A stock company may provide in the articles of incorporation, with respect to the shares it issues, to the effect that a fixed number of shares constitutes one unit of shares, which entitles a shareholder to cast one vote at a shareholders meeting or general meeting of class shareholders.
株式会社は、その発行する株式について、一定の数の株式をもって株主が株主総会又は種類株主総会において一個の議決権を行使することができる一単元の株式とする旨を定款で定めることができる。
The fixed number in the preceding paragraph may not exceed the number prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order.
前項の一定の数は、法務省令で定める数を超えることはできない。
A company with class shares must provide for the share unit for each class of its shares.
company with class shares
「種類株式発行会社」
A stock company that issues two or more classes of shares with different terms on the matters listed in Article 108, paragraph (1), such as dividends of surplus or voting rights.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xiii)· applies throughout the law
general meeting of class shareholders
「種類株主総会」
A meeting of the shareholders who hold a particular class of shares in a company with class shares.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xiv)· applies throughout the law
share unit
「単元株式数」
The number of shares that a stock company's articles of incorporation make one unit, carrying one vote at a shareholders meeting.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xx)· applies throughout the law
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.
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.