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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Also called: Chapter 11, reorganisation, debtor in possession

Chapter 11 is US reorganisation: the company keeps operating under existing management as debtor in possession, while an automatic stay freezes creditors and a plan is negotiated. Value is distributed by the absolute priority rule — senior creditors made whole before junior ones, and shareholders usually wiped out. Debtor-in-possession financing ranks ahead of everything, which is why it's available at all.

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