preemptive right. A shareholder’s privilege to purchase newly issued stock — before the shares are offered to the public — in an amount proportionate to the shareholder’s current holdings in order to prevent dilution of the shareholder’s ownership interest. • This right must be exercised within a fixed period, usu. 30 to 60 days. — […]
preemptive right doctrine 优先认购权原则(→preemptive right)
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subscription right. A certificate evidencing a shareholder’s right (known as a preemptive right) to purchase newly issued stock before the stock is offered to the public. • Subscription rights have a market value and are actively traded because they allow the holder to purchase stock at favorable prices. — Also termed stock right. See PREEMPTIVE
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An issue of stock-purchase rights allowing shareholders to buy newly issued stock at a fixed price, usu. below market value, and in proportion to the number of shares they already own. — Also termed privileged subscription. Cf. PREEMPTIVE RIGHT.
rights offering 配送优惠认股权 按公司现有股东各自的持股比例向股东配送认股权，使之可以通常低于市场价格的固定价格购买新发行的普通股。(→preemptive right)
preference n. 优先权 １诸如：优先受偿权，破产时部分债权人享有的全部或部分债权优先受偿的权利；优先认购权，公司股东依其原持股比例优先认购公司新发行股份的权利〔preemptive right〕等。２此词常与另一词「priority」混用；法律可以认定preference为可撤销，而priority则总是合法的。
preemption (pree-emp-sh[schwa]n), n. 1. The right to buy before others. See RIGHT OF PREEMPTION. [Cases: Contracts 16; Sales 24; Vendor and Purchaser 18(.5). C.J.S. Contracts §§ 37–41, 44, 46, 55–56, 58; Sales §§ 41–42; Vendor and Purchaser§§ 98–100, 103–106, 115–116.] 2. The purchase of something under this right. 3. An earlier seizure or appropriation. 4.