If a membership company effects entity conversion, the membership company must prescribe the following matters in the entity conversion plan:
the purpose, trade name, location of the head office, and total number of authorized shares of the stock company after the entity conversion (hereinafter referred to as the "stock company after entity conversion" in this Article);
beyond what is set forth in the preceding item, the matters provided for in the articles of incorporation of the stock company after entity conversion;
the names of the directors of the stock company after entity conversion;
組織変更後株式会社の取締役の氏名
the matters provided for in (a) through (c) below for the categories of cases set forth respectively therein:
次のイからハまでに掲げる場合の区分に応じ、当該イからハまでに定める事項
if the stock company after entity conversion is a company with accounting advisor:the name of the accounting advisor of the stock company after entity conversion;
if the stock company after entity conversion is a company with company auditor (including any stock company the articles of incorporation of which provide that the scope of the audit by its company auditor is limited to an audit related to accounting):the name of the company auditor of the stock company after entity conversion; and
if the stock company after entity conversion is a company with financial auditor:the name of the financial auditor of the stock company after entity conversion;
the number of shares (or, for a company with class shares, the classes of the shares and the number of the shares for each class) of the stock company after entity conversion to be acquired by members of the membership company effecting entity conversion, when effecting the entity conversion, or the method for calculating the numbers;
matters concerning the allotment of the shares set forth in the preceding item to members of the membership company effecting entity conversion;
if the stock company after entity conversion is to deliver to members of the membership company effecting the entity conversion monies, etc. (excluding the shares of the stock company after entity conversion; hereinafter the same applies in this item and the following item) in lieu of the equity interests thereof when effecting the entity conversion, the following matters concerning relevant monies, etc.:
if relevant monies, etc. are bonds of the stock company after entity conversion (excluding those concerning bonds with share options), the description of the classes of relevant bonds and the total amount for each class of bonds, or the method for calculating that total amount;
if the monies, etc. are share options of the stock company after entity conversion (excluding those attached to bonds with share options), the description of the features and number of relevant share options, or the method for calculating the number;
if the monies, etc. are bonds with share options of the stock company after entity conversion, the matters prescribed in (a) concerning relevant bonds with share options and the matters prescribed in (b) concerning the share options attached to the bonds with share options; and
if the monies, etc. are property other than bonds, etc. (meaning bonds and share options; hereinafter the same applies in this Part) of the stock company after entity conversion, the description of the features and number or amount of relevant property, or the method for calculating the number or amount;
in the case prescribed in the preceding item, matters concerning the allotment of monies, etc. referred to in that item to members of the membership company effecting the entity conversion; and
the effective day.
If a stock company after entity conversion is a company with audit and supervisory committee, the matters set forth in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph must be prescribed by distinguishing directors who are audit and supervisory committee members and other directors.
組織変更後株式会社が監査等委員会設置会社である場合には、前項第三号に掲げる事項は、監査等委員である取締役とそれ以外の取締役とを区別して定めなければならない。
company with accounting advisor
「会計参与設置会社」
A stock company that has an accounting advisor, an officer who prepares the financial statements jointly with the directors.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (viii)· applies throughout the law
company with company auditor
「監査役設置会社」
A stock company that has a company auditor whose audit its articles of incorporation do not limit to accounting matters, or that this Act requires to have a company auditor.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ix)· 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
company with audit and supervisory committee
「監査等委員会設置会社」
A stock company that has an audit and supervisory committee, made up of directors.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xi-2)· applies throughout the law
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
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
bonds with share options
「新株予約権付社債」
A bond with share options attached to it.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xxii)· applies throughout the law
bond
「社債」
A money claim against a company, arising from an allotment the company makes under this Act, that is to be repaid according to the terms set under Article 676.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xxiii)· applies throughout the law
entity conversion
「組織変更」
A company's changing its legal form, either from a stock company into a membership company (a general partnership, limited partnership or limited liability company) or the other way round.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xxvi)· applies throughout the law
total number of authorized shares
「発行可能株式総数」
The total number of shares a stock company's articles of incorporation authorize it to issue.
Short name set inArticle 37, paragraph (1)
audit and supervisory committee membermachine translation
「監査等委員」
A member of the audit and supervisory committee of a company with audit and supervisory committee.
Defined inArticle 38, paragraph (2)
monies, etc.machine translation
「金銭等」
Money and any other property.
Defined inArticle 151, paragraph (1)
membership company
「持分会社」
General partnership companies, limited partnership companies and limited liability companies taken together: the three kinds of company under this Act that are owned by members rather than by shareholders.
Short name set inArticle 575, paragraph (1)
class of bondsmachine translation
「社債の種類」
In Part 5 (entity conversions, mergers, company splits, share exchanges, share transfers and partial share exchanges), the class of a bond as Article 107, paragraph (2), item (ii), (b) uses the word: the features that identify a kind of bond listed in Article 681, item (i), namely the matters in Article 676, items (iii) to (viii)-2, such as its interest rate and how and when it is repaid, and others set by Ministry of Justice Order (法務省令).
Defined inArticle 744, paragraph (1), item (v), (a)· applies only in this part
effective day
「効力発生日」
The day on which the corporate action in question takes effect, such as a share consolidation, business transfer, entity conversion, merger, company split, share exchange or partial share exchange.
Short name set inArticle 744, paragraph (1), item (ix)· applies only in this chapter
stock company after entity conversion
「組織変更後株式会社」
The stock company that a membership company becomes through entity conversion.
Short name set inArticle 746, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies only in this article
bonds, etc.machine translation
「社債等」
Bonds and share options taken together.
Defined inArticle 746, paragraph (1), item (vii), (d)· applies only in this part
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.
company auditor
監査役
An officer of a stock company, elected by the shareholders meeting (Companies Act, Article 329, paragraph (1)), whose job is to audit how the directors carry out their duties and to write an audit report on it (Article 381, paragraph (1)). Not an outside accountant — that is the financial auditor (会計監査人) — and not a director: a company auditor may not also be a director or employee of the company or its subsidiaries (Article 335, paragraph (2)). The term normally runs to the annual shareholders meeting for the last business year ending within four years of election (Article 336, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 329, 335, 336, 381 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.