rights issue

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   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 offering usually agrees to buy any shares not bought by shareholders”

   Synonymsrights offering

   Broaderoffer

Questions about rights issue

What does rights issue mean?

rights issue means "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".

What is another word for rights issue?

Close synonyms include rights offering. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.