RE: Opti and others got money for shareholders This might appear counterintuitive, but the fact that the company was not making any money CAN (as in "it is possible that...") support the idea that shareholders might get something out of poynt. The reasonning is, assuming that the company's value lies in its patents and infrastructure that could be recycled by a company with more income (actual or potential), the cause of the bankruptcy is the company's inability to pay back its debts in the foreseable future and not the worth or absence of worth of its assets. Henceforth, it is legitimate to speculate that the liquidation of the assets MIGHT generate enough proceeds to give something around the last price of the stock to common shareholders.