Subsection 2 Allotment of Shares for Subscription
第二款 募集株式の割当て
Article 203Applications for Shares for Subscription
第二百三条(募集株式の申込み)
A stock company must notify persons who intend to subscribe for shares for subscription in response to solicitation in Article 199, paragraph (1) of the matters set forth in the following items:
the trade name of the stock company;
株式会社の商号
if any money payment is to be made, the place where payments are handled;
金銭の払込みをすべきときは、払込みの取扱いの場所
beyond what is set forth in the preceding three items, matters prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order.
前三号に掲げるもののほか、法務省令で定める事項
A person who submits an application to subscribe for shares for subscription in response to solicitation in Article 199, paragraph (1) must deliver a document giving the following information:
the name and address of the person applying;
申込みをする者の氏名又は名称及び住所
the number of shares for subscription for which the person intends to subscribe.
引き受けようとする募集株式の数
A person who submits an application under the preceding paragraph may, in lieu of delivering a document as referred to in that paragraph, provide the information that is required to be detailed in the document referred to in that paragraph by electronic or magnetic means, with the approval of the stock company and pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order. In these cases, the person who submitted the application is deemed to have delivered the document under that paragraph.
The provisions of paragraph (3) do not apply if the stock company has issued a prospectus provided for in Article 2, paragraph (10) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act that states the matters set forth in each item of that paragraph to a person who intends to submit the application in paragraph (1), and in other cases prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as cases where it is unlikely that the protection of persons who intend to submit applications for subscription for shares for subscription is compromised.
If there are changes in the matters set forth in each item of paragraph (1), the stock company must immediately notify persons who have submitted applications in paragraph (2) (hereinafter in this Subsection referred to as "applicants") thereof and of the matters so changed.
It is sufficient for a notice or demand to an applicant to be sent by the stock company to the address under paragraph (2), item (i) (or, if the applicant notifies the stock company of a different place or contact address for the receipt of notices or demands, to the place or contact address).
The notices or demands referred to in the preceding paragraph are deemed to have arrived at the time when that notice or demand should normally have arrived.
前項の通知又は催告は、その通知又は催告が通常到達すべきであった時に、到達したものとみなす。
Article 204Allotment of Shares for Subscription
第二百四条(募集株式の割当て)
A stock company must specify the persons to whom shares for subscription will be allotted from among the applicants and the number of shares for subscription to be allotted to those persons. In these cases, the stock company may reduce the number of shares for subscription the stock company allots to the applicants below the number under paragraph (2), item (ii) of the preceding Article.
If shares for subscription are shares with restriction on transfer, the determination under the provisions of the preceding paragraph must be made by a resolution at a shareholders meeting (or at a board of directors meeting for a company with board of directors); provided, however, that this does not apply if it is otherwise prescribed in the articles of incorporation.
The stock company must notify the applicants, no later than the day immediately preceding the date referred to in Article 199, paragraph (1), item (iv) (or, if a period is prescribed under that item, no later than the day immediately preceding the first day of that period), of the number of shares for subscription that will be allotted to relevant applicants.
株式会社は、第百九十九条第一項第四号の期日(同号の期間を定めた場合にあっては、その期間の初日)の前日までに、申込者に対し、当該申込者に割り当てる募集株式の数を通知しなければならない。
If the stock company has granted entitlement to the allotment of shares to its shareholders pursuant to the provisions of Article 202, if the shareholders do not submit, no later than the date under item (ii), paragraph (1) of that Article, applications under paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, relevant shareholders will lose the entitlement to the allotment of shares for subscription.
Article 205Special Provisions on Subscription and Allotment of Shares for Subscription
第二百五条(募集株式の申込み及び割当てに関する特則)
The provisions of the preceding two Articles do not apply if a person who intends to subscribe for shares for subscription executes a contract for subscription for the total number of those shares.
In the case prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if shares for subscription are shares with restriction on transfer, the stock company must obtain approval of the contract referred to in the same paragraph by the resolution at shareholders meeting(or at a board of directors meeting for a company with board of directors); provided, however, that this does not apply if it is otherwise prescribed in the articles of incorporation.
If there are provisions on the matters set forth in each item of Article 202-2, paragraph (1) pursuant to the provisions of the second sentence of that paragraph, a person other than a director (including a person who was a director) related to provisions regarding the matters set forth in Article 361, paragraph (1), item (iii) pursuant to the articles of incorporation or a resolution of a shareholders meeting may not make an application provided in Article 203, paragraph (2) or enter into an agreement provided in paragraph (1).
第二百二条の二第一項後段の規定による同項各号に掲げる事項についての定めがある場合には、定款又は株主総会の決議による第三百六十一条第一項第三号に掲げる事項についての定めに係る取締役(取締役であった者を含む。)以外の者は、第二百三条第二項の申込みをし、又は第一項の契約を締結することができない。
For the purpose of the application of the provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article and Article 206-2, paragraph (1), paragraph (3), and paragraph (4), in the cases provided in the preceding paragraph, the phrases "the date referred to in Article 199, paragraph (1), item (iv) (or, if a period is prescribed under that item, no later than the first day of that period)" in paragraph (3) of the preceding Article and Article 206-2, paragraph (1) and "the day prescribed in the same paragraph" in paragraph (3) of the preceding Article and Article 206-2, paragraph (1) and "the day specified in paragraph (1) "in paragraph (4) of that article are deemed to be replaced with "the day of allotment."
前項に規定する場合における前条第三項並びに第二百六条の二第一項、第三項及び第四項の規定の適用については、前条第三項及び第二百六条の二第一項中「第百九十九条第一項第四号の期日(同号の期間を定めた場合にあっては、その期間の初日)」とあり、同条第三項中「同項に規定する期日」とあり、並びに同条第四項中「第一項に規定する期日」とあるのは、「割当日」とする。
For the purpose of application of the provisions of paragraph (3) by a company with nominating committee, etc., the phrase "the provisions regarding the matters set forth in Article 361, paragraph (1), item (iii) pursuant to the articles of incorporation or a resolution of the shareholders meeting" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "decision on the matters provided for in Article 409, paragraph (3), item (iii) by the remuneration committee" and the term "director "is deemed to be replaced with "executive officer or director."
指名委員会等設置会社における第三項の規定の適用については、同項中「定款又は株主総会の決議による第三百六十一条第一項第三号に掲げる事項についての定め」とあるのは「報酬委員会による第四百九条第三項第三号に定める事項についての決定」と、「取締役」とあるのは「執行役又は取締役」とする。
Article 206Subscription for Shares for Subscription
第二百六条(募集株式の引受け)
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.
Article 206-2Special Provisions on Allotment of Shares for Subscription of a Public Company
第二百六条の二(公開会社における募集株式の割当て等の特則)
If the rate of the number set forth in item (I) to the number set forth in item (ii) exceeds 50% with regard to a subscriber for shares for subscription, a public company must notify shareholders of the name or address of the subscriber (hereinafter referred to as "special subscriber" in this paragraph and paragraph (4)), the number set forth in item (I) with respect to the special subscriber, and other matters prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order by two weeks before the day referred to in Article 199, paragraph (1), item (iv) (if the period referred to in the same item is specified, the first day of the period); provided however that this does not apply to cases where the special subscriber is a parent company, etc. of the public company or where the right to obtain the allotment of shares is granted to shareholders pursuant to the provisions of Article 202:
the number of votes that the subscriber (including its subsidiary companies, etc.) will hold when the subscriber becomes a shareholder of shares for subscription that the subscriber subscribed; and
the number of votes of all shareholders if all subscribers of the shares for subscription become shareholders of shares for subscription that they subscribed.
当該募集株式の引受人の全員がその引き受けた募集株式の株主となった場合における総株主の議決権の数
The notice pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be substituted with a public notice.
前項の規定による通知は、公告をもってこれに代えることができる。
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), if a stock company has made a notification under Article 4, paragraphs (1) through (3) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act with respect to the matters referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article by two weeks before the day prescribed in the same paragraph, or where it is prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as cases where it is unlikely that the protection of shareholders is compromised, the notice pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) is not required.
When a shareholder holding one-tenth or more (if lesser proportion is prescribed in the articles of incorporation, the proportion) of the votes of all shareholders (excluding shareholders who cannot exercise voting rights in the shareholders meeting set forth in this paragraph) makes a notice to a public company that the shareholder is against subscription for shares for subscription by a special subscriber (including its subsidiary companies, etc.; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) within two weeks from the day of notice pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or the day of public notice referred to in paragraph (2) (in the case set forth in the preceding paragraph, the day specified by Ministry of Justice Order), the public company must obtain approval for the allotment of shares for subscription to the special subscriber or for the contract referred to in Article 205, paragraph (1) with the special subscriber by the resolution at the shareholders meeting by the day before the day specified in paragraph (1); provided, however, that this does not apply if the public company's financial condition has deteriorated greatly and there is an urgent necessity in order for the public company to continue in business.
総株主(この項の株主総会において議決権を行使することができない株主を除く。)の議決権の十分の一(これを下回る割合を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その割合)以上の議決権を有する株主が第一項の規定による通知又は第二項の公告の日(前項の場合にあっては、法務省令で定める日)から二週間以内に特定引受人(その子会社等を含む。以下この項において同じ。)による募集株式の引受けに反対する旨を公開会社に対し通知したときは、当該公開会社は、第一項に規定する期日の前日までに、株主総会の決議によって、当該特定引受人に対する募集株式の割当て又は当該特定引受人との間の第二百五条第一項の契約の承認を受けなければならない。ただし、当該公開会社の財産の状況が著しく悪化している場合において、当該公開会社の事業の継続のため緊急の必要があるときは、この限りでない。
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 309, paragraph (1), the resolution at the shareholders meeting referred to in the preceding paragraph must be passed by attendance of the shareholders holding a majority of votes out of the shareholders who can exercise voting rights (if one third or more of the proportion is stipulated by the articles of incorporation, the proportion or more) and by a majority of voting rights of the shareholders presents (if any proportion higher than that is provided for in the articles of incorporation, the proportion or more).