When a stock company makes a decision on the content of an insurance policy entered into with an insurer under which the insurer promises to pay compensation for damage arising from officer, etc. bearing liability in relation to the execution of duties or the receipt of a demand pursuing relevant liability where officers, etc. are the insureds (excluding policies specified by the applicable Order of the Ministry of Justice as policies where there is no likelihood of substantial impairment of the appropriateness of the execution of duties by officers, etc. who are insured as a result of the execution of the insurance policies; referred to in the proviso of paragraph (3) as "officers, etc. indemnification insurance policy"), a resolution at the shareholders meeting (or at a board of directors meeting for a company with board of directors) must be adopted.
The provisions of Article 356, paragraph (1), Article 365, paragraph (2) (including when these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 419, paragraph (2)) and Article 423, paragraph (3) do not apply with respect to execution of insurance policies by a stock company with an insurer under which the insurer promises to pay compensation for damage arising from a director bearing liability in relation to the execution of duties or the receipt of a demand pursuing relevant liability where directors or executive officers are the insureds.
第三百五十六条第一項及び第三百六十五条第二項（これらの規定を第四百十九条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）並びに第四百二十三条第三項の規定は、株式会社が保険者との間で締結する保険契約のうち役員等がその職務の執行に関し責任を負うこと又は当該責任の追及に係る請求を受けることによって生ずることのある損害を保険者が塡補することを約するものであって、取締役又は執行役を被保険者とするものの締結については、適用しない。
The provisions of Article 108 of the Civil Code do not apply to the execution of insurance policies under the preceding paragraph;provided, however, that if the policy is officers, etc. indemnification insurance policy, this is limited to times where the content of relevant policy is specified by a resolution set forth in paragraph (1).
民法第百八条の規定は、前項の保険契約の締結については、適用しない。ただし、当該契約が役員等賠償責任保険契約である場合には、第一項の決議によってその内容が定められたときに限る。
(Self-Contracting and Representation of Both Parties)
An act that a person performs as an agent of the counterparty or as agent of both parties for the same juridical act is deemed to be an act performed by a person without authority to represent…
同一の法律行為について、相手方の代理人として、又は当事者双方の代理人としてした行為は、代理権を有しない者がした行為とみなす。ただし、債務の履行及び本人があらかじめ許諾した行為については、この限りでない。
Open this provision(Restrictions on Competition and Conflicting Interest Transactions)
In the following cases, a director must disclose the material facts on the relevant transactions at a shareholders meeting and obtain approval of the shareholders meeting:
取締役は、次に掲げる場合には、株主総会において、当該取引につき重要な事実を開示し、その承認を受けなければならない。
Open this provision(Restrictions on Competition and Transactions with Companies with Board of Directors)
At a company with board of directors, a director who has engaged in transactions under each item of Article 356, paragraph (1) must report the material facts with respect to relevant transaction to…
取締役会設置会社においては、第三百五十六条第一項各号の取引をした取締役は、当該取引後、遅滞なく、当該取引についての重要な事実を取締役会に報告しなければならない。
Open this provision(Executive Officer's Duty to Report to Audit Committee Members)
The provisions of Article 355, Article 356 and Article 365, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to executive officers.
第三百五十五条、第三百五十六条及び第三百六十五条第二項の規定は、執行役について準用する。この場合において、第三百五十六条第一項中「株主総会」とあるのは「取締役会」と、第三百六十五条第二項中「取締役会設置会社においては、第三百五十六条第一項各号」とあるのは「第三百五十六条第一項各号」と読み替えるものとする。
Open this provision(Liability of Officers to Stock Companies for Damages)
If a stock company incurs damages as a result of the transaction provided for in Article 356, paragraph (1), item (ii) or item (iii) of…
第三百五十六条第一項第二号又は第三号（これらの規定を第四百十九条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）の取引によって株式会社に損害が生じたときは、次に掲げる取締役又は執行役は、その任務を怠ったものと推定する。
Open this provision(Insurance Policies Concluded for the Benefit of Officers)
When a stock company makes a decision on the content of an insurance policy entered into with an insurer under which the insurer promises to pay compensation for damage arising from officer…
株式会社が、保険者との間で締結する保険契約のうち役員等がその職務の執行に関し責任を負うこと又は当該責任の追及に係る請求を受けることによって生ずることのある損害を保険者が塡補することを約するものであって…
Open this provision(Insurance Policies Concluded for the Benefit of Officers)
The provisions of Article 356, paragraph (1), Article 365, paragraph (2) (including when these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 419, paragraph (2)) and Article 423…
第三百五十六条第一項及び第三百六十五条第二項（これらの規定を第四百十九条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）並びに第四百二十三条第三項の規定は、株式会社が保険者との間で締結する保険契約のうち役員等がその職務の執行に関し責任を負うこと又は当該責任の追及に係る請求を受けることによって生ずることのある損害を保険者が塡補する…
Open this provision(Insurance Policies Concluded for the Benefit of Officers)
The provisions of Article 108 of the Civil Code do not apply to the execution of insurance policies under the preceding paragraph;provided, however, that if the policy is officers…
民法第百八条の規定は、前項の保険契約の締結については、適用しない。ただし、当該契約が役員等賠償責任保険契約である場合には、第一項の決議によってその内容が定められたときに限る。
Open this provisioncompany 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
officers, etc.
「役員等」
The directors, accounting advisors, company auditors, executive officers and financial auditor of a stock company, who are liable to it for damages if they neglect their duties.
Short name set inArticle 423, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter
officers, etc. indemnification insurance policy
「役員等賠償責任保険契約」
An insurance contract a stock company (株式会社) concludes with an insurer, insuring its directors, accounting advisors, company auditors, executive officers and financial auditor (役員等), under which the insurer covers the loss they may suffer from being liable for how they carried out their duties or from a claim seeking that liability, other than contracts a Ministry of Justice Order (法務省令) excludes as unlikely to seriously harm the proper performance of those duties.
Short name set inArticle 430-3, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 430-3, paragraph (3)
board of directors
取締役会
The body made up of all of a stock company's directors (Companies Act, Article 362, paragraph (1)). It decides how the company's business is carried out, supervises the directors, and appoints and removes the representative directors (代表取締役) (Article 362, paragraphs (2) and (3)) — except in a company with a nominating committee and the other committees (指名委員会等設置会社), where it appoints representative executive officers (代表執行役) instead (Articles 416 and 420). Some decisions, such as disposing of important assets or borrowing a large amount, it normally may not hand to the directors (Article 362, paragraph (4)). A company with an audit and supervisory committee (監査等委員会設置会社) can hand more of them to directors (Article 399-13, paragraphs (5) and (6)), and a company with the committees hands them to executive officers (執行役) rather than directors (Article 416, paragraphs (3) and (4)). A company chooses in its articles of incorporation whether to have one (Article 326, paragraph (2)), but a public company (公開会社), among others, must (Article 327, paragraph (1)): a public company is one whose articles of incorporation let at least some of its shares change hands without the company's approval (Article 2, item (v)). A company with a board must have at least three directors (Article 331, paragraph (5)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 2, 326, 327, 331, 362, 399-13, 416, 420 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.
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.