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. Also called rights offering.
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