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Secondary market

Financial services; Private equity

A market or exchange in which securities are bought and sold following their initial sale. Investors in the primary market, by contrast, purchase shares directly from the issuer.

Rules of fair practise

Financial services; Private equity

(USA) Rules established by NASD to protect the best interests of the securities investor.

Rights issue

Financial services; Private equity

In the UK, an issue on a pre-emptive basis to existing shareholders of the right to subscribe for securities in a publicly traded company at a discount to prevailing market price.

Rights (or rights offering)

Financial services; Private equity

Usually used to refer to an option granted for a short period of time to existing stockholders to purchase additional securities on a prorata basis to their holdings. The options granted in a 'Poison ...

Right of first refusal

Financial services; Private equity

A contractual right, frequently granted to venture capitalists, to purchase shares held by other shareholders before such shares may be sold to a third party.

Right of rescission

Financial services; Private equity

The right of a person to cancel or nullify a contract without penalty under certain legally prescribed circumstances.

Reverse split or reverse stock split

Financial services; Private equity

A decrease in the number of a company's outstanding shares such that the proportionate equity of each shareholder remains the same. The market price per share theoretically should increase ...

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