Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 369, paragraph (1), if a company with board of directors (excluding a company with nominating committee, etc.) falls under all of the following requirements (in cases of a company with audit and supervisory committee, excluding the cases prescribed in Article 399-13, paragraph (5) or cases where there are provisions of articles of incorporation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (6) of that Article), the board of directors may provide to the effect that the resolution of the board of directors meeting on the matters set forth in Article 362, paragraph (4), items (i) and (ii) or Article 399-13, paragraph (4), items (i) and (ii) may be passed, where the majority (if a higher proportion is determined by the board of directors, that proportion or more) of three or more directors appointed in advance (hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as "special directors") who are entitled to participate in the vote are present, by the majority (if a higher proportion is determined by the board of directors, that proportion or more) of relevant directors who are present:
第三百六十九条第一項の規定にかかわらず、取締役会設置会社（指名委員会等設置会社を除く。）が次に掲げる要件のいずれにも該当する場合（監査等委員会設置会社にあっては、第三百九十九条の十三第五項に規定する場合又は同条第六項の規定による定款の定めがある場合を除く。）には、取締役会は、第三百六十二条第四項第一号及び第二号又は第三百九十九条の十三第四項第一号及び第二号に掲げる事項についての取締役会の決議については、あらかじめ選定した三人以上の取締役（以下この章において「特別取締役」という。）のうち、議決に加わることができるものの過半数（これを上回る割合を取締役会で定めた場合にあっては、その割合以上）が出席し、その過半数（これを上回る割合を取締役会で定めた場合にあっては、その割合以上）をもって行うことができる旨を定めることができる。
that there are six or more directors; and
取締役の数が六人以上であること。
that one or more of the directors are outside directors.
取締役のうち一人以上が社外取締役であること。
If there are provisions on the vote by special directors pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, directors other than the special directors are not required to attend the board of directors meeting that decides the matters set forth in Article 362, paragraph (4), items (i) and (ii) or Article 399-13, paragraph (4), items (i) and (ii). For the purpose of the application of the provisions of the main clause of Article 366, paragraph (1) and Article 368 to those cases, the term "any director" in the main clause of Article 366, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "any special director (meaning the special director provided for in Article 373, paragraph (1); the same applies in Article 368)", the phrase "in the articles of incorporation" in Article 368, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "by the board of directors", the term "each director" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "each special director", the term "directors (" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "special directors (", and the phrase "directors and" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "special directors and".
前項の規定による特別取締役による議決の定めがある場合には、特別取締役以外の取締役は、第三百六十二条第四項第一号及び第二号又は第三百九十九条の十三第四項第一号及び第二号に掲げる事項の決定をする取締役会に出席することを要しない。この場合における第三百六十六条第一項本文及び第三百六十八条の規定の適用については、第三百六十六条第一項本文中「各取締役」とあるのは「各特別取締役（第三百七十三条第一項に規定する特別取締役をいう。第三百六十八条において同じ。）」と、第三百六十八条第一項中「定款」とあるのは「取締役会」と、「各取締役」とあるのは「各特別取締役」と、同条第二項中「取締役（」とあるのは「特別取締役（」と、「取締役及び」とあるのは「特別取締役及び」とする。
The person who is appointed by special directors from among themselves must report without delay after the resolution of the board of directors meeting under the preceding paragraph the content of relevant resolution to the directors other than the special directors.
The provisions of Article 366 (excluding the main clause of paragraph (1)), Article 367, Article 369, paragraph (1), Article 370, and Article 399-14 do not apply to the board of directors meeting under paragraph (2).
第三百六十六条（第一項本文を除く。）、第三百六十七条、第三百六十九条第一項、第三百七十条及び第三百九十九条の十四の規定は、第二項の取締役会については、適用しない。
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company 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
company 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
company with nominating committee, etc.machine translation
「指名委員会等設置会社」
A stock company with a nominating committee, an audit committee and a remuneration committee, each made up of directors.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xii)· applies throughout the law
outside director
「社外取締役」
A director of a stock company who meets all the independence requirements in Article 2, item (xv), such as not running, and not having run in the previous ten years, the business of the company or its subsidiaries.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xv)· applies throughout the law
special directors
「特別取締役」
Three or more directors chosen in advance by the board of a company meeting the conditions in Article 373, who may decide on disposing of or acquiring important assets and on large borrowings without the full board.
Short name set inArticle 373, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter
each special directormachine translation
「各特別取締役」
In Articles 366 and 368 as Article 373, paragraph (2) has them read, each of the special directors (特別取締役): the three or more directors a board of directors selects in advance under Article 373, paragraph (1) to adopt its resolutions on disposing of and acquiring important property and on large borrowings.
Defined inArticle 373, paragraph (2)· applies only in this provision and in Article 368
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.
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.