What is Right Entitlement ?

What is Right Entitlement ?

Right Entitlement (RE) is the right given to existing shareholders to buy additional shares of a company at a fixed price.

The company offers this right to shareholders who hold shares on the record date, in a specific ratio (for example, 1:5).

A shareholder has three choices:

A) Subscribe to the rights issue and buy the shares
B) Sell/renounce the entitlement to someone else for a price
C) Do nothing, in which case the entitlement will lapse