In conjunction with the determination of the matters set forth in each item of Article 156, paragraph (1), a stock company may, by a resolution at a shareholders meeting under that paragraph, make a determination to the effect that notice under the provisions of Article 158, paragraph (1) may be given to specific shareholders.
If a stock company intends to make a determination under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, it must give notice to the shareholders (or, for a company with class shares, the class shareholders of the classes of the shares to be acquired), by the time prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order, to the effect that the shareholders may make the requests under the provisions of the following paragraph.
The shareholders under the preceding paragraph may, by the time prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order, request that they be added to the specific shareholders provided for in paragraph (1) for the proposal for the shareholders meeting under that paragraph.
The specific shareholders under paragraph (1) may not exercise voting right at the shareholders meeting provided for in Article 156, paragraph (1); provided, however, that this does not apply if all shareholders other than the specific shareholders under paragraph (1) may not exercise the voting right at relevant shareholders meeting.
If specific shareholders are prescribed under paragraph (1), for the purpose of the application of the provisions of Article 158, paragraph (1), the phrase "shareholders (or, for a company with class shares, the class shareholder of the classes of the shares it intends to acquire)" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "specific shareholders under Article 160, paragraph (1)".
定義第二条第一項第十三号・法令全体に適用
剰余金の配当その他の第百八条第一項各号に掲げる事項について内容の異なる二以上の種類の株式を発行する株式会社
わかりやすく言うと
剰余金の配当、残余財産の分配、議決権を行使できる事項、譲渡に会社の承認が要ることなどについて、内容の異なる二以上の種類の株式を発行する株式会社のことです（第百八条第一項）。
株主総会
株式会社の株主が集まって会社の基本的な事項を決める機関です。取締役・監査役などの役員を選任し（会社法第三百二十九条第一項）、定款を変更します（第四百六十六条）。取締役会を置かない会社では会社に関する一切の事項を決議でき、取締役会を置く会社では会社法と定款が定める事項に限られます（第二百九十五条）。毎事業年度の終了後に定時株主総会を招集しなければならず、必要があればいつでも招集できます（第二百九十六条）。決議は原則として、議決権の過半数を有する株主が出席し、その議決権の過半数で行います（第三百九条第一項）。