Common shareholders get peanuts, C-suite gets tens of millions in retention incentives. Not saying that's what happened here, but that has happened to me in the past. As a small time shareholder what do you do? Assuming its even mathematically possible to do anything.
>>bcrosb+(OP)
It was bankruptcy, so I suspect all shareholders got nothing. You're probably thinking of a startup getting bought for less than investors put in and finding about about liquidation preferences.