Handley's Snakk is back, as a listing shell

Mon, 19 Oct 2020

NZX-listed Snakk Media will be brought out of liquidation by reverse listing specialist Sean Joyce, who has acquired its debt with a plan to use the shell as a listing vehicle.The mobile advertising company, co-founded by tech entrepreneur Derek Handley, was listed on the NZX in 2013 but was indefinitely suspended in late 2018 when it failed to lodge its first-half financial statements.The company was then put in liquidation the following year but remained, suspended, on the NZX.Now Joyce –– who was behind the reverse listings...

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