# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第百七十九条 (Article 179) - Law: 会社法 (Companies Act), 平成十七年法律第八十六号 - English title "Companies Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第百七十九条 (Article 179)（株式等売渡請求） — address `art-179` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-179 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百七十九条（株式等売渡請求） — (Demand for Share Cash-Out) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-179 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-179 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179 **第一項** 株式会社の特別支配株主（株式会社の総株主の議決権の十分の九（これを上回る割合を当該株式会社の定款で定めた場合にあっては、その割合）以上を当該株式会社以外の者及び当該者が発行済株式の全部を有する株式会社その他これに準ずるものとして法務省令で定める法人（以下この条及び次条第一項において「特別支配株主完全子法人」という。）が有している場合における当該者をいう。以下同じ。）は、当該株式会社の株主（当該株式会社及び当該特別支配株主を除く。）の全員に対し、その有する当該株式会社の株式の全部を当該特別支配株主に売り渡すことを請求することができる。ただし、特別支配株主完全子法人に対しては、その請求をしないことができる。 art-179/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-179/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179/par-1 Special controlling shareholders of a stock company (if a person if not less than nine-tenths of the votes of all shareholders of the stock company (if a higher proportion is provided for in the articles of incorporation of that stock company, that proportion) are held by that person other than that stock company and if a corporation prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as a stock company all of the issued shares of which are held by that person or one equivalent thereto (hereinafter referred to as "wholly owned subsidiary corporation of the special controlling shareholder" in this Article and paragraph (1) of the following Article), meaning that person; the same applies hereinafter) may demand from all shareholders of relevant stock company (excluding relevant stock company and the special controlling shareholders) to sell all of the shares of that stock company that they hold to relevant special controlling shareholder; provided, however, that these special controlling shareholders may choose not to make a demand to a wholly owned subsidiary corporation of the special controlling shareholder. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 特別支配株主は、前項の規定による請求（以下この章及び第八百四十六条の二第二項第一号において「株式売渡請求」という。）をするときは、併せて、その株式売渡請求に係る株式を発行している株式会社（以下「対象会社」という。）の新株予約権の新株予約権者（対象会社及び当該特別支配株主を除く。）の全員に対し、その有する対象会社の新株予約権の全部を当該特別支配株主に売り渡すことを請求することができる。ただし、特別支配株主完全子法人に対しては、その請求をしないことができる。 art-179/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-179/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179/par-2 When making a demand pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "demand for cash-out" in this Chapter and Article 846-2, paragraph (2), item (i)), a special controlling shareholders may also request from all of the share option holders (excluding subject company and the special controlling shareholders) of a stock company issuing shares for the demand for cash-out (hereinafter referred to as "subject company") to sell all of the share options of the subject company that they have to relevant special controlling shareholders; provided, however, that the special controlling shareholders may choose not to make a demand to a wholly owned subsidiary corporation of the special controlling shareholder. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 特別支配株主は、新株予約権付社債に付された新株予約権について前項の規定による請求（以下「新株予約権売渡請求」という。）をするときは、併せて、新株予約権付社債についての社債の全部を当該特別支配株主に売り渡すことを請求しなければならない。ただし、当該新株予約権付社債に付された新株予約権について別段の定めがある場合は、この限りでない。 art-179/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-179/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179/par-3 When making a demand pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph with regard to share options (hereinafter referred to as "demand for share option cash-out") attached to bonds with share option, special controlling shareholders must also demand to sell all bonds concerning bonds with share option to the special controlling shareholders; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases where it is otherwise provided for with respect to the share options attached to relevant bonds with share option. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-179/par-1: この条 → 会社法 第百七十九条 (Article 179), art-179 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-179 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179 - art-179/par-1: 次条第一項 → 会社法 第百七十九条の二第一項 (Article 179-2, paragraph (1)), art-179-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-179-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179-2/par-1 - art-179/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第百七十九条第一項 (Article 179, paragraph (1)), art-179/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-179/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179/par-1 - art-179/par-2: 第八百四十六条の二第二項第一号 → 会社法 第八百四十六条の二第二項第一号 (Article 846-2, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-846-2/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-846-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-846-2/par-2/item-1 - art-179/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第百七十九条第二項 (Article 179, paragraph (2)), art-179/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-179/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179/par-2 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第百五十一条第二項（株式の質入れの効果） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-151/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-151/par-2 - 会社法 第百七十九条第一項（株式等売渡請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-179/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179/par-1 - 会社法 第百七十九条第二項（株式等売渡請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-179/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179/par-2 - 会社法 第百七十九条第三項（株式等売渡請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-179/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179/par-3 - 会社法 第百七十九条の二第一項第四号（株式等売渡請求の方法） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-179-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179-2/par-1/item-4 - 会社法 第百七十九条の二第一項第四号ロ（株式等売渡請求の方法） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-179-2/par-1/item-4/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179-2/par-1/item-4/sub-2 - 会社法 第二百三十八条第一項第七号（募集事項の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-238/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-238/par-1/item-7 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 会社法 — the text in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/417AC0000000086/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-09-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Companies Act — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4481/tb), retrieved 2026-09-17 - This site's parser, version 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17