Ritchie Bros To Acquire SmartEquip For $175M

• Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc (NYSE: RBA) has agreed to acquire SmartEquip for ~$175 million. SmartEquip is a multi-manufacturer platform that provides customers with real-time service and diagnostic support, dynamically customized, via serial number, to each asset in their fleet and enables the electronic procurement of parts from OEMs their dealers.

• SmartEquip has 60 employees and will continue to operate as a standalone business.

• Ritchie Bros expects the acquisition to enable it to offer asset-specific, full-lifecycle parts and service support on behalf of dealer and OEM partners to buyers.

• SmartEquip will deepen IMS (inventory management system) connectivity and enable digital solutions at scale around inspections and ancillary services while optimizing search and advertising revenue streams.

• Ritchie Bros Auctioneers held cash and cash equivalents of 2.7 million as of June 30, 2021.

• Price Action: RBA shares are trading higher by 0.05% at $61.98 on the last check Monday.

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