UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

Form 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 under

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the month of May 2015

 

 

Commission File Number: 001-13425

 

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated

 

9500 Glenlyon Parkway

Burnaby, BC, Canada

V5J 0C6

(778) 331 5500

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports

under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F

 

Form 20-F        ¨

Form 40-F        x

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper

as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): __

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper

as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): __

 

 

 

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 6-K shall be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-71577) of Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated (the “Company”).

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Number		Description
99.1		Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended May 5, 2015)

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

	Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated
	(Registrant)
Date: May 7, 2015
	By:	/s/ Darren Watt
		Darren Watt
		Corporate Secretary