Article 325-4Special Provisions on Notice of Convocation of a Shareholders Meeting
第三百二十五条の四（株主総会の招集の通知等の特則）
For the purpose of the application of the provisions of Article 299, paragraph (1) if measures for electronic provision are taken pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the phrase "two weeks (or one week if the stock company is not a public company, except if the matters set forth in paragraph (1), item (iii) or (iv) of the preceding Article are prescribed, (or if a shorter period of time is provided for in the articles of incorporation if the stock company is a stock company other than the company with board of directors, relevant shorter period of time))" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "two weeks."
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 299, paragraph (4), if measures for electronic provision are taken pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding paragraph, the matters set forth in Article 298, paragraph (1), item (v) need not be stated or recorded in the notice provided pursuant to Article 299, paragraph (2) or paragraph (3). In this case, beyond the matters provided for in item (i) through item (iv) of that paragraph, the notice must state or record the matters set forth below:
第二百九十九条第四項の規定にかかわらず、前条第一項の規定により電子提供措置をとる場合には、第二百九十九条第二項又は第三項の通知には、第二百九十八条第一項第五号に掲げる事項を記載し、又は記録することを要しない。この場合において、当該通知には、同項第一号から第四号までに掲げる事項のほか、次に掲げる事項を記載し、又は記録しなければならない。
if measures for electronic provision are taken, a statement to that effect;
電子提供措置をとっているときは、その旨
if the procedures provided in paragraph (3) of the preceding article are performed using an electronic data processing system for disclosure, a statement to that effect; and
前条第三項の手続を開示用電子情報処理組織を使用して行ったときは、その旨
in addition to the matters set forth in the preceding two items, matters provided in the Ministry of Justice Order.
前二号に掲げるもののほか、法務省令で定める事項
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 301, paragraph (1), Article 302, paragraph (1), Article 437, and Article 444, paragraph (6), when the directors of a stock company with articles of incorporation that contain provisions to the effect that measures for electronic provision are taken serve the notice set forth in Article 299, paragraph (1), reference documents for shareholders meeting need not be delivered or provided to shareholders.
第三百一条第一項、第三百二条第一項、第四百三十七条及び第四百四十四条第六項の規定にかかわらず、電子提供措置をとる旨の定款の定めがある株式会社においては、取締役は、第二百九十九条第一項の通知に際して、株主に対し、株主総会参考書類等を交付し、又は提供することを要しない。
With respect to the application of the provisions of Article 305, paragraph (1) to a stock company with articles of incorporation that contain provisions to the effect that measures for electronic provision are taken, in that paragraph, the term "that summary be specified or recorded in that notice" is deemed to be replaced with "measures for electronic provision as set forth in Article 325-2 with respect to an outline of the proposal be taken."
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public 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
reference documents for shareholders meeting, etc.machine translation
「株主総会参考書類等」
The materials for a shareholders meeting, such as reference documents, voting forms, financial statements and business reports, that a company whose articles of incorporation so provide may make available online instead of sending them out.
Short name set inArticle 325-2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this subsection
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 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.