Article 162-2Regulation of the Purchase and Sale of Listed or Other Share Certificates, etc. by the Issuer

With regard to the purchase and sale, or the entrustment, etc. thereof, of share certificates listed on a financial instruments exchange, share certificates falling under over-the-counter traded securities, or other securities specified by Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as "listed or other share certificates, etc." in this Article), conducted by the issuer thereof pursuant to the provisions of Article 156, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act (including where applied with terms deemed to be replaced pursuant to the provisions of Article 163 and Article 165, paragraph (3) of that Act) or Article 199, paragraph (1) of that Act (limited to where it seeks to solicit persons to subscribe for the treasury shares it disposes of) (including the provisions of laws and regulations specified by Cabinet Order as being equivalent to these) or the provisions of a foreign law or regulation that is equivalent to these (limited to where the issuer is a foreign person); with regard to the entrustment, etc. of these transactions that a trust company, etc. conducts under a trust contract on the account of the issuer of listed or other share certificates, etc.; with regard to the becoming entrusted, etc. with these transactions that a financial instruments business operator, etc. or an authorized firm for on-exchange transactions conducts; and with regard to anything else specified by Cabinet Office Order, the Prime Minister may specify by Cabinet Office Order, in order to prevent acts of manipulating the market price of listed or other share certificates, etc. on a financial instruments exchange market or an over-the-counter securities market, the particulars that the Prime Minister finds to be necessary and appropriate for ensuring fairness in transactions of listed or other share certificates, etc.