When you become a shareholder of a company, you gain shareholder rights. It is important to know about them.
To get physical copies of the audited financial statements, annual reports and annual general meeting notices and access memorandum of association or articles of association of the company.
These documents are important to understand:
To get preference over outside potential investors when the company wants to issue further shares in the market.
To ask questions, place items on the meeting agenda, and suggest solutions subject to reasonable limitations to the board of directors during annual general meetings.