With regard to the actions set forth in the following items (hereinafter collectively referred to as an "action concerning organization of company" in this Section), the persons specified in each of those items are to be the defendant:
一
会社の設立の無効の訴え 設立する会社
an action seeking invalidation of the incorporation of a company:the incorporated company;
an action seeking invalidation of a share issue after the formation of a stock company (referred to as an "action seeking invalidation of new share issue" in Article 840, paragraph (1)):the stock company that has issued the shares;
三
自己株式の処分の無効の訴え 自己株式の処分をした株式会社
an action seeking invalidation of a disposition of treasury shares:the stock company that has disposed of the treasury shares;
四
新株予約権の発行の無効の訴え 新株予約権の発行をした株式会社
an action seeking invalidation of an issuance of share options:the stock company that has issued the share options;
五
株式会社における資本金の額の減少の無効の訴え 当該株式会社
an action seeking invalidation of a reduction in the amount of stated capital of a stock company:the relevant stock company;
六
会社の組織変更の無効の訴え 組織変更後の会社
an action seeking invalidation of an entity conversion of a company:the company after the entity conversion;
七
会社の吸収合併の無効の訴え 吸収合併後存続する会社
an action seeking invalidation of an absorption-type merger of a company:the company surviving the absorption-type merger;
八
会社の新設合併の無効の訴え 新設合併により設立する会社
an action seeking invalidation of a consolidation-type merger of a company:the company that is incorporated in the consolidation-type merger;
九
会社の吸収分割の無効の訴え 吸収分割契約をした会社
an action seeking invalidation of an absorption-type company split:the company that has concluded the absorption-type company split agreement;
十
会社の新設分割の無効の訴え 新設分割をする会社及び新設分割により設立する会社
an action seeking invalidation of an incorporation-type company split:the company effecting the incorporation-type company split and the company that is incorporated in the incorporation-type company split;
十一
株式会社の株式交換の無効の訴え 株式交換契約をした会社
an action seeking invalidation of a share exchange of a stock company:the company that has concluded the share exchange agreement;
十二
株式会社の株式移転の無効の訴え 株式移転をする株式会社及び株式移転により設立する株式会社
an action seeking invalidation of a share transfer of a stock company:the stock company effecting the share transfer and the stock company that is incorporated in the share transfer;
十二の二
株式会社の株式交付の無効の訴え 株式交付親会社
an action seeking invalidation of a partial share exchange of a stock company:the parent company resulting from a partial share exchange;
十三
株式会社の成立後における株式の発行が存在しないことの確認の訴え 株式の発行をした株式会社
an action for declaratory judgment of absence of a share issue after the formation of a stock company:the stock company that has issued the shares;
十四
自己株式の処分が存在しないことの確認の訴え 自己株式の処分をした株式会社
an action for declaratory judgment of absence of a disposition of treasury shares:the stock company that has disposed of the treasury shares;
十五
新株予約権の発行が存在しないことの確認の訴え 新株予約権の発行をした株式会社
an action for declaratory judgment of absence of an issuance of share options:the stock company that has issued the share options;
an action for declaratory judgment of absence of a resolution at a shareholders meeting, etc. or invalidation of a resolution at a shareholders meeting, etc. based on a reason that the contents of relevant resolution violate laws and regulations:the relevant stock company;
十七
株主総会等の決議の取消しの訴え 当該株式会社
an action seeking revocation of a resolution at a shareholders meeting, etc.:the relevant stock company;
十八
第八百三十二条第一号の規定による持分会社の設立の取消しの訴え 当該持分会社
an action seeking rescission of the incorporation of a membership company under the provisions of Article 832, item (i):relevant membership company;
十九
第八百三十二条第二号の規定による持分会社の設立の取消しの訴え 当該持分会社及び同号の社員
an action seeking rescission of the incorporation of a membership company under the provisions of Article 832, item (ii):relevant membership company and the member referred to in that item;
二十
株式会社の解散の訴え 当該株式会社
an action seeking dissolution of a stock company:the relevant stock company; and
二十一
持分会社の解散の訴え 当該持分会社
an action seeking dissolution of a membership company:relevant membership company.
第八百三十五条
(訴えの管轄及び移送)Jurisdiction over and Transfer of an Action
第一項
会社の組織に関する訴えは、被告となる会社の本店の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所の管轄に専属する。
An action concerning organization of company is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the district court having jurisdiction over the location of the head office of the company which is the defendant.
When two or more district courts have jurisdiction pursuant to the provisions of items (ix) through (xii) of the preceding Article, the actions set forth in those items are under the jurisdiction of the district court with which an action was filed first.
In cases referred to in the preceding paragraph, a court may, even when the suit concerning relevant action is under its jurisdiction, transfer the suit to another court with jurisdiction, in response to a petition or ex officio, if it finds it necessary for avoiding substantial detriment or delay.
With regard to an action concerning organization of company which may be filed by a shareholder or a shareholder at incorporation, the court may, in response to a petition by the defendant, order the shareholder or the shareholder at incorporation who has filed relevant action concerning organization of company to provide reasonable security; provided, however, that this does not apply when relevant shareholder is a director, company auditor, executive officer or liquidator or when relevant shareholder at incorporation is a director at incorporation or a company auditor at incorporation.
The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to actions concerning the organization of a company which may be filed by a creditor or person who delivered shares or share options, etc. of the subsidiary company resulting from a partial share exchange to the parent company resulting from a partial share exchange when the partial share exchange was effected.
In order for a defendant to file the petition referred to in paragraph (1) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph), the defendant must make a prima facie showing that the plaintiff filed the action in bad faith.
第八百三十七条
(弁論等の必要的併合)Mandatory Consolidation of Oral Arguments
When several suits relating to an action concerning organization of company for the same claim are pending simultaneously, the oral arguments and judicial decisions thereof must be made in consolidation.
第八百三十八条
(認容判決の効力が及ぶ者の範囲)Persons Affected by an Upholding Judgment
第一項
会社の組織に関する訴えに係る請求を認容する確定判決は、第三者に対してもその効力を有する。
A final and binding judgment upholding a claim relating to an action concerning organization of company is also effective against third parties.
第八百三十九条
(無効又は取消しの判決の効力)Effects of a Judgment of Invalidation, Revocation or Rescission
When a judgment upholding a claim relating to an action concerning organization of company (limited to any one of the actions set forth in Article 834, items (i) through (xii)-2, (xviii) and (xix)) becomes final and binding, the act that is held to be invalid or revoked or rescinded by relevant judgment (if a company was incorporated by relevant act, it includes relevant incorporation, and if shares or share options were delivered at the time of relevant act, it includes relevant shares or share options) will become ineffective from then on.
第八百四十条
(新株発行の無効判決の効力)Effects of a Judgment of Invalidation of New Share Issue
When a judgment upholding a claim relating to an action seeking invalidation of a new share issue becomes final and binding, the relevant stock company must pay, to the shareholders of relevant shares as of the time relevant judgment became final and binding, monies equivalent to the amount of payment received from them or the value of the property delivered by them as of the time of the delivery. In these cases, when relevant stock company is a share certificate-issuing company, the stock company may request relevant shareholders to return the old share certificates representing relevant shares (meaning the share certificates representing the shares that became ineffective pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article; hereinafter the same applies in this Section) in exchange for the payment of relevant monies.
When the amount of the monies referred to in the preceding paragraph is extremely unreasonable in light of the status of the company property as of the time the judgment referred to in that paragraph became final and binding, the court may, in response to a petition by the stock company or shareholders referred to in the first sentence of that paragraph, order an increase or decrease of relevant amount.
第三項
前項の申立ては、同項の判決が確定した日から六箇月以内にしなければならない。
The petition referred to in the preceding paragraph must be filed within six months from the day the judgment set forth in that paragraph became final and binding.
第四項
第一項前段に規定する場合には、同項前段の株式を目的とする質権は、同項の金銭について存在する。
In the cases prescribed in the first sentence of paragraph (1), the pledges on the shares set forth in the first sentence of that paragraph are effective with respect to the monies set forth in that paragraph.
In the cases prescribed in the first sentence of paragraph (1), registered pledgees of shares with respect to the pledges set forth in the preceding paragraph may receive the monies set forth in paragraph (1) from the stock company set forth in the first sentence of that paragraph, and appropriate them as payment to satisfy their own claims in priority to other creditors.
If the claims under the preceding paragraph are not yet due and payable, the registered pledgees of share options may have the stock company set forth in the first sentence of paragraph (1) deposit an amount equivalent to the value of the monies provided for in that paragraph. In these cases, the pledges are effective with respect to the monies so deposited.
第八百四十一条
(自己株式の処分の無効判決の効力)Effects of a Judgment of Invalidation of Disposition of Treasury Shares
When a judgment upholding a claim relating to an action seeking invalidation of a disposition of treasury shares becomes final and binding, the relevant stock company must pay, to shareholders of relevant treasury shares as of the time relevant judgment became final and binding, monies equivalent to the amount of payment received from them or the value of the property delivered by them as of the time of the delivery. In these cases, when relevant stock company is a share certificate-issuing company, the stock company may request relevant shareholders to return the old share certificates representing relevant treasury shares in exchange for the payment of relevant monies.
The provisions of paragraphs (2) through (6) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the cases set forth in the preceding paragraph. In these cases, the term "shares" in paragraph (4) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "treasury shares".
第八百四十二条
(新株予約権発行の無効判決の効力)Effects of a Judgment of Invalidation of the Issuance of Share Options
When a judgment upholding a claim relating to an action seeking invalidation of an issuance of share options becomes final and binding, the relevant stock company must pay, to the share option holders as of the time relevant judgment became final and binding, monies equivalent to the amount of payment received from them or the value of the property delivered by them as of the time of the delivery. In these cases, when relevant stock company has issued share option certificates representing relevant share options (or, if relevant share options are those attached to bonds with share options, certificate representing the bond with share options for relevant bonds with share options; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), the stock company may request share option holders to return the share option certificates representing the share options that became ineffective pursuant to the provisions of Article 839 in exchange for the payment of relevant monies.
The provisions of Article 840, paragraphs (2) through (6) apply mutatis mutandis to the cases referred to in the preceding paragraph. In these cases, the term "shareholders" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "share option holders", the term "shares" in paragraph (4) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "share options", and the term "registered pledgees of shares" stated in paragraphs (5) and (6) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "registered pledgees of share options".
第八百四十三条
(合併又は会社分割の無効判決の効力)Effects of a Judgment of Invalidation of a Merger or Company Split
When a judgment upholding a claim relating to an action seeking invalidation of any one of the acts set forth in the following items becomes final and binding, the company that carried out relevant act is liable jointly and severally to perform the obligations assumed by the companies specified respectively in those items after the day on which relevant act became effective:
一
会社の吸収合併 吸収合併後存続する会社
absorption-type merger:the company surviving the absorption-type merger;
二
会社の新設合併 新設合併により設立する会社
consolidation-type merger:the company that is incorporated in the consolidation-type merger;
absorption-type company split:the company succeeding to all or part of the rights and obligations held by the company effecting the absorption-type company split in connection with its business by transfer from relevant company; or
四
会社の新設分割 新設分割により設立する会社
incorporation-type company split:the company that is incorporated in the incorporation-type company split.
In the cases prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the property acquired, after the day on which the acts set forth in the items of that paragraph became effective, by the companies specified respectively in those items is co-owned by the companies that carried out relevant acts; provided, however, that if the act set forth in item (iv) of that paragraph has been carried out by a single company, the property acquired by the company specified in that item is owned by the single company that carried out relevant act.
In the cases prescribed in paragraph (1) and the main clause of the preceding paragraph, each company's portion of the obligations to be assumed referred to in paragraph (1) and share of co-ownership of property referred to in the main clause of the preceding paragraph are decided through discussion among the companies.
If no agreement is reached in the discussion set forth in the preceding paragraph with regard to each company's portion of the obligations to be assumed referred to in paragraph (1) and share of co-ownership of property set forth in the main clause of the preceding paragraph, the court comes to a decision, in response to a petition by the companies, by taking into account the amount of property of each company as of the time the act set forth in any one of the items of paragraph (1) became effective and all other circumstances.