第七百八十二条次の各号に掲げる株式会社（以下この目において「消滅株式会社等」という。）は、吸収合併契約等備置開始日から吸収合併、吸収分割又は株式交換（以下この節において「吸収合併等」という。）がその効力を生ずる日（以下この節において「効力発生日」という。）後六箇月を経過する日（吸収合併消滅株式会社にあっては、効力発生日）までの間、当該各号に定めるもの（以下この節において「吸収合併契約等」という。）の内容その他法務省令で定める事項を記載し、又は記録した書面又は電磁的記録をその本店に備え置かなければならない。

Article 782(1)Each of the Stock Companies listed in the following items (hereinafter referred to as an "Absorbed Stock Company, etc." in this Division) shall, from the day on which the Absorption-type Merger Agreement, etc. began to be kept until the day on which six months have elapsed from the day on which the Absorption-type Merger, Absorption-type Company Split or Share Exchange (hereinafter referred to as an "Absorption-type Merger, etc." in this Section) becomes effective (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Day" in this Section) (or, in the case of a Stock Company Absorbed in Absorption-type Merger, until the Effective Day), keep documents or Electromagnetic Records that state or record the contents of the matters specified respectively in those items (hereinafter referred to as the "Absorption-type Merger Agreement, etc." in this Section) and other matters prescribed by the applicable Ordinance of the Ministry of Justice at its head office:

２前項に規定する「吸収合併契約等備置開始日」とは、次に掲げる日のいずれか早い日をいう。

(2)The "day on which the Absorption-type Merger Agreement, etc. began to be kept" prescribed in the preceding paragraph means the earliest of the following days:

３消滅株式会社等の株主及び債権者（株式交換完全子会社にあっては、株主及び新株予約権者）は、消滅株式会社等に対して、その営業時間内は、いつでも、次に掲げる請求をすることができる。ただし、第二号又は第四号に掲げる請求をするには、当該消滅株式会社等の定めた費用を支払わなければならない。

(3)Shareholders and creditors of an Absorbed Stock Company, etc. (or, in the case of a Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company in Share Exchange, shareholders and holders of Share Options) may make the following requests to said Absorbed Stock Company, etc. at any time during its business hours; provided, however, that the fees designated by said Absorbed Stock Company, etc. are required to be paid in order to make the requests set forth in item (ii) or item (iv):

第七百八十三条消滅株式会社等は、効力発生日の前日までに、株主総会の決議によって、吸収合併契約等の承認を受けなければならない。

Article 783(1)An Absorbed Stock Company, etc. shall obtain the approval of the Absorption-type Merger Agreement, etc. by a resolution of a shareholders meeting by the day immediately preceding the Effective Day.

２前項の規定にかかわらず、吸収合併消滅株式会社又は株式交換完全子会社が種類株式発行会社でない場合において、吸収合併消滅株式会社又は株式交換完全子会社の株主に対して交付する金銭等（以下この条において「合併対価等」という。）の全部又は一部が持分等（持分会社の持分その他これに準ずるものとして法務省令で定めるものをいう。以下この条において同じ。）であるときは、吸収合併契約又は株式交換契約について吸収合併消滅株式会社又は株式交換完全子会社の総株主の同意を得なければならない。

(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in the cases where the Stock Company Absorbed in Absorption-type Merger or the Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company in Share Exchange is not a Company with Classes of Shares, if all or part of the Monies, etc. to be delivered to shareholders of the Stock Company Absorbed in Absorption-type Merger or the Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company in Share Exchange (hereinafter referred to as the "Consideration for the Merger, etc." in this Article) are Equity Interests, etc. (meaning equity interests of a Membership Company or those prescribed by the applicable Ordinance of the Ministry of Justice as being equivalent thereto; hereinafter the same shall apply in this Article), the consent of all shareholders of the Stock Company Absorbed in Absorption-type Merger or the Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company in Share Exchange shall be obtained with regard to the Absorption-type Merger agreement or the Share Exchange agreement.

３吸収合併消滅株式会社又は株式交換完全子会社が種類株式発行会社である場合において、合併対価等の全部又は一部が譲渡制限株式等（譲渡制限株式その他これに準ずるものとして法務省令で定めるものをいう。以下この章において同じ。）であるときは、吸収合併又は株式交換は、当該譲渡制限株式等の割当てを受ける種類の株式（譲渡制限株式を除く。）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。

(3)In the cases where the Stock Company Absorbed in Absorption-type Merger or the Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company in Share Exchange is a Company with Classes of Shares, if all or part of the Consideration for the Merger, etc. are Shares with a Restriction on Transfer, etc. (meaning Shares with a Restriction on Transfer and those prescribed by the applicable Ordinance of the Ministry of Justice as being equivalent thereto; hereinafter the same shall apply in this Chapter), the Absorption-type Merger or the Share Exchange shall not become effective without a resolution of a Class Meeting constituted by the Class Shareholders of the class of shares subject to the allotment of the Shares with a Restriction on Transfer, etc. (excluding Shares with a Restriction on Transfer) (in cases where there are two or more classes of shares relating to such Class Shareholders, the respective Class Meetings constituted by Class Shareholders categorized by the class of such two or more classes of shares); provided, however, that this shall not apply to cases where there is no Class Shareholder who is able to exercise a voting right at such Class Meeting.

４吸収合併消滅株式会社又は株式交換完全子会社が種類株式発行会社である場合において、合併対価等の全部又は一部が持分等であるときは、吸収合併又は株式交換は、当該持分等の割当てを受ける種類の株主の全員の同意がなければ、その効力を生じない。

(4)In the cases where the Stock Company Absorbed in Absorption-type Merger or the Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company in Share Exchange is a Company with Classes of Shares, if all or part of the Consideration for the Merger, etc. are Equity Interests, etc., the Absorption-type Merger or the Share Exchange shall not become effective without the consent of all shareholders of the class subject to the allotment of the Equity Interests, etc.

５消滅株式会社等は、効力発生日の二十日前までに、その登録株式質権者（次条第三項に規定する場合における登録株式質権者を除く。）及び第七百八十七条第三項各号に定める新株予約権の登録新株予約権質権者に対し、吸収合併等をする旨を通知しなければならない。

(5)An Absorbed Stock Company, etc. shall notify its Registered Pledgees of Shares (excluding the Registered Pledgees of Shares in the cases prescribed in paragraph (3) of the following Article) and Registered Pledgees of Share Options concerning the Share Options specified in the items of Article 787 (3) that it will effect the Absorption-type Merger, etc. by twenty days prior to the Effective Day.

６前項の規定による通知は、公告をもってこれに代えることができる。

(6)A public notice may be substituted for the notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

第七百八十四条前条第一項の規定は、吸収合併存続会社、吸収分割承継会社又は株式交換完全親会社（以下この目において「存続会社等」という。）が消滅株式会社等の特別支配会社である場合には、適用しない。ただし、吸収合併又は株式交換における合併対価等の全部又は一部が譲渡制限株式等である場合であって、消滅株式会社等が公開会社であり、かつ、種類株式発行会社でないときは、この限りでない。

Article 784(1)The provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article shall not apply in the cases where the Company Surviving Absorption-type Merger, the Succeeding Company in Absorption-type Company Split or the Wholly Owning Parent Company in Share Exchange (hereinafter referred to as the "Surviving Company, etc." in this Division) is the Special Controlling Company of the Absorbed Stock Company, etc.; provided, however, that this shall not apply in the cases where all or part of the value of the merger, etc. in the Absorption-type Merger or Share Exchange is Shares with a Restriction on Transfer, etc., and the Absorbed Stock Company, etc. is a Public Company and not a Company with Class Shares.

２前項本文に規定する場合において、次に掲げる場合であって、消滅株式会社等の株主が不利益を受けるおそれがあるときは、消滅株式会社等の株主は、消滅株式会社等に対し、吸収合併等をやめることを請求することができる。

(2)In the cases prescribed in the main clause of the preceding paragraph, in any one of the following cases where shareholders of the Absorbed Stock Company, etc. are likely to suffer disadvantage, shareholders of the Absorbed Stock Company, etc. may demand that the Absorbed Stock Company, etc. refrain from effecting the Absorption-type Merger, etc.:

３前条及び前項の規定は、吸収分割により吸収分割承継会社に承継させる資産の帳簿価額の合計額が吸収分割株式会社の総資産額として法務省令で定める方法により算定される額の五分の一（これを下回る割合を吸収分割株式会社の定款で定めた場合にあっては、その割合）を超えない場合には、適用しない。

(3)The provisions of the preceding Article and the preceding paragraph shall not apply in cases where the sum of the book value of the assets that the Succeeding Company in Absorption-type Company Split succeeds to through the Absorption-type Company Split does not exceed one-fifth (or, in cases where a lesser proportion is prescribed in the articles of incorporation of the Splitting Stock Company in Absorption-type Company Split, such proportion) of the amount calculated by the method specified by the applicable Ordinance of the Ministry of Justice as the total assets of the Splitting Stock Company in Absorption-type Company Split.

第七百八十五条吸収合併等をする場合（次に掲げる場合を除く。）には、反対株主は、消滅株式会社等に対し、自己の有する株式を公正な価格で買い取ることを請求することができる。

Article 785(1)In cases of effecting an Absorption-type Merger, etc. (excluding the following cases), dissenting shareholders may demand that the Absorbed Stock Company, etc. purchase, at a fair price, the shares held by such shareholders:

２前項に規定する「反対株主」とは、次の各号に掲げる場合における当該各号に定める株主（第七百八十三条第四項に規定する場合における同項に規定する持分等の割当てを受ける株主を除く。）をいう。

(2)The "dissenting shareholders" provided for in the preceding paragraph shall mean the shareholders provided for in the following items in the cases listed in the same items (excluding shareholders entitled to allotment of Equity Interests, etc. prescribed in Article 783 (4) in the cases prescribed in that paragraph):

３消滅株式会社等は、効力発生日の二十日前までに、その株主（第七百八十三条第四項に規定する場合における同項に規定する持分等の割当てを受ける株主を除く。）に対し、吸収合併等をする旨並びに存続会社等の商号及び住所を通知しなければならない。ただし、第一項各号に掲げる場合は、この限りでない。

(3)An Absorbed Stock Company, etc. shall notify its shareholders (excluding shareholders entitled to allotment of Equity Interests, etc. prescribed in Article 783 (4) in the cases prescribed in that paragraph) that it will effect an Absorption-type Merger, etc. and the trade name and domicile of the Surviving Company, etc., by twenty days prior to the Effective Day; provided, however, that this shall not apply in the cases listed in the items of paragraph (1).

４次に掲げる場合には、前項の規定による通知は、公告をもってこれに代えることができる。

(4)In the following cases, a public notice may be substituted for the notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph:

５第一項の規定による請求（以下この目において「株式買取請求」という。）は、効力発生日の二十日前の日から効力発生日の前日までの間に、その株式買取請求に係る株式の数（種類株式発行会社にあっては、株式の種類及び種類ごとの数）を明らかにしてしなければならない。

(5)Demands under the provisions of paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as a "Share Purchase Demand" in this Division) shall be made, within the period from the day twenty days prior to the Effective Day to the day immediately preceding the Effective Day, by disclosing the number of shares relating to such Share Purchase Demand (or, for a Company with Classes of Shares, the classes of the shares and the number of shares for each class).

６株式買取請求をした株主は、消滅株式会社等の承諾を得た場合に限り、その株式買取請求を撤回することができる。

(6)Shareholders who made Share Purchase Demands may withdraw their Share Purchase Demands only in cases where such shareholders obtain the approval of the Absorbed Stock Company, etc.

７吸収合併等を中止したときは、株式買取請求は、その効力を失う。

(7)If the Absorption-type Merger, etc. is cancelled, the Share Purchase Demands shall become ineffective.

第七百八十六条株式買取請求があった場合において、株式の価格の決定について、株主と消滅株式会社等（吸収合併をする場合における効力発生日後にあっては、吸収合併存続会社。以下この条において同じ。）との間に協議が調ったときは、消滅株式会社等は、効力発生日から六十日以内にその支払をしなければならない。

Article 786(1)In cases where a Share Purchase Demand is made, if an agreement on the determination of the price of the shares is reached between the shareholder and the Absorbed Stock Company, etc. (or, after the Effective Day in cases of effecting an Absorption-type Merger, the Company Surviving Absorption-type Merger; hereinafter the same shall apply in this Article), the Absorbed Stock Company, etc. shall make payment within sixty days from the Effective Day.

２株式の価格の決定について、効力発生日から三十日以内に協議が調わないときは、株主又は消滅株式会社等は、その期間の満了の日後三十日以内に、裁判所に対し、価格の決定の申立てをすることができる。

(2)If no agreement on the determination of the price of the shares is reached within thirty days from the Effective Day, shareholders or the Absorbed Stock Company, etc. may file a petition to the court for a determination of the price within thirty days after the expiration of that period.

３前条第六項の規定にかかわらず、前項に規定する場合において、効力発生日から六十日以内に同項の申立てがないときは、その期間の満了後は、株主は、いつでも、株式買取請求を撤回することができる。

(3)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (6) of the preceding Article, in the cases prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if the petition under that paragraph is not filed within sixty days from the Effective Day, shareholders may withdraw their Share Purchase Demands at any time after the expiration of such period.

４消滅株式会社等は、裁判所の決定した価格に対する第一項の期間の満了の日後の年六分の利率により算定した利息をも支払わなければならない。

(4)The Absorbed Stock Company, etc. shall also pay interest on the price determined by the court which shall be calculated at the rate of six percent per annum from and including the day of the expiration of the period referred to in paragraph (1).

５株式買取請求に係る株式の買取りは、効力発生日（吸収分割をする場合にあっては、当該株式の代金の支払の時）に、その効力を生ずる。

(5)The purchase of shares relating to a Share Purchase Demand shall become effective on the Effective Day (or, in the case of effecting an Absorption-type Company Split, at the time of payment of the price of such shares).

６株券発行会社は、株券が発行されている株式について株式買取請求があったときは、株券と引換えに、その株式買取請求に係る株式の代金を支払わなければならない。

(6)If a Company Issuing Share Certificates receives a Share Purchase Demand with respect to shares for which share certificates are issued, the Company must pay the price of the shares relating to such Share Purchase Demand in exchange for the share certificates.

第七百八十七条次の各号に掲げる行為をする場合には、当該各号に定める消滅株式会社等の新株予約権の新株予約権者は、消滅株式会社等に対し、自己の有する新株予約権を公正な価格で買い取ることを請求することができる。

Article 787(1)In cases of carrying out any one of the acts listed in the following items, holders of Share Options of the Absorbed Stock Company, etc. provided for in those items may demand that the Absorbed Stock Company, etc. purchase, at a fair price, the Share Options held by the same:

２新株予約権付社債に付された新株予約権の新株予約権者は、前項の規定による請求（以下この目において「新株予約権買取請求」という。）をするときは、併せて、新株予約権付社債についての社債を買い取ることを請求しなければならない。ただし、当該新株予約権付社債に付された新株予約権について別段の定めがある場合は、この限りでない。

(2)If holders of the Share Options attached to Bonds with Share Options intend to make the demand under the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "Share Option Purchase Demand" in this Division), they shall also make a demand for the purchase of the Bonds pertaining to Bonds with Share Options; provided, however, that this shall not apply in cases where it is otherwise provided for with respect to the Share Options attached to such Bonds with Share Options.

３次の各号に掲げる消滅株式会社等は、効力発生日の二十日前までに、当該各号に定める新株予約権の新株予約権者に対し、吸収合併等をする旨並びに存続会社等の商号及び住所を通知しなければならない。

(3)The Absorbed Stock Companies, etc. listed in the following items shall notify holders of Share Options provided for in those items that they will effect an Absorption-type Merger, etc. and the trade name and domicile of the Surviving Company, etc., by twenty days prior to the Effective Day:

４前項の規定による通知は、公告をもってこれに代えることができる。

(4)A public notice may be substituted for the notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

５新株予約権買取請求は、効力発生日の二十日前の日から効力発生日の前日までの間に、その新株予約権買取請求に係る新株予約権の内容及び数を明らかにしてしなければならない。

(5)A Share Option Purchase Demand shall be made, within the period from the day twenty days prior to the Effective Day to the day immediately preceding the Effective Day, by disclosing the features and number of Share Options relating to such Share Option Purchase Demand.

６新株予約権買取請求をした新株予約権者は、消滅株式会社等の承諾を得た場合に限り、その新株予約権買取請求を撤回することができる。

(6)Holders of Share Options who have made Share Option Purchase Demands may withdraw their Share Option Purchase Demands only in cases where they obtain the approval of the Absorbed Stock Company, etc.

７吸収合併等を中止したときは、新株予約権買取請求は、その効力を失う。

(7)If the Absorption-type Merger, etc. is cancelled, the Share Option Purchase Demands shall become ineffective.

第七百八十八条新株予約権買取請求があった場合において、新株予約権（当該新株予約権が新株予約権付社債に付されたものである場合において、当該新株予約権付社債についての社債の買取りの請求があったときは、当該社債を含む。以下この条において同じ。）の価格の決定について、新株予約権者と消滅株式会社等（吸収合併をする場合における効力発生日後にあっては、吸収合併存続会社。以下この条において同じ。）との間に協議が調ったときは、消滅株式会社等は、効力発生日から六十日以内にその支払をしなければならない。

Article 788(1)In cases where a Share Option Purchase Demand is made, if an agreement on the determination of the price of the Share Options (in cases where such Share Options are those attached to Bonds with Share Options, if there is a demand for the purchase of Bonds pertaining to such Bonds with Share Options, they shall include such Bonds; hereinafter the same shall apply in this Article) is reached between the holder of Share Options and the Absorbed Stock Company, etc. (or, after the Effective Day in cases of effecting an Absorption-type Merger, the Company Surviving Absorption-type Merger; hereinafter the same shall apply in this Article), the Absorbed Stock Company, etc. shall make payment within sixty days from the Effective Day.

２新株予約権の価格の決定について、効力発生日から三十日以内に協議が調わないときは、新株予約権者又は消滅株式会社等は、その期間の満了の日後三十日以内に、裁判所に対し、価格の決定の申立てをすることができる。

(2)If no agreement on the determination of the price of the Share Options is reached within thirty days from the Effective Day, holders of Share Options or the Absorbed Stock Company, etc. may file a petition to the court for a determination of the price within thirty days after the expiration of that period.

３前条第六項の規定にかかわらず、前項に規定する場合において、効力発生日から六十日以内に同項の申立てがないときは、その期間の満了後は、新株予約権者は、いつでも、新株予約権買取請求を撤回することができる。

(3)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (6) of the preceding Article, in the cases prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if the petition under that paragraph is not filed within sixty days from the Effective Day, holders of Share Options may withdraw their Share Option Purchase Demands at any time after the expiration of such period.

４消滅株式会社等は、裁判所の決定した価格に対する第一項の期間の満了の日後の年六分の利率により算定した利息をも支払わなければならない。

(4)The Absorbed Stock Company, etc. shall also pay interest on the price determined by the court which shall be calculated at the rate of six percent per annum from and including the day of the expiration of the period referred to in paragraph (1).

５新株予約権買取請求に係る新株予約権の買取りは、次の各号に掲げる新株予約権の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める時に、その効力を生ずる。

(5)The purchase of Share Options relating to a Share Option Purchase Demand shall become effective at the times provided for in the following items for the categories of Share Options set forth respectively in those items:

６消滅株式会社等は、新株予約権証券が発行されている新株予約権について新株予約権買取請求があったときは、新株予約権証券と引換えに、その新株予約権買取請求に係る新株予約権の代金を支払わなければならない。

(6)If an Absorbed Stock Company, etc. receives a Share Option Purchase Demand with respect to a Share Option for which a Share Option certificate is issued, it shall pay the price of the Share Option relating to such Share Option Purchase Demand in exchange for the Share Option certificate.

７消滅株式会社等は、新株予約権付社債券が発行されている新株予約権付社債に付された新株予約権について新株予約権買取請求があったときは、新株予約権付社債券と引換えに、その新株予約権買取請求に係る新株予約権の代金を支払わなければならない。

(7)If an Absorbed Stock Company, etc. receives a Share Option Purchase Demand with respect to a Share Option attached to a Bond with a Share Option for which a certificate for a Bond with a Share Option is issued, it shall pay the price of the Share Option relating to such Share Option Purchase Demand in exchange for such certificate for a Bond with a Share Option.

第七百八十九条次の各号に掲げる場合には、当該各号に定める債権者は、消滅株式会社等に対し、吸収合併等について異議を述べることができる。

Article 789(1)In the cases listed in the following items, the creditors provided for in those items may state their objections to the Absorption-type Merger, etc. to the Absorbed Stock Company, etc.:

２前項の規定により消滅株式会社等の債権者の全部又は一部が異議を述べることができる場合には、消滅株式会社等は、次に掲げる事項を官報に公告し、かつ、知れている債権者（同項の規定により異議を述べることができるものに限る。）には、各別にこれを催告しなければならない。ただし、第四号の期間は、一箇月を下ることができない。

(2)In cases where all or part of the creditors of the Absorbed Stock Company, etc. are able to state their objection pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Absorbed Stock Company, etc. shall give public notice of the matters listed below in the official gazette and shall give notices separately to each known creditor (limited to one who is able to state an objection pursuant to the provisions of such paragraph), if any; provided, however, that the period under item (iv) may not be less than one month:

３前項の規定にかかわらず、消滅株式会社等が同項の規定による公告を、官報のほか、第九百三十九条第一項の規定による定款の定めに従い、同項第二号又は第三号に掲げる公告方法によりするときは、前項の規定による各別の催告（吸収分割をする場合における不法行為によって生じた吸収分割株式会社の債務の債権者に対するものを除く。）は、することを要しない。

(3)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the Absorbed Stock Company, etc. gives public notice under that paragraph by the Method of Public Notice listed in item (ii) or item (iii) of paragraph (1) of Article 939 in accordance with the provisions of the articles of incorporation under the provisions of that paragraph in addition to the official gazette, the Absorbed Stock Company, etc. is not required to give separate notices under the provisions of the preceding paragraph (excluding such notices to creditors of the obligations of the Splitting Stock Company in Absorption-type Company Split that have arisen due to a tort in the case of effecting an Absorption-type Company Split).

４債権者が第二項第四号の期間内に異議を述べなかったときは、当該債権者は、当該吸収合併等について承認をしたものとみなす。

(4)In cases where creditors do not raise any objections within the period under paragraph (2)(iv), such creditors shall be deemed to have approved the Absorption-type Merger, etc.

５債権者が第二項第四号の期間内に異議を述べたときは、消滅株式会社等は、当該債権者に対し、弁済し、若しくは相当の担保を提供し、又は当該債権者に弁済を受けさせることを目的として信託会社等に相当の財産を信託しなければならない。ただし、当該吸収合併等をしても当該債権者を害するおそれがないときは、この限りでない。

(5)In cases where creditors raise objections within the period under paragraph (2)(iv), the Absorbed Stock Company, etc. shall make payment or provide reasonable security to such creditors, or entrust equivalent property to a Trust Company, etc. for the purpose of having such creditors receive the payment; provided, however, that this shall not apply if there is no risk of harm to such creditors by such Absorption-type Merger, etc.

第七百九十条消滅株式会社等は、存続会社等との合意により、効力発生日を変更することができる。

Article 790(1)An Absorbed Stock Company, etc. may change the Effective Day by agreement with the Surviving Company, etc.

２前項の場合には、消滅株式会社等は、変更前の効力発生日（変更後の効力発生日が変更前の効力発生日前の日である場合にあっては、当該変更後の効力発生日）の前日までに、変更後の効力発生日を公告しなければならない。

(2)In the cases prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the Absorbed Stock Company, etc. shall give public notice of the changed Effective Day by the day immediately preceding the original Effective Day (or, immediately preceding the changed Effective Day, in the case where the changed Effective Day comes before the original Effective Day).

３第一項の規定により効力発生日を変更したときは、変更後の効力発生日を効力発生日とみなして、この節並びに第七百五十条、第七百五十二条、第七百五十九条、第七百六十一条、第七百六十九条及び第七百七十一条の規定を適用する。

(3)When the Effective Day is changed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the provisions of this Section and Article 750, Article 752, Article 759, Article 761, Article 769, and Article 771 shall apply by deeming the changed Effective Day to be the Effective Day.

第七百九十一条吸収分割株式会社又は株式交換完全子会社は、効力発生日後遅滞なく、吸収分割承継会社又は株式交換完全親会社と共同して、次の各号に掲げる区分に応じ、当該各号に定めるものを作成しなければならない。

Article 791(1)The Splitting Stock Company in Absorption-type Company Split or the Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company in Share Exchange shall, without delay after the Effective Day, prepare what are provided for in the following items for the categories set forth respectively in those items, jointly with the Succeeding Company in Absorption-type Company Split or the Wholly Owning Parent Company in Share Exchange:

２吸収分割株式会社又は株式交換完全子会社は、効力発生日から六箇月間、前項各号の書面又は電磁的記録をその本店に備え置かなければならない。

(2)A Splitting Stock Company in Absorption-type Company Split or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company in Share Exchange shall, for a period of six months from the Effective Day, keep the documents or Electromagnetic Records set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph at its head office.

３吸収分割株式会社の株主、債権者その他の利害関係人は、吸収分割株式会社に対して、その営業時間内は、いつでも、次に掲げる請求をすることができる。ただし、第二号又は第四号に掲げる請求をするには、当該吸収分割株式会社の定めた費用を支払わなければならない。

(3)Shareholders, creditors and any other interested parties of a Splitting Stock Company in Absorption-type Company Split may make the following requests to the Splitting Stock Company in Absorption-type Company Split at any time during its business hours; provided, however, that the fees designated by said Splitting Stock Company in Absorption-type Company Split are required to be paid in order to make the requests set forth in item (ii) or item (iv):

４前項の規定は、株式交換完全子会社について準用する。この場合において、同項中「吸収分割株式会社の株主、債権者その他の利害関係人」とあるのは、「効力発生日に株式交換完全子会社の株主又は新株予約権者であった者」と読み替えるものとする。

(4)The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall apply mutatis mutandis to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company in Share Exchange. In such cases, the phrase "shareholders, creditors and any other interested parties of a Splitting Stock Company in Absorption-type Company Split" shall be deemed to be replaced with "persons who were shareholders or holders of Share Options of the Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company in Share Exchange as of the Effective Day."

第七百九十二条第四百五十八条及び第二編第五章第六節の規定は、次に掲げる行為については、適用しない。

Article 792The provisions of Article 458 and Part II, Chapter V, Section 6 shall not apply to the acts listed below:

第七百九十三条次に掲げる行為をする持分会社は、効力発生日の前日までに、吸収合併契約等について当該持分会社の総社員の同意を得なければならない。ただし、定款に別段の定めがある場合は、この限りでない。

Article 793(1)A Membership Company conducting any one of the acts below shall obtain the consent of all partners of the Membership Company with regard to the Absorption-type Merger Agreement, etc. by the day immediately preceding the Effective Day; provided, however, that this shall not apply in cases where it is otherwise provided for in the articles of incorporation:

２第七百八十九条（第一項第三号及び第二項第三号を除く。）及び第七百九十条の規定は、吸収合併消滅持分会社又は合同会社である吸収分割会社（以下この節において「吸収分割合同会社」という。）について準用する。この場合において、第七百八十九条第一項第二号中「債権者（第七百五十八条第八号又は第七百六十条第七号に掲げる事項についての定めがある場合にあっては、吸収分割株式会社の債権者）」とあるのは「債権者」と、同条第三項中「消滅株式会社等」とあるのは「吸収合併消滅持分会社（吸収合併存続会社が株式会社又は合同会社である場合にあっては、合同会社に限る。）又は吸収分割合同会社」と読み替えるものとする。

(2)The provisions of Article 789 (excluding paragraph (1)(iii) and paragraph (2)(iii)) and Article 790 shall apply mutatis mutandis to a Membership Company Absorbed in Absorption-type Merger or a Splitting Company in Absorption-type Company Split, which is a Limited Liability Company (hereinafter referred to as the "Splitting Limited Liability Company in Absorption-type Company Split" in this Section). In such cases, the phrase "Creditors of the Splitting Stock Company in Absorption-type Company Split who are unable to request the Splitting Stock Company in Absorption-type Company Split to perform the obligations (including performance of the guarantee obligations that the Splitting Stock Company in Absorption-type Company Split jointly and severally assumes with the Succeeding Company in Absorption-type Company Split as a guarantor) (or, in the case where there are provisions on the matter set forth in Article 758 (viii) or Article 760 (vii), creditors of the Splitting Stock Company in Absorption-type Company Split)" in Article 789 (1)(ii) shall be deemed to be replaced with "Creditors of the Splitting Stock Company in Absorption-type Company Split who are unable to request the Splitting Stock Company in Absorption-type Company Split to perform the obligations (including performance of the guarantee obligations that the Splitting Stock Company in Absorption-type Company Split jointly and severally assumes with the Succeeding Company in Absorption-type Company Split as a guarantor)" and the term "Absorbed Stock Company, etc." in paragraph (3) of that Article shall be deemed to be replaced with "Membership Company Absorbed in Absorption-type Merger (limited to a Limited Liability Company in the case where the Company Surviving Absorption-type Merger is a Stock Company or a Limited Liability Company) or the Splitting Limited Liability Company in Absorption-type Company Split."

第七百九十四条吸収合併存続株式会社、吸収分割承継株式会社又は株式交換完全親株式会社（以下この目において「存続株式会社等」という。）は、吸収合併契約等備置開始日から効力発生日後六箇月を経過する日までの間、吸収合併契約等の内容その他法務省令で定める事項を記載し、又は記録した書面又は電磁的記録をその本店に備え置かなければならない。

Article 794(1)The Stock Company Surviving Absorption-type Merger, the Succeeding Stock Company in Absorption-type Company Split or the Wholly Owning Parent Stock Company in Share Exchange (hereinafter referred to as the "Surviving Stock Company, etc." in this Division) shall, from the day on which the Absorption-type Merger Agreement, etc. began to be kept until the day on which six months have elapsed from the Effective Day, keep documents or Electromagnetic Records that state or record the contents of the Absorption-type Merger Agreement, etc. and other matters prescribed by the applicable Ordinance of the Ministry of Justice at its head office.

２前項に規定する「吸収合併契約等備置開始日」とは、次に掲げる日のいずれか早い日をいう。

(2)The "day on which the Absorption-type Merger Agreement, etc. began to be kept" prescribed in the preceding paragraph means the earliest of the following days:

３存続株式会社等の株主及び債権者（株式交換完全子会社の株主に対して交付する金銭等が株式交換完全親株式会社の株式その他これに準ずるものとして法務省令で定めるもののみである場合（第七百六十八条第一項第四号ハに規定する場合を除く。）にあっては、株主）は、存続株式会社等に対して、その営業時間内は、いつでも、次に掲げる請求をすることができる。ただし、第二号又は第四号に掲げる請求をするには、当該存続株式会社等の定めた費用を支払わなければならない。

(3)Shareholders and creditors of a Surviving Stock Company, etc. (or, in the case where the Monies, etc. to be delivered to shareholders of the Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company in Share Exchange are limited to shares of the Wholly Owning Parent Stock Company in Share Exchange or those prescribed by the applicable Ordinance of the Ministry of Justice as being equivalent thereto (excluding the case prescribed in Article 768 (1)(iv)(c)), shareholders) may make the following requests to said Surviving Stock Company, etc. at any time during its business hours; provided, however, that the fees designated by said Surviving Stock Company, etc. are required to be paid in order to make the requests set forth in item (ii) or item (iv):

第七百九十五条存続株式会社等は、効力発生日の前日までに、株主総会の決議によって、吸収合併契約等の承認を受けなければならない。

Article 795(1)A Surviving Stock Company, etc. shall obtain the approval of the Absorption-type Merger Agreement, etc. by a resolution of a shareholders meeting by the day immediately preceding the Effective Day.

２次に掲げる場合には、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。

(2)In the cases listed below, a director shall explain to that effect at the shareholders meeting set forth in the preceding paragraph:

３承継する吸収合併消滅会社又は吸収分割会社の資産に吸収合併存続株式会社又は吸収分割承継株式会社の株式が含まれる場合には、取締役は、第一項の株主総会において、当該株式に関する事項を説明しなければならない。

(3)In cases where the assets of the Company Absorbed in Absorption-type Merger or the Splitting Company in Absorption-type Company Split include shares of the Stock Company Surviving Absorption-type Merger or the Succeeding Stock Company in Absorption-type Company Split, a director shall explain the matters concerning such shares at the shareholders meeting set forth in paragraph (1).

４存続株式会社等が種類株式発行会社である場合において、次の各号に掲げる場合には、吸収合併等は、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。

(4)Where the Surviving Stock Company, etc. is a Company with Class Shares, in the cases listed in the following items, an Absorption-type Merger, etc. shall not become effective without a resolution of a Class Meeting 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 set forth in Article 199 (4) do not exist) (in cases where there are two or more classes of shares relating to such Class Shareholders, the respective Class Meetings constituted by Class Shareholders categorized by the class of such two or more classes of shares); provided, however, that this shall not apply to cases where there is no Class Shareholder who is able to exercise a voting right at such Class Meeting:

第七百九十六条前条第一項から第三項までの規定は、吸収合併消滅会社、吸収分割会社又は株式交換完全子会社（以下この目において「消滅会社等」という。）が存続株式会社等の特別支配会社である場合には、適用しない。ただし、吸収合併消滅株式会社若しくは株式交換完全子会社の株主、吸収合併消滅持分会社の社員又は吸収分割会社に対して交付する金銭等の全部又は一部が存続株式会社等の譲渡制限株式である場合であって、存続株式会社等が公開会社でないときは、この限りでない。

Article 796(1)The provisions of paragraphs (1) to (3) of the preceding Article shall not apply in the cases where the Company Absorbed in Absorption-type Merger, the Splitting Company in Absorption-type Company Split or the Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company in Share Exchange (hereinafter referred to as the "Absorbed Company, etc." in this Division) is the Special Controlling Company of the Surviving Stock Company, etc.; provided, however, that this shall not apply in the cases where all or part of the Monies, etc. to be delivered to shareholders of the Stock Company Absorbed in Absorption-type Merger or the Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company in Share Exchange, to partners of the Membership Company Absorbed in Absorption-type Merger or to the Splitting Company in Absorption-type Company Split are Shares with a Restriction on Transfer, etc. of the Surviving Stock Company, etc., and the Surviving Stock Company, etc. is not a Public Company.

２前項本文に規定する場合において、次に掲げる場合であって、存続株式会社等の株主が不利益を受けるおそれがあるときは、存続株式会社等の株主は、存続株式会社等に対し、吸収合併等をやめることを請求することができる。

(2)In the cases prescribed in the main clause of the preceding paragraph, in any one of the following cases where shareholders of the Surviving Stock Company, etc. are likely to suffer disadvantage, shareholders of the Surviving Stock Company, etc. may demand that the Surviving Stock Company, etc. refrain from effecting the Absorption-type Merger, etc.:

３前条第一項から第三項までの規定は、第一号に掲げる額の第二号に掲げる額に対する割合が五分の一（これを下回る割合を存続株式会社等の定款で定めた場合にあっては、その割合）を超えない場合には、適用しない。ただし、同条第二項各号に掲げる場合又は第一項ただし書に規定する場合は、この限りでない。

(3)The provisions of paragraphs (1) to (3) of the preceding Article shall not apply in cases where the amount set forth in item (i) does not exceed one-fifth (or, in cases where a lesser proportion is prescribed in the articles of incorporation of the Surviving Stock Company, etc., such proportion) of the amount set forth in item (ii); provided, however, that this shall not apply in the cases listed in the items of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article or the cases prescribed in the proviso to paragraph (1):

４前項本文に規定する場合において、法務省令で定める数の株式（前条第一項の株主総会において議決権を行使することができるものに限る。）を有する株主が次条第三項の規定による通知又は同条第四項の公告の日から二週間以内に吸収合併等に反対する旨を存続株式会社等に対し通知したときは、当該存続株式会社等は、効力発生日の前日までに、株主総会の決議によって、吸収合併契約等の承認を受けなければならない。

(4)In the cases prescribed in the main clause of the preceding paragraph, if shareholders that hold the shares (limited to those that entitle the shareholders to exercise voting rights at a shareholders meeting under paragraph (1) of the preceding article) in the number prescribed by the applicable Ordinance of the Ministry of Justice notify the Surviving Stock Company, etc. to the effect that such shareholders dissent from the Absorption-type Merger, etc., within two weeks from the day of the notice under the provisions of paragraph (3) of the following Article or the public notice under paragraph (4) of that Article, such Surviving Stock Company, etc. must obtain the approval of the Absorption-type Merger Agreement, etc. by a resolution of a shareholders meeting no later than the day immediately preceding the Effective Day.

第七百九十七条吸収合併等をする場合には、反対株主は、存続株式会社等に対し、自己の有する株式を公正な価格で買い取ることを請求することができる。

Article 797(1)In cases of effecting an Absorption-type Merger, etc., dissenting shareholders may demand that the Surviving Stock Company, etc. purchase, at a fair price, the shares held by such shareholders.

２前項に規定する「反対株主」とは、次の各号に掲げる場合における当該各号に定める株主をいう。

(2)The "dissenting shareholders" provided for in the preceding paragraph shall mean the shareholders provided for in the following items in the cases listed in the same items:

３存続株式会社等は、効力発生日の二十日前までに、その株主に対し、吸収合併等をする旨並びに消滅会社等の商号及び住所（第七百九十五条第三項に規定する場合にあっては、吸収合併等をする旨、消滅会社等の商号及び住所並びに同項の株式に関する事項）を通知しなければならない。

(3)A Surviving Stock Company, etc. shall notify its shareholders that it will effect an Absorption-type Merger, etc. and the trade name and domicile of the Absorbed Company, etc. (or, in the cases prescribed in Article 795 (3), the fact that it will effect an Absorption-type Merger, etc., the trade name and domicile of the Absorbed Company, etc. and the matters concerning shares set forth in that paragraph), by twenty days prior to the Effective Day.

４次に掲げる場合には、前項の規定による通知は、公告をもってこれに代えることができる。

(4)In the following cases, a public notice may be substituted for the notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph:

５第一項の規定による請求（以下この目において「株式買取請求」という。）は、効力発生日の二十日前の日から効力発生日の前日までの間に、その株式買取請求に係る株式の数（種類株式発行会社にあっては、株式の種類及び種類ごとの数）を明らかにしてしなければならない。

(5)Demands under the provisions of paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as the "Share Purchase Demand" in this Division) shall be made, within the period from the day twenty days prior to the Effective Day to the day immediately preceding the Effective Day, by disclosing the number of shares relating to such Share Purchase Demand (or, for a Company with Classes of Shares, the classes of the shares and the number of shares for each class).

６株式買取請求をした株主は、存続株式会社等の承諾を得た場合に限り、その株式買取請求を撤回することができる。

(6)Shareholders who made Share Purchase Demands may withdraw their Share Purchase Demands only in cases where such shareholders obtain the approval of the Surviving Stock Company, etc.

７吸収合併等を中止したときは、株式買取請求は、その効力を失う。

(7)If the Absorption-type Merger, etc. is cancelled, the Share Purchase Demands shall become ineffective.

第七百九十八条株式買取請求があった場合において、株式の価格の決定について、株主と存続株式会社等との間に協議が調ったときは、存続株式会社等は、効力発生日から六十日以内にその支払をしなければならない。

Article 798(1)In cases where a Share Purchase Demand is made, if an agreement on the determination of the price of the shares is reached between the shareholder and the Surviving Stock Company, etc., the Surviving Stock Company, etc. shall make payment within sixty days from the Effective Day.

２株式の価格の決定について、効力発生日から三十日以内に協議が調わないときは、株主又は存続株式会社等は、その期間の満了の日後三十日以内に、裁判所に対し、価格の決定の申立てをすることができる。

(2)If no agreement on the determination of the price of the shares is reached within thirty days from the Effective Day, shareholders or the Surviving Stock Company, etc. may file a petition to the court for a determination of the price within thirty days after the expiration of that period.

３前条第六項の規定にかかわらず、前項に規定する場合において、効力発生日から六十日以内に同項の申立てがないときは、その期間の満了後は、株主は、いつでも、株式買取請求を撤回することができる。

(3)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (6) of the preceding Article, in the cases prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if the petition under that paragraph is not filed within sixty days from the Effective Day, shareholders may withdraw their Share Purchase Demands at any time after the expiration of such period.

４存続株式会社等は、裁判所の決定した価格に対する第一項の期間の満了の日後の年六分の利率により算定した利息をも支払わなければならない。

(4)The Surviving Stock Company, etc. shall also pay interest on the price determined by the court which shall be calculated at the rate of six percent per annum from and including the day of the expiration of the period referred to in paragraph (1).

５株式買取請求に係る株式の買取りは、当該株式の代金の支払の時に、その効力を生ずる。

(5)The purchase of shares relating to a Share Purchase Demand shall become effective at the time of payment of the price of such shares.

６株券発行会社は、株券が発行されている株式について株式買取請求があったときは、株券と引換えに、その株式買取請求に係る株式の代金を支払わなければならない。

(6)If a Company Issuing Share Certificates receives a Share Purchase Demand with respect to shares for which share certificates are issued, the Company must pay the price of the shares relating to such Share Purchase Demand in exchange for the share certificates.

第七百九十九条次の各号に掲げる場合には、当該各号に定める債権者は、存続株式会社等に対し、吸収合併等について異議を述べることができる。

Article 799(1)In the cases listed in the following items, the creditors provided for in those items may state their objections to the Absorption-type Merger, etc. to the Surviving Stock Company, etc.:

２前項の規定により存続株式会社等の債権者が異議を述べることができる場合には、存続株式会社等は、次に掲げる事項を官報に公告し、かつ、知れている債権者には、各別にこれを催告しなければならない。ただし、第四号の期間は、一箇月を下ることができない。

(2)In cases where the creditors of the Surviving Stock Company, etc. are able to state their objection pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Surviving Stock Company, etc. shall give public notice of the matters listed below in the official gazette and shall give notices separately to each known creditor, if any; provided, however, that the period under item (iv) may not be less than one month:

３前項の規定にかかわらず、存続株式会社等が同項の規定による公告を、官報のほか、第九百三十九条第一項の規定による定款の定めに従い、同項第二号又は第三号に掲げる公告方法によりするときは、前項の規定による各別の催告は、することを要しない。

(3)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the Surviving Stock Company, etc. gives public notice under that paragraph by Method of Public Notice listed in item (ii) or item (iii) of paragraph (1) of Article 939 in accordance with the provisions of the articles of incorporation under the provisions of that paragraph in addition to the official gazette, the Surviving Stock Company, etc. is not required to give separate notices under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

４債権者が第二項第四号の期間内に異議を述べなかったときは、当該債権者は、当該吸収合併等について承認をしたものとみなす。

(4)In cases where creditors do not raise any objections within the period under paragraph (2)(iv), such creditors shall be deemed to have approved the Absorption-type Merger, etc.

５債権者が第二項第四号の期間内に異議を述べたときは、存続株式会社等は、当該債権者に対し、弁済し、若しくは相当の担保を提供し、又は当該債権者に弁済を受けさせることを目的として信託会社等に相当の財産を信託しなければならない。ただし、当該吸収合併等をしても当該債権者を害するおそれがないときは、この限りでない。

(5)In cases where creditors raise objections within the period under paragraph (2)(iv), the Surviving Stock Company, etc. shall make payment or provide reasonable security to such creditors, or entrust equivalent property to a Trust Company, etc. for the purpose of having such creditors receive the payment; provided, however, that this shall not apply if there is no risk of harm to such creditors by such Absorption-type Merger, etc.

第八百条第百三十五条第一項の規定にかかわらず、吸収合併消滅株式会社若しくは株式交換完全子会社の株主、吸収合併消滅持分会社の社員又は吸収分割会社（以下この項において「消滅会社等の株主等」という。）に対して交付する金銭等の全部又は一部が存続株式会社等の親会社株式（同条第一項に規定する親会社株式をいう。以下この条において同じ。）である場合には、当該存続株式会社等は、吸収合併等に際して消滅会社等の株主等に対して交付する当該親会社株式の総数を超えない範囲において当該親会社株式を取得することができる。

Article 800(1)Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 135 (1), in cases where all or part of the Monies, etc. to be delivered to shareholders of the Stock Company Absorbed in Absorption-type Merger or the Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company in Share Exchange, to partners of the Membership Company Absorbed in Absorption-type Merger or to the Splitting Company in Absorption-type Company Split (hereinafter referred to as "Shareholders, etc. of the Absorbed Company, etc." in this paragraph) are the Parent Company's Shares (meaning the Parent Company's Shares prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article; hereinafter the same shall apply in this Article) of the Surviving Stock Company, etc., the Surviving Stock Company, etc. may acquire such Parent Company's Shares in a number not exceeding the total number of such Parent Company's Shares to be delivered to the Shareholders, etc. of the Absorbed Company, etc. at the time of the Absorption-type Merger, etc.

２第百三十五条第三項の規定にかかわらず、前項の存続株式会社等は、効力発生日までの間は、存続株式会社等の親会社株式を保有することができる。ただし、吸収合併等を中止したときは、この限りでない。

(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 135 (3), the Surviving Stock Company, etc. set forth in the preceding paragraph may hold the Parent Company's Shares of the Surviving Stock Company, etc. until the Effective Day; provided, however, that this shall not apply when the Absorption-type Merger, etc. is cancelled.

第八百一条吸収合併存続株式会社は、効力発生日後遅滞なく、吸収合併により吸収合併存続株式会社が承継した吸収合併消滅会社の権利義務その他の吸収合併に関する事項として法務省令で定める事項を記載し、又は記録した書面又は電磁的記録を作成しなければならない。

Article 801(1)The Stock Company Surviving Absorption-type Merger shall, without delay after the Effective Day, prepare documents or Electromagnetic Records that state or record the rights and obligations that the Stock Company Surviving Absorption-type Merger succeeded to by transfer from the Company Absorbed in Absorption-type Merger through the Absorption-type Merger and any other matters prescribed by the applicable Ordinance of the Ministry of Justice as those concerning an Absorption-type Merger.

２吸収分割承継株式会社（合同会社が吸収分割をする場合における当該吸収分割承継株式会社に限る。）は、効力発生日後遅滞なく、吸収分割合同会社と共同して、吸収分割により吸収分割承継株式会社が承継した吸収分割合同会社の権利義務その他の吸収分割に関する事項として法務省令で定める事項を記載し、又は記録した書面又は電磁的記録を作成しなければならない。

(2)The Succeeding Stock Company in Absorption-type Company Split (limited to the Succeeding Stock Company in Absorption-type Company Split where the Limited Liability Company effects the Absorption-type Company Split) shall, without delay after the Effective Day, prepare, jointly with the Splitting Limited Liability Company in Absorption-type Company Split, documents or Electromagnetic Records that state or record the rights and obligations that the Succeeding Stock Company in Absorption-type Company Split succeeded to by transfer from the Splitting Limited Liability Company in Absorption-type Company Split through the Absorption-type Company Split and any other matters prescribed by the applicable Ordinance of the Ministry of Justice as those concerning an Absorption-type Company Split.

３次の各号に掲げる存続株式会社等は、効力発生日から六箇月間、当該各号に定めるものをその本店に備え置かなければならない。

(3)Each of the Surviving Stock Companies, etc. listed in the following items shall, for a period of six months from the Effective Day, keep what are specified respectively in those items at its head office:

４吸収合併存続株式会社の株主及び債権者は、吸収合併存続株式会社に対して、その営業時間内は、いつでも、次に掲げる請求をすることができる。ただし、第二号又は第四号に掲げる請求をするには、当該吸収合併存続株式会社の定めた費用を支払わなければならない。

(4)Shareholders and creditors of the Stock Company Surviving Absorption-type Merger may make the following requests to said Stock Company Surviving Absorption-type Merger at any time during its business hours; provided, however, that the fees designated by said Stock Company Surviving Absorption-type Merger are required to be paid in order to make the requests set forth in item (ii) or item (iv):

５前項の規定は、吸収分割承継株式会社について準用する。この場合において、同項中「株主及び債権者」とあるのは「株主、債権者その他の利害関係人」と、同項各号中「前項第一号」とあるのは「前項第二号」と読み替えるものとする。

(5)The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall apply mutatis mutandis to the Succeeding Stock Company in Absorption-type Company Split. In such cases, the phrase "shareholders and creditors" in that paragraph shall be deemed to be replaced with "shareholders, creditors and any other interested parties," and the term "item (i) of the preceding paragraph" in the items of that paragraph shall be deemed to be replaced with "item (ii) of the preceding paragraph."

６第四項の規定は、株式交換完全親株式会社について準用する。この場合において、同項中「株主及び債権者」とあるのは「株主及び債権者（株式交換完全子会社の株主に対して交付する金銭等が株式交換完全親株式会社の株式その他これに準ずるものとして法務省令で定めるもののみである場合（第七百六十八条第一項第四号ハに規定する場合を除く。）にあっては、株式交換完全親株式会社の株主）」と、同項各号中「前項第一号」とあるのは「前項第三号」と読み替えるものとする。

(6)The provisions of paragraph (4) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the Wholly Owning Parent Stock Company in Share Exchange. In such cases, the phrase "shareholders and creditors" in that paragraph shall be deemed to be replaced with "shareholders and creditors (or, in cases where Monies, etc. to be delivered to shareholders of the Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company in Share Exchange are limited to shares of the Wholly Owning Parent Stock Company in Share Exchange or those prescribed by the applicable Ordinance of the Ministry of Justice as being equivalent thereto (excluding the case prescribed in Article 768 (1)(iv)(c)), shareholders of the Wholly Owning Parent Stock Company in Share Exchange)," and the term "item (i) of the preceding paragraph" in the items of that paragraph shall be deemed to be replaced with "item (iii) of the preceding paragraph."

第八百二条次の各号に掲げる行為をする持分会社（以下この条において「存続持分会社等」という。）は、当該各号に定める場合には、効力発生日の前日までに、吸収合併契約等について存続持分会社等の総社員の同意を得なければならない。ただし、定款に別段の定めがある場合は、この限りでない。

Article 802(1)A Membership Company conducting any one of the acts listed in the following items (hereinafter referred to as the "Surviving Membership Company, etc." in this Article) shall, in the cases specified respectively in those items, obtain the consent of all partners of the Surviving Membership Company, etc. with regard to the Absorption-type Merger Agreement, etc. by the day immediately preceding the Effective Day; provided, however, that this shall not apply in cases where it is otherwise provided for in the articles of incorporation:

２第七百九十九条（第二項第三号を除く。）及び第八百条の規定は、存続持分会社等について準用する。この場合において、第七百九十九条第一項第三号中「株式交換完全親株式会社の株式」とあるのは「株式交換完全親合同会社の持分」と、「場合又は第七百六十八条第一項第四号ハに規定する場合」とあるのは「場合」と読み替えるものとする。

(2)The provisions of Article 799 (excluding paragraph (2)(iii)) and Article 800 shall apply mutatis mutandis to a Surviving Membership Company, etc. In such cases, the term "shares of the Wholly Owning Parent Stock Company in Share Exchange" in Article 799 (1)(iii) shall be deemed to be replaced with "equity interests of the Wholly Owning Parent Limited Liability Company in Share Exchange," and the phrase "thereto, or in the cases prescribed in Article 768 (1)(iv)" in that item shall be deemed to be replaced with "thereto."

第八百三条次の各号に掲げる株式会社（以下この目において「消滅株式会社等」という。）は、新設合併契約等備置開始日から新設合併設立会社、新設分割設立会又は株式移転設立完全親会社（以下この目において「設立会社」という。）の成立の日後六箇月を経過する日（新設合併消滅株式会社にあっては、新設合併設立会社の成立の日）までの間、当該各号に定めるもの（以下この節において「新設合併契約等」という。）の内容その他法務省令で定める事項を記載し、又は記録した書面又は電磁的記録をその本店に備え置かなければならない。

Article 803(1)Each of the Stock Companies listed in the following items (hereinafter referred to as a "Consolidated Stock Company, etc." in this Division) shall, from the day on which the Consolidation-type Merger Agreement, etc. began to be kept until the day on which six months have elapsed from the day of formation of the Company Incorporated through Consolidation-type Merger, the Company Incorporated through Incorporation-type Company Split, or the Wholly Owning Parent Company Incorporated through Share Transfer (hereinafter referred to as an "Incorporated Company" in this Division) (or, for a Stock Company(ies) Consolidated through Consolidation-type Merger, the day of formation of the Company Incorporated through Consolidation-type Merger), keep documents or Electromagnetic Records that state or record the contents of what are specified respectively in those items (hereinafter referred to as the "Consolidation-type Merger Agreement, etc." in this Section) and other matters prescribed by the applicable Ordinance of the Ministry of Justice at its head office:

２前項に規定する「新設合併契約等備置開始日」とは、次に掲げる日のいずれか早い日をいう。

(2)The "day on which the Consolidation-type Merger Agreement, etc. began to be kept" prescribed in the preceding paragraph means the earliest of the following days:

３消滅株式会社等の株主及び債権者（株式移転完全子会社にあっては、株主及び新株予約権者）は、消滅株式会社等に対して、その営業時間内は、いつでも、次に掲げる請求をすることができる。ただし、第二号又は第四号に掲げる請求をするには、当該消滅株式会社等の定めた費用を支払わなければならない。

(3)Shareholders and creditors of a Consolidated Stock Company, etc. (or, in the case of a Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company in Share Transfer, shareholders and holders of Share Options) may make the following requests to said Consolidated Stock Company, etc. at any time during its business hours provided, however, that the fees designated by said Consolidated Stock Company, etc. are required to be paid in order to make the requests set forth in item (ii) or item (iv):

第八百四条消滅株式会社等は、株主総会の決議によって、新設合併契約等の承認を受けなければならない。

Article 804(1)A Consolidated Stock Company, etc. shall obtain the approval of the Consolidation-type Merger Agreement, etc. by a resolution of a shareholders meeting.

２前項の規定にかかわらず、新設合併設立会社が持分会社である場合には、新設合併契約について新設合併消滅株式会社の総株主の同意を得なければならない。

(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in the cases where the Company Incorporated through Consolidation-type Merger is a Membership Company, consent of all shareholders of the Stock Company(ies) Consolidated through Consolidation-type Merger shall be obtained with regard to the Consolidation-type Merger agreement.

３新設合併消滅株式会社又は株式移転完全子会社が種類株式発行会社である場合において、新設合併消滅株式会社又は株式移転完全子会社の株主に対して交付する新設合併設立株式会社又は株式移転設立完全親株式会社の株式等の全部又は一部が譲渡制限株式等であるときは、当該新設合併又は株式移転は、当該譲渡制限株式等の割当てを受ける種類の株式（譲渡制限株式を除く。）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。

(3)In the cases where the Stock Company(ies) Consolidated through Consolidation-type Merger or the Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company in Share Transfer is a Company with Classes of Shares, if all or part of the shares, etc. of the Stock Company Incorporated through Consolidation-type Merger or the Wholly Owning Parent Stock Company Incorporated through Share Transfer to be delivered to shareholders of the Stock Company(ies) Consolidated through Consolidation-type Merger or the Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company in Share Transfer are Shares with a Restriction on Transfer, etc., the Consolidation-type Merger or the Share Transfer shall not become effective without a resolution of a Class Meeting constituted by Class Shareholders of the class of shares subject to the allotment of the Shares with a Restriction on Transfer, etc. (excluding Shares with a Restriction on Transfer) (in cases where there are two or more classes of shares relating to such Class Shareholders, the respective Class Meetings constituted by Class Shareholders categorized by the class of such two or more classes of shares); provided, however, that this shall not apply to cases where there is no Class Shareholder able to exercise a voting right at such Class Meeting.

４消滅株式会社等は、第一項の株主総会の決議の日（第二項に規定する場合にあっては、同項の総株主の同意を得た日）から二週間以内に、その登録株式質権者（次条に規定する場合における登録株式質権者を除く。）及び第八百八条第三項各号に定める新株予約権の登録新株予約権質権者に対し、新設合併、新設分割又は株式移転（以下この節において「新設合併等」という。）をする旨を通知しなければならない。

(4)A Consolidated Stock Company, etc. shall notify its Registered Pledgees of Shares (excluding the Registered Pledgees of Shares in the cases prescribed in the following Article) and Registered Pledgees of Share Options concerning the Share Options specified in the items of Article 808 (3) that it will effect the Consolidation-type Merger, the Incorporation-type Company Split or the Share Transfer (hereinafter referred to as a "Consolidation-type Merger, etc." in this Section) within two weeks from the day of resolution of the shareholders meeting set forth in paragraph (1) (or, in the cases prescribed in paragraph (2), the day of obtainment of the consent of all shareholders set forth in that paragraph).

５前項の規定による通知は、公告をもってこれに代えることができる。

(5)A public notice may be substituted for the notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

第八百五条前条第一項の規定は、新設分割により新設分割設立会に承継させる資産の帳簿価額の合計額が新設分割株式会社の総資産額として法務省令で定める方法により算定される額の五分の一（これを下回る割合を新設分割株式会社の定款で定めた場合にあっては、その割合）を超えない場合には、適用しない。

Article 805The provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article shall not apply in cases where the sum of the book value of the assets that the Company Incorporated through Incorporation-type Company Split succeeds to through the Incorporation-type Company Split does not exceed one-fifth (or, in cases where a lesser proportion is prescribed in the articles of incorporation of the Splitting Stock Company(ies) in Incorporation-type Company Split, such proportion) of the amount calculated by the method specified by the applicable Ordinance of the Ministry of Justice as the total assets of the Splitting Stock Company(ies) in Incorporation-type Company Split.

第八百六条新設合併等をする場合（次に掲げる場合を除く。）には、反対株主は、消滅株式会社等に対し、自己の有する株式を公正な価格で買い取ることを請求することができる。

Article 806(1)In cases of effecting a Consolidation-type Merger, etc. (excluding the following cases), dissenting shareholders may demand that the Consolidated Stock Company, etc. purchase, at a fair price, the shares held by such shareholders:

２前項に規定する「反対株主」とは、次に掲げる株主をいう。

(2)The "dissenting shareholders" provided for in the preceding paragraph shall mean the shareholders provided for in the following items:

３消滅株式会社等は、第八百四条第一項の株主総会の決議の日から二週間以内に、その株主に対し、新設合併等をする旨並びに他の新設合併消滅会社、新設分割会社又は株式移転完全子会社（以下この節において「消滅会社等」という。）及び設立会社の商号及び住所を通知しなければならない。ただし、第一項各号に掲げる場合は、この限りでない。

(3)A Consolidated Stock Company, etc. shall notify its shareholders that it will effect a Consolidation-type Merger, etc. and the trade names and domiciles of the Companies Consolidated through Consolidation-type Merger, the Splitting Company(ies) in Incorporation-type Company Split or the Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company in Share Transfer (hereinafter referred to as the "Consolidated Company, etc." in this Section) and the Incorporated Company, within two weeks from the day of resolution of the shareholders meeting set forth in Article 804 (1); provided, however, that this shall not apply in the cases listed in the items of paragraph (1).

４前項の規定による通知は、公告をもってこれに代えることができる。

(4)A public notice may be substituted for the notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

５第一項の規定による請求（以下この目において「株式買取請求」という。）は、第三項の規定による通知又は前項の公告をした日から二十日以内に、その株式買取請求に係る株式の数（種類株式発行会社にあっては、株式の種類及び種類ごとの数）を明らかにしてしなければならない。

(5)Demands under the provisions of paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as a "Share Purchase Demand" in this Division) shall be made, within twenty days from the day of the notice under the provisions of paragraph (3) or the public notice under the preceding paragraph, by disclosing the number of shares relating to such Share Purchase Demand (or, for a Company with Classes of Shares, the classes of the shares and the number of shares for each class).

６株式買取請求をした株主は、消滅株式会社等の承諾を得た場合に限り、その株式買取請求を撤回することができる。

(6)Shareholders who made Share Purchase Demands may withdraw their Share Purchase Demands only in cases where such shareholders obtain the approval of the Consolidated Stock Company, etc.

７新設合併等を中止したときは、株式買取請求は、その効力を失う。

(7)If the Consolidation-type Merger, etc. is cancelled, the Share Purchase Demand shall become ineffective.

第八百七条株式買取請求があった場合において、株式の価格の決定について、株主と消滅株式会社等（新設合併をする場合における新設合併設立会社の成立の日後にあっては、新設合併設立会社。以下この条において同じ。）との間に協議が調ったときは、消滅株式会社等は、設立会社の成立の日から六十日以内にその支払をしなければならない。

Article 807(1)In cases where a Share Purchase Demand is made, if an agreement on the determination of the price of the shares is reached between the shareholder and the Consolidated Stock Company, etc. (or, after the day of formation of the Company Incorporated through Consolidation-type Merger in cases of effecting a Consolidation-type Merger, the Company Incorporated through Consolidation-type Merger; hereinafter the same shall apply in this Article), the Consolidated Stock Company, etc. shall make payment within sixty days from the day of formation of the Incorporated Company.

２株式の価格の決定について、設立会社の成立の日から三十日以内に協議が調わないときは、株主又は消滅株式会社等は、その期間の満了の日後三十日以内に、裁判所に対し、価格の決定の申立てをすることができる。

(2)If no agreement on the determination of the price of the shares is reached within thirty days from the day of formation of the Incorporated Company, shareholders or the Consolidated Stock Company, etc. may file a petition to the court for a determination of the price within thirty days after the expiration of that period.

３前条第六項の規定にかかわらず、前項に規定する場合において、設立会社の成立の日から六十日以内に同項の申立てがないときは、その期間の満了後は、株主は、いつでも、株式買取請求を撤回することができる。

(3)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (6) of the preceding Article, in the cases prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if the petition under that paragraph is not filed within sixty days from the day of formation of the Incorporated Company, shareholders may withdraw their Share Purchase Demands at any time after the expiration of such period.

４消滅株式会社等は、裁判所の決定した価格に対する第一項の期間の満了の日後の年六分の利率により算定した利息をも支払わなければならない。

(4)The Consolidated Stock Company, etc. shall also pay interest on the price determined by the court which shall be calculated at the rate of six percent per annum from and including the day of the expiration of the period referred to in paragraph (1).

５株式買取請求に係る株式の買取りは、設立会社の成立の日（新設分割をする場合にあっては、当該株式の代金の支払の時）に、その効力を生ずる。

(5)The purchase of shares relating to a Share Purchase Demand shall become effective on the day of formation of the Incorporated Company (or, in the case of effecting an Incorporation-type Company Split, at the time of payment of the price of such shares).

６株券発行会社は、株券が発行されている株式について株式買取請求があったときは、株券と引換えに、その株式買取請求に係る株式の代金を支払わなければならない。

(6)If a Company Issuing a Share Certificate receives a Share Purchase Demand with respect to shares for which share certificates are issued, the Company must pay the price of the shares relating to such Share Purchase Demand in exchange for the share certificates.

第八百八条次の各号に掲げる行為をする場合には、当該各号に定める消滅株式会社等の新株予約権の新株予約権者は、消滅株式会社等に対し、自己の有する新株予約権を公正な価格で買い取ることを請求することができる。

Article 808(1)In cases of carrying out any one of the acts listed in the following items, holders of Share Options of the Consolidated Stock Company, etc. provided for in those items may demand that the Consolidated Stock Company, etc. purchase, at a fair price, the Share Options held by the same:

２新株予約権付社債に付された新株予約権の新株予約権者は、前項の規定による請求（以下この目において「新株予約権買取請求」という。）をするときは、併せて、新株予約権付社債についての社債を買い取ることを請求しなければならない。ただし、当該新株予約権付社債に付された新株予約権について別段の定めがある場合は、この限りでない。

(2)If holders of the Share Options attached to Bonds with Share Options intend to make the demand under the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "Share Option Purchase Demand" in this Division), they shall also make the demand for the purchase of the Bonds pertaining to Bonds with Share Options; provided, however, that this shall not apply in cases where it is otherwise provided for with respect to the Share Options attached to such Bonds with Share Options.

３次の各号に掲げる消滅株式会社等は、第八百四条第一項の株主総会の決議の日（同条第二項に規定する場合にあっては同項の総株主の同意を得た日、第八百五条に規定する場合にあっては新設分割計画の作成の日）から二週間以内に、当該各号に定める新株予約権の新株予約権者に対し、新設合併等をする旨並びに他の消滅会社等及び設立会社の商号及び住所を通知しなければならない。

(3)The Consolidated Stock Company, etc. listed in the following items shall notify holders of Share Options provided for in those items that they will effect a Consolidation-type Merger, etc. and the trade names and domiciles of the Consolidated Company, etc. and the Incorporated Company, within two weeks from the day of resolution of the shareholders meeting set forth in Article 804 (1) (or, in the cases prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article, the day of obtainment of the consent of all shareholders set forth in that paragraph, and in the cases prescribed in Article 805, the day of preparation of the Incorporation-type Company Split plan):

４前項の規定による通知は、公告をもってこれに代えることができる。

(4)A public notice may be substituted for the notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

５新株予約権買取請求は、第三項の規定による通知又は前項の公告をした日から二十日以内に、その新株予約権買取請求に係る新株予約権の内容及び数を明らかにしてしなければならない。

(5)A Share Option Purchase Demand shall be made, within twenty days from the day of the notice under the provisions of paragraph (3) or the public notice under the preceding paragraph, by disclosing the number of shares relating to such Share Option Purchase Demand.

６新株予約権買取請求をした新株予約権者は、消滅株式会社等の承諾を得た場合に限り、その新株予約権買取請求を撤回することができる。

(6)Holders of Share Options who have made Share Option Purchase Demands may withdraw their Share Option Purchase Demands only in cases where they obtain the approval of the Consolidated Stock Company, etc.

７新設合併等を中止したときは、新株予約権買取請求は、その効力を失う。

(7)If the Consolidation-type Merger, etc. is cancelled, the Share Option Purchase Demands shall become ineffective.

第八百九条新株予約権買取請求があった場合において、新株予約権（当該新株予約権が新株予約権付社債に付されたものである場合において、当該新株予約権付社債についての社債の買取りの請求があったときは、当該社債を含む。以下この条において同じ。）の価格の決定について、新株予約権者と消滅株式会社等（新設合併をする場合における新設合併設立会社の成立の日後にあっては、新設合併設立会社。以下この条において同じ。）との間に協議が調ったときは、消滅株式会社等は、設立会社の成立の日から六十日以内にその支払をしなければならない。

Article 809(1)In cases where a Share Option Purchase Demand is made, if an agreement on the determination of the price of the Share Options (in cases where such Share Options are those attached to Bonds with Share Options, if there is a demand for the purchase of Bonds pertaining to such Bonds with Share Options, they shall include such Bonds; hereinafter the same shall apply in this Article) is reached between the holder of Share Options and the Consolidated Stock Company, etc. (after the day of formation of the Company Incorporated through Consolidation-type Merger in cases of effecting a Consolidation-type Merger, the Company Incorporated through Consolidation-type Merger; hereinafter the same shall apply in this Article), the Consolidated Stock Company, etc. shall make payment within sixty days from the day of formation of the Incorporated Company.

２新株予約権の価格の決定について、設立会社の成立の日から三十日以内に協議が調わないときは、新株予約権者又は消滅株式会社等は、その期間の満了の日後三十日以内に、裁判所に対し、価格の決定の申立てをすることができる。

(2)If no agreement on the determination of the price of the Share Options is reached within thirty days from the day of formation of the Incorporated Company, holders of Share Options or the Consolidated Stock Company, etc. may file a petition to the court for a determination of the price within thirty days after the expiration of that period.

３前条第六項の規定にかかわらず、前項に規定する場合において、設立会社の成立の日から六十日以内に同項の申立てがないときは、その期間の満了後は、新株予約権者は、いつでも、新株予約権買取請求を撤回することができる。

(3)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (6) of the preceding Article, in the cases prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if the petition under that paragraph is not filed within sixty days from the day of formation of the Incorporated Company, holders of Share Options may withdraw their Share Option Purchase Demands at any time after the expiration of such period.

４消滅株式会社等は、裁判所の決定した価格に対する第一項の期間の満了の日後の年六分の利率により算定した利息をも支払わなければならない。

(4)The Consolidated Stock Company, etc. shall also pay interest on the price determined by the court which shall be calculated at the rate of six percent per annum from and including the day of the expiration of the period referred to in paragraph (1).

５新株予約権買取請求に係る新株予約権の買取りは、次の各号に掲げる新株予約権の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める時に、その効力を生ずる。

(5)The purchase of Share Options relating to the Share Option Purchase Demands shall become effective at the times provided for in the following items for the categories of Share Options set forth respectively in those items:

６消滅株式会社等は、新株予約権証券が発行されている新株予約権について新株予約権買取請求があったときは、新株予約権証券と引換えに、その新株予約権買取請求に係る新株予約権の代金を支払わなければならない。

(6)If a Consolidated Stock Company, etc. receives a Share Option Purchase Demand with respect to a Share Option for which a Share Option certificate is issued, it shall pay the price of the Share Option relating to such Share Option Purchase Demand in exchange for the Share Option certificate.

７消滅株式会社等は、新株予約権付社債券が発行されている新株予約権付社債に付された新株予約権について新株予約権買取請求があったときは、新株予約権付社債券と引換えに、その新株予約権買取請求に係る新株予約権の代金を支払わなければならない。

(7)If a Consolidated Stock Company, etc. receives a Share Option Purchase Demand with respect to a Share Option attached to a Bond with a Share Option for which a certificate for a Bond with a Share Option is issued, it shall pay the price of the Share Option relating to such Share Option Purchase Demand in exchange for such certificate for Bond with Share Option.

第八百十条次の各号に掲げる場合には、当該各号に定める債権者は、消滅株式会社等に対し、新設合併等について異議を述べることができる。

Article 810(1)In the cases listed in the following items, the creditors provided for in those items may state their objections to the Consolidation-type Merger, etc. to the Consolidated Stock Company, etc.:

２前項の規定により消滅株式会社等の債権者の全部又は一部が異議を述べることができる場合には、消滅株式会社等は、次に掲げる事項を官報に公告し、かつ、知れている債権者（同項の規定により異議を述べることができるものに限る。）には、各別にこれを催告しなければならない。ただし、第四号の期間は、一箇月を下ることができない。

(2)In cases where all or part of the creditors of the Consolidated Stock Company, etc. are able to state their objection pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Consolidated Stock Company, etc. shall give public notice of the matters listed below in the official gazette and shall give notices separately to each known creditor (limited to one who is able to state an objection pursuant to the provisions of such paragraph), if any; provided, however, that the period under item (iv) may not be less than one month:

３前項の規定にかかわらず、消滅株式会社等が同項の規定による公告を、官報のほか、第九百三十九条第一項の規定による定款の定めに従い、同項第二号又は第三号に掲げる公告方法によりするときは、前項の規定による各別の催告（新設分割をする場合における不法行為によって生じた新設分割株式会社の債務の債権者に対するものを除く。）は、することを要しない。

(3)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the Consolidated Stock Company, etc. gives public notice under that paragraph by the Method of Public Notice listed in item (ii) or item (iii) of paragraph (1) of Article 939 in accordance with the provisions of the articles of incorporation under the provisions of that paragraph in addition to the official gazette, the Consolidated Stock Company, etc. is not required to give separate notices under the provisions of the preceding paragraph (excluding such notices to creditors of the obligations of the Splitting Stock Company(ies) in Incorporation-type Company Split that have arisen due to a tort in the case of effecting an Incorporation-type Company Split).

４債権者が第二項第四号の期間内に異議を述べなかったときは、当該債権者は、当該新設合併等について承認をしたものとみなす。

(4)In cases where creditors do not raise any objections within the period under paragraph (2)(iv), such creditors shall be deemed to have approved the Consolidation-type Merger, etc.

５債権者が第二項第四号の期間内に異議を述べたときは、消滅株式会社等は、当該債権者に対し、弁済し、若しくは相当の担保を提供し、又は当該債権者に弁済を受けさせることを目的として信託会社等に相当の財産を信託しなければならない。ただし、当該新設合併等をしても当該債権者を害するおそれがないときは、この限りでない。

(5)In cases where creditors raise objections within the period under paragraph (2)(iv), the Consolidated Stock Company, etc. shall make payment or provide reasonable security to such creditors, or entrust equivalent property to a Trust Company, etc. for the purpose of having such creditors receive the payment; provided, however, that this shall not apply if there is no risk of harm to such creditors by such Consolidation-type Merger, etc.

第八百十一条新設分割株式会社又は株式移転完全子会社は、新設分割設立会又は株式移転設立完全親会社の成立の日後遅滞なく、新設分割設立会又は株式移転設立完全親会社と共同して、次の各号に掲げる区分に応じ、当該各号に定めるものを作成しなければならない。

Article 811(1)The Splitting Stock Company(ies) in Incorporation-type Company Split or the Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company in Share Transfer shall, without delay after the day of formation of the Company Incorporated through Incorporation-type Company Split or the Wholly Owning Parent Company Incorporated through Share Transfer, prepare what are provided for in the following items for the categories set forth respectively in those items, jointly with the Company Incorporated through Incorporation-type Company Split or the Wholly Owning Parent Company Incorporated through Share Transfer:

２新設分割株式会社又は株式移転完全子会社は、新設分割設立会又は株式移転設立完全親会社の成立の日から六箇月間、前項各号の書面又は電磁的記録をその本店に備え置かなければならない。

(2)The Splitting Stock Company(ies) in Incorporation-type Company Split or the Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company in Share Transfer shall, for a period of six months from the day of formation of the Company Incorporated through Incorporation-type Company Split or the Wholly Owning Parent Company Incorporated through Share Transfer, keep the documents or Electromagnetic Records set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph at its head office.

３新設分割株式会社の株主、債権者その他の利害関係人は、新設分割株式会社に対して、その営業時間内は、いつでも、次に掲げる請求をすることができる。ただし、第二号又は第四号に掲げる請求をするには、当該新設分割株式会社の定めた費用を支払わなければならない。

(3)Shareholders, creditors and any other interested parties of a Splitting Stock Company(ies) in Incorporation-type Company Split may make the following requests to the Splitting Stock Company(ies) in Incorporation-type Company Split at any time during its business hours; provided, however, that the fees designated by said Splitting Stock Company(ies) in Incorporation-type Company Split are required to be paid in order to make the requests set forth in item (ii) or item (iv):

４前項の規定は、株式移転完全子会社について準用する。この場合において、同項中「新設分割株式会社の株主、債権者その他の利害関係人」とあるのは、「株式移転設立完全親会社の成立の日に株式移転完全子会社の株主又は新株予約権者であった者」と読み替えるものとする。

(4)The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall apply mutatis mutandis to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company in Share Transfer. In such cases, the phrase "shareholders, creditors and any other interested parties of a Splitting Stock Company(ies) in Incorporation-type Company Split" shall be deemed to be replaced with "persons who were shareholders or holders of Share Options of the Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company in Share Transfer as of the day of formation of the Wholly Owning Parent Company Incorporated through Share Transfer."

第八百十二条第四百五十八条及び第二編第五章第六節の規定は、次に掲げる行為については、適用しない。

Article 812The provisions of Article 458 and Part II, Chapter V, Section 6 shall not apply to the acts listed below:

第八百十三条次に掲げる行為をする持分会社は、新設合併契約等について当該持分会社の総社員の同意を得なければならない。ただし、定款に別段の定めがある場合は、この限りでない。

Article 813(1)A Membership Company conducting any one of the acts below shall obtain the consent of all partners of the Membership Company with regard to the Consolidation-type Merger Agreement, etc.; provided, however, that this shall not apply in cases where it is otherwise provided for in the articles of incorporation:

２第八百十条（第一項第三号及び第二項第三号を除く。）の規定は、新設合併消滅持分会社又は合同会社である新設分割会社（以下この節において「新設分割合同会社」という。）について準用する。この場合において、同条第一項第二号中「債権者（第七百六十三条第十二号又は第七百六十五条第一項第八号に掲げる事項についての定めがある場合にあっては、新設分割株式会社の債権者）」とあるのは「債権者」と、同条第三項中「消滅株式会社等」とあるのは「新設合併消滅持分会社（新設合併設立会社が株式会社又は合同会社である場合にあっては、合同会社に限る。）又は新設分割合同会社」と読み替えるものとする。

(2)The provisions of Article 810 (excluding paragraph (1)(iii) and paragraph (2)(iii)) shall apply mutatis mutandis to a Membership Company(ies) Consolidated through Consolidation-type Merger or a Splitting Company(ies) in Incorporation-type Company Split, which is a Limited Liability Company (hereinafter referred to as the "Splitting Limited Liability Company in Incorporation-type Company Split" in this Section). In such cases, the phrase "Creditors of the Splitting Stock Company(ies) in Incorporation-type Company Split who are unable to request the Splitting Stock Company(ies) in Incorporation-type Company Split to perform the obligations (including performance of the guarantee obligations that the Splitting Stock Company(ies) in Incorporation-type Company Split jointly and severally assumes with the Company Incorporated through Incorporation-type Company Split as a guarantor) (or, in the case where there are provisions on the matter set forth in Article 763 (xii) or Article 765 (1)(viii), creditors of the Splitting Stock Company(ies) in Incorporation-type Company Split)" in paragraph (1)(ii) of Article 810 shall be deemed to be replaced with "Creditors of the Splitting Stock Company(ies) in Incorporation-type Company Split who are unable to request the Splitting Stock Company(ies) in Incorporation-type Company Split to perform the obligations (including performance of the guarantee obligations that the Splitting Stock Company(ies) in Incorporation-type Company Split jointly and severally assumes with the Company Incorporated through Incorporation-type Company Split as a guarantor)" and the term "Consolidated Stock Company, etc." in paragraph (3) of that Article shall be deemed to be replaced with "Membership Company(ies) Consolidated through Consolidation-type Merger (limited to a Limited Liability Company in the case where the Company Incorporated through Consolidation-type Merger is a Stock Company or a Limited Liability Company) or the Splitting Limited Liability Company in Incorporation-type Company Split."

第八百十四条第二編第一章（第二十七条（第四号及び第五号を除く。）、第二十九条、第三十一条、第三十九条、第六節及び第四十九条を除く。）の規定は、新設合併設立株式会社、新設分割設立株式会社又は株式移転設立完全親会社（以下この目において「設立株式会社」という。）の設立については、適用しない。

Article 814(1)The provisions of Part II, Chapter I (excluding Article 27 (excluding items (iv) and (v)), Article 29, Article 31, Article 39, Section 6 and Article 49) shall not apply to incorporation of a Stock Company Incorporated through Consolidation-type Merger, a Stock Company Incorporated through Incorporation-type Company Split or a Wholly Owning Parent Company Incorporated through Share Transfer (hereinafter referred to as an "Incorporated Stock Company" in this Division).

２設立株式会社の定款は、消滅会社等が作成する。

(2)The articles of incorporation of an Incorporated Stock Company shall be prepared by the Consolidated Company, etc.

第八百十五条新設合併設立株式会社は、その成立の日後遅滞なく、新設合併により新設合併設立株式会社が承継した新設合併消滅会社の権利義務その他の新設合併に関する事項として法務省令で定める事項を記載し、又は記録した書面又は電磁的記録を作成しなければならない。

Article 815(1)The Stock Company Incorporated through Consolidation-type Merger shall, without delay after the day of its formation, prepare documents or Electromagnetic Records that state or record the rights and obligations that the Stock Company Incorporated through Consolidation-type Merger succeeded to by transfer from the Companies Consolidated through Consolidation-type Merger and any other matters prescribed by the applicable Ordinance of the Ministry of Justice as those concerning a Consolidation-type Merger.

２新設分割設立株式会社（一又は二以上の合同会社のみが新設分割をする場合における当該新設分割設立株式会社に限る。）は、その成立の日後遅滞なく、新設分割合同会社と共同して、新設分割により新設分割設立株式会社が承継した新設分割合同会社の権利義務その他の新設分割に関する事項として法務省令で定める事項を記載し、又は記録した書面又は電磁的記録を作成しなければならない。

(2)The Stock Company Incorporated through Incorporation-type Company Split (limited to the Stock Company Incorporated through Incorporation-type Company Split where only a Limited Liability Company(ies) effects the Incorporation-type Company Split) shall, without delay after the day of its formation, prepare, jointly with the Splitting Limited Liability Company in Incorporation-type Company Split, documents or Electromagnetic Records that state or record the rights and obligations that the Stock Company Incorporated through Incorporation-type Company Split succeeded to by transfer from the Splitting Limited Liability Company in Incorporation-type Company Split through the Incorporation-type Company Split and any other matters prescribed by the applicable Ordinance of the Ministry of Justice as those concerning an Incorporation-type Company Split.

３次の各号に掲げる設立株式会社は、その成立の日から六箇月間、当該各号に定めるものをその本店に備え置かなければならない。

(3)Each of the Incorporated Stock Companies, etc. listed in the following items shall, for a period of six months from the day of its formation, keep what are specified respectively in those items at its head office:

４新設合併設立株式会社の株主及び債権者は、新設合併設立株式会社に対して、その営業時間内は、いつでも、次に掲げる請求をすることができる。ただし、第二号又は第四号に掲げる請求をするには、当該新設合併設立株式会社の定めた費用を支払わなければならない。

(4)Shareholders and creditors of the Stock Company Incorporated through Consolidation-type Merger may make the following requests to said Stock Company Incorporated through Consolidation-type Merger at any time during its business hours; provided, however, that the fees designated by said Stock Company Incorporated through Consolidation-type Merger are required to be paid in order to make the requests set forth in item (ii) or item (iv):

５前項の規定は、新設分割設立株式会社について準用する。この場合において、同項中「株主及び債権者」とあるのは「株主、債権者その他の利害関係人」と、同項各号中「前項第一号」とあるのは「前項第二号」と読み替えるものとする。

(5)The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall apply mutatis mutandis to the Stock Company Incorporated through Incorporation-type Company Split. In such cases, the phrase "shareholders and creditors" in that paragraph shall be deemed to be replaced with "shareholders, creditors and any other interested parties," and the term "item (i) of the preceding paragraph" in the items of that paragraph shall be deemed to be replaced with "item (ii) of the preceding paragraph."

６第四項の規定は、株式移転設立完全親会社について準用する。この場合において、同項中「株主及び債権者」とあるのは「株主及び新株予約権者」と、同項各号中「前項第一号」とあるのは「前項第三号」と読み替えるものとする。

(6)The provisions of paragraph (4) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the Wholly Owning Parent Company Incorporated through Share Transfer. In such cases, the phrase "shareholders and creditors" in that paragraph shall be deemed to be replaced with "shareholders and holders of Share Options," and the term "item (i) of the preceding paragraph" in the items of that paragraph shall be deemed to be replaced with "item (iii) of the preceding paragraph."

第八百十六条第五百七十五条及び第五百七十八条の規定は、新設合併設立持分会社又は新設分割設立持分会社（次項において「設立持分会社」という。）の設立については、適用しない。

Article 816(1)The provisions of Article 575 and Article 578 shall not apply to incorporation of a Membership Company Incorporated through Consolidation-type Merger or a Membership Company Incorporated through Incorporation-type Company Split (referred to as an "Incorporated Membership Company" in the following paragraph).

２設立持分会社の定款は、消滅会社等が作成する。

(2)The articles of incorporation of an Incorporated Membership Company shall be prepared by the Consolidated Company, etc.