Article 27-30-9Providing Persons with the Particulars Stated in a Prospectus by Means of Using an Electronic Data Processing System or by Other Means

①In the cases specified by Cabinet Office Order, in lieu of delivering a prospectus, a person that is required to deliver a prospectus pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraphs (2) through (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 15, paragraph (6) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 23-12, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27) and Article 27); or a person that delivers the document prescribed in Article 23-12, paragraph (7) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27)) may provide the relevant persons with the particulars that have been stated in the prospectus or the document by means of using an electronic data processing system or by any other means of using information and communications technology that Cabinet Office Order specifies. In such a case, the person that provides the other person with those particulars is deemed to have delivered the prospectus or the document.

②The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to documents that are required to be delivered pursuant to the provisions of Article 23-13, paragraph (2) or (5); to a tender offer explanation (meaning a tender offer explanation provided for in Article 27-9, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-22-2, paragraph (2)), and also including an amended tender offer explanation) that is required to be delivered pursuant to the provisions of Article 27-9, paragraph (3) or (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-22-2, paragraph (2)); and to a written notice that is required to be delivered pursuant to the provisions of Article 27-24.