Article 27-8Submission of an Amended Statement in Connection with a Tender Offer Statement

①If a tender offeror that has submitted a tender offer statement (including any amended statement in connection with it; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) finds that there is a formal deficiency in the tender offer statement, that its content conflicts with the facts of the matter, that it insufficiently states or omits a statement as to a particular that is required to be stated, or that it insufficiently states or omits a statement as to a fact that is necessary to prevent it from being misleading, the tender offeror must submit an amended statement to the Prime Minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.

②If, on or after the day on which a tender offer statement is submitted and before the last day of the tender offer period, the terms of purchase, etc. change (other than an extension of the purchase, etc. period under Article 27-10, paragraph (3)), any other material particular that is required to be stated in a tender offer statement changes, or any other circumstance specified by Cabinet Office Order arises that requires the tender offer statement to be amended, the tender offeror that submitted the tender offer statement must immediately submit an amended statement to the Prime Minister pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.

③If Prime Minister finds it to be clear that any of the following facts have occurred, the Prime Minister may order the tender offeror that submitted the tender offer statement to submit an amended statement within the time limit designated by the Prime Minister:

④Except in a case under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on discovering any of the following facts to have occurred, the Prime Minister may order a tender offeror that has submitted a tender offer statement to submit an amended statement within the time limit designated by the Prime Minister. 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:

⑤A disposition under paragraph (3) may not be reached after the last day of the tender offer period (including the period by which it is required to be extended pursuant to paragraph (8); the same applies in paragraph (7)) (or, for a disposition resulting in an amended statement being submitted after the last day of the tender offer period, after the day on which five years have elapsed since the day following the last day of the tender offer period), and a disposition under the preceding paragraph may not be reached after the day on which five years have elapsed since the day following the last day of the tender offer period.

⑥The provisions of Article 27-3, paragraph (4) apply mutatis mutandis if an amended statement is submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (4).

⑦If a disposition under paragraph (3) or (4) is reached during the tender offer period, the tender offeror, etc. must not solicit offers to sell, etc. or perform any other act specified by Cabinet Office Order for the tender offer until the amended statement required by the disposition is submitted.

⑧If an amended statement under paragraph (1) or (2) is submitted or an order to submit an amended statement under paragraph (3) or (4) is issued during the tender offer period, except in a case specified by Cabinet Office Order, the tender offeror must extend the purchase, etc. period in that tender offer by a period specified by Cabinet Office Order and immediately issue public notice of this or publicly announce it, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.

⑩If the purchase, etc. period in a tender offer is required to be extended pursuant to paragraph (8), the provisions of Article 27-5 apply mutatis mutandis until the last day of the required period of extension.

⑪If a tender offeror submits an amended statement pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (4), it must issue public notice of the contents stated in the amended statement that pertain to the contents stated in the tender offer statement, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, or publicly announce them pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order; provided, however, that this does not apply if the tender offeror has issued the public notice under Article 27-6, paragraph (2) or issued a public notice and public announcement under Article 27-6, paragraph (3), nor does it apply if the tender offeror has submitted an amended statement under paragraph (1) that is specified by Cabinet Office Order as one whose content is of minor importance.

⑫The preceding Article applies mutatis mutandis to a public notice or public announcement under paragraph (8) or the preceding paragraph.