責任追及等の訴えを提起した株主等が勝訴（一部勝訴を含む。）した場合において、当該責任追及等の訴えに係る訴訟に関し、必要な費用（訴訟費用を除く。）を支出したとき又は弁護士、弁護士法人若しくは弁護士・外国法事務弁護士共同法人に報酬を支払うべきときは、当該株式会社等に対し、その費用の額の範囲内又はその報酬額の範囲内で相当と認められる額の支払を請求することができる。
If a shareholder, etc. who has filed an action to enforce liability wins the suit (including cases of partially winning the suit), and the shareholder has paid the necessary costs (excluding court costs) or is to pay a fee to an attorney, a legal professional corporation, or an attorney and registered foreign joint corporation with respect to the suit relating to the action to enforce liability, the shareholder may demand the relevant stock company, etc. to pay an amount that is found to be reasonable, not exceeding the amount of that costs or the amount of that fee.
Even if a shareholder, etc. who has filed an action to enforce liability loses the case, the shareholder, etc. is not obligated to compensate the relevant stock company, etc. for the damages arising as a result thereof, except when the shareholder, etc. was in bad faith.
前二項の規定は、第八百四十九条第一項の規定により同項の訴訟に参加した株主等について準用する。
The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to any shareholder, etc. who intervened in the suit referred to in Article 849, paragraph (1) pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph.