rights issue
Definition
New stock (share) issue offered to existing stockholders (shareholders) in proportion to their current stock/shareholding, for a specified period and at a specified (usually discounted) price. Its objective is to afford them the opportunity to maintain their percentage of ownership of the firm. See also scrip issue.
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rights issue is in the Accounting & Auditing, Banking, Commerce & Finance, Investing and Securities & Futures Trading subjects.
rights issue appears in the definitions of the following terms:
ex,
oversubscription privilege,
with rights,
ex rights,
rights offering,
subscription price,
rights letter,
scrip issue,
allotment letter,
junior issue
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