# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二百四十九条 (Article 249) - 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: 第二百四十九条 (Article 249)（新株予約権原簿） — address `art-249` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-249 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-249 - 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. --- ### 第二百四十九条（新株予約権原簿） — (Share Option Register) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-249 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-249 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-249 **第一項** 株式会社は、新株予約権を発行した日以後遅滞なく、新株予約権原簿を作成し、次の各号に掲げる新株予約権の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める事項（以下「新株予約権原簿記載事項」という。）を記載し、又は記録しなければならない。 art-249/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-249/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-249/par-1 A stock company must, without delay after the day share options are issued, prepare a share option register and enter or record, in accordance with the categories of share options set forth in the following items, the information set forth in these items (hereinafter referred to as "information required to be entered in the share option register"): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 無記名式の新株予約権証券が発行されている新株予約権（以下この章において「無記名新株予約権」という。）　当該新株予約権証券の番号並びに当該無記名新株予約権の内容及び数 art-249/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-249/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-249/par-1/item-1 share options for which bearer form share option certificates are issued (hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as "bearer share options"):the serial numbers of relevant share option certificates and the features and number of relevant bearer share options; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 無記名式の新株予約権付社債券（証券発行新株予約権付社債（新株予約権付社債であって、当該新株予約権付社債についての社債につき社債券を発行する旨の定めがあるものをいう。以下この章において同じ。）に係る社債券をいう。以下同じ。）が発行されている新株予約権付社債（以下この章において「無記名新株予約権付社債」という。）に付された新株予約権　当該新株予約権付社債券の番号並びに当該新株予約権の内容及び数 art-249/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-249/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-249/par-1/item-2 share options that are attached to any bonds with share options under a certificate that represents that bonds with share options (meaning a bond certificate representing a bonds with share options for which a certificate is issued (meaning a bonds with share options for which the stock company has established that it issues a bond certificate; hereinafter the same applies in this Chapter); the same applies hereinafter) has been issued in bearer form (hereinafter in this Chapter a bonds with share options represented by such a bearer-form bond certificate is referred to as a "bearer bonds with share options"):the serial number of the certificate representing the bonds with share options and the features and number of relevant share options; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前二号に掲げる新株予約権以外の新株予約権　次に掲げる事項 art-249/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-249/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-249/par-1/item-3 share options other than the share options set forth in the preceding two items: the following matters: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 新株予約権者の氏名又は名称及び住所 art-249/par-1/item-3/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-249/par-1/item-3/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-249/par-1/item-3/sub-1 the names and addresses of the share option holders; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** イの新株予約権者の有する新株予約権の内容及び数 art-249/par-1/item-3/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-249/par-1/item-3/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-249/par-1/item-3/sub-2 the features and number of the share options held by the share option holders referred to in (a); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ハ** イの新株予約権者が新株予約権を取得した日 art-249/par-1/item-3/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-249/par-1/item-3/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-249/par-1/item-3/sub-3 the days when the share option holders referred to in (a) acquired the share options; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ニ** ロの新株予約権が証券発行新株予約権（新株予約権（新株予約権付社債に付されたものを除く。）であって、当該新株予約権に係る新株予約権証券を発行する旨の定めがあるものをいう。以下この章において同じ。）であるときは、当該新株予約権（新株予約権証券が発行されているものに限る。）に係る新株予約権証券の番号 art-249/par-1/item-3/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-249/par-1/item-3/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-249/par-1/item-3/sub-4 if the share options referred to in (b) are share options for which certificates are issued (meaning share options (excluding those attached to bonds with share options) for which the stock company has established that it issues share option certificates; hereinafter the same applies in this Chapter), the serial numbers of the share option certificates representing those share options (but only if the share option certificates have been issued); and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ホ** ロの新株予約権が証券発行新株予約権付社債に付されたものであるときは、当該新株予約権を付した新株予約権付社債（新株予約権付社債券が発行されているものに限る。）に係る新株予約権付社債券の番号 art-249/par-1/item-3/sub-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-249/par-1/item-3/sub-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-249/par-1/item-3/sub-5 if the share options referred to in (b) are attached to a bonds with share options for which a certificate is issued, the serial number of the certificate that represents that bonds with share options (but only if the certificate representing the bonds with share options has been issued). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-249/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 会社法 第二百四十九条第一項第一号 (Article 249, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-249/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-249/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-249/par-1/item-1 - art-249/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 会社法 第二百四十九条第一項第二号 (Article 249, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-249/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-249/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-249/par-1/item-2 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第百十八条第七項（新株予約権買取請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-118/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-118/par-7 - 会社法 第二百四十九条第一項第三号（新株予約権原簿） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-249/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-249/par-1/item-3 - 会社法 第二百五十条第一項（新株予約権原簿記載事項を記載した書面の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-250/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-250/par-1 - 会社法 第二百七十二条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-272-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-272-2/par-2 - 会社法 第二百九十四条第三項（無記名式の新株予約権証券等が提出されない場合） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-294/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-294/par-3 - 会社法 第二百九十四条第五項（無記名式の新株予約権証券等が提出されない場合） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-294/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-294/par-5 --- ## 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