# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第四百五十五条 (Article 455) - 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: 第四百五十五条 (Article 455)（金銭分配請求権の行使） — address `art-455` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-455 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-455 - 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. --- ### 第四百五十五条（金銭分配請求権の行使） — (Exercise of Rights to Demand Distribution of Monies) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-455 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-455 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-455 **第一項** 前条第四項第一号に規定する場合には、株式会社は、同号の期間の末日の二十日前までに、株主に対し、同号に掲げる事項を通知しなければならない。 art-455/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-455/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-455/par-1 In the cases provided for in paragraph (4), item (i) of the preceding Article, the stock company must notify shareholders of the matters set forth in that item no later than 20 days prior to the last day of the period referred to in that item. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 株式会社は、金銭分配請求権を行使した株主に対し、当該株主が割当てを受けた配当財産に代えて、当該配当財産の価額に相当する金銭を支払わなければならない。この場合においては、次の各号に掲げる場合の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める額をもって当該配当財産の価額とする。 art-455/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-455/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-455/par-2 A stock company must pay to shareholders who have exercised the right to demand distribution of monies, in lieu of the dividend property assigned to relevant shareholders, the monies equivalent to the value of relevant dividend property. In cases, the amounts provided for in each of the following items for the case categories set forth in each relevant item are the value of relevant dividend property: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当該配当財産が市場価格のある財産である場合　当該配当財産の市場価格として法務省令で定める方法により算定される額 art-455/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-455/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-455/par-2/item-1 if relevant dividend property consists of property with a market price:the amount calculated in a manner prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as the market price of relevant dividend property; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前号に掲げる場合以外の場合　株式会社の申立てにより裁判所が定める額 art-455/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-455/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-455/par-2/item-2 in cases other than those set forth in the preceding item:the amount determined by the court in response to a petition by the stock company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-455/par-1: 前条第四項第一号 → 会社法 第四百五十四条第四項第一号 (Article 454, paragraph (4), item (i)), art-454/par-4/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-454/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-454/par-4/item-1 - art-455/par-2/item-2: 前号 → 会社法 第四百五十五条第二項第一号 (Article 455, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-455/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-455/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-455/par-2/item-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第四百五十五条第二項第二号（金銭分配請求権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-455/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-455/par-2/item-2 - 会社法 第四百五十六条第一項（基準株式数を定めた場合の処理） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-456/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-456/par-1 - 会社法 第四百五十七条第一項（配当財産の交付の方法等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-457/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-457/par-1 - 会社法 第四百五十八条第一項（適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-458/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-458/par-1 - 会社法 第八百七十条第一項第五号（陳述の聴取） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-870/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-870/par-1/item-5 --- ## 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