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This section shows entitlement rights instruments. These are secutities giving stockholders entitlement to purchase new securities issued by the corporation at a predetermined price (normally less than the current market price) in proportion to the number of securities already owned.


Line Term Definition Synonym
1 Allotment Right  Privileges allotted to existing security holders, entitling them to receive new securities free of charge.   Bonus Right.    
3 number of securities determined by  The formula on how to calculate the number of securities based on the number of these instruments that the holder holds.     
4 holder  The holder of the Allotment Right, which is an existing holder of the underlying security.     
5 Number Of Securities The number of securities based on the number of these instruments that the holder holds.     
6 Allotment Right Formula  A formula used to calculate the number of securities for an Allotment Right, based on the number of these instruments that the holder holds.     
8 Formula Text    The formula stated as text.     
9 Allotment Right Holder  The party which is the holder of an allotment right. This is identified as being a party which is also an existing holder of the security identified as the underlying security.     
11 identity  The holder of the Allotment Right is identified as a holder of the underlying security.     
12 Commodity Warrant  A derivative based on commodities contracts traded on exchanges.    
14 underlying  The underlying of the commodity Warrant is a commodity such as Gold.     
15 has exercise terms  The exercise terms for the commodity warrant, including the exercise convention which applies and the form of delivery when the warrant is exercised or expires.     
16 Commodity Warrant Exercise Terms  Terms setting out how a commodity warrant may be exercised, including the form which delivery takes.     
18 delivery  The exercise terms specify that when the warrant expires or is exercised the holder receives cash.     
19 Company Warrant  Warrants which are issued by the issuer of the underlying.   Naked Warrant.    
22 has exercise terms  The exercise terms for the covered warrant, including the exercise convention which applies and the form of delivery when the warrant is exercised or expires.     
23 underlying  The underlying of the Coverd Warrant. This is a security issued by the issuer of the warrant.    
24 issuer  The party which is the issuer of the Covered Warrant. This is the issuer of the underlying securities.     
25 Ratio    The ratio of warrant units to underlying security units for delivery when the warrant is exercised.     
26 Company Warrant Exercise Terms Set  Terms setting out how a company warrant or naked warrant may be exercised, including the form which delivery takes.     
29 delivery  The form of delivery when the covered warrant is exercised or expires. This takes the form of delivery of the underlying securities.     
30 Covered Warrant  Warrants which are issued by a holder of the underlying and not by the issuer.    Third Party Warrant.    
33 underlying  The underlying of the third party warrant. This is a security issued by someone other than the issuer of the warrant.   The issuer of the warrant is a holder of the warrants used as underlying for this warrant.     
34 has exercise terms  The exercise terms for the third party warrant, including the exercise convention which applies and the form of delivery when the warrant is exercised or expires.     
35 issuer  The party which is the issuer of the Third Party Warrant. This is not the issuer of the underlying securities but a third party.     
36 Ratio    The ratio of warrant units to underlying security units for delivery when the warrant is exercised.     
37 Covered Warrant Exercise Terms  Terms setting out how a Covered Warrant may be exercised, including the form which delivery takes.     
40 delivery  The form of delivery when the third party warrant is exercised or expires. This is defined as the underlying financial instrument.    
41 Entitlement Rights Instrument  A security giving the holder of that security the entitlement to purchase or sell back to the issuer new securities or some other commodity or instrument at a predetermined price.     
44 Expiry Date    Legal expiry of the Contract.    
45 Exchange Traded Warrant  A warrant which is traded on a securities exchange.     
48 has listing  The listing of the warrant on a securities exchange.     
49 Purchase Right  Anti-takeover device that gives a prospective acquiree’s shareholders the right to buy usually shares of the firm or shares of anyone who acquires the firm at a deep discount to their fair market value.    
51 Purchase Price    The price at which the holder of the Purchase Right may purchase the underlying security.     
52 Stockholders Rights Instrument  A security giving stockholders entitlement to purchase new securities issued by the corporation at a predetermined price (normally less than the current market price) in proportion to the number of securities already owned.     
54 issuer  The issuer of the Stockholder Rights instrument.     
55 gives the right to buy  The underlying traded security (equity, bond etc.) which is the subject of the Rights instrument, that is, the instrument to which it confers the rights as described in the definition of that rights instrument type.     
56 holder  The party which is a holder of the stockholder rights Instrument.     
57 Oversubscribe Option    Option whereby the holders of the rights instrument may get securities in the event that other right holders choose not to subscribe to theirs.     
58 Stockholders Rights Instrument Holder  A party which is the holder of a Stockholders Rights instrument.     
60 Stockholders Rights Instrument Issuer  The party which is the issuer of a Stockholders Rights instrument.     
62 Subscription Right  Privileges allotted to existing security holders, entitling them to subscribe to new securities at a price normally lower than the prevailing market price.    
64 holder  The holder of the Subscription right, which is an existing holder of the underlying security.     
65 Purchase Price    The price at which the holder of the Subscription Right may purchase the underlying security.     
66 Subscription Right Holder  The party which is the holder of a subscription right. This is identified as being a party which is also an existing holder of the security identified as the underlying security.     
68 identity  The holder of the Allotment Right is identified as a holder of the underlying security.     
69 Third Party Warrant Issuer  A party which is the issuer of a Coverd Warrant. This party is by definition not the issuer of the underlying securities.     
72 Traditional Warrant  Financial instruments which permit the holder to purchase or sell back to the issuer a specified amount of a share.    
74 underlying  The underlying of the Traditional Warrant is a Share in the company which issues the warrant.     
75 Underlying Issuer  A party which is the issuer of a Covered Warrant. This party is by definition the issuer of the underlying securities.     
78 identified as  The Covered Warrant Issuer or Underlying Issuer is identified as the issuer of the underlying security.     
79 Warrant  Financial instruments which permit the holder to purchase or sell back to the issuer a specified amount of a financial instrument, commodity, currency or other during a specified period at a specified price.    
81 issuer  The party which is the issuer of the Warrant. This may or may not be the same party as is the issuer of the underlying security, depending on the type of warrant.    
82 underlying  The underlying of the warrant is the instrument, commodity, index, basket etc. which is used to determine the value of the warrant.     
83 has exercise terms  The exercise terms for the warrant, including the exercise convention which applies and the form of delivery when the warrant is exercised or expires.     
84 Expiry Date    Expiry date of the warrant. This is the last date on which the holder may exercise the right to buy or sell back the underlying security.     
85 Perpetual Maturity    Whether this is a perpetual warrant, in other words it has no expiry date.     
86 Put Warrant    If Yes, this warrant gives the holder the right to sell the underlying security back to the issuer at a predetermined price; if No, the warrant gives the holder the right to purchase the instrument at the predetermined price (a call warrant).    
87 Warrant Exercise Terms Set  Terms setting out how a warrant instrument may be exercised.   Further Notes  Exercise terms as defined here also cover the automatic exercise of the warrant in the event of its expiry.   These terms include the exercise style  (FIBIM = OptionStyle type OptionStyleCode) and the delivery.     
89 has exercise convention  The exercise convention specified for the Warrant. This may be European, American or Bermuda.     
90 delivery  The form of delivery when the warrant is exercised or expires.     
91 Warrant Issuer  The issuer of a Warrant. This is defined in terms of what individual entity is the issuer and also what other roles they may or may not play for a specific type of warranty, specifically whether or not they are also the issuer of the underlying, if the underlying is a security.     
93 Warrant Listing  The listing of a warrant on a securities exchange.   Action: confirm whether all the facts shown for listing of tradable securities generally, apply to the listing of a warrant. Also determine whether any of the terms in Listing need to be specialized or added to for Warrant Listing.