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# Preemptive Right

The right of common shareholders to retain their percentage ownership of a corporation. When new shares of a corporation are to be sold, current shareholders are given the opportunity to purchase additional shares. This enables them to maintain the same proportional ownership as they had prior to the new issue. See also: Right.