rights issue

  • 11rights issue — subscription rights / rights offer 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

  • 12rights issue — / raɪts ˌɪʃu:/ noun an arrangement which gives shareholders the right to buy more shares at a lower price (NOTE: The US term is rights offering.) …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 13rights issue — noun an issue of shares offered at a special price by a company to its existing shareholders …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 14rights issue — /ˈraɪts ɪʃu/ (say ruyts ishooh) noun an issue of stocks or shares offered to members of a company at a preferential price …

  • 15rights issue — noun (C) technical an offer of company shares (=part of the company you can own) at a cheaper price than usual, to people who own some already …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16trombone rights issue — A rights issue offer (usually of convertible securities) typically (but not necessarily) paid up in two instalments. The first instalment is paid when the rights issue offer closes and the second, if and when the relevant condition is satisfied… …

    Law dictionary

  • 17deep discounted rights issue — /di:p dɪs kaυntɪd raɪts/ noun a rights issue where the new shares are priced at a very low price compared to their current market value ▪▪▪ ‘…as the group’s shares are already widely held, the listing will be via an introduction. It will also be… …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 18vendor rights issue — An alternative to a vendor placing with open offer. A hybrid structure, which is complicated and unusual, involving the clawback to shareholders being made on provisional allotment letters rather than application forms. The advantage for… …

    Law dictionary

  • 19issue flop — ˈissue ˌflop noun [countable] FINANCE a situation when shares are issued and there are not enough buyers: • There have been two major rights issue flops lately. see also undersubscribed * * * issue flop UK US noun [C] ► FINANCE …

    Financial and business terms

  • 20issue of securities — securities, whether shares or debt securities, may be issued in a variety of ways, the method usually depending on the purpose of the issue and its scale. If, as will often be the case, the purpose is to raise capital, the securities may be… …

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