# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第百十一条 (Article 111) - 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: 第百十一条 (Article 111) — address `art-111` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-111 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-111 - 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. --- ### 第百十一条 art-111 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-111 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-111 **第一項** 種類株式発行会社がある種類の株式の発行後に定款を変更して当該種類の株式の内容として第百八条第一項第六号に掲げる事項についての定款の定めを設け、又は当該事項についての定款の変更（当該事項についての定款の定めを廃止するものを除く。）をしようとするときは、当該種類の株式を有する株主全員の同意を得なければならない。 art-111/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-111/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-111/par-1 If a company with class shares intends, after it has issued a certain class of shares, to create, as a feature of relevant class shares, a provision in the articles of incorporation with respect to the matters set forth in Article 108, paragraph (1), item (vi) by amending the articles of incorporation, or to effect any amendment to the articles of incorporation with respect to the matters (excluding any amendment which abolishes the provisions of the articles of incorporation with respect to the matters), the consent of all class shareholders who hold relevant class shares must be obtained. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 種類株式発行会社がある種類の株式の内容として第百八条第一項第四号又は第七号に掲げる事項についての定款の定めを設ける場合には、当該定款の変更は、次に掲げる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。以下この条において同じ。）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種類株主が存しない場合は、この限りでない。 art-111/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-111/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-111/par-2 If a company with class shares intends to create, as a feature of a certain class of shares, provisions in the articles of incorporation with respect to the matters set forth in Article 108, paragraph (1), item (iv) or (vii), relevant amendment to the articles of incorporation does not become effective unless a resolution is passed at a general meeting of class shareholders constituted by the following class shareholders (if there are two or more classes of shares relating to relevant class shareholders, referring to the respective general meetings of class shareholders constituted by class shareholders categorized by the class of relevant two or more classes of shares; hereinafter the same applies in this Article); provided, however, that this does not apply to cases where there is no class shareholder who can exercise voting right at relevant general meeting of class shareholder: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当該種類の株式の種類株主 art-111/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-111/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-111/par-2/item-1 the class shareholders of shares of relevant class; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第百八条第二項第五号ロの他の株式を当該種類の株式とする定めがある取得請求権付株式の種類株主 art-111/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-111/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-111/par-2/item-2 the class shareholders of shares with put options for which there are provisions that the relevant other shares referred to in Article 108, paragraph (2), item (v), (b) are to be the shares of relevant class; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 第百八条第二項第六号ロの他の株式を当該種類の株式とする定めがある取得条項付株式の種類株主 art-111/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-111/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-111/par-2/item-3 the class shareholders of shares subject to call for which there are provisions that the relevant other shares referred to in Article 108, paragraph (2), item (vi), (b) are to be the shares of relevant class. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-111/par-1: 第百八条第一項第六号 → 会社法 第百八条第一項第六号 (Article 108, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-108/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-108/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-108/par-1/item-6 - art-111/par-2: 第百八条第一項第四号 → 会社法 第百八条第一項第四号 (Article 108, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-108/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-108/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-108/par-1/item-4 - art-111/par-2: 第七号 → 会社法 第百八条第一項第七号 (Article 108, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-108/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-108/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-108/par-1/item-7 - art-111/par-2: この条 → 会社法 第百十一条 (Article 111), art-111 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-111 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-111 - art-111/par-2/item-2: 第百八条第二項第五号 → 会社法 第百八条第二項第五号 (Article 108, paragraph (2), item (v)), art-108/par-2/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-108/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-108/par-2/item-5 - art-111/par-2/item-3: 第百八条第二項第六号 → 会社法 第百八条第二項第六号 (Article 108, paragraph (2), item (vi)), art-108/par-2/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-108/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-108/par-2/item-6 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第百十一条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-111/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-111/par-2 - 会社法 第百十六条第一項第二号（反対株主の株式買取請求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-116/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-116/par-1/item-2 - 会社法 第三百二十二条第一項第一号（ある種類の種類株主に損害を及ぼすおそれがある場合の種類株主総会） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-322/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-322/par-1/item-1 - 会社法 第三百二十四条第二項第一号（種類株主総会の決議） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-324/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-324/par-2/item-1 - 会社法 第三百二十四条第三項第一号（種類株主総会の決議） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-324/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-324/par-3/item-1 --- ## 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