Financial Instruments and Exchange Act

The provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1),Article 9, paragraph (1), and Article 10, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to an annual securities report and accompanying documents. In this case, in Article 7, paragraph (1), the phrase "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" is deemed to be replaced with "If a material particular that is required to be stated in an annual securities report or accompanying document changes", the phrase "the person filing the notification" is deemed to be replaced with "the person submitting the annual securities report", and the term "amended statement" is deemed to be replaced with "amended report"; in Article 9, paragraph (1), the phrase "the person that submitted it" is deemed to be replaced with "the person that submitted the annual securities report" and the term "amended statement" is deemed to be replaced with "amended report"; and in Article 10, paragraph (1), the phrase "the person submitting the securities registration statement" is deemed to be replaced with "the person submitting the amended report" and the phrase "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)" is deemed to be replaced with "to submit an amended report".

If a company that is an issuer of securities submits an amended report, pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (1) or Article 10, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph, with regard to a material particular for inclusion in its annual securities report, it must give public notice of this pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.

The provisions of Article 6 apply mutatis mutandis if an amended report is submitted in connection with an annual securities report or accompanying document, pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (1), Article 9, paragraph (1) or Article 10, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (1).

The provisions of paragraphs (8), (9) and (11) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis if a reporting foreign company submits an amended report in connection with the foreign company report and supplementary documents that the company has submitted pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (1), Article 9, paragraph (1) or Article 10, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (1) following the deemed replacement of terms.

The provisions of Article 11 apply mutatis mutandis to any statement specified in Article 5, paragraph (1), shelf registration statement, or shelf registration supplements that a person that has submitted an annual securities report (including any amended report in connection with it; the same applies in the following Article) that contained a false statement regarding a material particular, submits within one year from the day on which that person submits an amended report in connection with that false statement pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, or is ordered to submit an amended report in connection with that false statement pursuant to Article 10, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.

The provisions of Article 22 apply mutatis mutandis if an annual securities report 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. In this case, in Article 22, paragraph (1), the phrase "has acquired securities issued by the person submitting the securities registration statement other than through a public offering or secondary distribution" is deemed to be replaced with "has acquired securities issued by the person submitting the securities registration statement".

A company that is required to submit an annual securities report under Article 24, paragraph (1) (including a company that has submitted an annual securities report under Article 23-3, paragraph (4); the same applies in the following paragraph) and which is the issuer of securities set forth in Article 24, paragraph (1), item (i), or any other company specified by Cabinet Order, must submit a letter to the Prime Minister in which it confirms that the content of statements in the annual securities report is appropriate and in accordance with the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and related regulations (hereinafter referred to as a "confirmation letter" in this and the following Articles), together with the relevant annual securities report (or a foreign company report, if the company submits a foreign company report instead of the annual securities report, etc. set forth in Article 24, paragraph (8), pursuant to that paragraph), pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.

A company that is required to submit an annual securities report under Article 24, paragraph (1) may submit the confirmation letter provided for in the preceding paragraph voluntarily, even if it is not a company that is required to submit a confirmation letter together with an annual securities report (excluding companies as specified by Cabinet Order) pursuant to the preceding paragraph.

The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to a company specified by Cabinet Order that is required to submit an Annual securities report under Article 24, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 24, paragraph (5) (including a company that has submitted an annual securities report under Article 23-3, paragraph (4)).

The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis if an amended report is submitted pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (1), Article 9, paragraph (1) and Article 10, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 24-2, paragraph (1) following the deemed replacement of terms. In such a case, the necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.

The provisions of Article 6 apply mutatis mutandis if a confirmation letter is submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph) or the preceding paragraph; hereinafter the same applies in this Article). In such a case, the necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.

The provisions of Article 24, paragraphs (8), (9) and (11) through (13) apply mutatis mutandis if a reporting foreign company submits a confirmation letter pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of this Article (limited to if a reporting foreign company submits a foreign company report). In this case, in Article 24, paragraph (8), the phrase "foreign company (including a foreign company that has submitted an annual securities report pursuant to Article 23-3, paragraph (4); hereinafter referred to as a 'reporting foreign company')" is deemed to be replaced with "foreign company", the phrase "an annual securities report under paragraph (1) and the documents that are required to accompany it pursuant to paragraph (6) (hereinafter collectively referred to as an 'annual securities report, etc.' in this Article)" is deemed to be replaced with "a confirmation letter under Article 24-4-2, paragraph (1) or (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (3) of that Article (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (4) of that Article) and paragraph (4) of that Article)", and the phrase "for which foreign disclosure is made, that is similar to an annual securities report, etc.," is deemed to be replaced with "that states the particulars to be stated in a confirmation letter,"; in Article 24, paragraph (9), the phrase "documents stating the particulars not stated in a foreign company report that are specified by Cabinet Office Order as necessary and appropriate for the public interest or for the protection of investors, and other" is deemed to be replaced with "other"; in Article 24, paragraph (11), the term "an annual securities report, etc." is deemed to be replaced with "a confirmation letter under Article 24-4-2, paragraph (1) or (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (3) of that Article (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (4) of that Article) and paragraph (4) of that Article)"; and any other necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.

The provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1), Article 9, paragraph (1), and Article 10, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to a confirmation letter. In this case, in Article 7, paragraph (1), the phrase "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" is deemed to be replaced with "If a material particular that is required to be stated in a confirmation letter changes", the phrase "the person filing the notification" is deemed to be replaced with "the person submitting the confirmation letter", and the term "amended statement" is deemed to be replaced with "amended confirmation letter"; in Article 9, paragraph (1), the phrase "the person that submitted it" is deemed to be replaced with "the person submitting the confirmation letter" and the term "amended statement" is deemed to be replaced with "amended confirmation letter"; in Article 10, paragraph (1), the phrase "the person submitting the securities registration statement" is deemed to be replaced with "the person submitting the confirmation letter" and the phrase "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)" is deemed to be replaced with "to submit an amended confirmation letter"; and any other necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.

The provisions of Article 6 apply mutatis mutandis if an amended confirmation letter is submitted for a confirmation letter pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (1), Article 9, paragraph (1), or Article 10, paragraph (1), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph. In such a case, the necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.

The provisions of Article 24, paragraphs (8), (9), and (11) apply mutatis mutandis if an amended confirmation letter is submitted for a confirmation letter that a foreign company has submitted pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (1), Article 9, paragraph (1), or Article 10, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (1) following the deemed replacement of terms. In such a case, the necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.

For each business year, a company required to submit an annual securities report under Article 24, paragraph (1) (including one that has submitted an annual securities report under Article 23-3, paragraph (4); the same applies in the following paragraph) which is the issuer of securities set forth in Article 24, paragraph (1), item (i) or which is any other company specified by Cabinet Order, must submit a report to the Prime Minister in which the system specified by Cabinet Office Order as necessary for ensuring the appropriateness of documents and other information related to the financial accounting of the corporate group to which the company belongs and of the company is evaluated pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order (hereinafter referred to as an "internal control report"), together with its annual securities report (or a foreign company report, if the company submits a foreign company report instead of the annual securities report, etc. set forth in Article 24, paragraph (8), pursuant to that paragraph), pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.

A company that is required to submit an annual securities report under Article 24, paragraph (1) but that is not required to submit an internal control report together with an annual securities report pursuant to the preceding paragraph (except a company specified by Cabinet Order), may voluntarily submit the internal control report provided for in the preceding paragraph.

The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to a company specified by Cabinet Order that is required to submit an annual securities report under Article 24, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5) of that Article (including a company that has submitted an annual securities report pursuant to Article 23-3, paragraph (4)). In this case, in paragraph (1), the phrase "or any other company specified by Cabinet Order" is deemed to be replaced with "or any other company specified by Cabinet Order (limited to one that is the issuer of regulated securities (meaning regulated securities provided for in Article 5, paragraph (1); hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph))", the term "business year" is deemed to be replaced with "specified period (meaning the specified period provided for in Article 24, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 24, paragraph (5)) designated for the regulated securities", the phrase "of the corporate group to which the company belongs and of the company" is deemed to be replaced with "for assets connected with the asset management and other similar business conducted by the company"; and any other necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.

A document stating the particulars of the system specified by Cabinet Office Order which is referred to in paragraph (1), and other documents that are specified by Cabinet Office Order as necessary and appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors, must accompany an internal control report.

The provisions of Article 6 apply mutatis mutandis if an internal control report and accompanying documents are submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (3); hereinafter the same applies in this Article) and the preceding paragraph. In such a case, the necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.

The provisions of Article 24, paragraphs (8), (9), and (11) through (13) apply mutatis mutandis if a reporting foreign company submits the internal control report under paragraph (1) or (2) of this Article (but only if the reporting foreign company submits foreign company reports). In this case, in Article 24, paragraph (8), the phrase "a foreign company that is required to submit an annual securities report pursuant to paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5); hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph to paragraph (13)) (including a foreign company that has submitted an annual securities report pursuant to Article 23-3, paragraph (4); hereinafter referred to as a 'reporting foreign company')" is deemed to be replaced with "a foreign company that is required to submit an annual securities report pursuant to paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5); hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph to paragraph (13))", the phrase "an annual securities report under paragraph (1) and the documents that are required to accompany it pursuant to paragraph (6) (hereinafter collectively referred to as an "annual securities report, etc." in this Article)" is deemed to be replaced with "an internal control report under Article 24-4-4, paragraph (1) or (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 24-4-4, paragraph (3)) and documents that are required to accompany it pursuant to Article 24-4-4, paragraph (4) (hereinafter collectively referred to as an 'internal control report, etc.')", and the phrase "similar to an annual securities report, etc., but that has been prepared in English and disclosed in a foreign country is deemed to be replaced with "in which it has stated the particulars that are required to be stated in an internal control report, etc."; in Article 24, paragraph (9), the phrase "documents stating the particulars not stated in the foreign company report that are specified by Cabinet Office Order as necessary and appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors, and other" is deemed to be replaced with "other"; in Article 24, paragraph (11), the phrase "an annual securities report, etc." is deemed to be replaced with "an internal control report, etc."; and any other necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.