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Secured Creditors, Unsecured Creditors, Preferred Stockholders and Common Stockholders?

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What are the principal differences between Secured Creditors, Unsecured Creditors, Preferred Stockholders and Common Stockholders? During a partial or complete liquidation, what is the priority of asset distribution?

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Secured creditor who has a charge over the assets of a debtor in the event of the debtor failing to meet his/her obligations. ( it means that they have a lien on the assets)

Unsecured creditors have no lien on the property of the company and are subordinate to secured creditors. In times of liquidation the secured creditors are paid first.

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which provides a specific dividend that is paid before any dividends are paid to common stock holders, and which takes ...

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