IronPlanet Announces Fall Cat Auction Services Schedule with Cat® Dealer Hosts Ziegler Cat, Finning, Cleveland Brothers, Mustang Cat, Cashman Equipment and Ring Power

Five North American Unreserved Auctions in Fall 2015 Includes First Canadian Onsite Auction

Expands Orlando, Florida 2016 Auction to Four Days

PLEASANTON, Calif. – September 1, 2015 – IronPlanet®, the leading online marketplace for buying and selling used heavy equipment and trucks, today announced key dates for its fall slate of Cat Auction Services onsite auctions, which features five major regional events across the U.S. and Canada, and that its 2016 kick-off in Orlando, Florida, has expanded to four days.

“Today we are announcing an exciting schedule of live unreserved auctions under our Cat Auction Services brand for this fall and into February 2016,” said Gregory J. Owens, IronPlanet Chairman and CEO. “We are thrilled with the early support that we are receiving from many Cat dealers as well as the significant interest in participation from our OEM, major account, and end-user sellers in these six sales that cover the U.S. and Canadian markets. Our Cat Auction Services auctions strongly complement IronPlanet’s weekly online auctions and will allow us to bring our over 1.4 million global buyer base to these regional auctions as well.”

In addition to further expanding IronPlanet’s footprint in the Canadian marketplace with an auction in Edmonton, IronPlanet will be holding Cat Auction Services events across the U.S., including in the Midwest (Des Moines), Northeast (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton), Southwest (Houston), and the West (Las Vegas). IronPlanet’s 2016 Orlando sale is now a four day sale hosted by Ring Power and features 12 supporting Cat dealers.

“IronPlanet is building the strongest used heavy equipment marketplace in the industry. Our marketplace solutions and the services that we offer are unsurpassed in the industry and our internet platform allows us to bring our global buyer base to the broadest selection of equipment in the world. Our alliance with Cat dealers hosting or being featured sellers, allows us to bring the best in used equipment from Caterpillar and other manufacturers to our buyers at our physical and online auctions,” continued Owens.

IronPlanet’s Cat Auction Services Upcoming Event Schedule

September 30, Wednesday – Des Moines, Iowa Host: Ziegler Cat Featured Sellers: Ring Power and Thomson Machiner

October 21, Wednesday – Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Host: Finning

October 27, Tuesday – Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA Host: Cleveland Brothers Featured Sellers: H.O Penn Machinery, Milton Cat, Ransome Cat, Walker Machinery, Whayne Supply

November 10, Tuesday – Houston, Texas Host: Mustang Cat

December 11, Friday – Las Vegas, NV Host: Cashman Equipment

February 9 – 12, 2016, Tuesday through Friday – Kissimmee, Florida Host: Ring Power Corporation Featured Sellers: Blanchard Machinery, Carolina Cat, Kelly Tractor, Puckett Machinery, Stowers Machinery, Thompson Machinery, Thompson Tractor, Yancey Bros., Carter Machinery, PipeLine Machinery, Louisiana Cat, Mustang Cat

Watch for updates to the schedule and sellers at www.ironplanet.com and www.catauctions.com.

IronPlanet hosts weekly online auctions across all of its marketplaces: IronPlanet, TruckPlanet, GovPlanet and allEquip, IronPlanet’s “buy it now” marketplace. All equipment is backed by IronPlanet’s IronClad Assurance® guaranteed inspection reports, which allow buyers to purchase online with confidence.

About IronPlanet IronPlanet is the leading online marketplace for used heavy equipment and an innovative participant in the multi-billion dollar heavy equipment auction market. Since 2000, IronPlanet has sold over $4 billion of used equipment online and has built a database of more than 1.4 million registered users worldwide. IronPlanet connects buyers and sellers of used equipment with its exclusive IronClad Assurance® buyer protection program and family of sites including IronPlanet®, GovPlanet®, TruckPlanet®, Cat Auction Services, Kruse Energy and Equipment AuctioneersSM, allEquip® and Asset Appraisal ServicesSM. IronPlanet is backed by Accel Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Caterpillar, and Volvo. For more information, visit www.ironplanet.com.

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