| Receiver | An official appointed to wind up the affairs of a company. |
| Registrar | The official or corporation responsible for maintaining a company's share register. |
| Registrar of Companies | The public official appointed to administer the Companies Act 1965 and the Securities Industry Act 1983. |
| Remisier | An agent of a stockbroking company who brings business to that company in return for a share of the brokerage or commission. |
| Renunciation | The action of a shareholder in not taking up new shares attached as a right to the share he currently holds by renouncing such a right. |
| Reserves | The accumulated capital of the company which belongs to the shareholders, and is represented by various company assets. "Secret Reserves" are those created by understating assets as a result of unnecessarily writing off investment, plant and machinery in the Profit and Loss account or making excessive provisions for contingencies. |
| Rights | Companies raise additional capital by offering to existing shareholders the rights to subscribe for new shares, at a price usually below the current market price. These rights, while current, attract a price of their own and can be traded on any stock exchange. |