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A process of issuing new equity shares where they are offered first to existing shareholders in proportion to their existing shareholding.  
A process of issuing new equity shares where they are offered first to existing shareholders in proportion to their existing shareholding.  


Existing shareholders have, under law in the UK, pre-emption rights.   
Existing shareholders have, under law in the UK, pre-emption rights.   
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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[An introduction to debt securities]]
* [[Bonus issue]]
* [[Bonus issue]]
* [[Dividend irrelevancy theory]]
* [[Dividend irrelevancy theory]]
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* [[Initial public offering]]
* [[Initial public offering]]
* [[Nil paid]]
* [[Nil paid]]
* [[Open offer]]
* [[Option premium]]
* [[Option premium]]
*[[Placing]]
*[[Placing]]
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* [[Trombone]]
* [[Trombone]]


[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
[[Category:Investment]]
[[Category:Investment]]
[[Category:Long_term_funding]]
[[Category:Long_term_funding]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]

Latest revision as of 08:24, 1 June 2023

A process of issuing new equity shares where they are offered first to existing shareholders in proportion to their existing shareholding.


Existing shareholders have, under law in the UK, pre-emption rights.

This means that they generally have first refusal on the purchase of any new equity shares.


See also