Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPRT), a leading online vehicle auction, announced
today Allstate Insurance Company has selected Copart as its exclusive
national provider of vehicle sales and auction services.
The efficiencies of Copart’s auction model and its global buyer base
spanning more than 100 countries set Copart apart as a leading and
innovative vehicle auction company.
"We chose Copart because of its proven track record in meeting the needs
of our customers and assisting us in realizing our strategic
objectives,” said Bill Daly, Allstate’s assistant vice president of auto
claims. "We believe that Copart's proven method of auctioning vehicles
provides us with the best opportunity to maximize our salvage results.”
In addition to the United States, Copart will also be the exclusive
provider of vehicle auction services for Allstate in Ontario, Canada.
"We are excited that Allstate has selected Copart to be its exclusive
national provider of vehicle sales and auction services,” said Copart
President Jay Adair. "This agreement with Allstate further establishes
Copart’s VB2 online auction model, which to date has sold more than
seven million vehicles.”
Copart, founded in 1982, provides vehicle sellers with a full range of
services to process and sell salvage and clean title vehicles to
dealers, dismantlers, rebuilders, exporters, and in some states, to end
users. Copart remarkets the vehicles through Internet sales utilizing
its proprietary VB2 technology.
Copart sells vehicles on behalf of insurance companies, banks, finance
companies, fleet operators, dealers, car dealerships, the general
public, and others. The company currently operates 153 facilities in the
United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Salvage vehicles are
either damaged vehicles deemed a total loss for insurance or business
purposes or are recovered stolen vehicles for which an insurance
settlement with the vehicle owner has already been made.
Copart recently enhanced its website to make it easier for everyone to
search for and view more than 50,000 vehicles each day offered at www.copart.com.
Public buyers can also now purchase cars at Copart either directly or
through independent third-party brokers.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS:
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of federal securities laws, including statements regarding
expectations with respect to the agreement between Allstate and Copart.
These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks, trends
and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those projected or implied by our statements and comments. For a
more complete discussion of the risks that could affect our business,
please review the "management's discussion and analysis” and the other
risks identified in Copart’s latest Annual Report on Form 10-K,
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K, as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We encourage
investors to review these disclosures carefully. We do not undertake to
update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time
on our behalf.
