the persons set forth in the following items will be the subscribers for shares for subscription with respect to the number of shares for subscription prescribed in each of relevant items:
次の各号に掲げる者は、当該各号に定める募集株式の数について募集株式の引受人となる。
applicants:the number of the shares for subscription allotted by the stock company; or
A person who subscribed for all of the shares for subscription under a contract in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article:the number of shares for subscription for which that person has subscribed.
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shares for subscription
「募集株式」
Shares, newly issued or held by the company itself, that a stock company allots to the persons who applied for them in response to its invitation to subscribe.
Defined inArticle 199, paragraph (1)· applies only in this section
applicants
「申込者」
A person who has applied to subscribe for shares for subscription offered by a stock company.
Short name set inArticle 203, paragraph (5)· applies only in this subsection