1.   All that followed was a rash of rights issues which have left shareholders nursing huge losses.

2.   Earnings from the recent spate of rights issues and flotations will be fat.

3.   There are animals rights issues, as exemplified by the SCID-mice.

4.   To complete the turnaround at the Glasgow-based group, analysts are expecting a call on investors with a rights issue.

5.   A rights issue in which the existing shareholders may exercise their pre-emptive rights to subscribe to the new shares in proportion to those already held.

6.   Rights issues have become increasingly unpopular over the last decade or so.

7.   Additional capital is raised by either rights issues or placings.

8.   A rights issue not only affects the amount of equity capital at the disposal of the company but also the price of the existing shares.