Key legal question
Whether the damage caused by delayed bankruptcy notification of a GmbH must be calculated on liquidation values rather than going-concern values.
Extracted holding
For an oversubscription damage claim under the former GmbH rules, the relevant comparison is with liquidation values; going-concern values are irrelevant.
Extracted reasoning
Because the GmbH is dissolved by bankruptcy and liquidated under bankruptcy law, the damage is the difference between the actual overindebtedness and the overindebtedness that would have existed had bankruptcy been opened earlier. This comparison must be made on liquidation values.