有価証券の発行者である会社は、その会社が発行者である有価証券(特定有価証券を除く。次の各号を除き、以下この条において同じ。)が次に掲げる有価証券のいずれかに該当する場合には、内閣府令で定めるところにより、事業年度ごとに、当該会社の商号、当該会社の属する企業集団及び当該会社の経理の状況、気候変動その他の事業活動上の課題であつて将来の財務又は資金調達に影響を与える可能性があるものに対応するための取組の状況及びこれに関連する指標その他事業の内容に関する重要な事項その他の公益又は投資者保護のため必要かつ適当なものとして内閣府令で定める事項を記載した報告書(以下「有価証券報告書」という。)を、内国会社にあつては当該事業年度経過後三月以内(やむを得ない理由により当該期間内に提出できないと認められる場合には、内閣府令で定めるところにより、あらかじめ内閣総理大臣の承認を受けた期間内)、外国会社にあつては公益又は投資者保護のため必要かつ適当なものとして政令で定める期間内に、内閣総理大臣に提出しなければならない。ただし、当該有価証券が第三号に掲げる有価証券(株券その他の政令で定める有価証券に限る。)に該当する場合においてその発行者である会社(報告書提出開始年度(当該有価証券の募集又は売出しにつき第四条第一項本文、第二項本文若しくは第三項本文又は第二十三条の八第一項本文若しくは第二項の規定の適用を受けることとなつた日の属する事業年度をいい、当該報告書提出開始年度が複数あるときは、その直近のものをいう。)終了後五年を経過している場合に該当する会社に限る。)の当該事業年度の末日及び当該事業年度の開始の日前四年以内に開始した事業年度全ての末日における当該有価証券の所有者の数が政令で定めるところにより計算した数に満たない場合であつて有価証券報告書を提出しなくても公益又は投資者保護に欠けることがないものとして内閣府令で定めるところにより内閣総理大臣の承認を受けたとき、当該有価証券が第四号に掲げる有価証券に該当する場合において、その発行者である会社の資本金の額が当該事業年度の末日において五億円未満(当該有価証券が第二条第二項の規定により有価証券とみなされる有価証券投資事業権利等又は電子記録移転権利である場合にあつては、当該会社の資産の額として政令で定めるものの額が当該事業年度の末日において政令で定める額未満)であるとき、及び当該事業年度の末日における当該有価証券の所有者の数が政令で定める数に満たないとき、並びに当該有価証券が第三号又は第四号に掲げる有価証券に該当する場合において有価証券報告書を提出しなくても公益又は投資者保護に欠けることがないものとして政令で定めるところにより内閣総理大臣の承認を受けたときは、この限りでない。
If securities issued by a company (excluding regulated securities; hereinafter the same applies in this Article, except in the following items) fall under any of the categories set forth in the following items, the company that is the issuer of the securities must submit, for each business year, a report stating the trade name of the company, the financial condition of the corporate group to which the company belongs and the company's own financial condition, the status of initiatives to address issues in business activities, such as climate change, that may affect future finance or fund procurement and indicators related thereto, other material particulars of the company's business, and other particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order as necessary and appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors (hereinafter referred to as an "annual securities report") to the Prime Minister, within three months after the end of that business year (or, if there is a compelling reason that the company cannot submit the document within such period, within a period approved in advance by the Prime Minister pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order), for a domestic company, or within the period that is specified by Cabinet Order as necessary and appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors, for a foreign company, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order; provided however, that this does not apply if the securities issued by the company fall under the category of securities specified in item (iii) below (limited to share certificates and other securities specified by Cabinet Order) and the numbers of holders of the securities on the last day of that business year and on the last days of each of the business years that began within four years before the day on which the relevant business year began are smaller than the number calculated pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, and the company receives the acknowledgement of the Prime Minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, as a company whose non-submission of an annual securities report does not damage the public interest or result in insufficient investor protection (limited to a company that has already had five years elapse since the end of the first year of report submission (meaning the business year that includes the day on which the main clause of Article 4, paragraph (1), the main clause of Article 4, paragraph (2), the main clause of Article 4, paragraph (3), or the main clause of Article 23-8, paragraph (1) or (2) became applicable to the public offering or secondary distribution of securities, and if there are two or more first years of report submission, this means the most recent one)); nor does it apply if the securities issued by the company fall under the category of securities specified in item (iv) below, and the stated capital of the company is less than 500 million yen on the last day of that business year (or, if the securities are rights in a securities investment business, etc. or electronically recorded transferable rights that are deemed to be securities pursuant to Article 2, paragraph (2), and the amount that is specified by Cabinet Order as the amount of assets is less than the amount specified by Cabinet Order on the last day of that business year) or the number of holders of the securities on the last day of that business year is smaller than the number specified by Cabinet Order; nor does it apply if the securities issued by the company fall under the category of securities specified in item (iii) or (iv) below, and the company receives the acknowledgement of the Prime Minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, as a company whose non-submission of an annual securities report does not damage the public interest or result in insufficient investor protection: