Rocket Lab merger and US listing delayed

Rocket Lab merger and US listing delayed
Rocket Lab's listing takeoff is delayed on launch pad. (Image credit: Rocket Lab)
Henry Burrell
Rocket Lab’s Nasdaq listing has been delayed to the third quarter of the year.The New Zealand-founded US-registered aerospace company announced in March plans to merge with the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Vector Acquisition Corporation, with a second quarter US listing under the ticker symbol RKLB.But a May 24 SEC filing by Vector said: “The Rocket Lab business combination is expected to close in the third quarter of 2021, subject to the satisfaction of certain customary closing conditions.”When the merger was a...

More Markets

Bulls, bears and analysis …
Opinion

Simon Robertson: Bulls, bears and analysis …

Why price-to-earnings ratios don’t cut it.

Simon Robertson 15 Nov 2025
NZ stocks take Wall Street lead to end down 1%
Markets Market Close

NZ stocks take Wall Street lead to end down 1%

The S&P/NZX 50 Index closed down 133.41 points or 0.98% at 13,464.46.

Jamie Gray 14 Nov 2025
Zoono says it knows no reason for share price surge, halt lifted
Markets

Zoono says it knows no reason for share price surge, halt lifted

A trading halt granted by the ASX to Australian-listed New Zealand antimicrobials manufacturer Zoono on Wednesday after a price query has been lifted after the company said it knew of no reason for its share price soaring.Its share price rose from 0.09c to 0.18c on volumes much h...

Denise McNabb 14 Nov 2025