Time Watch Co. has $46 million in earnings and is considering paying $6.45 million in interest to bondholders and $4.35 million to preferred stockholders in dividends. a. What are the bondholders’ contractual claims to payment?  b. What are the preferred stockholders’ immediate contractual claims to payment? What privilege do they have?

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Time Watch Co. has $46 million in earnings and is considering paying $6.45 million in interest to bondholders and $4.35 million to preferred stockholders in dividends.

a. What are the bondholders’ contractual claims to payment? 

b. What are the preferred stockholders’ immediate contractual claims to payment? What privilege do they have?

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