In cases of effecting a consolidation-type merger, etc. (excluding the following cases), dissenting shareholders may demand that the disappearing stock company, etc. purchase, at a fair price, the shares that they hold:
in cases prescribed in Article 804, paragraph (2); and
第八百四条第二項に規定する場合
in cases prescribed in Article 805.
第八百五条に規定する場合
The "dissenting shareholders" provided for in the preceding paragraph means the shareholders provided for in the following items:
前項に規定する「反対株主」とは、次に掲げる株主をいう。
shareholders who gave notice to relevant disappearing stock company, etc. to the effect that they dissented from relevant consolidation-type merger, etc. prior to the shareholders meeting set forth in Article 804, paragraph (1) (if a resolution at a general meeting of class shareholders is required to effect the consolidation-type merger, etc., including relevant general meeting of class shareholders) and who dissented from relevant consolidation-type merger, etc. at the relevant shareholders meeting (limited to those who can exercise voting rights at relevant shareholders meeting); and
shareholders who are unable to exercise voting rights at the relevant shareholders meeting.
当該株主総会において議決権を行使することができない株主
A disappearing stock company, etc. must notify its shareholders that it will effect a consolidation-type merger, etc. and the trade names and addresses of the companies disappearing in the consolidation-type merger, the company splitting in the incorporation-type split, or the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from a share transfer (hereinafter referred to as the "disappearing company, etc." in this Section) and the incorporated company, within two weeks from the day of the resolution at the shareholders meeting referred to in Article 804, paragraph (1); provided, however, that this does not apply in the cases set forth in the items of paragraph (1).
A public notice may be substituted for the notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
前項の規定による通知は、公告をもってこれに代えることができる。
To make a demand under the provisions of paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as the "exercise of appraisal rights" in this division) a dissenting shareholder must indicate the number of shares with regard to which the shareholder is exercising the appraisal rights (or, for a company with classes shares, the classes of the shares and the number of shares for each class), within twenty days from the day of the notice under the provisions of paragraph (3) or the public notice under the preceding paragraph.
When intending to exercise appraisal rights on shares for which share certificates have been issued, shareholders of those shares must submit the share certificates representing those shares to the disappearing stock company, etc.;provided, however, that this does not apply to a person who makes a demand pursuant to the provisions of Article 223 with respect to those share certificates.
Shareholders exercising appraisal rights may withdraw their demands for appraisal only with the approval of the disappearing stock company, etc.
The demands of the shareholders exercising appraisal rights lose effect if the consolidation-type merger, etc. is cancelled.
The provisions of Article 133 do not apply to shares for the exercise of appraisal rights.
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(Entering or Recording Information Required to Be Entered in the Shareholder Register at the Request of Shareholders)
A person acquiring shares (other than the stock company itself, hereinafter in this Section referred to as "acquirer of shares") from any person other than the stock company that issued those shares…
株式を当該株式を発行した株式会社以外の者から取得した者(当該株式会社を除く。以下この節において「株式取得者」という。)は、当該株式会社に対し、当該株式に係る株主名簿記載事項を株主名簿に記載し、又は記録することを請求することができる。
Open this provision(Requests for Registration of Lost Share Certificate)
A person that loses a share certificate may request the share certificate-issuing company, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order, to enter or record the information required to be…
株券を喪失した者は、法務省令で定めるところにより、株券発行会社に対し、当該株券についての株券喪失登録簿記載事項を株券喪失登録簿に記載し、又は記録すること(以下「株券喪失登録」という。)を請求することができる。
Open this provision(Approval of the Consolidation-Type Merger Agreement)
A disappearing stock company, etc. must obtain the approval of the consolidation-type merger agreement, etc. by a resolution at a shareholders meeting.
消滅株式会社等は、株主総会の決議によって、新設合併契約等の承認を受けなければならない。
Open this provision(Approval of the Consolidation-Type Merger Agreement)
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the company incorporated in the consolidation-type merger is a membership company, consent of all shareholders of the stock companies…
前項の規定にかかわらず、新設合併設立会社が持分会社である場合には、新設合併契約について新設合併消滅株式会社の総株主の同意を得なければならない。
Open this provision(Cases Where Approval of the Incorporation-Type Company Split Plan Is Not Required)
The provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article do not apply if the sum of the book value of the assets that the company incorporated in an incorporation-type split succeeds to through the…
前条第一項の規定は、新設分割により新設分割設立会社に承継させる資産の帳簿価額の合計額が新設分割株式会社の総資産額として法務省令で定める方法により算定される額の五分の一(これを下回る割合を新設分割株式会社の定款で定めた場合にあっては、その割合)を超えない場合には、適用しない。
Open this provision(Dissenting Shareholders' Appraisal Rights)
In cases of effecting a consolidation-type merger, etc. (excluding the following cases), dissenting shareholders may demand that the disappearing stock company, etc. purchase, at a fair price…
新設合併等をする場合(次に掲げる場合を除く。)には、反対株主は、消滅株式会社等に対し、自己の有する株式を公正な価格で買い取ることを請求することができる。
Open this provision(Dissenting Shareholders' Appraisal Rights)
A disappearing stock company, etc. must notify its shareholders that it will effect a consolidation-type merger, etc. and the trade names and addresses of the companies disappearing in the…
消滅株式会社等は、第八百四条第一項の株主総会の決議の日から二週間以内に、その株主に対し、新設合併等をする旨並びに他の新設合併消滅会社、新設分割会社又は株式移転完全子会社(以下この節において「消滅会社等」という。)及び設立会社の商号及び住所を通知しなければならない。ただし、第一項各号に掲げる場合は、この限りでない。
Open this provision(Dissenting Shareholders' Appraisal Rights)
A public notice may be substituted for the notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
前項の規定による通知は、公告をもってこれに代えることができる。
Open this provisioncompany 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
general meeting of class shareholders
「種類株主総会」
A meeting of the shareholders who hold a particular class of shares in a company with class shares.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xiv)· applies throughout the law
company disappearing in the consolidation-type merger
「新設合併消滅会社」
A company that ceases to exist in a consolidation-type merger, its rights and obligations passing to the new company formed by the merger.
Short name set inArticle 753, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies only in this part
company splitting in the incorporation-type split
「新設分割会社」
A company that hands over rights and obligations of its business to a new company formed in an incorporation-type company split.
Short name set inArticle 763, paragraph (1), item (v)· applies only in this part
wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from a share transfermachine translation
「株式移転完全子会社」
A stock company all of whose issued shares are acquired by a new stock company formed in a share transfer.
Short name set inArticle 773, paragraph (1), item (v)· applies only in this part
dissenting shareholders
「反対株主」
The shareholders who may demand that the company buy their shares at a fair price when it carries out a major action such as a merger, a business transfer or a share consolidation: chiefly those who gave notice of their opposition and voted against it, and those who could not vote on it.
Defined inArticle 797, paragraph (2)
disappearing stock company, etc.
「消滅株式会社等」
A stock company that is merged away in a consolidation-type merger, splits off business in an incorporation-type company split, or becomes a wholly owned subsidiary in a share transfer, and must keep the merger agreement, split plan or share transfer plan at its head office.
Short name set inArticle 803, paragraph (1)· applies only in this division
incorporated company
「設立会社」
The new company formed in a consolidation-type merger, an incorporation-type company split or a share transfer.
Short name set inArticle 803, paragraph (1)· applies only in this division
consolidation-type merger, etc.
「新設合併等」
A consolidation-type merger, an incorporation-type company split or a share transfer.
Short name set inArticle 804, paragraph (4)· applies only in this section
dissenting shareholders
「反対株主」
The shareholders who may demand that the company buy their shares at a fair price when it carries out a major action such as a merger, a business transfer or a share consolidation: chiefly those who gave notice of their opposition and voted against it, and those who could not vote on it.
Defined inArticle 806, paragraph (2)
disappearing company, etc.
「消滅会社等」
In a consolidation-type merger, an incorporation-type company split or a share transfer, the other companies taking part besides the stock company giving notice: those merged away, those splitting off their business, or those becoming wholly owned subsidiaries.
Short name set inArticle 806, paragraph (3)· applies only in this section
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 806, paragraph (5)· applies only in this division
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.