Question juridique clé
How should the exit clause for large basket-certificate orders be interpreted: with or without a dividend discount?
Solution extraite
The clause had to be understood as excluding any dividend discount in the repurchase price calculation.
Motifs extraits
The Federal Supreme Court upheld the lower court's objective interpretation under Art. 18 CO: the wording, context, and negotiation history showed that the parties agreed on sale proceeds minus a 0.5% execution fee, without an additional dividend discount. The bank's arguments based on market practice, technical meaning, and later conduct were either unsupported as factual matters or legally insufficient.