#shareholder

• Shareholder — A physical or legal person who owns one or more shares in the share capital of a joint-stock company, holding the status of co-owner. This structural capacity grants them the right to vote in the general assembly, participate in strategic management, and receive a share of the profit in the form of dividends.
• Female shareholder — A woman or a legal entity (assimilated to the feminine gender as a corporation or society) that owns one or more shares in the capital of a joint-stock company. This legal and structural status grants her the right to participate in general meetings, cast votes proportional to her holdings, and collect dividends from the realized profit.
• Shareholders — The total body of shareholders holding the share capital of a company, or the specific structure of share distribution within a commercial enterprise. This term defines the collective group of natural or legal persons with voting rights and the right to receive dividends, while also reflecting the balance of power, strategic control, and corporate governance within an economic entity.
• Associate — A natural or legal person who has joined with others in an association, commercial company, or organization, contributing capital, assets, or labor to a joint activity and sharing the risks and profits; as an adjective, it describes an element that is joined, combined, directly connected, or logically, scientifically, or functionally correlated with another entity, phenomenon, or process.