The provisions of Article 157 through Article 160 do not apply if a stock company acquires shares in relevant stock company through transactions undertaken by that stock company in the market or through a takeover bid provided for in Article 27-2, paragraph (6) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "market transactions").
第百五十七条から第百六十条までの規定は、株式会社が市場において行う取引又は金融商品取引法第二十七条の二第六項に規定する公開買付けの方法（以下この条において「市場取引等」という。）により当該株式会社の株式を取得する場合には、適用しない。
A company with board of directors may provide in its articles of incorporation to the effect that the acquisition of own shares by market transactions may be prescribed by a resolution at a board of directors meeting.
If the provisions of the articles of incorporation under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is created, for the purpose of the application of the provisions of Article 156, paragraph (1), the phrase "shareholders meeting" in this paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "shareholders meeting (or shareholders meeting or board of director's meeting in the cases provided for in Article 165, paragraph (1))".
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(Determination of Matters Regarding Acquisition of Shares)
A stock company must prescribe the following matters by a resolution at a shareholders meeting in advance in order to acquire for value own shares by agreement with its shareholders; provided…
株式会社が株主との合意により当該株式会社の株式を有償で取得するには、あらかじめ、株主総会の決議によって、次に掲げる事項を定めなければならない。ただし、第三号の期間は、一年を超えることができない。
Open this provision(Determination of Acquisition Price)
Whenever a stock company intends to acquire its shares in accordance with a determination pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, it must prescribe the following matters:
株式会社は、前条第一項の規定による決定に従い株式を取得しようとするときは、その都度、次に掲げる事項を定めなければならない。
Open this provision(Notice to Shareholders)
A stock company must notify its shareholders (or, for a company with class shares, the class shareholders of the classes of the shares it intends to acquire) of the matters set forth in each item of…
株式会社は、株主（種類株式発行会社にあっては、取得する株式の種類の種類株主）に対し、前条第一項各号に掲げる事項を通知しなければならない。
Open this provision(Offers to Transfer)
If a shareholder who receives a notice pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article intends to make an offer to transfer the shares the shareholder holds…
前条第一項の規定による通知を受けた株主は、その有する株式の譲渡しの申込みをしようとするときは、株式会社に対し、その申込みに係る株式の数（種類株式発行会社にあっては、株式の種類及び数）を明らかにしなければならない。
Open this provision(Acquisition from Specific Shareholders)
In conjunction with the determination of the matters set forth in each item of Article 156, paragraph (1), a stock company may, by a resolution at a shareholders meeting under that paragraph…
株式会社は、第百五十六条第一項各号に掲げる事項の決定に併せて、同項の株主総会の決議によって、第百五十八条第一項の規定による通知を特定の株主に対して行う旨を定めることができる。
Open this provisionThe provisions of Article 157 through Article 160 do not apply if a stock company acquires shares in relevant stock company through transactions undertaken by that stock company in the market or…
第百五十七条から第百六十条までの規定は、株式会社が市場において行う取引又は金融商品取引法第二十七条の二第六項に規定する公開買付けの方法（以下この条において「市場取引等」という。）により当該株式会社の株式を取得する場合には、適用しない。
Open this provisionThe provisions of Article 157 through Article 160 do not apply if a stock company acquires shares in relevant stock company through transactions undertaken by that stock company in the market or…
第百五十七条から第百六十条までの規定は、株式会社が市場において行う取引又は金融商品取引法第二十七条の二第六項に規定する公開買付けの方法（以下この条において「市場取引等」という。）により当該株式会社の株式を取得する場合には、適用しない。
Open this provisionA company with board of directors may provide in its articles of incorporation to the effect that the acquisition of own shares by market transactions may be prescribed by a resolution at a board of…
取締役会設置会社は、市場取引等により当該株式会社の株式を取得することを取締役会の決議によって定めることができる旨を定款で定めることができる。
Open this provisioncompany with board of directors
「取締役会設置会社」
A stock company that has a board of directors, or that this Act requires to have one.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (vii)· applies throughout the law
market transactions
「市場取引等」
A stock company's buying its own shares on the market, or by a takeover bid (tender offer) under Article 27-2, paragraph (6) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
Short name set inArticle 165, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
articles of incorporation
定款
A company's own basic rules, written by its founders when it is formed: at least its purpose, its trade name, where its head office is, the value of the property contributed at incorporation and who the founders are (Companies Act, Article 27). A stock company's must be certified by a notary before it takes effect (Article 30, paragraph (1)), and can later be changed by a resolution of the shareholders meeting (Article 466). Many rules in the Act apply "unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise", so a company's articles decide a great deal of how the Act applies to it.
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 26, 27, 30, 466, 575 as a reference.
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.
shareholders meeting
株主総会
The meeting of a stock company's shareholders, and the body through which they decide the company's basic matters. It elects the directors and company auditors (Companies Act, Article 329, paragraph (1)) and changes the articles of incorporation (Article 466). In a company without a board of directors it may decide any matter about the company; in one with a board, only what the Act or the articles of incorporation leave to it (Article 295). An annual shareholders meeting must be called after the end of every business year, and another may be called whenever needed (Article 296). A resolution normally passes by a majority of the votes present, with holders of a majority of the votes entitled to vote attending (Article 309, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 295, 296, 309, 329, 466 as a reference.