Questão jurídica principal
Whether the merger valuation report had to be disclosed to the shareholder in the Art. 105 FusG proceedings despite asserted business secrets.
Decisão extraída
The report had to be disclosed; the company failed to substantiate protected confidential interests sufficiently to justify withholding it.
Fundamentação extraída
The Merger Act does not generally bar use or disclosure of a valuation report in an appraisal action. Articles 14 and 16 FusG govern pre-vote information rights, not the later judicial review under Art. 105 FusG. Although business secrets can justify protective measures, the party resisting disclosure must substantiate the confidential content. That was not done here.