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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 no less than 15/1,000 of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of a listed company for more than six months may exercise shareholder's rights 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 no less than 10/1,000 (5/1,000 for listed companies determined by Presidential Decree) of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of a listed company, except for nonvoting stocks, for more than six months may exercise shareholder's rights under Article 363-2 (including cases where appliedmutatis mutandisin Article 542).
(3) Any person who has continued to hold stocks equivalent to no less than 50/10,000 (25/10,000 for listed companies determined by Presidential Decree) of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of a listed company for more than six months may exercise shareholder's rights 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 no less than 10/10,000 (5/10,000 for listed companies determined by Presidential Decree) of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of a listed company for more than six months may exercise shareholder's rights under Article 466 (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis in Article 542).
(5) Any person who has continued to hold stocks equivalent to no less than 50/100,000 (25/100,000 for listed companies determined by Presidential Decree) of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of a listed company for more than six months may exercise shareholder's rights under Article 402 (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis in Articles 408-9 and 542). <Amended by Act No. 10600, Apr. 14, 2011>
(6) Any person who has continued to hold stocks equivalent to no less than 1/10,000 of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of a listed company for more than six months may exercise shareholder's rights under Article 403 (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis in Articles 324, 408-9, 415, 424-2, 467-2, and 542). <Amended by Act No. 10600, Apr. 14, 2011>
(7) A listed company may determine a period for holding shares, which is shorter than the period prescribed in paragraphs (1) through (6) in its articles of association, or a ratio of holding shares, which is below the ratio prescribed in such provisions.
(8) "Shareholder" in paragraphs (1) through (6) and Article 542-7 (2) refers to a person who owns stocks, a person who has been delegated to exercise shareholder's rights, or a person who jointly exercises shareholder's rights of two or more shareholders.
[This Article Added by Act No. 9362, Jan. 30, 2009]