A stock company may issue two or more classes of shares with different features which have different provisions on the following matters; provided, however, that a company with nominating committee, etc. and a public company may not issue shares of a class that has provisions in relation to the matters set forth in item (ix):
株式会社は、次に掲げる事項について異なる定めをした内容の異なる二以上の種類の株式を発行することができる。ただし、指名委員会等設置会社及び公開会社は、第九号に掲げる事項についての定めがある種類の株式を発行することができない。
dividends of surplus;
剰余金の配当
distribution of residual assets;
残余財産の分配
capacity to exercise the right to vote at a shareholders meeting;
株主総会において議決権を行使することができる事項
that the approval of relevant stock company is required for the acquisition of relevant class shares by transfer;
譲渡による当該種類の株式の取得について当該株式会社の承認を要すること。
that shareholders may demand that relevant stock company acquire relevant class shares held by the shareholders;
当該種類の株式について、株主が当該株式会社に対してその取得を請求することができること。
that relevant stock company may acquire relevant class shares on condition of certain grounds arising;
当該種類の株式について、当該株式会社が一定の事由が生じたことを条件としてこれを取得することができること。
that relevant stock company acquires all of relevant class shares by a resolution at the shareholders meeting;
当該種類の株式について、当該株式会社が株主総会の決議によってその全部を取得すること。
regarding the matters to be resolved at a shareholders meeting (or at a shareholders meeting or board of directors meeting for a company with board of directors, or at a shareholders meeting or board of liquidators meeting for a company with board of liquidators (meaning the company with board of liquidators as provided for Article 478, paragraph (8); hereinafter the same applies in this Article)), that require, in addition to relevant resolution, a resolution at a general meeting of class shareholders constituted by the class shareholders of relevant class shares;
株主総会(取締役会設置会社にあっては株主総会又は取締役会、清算人会設置会社(第四百七十八条第八項に規定する清算人会設置会社をいう。以下この条において同じ。)にあっては株主総会又は清算人会)において決議すべき事項のうち、当該決議のほか、当該種類の株式の種類株主を構成員とする種類株主総会の決議があることを必要とするもの
that directors (in cases of a company with audit and supervisory committee, a director who is an audit and supervisory committee member or other directors; the same applies in item (ix) of the following paragraph and Article 112, paragraph (1)) or company auditors are elected at a general meeting of class shareholders constituted by the class shareholders of relevant class shares.
If a stock company issues two or more classes of shares with different features that have different provisions on the following matters, it must provide for the matters prescribed in each of these items and the total number of authorized shares in a class in the articles of incorporation:
株式会社は、次の各号に掲げる事項について内容の異なる二以上の種類の株式を発行する場合には、当該各号に定める事項及び発行可能種類株式総数を定款で定めなければならない。
regarding dividends of surplus:the method for determining the dividend property to be delivered to the shareholders of relevant classes, the conditions for dividends of surplus, and other features relating to dividends of surplus;
剰余金の配当 当該種類の株主に交付する配当財産の価額の決定の方法、剰余金の配当をする条件その他剰余金の配当に関する取扱いの内容
regarding the distribution of residual assets:the method for determining the value of the residual assets to be delivered to the shareholders of relevant classes, the kinds of relevant residual assets, and other features of treatment relating to the distribution of residual assets;
残余財産の分配 当該種類の株主に交付する残余財産の価額の決定の方法、当該残余財産の種類その他残余財産の分配に関する取扱いの内容
regarding the matter of capacity to exercise the right to vote at shareholders meetings: the following matters:
株主総会において議決権を行使することができる事項 次に掲げる事項
the matters in relation to which the voting right may be exercised at a shareholders meeting; and
株主総会において議決権を行使することができる事項
if any condition on the exercise of the voting right is to be prescribed for relevant class shares, the condition;
当該種類の株式につき議決権の行使の条件を定めるときは、その条件
regarding the fact that the approval of relevant stock company is required for the acquisition of relevant class shares by transfer:the matters prescribed in paragraph (2), item (i) of the preceding Article with respect to relevant class shares;
譲渡による当該種類の株式の取得について当該株式会社の承認を要すること 当該種類の株式についての前条第二項第一号に定める事項
regarding the fact that shareholders may demand that relevant stock company acquire relevant class shares held by the shareholders: the following matters:
当該種類の株式について、株主が当該株式会社に対してその取得を請求することができること 次に掲げる事項
the matters prescribed in paragraph (2), item (ii) of the preceding Article with respect to relevant class shares;
当該種類の株式についての前条第二項第二号に定める事項
if, in exchange for the acquisition of one share of relevant class shares, other shares of relevant stock company are delivered to relevant shareholders, the class of relevant other shares and the total number of each class, or the method for calculating the number;
当該種類の株式一株を取得するのと引換えに当該株主に対して当該株式会社の他の株式を交付するときは、当該他の株式の種類及び種類ごとの数又はその算定方法
regarding the fact that relevant stock company may acquire relevant class shares on condition of certain grounds arising: the following matters:
当該種類の株式について、当該株式会社が一定の事由が生じたことを条件としてこれを取得することができること 次に掲げる事項
the matters prescribed in paragraph (2), item (iii) of the preceding Article with respect to relevant class shares;
当該種類の株式についての前条第二項第三号に定める事項
if, in exchange for the acquisition of one share of relevant class shares, other shares of relevant stock company are delivered to relevant shareholders, the class of relevant other shares and the total number of each class, or the method for calculating the number;
当該種類の株式一株を取得するのと引換えに当該株主に対して当該株式会社の他の株式を交付するときは、当該他の株式の種類及び種類ごとの数又はその算定方法
regarding the fact that relevant stock company acquires all of relevant class of shares by a resolution at a shareholders meeting: the following matters:
当該種類の株式について、当該株式会社が株主総会の決議によってその全部を取得すること 次に掲げる事項
the method for determining the value of the acquisition price prescribed in Article 171, paragraph (1), item (i);
第百七十一条第一項第一号に規定する取得対価の価額の決定の方法
if any condition is to be prescribed on whether or not the resolution at relevant shareholders meeting may be effected, the condition;
当該株主総会の決議をすることができるか否かについての条件を定めるときは、その条件
regarding the matters to be resolved at a shareholders meeting (or at a shareholders meeting or board of directors meeting for a company with board of directors, or at a shareholders meeting or board of liquidators meeting for a company with board of liquidators), that require, in addition to relevant resolution, a resolution at a general meeting of class shareholders constituted by the class shareholders of relevant class shares: the following matters:
the matters for which the resolution at relevant general meeting of class shareholders is required; and
当該種類株主総会の決議があることを必要とする事項
if any condition for which the resolution at relevant general meeting of class shareholders is required is to be prescribed, the condition;
当該種類株主総会の決議を必要とする条件を定めるときは、その条件
regarding the fact that directors or company auditors are elected at a general meeting of class shareholders constituted by the class shareholders of relevant class shares: the following matters:
the election of directors or company auditors at a general meeting of class shareholders constituted by relevant class shareholders and the number of directors or company auditors to be elected;
if some or all of the directors or company auditors who may be elected pursuant to the provisions of (a) are elected jointly with other class shareholders, the class of the shares held by relevant other class shareholders, and the number of directors or company auditors to be elected jointly;
イの定めにより選任することができる取締役又は監査役の全部又は一部を他の種類株主と共同して選任することとするときは、当該他の種類株主の有する株式の種類及び共同して選任する取締役又は監査役の数
if there is any condition that alters the matters set forth in (a) or (b),the condition, and the matters set forth in (a) or (b) after the alternation if that condition is fulfilled; and
イ又はロに掲げる事項を変更する条件があるときは、その条件及びその条件が成就した場合における変更後のイ又はロに掲げる事項
beyond what is set forth in (a) through (c), any matter prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order.
イからハまでに掲げるもののほか、法務省令で定める事項
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, with respect to some or all of the matters prescribed in each item of the same paragraph (limited to the amount of dividends which may be received by class shareholders of classes with different features with respect to dividends of surplus, and other matters prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order), it may be provided in the articles of incorporation to the effect that the matters are determined by a resolution at a shareholders meeting (or at a shareholders meeting or board of directors meeting for a company with board of directors, or at a shareholders meeting or board of liquidators meeting for a company with board of liquidators) by the time of the first issue of relevant class shares. In these cases, an outline of the features thereof must be provided for in the articles of incorporation.
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(Special Provisions on Features of Shares)
regarding the fact that the approval of relevant stock company is required for the acquisition of relevant shares by transfer: the matters set forth below:
譲渡による当該株式の取得について当該株式会社の承認を要すること 次に掲げる事項
Open this provision(Special Provisions on Features of Shares)
regarding the fact that shareholders may demand that relevant stock company acquire relevant shares held by relevant shareholders: the matters set forth below:
当該株式について、株主が当該株式会社に対してその取得を請求することができること 次に掲げる事項
Open this provision(Special Provisions on Features of Shares)
regarding the fact that relevant stock company may acquire relevant shares on condition of certain grounds arising: the matters set forth below:
当該株式について、当該株式会社が一定の事由が生じたことを条件としてこれを取得することができること 次に掲げる事項
Open this provision(Shares of Different Classes)
A stock company may issue two or more classes of shares with different features which have different provisions on the following matters; provided, however, that a company with nominating committee…
株式会社は、次に掲げる事項について異なる定めをした内容の異なる二以上の種類の株式を発行することができる。ただし、指名委員会等設置会社及び公開会社は、第九号に掲げる事項についての定めがある種類の株式を発行することができない。
Open this provision(Shares of Different Classes)
that directors (in cases of a company with audit and supervisory committee, a director who is an audit and supervisory committee member or other directors; the same applies in item (ix) of the…
当該種類の株式の種類株主を構成員とする種類株主総会において取締役(監査等委員会設置会社にあっては、監査等委員である取締役又はそれ以外の取締役。次項第九号及び第百十二条第一項において同じ。)又は監査役を選任すること。
Open this provision(Shares of Different Classes)
If a stock company issues two or more classes of shares with different features that have different provisions on the following matters, it must provide for the matters prescribed in each of these…
株式会社は、次の各号に掲げる事項について内容の異なる二以上の種類の株式を発行する場合には、当該各号に定める事項及び発行可能種類株式総数を定款で定めなければならない。
Open this provision(Shares of Different Classes)
regarding the fact that directors or company auditors are elected at a general meeting of class shareholders constituted by the class shareholders of relevant class shares: the following matters:
当該種類の株式の種類株主を構成員とする種類株主総会において取締役又は監査役を選任すること 次に掲げる事項
Open this provision(Special Provisions on Abolition of Provisions in Articles of Incorporation on Class Shares in Relation to Election of Directors)
The provisions in the articles of incorporation on the matters set forth in Article 108, paragraph (2), item (ix) (limited to those on directors) are deemed to have been abolished…
第百八条第二項第九号に掲げる事項(取締役に関するものに限る。)についての定款の定めは、この法律又は定款で定めた取締役の員数を欠いた場合において、そのために当該員数に足りる数の取締役を選任することができないときは、廃止されたものとみなす。
Open this provision(Determinations Regarding Acquisition of Shares Subject to Class-Wide Call)
if monies, etc. will be delivered in exchange for the acquisition of the shares subject to class-wide call, the following matters with respect to relevant monies…
全部取得条項付種類株式を取得するのと引換えに金銭等を交付するときは、当該金銭等(以下この条において「取得対価」という。)についての次に掲げる事項
Open this provision(Assumption of Office of Liquidators)
The provisions of Article 330, Article 331, paragraph (1), and Article 331-2 apply mutatis mutandis to liquidators, and the provisions of paragraph (5) of Article 331 apply mutatis mutandis to…
第三百三十条、第三百三十一条第一項及び第三百三十一条の二の規定は清算人について、第三百三十一条第五項の規定は清算人会設置会社(清算人会を置く清算株式会社又はこの法律の規定により清算人会を置かなければならない清算株式会社をいう。以下同じ。)について、それぞれ準用する。
Open this provisionpublic company
「公開会社」
A stock company whose articles of incorporation do not require the company's approval for transfers of at least some of its shares; it need not be listed on a stock exchange.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (v)· applies throughout the law
company with board of directors
「取締役会設置会社」
A stock company that has a board of directors, or that this Act requires to have one.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (vii)· applies throughout the law
company with audit and supervisory committee
「監査等委員会設置会社」
A stock company that has an audit and supervisory committee, made up of directors.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xi-2)· applies throughout the law
company with nominating committee, etc.machine translation
「指名委員会等設置会社」
A stock company with a nominating committee, an audit committee and a remuneration committee, each made up of directors.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xii)· applies throughout the law
class shareholders
「種類株主」
A shareholder holding a particular class of shares in a company with class shares.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xiv)
general meeting of class shareholders
「種類株主総会」
A meeting of the shareholders who hold a particular class of shares in a company with class shares.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xiv)· applies throughout the law
dividend property
「配当財産」
The money or other property a stock company hands out when it pays a dividend of surplus.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xxv)· applies throughout the law
audit and supervisory committee membermachine translation
「監査等委員」
A member of the audit and supervisory committee of a company with audit and supervisory committee.
Defined inArticle 38, paragraph (2)
total number of authorized shares in a classmachine translation
「発行可能種類株式総数」
The total number of shares of one class that a stock company is authorized to issue.
Defined inArticle 101, paragraph (1), item (iii)
company with board of liquidatorsmachine translation
「清算人会設置会社」
A liquidating stock company that has a board of liquidators, or that this Act requires to have one.
Defined inArticle 108, paragraph (1), item (viii)· applies only in this article
consideration for acquisition
「取得対価」
The money or other property a company hands shareholders in exchange for acquiring its shares subject to class-wide call.
Short name set inArticle 171, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies only in this article
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.
board of directors
取締役会
The body made up of all of a stock company's directors (Companies Act, Article 362, paragraph (1)). It decides how the company's business is carried out, supervises the directors, and appoints and removes the representative directors (代表取締役) (Article 362, paragraphs (2) and (3)) — except in a company with a nominating committee and the other committees (指名委員会等設置会社), where it appoints representative executive officers (代表執行役) instead (Articles 416 and 420). Some decisions, such as disposing of important assets or borrowing a large amount, it normally may not hand to the directors (Article 362, paragraph (4)). A company with an audit and supervisory committee (監査等委員会設置会社) can hand more of them to directors (Article 399-13, paragraphs (5) and (6)), and a company with the committees hands them to executive officers (執行役) rather than directors (Article 416, paragraphs (3) and (4)). A company chooses in its articles of incorporation whether to have one (Article 326, paragraph (2)), but a public company (公開会社), among others, must (Article 327, paragraph (1)): a public company is one whose articles of incorporation let at least some of its shares change hands without the company's approval (Article 2, item (v)). A company with a board must have at least three directors (Article 331, paragraph (5)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 2, 326, 327, 331, 362, 399-13, 416, 420 as a reference.
company auditor
監査役
An officer of a stock company, elected by the shareholders meeting (Companies Act, Article 329, paragraph (1)), whose job is to audit how the directors carry out their duties and to write an audit report on it (Article 381, paragraph (1)). Not an outside accountant — that is the financial auditor (会計監査人) — and not a director: a company auditor may not also be a director or employee of the company or its subsidiaries (Article 335, paragraph (2)). The term normally runs to the annual shareholders meeting for the last business year ending within four years of election (Article 336, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 329, 335, 336, 381 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.
shareholders meeting
株主総会
The meeting of a stock company's shareholders, and the body through which they decide the company's basic matters. It elects the directors and company auditors (Companies Act, Article 329, paragraph (1)) and changes the articles of incorporation (Article 466). In a company without a board of directors it may decide any matter about the company; in one with a board, only what the Act or the articles of incorporation leave to it (Article 295). An annual shareholders meeting must be called after the end of every business year, and another may be called whenever needed (Article 296). A resolution normally passes by a majority of the votes present, with holders of a majority of the votes entitled to vote attending (Article 309, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 295, 296, 309, 329, 466 as a reference.