Kernrechtsfrage
Whether acquisition of the remaining shares of a company already controlled with more than two-thirds of voting rights can still qualify as a merger-like concentration under Art. 9(1)(a) Stamp Duty Act
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. A merger-like concentration may occur in stages; increasing an already dominant participation can still fall within the privileged rate if it further strengthens economic domination and competitive capacity.
Extrahierte Begründung
The court held that the economic notion of merger-like concentration is not limited to the first crossing of the two-thirds voting threshold. The legal form is not decisive; what matters is whether the transaction advances the economic concentration and yields merger-like effects.