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Depending on the seniority structure, some investors are closer to the front of the line than others.
Within each type of stakeholder — again, creditors and shareholders — there can be many different tiers, but here we'll focus just on the seniority structure of shareholders.
We looked at the effect liquidation preference multiples have on investor decision-making and how a standard seniority structure works during an acquisition.
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The two most common seniority structures are the "standard" approach, and what's known as pari passu.
By looking at liquidation preferences and seniority structures, we get an understanding of how much money a shareholder is entitled to and when they're able to get it.
"Big, old Japanese companies like Mitsubishi group members are in a funk because they have highly compartmentalized, seniority-based structures," Noda says.
As an aside, these are not the only two ways to structure financial seniority.
Trump also endorsed merit pay for teachers, another policy often opposed by unions that support seniority-based pay structures.
In a statement announcing the decision, the union said that it gives the employees in St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, a legally binding grievance process, a wage structure "free from favoritism" and seniority rights.
This could include moving prior preferred stock investors down to common, or, in the worst case, cramming down the preferred and common stock entirely — or it could involve adding structure to new, senior preferred stock to entice new investors into a tougher cap table (e.g. giving them seniority, multiple liquidation preferences, minimum return guarantees, dividends or redemption rights).
Rigid salary structures in which pay rises with seniority (as in Japan) should also be replaced with more flexible ones.
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