Number of Votes Article 72 Shareholders at Incorporation (excluding Shareholders at Incorporation prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as entities in a relationship that may allow the Stock Company after the formation to have substantial control of such entity through the holding of one quarter or more of the votes of all shareholders of such entity or other reasons) are entitled to one vote for each one Share Issued at Incorporation for which they subscribed at Organizational Meetings;provided, however, that, in cases where a Share Unit is provided for in the articles of incorporation, they are entitled to one vote for each one unit of the Shares Issued at Incorporation.
In cases where the Stock Company to be incorporated is a Company with Class Shares, if it issues Shares Issued at Incorporation of a class that has restrictions on matters for which votes may be exercised at the shareholders meeting, the Shareholders at Incorporation may exercise, at the Organizational Meeting, votes with respect to such Shares Issued at Incorporation only in relation to matters that are equivalent to the matters for which they may vote at the shareholders meeting.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, Shareholders at Incorporation may exercise votes with respect to the Shares Issued at Incorporation for which they subscribed in relation to the discontinuation of the incorporation of the Stock Company.
