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Ritchie Bros. Sells US$50+ Million of Equipment at Record-Breaking Fort Worth, Texas Auction

May 8, 2015 7:00 AM EDT

More than 3,900 items sold at two-day unreserved public auctiona new Fort Worth site record

FORT WORTH, TEXAS, May 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ - Ritchie Bros. (NYSE and TSX: RBA), the world's largest industrial auctioneer, sold more than US$50 million of equipment and trucks at its unreserved public auction in Fort Worth, Texas on May 6 7, 2015. The two-day auction set a new Fort Worth site record for number of lots sold, with more than 3,900 items being sold to bidders around the world, including 310+ truck tractors, 290+ trailers, 95+ excavators, 45+ flatbed trucks, 50 crawler tractors, 40+ dump trucks, 40+ winch tractors,... More

Ritchie Bros. reports first quarter 2015 results

May 7, 2015 5:20 PM EDT

Q1 2015 net earnings of $23.6 million; diluted EPS of $0.22 65% increase in net earnings from year ago quarter; new first quarter earnings record 17% increase in revenue; new first quarter revenue record 24% increase in revenue adjusted for constant currency 12.10% revenue rate, achieved through strong performance of underwritten business 62% increase in operating free cash flow from year ago quarter, on a 12-month rolling basis $62+ million returned to shareholders during the quarter through dividends and share repurchases

(All figures are presented in U.S. dollars)

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