If the purpose of the shareholders meeting is the election of two or more directors (in cases of a company with audit and supervisory committee, directors who are audit and supervisory committee members or other directors; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), the shareholders (limited to the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the election of the directors; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) may request the stock company that the directors be elected pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) through paragraph (5), except as otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation.
株主総会の目的である事項が二人以上の取締役（監査等委員会設置会社にあっては、監査等委員である取締役又はそれ以外の取締役。以下この条において同じ。）の選任である場合には、株主（取締役の選任について議決権を行使することができる株主に限る。以下この条において同じ。）は、定款に別段の定めがあるときを除き、株式会社に対し、第三項から第五項までに規定するところにより取締役を選任すべきことを請求することができる。
The request under the provisions of the preceding paragraph must be made no later than five days prior to the day of the shareholders meeting referred to in that paragraph.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 308, paragraph (1), if a request is made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), a shareholder is entitled to relevant number of votes as is equal to the number of the directors to be elected in relevant shareholders meeting for each one share the shareholder holds (or, if the share unit is provided for in the articles of incorporation, for each one unit of the shares the shareholder holds) with respect to the resolution of the election of the directors. In these cases, the shareholder may exercise the shareholder's votes by casting votes for only one candidate or for two or more candidates.
In the case provided for in the preceding paragraph, the directors are to be elected in the order of the votes obtained by respective candidates.
前項の場合には、投票の最多数を得た者から順次取締役に選任されたものとする。
Beyond what is specified in the preceding two paragraphs, necessary matters regarding the election of directors if a request has been made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) are prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order.
The provisions of the preceding Article do not apply to resolutions for the dismissal of the directors elected pursuant to the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs.
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(Number of Votes)
Shareholders (excluding the shareholder prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as the entity in a relationship that may allow the stock company to have substantial control of the entity through the…
株主（株式会社がその総株主の議決権の四分の一以上を有することその他の事由を通じて株式会社がその経営を実質的に支配することが可能な関係にあるものとして法務省令で定める株主を除く。）は、株主総会において、その有する株式一株につき一個の議決権を有する。
Open this provision(Resolution at Shareholders Meeting for Election and Dismissal of Officers)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 309, paragraph (1), resolutions at shareholders meetings for the election or dismissal of officers must be passed by the majority…
第三百九条第一項の規定にかかわらず、役員を選任し、又は解任する株主総会の決議は、議決権を行使することができる株主の議決権の過半数（三分の一以上の割合を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その割合以上）を有する株主が出席し…
Open this provision(Election of Directors by Cumulative Vote)
If the purpose of the shareholders meeting is the election of two or more directors (in cases of a company with audit and supervisory committee, directors who are audit and supervisory committee…
株主総会の目的である事項が二人以上の取締役（監査等委員会設置会社にあっては、監査等委員である取締役又はそれ以外の取締役。以下この条において同じ。）の選任である場合には、株主（取締役の選任について議決権を行使することができる株主に限る。以下この条において同じ。）は、定款に別段の定めがあるときを除き、株式会社に対し…
Open this provision(Election of Directors by Cumulative Vote)
If the purpose of the shareholders meeting is the election of two or more directors (in cases of a company with audit and supervisory committee, directors who are audit and supervisory committee…
株主総会の目的である事項が二人以上の取締役（監査等委員会設置会社にあっては、監査等委員である取締役又はそれ以外の取締役。以下この条において同じ。）の選任である場合には、株主（取締役の選任について議決権を行使することができる株主に限る。以下この条において同じ。）は、定款に別段の定めがあるときを除き、株式会社に対し…
Open this provision(Election of Directors by Cumulative Vote)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 308, paragraph (1), if a request is made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), a shareholder is entitled to relevant number of votes as is equal to…
第三百八条第一項の規定にかかわらず、第一項の規定による請求があった場合には、取締役の選任の決議については、株主は、その有する株式一株（単元株式数を定款で定めている場合にあっては、一単元の株式）につき、当該株主総会において選任する取締役の数と同数の議決権を有する。
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In the case provided for in the preceding paragraph, the directors are to be elected in the order of the votes obtained by respective candidates.
前項の場合には、投票の最多数を得た者から順次取締役に選任されたものとする。
Open this provision(Election of Directors by Cumulative Vote)
Beyond what is specified in the preceding two paragraphs, necessary matters regarding the election of directors if a request has been made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) are prescribed…
前二項に定めるもののほか、第一項の規定による請求があった場合における取締役の選任に関し必要な事項は、法務省令で定める。
Open this provisioncompany with audit and supervisory committee
「監査等委員会設置会社」
A stock company that has an audit and supervisory committee, made up of directors.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xi-2)· 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
audit and supervisory committee membermachine translation
「監査等委員」
A member of the audit and supervisory committee of a company with audit and supervisory committee.
Defined inArticle 38, paragraph (2)
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.
director
取締役
An officer of a stock company, elected by the shareholders meeting (Companies Act, Article 329, paragraph (1)). Every stock company has at least one (Article 326, paragraph (1)). Where there is no board of directors, the directors run the company's business unless the articles of incorporation say otherwise (Article 348, paragraph (1)), and each of them represents it unless the company has chosen representative directors (代表取締役) or others to do that (Article 349, paragraphs (1) and (3)). Where there is a board (取締役会, board of directors), the directors are its members, and the board decides the business and normally chooses the representative directors from among them (Article 362). The term normally runs to the annual shareholders meeting for the last business year ending within two years of election (Article 332, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 326, 329, 332, 348, 349, 362 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.