Article 847-3Action to Enforce Specific Liability by Shareholders of Ultimate, Wholly Owning Parent Company
第八百四十七条の三（最終完全親会社等の株主による特定責任追及の訴え）
A shareholder who holds votes of one-hundredths (or, if a lesser proportion is prescribed in the articles of incorporation, that proportion) or more of the votes of all shareholders (excluding shareholders who cannot exercise voting rights for all of matters that can be resolved at the shareholders meeting) of the ultimate, wholly owning parent company, etc. of a stock company (meaning the wholly owning parent company, etc. of the stock company which itself has no wholly owning parent company, etc.; hereinafter the same applies in this Section) continuously over six months (or, if a shorter period is prescribed in the articles of incorporation, that period or more) or a shareholder who holds shares at or more than one-hundredths (or, if a shorter period is prescribed in the articles of incorporation, that period or more) of issued shares (excluding treasury shares) of the ultimate, wholly owning parent company, etc. may demand the stock company to file an action to enforce specific liability (hereinafter referred to as "action to enforce specific liability" hereinafter in this Section) in writing or by any other methods specified by Ministry of Justice Order;provided, however, that this does not apply to cases corresponding to any of the following:
六箇月（これを下回る期間を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その期間）前から引き続き株式会社の最終完全親会社等（当該株式会社の完全親会社等であって、その完全親会社等がないものをいう。以下この節において同じ。）の総株主（株主総会において決議をすることができる事項の全部につき議決権を行使することができない株主を除く。）の議決権の百分の一（これを下回る割合を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その割合）以上の議決権を有する株主又は当該最終完全親会社等の発行済株式（自己株式を除く。）の百分の一（これを下回る割合を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その割合）以上の数の株式を有する株主は、当該株式会社に対し、書面その他の法務省令で定める方法により、特定責任に係る責任追及等の訴え（以下この節において「特定責任追及の訴え」という。）の提起を請求することができる。ただし、次のいずれかに該当する場合は、この限りでない。
if the action to enforce specific liability is to seek unlawful benefits of the shareholder or a third party or to inflict damages on the stock company or the ultimate, wholly owning parent company, etc.; and
if the ultimate, wholly owning parent company, etc. does not suffer damages by the fact of causing the specific liability.
An "ultimate, wholly owning parent company, etc." as prescribed in the preceding paragraph means the stock companies set forth in the following:
前項に規定する「完全親会社等」とは、次に掲げる株式会社をいう。
if all of the issued shares of a stock company are held by another stock company and its wholly owned subsidiary companies, etc. (meaning a corporation all of the shares or equity interests of which are held by a stock company; hereinafter the same applies in this Article and Article 849, paragraph (3)) or by the wholly owned subsidiary companies, etc. of another stock company, that other stock company (other than a wholly owning parent company).
株式会社の発行済株式の全部を他の株式会社及びその完全子会社等（株式会社がその株式又は持分の全部を有する法人をいう。以下この条及び第八百四十九条第三項において同じ。）又は他の株式会社の完全子会社等が有する場合における当該他の株式会社（完全親会社を除く。）
In the cases set forth in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph, when another stock company and its wholly owned subsidiary companies, etc. as referred to in that item, or the wholly owned subsidiary companies, etc. of another stock company as referred to in the same item, hold all of the shares or equity interests of another corporation, the relevant other corporation is deemed to be the wholly owned subsidiary company, etc. of that other stock company.
"Specific liability" as prescribed in paragraph (1) means the liability of the incorporator, etc. of a stock company, if the book value of the stock company's shares at the ultimate, wholly owning parent company, etc. and its wholly owned subsidiary companies, etc. (including anything deemed to be the wholly owned subsidiary company, etc. thereof pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph; the same applies in the following paragraph and Article 849, paragraph (3)) exceeds one-fifth (or, if a lesser proportion is prescribed in the articles of incorporation, the proportion) of the value calculated by the method prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as the total assets of the ultimate, wholly owning parent company, etc. on the day when the fact giving rise to the liability of the incorporator, etc. occurred (the same applies in paragraph (10) and paragraph (7) of the same Article).
If an ultimate, wholly owning parent company, etc. takes, as its wholly owned subsidiary company, etc., a stock company that, on the day when the fact giving rise to the liability of the incorporator, etc. occurred, was an ultimate, wholly owning parent company, etc., the stock company that was formerly an ultimate, wholly owning parent company, etc. is deemed to be the ultimate, wholly owning parent company, etc. set forth in the preceding paragraph and the previsions of that paragraph apply.
For the purpose of the application of the provisions of paragraph (1) to an ultimate, wholly owning parent company, etc. that is not a public company, "a stock company continuously over six months (or, if a shorter period is prescribed in the articles of incorporation, that period or more)" in the same paragraph is read as "stock company".
If a stock company does not file an action to enforce specific liability within sixty days from the day of demand pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), shareholders of the ultimate, wholly owning parent company, etc. that made the demand may file an action to enforce specific liability for the stock company.
If a stock company does not file an action to enforce specific liability within sixty days from the day of demand pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), when receiving a demand from a shareholder of an ultimate, wholly owning parent company, etc. which has made the demand or an incorporator, etc. who will become a defendant of the action to enforce specific liability related to the demand, the stock company must notify the person who made the demand the reason for not filing an action to enforce specific liability in writing or other method prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order without delay.
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (7), if a stock company is likely to suffer irreparable damages due to the elapsing of the period set forth in the same paragraph, the shareholder prescribed in paragraph (1) may file an action to enforce specific liability immediately for the stock company;provided, however, that this does not apply to cases where it is prescribed in the proviso to the same paragraph.
If there is an ultimate, wholly owning parent company, etc. with a stock company, for the purpose of the application of the provisions of Article 55, Article 103, paragraph (3), Article 120, paragraph (5), Article 424 (including cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 486, paragraph (4)), proviso to Article 462, paragraph (3), Article 464, paragraph (2), and Article 465, paragraph (2) to cases of exempting specific liability, "all shareholders" in these provisions is read as "all shareholders and all shareholders of an ultimate, wholly owning parent company, etc. as prescribed in Article 847-3, paragraph (1)".
株式会社に最終完全親会社等がある場合において、特定責任を免除するときにおける第五十五条、第百三条第三項、第百二十条第五項、第四百二十四条（第四百八十六条第四項において準用する場合を含む。）、第四百六十二条第三項ただし書、第四百六十四条第二項及び第四百六十五条第二項の規定の適用については、これらの規定中「総株主」とあるのは、「総株主及び株式会社の第八百四十七条の三第一項に規定する最終完全親会社等の総株主」とする。