The amendment of the shareholder rights directive in 2017 introduced a new chapter in the initial directive enacted in 2007. In particular, the new directive now regulates the identification of shareholders and the transmission of information from the company to the shareholder. This extends the scope of the directive and further raises the question of the relationship between the possible desire of shareholders of listed companies for anonymity on the one hand and an appropriate participation of all shareholders in the corporate governance of the company on the other. In this regard, the following article analyses this relationship and illustrates the new rules of the directive in detail.
European Business Law Review