# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二百六十条 (Article 260)

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- 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: 第二百六十条 (Article 260)（新株予約権者の請求による新株予約権原簿記載事項の記載又は記録） — address `art-260`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-260
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### 第二百六十条（新株予約権者の請求による新株予約権原簿記載事項の記載又は記録） — (Entry or Recording of Information Required to Be Entered in the Share Option Register at the Request of Share Option Holders)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-260 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-260 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-260</sup>

      **第一項**  新株予約権を当該新株予約権を発行した株式会社以外の者から取得した者（当該株式会社を除く。以下この節において「新株予約権取得者」という。）は、当該株式会社に対し、当該新株予約権に係る新株予約権原簿記載事項を新株予約権原簿に記載し、又は記録することを請求することができる。
      <sup>art-260/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-260/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-260/par-1</sup>
      A person who has acquired share options from a person other than the stock company that issued relevant share options (excluding relevant stock company, hereinafter in this Section referred to as "acquirer of share options") may request the stock company to enter or record the information required to be entered in the share option register with respect to those share options, in the share option register.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第二項**  前項の規定による請求は、利害関係人の利益を害するおそれがないものとして法務省令で定める場合を除き、その取得した新株予約権の新株予約権者として新株予約権原簿に記載され、若しくは記録された者又はその相続人その他の一般承継人と共同してしなければならない。
      <sup>art-260/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-260/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-260/par-2</sup>
      Except for cases prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as cases of no likelihood of detriment to interested parties, requests under the provisions of the preceding paragraph must be made jointly with the person stated or recorded in the share option register as the share option holder so acquired, or the person's general successors including the person's heirs.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第三項**  前二項の規定は、無記名新株予約権及び無記名新株予約権付社債に付された新株予約権については、適用しない。
      <sup>art-260/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-260/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-260/par-3</sup>
      The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply to bearer share options or share options attached to bearer bonds with share option.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-260/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第二百六十条第一項 (Article 260, paragraph (1)), art-260/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-260/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-260/par-1
- art-260/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第二百六十条第一項 (Article 260, paragraph (1)), art-260/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-260/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-260/par-1
- art-260/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第二百六十条第二項 (Article 260, paragraph (2)), art-260/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-260/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-260/par-2

## Cited by

7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 会社法 第百十八条第十項（新株予約権買取請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-118/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-118/par-10
- 会社法 第二百六十条第二項（新株予約権者の請求による新株予約権原簿記載事項の記載又は記録） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-260/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-260/par-2
- 会社法 第二百六十条第三項（新株予約権者の請求による新株予約権原簿記載事項の記載又は記録） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-260/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-260/par-3
- 会社法 第二百六十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-261/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-261/par-1
- 会社法 第七百七十七条第十項（新株予約権買取請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-777/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-777/par-10
- 会社法 第七百八十七条第十項（新株予約権買取請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-787/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-787/par-10
- 会社法 第八百八条第十項（新株予約権買取請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-808/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-808/par-10

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## 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 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17
