Stockholders Rights Instrument

From Open Risk Manual

Definition

Stockholders Rights Instrument. A security giving stockholders entitlement to purchase new securities issued by the corporation at a predetermined price (normally less than the current market price) in proportion to the number of securities already owned.

Stockholders may sell these to non stockholders if they wish. Rights are issued only for a short period of time, after which they expire.

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