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COMMERCIAL ACT
CHAPTER IV STOCK COMPANY
조문단위인쇄
 Article 542-6 (Minority Shareholders' Rights)
(1) Any person who has continued to hold stocks equivalent to not less than 15/1,000 of the total number of stocks issued by listed companies for more than six months may exercise the right as a shareholder under Article 366 (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis in Article 542) and Article 467.
(2) Any person who has continued to hold stocks equivalent to not less than 10/1,000 (5/1,000 in listed companies determined by Presidential Decree) of the total number of stocks issued by listed companies, except for nonvoting stocks, for more than six months may exercise the right as a shareholder under Article 363-2 (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis in Article 542).
(3) Any person who has continued to hold stocks equivalent to not less than 50/10,000 (25/10,000 in cases of listed companies determined by Presidential Decree) of the total number of stocks issued by listed companies for more than six months may exercise the right as a shareholder under Article 385 (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis in Article 415) and Article 539.
(4) Any person who has continued to hold stocks equivalent to not less than 10/10,000 (5/10,000 in cases of listed companies determined by Presidential Decree) of the total number of stocks issued by listed companies for more than six months may exercise the right as a shareholder under Article 466 (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis in Article 542).
(5) Any person who has continued to hold stocks equivalent to not less than 50/100,000 (25/100,000 in cases of listed companies determined by Presidential Decree) of the total number of stocks issued by listed companies for more than six months may exercise the right as a shareholder under Article 402 (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis in Article 542).
(6) Any person who has continued to hold stocks equivalent to not less than 1/10,000 of the total number of stocks issued by listed companies for more than six months may exercise the right as a shareholder under Article 403 (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis in Articles 324, 415, 424-2, 467-2, and 542).
(7) Listed companies may determine a period for holding shares, which is shorter than the period prescribed in paragraphs (1) through (6) in the articles of association, or a ratio of holding shares, which is lower than the ratio prescribed under such provisions.
(8) "Shareholder" in paragraphs (1) through (6) and Article 542-7 (2) refers to a person who owns stock, a person who has been delegated the exercise of a shareholder' right or a person who jointly exercises a shareholder's right of two or more shareholders.
[This Article Added by Act No. 9362, Jan. 30, 2009]