When a firm issues debt instead of equity to finance a new project,
A) bondholders take on additional voting control as a result of their ownership of the debt instruments.
B) shareholders share voting rights with bondholders.
C) shareholders maintain voting control of the company but may face additional restrictive covenants found in the bond indenture.
D) shareholders generally retain their rights to dividends owed before they are responsible for making newly contracted interest payments to bondholders.
C
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