The creditors of Lost Hope Company have had several meetings with the company’s management to discuss its financial difficulties. Lost Hope currently has a significant deficit in retained earnings and has defaulted on several of its debt issues. The options currently open to the creditors are to
(1) Form a creditors’ committee,
(2) Work with the company in a Chapter 11 reorganization, or
(3) Go through a Chapter 7 liquidation.
The creditors have come to you to seek your advice on the advantages and disadvantages of each of the three options from their viewpoint.

Required
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each of the three options available. Include a discussion of the probable recovery of each of the creditors’ claims and the time period of that recovery.