407.754.  How to apply to successors in interest — successor in interest defined. — The obligations of any wholesaler, manufacturer or distributor created by the provisions of sections 407.750 to 407.754 apply to any successor in interest or assignee of that wholesaler, manufacturer, or distributor.  A "successor in interest" includes any purchaser of substantially all of the assets or over fifty percent of the stock, any surviving corporation resulting from a merger or liquidation, any receiver, or any trustee of the original wholesaler, manufacturer or distributor.