Chapter 11
Proper noun
Meaning
Chapter 11
(finance, US) Short for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Examples
A hearing is set for early November and the retailer is hopeful this will close its Chapter 11 case.
CEC, which also owns Peter Piper Pizza, is using Chapter 11 protection to “achieve a comprehensive balance sheet restructuring that supports its re-opening and longer-term strategic plans.”
Filing for Chapter 11 allows organizations to continue operating and making money, even as they reorganize, negotiate with insurance providers and set up a trust to dole out payments to future claimants.
Even large franchisees, like NPC International which operates thousands of Pizza Hut and Wendy's locations, are currently navigating the Chapter 11 process.
But the Boy Scouts argued that the councils are so closely related to the parent organization that the halt to lawsuits that is automatically granted to a debtor in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy should be extended to the local organizations.
By the time of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, the company had successfully deployed 75 satellites.