Grounds for Dissolution Article 471 A Stock Company dissolves on the grounds listed below:一 定款で定めた存続期間の満了(i) the expiration of the duration provided for in the articles of incorporation;二 定款で定めた解散の事由の発生(ii) the grounds for dissolution provided for in the articles of incorporation;三 株主総会の決議(iii) a resolution at a shareholders meeting;四 合併（合併により当該株式会社が消滅する場合に限る。）(iv) merger (but only if the Stock Company disappears in the merger);五 破産手続開始の決定(v) a ruling to commence bankruptcy procedures; or六 第八百二十四条第一項又は第八百三十三条第一項の規定による解散を命ずる裁判(vi) judgment that orders the dissolution pursuant to the provisions of Article 824, paragraph (1) or Article 833, paragraph (1).
