There is no merger in Chapter 7. The company is being liquidated and shut down.
A Chapter 7 filing is the more nuclear option. It means that the company stops operating and all its assets are put up for sale by a court-appointed trustee, with the proceeds divvied up to the company’s debtors in order of the seniority of the debt.
Under Chapter 7 of U.S. Bankruptcy Code, "the company stops all operations and goes completely out of business. A trustee is appointed to liquidate (sell) the company's assets, and the money is used to pay off debt," the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission notes.
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