In a corporate liquidation, which of the following debts is paid first out of the realized assets (after the expenses of the liquidation itself)?

The statutory order of priority in liquidation is: 1) Costs of realizing fixed charge assets, 2) Fixed charge holders, 3) Expenses of the liquidation, 4) Preferential creditors (e.g., employees, HMRC), 5) Floating charge holders, 6) Unsecured creditors, 7) Shareholders.