One user mentioned once: don’t get the Lindt share, go to their outlet in Kilchberg and get a shit ton of chocolate for a heavy discount.
I did that the next Saturday, was a good hint 
No, shit ton of chocolate never makes sense if you need to pay for it. $_$
Dividends in kind are paid with company money, which is shareholders’ money, which is in part your money if you hold shares of Lindt.
Both options take your money and buy chocolate with it. I find that the best way to handle my expenses is by avoiding bundles and “free” stuff and to pay fair market price for what I want, and only what I want.
I’d buy chocolate if I want chocolate, buy Lindt shares if I want to own part of Lindt, and not do either if I don’t really care and wouldn’t be mildly interested by a big box of Lindt chocolate if I didn’t know they offer them as part of their dividends for registered shareholders.
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agree, except the “if” should not happen. You should not ever want that much chocolate in one go. It doesn’t make sense.
also agree
This one works internationally, not only in CH: If you hold 1 registered share of Accor or 50 unregistered shares, you can join the Shareholders Club and receive the Gold status of their loyalty program which is valid for up to two years (until end of December of the following year). Among other perks, you’ll receive discounts when booking rooms, a welcome drink at the check in, and they usually upgrade you to larger rooms…
EDIT: added duration
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Lindt has been impressive at growing their dividends (and stock price). Great company and share to own. If the stock price fits your personal diversification envelope, it may be a good buy (on its own).
And you get chocolate as a bonus on top.
(Somewhat ironically, I bought my Calida shares solely for the pyjamas - and got one of the greatest stock performances in my portfolio on top of that)
Dumb question for the UHRN holder: did you buy a single stock or 10-20? The fees are so high that just one make almost no sense.
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I bought 40 shares 2 years ago on Swissquote but never got anything until I realized last year that I should register myself and this year that I should maybe fill in out the shareholder form which I received by post. So I did that and if all goes well should receive the swag soon
Unfortunately UHRN has not performed well if you compare it with CALN as @San_Francisco mentions.
10, at Postfinance.
I suppose fees are same CHF for 1 or 10 or 20 UHRN, so it depends if you are buying for investment as well, or only for swag-purposes.
With 10 UHRN, fees would have been 10% or something, if i remember correctly, but I had a CHF 500 Trading Credit at the time, which I couldn’t use in full for other investments, so buying was “free” (except stamp duty & SIX fee).
hello @Ru3di this offer has some potential for me, and even though Accor now may be a bit late for a Corona recovery buy, I may still do it.
May I ask, if you hold Accor, then which broker, and did you buy at Euronext?
I don’t quite find/understand the difference between theAccor bearer shares and registered shares that they talk about.
Also do you know what would count as “a scanned copy of the notice from your bank or broker attesting that you own these shares”? Is a simple Auszug of one’s depot enough?
…which is valid for up to two years (until end of December of the following year).
Bearer shares are basically standard shares you can buy on any stock exchange without providing any information. If you want to register your shares you have to provide your personal information to the company you invest in - usually through your broker. Since I don’t know how to register shares through IB, I bought 50 bearer shares on Euronext.
I sent them the transaction report generated by IB which shows the number of shares and date of purchase.
As outlined by @San_Francisco, the Gold status is only valid for max 2 years though.
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Thanks, I’ll add this in my original post
This tweet from 2021 lists some perks that shareholders can get… The companies listed are LVMH, Orix, l’Oreal, Ford, Berkshire Hathaway, some cruise line companies, Kimberly-Clark, Intercontinental Hotels (it seems it has the same principle as ACCOR), sky passes with Compagnie des Alpes, Repsol… and also Swatch as mentioned earlier.
EDIT: the replies to the original tweet also add more companies to the list.
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Not having read the fineprint (yet) but…
10% extra loyalty dividend bonus? Count me in!
EDIT: Upon having read the fineprint: France levies a financial transaction tax. 
I’d either read up on and jump through the hoops of transferring my shares to direct registration (a whole lot of hassle) or pay it again on a new buy order. That’d take long to break even.
That said, I kind of like the idea of having them directly registered. Should be safer than anything else. And LVMH, Hermès and L’Oréal all seem to use the same service (Uptevia) for issuer service - so it seems I could move all of my French luxury consumer goods interests there.
Hi Neville,
Looks like your message is referring to the old UI that is not available anymore (I think). Do you happen to know how to do it in the new UI?
You can still open the “old” UI from the new one. AFAIK it can only be done there.
EDIT: @varepsilon: In German it’s called “Handelsbereich”
How’s going the company? I see is slowly going down with the price…
No wonder with so sexy pyjamas 
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