Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the 3 January 1995 share purchase required BGBB approval and was void for lack of approval.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The share purchase was an acquisition economically equivalent to a transfer of ownership of an agricultural holding and therefore required approval; since none was obtained, it was void.
Extrahierte Begründung
The court held that the disposal of shares in a company owning agricultural land can fall under Art. 61 Abs. 3 BGBB. A pledge and a call option did not already transfer an owner-like position. Because the transaction was never submitted for approval, Art. 70 Abs. 1 BGBB made it void; the ten-year rules on revocation and land-register correction did not apply.