You mean if i have the orange letter saying i have 5000 rights entitlement, I can go straight to the atm and apply total 10000 rights then 06 dec 2019 auto convert into 10k main share w/o having to top up any more money (assuming that my excess subscribed 5k is successful)?
This is rights and not warrant correct?
Latter need topup to exercise or expire worthless right
If you have been allotted 5,000 rights for Ascendas, it means you have the right (but not the obligation) to subscribe for 5,000 shares of Ascendas at $2.63 (the exercise price) each. If you want to get additional Ascendas shares, you have to exercise your rights by paying $2.63 to get each Ascendas share. Your cost to get 5,000 Ascendas shares will be $2.63 x 5,000 = $13,150.
If you want more rights shares, you can apply for them. But, it is not necessary that you will get them. Most times, you will not. In this situation where Ascendas is currently trading at $2.89 (above the $2.63 exercise price), the chances of you getting more is very small. Everyone will also want to apply for excess rights since each excess rights that one gets will net them $2.89 - $2.63 = $0.26 of profit.
If you want to guarantee yourself of more rights, then you should buy the rights from the open market. It last traded at $0.24 at close of Friday. If you manage to buy more rights at $0.24, then you will have to pay the $2.63 exercise price to get your Ascendas shares. The total cost to you for each Ascendas share will be $0.24 + $2.63 = $2.87, which is still a little below the last traded price of $2.89. Alternatively, you can also buy shares of Ascendas directly from the market. The last traded price was $2.89.
If you don’t want to pay $2.63 to subscribe for more Ascendas shares, you should sell your rights in the market. The last traded price was $0.24. Assuming you sell all your 5,000 rights, you will get $1,200 at $0.24.
Thus, you have the following options:
(1) Exercise your rights in full (or in part) i.e. pay $13,150 ($2.63 x 5,000) to get 5,000 more Ascendas shares;
(2) Sell all (or part of) your rights in the market. Based on the last traded price of $0.24, you will get $1,2000;
(3) Do nothing, in which your rights will expire worthless. This is most unwise.