In the cases set forth below, if there are unavoidable circumstances, a shareholder having not less than one-tenths (or, if a lesser proportion is prescribed in the articles of incorporation, the proportion) of the voting rights of all shareholders (excluding shareholders who are unable to exercise voting rights on all matters which may be resolved at the shareholders meeting) or a shareholder having not less than one-tenth (or, if a lesser proportion is prescribed in the articles of incorporation, the proportion) of the issued shares (excluding treasury shares) may claim dissolution of the stock company by filing an action:
when a stock company faces an extreme difficulty in executing business and the stock company suffers or is likely to suffer irreparable harm; or
株式会社が業務の執行において著しく困難な状況に至り、当該株式会社に回復することができない損害が生じ、又は生ずるおそれがあるとき。
when the management or disposition of property of a stock company is extremely unreasonable and puts the existence of the stock company at risk.
株式会社の財産の管理又は処分が著しく失当で、当該株式会社の存立を危うくするとき。
If there are unavoidable circumstances, members of a membership company may claim dissolution of the membership company by filing an action.
やむを得ない事由がある場合には、持分会社の社員は、訴えをもって持分会社の解散を請求することができる。
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issued shares
「発行済株式」
The shares a stock company has issued.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xxxi)
treasury sharesmachine translation
「自己株式」
Shares of a stock company that the company itself holds.
Defined inArticle 113, paragraph (4)
membership company
「持分会社」
General partnership companies, limited partnership companies and limited liability companies taken together: the three kinds of company under this Act that are owned by members rather than by shareholders.
Short name set inArticle 575, paragraph (1)
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.