RIGHTS ISSUE
Dictionary entry overview: What does rights issue mean? • RIGHTS ISSUE (noun)
The noun RIGHTS ISSUE has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: RIGHTS ISSUE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RIGHTS ISSUE (noun)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
rights issue; rights offering
Context example:
the investment banker who handles a rights offering usually agrees to buy any shares not bought by shareholders
Hypernyms ("rights issue" is a kind of...):
offer; offering (something offered (as a proposal or bid))
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