Liquidation rights
The rights of a firm's securityholders in the event the firm liquidates.
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If a company goes bankrupt and liquidates all its assets, the common stockholders have the right to receive their share of sale proceeds.
Preferred stock is a class of security that is frequently subdivided into separate series that are sold at different times and that have different liquidation rights, preferences, prices, voting rights or conversion rights.
Preferred Stock: stock that takes priority over common stock with regard to dividends and liquidation rights. Preferred stockholders typically have no voting rights.
Sale or realization of a debtor firm's assets voluntarily agreed to by its creditors who estimate that the firm's liquidation value exceeds its going-concern value.
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Common Stock: A class of stock issued by a corporation. It is the most frequently issued type of stock. It carries with it a voting right, however is secondary in priority to preferred stock in dividend and liquidation rights.
 See also: Expense, Debt ratio, Forward rate, Fair price, Banks
  
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