Article 27-10Submission of a Target Company's Position Statement and Tender Offeror's Answer

①The issuer of the share certificates, etc. involved in a tender offer (hereinafter referred to as the "target company" in this Section and Article 27-30-11, paragraph (4)), pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, must submit a document that states its opinion about the tender offer and other particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order (hereinafter referred to as the "target company's position statement") to the Prime Minister within a period specified by Cabinet Order from the date on which the public notice of the commencement of the tender offer is issued.

②The target company may include the following particulars in the target company's position statement, in addition to its opinion about the tender offer:

③If the request set forth in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph has been included in the target company's position statement pursuant to the preceding paragraph and the Prime Minister makes the target company's position statement available for public inspection pursuant to Article 27-14, paragraph (1), the tender offeror must extend the purchase, etc. period to the period specified by Cabinet Order.

④If a target company makes the request set forth in paragraph (2), item (ii) in the target company's position statement under paragraph (2), the target company, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, must issue public notice of the purchase, etc. period after the extension under the preceding paragraph, and of the other particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order, by the day following the last day of the period set forth in paragraph (1).

⑤If a target company that issues the public notice under the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as the "public notice of a request for a period extension" in the following paragraph) finds a formal deficiency in the content of that public notice or finds that its content conflicts with the facts of the matter, the target company must amend this content and issue a public notice or a public announcement pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.

⑥If the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary for the public notice of a request for a period extension to be amended, the Prime Minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, may order the target company that issued that public notice to issue a public notice or public announcement of the details of the amended statement within the time limit designated by the Prime Minister.

⑦A disposition under the preceding paragraph may not be reached after the last day of the tender offer period (including the period by which it is required to be extended pursuant to Article 27-8, paragraph (8)).

⑧The provisions of Article 27-8, paragraphs (1) through (5) (excluding Article 27-8, paragraph (3), items (ii) and (iii)) apply mutatis mutandis to a target company's position statement. In this case, in Article 27-8, paragraph (1), the term "tender offeror" is deemed to be replaced with "target company as defined in Article 27-10, paragraph (1)" and the term "amended statement" is deemed to be replaced with "amended report"; in Article 27-8, paragraph (2), the phrase "the terms of purchase, etc. change" is deemed to be replaced with "opinion about the tender offer changes", the term "tender offeror" is deemed to be replaced with "target company defined in Article 27-10, paragraph (1)", and the term "amended statement" is deemed to be replaced with "amended report"; in Article 27-8, paragraphs (3) and (4), the term "tender offeror" is deemed to be replaced with "target company defined in Article 27-10, paragraph (1)" and the term "amended statement" is deemed to be replaced with "amended report"; and in Article 27-8, paragraph (5), the phrase "A disposition under paragraph (3)" is deemed to be replaced with "A disposition under paragraph (3) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-10, paragraph (8)", the term "amended statement" is deemed to be replaced with "amended report", and the phrase "disposition under the preceding paragraph" is deemed to be replaced with "disposition under the preceding paragraph as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-10, paragraph (8)".

⑨Immediately after submitting a target company's position statement, the target company in a tender offer must send a copy of the target company's position statement to the tender offeror involved in the tender offer (and to any person that has already submitted a tender offer statement for share certificates, etc. of which the target company is the issuer as of the day on which it submits the target company's position statement), and, if the share certificates, etc. involved in the tender offer fall under a category set forth in any of the items of Article 27-3, paragraph (4), the target company must also send a copy of the target company's position statement to the person specified in the relevant item for the category of share certificates, etc. set forth in that item.

⑩The preceding paragraph applies mutatis mutandis if an amended report is submitted pursuant to Article 27-8, paragraphs (1) through (4) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (8).

⑪If a question referred to in paragraph (2), item (i) has been included in a target company's position statement, a tender offeror that receives a copy of the target company's position statement pursuant to paragraph (9) must submit a document, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, stating an answer to the question (or, if it finds that it is not necessary to answer the question, the reason why it finds this to be so) and other particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order (hereinafter referred to as the "tender offeror's answer") to the Prime Minister within a period specified by Cabinet Order from the date on which it receives the copy of the target company's position statement.

⑫The provisions of Article 27-8, paragraphs (1) through (5) (excluding Article 27-8, paragraph (3), items (ii) and (iii)) apply mutatis mutandis to a tender offeror's answer. In this case, in Article 27-8, paragraph (1), the term "amended statement" is deemed to be replaced with "amended report"; in Article 27-8, paragraph (2), the phrase "terms of purchase, etc. change" is deemed to be replaced with "answer changes" and the term "amended statement" is deemed to be replaced with "amended report"; in Article 27-8, paragraphs (3) and (4), the term "amended statement" is deemed to be replaced with "amended report"; and in Article 27-8, paragraph (5), the phrase "A disposition under paragraph (3)" is deemed to be replaced with "A disposition under paragraph (3) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-10, paragraph (12)", the term "amended statement" is deemed to be replaced with "amended report", and the phrase "disposition under the preceding paragraph" is deemed to be replaced with "disposition under the preceding paragraph as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-10, paragraph (12)".

⑬Immediately after submitting a tender offeror's answer, the tender offeror must send a copy of the tender offeror's answer to the target company (and to any person that has already submitted a tender offer statement for share certificates, etc. of which the target company is the issuer as of the day on which it submits the tender offeror's answer), and, if the share certificates, etc. involved in the tender offer fall under a category set forth in any of the items of Article 27-3, paragraph (4), the tender offeror must also send a copy of the tender offeror's answer to the person specified in the relevant item for the category of share certificates, etc. set forth in that item.

⑭The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis if an amended report is submitted pursuant to Article 27-8, paragraphs (1) through (4) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (12).