Glossary Term: RIGHTS
Definition(s) for RIGHTS:
1. ) When a company wants to raise more funds by issuing additional securities, it may give its stockholders the opportunity, ahead of others, to buy the new securities in proportion to the number of shares each owns. The piece of paper evidencing this privilege is called a right. Because the additional stock is usually offered to stockholders below the current market price, rights ordinarily have a market value of their own and are actively traded. In most cases they must be exercised within a relatively short period. Failure to exercise or sell rights may result in monetary loss to the holder.
2. ) means arrangements, calls, commitments, Contracts, options, rights to subscribe to, scrip, warrants or other binding obligations of any character whatsoever by which a Person is or may be bound to issue additional shares of its capital stock or other equity interests or other Rights, or securities or Rights convertible into or exchangeable for shares of the capital stock or other equity interests of a Person.
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See Also:
SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS (SDR), DEMAND RIGHTS, DRAG-ALONG RIGHTS, MANAGEMENT RIGHTS, PIGGYBACK RIGHTS, REDEMPTION RIGHTS, RIGHTS OFFERING, VOTING RIGHTS, APPRAISAL RIGHTS, CUM RIGHTS, EX-RIGHTS DATE, LIQUIDATION RIGHTS, RIGHTS ARRANGEMENT (AKA 'POISON PILL'), RIGHTS OF SET-OFF, WITH RIGHTS, SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN:, REGISTRATION RIGHTS, EX-RIGHTS, SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS
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