# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七百七十条 (Article 770)

- 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: 第七百七十条 (Article 770)（合同会社に発行済株式を取得させる株式交換契約） — address `art-770`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第七百七十条（合同会社に発行済株式を取得させる株式交換契約） — (Share Exchange Which Causes a Limited Liability Company to Acquire the Issued Shares)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-770 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-770 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-770</sup>

      **第一項**  株式会社が株式交換をする場合において、株式交換完全親会社が合同会社であるときは、株式交換契約において、次に掲げる事項を定めなければならない。
      <sup>art-770/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-770/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-770/par-1</sup>
      If a stock company effects a share exchange, if the wholly owning parent company resulting from the share exchange is a limited liability company, it must prescribe the following matters in the share exchange agreement:
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **一**  株式交換完全子会社及び合同会社である株式交換完全親会社（以下この編において「株式交換完全親合同会社」という。）の商号及び住所
        <sup>art-770/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-770/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-770/par-1/item-1</sup>
        the trade name and address of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from the share exchange and the limited liability company that constitutes the wholly owning parent company resulting from the share exchange (hereinafter referred to as the "wholly owning parent limited liability company resulting from the share exchange" in this Part);
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **二**  株式交換完全子会社の株主が株式交換に際して株式交換完全親合同会社の社員となるときは、当該社員の氏名又は名称及び住所並びに出資の価額
        <sup>art-770/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-770/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-770/par-1/item-2</sup>
        if shareholders of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from the share exchange are to become members of the wholly owning parent limited liability company resulting from the share exchange when effecting the share exchange, the names and addresses of the members and the value of contributions by the members;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **三**  株式交換完全親合同会社が株式交換に際して株式交換完全子会社の株主に対してその株式に代わる金銭等（株式交換完全親合同会社の持分を除く。）を交付するときは、当該金銭等についての次に掲げる事項
        <sup>art-770/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-770/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-770/par-1/item-3</sup>
        if the wholly owning parent limited liability company resulting from the share exchange is to deliver to shareholders of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from the share exchange monies, etc. (excluding the equity interests of the wholly owning parent limited liability company resulting from the share exchange) in lieu of the shares thereof when effecting the share exchange, the following matters concerning relevant monies, etc.:
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

          **イ**  当該金銭等が当該株式交換完全親合同会社の社債であるときは、当該社債の種類及び種類ごとの各社債の金額の合計額又はその算定方法
          <sup>art-770/par-1/item-3/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-770/par-1/item-3/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-770/par-1/item-3/sub-1</sup>
          if relevant monies, etc. are bonds of the wholly owning parent limited liability company resulting from the share exchange, the description of the classes of relevant bonds and the total amount for each class of bonds, or the method for calculating that total amount; or
          <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

          **ロ**  当該金銭等が当該株式交換完全親合同会社の社債以外の財産であるときは、当該財産の内容及び数若しくは額又はこれらの算定方法
          <sup>art-770/par-1/item-3/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-770/par-1/item-3/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-770/par-1/item-3/sub-2</sup>
          if relevant monies, etc. are property other than bonds of the wholly owning parent limited liability company resulting from the share exchange, the description of the features and number or amount of relevant property, or the method for calculating the number or amount;
          <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **四**  前号に規定する場合には、株式交換完全子会社の株主（株式交換完全親合同会社を除く。）に対する同号の金銭等の割当てに関する事項
        <sup>art-770/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-770/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-770/par-1/item-4</sup>
        in the case prescribed in the preceding item, matters concerning the allotment of monies, etc. set forth in that item to shareholders of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from the share exchange (excluding the wholly owning parent limited liability company resulting from the share exchange); and
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **五**  効力発生日
        <sup>art-770/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-770/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-770/par-1/item-5</sup>
        the effective day.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第二項**  前項に規定する場合において、株式交換完全子会社が種類株式発行会社であるときは、株式交換完全子会社及び株式交換完全親合同会社は、株式交換完全子会社の発行する種類の株式の内容に応じ、同項第四号に掲げる事項として次に掲げる事項を定めることができる。
      <sup>art-770/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-770/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-770/par-2</sup>
      In the case prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from the share exchange is a company with class shares, the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from the share exchange and the wholly owning parent limited liability company resulting from the share exchange may provide for the following matters in prescribing the matters set forth in item (iv) of that paragraph in accordance with the features of the classes of shares issued by the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from the share exchange:
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **一**  ある種類の株式の株主に対して金銭等の割当てをしないこととするときは、その旨及び当該株式の種類
        <sup>art-770/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-770/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-770/par-2/item-1</sup>
        if there is any arrangement that no monies, etc. are allotted to shareholders of a certain class of shares, a statement to that effect and relevant class of shares; and
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **二**  前号に掲げる事項のほか、金銭等の割当てについて株式の種類ごとに異なる取扱いを行うこととするときは、その旨及び当該異なる取扱いの内容
        <sup>art-770/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-770/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-770/par-2/item-2</sup>
        beyond the matters set forth in the preceding item, if there is any arrangement that each class of shares is to be treated differently with respect to allotment of monies, etc., a statement to that effect and the details of relevant different treatment.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第三項**  第一項に規定する場合には、同項第四号に掲げる事項についての定めは、株式交換完全子会社の株主（株式交換完全親合同会社及び前項第一号の種類の株式の株主を除く。）の有する株式の数（前項第二号に掲げる事項についての定めがある場合にあっては、各種類の株式の数）に応じて金銭等を交付することを内容とするものでなければならない。
      <sup>art-770/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-770/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-770/par-3</sup>
      In the case prescribed in paragraph (1), the provisions on the matters set forth in item (iv) of that paragraph must be provisions in which the monies, etc. are delivered in proportion to the number of the shares (or, if there are provisions on the matters set forth in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph, the number of the shares of each class) held by shareholders of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from the share exchange (excluding the wholly owning parent limited liability company resulting from the share exchange and shareholders of the class of shares referred to in item (i) of the preceding paragraph).
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-770/par-1/item-4: 前号 → 会社法 第七百七十条第一項第三号 (Article 770, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-770/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-770/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-770/par-1/item-3
- art-770/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第七百七十条第一項 (Article 770, paragraph (1)), art-770/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-770/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-770/par-1
- art-770/par-2: 同項第四号 → 会社法 第七百七十条第一項第四号 (Article 770, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-770/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-770/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-770/par-1/item-4
- art-770/par-2/item-2: 前号 → 会社法 第七百七十条第二項第一号 (Article 770, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-770/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-770/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-770/par-2/item-1
- art-770/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第七百七十条第一項 (Article 770, paragraph (1)), art-770/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-770/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-770/par-1
- art-770/par-3: 同項第四号 → 会社法 第七百七十条第一項第四号 (Article 770, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-770/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-770/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-770/par-1/item-4
- art-770/par-3: 前項第一号 → 会社法 第七百七十条第二項第一号 (Article 770, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-770/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-770/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-770/par-2/item-1
- art-770/par-3: 前項第二号 → 会社法 第七百七十条第二項第二号 (Article 770, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-770/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-770/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-770/par-2/item-2

## Cited by

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

- 会社法 第七百七十条第一項第四号（合同会社に発行済株式を取得させる株式交換契約） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-770/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-770/par-1/item-4
- 会社法 第七百七十条第二項（合同会社に発行済株式を取得させる株式交換契約） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-770/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-770/par-2
- 会社法 第七百七十条第二項第二号（合同会社に発行済株式を取得させる株式交換契約） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-770/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-770/par-2/item-2
- 会社法 第七百七十条第三項（合同会社に発行済株式を取得させる株式交換契約） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-770/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-770/par-3
- 会社法 第七百七十一条第三項（合同会社に発行済株式を取得させる株式交換の効力の発生等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-771/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-771/par-3
- 会社法 第七百七十一条第四項（合同会社に発行済株式を取得させる株式交換の効力の発生等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-771/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-771/par-4
- 会社法 第七百八十四条の二第一項第二号（吸収合併等をやめることの請求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-784-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-784-2/par-1/item-2
- 会社法 第八百二条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-802/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-802/par-1/item-3
- 会社法 附則第四項（合併等に際して株主等に対して交付する金銭等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/suppl-4171-86/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4171-86/par-4

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