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EX-10.11 - EX-10.11 - IronPlanet Inc. | f55123a1exv10w11.htm |
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EX-10.12 - EX-10.12 - IronPlanet Inc. | f55123a1exv10w12.htm |
EX-10.14 - EX-10.14 - IronPlanet Inc. | f55123a1exv10w14.htm |
Exhibit 99.1
April 27, 2010
PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
Manfredi & Associates, Inc.
20934 Lakeview Parkway
Mundelein, IL 60060
Re: Consent to Use of Data
20934 Lakeview Parkway
Mundelein, IL 60060
Re: Consent to Use of Data
Dear Sir or Madam:
IronPlanet, Inc. (IronPlanet) is contemplating an initial public offering of its Common
Stock. In connection with this offering, IronPlanet proposes to file a Form S-1 registration
statement (Registration Statement) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
We request your consent to the quotation or summarization, as set forth on Exhibit A,
in the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto, of certain portions of your report
titled, An Analysis of the Worldwide Potential For Equipment Auctions, which you have prepared at
our request. Furthermore, given the wide recognition of Manfredi & Associates, Inc. (Manfredi)
as a market research firm that specializes in the heavy equipment industry and an industry analyst,
we also request to cite Manfredi as the source of such information. We also request your permission
to file this consent as an exhibit to our Registration Statement.
If this is acceptable, please indicate your consent to our quotation or summarization of your
report and to filing this consent as an exhibit to our Registration Statement by countersigning
this letter. Please email or fax the signed consent to me at (925) 225-8610 and return the original
via regular mail to IronPlanets legal counsel, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, 405 Howard
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, Attention: Sirena Roberts. Please call the undersigned at (925)
225-8800 or Karen Dempsey or Sirena Roberts of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP at (415) 773-5700
with any questions you may have. Given the urgency of this request, your prompt attention to this
matter is much appreciated.
Please note that IronPlanet has not made any public announcement of the proposed public
offering and appreciates your maintaining the confidentiality of the subject matter of this letter.
In order to not jeopardize the offering, it is critical that you keep confidential IronPlanets
plans with the respect to its initial public offering. Accordingly, please do not discuss the
offering with third parties.
CONSENT GRANTED: | Sincerely, | |||||
MANFREDI & ASSOCIATES | IRONPLANET, INC. | |||||
By:
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/s/ Frank Manfredi | /s/ Michael ODonnell | ||||
Name:
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Frank Manfredi | Michael ODonnell, Senior Vice President | ||||
Title:
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President | and Chief Financial Officer | ||||
Date:
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April 27, 2010 |
Exhibit A
[Attach pages from Amendment No. 1 referencing Manfredi currently pages 1, 23, 57, 58, II-3 and
II-6]