11.   Rights issues are invariably underwritten in order to ensure that the issuing company receives the additional capital needed.

12.   Given the risk associated with the possibility that the market price may fall below the subscription price the timing of a rights issue is extremely important.

13.   Companies invariably prefer to time their rights issues to coincide with the annual results and hopefully float the issue on a tide of good news.

14.   Some companies incur unnecessary underwriting costs, presumably because of a lack of appreciation of the mechanics of a rights issue....

15.   In a rights issue, of course, there is no loss to the company, investors or underwriters, unless the rights price becomes negative.

16.   It is worth remembering that a deeply discounted rights issue is merely one which has had some of the qualities of a scrip issue added to it.

17.   How might the Black-Scholes option pricing model be used to value rights issues?

18.   The new organization, to be known as Respect for Animals, will campaign both on the fur trade and other animal rights issues.

19.   A rights issue is normally underwritten in order to ensure that the purchaser is guaranteed that it will receive the necessary funds.

20.   Occasionally, rather than face the underwriting costs, purchasers may make the rights issue at a deep discount.