Process of Right Issue of Shares



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A rights issue allows companies to raise capital by offering new shares to their existing shareholders. These shareholders receive a 'right entitlement' to buy shares at a price lower than the market rate, proportionate to their current holdings. This process helps prevent the dilution of voting rights for existing investors. SEBI has streamlined this process, introducing dematerialised rights entitlements and mandating ASBA for applications.

Meaning of Right Issue of Shares: If a company plans to increase its paid-up share capital and also decides to offer its existing shareholders an option to retain their proportionate voting right in the company, it will offer the shares to the existing shareholders a right (which is termed as Right Entitlement) to subscribe to fresh issue in the proportion of their present shareholding(rights entitlement ratio), which gives them an option to purchase the fresh issue at a price lesser than mar
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