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Privilege granted to existing shareholders of a company to subscribe to shares of a new issue against payment. Rights are often tradable in the secondary market.
Euroclear glossary. 2008.
rights issue
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rights issue — an issuing of extra shares. A company may raise additional capital from its members as opposed to from the public at large by issuing extra shares; this is called a rights issue. See pre emption; pre emption clause. Collins dictionary of law. W.… … Law dictionary
rights issue — rights issues N COUNT A rights issue is when a company offers shares at a reduced price to people who already have shares in the company … English dictionary
rights issue — rights .issue n BrE technical an offer of company ↑shares at a cheaper price than usual, to people who own some already … Dictionary of contemporary English
rights issue — rights ,issue noun count BUSINESS an offer of SHARES at a special low price by a company to people who already own shares in it … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
rights issue — An issue of shares for cash by a company to its existing shareholders on a basis pro rata to their existing shareholdings. The issue will normally be at a substantial discount to the current share price (usually between 20% and 40% discount). The … Financial and business terms
Rights issue — When doing a Secondary Market Offering of shares to raise money, a company can opt for doing a rights issue to raise capital. With the issued rights, existing shareholders have the privilege to buy a specified number of new shares from the firm… … Wikipedia
rights issue — noun an offering of common stock to existing shareholders who hold subscription rights or pre emptive rights that entitle them to buy newly issued shares at a discount from the price at which they will be offered to the public later the… … Useful english dictionary
rights issue — A method by which listed companies on a stock exchange raise new capital, in exchange for new shares. The name arises from the principle of pre emption rights, according to which existing shareholders must be offered the new shares in proportion… … Accounting dictionary
rights issue — A method by which listed companies on a stock exchange raise new capital, in exchange for new shares. The name arises from the principle of pre emption rights, according to which existing shareholders must be offered the new shares in proportion… … Big dictionary of business and management
rights issue — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms rights issue : singular rights issue plural rights issues business an offer of shares at a special low price by a company to people who already own shares in it … English dictionary
