Article 23-12Mutatis Mutandis Application of Relevant Provisions for Shelf Registration Statements

①The provisions of Article 6 apply mutatis mutandis if a shelf registration statement and accompanying documents, an amended shelf registration statement under Article 23-4, Article 23-9, paragraph (1) or Article 23-10, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 23-10, paragraph (5)) or shelf registration supplements and accompanying documents are submitted.

③The provisions of Article 15, paragraphs (2) and (6) apply mutatis mutandis to a public offering or secondary distribution of securities for which a shelf registration is filed. In this case, in Article 15, paragraph (2), the phrase "a prospectus that states the particulars specified in Article 13, paragraph (2), item (i)" is deemed to be replaced with "the prospectus referred to in Article 13, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 23-12, paragraph (2)"; and in Article 15, paragraph (6), the phrase "paragraph (2) to the preceding paragraph" is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (2)", the phrase "Article 10, paragraph (1) or Article 11, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 23-10, paragraph (3) or Article 23-11, paragraph (1)", and the phrase "the notification under Article 4, paragraphs (1) through (3) for the public offering or secondary distribution came into effect" is deemed to be replaced with "the shelf registration supplements are submitted for a shelf registration that has been filed for the public offering or secondary distribution and has already come into effect".

④The provisions of Article 16 apply mutatis mutandis to a person that violates the provisions of Article 23-8, paragraph (1) or (2), or Article 15, paragraph (2) or (6) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph in causing securities to be acquired.

⑤The provisions of Articles 17 through 21, Article 22, and Article 23 apply mutatis mutandis to a public offering or secondary distribution of securities for which a shelf registration is filed. In this case, in Article 17, the phrase "prospectus referred to in Article 13, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "prospectus referred to in Article 13, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 23-12, paragraph (2) (including reference documents referenced therein)"; in Article 18, paragraph (1), the phrase "a securities registration statement contains" is deemed to be replaced with "shelf registration documents, an amended shelf registration statement under Article 23-4, Article 23-9, paragraph (1) or Article 23-10, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 23-10, paragraph (5)) (hereinafter referred to as an 'amended shelf registration statement'), shelf registration supplements and accompanying documents, or reference documents for any of these documents (hereinafter referred to as 'shelf registration documents, etc.') contain", the phrase "the securities registration statement" is deemed to be replaced with "shelf registration documents, amended shelf registration statement, shelf registration supplements, or accompanying documents for any of these", the phrase "a prospectus referred to in Article 13, paragraph (1) contains" in Article 18, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "a prospectus referred to in Article 13, paragraph (1) (including reference documents for that prospectus) contains"; in Article 19, paragraph (2), the phrase "the securities registration statement" is deemed to be replaced with "the shelf registration documents, etc." and the phrase "the prospectus" is deemed to be replaced with "the prospectus (including reference documents for that prospectus)"; in Article 20, item (i), the phrase "the securities registration statement" is deemed to be replaced with "the shelf registration documents, etc.", and the phrase "the prospectus contains" is deemed to be replaced with "the prospectus (including reference documents for that prospectus) contains", the phrase "Article 10, paragraph (1) or Article 11, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 23-10, paragraph (3) or Article 23-11, paragraph (1)", and in item (ii) of that Article, the phrase "from the time when the notification under Article 4, paragraphs (1) through (3) for the relevant public offering or secondary distribution of the securities comes into effect" is deemed to be replaced with "from the time when the shelf registration supplements are submitted for a shelf registration that has been filed for the relevant public offering or secondary distribution and has already come into effect"; in the non-itemized part of Article 21, paragraph (1), the phrase "a securities registration statement contains" is deemed to be replaced with "shelf registration documents, etc. contain"; in Article 21, paragraph (1), items (i) and (iii), the phrase "the securities registration statement" is deemed to be replaced with "the shelf registration documents, amended shelf registration statement, shelf registration supplements, or accompanying documents for any of these"; in Article 21, paragraph (3), the phrase "a prospectus referred to in Article 13, paragraph (1) contains" is deemed to be replaced with "prospectus referred to in Article 13, paragraph (1) (including reference documents for that prospectus)"; in Article 22, paragraph (1), the phrase "a securities registration statement contains" is deemed to be replaced with "the shelf registration documents, etc. contain" and the phrase "the securities registration statement" is deemed to be replaced with "the shelf registration documents, amended shelf registration statement, shelf registration supplements, or accompanying documents for any of these"; and in Article 23, the phrase "a notification under Article 4, paragraphs (1) through (3) for a public offering or secondary distribution of securities having been made and having come into effect" is deemed to be replaced with "a shelf registration having come into effect and shelf registration supplements for it having been submitted (or, for a public offering or secondary distribution of securities referred to in Article 23-8, paragraph (2), based on the shelf registration for it having come into effect)", the phrase "Article 10, paragraph (1) or Article 11, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 23-10, paragraph (3) or Article 23-11, paragraph (1)", the phrase "the securities registration statement" is deemed to be replaced with "the shelf registration documents, etc."; and the term "the notification" is deemed to be replaced with "the shelf registration".

⑥The provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) and the provisions of Article 17, Article 18, paragraph (2) and Article 21, paragraph (3) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph do not apply to securities referred to in Article 23-8, paragraph (2).

⑦If the issuer, a person that engages in secondary distribution of securities, an underwriter, a financial instruments business operator, a registered financial institution or a financial instruments intermediary service provider, or a financial service intermediary has another person acquire the securities for which a shelf registration is filed through public offering or secondary distribution, or sells those securities to another person, after the submission of a shelf registration statement related to those securities or shelf registration statement and amended shelf registration statement under the provisions of Article 23-4 related to those securities, when a document stating the particulars that are required to be stated in the shelf registration statement, its amended shelf registration statement, and its shelf registration supplements pursuant to the provisions of Article 23-3, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 23-4, and Article 23-8, paragraph (1) (excluding issue price and other particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order (hereinafter referred to as the "issue price, etc." in this paragraph) among the conditions for issuance) as well as the fact that the issue price, etc. will be publicized and the means of publication (limited to those specified by Cabinet Office Order) has been delivered in advance, and the issue price, etc. is publicized by the means stated in the document, that document is deemed to be the prospectus referred to in Article 13, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (2), and the publication of the issue price, etc. is deemed to be the delivery referred to in Article 15, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (3), notwithstanding the provisions of Article 15, paragraphs (2) and (6) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (3).