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by JumpCrisscross 175 days ago
> The stock recovered within 2 years and then shot to the moon

After the bankruptcy? Did the shareholders maintain their ownership through bankruptcy? Or were the creditors turned into shareholders?

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They did, through both bankruptcies.

They came out squeaky clean in 2001, keeping all their shares. (Major shout-out to the State of California for bailing them out, and shouldering all the subsequent liabilities from that adventure.)

The second one diluted them by 22%, by creating and giving new stock to the people who won lawsuits against the firm. The stock's up by more than 22% since the impact of the fires on the company was realized...

If they were zeroed out after either bankruptcy, I wouldn't be kvetching, but here we are...