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Issuer:     LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC (LQDT)
CIK:        0001235468
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-01-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-24-000535
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Liquidity Services acquires Sierra Auction for $13.5M cash to expand SW US municipal surplus market
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- Purchase price of $13.5 million paid in cash at closing, subject to working capital adjustment.
- Sierra Auction is sole auction outlet for seized/forfeited assets from prominent Arizona state and county agencies.
- Acquisition expected to be accretive but not material to Liquidity Services' FY2024 results.
- Sierra's management team and employees to be retained post-transaction.
- Sierra hosts largest weekly public online auctions in Arizona; specializes in vehicles, equipment, and surplus.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1235468/000095017024000535/0000950170-24-000535-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1235468/000095017024000535/lqdt-20240103.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-000535

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