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Guest Post: German Appraisal Rights Depend on Squeeze-Out Method

Appraisal Rights

Germany has some forms of appraisal rights – depending on whether the squeeze-out method was used against minority shareholders, and what form that method took. German law offers three squeeze-out methods: one contained in the WPUG (German takeover law which implemented the European Takeover Directive and the squeeze-out right included in the Directive), another contained in the General Stock Corporation Act, and another contained in the German Transformation Act.