Financial Instruments and Exchange Act

If, on or after the day on which a notification under Article 4, paragraphs (1) through (3) is filed and before the day on which that notification comes into effect, a material particular that is required to be stated in a statement or other document under Article 5, paragraph (1) or paragraph (13) changes or any other circumstance arises that is specified by Cabinet Office Order as necessitating that the content of such documents be amended in the public interest or for the protection of investors, the person filing the notification (or, if it is after a company is incorporated through the issuance of the Securities for which the notification was filed, the company; the same applies hereinafter) must submit an amended statement to the Prime Minister. The same also applies in the absence of such a reason, if the person filing the notification finds there to be something in the statement or other document that necessitates an amendment.

The provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (6) through (9) apply mutatis mutandis to cases where a statement-filing foreign company submits an amendment of the foreign company statements under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

The provisions of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and related regulations apply to cases where a company submitting a regulated securities registration statement (limited to cases where it submits a document stating particulars related to public offering, etc. and an annual securities report and documents attached thereto under the provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (10) and (11); the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraph (5)) submits an amendment report for the annual securities report pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 24-2, paragraph (1) following the deemed replacement of terms, by deeming the amendment report to be the amendment report set forth in paragraph (1) for a document that has been deemed to be the statement set forth in Article 5, paragraph (1) pursuant to paragraph (12) of that Article, and deeming submission of the former to be submission of the latter.

The provisions of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and related regulations apply to cases where a company submitting a regulated securities registration statement submits, with regard to regulated securities associated with a document that has been deemed to be the statement set forth in Article 5, paragraph (1) pursuant to paragraph (12) of that Article (limited to those for which public offering or secondary distribution has already been being conducted continuously), a semiannual securities report (or an annual securities report, in cases where the specific period for the regulated securities does not exceed six months) (hereinafter referred to as a "semiannual securities report, etc." in this paragraph and the following paragraph), by deeming the semiannual securities report, etc. to be the amendment report set forth in paragraph (1) for the statement, and deeming submission of the former to be submission of the latter.

The provisions of paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to cases where a company submitting a regulated securities registration statement (limited to one that has submitted the semiannual securities report, etc. set forth in the preceding paragraph) submits an amendment report for the semiannual securities report, etc. pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 24-5, paragraph (5) (Article 24-2, paragraph (1) in cases where the semiannual securities report, etc. is an Annual securities report) following the deemed replacement of terms.

A notification under Article 4, paragraphs (1) through (3) comes into effect on the day on which 15 days have elapsed since the day on which the Prime Minister accepted the statement under Article 5, paragraph (1) (or, if the particulars referred to in the proviso to Article 5, paragraph (1) are not stated in the statement, the amended statement under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article which is connected with those particulars; the same applies in the following paragraph).

With regard to the application of the preceding paragraph if an amended statement under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is submitted within the period set forth in the preceding paragraph, the statement set forth in Article 5, paragraph (1) is deemed to be accepted by the Prime Minister on the day that the Prime Minister accepts the amended statement.

If the Prime Minister finds that the statement or other documents under Article 5, paragraph (1) or paragraph (13) or paragraph (1) of the preceding Article are easily understandable to the public or finds that information about the particulars set forth in Article 5, paragraph (1), item (ii) with regard to the person that submitted the statement and other documents is already widely available to the public, the Prime Minister may designate a period for the person which is shorter than that referred to in paragraph (1), or may notify the person that the notification under Article 4, paragraphs (1) through (3) will become effective immediately or on the day after the day on which the Prime Minister accepts the statement referred to in paragraph (1). In such a case, a notification under Article 4, paragraphs (1) through (3) becomes effective on the day on which the shorter period has elapsed if a shorter period has been designated, or immediately or on the following day if the person has been so notified.

The provisions of paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis if a shorter period is designated as under the preceding paragraph.

If the Prime Minister finds a formal deficiency in a statement or other document under Article 5, paragraph (1) or paragraph (13) or Article 7, paragraph (1) or finds such statement or other document to insufficiently state a material particular that is required to be stated, the Prime Minister may order the person that submitted it to submit an amended statement. In such a case, irrespective of the category of proceeding for hearing statements of opinion under Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Procedure Act, the Prime Minister must conduct a hearing.

The provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (6) through (8) apply mutatis mutandis to cases where a statement-filing foreign company submits an amendment of the foreign company statements under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding Article, if the disposition under paragraph (1) has been reached, the notification under Article 4, paragraphs (1) through (3) becomes effective on the day on which the period designated by the Prime Minister has elapsed.

The provisions of paragraphs (2) through (4) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis in the case referred to in the preceding paragraph.

The disposition under paragraph (1) may not be reached on or after the day on which the notification under Article 4, paragraphs (1) through (3) becomes effective; provided, however, that this does not apply to any amended statement submitted pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (1) on or after that day.

If the Prime Minister discovers that a securities registration statement contains a false statement regarding a material particular, lacks a statement of a material particular that is required to be stated, or lacks a statement of a material fact that is necessary to prevent it from being misleading, the Prime Minister, at any time, may order the person submitting the securities registration statement to submit an amended statement, and if the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary, the Prime Minister may order the suspension of the validity of a notification under Article 4, paragraphs (1) through (3). In such a case, irrespective of the category of proceeding for hearing statements of opinion under Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Procedure Act, the Prime Minister must conduct a hearing.

The provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (6) through (8) apply mutatis mutandis to cases where a statement-filing foreign company submits an amendment of the foreign company statements under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

The provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis if an order to submit an amended statement under paragraph (1) is issued before the notification under Article 4, paragraphs (1) through (3) comes into effect.

If an order for suspension under paragraph (1) is issued and an amended statement under that paragraph is submitted, and if the Prime Minister finds the amended statement to be appropriate, the Prime Minister is to cancel the order for suspension under that paragraph.

If a securities registration statement contains a false statement regarding a material particular and the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary and appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors, the Prime Minister may issue an order against the person submitting the securities registration statement with regard to that securities registration statement or with regard to any other statement as set forth in Article 5, paragraph (1), shelf registration statement as set forth in Article 23-3, paragraph (1), or shelf registration supplements as set forth in Article 23-8, paragraph (1) which the person submitting the relevant securities registration statement submits within one year of the day on which the person submitted that securities registration statement, ordering the suspension of the validity of the notification or of the shelf registration under the relevant shelf registration statement or shelf registration supplements, or may extend the period stipulated in Article 8, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 23-5, paragraph (1)), for the period that the Prime Minister considers appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors. In such a case, irrespective of the category of proceeding for hearing statements of opinion under Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Procedure Act, the Prime Minister must conduct a hearing.

If a disposition under the preceding paragraph is reached and the Prime Minister finds that the content of an amended statement submitted pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (1) or paragraph (1) of the preceding Article in relation to the false statement referred to in the preceding paragraph is appropriate, and that allowing the acquisition or sale of securities issued by the person that submitted the securities registration statement through a public offering or secondary distribution will not compromise the public interest or the protection of investors, the Prime Minister may cancel the disposition under the preceding paragraph.

The provisions of Article 6 apply mutatis mutandis when an amended statement is submitted pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (1), Article 9, paragraph (1) or Article 10, paragraph (1).