RITCHIE BROS AUCTIONEERS INC : Amendments to Articles of Inc. or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits (form 8-K)

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal

           Year.

At the annual and special meeting of shareholders of Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated (the "Company") on May 8, 2023, the Company's shareholders approved a special resolution authorizing the Company to amend its articles to change its corporate name from "Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated" to "RB Global, Inc." or such other name as is acceptable to the Company and applicable regulatory authorities.

On May 17, 2023, the Company filed an amendment to its Articles of Amalgamation (the "Articles of Amendment") to change the Company's name from "Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated" to "RB Global, Inc." effective May 23, 2023 at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (the "Name Change").

This summary of the Articles of Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Articles of Amendment, which are filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated into this description by reference.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

In connection with the Name Change, the CUSIP number of the Company's common shares will be changed to 74935Q107. Trading of the Company's common shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange will continue under the existing ticker symbol "RBA" and is expected to begin trading under the new name and new CUSIP on May 23, 2023.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.



Exhibit
Number                Description
  3.1        Articles of Amendment.
104        Cover Page Interactive Data File.

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