"Estate", to me, implies the Owners/Company. In this case,..that WOULD be the common shareholders. If there were no common shares, as in a small business owner, the estate would be the owner himself. Estate is NOT the bondholders...or the preferred shareholders....or those we are indebted to. I thought that was covered WAY early in the year....
I am trying to find a verification of this under the Cornell Law website...no luck yet.