Because, depending on the severity of the accounting issues, they may still have options left to soften the blow to their investors. If they're sitting in their offices laughing at us and smoking cigars, then we're all screwed.
Either way we're all trapped here on this island together for the foreseeable future so we we have no choice but to wait and see what develops.
...But like I said, not optimistic.
Why you are still talking about and thinking of protecting shareholders?
Haven't you seen enough? what else you need?