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Re: [sharechat] rights, options and warrants

From:	"Brent Wheeler" <brentw@bwcl.co.nz>
Date:	Wed, 15 Sep 1999 16:29:15 +1200

��<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=unicode" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3401" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>For What it is worth Lindy</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Rights - if you own some shares and the company issues some rights, say 2 for 1, then for each share you own you could "exercise"  your right and buy 2 more for every one you own at the specified price.  An advantage which the non owning punter does not have.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Options - come in two species:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>A "call option" - the right, but not the obligation, to purchase a share at the price specified in the call option.  If that price is below current market then you get "cheap" shares. If it is not you don't bother exercising the option.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>A "put" option. Precisely the reverse.  The right but not the obligation to sell shares at the price specified in the option.  If that price is above market value there is money to be made, if not, you don't exercise the option.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Warrents - yuk - so idiosyncratic case by case as to defy simple description.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Hope this helps.  Other share chatters will pull up my simplistic bits I'm sure</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>B</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><BR>Dr Brent Wheeler<BR>Director<BR>Brent Wheeler & Co. Limited<BR>AUCKLAND</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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