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(Trade name)
Article 1. The Company shall be called KIRIN BEER KABUSHIKI KAISHA, which shall be written in English KIRIN BREWERY COMPANY, LIMITED. |
(Trade name)
Article 1. The Company shall be called Kirin Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha, which shall be written in English Kirin Holdings Company, Limited.
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(Purpose)
Article 2. The purposes of the Company shall be to engage in the following businesses and any business necessary or useful in connection therewith: |
(Purpose)
Article 2. The purposes of the Company shall be to own shares or interests in companies (including foreign companies), kumiai (including foreign associations similar to kumiai), and other similar business entities that engage in the following businesses and to control and manage business activities of such companies and entities.
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(1) Manufacture and sale of beer and other liquors. |
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(2) Manufacture and sale of soft and other drinks. |
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(3) Manufacture and sale of foods. |
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(4) Manufacture and sale of chemical products. |
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(5) Manufacture, sale, import and export of pharmaceutical products and medical machinery and equipment. |
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(6) Manufacture and sale of fertilizers and feedstuffs. |
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(7) Sale and purchase, leasing and renting and administration and management of real estates. |
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(8) Warehousing business. |
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(9) Operation of sporting facilities. |
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(10)Operation of eating establishments, inns and hotels. |
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(11)Designing, manufacture, installation work, operation and management of manufacturing equipment for liquors, various kinds of drinks and the like and its related apparatus and technical instructions therein and sale thereof. |
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(12)Production and sale of such agricultural products as seeds and saplings, flowering plants, vegetables, fruit and the like. |
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(13)Financial business. |
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(14) Transportation by motor trucks
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(15) Business incidental or related to the businesses in each of the preceding items. |
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2. The Company may engage in any business set forth in each of the items in the preceding Paragraph and any business incidental or related thereto.
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(Additional purchase of fractional unit share)
Article 9. Shareholders (including beneficial shareholders; the same applies hereinafter) holding fractional unit share may request the Company to sell the number of shares that will, together with such fractional unit share, constitute one unit share of the Company. |
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(Rights to fractional unit shares)
Article 10. Shareholders of fractional unit shares of the Company may not exercise their rights in relation to such fractional unit shares other than those stipulated in each of the following items.
(1) Rights provided in each of the items of Article 189 Paragraph 2 of the Corporation Law
(2) Rights to request pursuant to the provisions of Article 166 Paragraph 1 of the Corporation Law
(3) Rights to receive allotment of share offering and allotment of share subscription rights in accordance with the number of shares possessed by the shareholders
(4) Rights to request provided in the preceding Article
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Article 10 - Article 15 (Provisions omitted)
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Article 11 - Article 16 (Unchanged)
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(Disclosure and deemed provision of the reference documents for the general meeting of shareholders via the internet)
Article 17. As for the convocation notice of the General Meeting of Shareholders, the Company is considered to have provided the information to be stated or indicated in the reference documents for the general meeting of shareholders, business reports, financial statements and consolidated financial statements to the shareholders by disclosing such information via the internet in accordance with the Ordinance of the Ministry of Justice.
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(Exercise of voting rights by proxy)
Article 16. Proxies to be authorized by shareholders to vote on their behalf shall be limited to the shareholders of the Company entitled to vote. |
(Exercise of voting rights by proxy)
Article 18. A Shareholder may appoint a proxy who exercises such shareholder's voting rights on behalf of such shareholder; provided, however, that such proxy must be a shareholder of the Company entitled to vote. |
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2. A shareholder or a proxy shall submit a document certifying the power of representation to the Company at each general meeting of shareholders.
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Article 17 - Article 19 (Provisions omitted)
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Article 19 - Article 21 (Unchanged)
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(Number of Directors)
Article 20.The Company shall have not more than 20 Directors.
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(Number of Directors)
Article 22.The Company shall have not more than 12 Directors.
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Article 23 - Article 46 (Unchanged)
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