I am presented with an image of stockholders and bondholders duking it out for the lion's share of the net. 😀
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I imagine they have more financial power, as demonstrated by their lower appetite for risk and staking claims for specified returns.
In the US anyways, we follow the Absolute Priority Rule in bankruptcy cases.
Secured creditors are payed first in bankruptcy, then unsecured creditors, then equity holders.
Interestingly enough, GM today is technically a different company than the one that went bankrupt in 2009. Even unsecured borrowers lost a lot of money in old GM and equity holders got wiped out.
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