If a shareholder exercises appraisal rights and an agreement determining the price of the shares is reached between the shareholder and the disappearing stock company, etc. (or between the shareholder and the company surviving the absorption-type merger, if an absorption-type merger is effected and it is after the effective day; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), the disappearing stock company, etc. must pay that price within sixty days from the effective day.
If no agreement on the determination of the price of the shares is reached within thirty days from the effective day, shareholders or the disappearing stock company, etc. may file a petition for the court to determine the price within thirty days after the expiration of that period.
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (7) of the preceding Article, in the cases prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if the petition under that paragraph is not filed within sixty days from the effective day, shareholders exercising appraisal rights may withdraw their demands for appraisal at any time after the expiration of that period.
A disappearing stock company, etc. must also pay interest on the price determined by the court at the statutory rate from and including the day of the expiration of the period referred to in paragraph (1).
A disappearing stock company, etc. may pay the amount that the disappearing stock company, etc. considers to be a fair price to shareholders until the determination of the price of shares.
消滅株式会社等は、株式の価格の決定があるまでは、株主に対し、当該消滅株式会社等が公正な価格と認める額を支払うことができる。
A share purchase connected with the exercise of appraisal rights becomes effective on the effective day.
If a shareholder exercises appraisal rights with respect to shares for which share certificates are issued, the share certificate-issuing company must pay the price of the shares relating to the exercise of the appraisal rights in exchange for the share certificates.
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absorption-type merger
「吸収合併」
A merger in which one existing company survives and takes over all the rights and obligations of the other company, which ceases to exist.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xxvii)· applies throughout the law
share certificate-issuing company
「株券発行会社」
A stock company whose articles of incorporation provide that it issues share certificates for its shares (for a company with class shares, for shares of every class).
Defined inArticle 117, paragraph (7)
company surviving the absorption-type merger
「吸収合併存続会社」
The company that survives an absorption-type merger and takes over the rights and obligations of the company that ceases to exist.
Short name set inArticle 749, paragraph (1)· 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 782, paragraph (1)· applies only in this section
disappearing stock company, etc.
「消滅株式会社等」
A stock company that is merged away in an absorption-type merger, splits off business in an absorption-type company split, or becomes a wholly owned subsidiary in a share exchange, and must keep the merger agreement, split agreement or share exchange agreement at its head office.
Short name set inArticle 782, paragraph (1)· applies only in this division
exercise of appraisal rights
「株式買取請求」
A dissenting shareholder's demand that the company buy their shares at a fair price when it carries out a major action such as a share consolidation, a business transfer, a merger, a company split or a share exchange.
Short name set inArticle 785, paragraph (5)· applies only in this division