Ritchie Bros. Buys IronPlanet, Is Now Cat's Preferred Auction Service

摘要

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers and Iron-Planet have entered into an agreement under which Ritchie Bros, will acquire Iron-Planet for approximately $758.5 million, subject to customary closing adjustments. Ritchie Bros, said IronPlanet is a complementary fit to expand the company's strategy to create a more diversified, multichannel company with greater scale that can provide more choice to customers. Because equipment sellers frequently choose to sell their assets across multiple sales solutions, this transaction will bring together Ritchie Bros.' live, onsite and integrated online auctions with IronPlan-et's position as an online marketplace to create a broader multiformat equipment sales and asset management platform.