株主は、取締役に対し、一定の事項（当該株主が議決権を行使することができる事項に限る。次項において同じ。）を株主総会の目的とすることを請求することができる。
Shareholders may demand that the directors include certain matters (limited to the matters on which relevant shareholders may vote; the same applies in the following paragraph) in the purpose of the shareholders meeting.
前項の規定にかかわらず、取締役会設置会社においては、総株主の議決権の百分の一（これを下回る割合を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その割合）以上の議決権又は三百個（これを下回る数を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その個数）以上の議決権を六箇月（これを下回る期間を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その期間）前から引き続き有する株主に限り、取締役に対し、一定の事項を株主総会の目的とすることを請求することができる。この場合において、その請求は、株主総会の日の八週間（これを下回る期間を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その期間）前までにしなければならない。
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, at a company with board of directors, only shareholders having consecutively for the preceding six months or more (or, if shorter period is prescribed in the articles of incorporation, the period or more) not less than one hundredth (or, if lesser proportion is prescribed in the articles of incorporation, the proportion) of the votes of all shareholders or not less than three hundred (or, if lesser number is prescribed in the articles of incorporation, the number of) votes of all shareholders may demand the directors that the directors include certain matters in the purpose of the shareholders meeting. In these cases, that demand must be submitted no later than eight weeks (or, if shorter period is prescribed in the articles of incorporation, the period or more) prior to the day of the shareholders meeting.
For the purpose of the application of the preceding paragraph to a company with board of directors which is not a public company, the phrase "having consecutively for the preceding six months or more (or, if shorter period is prescribed in the articles of incorporation, the period or more)" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "having".
The number of the votes to which the shareholders who may not vote on the certain matters referred to in paragraph (2) are entitled is not included in the number of the votes of all shareholders under that paragraph.