What are the advantages of a direct registered account?
There are several advantages to a direct registered share account: • free safe-keeping, • double voting rights after registered shares have been held for 2 years (period calculated from date to date), • 10% increase in the dividend after registered shares have been held for 2 years* (period calculated starting from January 1 of the year following the year of registration), • personalized notice of shareholders’ meetings, • admission to shareholders’ meetings upon presentation of an admission card or I.D. card (no certificate of ownership required), • regular information about the Group. In particular, letters to shareholders are automatically sent to the holder. * The number of shares giving entitlement to such an increase cannot, for any one shareholder, exceed 0.5% of the total share capital at the closing date of the financial year in question.
