Skip to main content
Loading Nifty 50, Nifty Bank, and Sensex…
Corporate actions All markets

Rights issue and renunciation

A rights issue offers existing shareholders subscription rights which can be exercised or renounced on the open market.

Plain-language meaning

A rights issue offers existing shareholders subscription rights which can be exercised or renounced on the open market.

Why it is useful

Rights issue and renunciation is useful as descriptive evidence when it is compared on the same definition, source, period, unit and exact listing. It is one input to research, not a verdict.

Where it appears in XMarketRadar

Look for Rights issue and renunciation in Corporate Actions, company timelines, portfolio warnings and dividend/action calendars for the exact exchange listing.

How it is calculated or sourced

Theoretical Ex-Rights Price (TERP) = (Existing Market Cap + Proceeds from Rights Issue) / Total Post-Rights Shares. Theoretical value of right = Cum-rights price − TERP, or (TERP − Subscription Price). Renunciation allows holders to sell nil-paid entitlements on exchange.

Inputs, period and unit

Read the disclosed inputs or source, observation period, bar interval, unit, native currency and scale. A value without its source and as-of context is incomplete; unlike units must not be combined.

Worked example

Illustrative only: A company trading at ₹100 offers 1 right share for every 4 held at ₹75. TERP = (4 × 100 + 1 × 75) / 5 = ₹95. The theoretical value of each right is ₹100 − ₹95 = ₹5 (or ₹95 − ₹75 = ₹20 per 4 shares). Eligible holders can exercise at ₹75 or sell nil-paid rights around ₹20 on exchange.

What high and low mean

A higher or lower Rights issue and renunciation value is descriptive, not automatically good or bad. Meaning depends on the instrument, comparison period, method and related evidence.

Positive, negative and genuine zero

Positive and negative Rights issue and renunciation values retain the definition shown here. A genuine reported or computed zero is displayed as 0 and is not the same as missing evidence.

When it is unavailable

Unavailable (—) means Rights issue and renunciation is absent, unsupported, stale under the screen's rules or not computable from verified inputs. It must never be converted to zero or a neutral signal.

Limitations and common mistakes

Corporate action entitlements, tax implications, cost basis apportionments and trading timetables are governed by local regulatory filings and court approvals. Ratios must be verified against official primary notices.

Market-specific differences

The concept is used across all supported markets, but currency, price scale, session calendar, source field and regulatory definition can differ. XMarketRadar preserves the exact exchange context.

Related terms

Use the related-term links on this page to compare Rights issue and renunciation with neighbouring definitions while retaining each term's distinct source, unit and limitations.

Suggested next steps

Open the related Corporate actions terms below, then follow the matching Help Centre task guide and inspect Rights issue and renunciation on an exact exchange listing. Confirm source, as-of time, units and unavailable reason before using it in research.

Educational information only; not investment advice or an order service.

This Rights issue and renunciation tutorial is educational and descriptive. It is not investment advice, a price prediction, a recommendation, or an instruction to buy, sell, rebalance or place an order.

Also known as: nil-paid-rights, rights-renunciation

Educational information only; not investment advice or an order service.