A stock company may allot the shares of that stock company to shareholders (or, for a company with class shares, shareholders of certain classes) without requiring them to make additional contribution (hereinafter in this Subsection referred to as "allotment of shares without contribution").
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company with class shares
「種類株式発行会社」
A stock company that issues two or more classes of shares with different terms on the matters listed in Article 108, paragraph (1), such as dividends of surplus or voting rights.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xiii)· 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)
allotment of shares without contribution
「株式無償割当て」
A stock company's allotting its own shares to its shareholders without asking them to pay anything.
Short name set inArticle 185, paragraph (1)· applies only in this subsection