In the cases set forth in each item of Article 299, paragraph (2), the directors of a stock corporation with articles of incorporation that provide that measures for electronic provision are taken must continuously take measures for electronic provision of information related to the matters specified in the following items during the period from the day three weeks prior to the day of the shareholders meeting or the day that the notice specified in paragraph (1) of that Article is issued, whichever is earlier (hereinafter in this Subsection referred to as the "electronic provision measures commencement date"), to the day on which three months have lapsed after the day of the shareholders meeting (hereinafter in this Subsection referred to as the "electronic provision measures period").
電子提供措置をとる旨の定款の定めがある株式会社の取締役は、第二百九十九条第二項各号に掲げる場合には、株主総会の日の三週間前の日又は同条第一項の通知を発した日のいずれか早い日（以下この款において「電子提供措置開始日」という。）から株主総会の日後三箇月を経過する日までの間（以下この款において「電子提供措置期間」という。）、次に掲げる事項に係る情報について継続して電子提供措置をとらなければならない。
the matters set forth in each item of Article 298, paragraph (1);
第二百九十八条第一項各号に掲げる事項
in the cases provided in Article 301, paragraph (1), matters to be specified in reference documents for shareholders meeting and voting forms;
in the cases provided in Article 302, paragraph (1), matters to be specified in reference documents for shareholders meeting;
if demands are made under the provisions of Article 305, paragraph (1), an outline of the proposal made under that paragraph;
if the stock company is a company with board of directors, when a director convenes the annual shareholders meeting, the matters stated or recorded in the financial statements and business reports provided in Article 437;
if the stock company is a company with financial auditor (limited to a company with board of directors), when a director convenes the annual shareholders meeting, the matters stated or recorded in the consolidated financial statements provided in Article 444, paragraph (6); and
株式会社が会計監査人設置会社（取締役会設置会社に限る。）である場合において、取締役が定時株主総会を招集するときは、第四百四十四条第六項の連結計算書類に記載され、又は記録された事項
if the matters specified in the preceding items are corrected, a statement to that effect and the matters before correction.
前各号に掲げる事項を修正したときは、その旨及び修正前の事項
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the directors deliver voting forms to shareholders when serving the notice set forth in Article 299, paragraph (1), measures for the electronic provision of information need not be taken pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph with regard to information related to matters to be contained in the voting forms.
前項の規定にかかわらず、取締役が第二百九十九条第一項の通知に際して株主に対し議決権行使書面を交付するときは、議決権行使書面に記載すべき事項に係る情報については、前項の規定により電子提供措置をとることを要しない。
Notwithstanding the provisions of the paragraph (1), if a stock company that is required to submit an annual securities report to the Prime Minister with respect to shares that the company issues pursuant to the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act performs the procedures for submission of an annual securities report (including attachments and their correct reports) stating the matters set forth in each item of paragraph (1) (limited to matters relating to the annual shareholders meeting and excluding matters to be stated in the voting form) by the electronic provision measures commencement date using an electronic data processing system for disclosure provided in Article 27-30-2 of the Act (hereinafter in this Subsection simply referred to as "electronic data processing system for disclosure"), the stock company does not be required to take electronic measures pursuant to the provisions of the paragraph with respect to information related to those matters.
第一項の規定にかかわらず、金融商品取引法第二十四条第一項の規定によりその発行する株式について有価証券報告書を内閣総理大臣に提出しなければならない株式会社が、電子提供措置開始日までに第一項各号に掲げる事項（定時株主総会に係るものに限り、議決権行使書面に記載すべき事項を除く。）を記載した有価証券報告書（添付書類及びこれらの訂正報告書を含む。）の提出の手続を同法第二十七条の三十の二に規定する開示用電子情報処理組織（以下この款において単に「開示用電子情報処理組織」という。）を使用して行う場合には、当該事項に係る情報については、同項の規定により電子提供措置をとることを要しない。
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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 financial auditor
「会計監査人設置会社」
A stock company that has a financial auditor, an outside certified public accountant or audit firm that audits its accounts, or that this Act requires to have one.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xi)· applies throughout the law
reference documents for shareholders meetings
「株主総会参考書類」
The documents with information useful for voting that directors must give shareholders with the notice of a shareholders meeting when votes may be cast in writing or electronically.
Short name set inArticle 301, paragraph (1)· applies only in this section
voting form
「議決権行使書面」
The form on which a shareholder can cast their vote in writing, which the directors must send with the notice of a shareholders meeting when they have decided that shareholders who do not attend may vote in writing.
Short name set inArticle 301, paragraph (1)· applies only in this section
measures for electronic provisionmachine translation
「電子提供措置」
Putting the materials for a shareholders meeting (株主総会) online, by a method set by Ministry of Justice Order (法務省令), so that shareholders can obtain them by electronic means, which a company may choose through its articles of incorporation.
Defined inArticle 325-2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this subsection and in Article 911, paragraph (3), item (xii-2); and Article 976, paragraph (1), item (xix)
electronic provision measures period
「電子提供措置期間」
The period during which a company must keep its shareholders meeting materials posted online: from three weeks before the meeting, or the day the notice of the meeting is sent if earlier, until three months after the meeting.
Short name set inArticle 325-3, paragraph (1)· applies only in this subsection
electronic provision measures commencement date
「電子提供措置開始日」
The day from which a company must post its shareholders meeting materials online: three weeks before the meeting, or the day the notice of the meeting is sent if that is earlier.
Short name set inArticle 325-3, paragraph (1)· applies only in this subsection
electronic data processing system for disclosure
「開示用電子情報処理組織」
The government's online system for filing disclosure documents under Article 27-30-2 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (known as EDINET); a company that files its annual securities report through it in time need not post the same information again for its shareholders meeting.
Short name set inArticle 325-3, paragraph (3)· applies only in this subsection
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.
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.
Prime Minister
内閣総理大臣
The head of the Cabinet. Designated by the Diet from among its own members, and appointed by the Emperor on that designation (Articles 67 and 6). The Prime Minister appoints and may dismiss the other Ministers of State at will, and a majority of them must be members of the Diet (Article 68). No Minister of State can be subjected to legal action while in office without the Prime Minister's consent (Article 75).
Written by AI using Constitution, Arts. 6, 67, 68, 75 and Wikipedia: Prime Minister of Japan 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.