Article 1(1)Companies that have a special relationship specified by order of the competent ministry with the banks, etc. prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act on Limitation on Shareholding by Banks and Other Financial Institutions (hereinafter referred to the "Act") (meaning the banks, etc. set forth in Article 2, items (i), (ii) and (iv) of the Act; the same applies hereinafter) are as follows:

(2)The "specified subsidiary companies, etc." prescribed in the preceding paragraph refer to the following out of the subsidiary corporations, etc. or affiliated corporations, etc. of the relevant bank, etc.:

Article 2(1)The shares excluded from the limitation on shareholding specified by order of the competent ministry as prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act are as follows:

(2)The shares excluded from the limitation on shareholding specified by order of the competent ministry as prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act as applied following the deemed replacement of terms pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 of the Order for Enforcement of the Act on Limitation on Shareholding by Banks and Other Financial Institutions (hereinafter referred to as the "Order") are as follows:

(3)A contract for compensation of principal, etc. prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs refers to the contract based on the provisions of Article 6 of the Act on Engagement in Trust Business Activities by Financial Institutions (Act No. 43 of 1943).

Article 3Those specified by order of the competent ministry as being equivalent to the shares prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act are as follows:

Article 4(1)The totaling of shares, etc. (meaning the shares, etc. prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act; the same applies hereinafter) as specified in the relevant paragraph is to be conducted by summing up the value of shares held by the persons set forth in the following items, deeming that they hold the shares, etc. at the amount specified respectively therein:

(2)In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the value of shares, etc. held is to be based on the current market value; provided, however, that when the total amount calculated pursuant to that paragraph exceeds the sum of the values at the time of acquisition of those shares, etc. (when any decline in the value of the shares, etc. has been recorded as a loss as a result of settlement of profits and losses, the amount after subtracting the amount recorded as a loss), that sum is to be deemed as the total value of shares, etc. held by the relevant bank, etc. and its subsidiary companies, etc.

Article 5The amount equivalent to the equity capital prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act for banks, etc. other than foreign bank branches (meaning the foreign bank branches prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (3) of the Act; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) is to be the amount of the equity capital calculated in accordance with the criteria set forth in Article 14-2, item (ii) of the Banking Act (Act No. 59 of 1981) (including the cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 17 of the Long-Term Credit Bank Act (Act No. 187 of 1952) and Article 89, paragraph (1) of the Shinkin Bank Act (Act No. 238 of 1951)) after the necessary adjustment having been made as specified by the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, and the amount equivalent to the equity capital prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act for foreign bank branches is to be the amount specified by the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency as their equity capital.

Article 6(1)The ground specified by order of the competent ministry as prescribed in Article 1, item (iv) of the Order is that the relevant bank, etc. or its subsidiary corporations, etc. makes another company, partnership, or any other business entity equivalent to the former two (including equivalents to these in foreign countries; the same applies in Article 7, paragraph (7)) into their subsidiary corporation, etc. or affiliated corporation, etc.

(2)When a bank, etc. intends to obtain approval for holding shares, etc. at the amount exceeding the maximum limit of shareholding (meaning the maximum limit of shareholding prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act; the same applies hereinafter) under the provisions of paragraph (2) of the relevant Article, the bank, etc. must submit to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency the following documents together with a written application:

(3)When an application for the approval is filed under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency is to examine whether there are any grounds found unavoidable for the bank, etc. that filed the application and its subsidiary companies, etc. to hold shares, etc. at an amount exceeding the maximum limit of shareholding.

Article 7(1)Companies that have a special relationship specified by order of the competent ministry as prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (6) of the relevant Article are deemed to be subsidiary corporations, etc. and affiliated corporations, etc. (excluding those set forth in the items of Article 1, paragraph (2)) of bank holding companies and long-term credit bank holding companies (hereinafter referred to as "bank holding companies, etc.").

(2)The shares excluded from the limitation on shareholding specified by order of the competent ministry as prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (6) of that Article are as follows:

(3)Those specified by order of the competent ministry as being equivalent to the shares prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (6) of that Article are as follows:

(4)The totaling of shares, etc. set forth in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (6) of that Article is to be conducted through summing up the value of shares held by the persons set forth in the following items by deeming that they hold the shares, etc. at the amount specified respectively therein:

(5)In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the value of the shares, etc. held is to be based on the current market value; provided, however, that when the total amount calculated pursuant to the relevant paragraph exceeds the sum of the values at the time of acquiring those shares, etc. (when any decline in the value of the shares, etc. has been recorded as a loss as a result of settlement of profits and losses, the amount after subtracting the amount recorded as a loss), that sum is to be deemed as the total value of shares, etc. held by the relevant bank holding company, etc. and its subsidiary companies, etc.

(6)The amount equivalent to the equity capital prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (6) of that Article is to be the amount of the equity capital calculated in accordance with the criteria set forth in Article 52-25 of the Banking Act (including the cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 17 of the Long-Term Credit Bank Act) after the necessary adjustment having been made as specified by the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency.

(7)The ground specified by order of the competent ministry as prescribed in Article 1, item (iv) of the Order is that the relevant bank holding company, etc. or its subsidiary corporations, etc. makes another company, partnership, or any other business entity equivalent to the former two into their subsidiary corporation, etc. or affiliated corporation, etc.

(8)When a bank holding company, etc. intends to obtain approval for holding shares, etc. at the amount exceeding the maximum limit of shareholding under the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (2) of the Act, the bank holding company, etc. must submit the following documents together with a written application to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency:

(9)When an application for the approval is filed under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency examines whether there are any grounds found unavoidable for the bank holding company, etc. that filed the application and its subsidiary companies, etc. to hold shares, etc. at the amount exceeding the maximum limit of shareholding.