Rewarding Long-Term Shareholders

Thomas Conaghan, Lionel Lesur, Lindsey Reighard and Louis Leroy wrote this bylined article about loyalty programs in which European companies encourage long-term shareholding with such rewards as additional shares or dividends. “Because of the lack of regulatory guidance in the United States (unlike in Europe), companies should tread carefully if they decide to proceed with such a program in the US,” the authors wrote.