.

The shareholders of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from a share transfer, in accordance with the provisions on the matters set forth in paragraph (1), item (vi) of the preceding Article, become shareholders of the shares set forth in item (v) of that paragraph on the day of formation of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer.

In the cases set forth in the following items, the shareholders of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from a share transfer become the persons specified in each of those items, in accordance with the provisions on the matters set forth in paragraph (1), item (viii) of the preceding Article, on the day of formation of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer:

if there are provisions on the matters set forth in paragraph (1), item (vii), (a) of the preceding Article:the holders of bonds referred to in (a) of that item;

if there are provisions on the matters set forth in paragraph (1), item (vii), (b) of the preceding Article:the holders of share options referred to in (b) of that item; or

if there are provisions on the matters set forth in paragraph (1), item (vii), (c) of the preceding Article:the holders of bonds constituting bonds with share options referred to in (c) of that item, and holders of the share options attached to those bonds.

In the case prescribed in paragraph (1), item (ix) of the preceding Article, the share options under share transfer plan are extinguished and the holders of the share options under share transfer plan become holders of the share options of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer referred to in item (ix), (b) of that paragraph, in accordance with the provisions on the matters set forth in item (x) of that paragraph, on the day of formation of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer.

In the case prescribed in paragraph (1), item (ix), (c) of the preceding Article, the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer succeeds to the obligations relating to bonds regarding to the bonds with share options set forth in (c) of that item on the day of its formation.