Canceling most likely wont happen. Consider this example. You owe the tax man $100 You owe a bank $100 You owe me everything you have left These are your liabilities You have $150...your assets You are forced to pay the tax man. You pay the bank 50 and they write off the other 50 as a loss I am SOL The tax man here are secured debt holders. The bank is preferred shares I am common shares. When the BK is completed my money is gone and shares are canceled. BUT.... if you have $500 the tax man is paid. The bank is paid And i get $350 If your assets are bigger than your liabilities your shares dont get canceled SUNE has approx $4b more assets than liabilities. And about 300m shares Anout $13 a common share after ALL debt is paid. Shares wont be canceled