No R/S will happen. He even said it on the radio show but followed that not any time soon. But my take on that statement is that you can never say never about anything really so he couldn’t guarantee it 100% and be called a liar 4 yrs later if something were to happen and they needed to R/S.
The answer is no reverse before or after merge according to company. If you buy a share of this you will still have a share with no restrictions after merge just like you have now.
According to others that have spoken with Rufus they are buying back as many shares as they can before the merge.