Liquidity Services – LQDT – To acquire GoIndustry DoveBid

Liquidity Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: LQDT) which provides leading corporations, public sector agencies and buying customers the world’s most transparent, innovative and effective online marketplaces and integrated services for surplus assets, announced it has agreed to acquire GoIndustry DoveBid, plc (GoIndustry), a global provider of surplus asset management, auction and valuation services, for 73 pence per share and assumed indebtedness, or total consideration of approximately $31 million USD. The all-cash transaction is expected to close on or about July 1, 2012 and is subject to regulatory and GoIndustry shareholder approval, as well as other customary closing conditions.

• Acquisition enhances LQDT’s position as the leading reverse supply chain solution to Fortune 1000 corporations and expands its growing capital assets marketplace
• GoIndustry DoveBid shareholders to receive 73 pence per share in cash

The acquisition of GoIndustry strengthens Liquidity Services’ leading online marketplace for surplus capital assets by adding over 50 active Fortune 1000 corporate clients and over 407,000 professional buyers. The transaction expands Liquidity Services’ client roster with leading global manufacturers across the aerospace, consumer packaged goods, electronics, pharmaceutical, technology and transportation industry verticals, including: BAE, Bosch, Covance, Ford-Europe, Honeywell, Ingersoll-Rand, Pfizer, Renault , Visteon, and asset based lenders, Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, JP Morgan, PNC, RBS and Siemens Financial. The deal improves Liquidity Services ability to serve corporate clients globally by adding highly specialized sales, operations and valuations teams in over 25 countries in North America, Europe and Asia that are uniquely suited to bringing high-value capital assets to market for leading multinational corporations.

“The combination of GoIndustry DoveBid with Liquidity Services will strengthen and expand our award-winning service offerings to large corporations, while offering the best opportunities for our customers, employees and shareholders,” said Jack Reinelt, CEO of GoIndustry DoveBid.

During calendar year 2011, GoIndustry recorded approximately $211 million of gross merchandise volume.

About Liquidity Services, Inc. (LQDT)

Liquidity Services, Inc. (LQDT) provides leading corporations, public sector agencies and buying customers the world’s most transparent, innovative and effective online marketplaces and integrated services for surplus assets. On behalf of its clients, Liquidity Services has completed the sale of over $2.6 billion of surplus, returned and end-of-life assets, in over 500 product categories, including consumer goods, capital assets and industrial equipment. The company is based in Washington, D.C. and has approximately 760 employees.

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