# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二百七十八条 (Article 278) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-278. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - 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: 第二百七十八条 (Article 278)（新株予約権無償割当てに関する事項の決定） — address `art-278` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-278 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-278 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百七十八条（新株予約権無償割当てに関する事項の決定） — (Determination of Matters in Relation to Allotment of Share Options without Contribution) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-278 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-278 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-278 **第一項** 株式会社は、新株予約権無償割当てをしようとするときは、その都度、次に掲げる事項を定めなければならない。 art-278/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-278/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-278/par-1 Whenever a stock company intends to effect the allotment of share options without contribution, it must prescribe the following matters: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 株主に割り当てる新株予約権の内容及び数又はその算定方法 art-278/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-278/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-278/par-1/item-1 the features and number of the share options the stock company will allot to shareholders or the method for calculating that number; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前号の新株予約権が新株予約権付社債に付されたものであるときは、当該新株予約権付社債についての社債の種類及び各社債の金額の合計額又はその算定方法 art-278/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-278/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-278/par-1/item-2 if the share options provided for in the preceding item are attached to bonds with share option, the classes of bonds with respect to relevant bonds with share option, and the total of the amounts for each bond or the method for calculating that amount; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 当該新株予約権無償割当てがその効力を生ずる日 art-278/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-278/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-278/par-1/item-3 the day when relevant allotment of share options without contribution becomes effective; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 株式会社が種類株式発行会社である場合には、当該新株予約権無償割当てを受ける株主の有する株式の種類 art-278/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-278/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-278/par-1/item-4 if the stock company is a company with class shares, the classes of shares held by shareholders who are entitled to relevant allotment of share options without contribution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項第一号及び第二号に掲げる事項についての定めは、当該株式会社以外の株主（種類株式発行会社にあっては、同項第四号の種類の種類株主）の有する株式（種類株式発行会社にあっては、同項第四号の種類の株式）の数に応じて同項第一号の新株予約権及び同項第二号の社債を割り当てることを内容とするものでなければならない。 art-278/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-278/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-278/par-2 The provisions regarding the matters set forth in item (i) and item (ii) of the preceding paragraph must be that the share options under item (i) of that paragraph and the bonds under item (ii) of that paragraph will be allotted in proportion to the number of shares (or, for a company with class shares, the shares of the classes under item (iv) of that paragraph) held by shareholders (or, for a company with class shares, class shareholders of the classes under item (iv) of that paragraph) other than relevant stock company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項各号に掲げる事項の決定は、株主総会（取締役会設置会社にあっては、取締役会）の決議によらなければならない。ただし、定款に別段の定めがある場合は、この限りでない。 art-278/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-278/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-278/par-3 The determination of the matters set forth in each item of paragraph (1) 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 provided for in the articles of incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-278/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 会社法 第二百七十八条第一項第一号 (Article 278, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-278/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-278/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-278/par-1/item-1 - art-278/par-2: 前項第一号 → 会社法 第二百七十八条第一項第一号 (Article 278, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-278/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-278/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-278/par-1/item-1 - art-278/par-2: 第二号 → 会社法 第二百七十八条第一項第二号 (Article 278, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-278/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-278/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-278/par-1/item-2 - art-278/par-2: 同項第四号 → 会社法 第二百七十八条第一項第四号 (Article 278, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-278/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-278/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-278/par-1/item-4 - art-278/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第二百七十八条第一項 (Article 278, paragraph (1)), art-278/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-278/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-278/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第二百七十八条第一項第二号（新株予約権無償割当てに関する事項の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-278/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-278/par-1/item-2 - 会社法 第二百七十八条第二項（新株予約権無償割当てに関する事項の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-278/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-278/par-2 - 会社法 第二百七十八条第三項（新株予約権無償割当てに関する事項の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-278/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-278/par-3 - 会社法 第二百七十九条第一項（新株予約権無償割当ての効力の発生等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-279/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-279/par-1 - 会社法 第二百七十九条第二項（新株予約権無償割当ての効力の発生等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-279/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-279/par-2 - 会社法 第二百七十九条第三項（新株予約権無償割当ての効力の発生等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-279/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-279/par-3 --- ## 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