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When a company faces near bankruptcy and needs to liquidate its assets, the first claim will be given to the creditors before the stockholders. The bond represents the debt of a company. Hence, it is the company's legal obligation to settle it. While the stockholders will just share the gains and as well as the losses of the company.

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