UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 15, 2016

 

 

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Canada	001-13425	N/A
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

9500 Glenlyon Parkway, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5J0C6
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(778) 331-5500

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events

 

On December 15, 2016, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that both the Company and IronPlanet Holdings, Inc. (“IronPlanet”) have received a request for additional information from the United States Department of Justice under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, in connection with the Company’s pending acquisition of IronPlanet. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

Exhibits:

  

99.1

Press Release from the Company, dated December 15, 2016, entitled “Ritchie Bros. and IronPlanet Receive Requests for Additional Information and Documentary Material under HSR Act”

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

           

	RITCHIE BROS. AUCTIONEERS INCORPORATED
	By:	/s/ Darren Watt
		Darren Watt
		General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

 

Date:  December 15, 2016

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release from the Company, dated December 15, 2016, entitled “Ritchie Bros. and IronPlanet Receive Requests for Additional Information and Documentary Material under HSR Act”