If the number in paragraph (1), item (ii) of the preceding Article (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "minimum number of shares") is prescribed, a liquidating stock company must pay to the shareholders who hold shares in a number less than the minimum number of shares (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "below minimum shareholding") the monies equivalent to the amount which is obtained by multiplying the amount prescribed as the value of the residual assets allotted to the shareholders who hold shares in the minimum number of shares in accordance with the applicable provisions of the second sentence of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article by the ratio of the number shares in relevant below minimum shareholding to the minimum number of shares.
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liquidating stock companies
「清算株式会社」
A stock company that is being wound up, which is treated as still existing for the purposes of the liquidation until the liquidation is completed.
Short name set inArticle 476, paragraph (1)
below minimum shareholding
「基準未満株式」
Holdings smaller than the minimum number of shares a company has set for receiving a dividend, or residual assets on liquidation, in a form other than money; their holders are paid a proportionate sum of money instead.
Short name set inArticle 506, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
minimum number of shares
「基準株式数」
The minimum number of shares a company may set, when it hands out a dividend or residual assets in a form other than money, below which a shareholder is paid a proportionate sum of money instead.
Short name set inArticle 506, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article