umm totally false....Really? the creditors are getting a small percentage of their debt repaid, they are first in line, and you say the shareholders aren't wiped out? That is ludicrous.... 1.Secured creditors 2.Unsecured creditors 3.Preferred shares 4.Common shares Take a good hard look at this list.... it is the order the debtors are paid COMMON usually gets wiped out in 95-98 percent of cases Are you familiar with the term who knows? of course there are exceptions don't attack me for nada and of course it takes quite a while sheesh