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Noun: rights issue
  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
    "the investment banker who handles a rights issue usually agrees to buy any shares not bought by shareholders";
    - rights offering

Derived forms: rights issues

Type of: offer, offering

Encyclopedia: Rights issue

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