Original article by Patrick Hatch
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 13 & 18 : 13-Jan-16

Receiver Ferrier Hodgson has received more than 40 expressions of interest in buying failed consumer electronics retailer Dick Smith. Meanwhile, Don Grover has been appointed as interim CEO following the resignation of Nick Abboud. He had the led the company since its acquisition by Anchorage Capital Partners in 2012. The slump in Dick Smith’s share price prior to its collapse had reduced the value of Abboud’s shareholding by almost $A30m.

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