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Article 151Effect of Pledging Shares

第百五十一条(株式の質入れの効果)

If a stock company carries out any of the acts set forth below, the pledge for shares is effective with respect to the monies, etc. (meaning monies and other properties; the same applies hereinafter) which the shareholders of relevant shares are entitled to receive as a result of relevant act:

株式会社が次に掲げる行為をした場合には、株式を目的とする質権は、当該行為によって当該株式の株主が受けることのできる金銭等(金銭その他の財産をいう。以下同じ。)について存在する。

the acquisition of shares with put options pursuant to the provisions Article 167, paragraph (1);

the acquisition of shares subject to call pursuant to the provisions of Article 170, paragraph (1);

第百七十条第一項の規定による取得条項付株式の取得

the acquisition of shares subject to class-wide call provided for in Article 171, paragraph (1) pursuant to the provisions of Article 173, paragraph (1);

第百七十三条第一項の規定による第百七十一条第一項に規定する全部取得条項付種類株式の取得

consolidation of shares;

株式の併合

share split;

株式の分割

allotment of shares without contribution provided for in Article 185;

第百八十五条に規定する株式無償割当て

allotment of share options without contribution provided for in Article 277;

第二百七十七条に規定する新株予約権無償割当て

dividends of surplus;

剰余金の配当

distribution of residual assets;

残余財産の分配

merger (but only if the stock company disappears in the merger);

合併(合併により当該株式会社が消滅する場合に限る。)

acquisition of shares (excluding the acts set forth in item (i) through item (iii)).

株式の取得(第一号から第三号までに掲げる行為を除く。)

If a special controlling shareholder (meaning a special controlling shareholder as prescribed in Article 179, paragraph (1); the same applies in Article 154, paragraph (3)) acquires shares subject to cash-out (meaning shares subject to cash-out prescribed in Article 179-2, paragraph (1), item (ii); hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) by demand for cash-out (meaning demand for cash-out as prescribed in Article 179, paragraph (2)), the pledge for shares subject to cash-out is effective for monies that shareholders of relevant shares subject to the cash-out can receive by relevant acquisition.

特別支配株主(第百七十九条第一項に規定する特別支配株主をいう。第百五十四条第三項において同じ。)が株式売渡請求(第百七十九条第二項に規定する株式売渡請求をいう。)により売渡株式第百七十九条の二第一項第二号に規定する売渡株式をいう。以下この項において同じ。)の取得をした場合には、売渡株式を目的とする質権は、当該取得によって当該売渡株式の株主が受けることのできる金銭について存在する。

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