In the cases set forth in the following items, the creditors provided for in those items may state their objections to the absorption-type merger, etc. to the disappearing stock company, etc.:
in cases of effecting an absorption-type merger:creditors of the stock company disappearing in the absorption-type merger;
吸収合併をする場合 吸収合併消滅株式会社の債権者
in cases of effecting an absorption-type company split:creditors of the stock company splitting in the absorption-type split who are unable to request the stock company splitting in the absorption-type split to perform the obligations (including performance of the guarantee obligations that the stock company splitting in the absorption-type split jointly and severally assumes with the company succeeding in the absorption-type split as a guarantor) (or, if there are provisions on the matter set forth in Article 758, item (viii) or Article 760, item (vii), creditors of the stock company splitting in the absorption-type split); and
吸収分割をする場合 吸収分割後吸収分割株式会社に対して債務の履行(当該債務の保証人として吸収分割承継会社と連帯して負担する保証債務の履行を含む。)を請求することができない吸収分割株式会社の債権者(第七百五十八条第八号又は第七百六十条第七号に掲げる事項についての定めがある場合にあっては、吸収分割株式会社の債権者)
if the share options under share exchange agreement are share options attached to those bonds with share options:the holders constituting bonds with share options.
株式交換契約新株予約権が新株予約権付社債に付された新株予約権である場合 当該新株予約権付社債についての社債権者
If all or part of the creditors of the disappearing stock company, etc. are able to state their objection pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the disappearing stock company, etc. must give public notice of the matters set forth below in Official Gazette and must give notices separately to each known creditor (limited to one who is able to state an objection pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph), if any; provided, however, that the period stated in item (iv) may not be less than one month:
a statement that an absorption-type merger, etc. will be effected;
吸収合併等をする旨
the trade name and address of the surviving company, etc.;
存続会社等の商号及び住所
the matters prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as the matters regarding the financial statements of the disappearing stock company, etc. and the surviving company, etc. (limited to a stock company); and
a statement to the effect that creditors may state their objections within a certain period of time.
債権者が一定の期間内に異議を述べることができる旨
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the disappearing stock company, etc. gives public notice under that paragraph by the method of public notice set forth in Article 939, paragraph (1), item (ii) or item (iii) in accordance with the provisions of the articles of incorporation under the provisions of that paragraph in addition to Official Gazette, the disappearing stock company, etc. is not required to give separate notices under the provisions of the preceding paragraph (excluding the notices to creditors of the obligations of the stock company splitting in an absorption-type split that have arisen due to a tort in the case of effecting an absorption-type company split).
If creditors do not raise any objections within the period under paragraph (2), item (iv), relevant creditors are deemed to have approved the absorption-type merger, etc.
If creditors raise objections within the period under paragraph (2), item (iv), the disappearing stock company, etc. must make payment or provide reasonable security to relevant creditors, or entrust equivalent property to a trust company, etc. for the purpose of having relevant creditors receive the payment; provided, however, that this does not apply if there is no risk of harm to relevant creditors by relevant absorption-type merger, etc.
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(Absorption-Type Company Split Agreement Which Causes a Stock Company to Succeed to Rights and Obligations)
if the stock company splitting in the absorption-type split conducts any one of the following acts on the effective day, a statement to that effect:
吸収分割株式会社が効力発生日に次に掲げる行為をするときは、その旨
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if the stock company splitting in the absorption-type split conducts any one of the following acts on the effective day, a statement to that effect:
吸収分割株式会社が効力発生日に次に掲げる行為をするときは、その旨
Open this provision(Creditor Objections)
In the cases set forth in the following items, the creditors provided for in those items may state their objections to the absorption-type merger, etc. to the disappearing stock company, etc.:
次の各号に掲げる場合には、当該各号に定める債権者は、消滅株式会社等に対し、吸収合併等について異議を述べることができる。
Open this provision(Creditor Objections)
If all or part of the creditors of the disappearing stock company, etc. are able to state their objection pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the disappearing stock company…
前項の規定により消滅株式会社等の債権者の全部又は一部が異議を述べることができる場合には、消滅株式会社等は、次に掲げる事項を官報に公告し、かつ、知れている債権者(同項の規定により異議を述べることができるものに限る。)には、各別にこれを催告しなければならない。ただし、第四号の期間は、一箇月を下ることができない。
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a statement to the effect that creditors may state their objections within a certain period of time.
債権者が一定の期間内に異議を述べることができる旨
Open this provision(Method of Public Notice of a Company)
A company may prescribe any one of the following methods as the method of public notice in its articles of incorporation:
会社は、公告方法として、次に掲げる方法のいずれかを定款で定めることができる。
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publication in a daily newspaper that publishes matters on current affairs; or
時事に関する事項を掲載する日刊新聞紙に掲載する方法
Open this provision(Method of Public Notice of a Company)
electronic public notice.
電子公告
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「新株予約権」
A right that entitles its holder, by exercising it against a stock company, to receive shares of that company.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xxi)· applies throughout the law
bonds with share options
「新株予約権付社債」
A bond with share options attached to it.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xxii)· applies throughout the law
absorption-type merger
「吸収合併」
A merger in which one existing company survives and takes over all the rights and obligations of the other company, which ceases to exist.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xxvii)· applies throughout the law
absorption-type company split
「吸収分割」
A stock company or limited liability company's handing over all or part of the rights and obligations of its business to another existing company, which takes them over.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xxix)· applies throughout the law
means of giving public notice
「公告方法」
The way a company, including a foreign company, gives those public notices that no law requires to be published in the Official Gazette, such as in a daily newspaper or by electronic public notice.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xxxiii)· applies throughout the law
trust company, etc.machine translation
「信託会社等」
Trust companies, and banks and other financial institutions that the Prime Minister has authorized under Article 1, paragraph (1) of the Act on Engagement in Trust Business by Financial Institutions to carry on trust business — for example, those with which a company places property in trust for a creditor who objects to a reduction of its stated capital (Article 449).
Defined inArticle 449, paragraph (5)
stock company disappearing in the absorption-type mergermachine translation
「吸収合併消滅株式会社」
A stock company that ceases to exist in an absorption-type merger.
Short name set inArticle 749, paragraph (1), item (ii)· applies only in this part
company succeeding in the absorption-type split
「吸収分割承継会社」
The company that takes over all or part of the rights and obligations of another company's business in an absorption-type company split.
Short name set inArticle 757, paragraph (1)· applies only in this part
stock company splitting in the absorption-type split
「吸収分割株式会社」
A stock company that hands over rights and obligations of its business to another company in an absorption-type company split.
Short name set inArticle 758, paragraph (1), item (ii)· applies only in this part
share options under share exchange agreement
「株式交換契約新株予約権」
Share options of a company becoming wholly owned in a share exchange whose holders are to receive share options of the parent stock company in their place, under the share exchange agreement.
Short name set inArticle 768, paragraph (1), item (iv), (a)· applies only in this part
financial statements
「計算書類」
The financial statements a stock company must prepare for each business year: the balance sheet, the profit and loss statement and the other statements a Ministry of Justice Order (法務省令) sets as needed to show its assets and its profit and loss.
Defined inArticle 779, paragraph (2), item (ii)· applies only in this chapter
absorption-type merger, etc.
「吸収合併等」
An absorption-type merger, an absorption-type company split or a share exchange.
Short name set inArticle 782, paragraph (1)· applies only in this section
disappearing stock company, etc.
「消滅株式会社等」
A stock company that is merged away in an absorption-type merger, splits off business in an absorption-type company split, or becomes a wholly owned subsidiary in a share exchange, and must keep the merger agreement, split agreement or share exchange agreement at its head office.
Short name set inArticle 782, paragraph (1)· applies only in this division
surviving company, etc.
「存続会社等」
The company that survives an absorption-type merger, takes over business in an absorption-type company split, or becomes the wholly owning parent company in a share exchange.
Short name set inArticle 784, paragraph (1)· applies only in this division
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.