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Commercial Act — Article 356 (Matters Required to Be Entered in Share Certificates)

상법 제356조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2018-12-19. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-09-10) — check the Korean original.

Each share certificate shall state the following matters and the serial number, and the representative director shall write his/her name and affix his/her seal, or affix his/her signature, thereon: <Amended by Act No. 5053, Dec. 29, 1995; Act No. 10600, Apr. 14, 2011>

1. Trade name of the company;

2. Date of incorporation of the company;

3. Total number of shares authorized to be issued by the company;

4. Par value per share where par value shares are issued;

5. Date of issuance of such certificates, if the shares are issued after the incorporation of the company;

6. Particulars and classes of shares, if different classes of shares are issued;6-2. Provisions that the transfer of shares shall be subject to the approval of the board of directors, if so determined;

7. Deleted; <by Act No. 10600, Apr. 14, 2011>

8. Deleted. <by Act No. 10600, Apr. 14, 2011>

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