In the cases provided for in paragraph (4), item (i) of the preceding Article, the stock company must notify shareholders of the matters set forth in that item no later than 20 days prior to the last day of the period referred to in that item.
A stock company must pay to shareholders who have exercised the right to demand distribution of monies, in lieu of the dividend property assigned to relevant shareholders, the monies equivalent to the value of relevant dividend property. In cases, the amounts provided for in each of the following items for the case categories set forth in each relevant item are the value of relevant dividend property:
if relevant dividend property consists of property with a market price:the amount calculated in a manner prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as the market price of relevant dividend property;
二
前号に掲げる場合以外の場合 株式会社の申立てにより裁判所が定める額
in cases other than those set forth in the preceding item:the amount determined by the court in response to a petition by the stock company.
第四百五十六条
(基準株式数を定めた場合の処理)Treatment Where Minimum Number of Shares Is Prescribed
If the number referred to in Article 454, paragraph (4), item (ii) (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "minimum number of shares") is prescribed, a stock company must pay to shareholders having shares in a number less than the minimum number of shares (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "disqualified shares") monies equivalent to the amount obtained by multiplying the amount prescribed as the value of the dividend property assigned to shareholders having shares in the minimum number of shares in accordance with the applicable provisions of the second sentence of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article by the ratio of the number of relevant disqualified shares to the minimum number of shares.
第四百五十七条
(配当財産の交付の方法等)Methods of Delivery of Dividend Property
The dividend property (including monies paid pursuant to the provisions of Article 455, paragraph (2) and monies paid pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) must be delivered at the address of the shareholders (including registered pledgees of shares; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) which have been entered or recorded in the shareholder register, or at any other place of which the shareholders have notified the stock company (in paragraph (3) referred to as "address, etc.").
The cost of the delivery of dividend property pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is borne by the stock company; provided, however, that, if relevant cost increases due to reasons attributable to shareholders, relevant increased amount is borne by the shareholders.
第三項
前二項の規定は、日本に住所等を有しない株主に対する配当財産の交付については、適用しない。
The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply to the delivery of dividend property to shareholders who do not have address, etc. in Japan.
第四百五十八条
(適用除外)Exclusion from Application
第一項
第四百五十三条から前条までの規定は、株式会社の純資産額が三百万円を下回る場合には、適用しない。
The provisions of Article 453 through the preceding Article do not apply if the amount of the net assets of the stock company is less than 3,000,000 yen.
第五節 剰余金の配当等を決定する機関の特則
第四百五十九条
(剰余金の配当等を取締役会が決定する旨の定款の定め)Provisions of Articles of Incorporation That Board of Directors Determines Dividends of Surplus
A company with financial auditor (excluding companies for which the last day of the term of office of directors (directors other than directors who are audit and supervisory committee members for a company with company audit and supervisory committee) falls on a day after the day of the conclusion of the annual shareholders meeting for the last business year ending within one year from the time of their election, and companies with company auditor that are not companies with board of company auditors) may provide in the articles of incorporation that the board of directors (for matters set forth in item (ii), limited to the board of directors under Article 436, paragraph (3)) may decide the following matters:
一
第百六十条第一項の規定による決定をする場合以外の場合における第百五十六条第一項各号に掲げる事項
the matters set forth in each item of Article 156, paragraph (1) in cases other than cases where a decision pursuant to the provisions of Article 160, paragraph (1) is made;
二
第四百四十九条第一項第二号に該当する場合における第四百四十八条第一項第一号及び第三号に掲げる事項
the matters set forth in Article 448, paragraph (1), items (i) and (iii) in cases that fall under Article 449, paragraph (1), item (ii);
三
第四百五十二条後段の事項
the matters set forth in the second sentence of Article 452; and
the matters set forth in each item of Article 454, paragraph (1) and each item of paragraph (4) of that Article; provided, however, that the cases where the dividend property consists of property other than monies and no right to demand distribution of monies are granted to shareholders are excluded.
The provisions of the articles of incorporation pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph are effective only if the financial statements for the most recent business year satisfy the requirements prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as accurately indicating the status of the assets and profits and losses of a stock company in compliance with laws and regulations and the articles of incorporation.
For the purpose of the application of the provisions of Article 449, paragraph (1), item (i) if there are provisions in the articles of incorporation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the term "annual shareholders meeting" in that item is deemed to be replaced with "annual shareholders meeting or board of directors under Article 436, paragraph (3)".
If there are provisions in the articles of incorporation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, a stock company may provide in the articles of incorporation that the matters set forth in each item of that paragraph are not decided by a resolution at a shareholders meeting.
The provisions of the articles of incorporation pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph are effective only if the financial statements for the most recent business year satisfy the requirements prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as accurately indicating the status of the assets and profits and losses of a stock company in compliance with laws and regulations and the articles of incorporation.
The total book value of the monies, etc. (excluding shares of the relevant stock company; hereinafter the same applies in this Section) delivered to shareholders as a result of the following acts may not exceed the distributable amount as at the day on which relevant act takes effect:
一
第百三十八条第一号ハ又は第二号ハの請求に応じて行う当該株式会社の株式の買取り
the purchase of shares of relevant stock company in response to a demand under Article 138, item (i), (c) or item (ii), (c) of the same Article;
the acquisition of shares of relevant stock company based on a decision pursuant to the provisions of Article 156, paragraph (1) (limited to acquisitions of shares by relevant stock company in the cases provided for in Article 163 or Article 165, paragraph (1));
三
第百五十七条第一項の規定による決定に基づく当該株式会社の株式の取得
the acquisition of shares of relevant stock company based on a decision pursuant to the provisions of Article 157, paragraph (1);
四
第百七十三条第一項の規定による当該株式会社の株式の取得
the acquisition of shares of relevant stock company pursuant to the provisions of Article 173, paragraph (1);
五
第百七十六条第一項の規定による請求に基づく当該株式会社の株式の買取り
the purchase of shares of relevant stock company based on a request pursuant to the provisions of Article 176, paragraph (1);
六
第百九十七条第三項の規定による当該株式会社の株式の買取り
the purchase of shares of relevant stock company pursuant to the provisions of Article 197, paragraph (3);
the purchase of shares of relevant stock company pursuant to the provisions of Article 234, paragraph (4) (including the cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 235, paragraph (2)); or
The "distributable amount" provided for in the preceding paragraph means the amount obtained by subtracting the sum of the amounts set forth in items (iii) through (vi) from the sum set forth in item (i) and item (ii) (hereinafter the same applies in this Section):
the amounts set forth below if the approval under Article 441, paragraph (4) (or the approval under paragraph (3) of that Article in the cases provided for in the proviso to that paragraph) is obtained for the provisional financial statements:
イ
第四百四十一条第一項第二号の期間の利益の額として法務省令で定める各勘定科目に計上した額の合計額
the sum of the amounts recorded in each account title prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as the amount of profits during the period under Article 441, paragraph (1), item (ii); and
ロ
第四百四十一条第一項第二号の期間内に自己株式を処分した場合における当該自己株式の対価の額
if treasury shares are disposed of during the period under Article 441, paragraph (1), item (ii), the amount of the value received in exchange for relevant treasury shares;
三
自己株式の帳簿価額
the book value of treasury shares;
四
最終事業年度の末日後に自己株式を処分した場合における当該自己株式の対価の額
if treasury shares are disposed of after the last day of the most recent business year, the amount of the value received in exchange for relevant treasury shares;
in the cases provided for in item (ii), the sum of the amounts recorded in each account title prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as the amount of losses during the period under Article 441, paragraph (1), item (ii); and
六
前三号に掲げるもののほか、法務省令で定める各勘定科目に計上した額の合計額
beyond what is set forth in the preceding three items, the sum of the amounts recorded in each account title prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order.