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Classifying Financial Instruments
A company issues a financial instrument that requires it to make fixed, regular payments to the holder for exactly 20 years, after which a final lump-sum payment is made and the company's obligation to that holder ends. Separately, the company issues another type of instrument that grants the holder a claim on the company's profits for as long as the holder owns it, with no specified end date for the instrument itself. Based on these descriptions, identify which instrument represents a form of debt and which represents a form of ownership, and explain your reasoning.
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