This article discusses the main elements of Directive 2017/828/UE amending Directive 2007/36/EC as regards the encouragement of long-term shareholder engagement. Directive 2007/36/EC (Shareholder Rights Directive) was adopted in 2007 and, ten years later, in May 2017, it was strengthened through Directive 2017/828/UE (Shareholder Engagement Directive).The primary objective of the Shareholder Rights Directive was to ensure that nonresident...

The present study has as starting point the draft for the revision of the Shareholders’ Rights Directive, (2007/36/EC), aimed at improving the corporate governance of the over 10,000 companies listed on capital markets in Europe.Upholding the ambitious European Commission action plan, characterized by the collocation „fostering an appropriate regime for sharehoders’ rights” (from the public omonyme consultation in 2004), the draft directi...