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Whitbread rights issue

I took my eye off the ball, not realising that Whitbread were doing a rights issue.  So today, a cheque has arrived for approximately half of my shares.  It looks like they have been sold for about half their value.  I was under the impression that normally a rights issue is where every one original share is exchange for 2 new shares so why I have received this cheque.

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  • AnotherJoe
    AnotherJoe Posts: 19,622 Forumite
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    What do you mean "a cheque has arrived for approximately half of my shares"
    Do you mean they've sold half and you still own half?
  • ischris85
    ischris85 Posts: 495 Forumite
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    Bigbrown said:
     I was under the impression that normally a rights issue is where every one original share is exchange for 2 new shares so why I have received this cheque.
    What you are describing there is a bonus issue.

  • molerat
    molerat Posts: 33,568 Forumite
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    edited 25 June 2020 pm30 9:46PM
    Didn't you read the prospectus they sent you ? The rights issue gave you the right to buy 1 additional share for every 2 held at a discount price of £15.00 each.  If you did not take up the offer your extra shares were sold.  The price they got for them was £25.50 each which was paid to you less the £15.00 offer price and costs so around £10.45 for each share you did not take up. You still have your original shares but they now only represent 2/3 of your original share in the company.
  • Bigbrown
    Bigbrown Posts: 11 Forumite
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    I did not receive the prospectus, and was amazed to receive the cheque.  Thanks for explaining.

  • kinger101
    kinger101 Posts: 6,525 Forumite
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    Bigbrown said:
    I did not receive the prospectus, and was amazed to receive the cheque.  Thanks for explaining.

    On the face of it, you are better off.  You could have paid £15 each for shares now worth £21.95. A £6.95 gain per share assuming you still held today.  Instead, you're up £10.50 per share with no outlay.
    "Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance" - Confucius
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