You are the equity owner. The company is completely underwater with an intrinsic equity value of negative €50M. However, as the equity owner you still control the management. You could push for risky investments – you can’t lose more than your equity which is already negative, in case of success, your equity value might turn positive. You also can delay operations burning more cash and therewith reducing the value for the debt holders. Thus, the debt holders need you too some extend. In an out of court restructuring when a company is this much under water, the equity holder should receive a small amount. If it goes to court, you might have to pay a fine due to the reputational risk for not agreeing to a deal.