# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八百十六条の三 (Article 816-3) - 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: 第八百十六条の三 (Article 816-3)（株式交付計画の承認等） — address `art-816-3` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-816-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-816-3 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第八百十六条の三（株式交付計画の承認等） — (Approval of Partial Share Exchange Plans) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-816-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-816-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-816-3 **第一項** 株式交付親会社は、効力発生日の前日までに、株主総会の決議によって、株式交付計画の承認を受けなければならない。 art-816-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-816-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-816-3/par-1 A parent company resulting from a partial share exchange must receive approval for the partial share exchange plan by resolution at a general meeting of members by the day immediately prior to the effective day. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 株式交付親会社が株式交付子会社の株式及び新株予約権等の譲渡人に対して交付する金銭等（株式交付親会社の株式等を除く。）の帳簿価額が株式交付親会社が譲り受ける株式交付子会社の株式及び新株予約権等の額として法務省令で定める額を超える場合には、取締役は、前項の株主総会において、その旨を説明しなければならない。 art-816-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-816-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-816-3/par-2 If the book value of the monies, etc. (excluding shares, etc. of the parent company resulting from a partial share exchange) delivered to transferors of shares and share options, etc. of the subsidiary company resulting from a partial share exchange by the parent company resulting from a partial share exchange exceeds the amount prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as the amount of shares and share options, etc. of the subsidiary company resulting from a partial share exchange to be acquired by the parent company resulting from a partial share exchange, a director must explain to that effect at the shareholders meeting referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 株式交付親会社が種類株式発行会社である場合において、次の各号に掲げるときは、株式交付は、当該各号に定める種類の株式（譲渡制限株式であって、第百九十九条第四項の定款の定めがないものに限る。）の種類株主を構成員とする種類株主総会（当該種類株主に係る株式の種類が二以上ある場合にあっては、当該二以上の株式の種類別に区分された種類株主を構成員とする各種類株主総会）の決議がなければ、その効力を生じない。ただし、当該種類株主総会において議決権を行使することができる株主が存しない場合は、この限りでない。 art-816-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-816-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-816-3/par-3 If a parent company resulting from a partial share exchange is a company with class shares, in the cases set forth in the following items, a partial share exchange does not become effective without a resolution at a general meeting of class shareholders constituted by class shareholders of the class of shares provided for respectively in those items (limited to shares with a restriction on transfer and for which the provisions of the articles of incorporation referred to in Article 199, paragraph (4) do not exist) (if there are two or more classes of shares relating to the relevant class shareholders, the respective general meetings of class shareholders constituted by class shareholders categorized by the class of the relevant two or more classes of shares); provided, however, that this does not apply to cases where there is no class shareholder who is able to exercise a voting right at the relevant general meeting of class shareholders: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 株式交付子会社の株式の譲渡人に対して交付する金銭等が株式交付親会社の株式であるとき　第七百七十四条の三第一項第三号の種類の株式 art-816-3/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-816-3/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-816-3/par-3/item-1 if the monies, etc. delivered to transferors of shares of the subsidiary company resulting from a partial share exchange are shares of the parent company resulting from a partial share exchange:the class of shares set forth in Article 774-3, paragraph (1), item (iii); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 株式交付子会社の新株予約権等の譲渡人に対して交付する金銭等が株式交付親会社の株式であるとき　第七百七十四条の三第一項第八号イの種類の株式 art-816-3/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-816-3/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-816-3/par-3/item-2 if the monies, etc. delivered to transferors of share options, etc. of the subsidiary company resulting from a partial share exchange are shares of the parent company resulting from a partial share exchange:the class of shares referred to in Article 774-3, paragraph (1), item (viii), (a). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-816-3/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第八百十六条の三第一項 (Article 816-3, paragraph (1)), art-816-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-816-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-816-3/par-1 - art-816-3/par-3: 第百九十九条第四項 → 会社法 第百九十九条第四項 (Article 199, paragraph (4)), art-199/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-199/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-199/par-4 - art-816-3/par-3/item-1: 第七百七十四条の三第一項第三号 → 会社法 第七百七十四条の三第一項第三号 (Article 774-3, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-774-3/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-3/par-1/item-3 - art-816-3/par-3/item-2: 第七百七十四条の三第一項第八号 → 会社法 第七百七十四条の三第一項第八号 (Article 774-3, paragraph (1), item (viii)), art-774-3/par-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774-3/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-3/par-1/item-8 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第三百二十四条第二項第七号（種類株主総会の決議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-324/par-2/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-324/par-2/item-7 - 会社法 第八百十六条の三第二項（株式交付計画の承認等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-816-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-816-3/par-2 - 会社法 第八百十六条の四第一項（株式交付計画の承認を要しない場合等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-816-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-816-4/par-1 - 会社法 第八百十六条の四第二項（株式交付計画の承認を要しない場合等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-816-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-816-4/par-2 - 会社法 第八百十六条の六第四項第二号（反対株主の株式買取請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-816-6/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-816-6/par-4/item-2 --- ## 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Companies Act — Ministry of Justice translation (part 2 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4482/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