# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七百七十四条の四 (Article 774-4)

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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
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- Provision: 第七百七十四条の四 (Article 774-4)（株式交付子会社の株式の譲渡しの申込み） — address `art-774-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第七百七十四条の四（株式交付子会社の株式の譲渡しの申込み） — (Offer to Delivery Shares of the Subsidiary Company Resulting from a Partial Share Exchange)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-774-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-4</sup>

  **第一項**  株式交付親会社は、株式交付子会社の株式の譲渡しの申込みをしようとする者に対し、次に掲げる事項を通知しなければならない。
  <sup>art-774-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-4/par-1</sup>
  A parent company resulting from a partial share exchange must notify persons who intend to offer to deliver shares issued by the subsidiary company resulting from the partial share exchange of the matters set forth in the following items:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  株式交付親会社の商号
    <sup>art-774-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-4/par-1/item-1</sup>
    the trade name of the parent company resulting from a partial share exchange;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  株式交付計画の内容
    <sup>art-774-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-4/par-1/item-2</sup>
    the content of the partial share exchange plan; and
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  前二号に掲げるもののほか、法務省令で定める事項
    <sup>art-774-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-4/par-1/item-3</sup>
    beyond the matters provided in the preceding two items, matters provided in the Ministry of Justice Order.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  株式交付子会社の株式の譲渡しの申込みをする者は、前条第一項第十号の期日までに、次に掲げる事項を記載した書面を株式交付親会社に交付しなければならない。
  <sup>art-774-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-4/par-2</sup>
  A person who submits an offer to deliver shares of the subsidiary company resulting from a partial share exchange must deliver a document giving the following information to the parent company resulting from a partial share exchange by the date provided in paragraph (1), item (x) of the preceding Article:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  申込みをする者の氏名又は名称及び住所
    <sup>art-774-4/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-4/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-4/par-2/item-1</sup>
    the name and address of the person making the offer; and
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  譲り渡そうとする株式交付子会社の株式の数（株式交付子会社が種類株式発行会社である場合にあっては、株式の種類及び種類ごとの数）
    <sup>art-774-4/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-4/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-4/par-2/item-2</sup>
    the number of shares of the subsidiary company resulting from a partial share exchange to be delivered (in the case of a company with class shares, the classes of the shares and the number of shares for each class).
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  前項の申込みをする者は、同項の書面の交付に代えて、政令で定めるところにより、株式交付親会社の承諾を得て、同項の書面に記載すべき事項を電磁的方法により提供することができる。この場合において、当該申込みをした者は、同項の書面を交付したものとみなす。
  <sup>art-774-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-4/par-3</sup>
  A person who makes an offer referred to in 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 parent company resulting from a partial share exchange and pursuant to the provisions of cabinet order. In those cases, the person offering is deemed to have delivered the document under that paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  第一項の規定は、株式交付親会社が同項各号に掲げる事項を記載した金融商品取引法第二条第十項に規定する目論見書を第一項の申込みをしようとする者に対して交付している場合その他株式交付子会社の株式の譲渡しの申込みをしようとする者の保護に欠けるおそれがないものとして法務省令で定める場合には、適用しない。
  <sup>art-774-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-4/par-4</sup>
  The provisions of paragraph (1) do not apply if the parent company resulting from a partial share exchange 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 offers to deliver shares of the subsidiary company resulting from a partial share exchange is compromised.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第五項**  株式交付親会社は、第一項各号に掲げる事項について変更があったとき（第八百十六条の九第一項の規定により効力発生日を変更したとき及び同条第五項の規定により前条第一項第十号の期日を変更したときを含む。）は、直ちに、その旨及び当該変更があった事項を第二項の申込みをした者（以下この章において「申込者」という。）に通知しなければならない。
  <sup>art-774-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-4/par-5</sup>
  If there are changes in the matters set forth in any item of paragraph (1) (including change of the effective day pursuant to the provisions of Article 816 -9, paragraph (1) and change of the day provided in paragraph (1), item (x) of the preceding Article pursuant to the provisions of Article 816, paragraph (5)), the parent company resulting from a partial share exchange must immediately notify persons who have submitted offers provided in paragraph (2) (hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as "offerors") thereof and of the matters so changed.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第六項**  株式交付親会社が申込者に対してする通知又は催告は、第二項第一号の住所（当該申込者が別に通知又は催告を受ける場所又は連絡先を当該株式交付親会社に通知した場合にあっては、その場所又は連絡先）に宛てて発すれば足りる。
  <sup>art-774-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-4/par-6</sup>
  It is sufficient for a notice or demand to an offeror to be sent by the parent company resulting from a partial share exchange to the address under paragraph (2), item (i) (or, if the offeror notifies the parent company resulting from a partial share exchange of a different place or contact address for the receipt of notices or demands, to the place or contact address).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第七項**  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。
  <sup>art-774-4/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-4/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-4/par-7</sup>
  The notice or demand referred to in the preceding paragraph is deemed to have reached the addressee at the time when the notice or demand must have normally arrived.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-774-4/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 会社法 第七百七十四条の四第一項第一号 (Article 774-4, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-774-4/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-4/par-1/item-1
- art-774-4/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 会社法 第七百七十四条の四第一項第二号 (Article 774-4, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-774-4/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-4/par-1/item-2
- art-774-4/par-2: 前条第一項第十号 → 会社法 第七百七十四条の三第一項第十号 (Article 774-3, paragraph (1), item (x)), art-774-3/par-1/item-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-3/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-3/par-1/item-10
- art-774-4/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第七百七十四条の四第二項 (Article 774-4, paragraph (2)), art-774-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-4/par-2
- art-774-4/par-4: 第一項 → 会社法 第七百七十四条の四第一項 (Article 774-4, paragraph (1)), art-774-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-4/par-1
- art-774-4/par-4: 金融商品取引法第二条第十項 → 金融商品取引法 第二条第十項 (Article 2, paragraph (10)), art-2/par-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-2/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-2/par-10
- art-774-4/par-5: 第一項 → 会社法 第七百七十四条の四第一項 (Article 774-4, paragraph (1)), art-774-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-4/par-1
- art-774-4/par-5: 第八百十六条の九第一項 → 会社法 第八百十六条の九第一項 (Article 816-9, paragraph (1)), art-816-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-816-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-816-9/par-1
- art-774-4/par-5: 同条第五項 → 会社法 第八百十六条の九第五項 (Article 816-9, paragraph (5)), art-816-9/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-816-9/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-816-9/par-5
- art-774-4/par-5: 前条第一項第十号 → 会社法 第七百七十四条の三第一項第十号 (Article 774-3, paragraph (1), item (x)), art-774-3/par-1/item-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-3/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-3/par-1/item-10
- art-774-4/par-5: 第二項 → 会社法 第七百七十四条の四第二項 (Article 774-4, paragraph (2)), art-774-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-4/par-2
- art-774-4/par-6: 第二項第一号 → 会社法 第七百七十四条の四第二項第一号 (Article 774-4, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-774-4/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-4/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-4/par-2/item-1
- art-774-4/par-7: 前項 → 会社法 第七百七十四条の四第六項 (Article 774-4, paragraph (6)), art-774-4/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-4/par-6

## Cited by

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

- 会社法 第七百七十四条の四第一項第三号（株式交付子会社の株式の譲渡しの申込み） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-4/par-1/item-3
- 会社法 第七百七十四条の四第三項（株式交付子会社の株式の譲渡しの申込み） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-4/par-3
- 会社法 第七百七十四条の四第四項（株式交付子会社の株式の譲渡しの申込み） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-4/par-4
- 会社法 第七百七十四条の四第五項（株式交付子会社の株式の譲渡しの申込み） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-4/par-5
- 会社法 第七百七十四条の四第六項（株式交付子会社の株式の譲渡しの申込み） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-4/par-6
- 会社法 第七百七十四条の四第七項（株式交付子会社の株式の譲渡しの申込み） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-4/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-4/par-7
- 会社法 第七百七十四条の五第一項（株式交付親会社が譲り受ける株式交付子会社の株式の割当て） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-5/par-1
- 会社法 第七百七十四条の六第一項（株式交付子会社の株式の譲渡しの申込み及び株式交付親会社が譲り受ける株式交付子会社の株式の割当てに関する特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-6/par-1
- 会社法 第七百七十四条の八第一項（株式交付子会社の株式の譲渡しの無効又は取消しの制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-8/par-1
- 会社法 第七百七十四条の九第一項（株式交付子会社の株式の譲渡しに関する規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-9/par-1
- 会社法 第八百十六条の九第六項（株式交付の効力発生日の変更） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-816-9/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-816-9/par-6

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## Sources

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