A stock company may allot the share options of relevant stock company to shareholders (or, for a company with class shares, shareholders of a certain class) without requiring them to make additional contribution (hereinafter in this Section referred to as "allotment of share options 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)
share option
「新株予約権」
A right that entitles its holder, by exercising it against a stock company, to receive shares of that company.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xxi)· applies throughout the law
allotment of share options without contribution
「新株予約権無償割当て」
A stock company's allotting its share options to its shareholders without asking them to pay anything.
Short name set inArticle 277, paragraph (1)· applies only in this section