An interest in a company that gives a person or another company control of it, usually through ownership of more than half the voting shares. Controlling interest can also be achieved with fewer shares if they are widely dispersed.
Equity dilution refers to the reduction in the percentage ownership of a shareholder as a result of a new issuance of shares within a company, which rank equally with the existing voting shares.
Voting shares are shares in a company that give the shareholder the right to vote at the company's general and extraordinary meetings, typically associated with ordinary shares.
