If two or more companies effect a consolidation-type merger, and the company that is incorporated in the consolidation-type merger is a stock company, the registration of dissolution must be completed with regard to the companies that disappear in the consolidation-type merger and the registration of incorporation must be completed with regard to the company that is incorporated in the consolidation-type merger, at the location of the head office, within two weeks from the days specified in the following items for the categories of cases set forth respectively in those items:
if only stock companies constitute the companies disappearing in the consolidation-type merger: whichever of the following days is the latest:
the day of the resolution at the shareholders meeting referred to in Article 804, paragraph (1);
第八百四条第一項の株主総会の決議の日
if a resolution at a general meeting of class shareholders is required to effect the consolidation-type merger, the day of relevant resolution;
the day on which twenty days have elapsed from the day of the notice under the provisions of Article 806, paragraph (3) or the public notice referred to in paragraph (4) of that Article;
if the companies disappearing in the consolidation-type merger have issued share options, the day on which twenty days have elapsed from the day of the notice under the provisions of Article 808, paragraph (3) or the public notice set forth in paragraph (4) of that Article;
the day on which the procedures under the provisions of Article 810 have been completed; or
第八百十条の規定による手続が終了した日
the day decided on by an agreement between the companies disappearing in the consolidation-type merger;
if only membership companies constitute the companies disappearing in the consolidation-type merger: whichever of the following days is the latest:
the day on which the consent of all members referred to in Article 813, paragraph (1) has been obtained (or, if prescribed in the proviso to that paragraph, the day on which the procedures provided for in the articles of incorporation have been completed);
the day on which the procedures under the provisions of Article 810 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 813, paragraph (2) have been completed; or
the day decided on by an agreement between the companies disappearing in the consolidation-type merger; and
if both a stock company and a membership company are among the companies disappearing in the consolidation-type merger:whichever of the days specified in the preceding two items is later.
If two or more companies effect a consolidation-type merger, if the company that is incorporated in the consolidation-type merger is a membership company, the registration of dissolution must be completed with regard to the companies that disappear in the consolidation-type merger and the registration of incorporation must be completed with regard to the company that is incorporated in the consolidation-type merger, at the location of the head office, within two weeks from the days specified in the following items for the categories of cases set forth respectively in those items:
if only stock companies constitute the companies disappearing in the consolidation-type merger: whichever of the following days is the latest:
the day on which the consent of all members referred to in Article 804, paragraph (2) has been obtained;
第八百四条第二項の総株主の同意を得た日
if the companies disappearing in the consolidation-type merger have issued share options, the day on which twenty days have elapsed from the day of the notice under the provisions of Article 808, paragraph (3) or the public notice referred to in paragraph (4) of that Article;
the day on which the procedures under the provisions of Article 810 have been completed; or
第八百十条の規定による手続が終了した日
the day decided on by an agreement between the companies disappearing in the consolidation-type merger;
if only membership companies constitute the companies disappearing in the consolidation-type merger: whichever of the following days is the latest:
the day on which the consent of all members referred to in Article 813, paragraph (1) has been obtained (or, in the cases prescribed in the proviso to that paragraph, the day on which the procedures provided for in the articles of incorporation have been completed);
the day on which the procedures under the provisions of Article 810 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 813, paragraph (2) have been completed; or
the day decided on by an agreement between the companies disappearing in the consolidation-type merger; and
if both a stock company and a membership company are among the companies disappearing in the consolidation-type merger:whichever of the days specified in the preceding two items is later.
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company
「会社」
Any of the four kinds of company this Act governs: a stock company (株式会社), a general partnership company (合名会社), a limited partnership company (合資会社) or a limited liability company (合同会社).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (i)· 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
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
consolidation-type merger
「新設合併」
A merger of two or more companies in which all of them cease to exist and a new company formed by the merger takes over all their rights and obligations.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xxviii)· applies throughout the law
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)
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.
registration
登記
Entry in a public register kept by a registry office (登記所) — a Legal Affairs Bureau or one of its branch offices — so that the matter is made public (Real Property Registration Act, Articles 1 and 6, paragraph (1)). Rights in land and buildings, such as ownership, a superficies (地上権), a statutory lien (先取特権), a mortgage and a right of lease (賃借権), can be registered under that Act (Article 3), and matters the Commercial Code, the Companies Act and other Acts require to be registered are registered under the Commercial Registration Act (Article 1). Registration also lets a right be asserted against third parties: acquiring, losing or changing a right in rem (物権) in land or a building, such as ownership, cannot be asserted against third parties until it is registered (Civil Code, Article 177), and a matter the Companies Act requires to be registered cannot be asserted against a third party who does not know of it until it has been registered, nor, even after that, against one who had a justifiable reason for not knowing of the registration (Companies Act, Article 908, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Real Property Registration Act, Arts. 1, 3, 6, Commercial Registration Act, Art. 1, Civil Code, Art. 177 and Companies Act, Art. 908 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.