Shareholder activism is a hot topic in many Dutch boardrooms. In 2017 alone, several activist campaigns aimed at Dutch companies made headlines in the Netherlands as well as abroad. In the Netherlands chapter of the 2nd edition of The Shareholder Rights and Activism Review, Paul Cronheim, Willem Bijveld and Frank Hamming give an overview of the Dutch regulatory and legal framework in which listed companies and their shareholders operate, point out the key trends concerning shareholder activism in the Dutch market, and zoom in on a few topical battles between companies and activist shareholders.