その募集又は売出し(適格機関投資家取得有価証券一般勧誘(有価証券の売出しに該当するものを除く。)及び特定投資家等取得有価証券一般勧誘等(有価証券の売出しに該当するものを除く。)を含む。以下この条並びに第十五条第二項から第四項まで及び第六項において同じ。)につき第四条第一項本文、第二項本文又は第三項本文の規定の適用を受ける有価証券の発行者は、当該募集又は売出しに際し、目論見書を作成しなければならない。開示が行われている場合(同条第七項に規定する開示が行われている場合をいう。以下この節において同じ。)における有価証券の売出し(その売出価額の総額が五億円未満であるものその他内閣府令で定めるものを除く。)に係る有価証券(以下この節において「既に開示された有価証券」という。)の発行者についても、同様とする。ただし、当該有価証券の募集が新株予約権証券の募集(会社法第二百七十七条に規定する新株予約権無償割当てにより行うものであつて、第四条第一項本文、第二項本文又は第三項本文の規定の適用を受けるものに限る。)であつて、次に掲げる要件の全てに該当する場合は、この限りでない。
The issuer of securities whose public offering or secondary distribution (including general solicitation involving securities acquired by a qualified institutional investor (excluding anything falling under the category of a secondary distribution of securities) and also including general solicitation, etc. involving securities acquired by a professional investor, etc. (excluding anything falling under the category of a secondary distribution of securities); hereinafter the same applies in this Article and Article 15, paragraphs (2) through (4) and paragraph (6)) is subject to the main clause of Article 4, paragraph (1), the main clause of Article 4, paragraph (2) or the main clause of Article 4, paragraph (3), must prepare a prospectus for such public offering or secondary distribution. The same applies to an issuer of securities whose secondary distribution (excluding one with a total distribution value of less than 500 million yen or one that falls under the categories specified by Cabinet Office Order) falls under a case in which disclosure has been made (meaning a case in which disclosure has been made as referred to in Article 4, paragraph (7); hereinafter the same applies in this Section) (such securities are hereinafter referred to as "securities for which disclosure has already been made" in this Section); provided, however, that this does not apply to cases where the public offering of those securities is conducted by public offering of share option certificates (limited to those conducted by allotment of share options without contribution specified in Article 277 of the Companies Act to which the main clause of Article 4, paragraph (1), the main clause of paragraph (2) of that Article or the main clause of paragraph (3) of that Article is applicable) which satisfies all of the following requirements: