Listed companies still pamper their shareholders with gifts of all kinds. Private visits, access to exceptional places, free ski passes, hotel upgrades, online stores with preferential rates are just some of the benefits.

In France, there are quite a few companies that pampered their shareholders. Most are accessible with the holding of a single share. In Switzerland, too, this practice of benefits is known: dividends in kind. The Saint-Gobain shareholders' club, which has 6,000 members, was created in 2014.