Supplementary Provisions, Article 14Transitional Measures on Shareholders' Subscription Rights to New Shares, etc.
第十四条（株主の新株引受権等に関する経過措置）
If, before this Act comes into effect, a resolution has been adopted in a company in which the approval of the board of directors is required for the transfer of shares for an issue of new shares, convertible bonds, or bonds with subscription rights to new shares, the provisions then in force continue to govern, after this Act comes into effect, the subscription rights of the shareholders of that company.
この法律の施行前に株式の譲渡につき取締役会の承認を要する会社において新株、転換社債又は新株引受権付社債の発行の決議があった場合においては、その会社の株主に係る引受権に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。
board of directors
取締役会
The body made up of all of a stock company's directors (Companies Act, Article 362, paragraph (1)). It decides how the company's business is carried out, supervises the directors, and appoints and removes the representative directors (代表取締役) (Article 362, paragraphs (2) and (3)) — except in a company with a nominating committee and the other committees (指名委員会等設置会社), where it appoints representative executive officers (代表執行役) instead (Articles 416 and 420). Some decisions, such as disposing of important assets or borrowing a large amount, it normally may not hand to the directors (Article 362, paragraph (4)). A company with an audit and supervisory committee (監査等委員会設置会社) can hand more of them to directors (Article 399-13, paragraphs (5) and (6)), and a company with the committees hands them to executive officers (執行役) rather than directors (Article 416, paragraphs (3) and (4)). A company chooses in its articles of incorporation whether to have one (Article 326, paragraph (2)), but a public company (公開会社), among others, must (Article 327, paragraph (1)): a public company is one whose articles of incorporation let at least some of its shares change hands without the company's approval (Article 2, item (v)). A company with a board must have at least three directors (Article 331, paragraph (5)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 2, 326, 327, 331, 362, 399-13, 416, 420 as a reference.