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Preferential allotment

Fundamental analysis

An issue of shares or warrants to named persons — frequently promoters or a strategic investor — approved by shareholders and priced at or above a regulatory floor.

In plain terms

New shares are created and sold to somebody in particular, so the count rises while your holding does not. Nothing about it is adjusted on the chart.

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Indian stock market glossary · Market Vidyalaya