Directors at incorporation who are elected pursuant to the provisions of Article 90, paragraph (1) may be dismissed by a resolution at a general meeting of class shareholders constituted by the class shareholders at incorporation of relevant class of shares issued at incorporation relating to relevant election at any time prior to the formation of the stock company.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if there are provisions in articles of incorporation to the effect that a director who is elected pursuant to the provisions of Article 41, paragraph (1), or at an organizational meeting of class shareholders or at a general meeting of class shareholders may be dismissed by a resolution at the shareholders meeting, a director at incorporation who is elected pursuant to the provisions of Article 90, paragraph (1) may be dismissed by a resolution at an organizational meeting at any time prior to the formation of the stock company.
When applying provisions of the preceding paragraph if the stock company to be incorporated is a company with audit and supervisory committee, the term "a director" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "a director who is an audit and supervisory committee member or other directors", and the term "a director at incorporation" is deemed to be replaced with "a director at incorporation who is an audit and supervisory committee member at incorporation or other directors at incorporation" respectively.
The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) apply mutatis mutandis to a company auditor at incorporation who is elected pursuant to the provisions of Article 90, paragraph (1) applied mutatis mutandis under paragraph (2) of that Article.
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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
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
shares issued at incorporationmachine translation
「設立時発行株式」
The shares a stock company issues when it is formed.
Defined inArticle 25, paragraph (1), item (i)
director at incorporation
「設立時取締役」
A person who is to become a director when the stock company is formed.
Defined inArticle 38, 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)
audit and supervisory committee member at incorporationmachine translation
「設立時監査等委員」
A person who is to become a member of the audit and supervisory committee when the stock company is formed.
Defined inArticle 38, paragraph (2)
company auditor at incorporationmachine translation
「設立時監査役」
A person who is to become a company auditor when the stock company is formed.
Defined inArticle 38, paragraph (3), item (ii)
organizational meeting
「創立総会」
The meeting of the shareholders at incorporation that the incorporators must call when a stock company is being formed with outside subscribers for its shares.
Short name set inArticle 65, paragraph (1)
organizational meeting of class shareholdersmachine translation
「種類創立総会」
A meeting of the shareholders at incorporation who hold one class of the shares issued at incorporation, whose resolution may be needed as well as the organizational meeting's.
Defined inArticle 84, paragraph (1)
class shareholder at incorporationmachine translation
「設立時種類株主」
A shareholder at incorporation who holds a particular class of the shares issued at incorporation.
Defined inArticle 84, paragraph (1)· applies only in this section
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.
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.
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.