Edgar Filing: ADDVANTAGE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP INC

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

xANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015

oTRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission file number 1-10799

ADDVANTAGE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Oklahoma	73-1351610
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1221 E. Houston, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma	74012
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number: (918) 251-9121

Securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Name of exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $.01 par value	NASDAQ Global Market

Securities registered under Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.	Yes o No x

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act.	Yes o No x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.	Yes x No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).	Yes x No o
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.	x
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Large accelerated filer o Accelerated filer o Non-accelerated filer o Smaller reporting company x
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).	Yes o No x
The aggregate market value of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the closing price of the registrant’s common stock as of March 31, 2015 was $12,198,302.
The number of shares of the registrant’s outstanding common stock, $.01 par value per share, was 10,063,563 as of November 30, 2015.
Documents Incorporated by Reference

The identified sections of definitive Proxy Statement to be filed as Schedule 14A pursuant to Regulation 14A in connection with the Registrant’s 2016 annual meeting of shareholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K. The Proxy Statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Form 10-K.

ADDVANTAGE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.

FORM 10-K

YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

INDEX

		Page
	PART I


Item 1.	Business.	3
Item 2.	Properties.	8
Item 3.	Legal Proceedings.	8


	PART II

Item 5.	Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.	9
Item 6.	Selected Financial Data.	10
Item 7.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.	10

Item 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.	19
Item 9.	Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.	40
Item 9A.	Controls and Procedures.	40
Item 9B.	Other Information.	41
	PART III

Item 10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.	41
Item 11.	Executive Compensation.	41
Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.	41
Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.	41
Item 14.	Principal Accounting Fees and Services.	41

	PART IV

Item 15.	Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.	42

	SIGNATURES

PART I

Item 1. Business.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain matters discussed in this report constitute forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements which relate to, among other things, expectations of the business environment in which ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc. (the “Company”, “We” or “ADDvantage”) operates, projections of future performance, perceived opportunities in the market and statements regarding our goals and objectives and other similar matters. The words “estimates”, “projects”, “intends”, “expects”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “plans”, “goals”, “strategy”, “likely”, “may”, “should” and similar expressions often identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are found at various places throughout this report and the documents incorporated into it by reference. These and other statements, which are not historical facts, are hereby identified as “forward-looking statements” for purposes of the safe harbor provided by Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and developments beyond our control or foresight, including changes in the cable television and telecommunications industry, changes in customer and supplier relationships, technological developments, changes in the economic environment generally, the growth or formation of competitors, changes in governmental regulation or taxation, changes in our personnel, our ability to identify, complete and integrate acquisitions on favorable terms and other such factors. Our actual results, performance or achievements may differ significantly from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. We do not undertake any obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this report or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Background

The Company was incorporated under the laws of Oklahoma in September 1989 as “ADDvantage Media Group, Inc.” In December 1999, its name was changed to ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc. Our headquarters are located in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.

We (through our subsidiaries) distribute and service a comprehensive line of electronics and hardware for the cable television (“Cable TV”) and telecommunications industries. We also provide equipment repair services to cable operators. In addition, we offer our telecommunications customers decommissioning services for surplus and obsolete equipment, which we in turn process through our recycling services.

Several of our subsidiaries, through their long-standing relationships with the original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”) and specialty repair facilities, have established themselves as value-added resellers (“VARs”). ADDvantage has a reseller agreement with Arris Solutions to sell cable television equipment in the United States. We are also one of only three distributors of Arris broadband products. We are a distributor of Cisco video products as a Cisco Premier Partner, which also allows us to sell Cisco’s IT related products. In addition, we are designated as an authorized third party Cisco repair center for select video products. Our subsidiaries also sell products from other OEMs including Alpha, Blonder-Tongue, RL Drake, Corning-Gilbert, Promax, Quintech, Standard and Triveni Digital.

In addition to offering a broad range of new products, we also sell surplus-new and refurbished equipment that we purchase in the market as a result of cable or telecommunications operator system upgrades or an overstock in their warehouses. We maintain one of the industry's largest inventories of new and used equipment, which allows us to expedite delivery of products to our customers. We continue to upgrade our new product offerings to stay in the forefront of the communications broadband technology revolution.

Most of our subsidiaries operate technical service centers that service/repair most brands of Cable TV equipment.

Website Access to Reports

Our public website is addvantagetechnologies.com. We make available free of charge through the “Investor Relations” section of our website our annual reports to stockholders, annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports

on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Any material we file with or furnish to the SEC is also maintained on the SEC website (sec.gov).

The information contained on our website, or available by hyperlink from our website, is not incorporated into this Form 10-K or other documents we file with, or furnish to, the SEC. We intend to use our website as a means of disclosing material non-public information and for complying with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Such disclosures will be included on our website in the “Investor Relations” section. Accordingly, investors should monitor such portions of our website, in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts.

Operating Segments

The Company reports its financial performance based on two reporting segments: Cable Television (“Cable TV”) and Telecommunications (“Telco”).

The Cable TV segment sells new, surplus and refurbished cable television equipment to cable television operators (called multiple system operators or “MSOs”) or other resellers that sell to these customers throughout North America, Central America, South America and, to a substantially lesser extent, other international regions that utilize the same technology. In addition, this segment also repairs cable television equipment for various Cable TV companies.

The Telco segment provides quality used telecommunication networking equipment to its world-wide customer base of telecommunications providers and resellers by utilizing its inventory from a broad range of manufacturers as well as other supply channels. In addition, this segment offers its customers decommissioning services for surplus and obsolete equipment, which it in turn processes through its recycling services.

Products and Services

Cable TV Segment

We offer our customers a wide range of new, surplus-new and refurbished products across the leading OEM suppliers in the industry that are used in connection with video, telephone and internet data signals.

Headend Products – Headend products are used by a system operator for signal acquisition, processing and manipulation for further transmission. Among the products we offer in this category are satellite receivers (digital and analog), integrated receiver/decoders, demodulators, modulators, antennas and antenna mounts, amplifiers, equalizers and processors. The headend of a television signal distribution system is the “brain” of the system; the central location where the multi-channel signal is initially received, converted and allocated to specific channels for distribution. In some cases, where the signal is transmitted in encrypted form or digitized and compressed, the receiver will also be required to decode the signal.

Fiber Products – Fiber products are used to transmit the output of cable system headend to multiple locations using fiber-optic cable. In this category, we currently offer products including optical transmitters, fiber-optic cable, receivers, couplers, splitters and compatible accessories. These products convert radio frequencies to light frequencies and launch them on optical fiber. At each receiver site, an optical receiver is used to convert the signals back to RF VHF frequencies for distribution to subscribers.

Access and Transport Products – Access and transport products are used to permit signals to travel from the headend to their ultimate destination in a home, apartment, hotel room, office or other terminal location along a distribution network of fiber-optic or coaxial cable. Among the products we offer in this category are transmitters, receivers, line extenders, broadband amplifiers, directional taps and splitters.

Customer Premise Equipment (“CPE”) – CPE includes digital converters and modems that are boxes placed inside the home that receive, record and transmit video, data and telephony signals. They are the primary interface equipment between the cable operator and the consumer.

Test Equipment – Test equipment is used in the set-up, signal testing and maintenance of electronic equipment and the overall support of the cable television plant. Test equipment is vital in maintaining the proper function and efficiency of this electronic equipment, which helps to provide high quality video, telephone and high speed data to the end user.

Hardware Equipment – We also inventory and sell to our customers other hardware such as connector and cable products.

We also offer repair services for most brands of cable equipment at our seven service centers.

Telco Segment

We offer our customers a wide range of used telecommunication equipment across most major manufacturers consisting primarily of component parts to expand capacity, provide spares or replace non-working components.

Central Office Equipment – Central office equipment includes optical, switching, and data equipment on a customer’s communication network. Optical equipment products aggregate and transport internet traffic, switching equipment products originate, terminate and route voice traffic, and data equipment products transport internet and voice over internet protocol (“VOIP”) traffic via routers.

Customer Premise Equipment – CPE includes integrated access devices, channel banks and routers that are placed inside the customer site that will receive the communication signal from the communication services provider.

In addition, we offer our customers decommissioning services for surplus and obsolete equipment, which we then process through our Responsible Recycling (“R2”)-certified recycling program.

Revenues by Geographic Area

Our revenues by geographic areas were as follows:

	2015		2014		2013
United States
Cable TV	$	23,975,197	$	25,738,706	$	27,541,137
Telco (a)		16,031,293		6,533,458		−
Canada, Central America, Asia, Europe, Mexico, South America and Other
Cable TV		1,418,488		1,465,514		1,136,214
Telco (a)		2,308,642		2,151,014		−
	$	43,733,620	$	35,888,692	$	28,677,351

(a) The Telco segment revenues for fiscal year 2014 are from February 28, 2014 through September 30, 2014.

Revenues attributed to geographic areas are based on the location of the customer. All of our long-lived assets are located within the United States.

Sales and Marketing

In 2015, Cable TV segment sales of new products represented 68% of Cable TV segment revenues and refurbished product sales represented 19%. Repair and other services contributed the remaining 13% of Cable TV segment revenues. Telco segment sales of refurbished products represented 93% of Telco segment revenues. Recycle sales and other services contributed the remaining 7% of Telco segment revenues.

We market and sell our products to franchise and private MSOs, telecommunication companies, system contractors and other resellers. Our sales and marketing are predominantly performed by our experienced internal sales and customer service staff as well as our outside sales representatives located in various geographic areas. The majority of our sales activity is generated through personal relationships developed by our sales personnel and executives, referrals from manufacturers we represent, trade shows and advertising in trade journals.

We maintain a wide breadth of inventory of new and used products and many times can offer our customers same day shipments. We carry one of the most diverse inventories of any cable television or telecommunication product reseller in the country, and we also have access to additional inventory via our various supply channels. We believe our investment in on-hand inventory, our product supply channels, our network of regional repair centers and our experienced sales and customer service team create a competitive advantage for us.

Suppliers

In fiscal year 2015, the Cable TV segment purchased approximately 18% of its total inventory purchases directly from Arris Solutions and approximately 26% of its total inventory purchases either directly from Cisco or indirectly through Cisco’s primary stocking distributor. In addition to purchasing inventory from OEMs, this segment also purchases used or surplus-new inventory from MSOs, who have upgraded or are in the process of upgrading their systems, and from other resellers in this business.

In fiscal year 2015, the Telco segment purchased approximately 11% of its total inventory purchases from Westworld Telecom. This segment of our business primarily purchases its used inventory from telecommunication companies that have excess equipment on hand or have upgraded their systems or from other resellers in this segment.

Seasonality

In the Cable TV segment, many of the products that we sell are installed outdoors and can be damaged by storms and power surges. Consequently, we can experience increased demand on certain product offerings during the months between late spring and early fall when severe weather tends to be more prominent than at other times during the year.

In the Telco segment, we do not anticipate that quarterly operating results will generally be impacted by seasonal fluctuations.

Competition

The overall telecommunications equipment industry is highly competitive. We compete with numerous resellers in the marketplace and declines in the economy have reduced the amount of capital expenditures in our industry, which heightens the competition. In addition, especially for the Cable TV segment, we sell current production products in competition with the OEMs.

Cable TV Segment

We believe we have differentiated ourselves from the OEMs, other resellers and repair operations in the marketplace in the following ways:

·	we sell both new and refurbished Cable TV equipment as well as repair what we sell, while most of our competition does not offer all of these services;

·	we stock both new and refurbished inventory;

·	we stock a wide breadth of inventory, which many of our competitors do not due to working capital constraints;

·	we can reconfigure new and refurbished equipment to meet the different needs of our customers;

·	we can meet our customers’ timing needs for product due to our inventory on hand; and

·	we have experienced sales support staff that have the technical know-how to assist our customers regarding solutions for various products and configurations.

In terms of sales and inventory on hand or available via our supply channels, we believe we are one of the largest resellers in this industry, providing both sales and service of new and refurbished Cable TV equipment.

We also compete with our OEM suppliers as they can sell directly to our customers. Our OEM suppliers have a competitive advantage over us as they can sell products at lower prices than we offer. As a result, we are often considered a secondary supplier by large MSOs and telephone companies when they are making large equipment purchases or upgrades. However, for smaller orders or items that are needed to be delivered quickly, we often hold an advantage over our OEM suppliers as we carry most inventory in stock and can have it delivered in a shorter time frame than the OEM.

Telco Segment

For the Telco segment, we believe our differentiation from other resellers in the marketplace is primarily the following:

·	we stock a broad range of used inventory, which allows us to meet our customers’ timing needs;

·	we have experienced sales support staff that have strong relationships with our customers and technical knowledge of the products we offer;

·	we have the following quality certifications: TL9000 (telecommunications quality certification), ISO 14001 (environmental management certification), OHSAS18000 (occupational safety and health management certification), and R2 (EPA responsible recycling practices for electronics); and

·	we provide multiple services for our customers including deinstallation and decommission of products, storage and management of spares inventory and recycling.

Working Capital Practices

Working capital practices in our business center on inventory and accounts receivable. We choose to carry a relatively large volume of inventory due to our on-hand, on-demand business model. We typically utilize excess cash flows to reinvest in inventory to maintain or expand our product offerings. The greatest need for working capital occurs when we make bulk purchases of surplus-new and used inventory, or when our OEM suppliers offer additional discounts on large purchases. In 2015, we increased our inventory $1.4 million (before excess and obsolescence reserves) due primarily to increasing our Telco segment inventory $2.4 million due in large part to purchasing previously consigned inventory, partially offset by a decreased inventory position in our Cable TV segment. Currently, we are not anticipating increasing our inventory levels any further, but are instead working to decrease our inventory position. Our working capital requirements are generally met by cash flows from operations and a bank line of credit, which currently permits borrowings up to $7.0 million. We expect to have sufficient funds available from our cash on hand, future excess cash flows and the bank line of credit to meet our working capital needs for the foreseeable future.

Significant Customers

We sold our equipment and services to approximately 1,300 customers in fiscal year 2015. We are not dependent on one or a few customers to support our business on an on-going basis. Sales to our largest customer accounted for approximately 9% of our consolidated sales in fiscal year 2015, while our sales to our largest five customers were 26% of our consolidated sales in fiscal year 2015, three of which were in the Cable TV segment and two were in the Telco segment.

Personnel

At September 30, 2015, we had 156 employees, including 152 full-time employees. Management considers its relationships with its employees to be excellent. Our employees are not unionized, and we are not subject to any collective bargaining agreements.

Item 2. Properties.

Each subsidiary owns or leases property for office, warehouse and service center facilities.

Cable TV Segment

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma – We own a facility in a suburb of Tulsa consisting of our headquarters, additional offices, warehouse and service center of approximately 100,000 square feet on ten

acres, with an investment of $3.3 million, financed by a loan of $2.8 million, due in monthly payments through 2021 at an interest rate of LIBOR plus 1.4%. In 2007, we also constructed a 62,500

square foot warehouse facility on the rear of our existing property in Broken Arrow, OK, with an investment of $1.6 million, financed with cash flows from operations.

·	Deshler, Nebraska – We own a facility near Lincoln consisting of land and an office, warehouse and service center of approximately 8,000 square feet.

Warminster, Pennsylvania – We own a facility in a suburb of Philadelphia consisting of an office, warehouse and service center of approximately 12,000 square feet, with an investment of $0.6

million. We also lease property of approximately 2,000 square feet, with monthly rental payments of $1,425 through December 31, 2015. We also rent on a month-to-month basis another

property of approximately 2,000 square feet, with monthly rental payments of $1,325.

Sedalia, Missouri – We own a facility near Kansas City consisting of land and an office, warehouse and service center of approximately 24,300 square feet. In 2007, we also constructed an

18,000 square foot warehouse facility on the back of our existing property in Sedalia, MO, with an investment of $0.4 million.

·	New Boston, Texas – We own a facility near Texarkana consisting of land and an office, warehouse and service center of approximately 13,000 square feet.

·	Suwanee, Georgia – We rent on a month-to-month basis a facility in a suburb of Atlanta consisting of an office and service center of approximately 5,000 square feet, with monthly rental payments of $3,060.

Phoenix, Arizona – We lease a facility in Phoenix, Arizona consisting of an office, service center and warehouse of approximately 6,300 square feet, with monthly rental payments of $3,565,

$3,690, and $3,815 plus common area operating expenses of approximately $1,500 through May 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively.

Telco Segment

·	Jessup, Maryland – We lease a facility in a suburb of Baltimore consisting of an office, warehouse, and service center of approximately 88,000 square feet, with monthly rental payments of $41,000 increasing each year by 2.5% through November 30, 2023.

We believe that our current facilities are adequate to meet our needs.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings.

From time to time in the ordinary course of business, we have become a party to various types of legal proceedings. We do not believe that these proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

PART II

Item 5.

Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

Market Information

The table sets forth the high and low sales prices on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “AEY” for the quarterly periods indicated.

Year Ended September 30, 2015	High	Low

First Quarter	$2.70	$2.24
Second Quarter	$2.49	$2.18
Third Quarter	$2.49	$2.27
Fourth Quarter	$2.40	$2.20

Year Ended September 30, 2014	High	Low

First Quarter	$3.28	$2.41
Second Quarter	$3.42	$2.55
Third Quarter	$3.55	$2.55
Fourth Quarter	$2.80	$2.25

Holders

At November 30, 2015, we had approximately 70 shareholders of record and, based on information received from brokers, there were approximately 2,000 beneficial owners of our common stock.

Dividend policy

We have never declared or paid a cash dividend on our common stock. It has been the policy of our Board of Directors to use all available funds to finance the development and growth of our business. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon our earnings and financial requirements and other factors deemed relevant by our Board of Directors.

Securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans

The information in the following table is as of September 30, 2015:

Plan Category	Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (a)	Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights (b)	Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) (c)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders	535,000	$2.88	539,883
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders	0	0	0
Total	535,000	$2.88	539,883

Item 6. Selected Financial Data.

SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)

Fiscal Year Ended September 30,

	2015		2014		2013		2012		2011

Sales	$	43,734	$	35,889	$	28,677	$	29,677	$	36,145

Income from operations	$	2,576	$	1,097	$	2,896	$	2,619	$	4,754

Income from continuing operations	$	1,498	$	659	$	1,772	$	939	$	2,431

Continuing operations earnings per share
Basic	$	0.15	$	0.07	$	0.18	$	0.09	$	0.24
Diluted	$	0.15	$	0.07	$	0.18	$	0.09	$	0.24

Total assets	$	51,973	$	53,406	$	43,116	$	42,033	$	52,888

Long-term obligations inclusive of current maturities	$	5,240	$	6,086	$	1,503	$	1,687	$	12,058

Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

The following discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our consolidated historical financial statements and the notes to those statements that appear elsewhere in this report. Certain statements in the discussion contain forward-looking statements based upon current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties, such as plans, objectives, expectations and intentions. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors.

General

The Company reports its financial performance based on two external reporting segments: Cable Television and Telecommunications. These reportable segments are described below.

Cable Television ("Cable TV")

The Company’s Cable TV segment sells new, surplus and refurbished cable television equipment to cable MSOs throughout North America, Central America and South America. Our Cable TV segment is a Premier Partner for Cisco’s products, which allows them to sell both video-related and IT-related products in the United States and a leading distributor of Arris broadband products. The Cable Television segment also distributes products from other OEMs including Alpha, Blonder-Tongue, RL Drake, Corning-Gilbert, Promax, Quintech, Standard and Triveni Digital. In addition, we also operate technical service centers that offer repair services for our cable MSO customers on most products that we sell.

Telecommunications (“Telco”)

The Company’s Telco segment sells used telecommunications networking equipment from a wide range of manufacturers. We have an extensive stock on hand in order to serve our telecommunications customers. We primarily resell our inventory in North America, but we have a worldwide customer base, which we are actively trying to expand, especially in the European market. In addition, this segment offers its customers decommissioning services for surplus and obsolete equipment, which it then processes through its recycling services.

Recent Business Developments

Business Strategy

In fiscal year 2015, we continued to execute on our growth strategy of organic growth and acquisitions. Our Cable TV segment has experienced top-line revenue declines since 2008 due to decreased plant expansions and bandwidth equipment upgrades as a result of lower new housing developments and an overall lower cable television subscriber base. In addition, in the last quarter of fiscal year 2015, we observed a general weakness in the industry, which further negatively impacted our sales, and we anticipate that this revenue decline will continue into fiscal year 2016. For the Cable TV segment, our growth strategy is primarily focused on organic growth in order to gain market share in a shrinking capital equipment expenditure market. We seek to increase this business segment primarily along three major fronts: 1) expand product offerings among existing OEM vendors, 2) add additional vendors to our product offering mix and 3) expand our sales force.

Our Telco segment was formed when we acquired Nave Communications in February 2014. Our Telco segment continued to increase its top-line revenue performance in fiscal year 2015. We have expanded the inventory base in fiscal year 2015 in order to better serve our telecommunication’s customers. We believe that this segment will continue to grow both top-line revenue and operating income by expanding sales to new and existing telecommunication end-user customers. This growth will be driven by increasing our sales force and utilizing our on-hand inventory supply and extensive supplier network to support our overall sales efforts. In addition, in fiscal year 2015, the Telco segment also received its R2 certification, which will allow them to grow their recycling efforts as well.

In addition to organically growing our existing businesses, we are seeking additional acquisition opportunities that will enable us to expand the scope of our business within the broader telecommunications industry. We believe that the current state of the industry provides opportunities for expansion of our business through acquisitions. In fiscal 2015, we engaged an investment banker to help us identify a strategic acquisition. We will continue to evaluate companies in the telecommunications market and are optimistic that we will identify and execute a strategic acquisition. It should be noted, however, that the identification and completion of acquisitions on terms favorable to the Company and the successful integration of acquired businesses into our existing business are matters posing some risk to any company and about which we can give no assurance.

Results of Operations

Year Ended September 30, 2015, compared to Year Ended September 30, 2014 (all references are to fiscal years)

Consolidated

Consolidated sales increased $7.8 million, or 22%, to $43.7 million for 2015 from $35.9 million for 2014. The increase in sales was due to an increase in the Telco segment of $9.6 million primarily resulting from the Nave Communications acquisition in February 2014, partially offset by a decrease in the Cable TV segment of $1.8 million.

Consolidated gross profit increased $3.7 million, or 32%, to $15.3 million for 2015 from $11.6 million for 2014. The increase in gross profit was due to an increase in the Telco segment of $3.5 million as a result of the Nave Communications acquisition, and an increase in the Cable TV segment of $0.2 million.

Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses include all personnel costs, which include fringe benefits, insurance and business taxes, as well as occupancy, communication and professional services, among other less significant cost categories. Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses increased $2.2 million, or 21%, to $12.7 million for 2015 compared to $10.5 million for 2014. This increase was primarily due to increased expenses of the Telco segment of $2.7 million, which was a result of the Nave Communications acquisition, offset by a decrease in Cable TV segment expenses of $0.5 million.

Interest expense increased $0.1 million to $0.3 million for 2015 from $0.2 million for the same period last year. The increase was due primarily to interest expense incurred on the $5.0 million term loan entered into in connection with the Nave Communications acquisition.

The provision for income taxes from continuing operations increased by $0.6 million to $0.8 million, or an effective rate of 34%, for 2015 from $0.2 million, or an effective rate of 25%, for the same period last year. The 2014 provision for income taxes includes an adjustment to the federal tax provision for an additional deduction for state income taxes with an impact of approximately $40 thousand.

Segment results

Cable TV

Sales for the Cable TV segment decreased $1.8 million, or 7%, to $25.4 million for the year ended September 30, 2015 from $27.2 million for the same period last year. The decrease in sales was primarily due to a decrease of $1.0 million, $0.4 million and $0.4 million in new equipment sales, refurbished equipment sales, and repair service revenues, respectively.

In spite of lower sales, gross profit increased $0.2 million, or 3%, to $8.0 million for the year ended September 30, 2015 from $7.8 million for the same period last year. Gross margin was 32% for 2015 and 29% for 2014. The increase in gross margin was primarily due to higher gross margins on refurbished equipment sales.

Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses decreased $0.5 million, or 7%, to $5.8 million for the year ended September 30, 2015 from $6.3 million for the same period last year. The decrease was due primarily to lower allocations of corporate overhead to this segment of $0.3 million and lower payroll-related costs of $0.2 million.

Telco

Sales for the Telco segment increased $10.1 million, or 116%, to $18.8 million for the year ended September 30, 2015 from $8.7 million for the same period last year primarily as a result of the acquisition of Nave Communications. The increase in sales resulted from an increase in used equipment sales of $10.0 million and recycling revenue of $0.1 million.

Gross profit increased $3.5 million, or 90%, to $7.3 million for the year ended September 30, 2015 from $3.8 million for the same period last year. Gross margin was 39% for 2015 and 44% for 2014. The decrease in the gross margin was primarily due to lower margins on recycling revenue as a result of lower commodity prices.

Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses increased $2.7 million, or 63%, to $6.9 million for the year ended September 30, 2015 from $4.2 million for the same period last year. The increase in expenses was primarily to the acquisition of Nave Communications. In addition, these expenses included $0.7 million and $0.4 million for 2015 and 2014, respectively, for earn-out payments related to the Nave Communications acquisition. In March 2015, we made our first of three earn-out payments for $0.7 million, which was equal to 70% of Nave Communications’ annual adjusted EBITDA in excess of $2.0 million for the twelve month period ending February 28, 2015. We will make earn-out payments in March 2016 and 2017, which we estimate will be between $0.8 million and $1.5 million each. Also, in 2014, these expenses included $0.6 million of direct costs in connection with the acquisition of Nave Communications, which are not expected to recur.

Discontinued Operations

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax, was zero for the year ended September 30, 2015 compared to $36 thousand for the same period last year. This activity included the operations of AGC prior to the sale on January 31, 2014.

Loss on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax, was $0.6 million for the year ended September 30, 2014. This loss consisted of a pretax loss of $0.9 million from the sale of the net assets of AGC on January 31, 2014 for $2 million in cash and a pretax loss of $0.1 million from the sale of the AGC facility on June 30, 2014 for $1.5 million in cash.

Non-GAAP Financial Measure

financial community as a method of measuring our financial performance and of evaluating the market value of companies considered to be in similar businesses. Since EBITDA is not a measure of performance calculated in accordance with GAAP, it should not be considered in isolation of, or as a substitute for, net earnings as an indicator of operating performance. EBITDA, as calculated below, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies. In addition, EBITDA is not necessarily a measure of our ability to fund our cash needs.

A reconciliation by segment of operating income (loss) to EBITDA follows:

	Year Ended September 30, 2015						Year Ended September 30, 2014
	Cable TV		Telco		Total		Cable TV		Telco			Total

Operating income (loss)	$	2,210,414	$	365,796	$	2,576,210	$	1,492,100	$	(395,001	)	$	1,097,099
Depreciation		296,876		111,827		408,703		293,353		66,926			360,279
Amortization		−		825,805		825,805		−		481,722			481,722
EBITDA (a)	$	2,507,290	$	1,303,428	$	3,810,718	$	1,785,453	$	153,647		$	1,939,100

(a)	The Telco segment for the year ended September 30, 2014 includes acquisition-related costs of $0.6 million related to the acquisition of Nave Communications.

Year Ended September 30, 2014, compared to Year Ended September 30, 2013

Consolidated

Consolidated sales increased $7.2 million, or 25%, to $35.9 million for 2014 from $28.7 million for 2013. The increase in net sales was a result of the addition of the Telco segment of $8.7 million as a result of the Nave Communications acquisition, partially offset by a decrease in the Cable TV segment of $1.5 million.

Consolidated gross profit increased $2.9 million, or 33%, to $11.6 million for 2014 from $8.7 million for 2013. The increase in gross profit was due primarily to the addition of the Telco segment of $3.8 million as a result of the Nave Communications acquisition, partially offset by a decrease in the Cable TV segment of $0.9 million.

Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses include all personnel costs, which include fringe benefits, insurance and business taxes, as well as occupancy, communication and professional services, among other less significant cost categories. Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses increased $4.7 million, or 81%, to $10.5 million for 2014 compared to $5.8 million for 2013. This increase was primarily due to increased expenses of the Cable TV segment of $0.5 million and the Telco segment of $4.2 million, which was a result of the Nave Communications acquisition.

Interest expense increased $0.2 million to $0.2 million for 2014 from $26,000 for the same period last year. The increase was due primarily to interest expense incurred on the $5.0 million term loan entered into in connection with the Nave Communications acquisition.

The provision for income taxes from continuing operations decreased by $0.9 million to $0.2 million, or an effective rate of 25.0%, for 2014 from $1.1 million, or an effective rate of 38.3%, for the same period last year. The 2014 provision for income taxes includes an adjustment to the federal tax provision for an additional deduction for state income taxes with an impact of approximately $40 thousand.

Segment results

Cable TV

Sales for the Cable TV segment decreased $1.5 million, or 5%, to $27.2 million for the year ended September 30, 2014 from $28.7 million for the same period last year. The decrease in sales was primarily due to a decrease of $0.7 million, $0.6 million and $0.2 million in new equipment sales, refurbished equipment sales, and repair service revenues, respectively.

Gross profit decreased $0.9 million, or 11%, to $7.8 million for the year ended September 30, 2014 from $8.7 million for the same period last year. The decrease in gross profit was primarily due to lower sales. Gross margin was 29% for 2014 and 30% for 2013.

Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses increased $0.5 million, or 8%, to $6.3 million for the year ended September 30, 2014 from $5.8 million for the same period last year. The increase was due primarily to increased personnel costs as a result of expanding our sales force in 2014.

Telco

Sales for the Telco segment were $8.7 million for the year ended September 30, 2014 and zero for the same period last year as a result of the acquisition of Nave Communications. Sales for the Telco segment consisted of $7.5 million of used equipment sales and $1.2 million of recycling revenue. Gross margin was 44% for the year ended September 30, 2014.

Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses were $4.2 million for the year ended September 30, 2014. These expenses included $0.6 million of direct costs in connection with the acquisition of Nave Communications.

Discontinued Operations

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax, was $36 thousand for the year ended September 30, 2014 compared to $100 thousand for the same period last year. This activity included the operations of AGC prior to the sale on January 31, 2014.

Non-GAAP Financial Measure

EBITDA is a supplemental, non-GAAP financial measure. EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. EBITDA is presented below because this metric is used by the financial community as a method of measuring our financial performance and of evaluating the market value of companies considered to be in similar businesses. Since EBITDA is not a measure of performance calculated in accordance with GAAP, it should not be considered in isolation of, or as a substitute for, net earnings as an indicator of operating performance. EBITDA, as calculated below, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies. In addition, EBITDA is not necessarily a measure of our ability to fund our cash needs.

A reconciliation by segment of operating income (loss) to EBITDA follows:

	Year Ended September 30, 2014							Year Ended September 30, 2013
	Cable TV		Telco			Total		Cable TV		Telco		Total

Operating income (loss)	$	1,492,100	$	(395,001	)	$	1,097,099	$	2,896,254	$	−	$	2,896,254
Depreciation		293,353		66,926			360,279		276,356		−		276,356
Amortization		−		481,722			481,722		−		−		−
EBITDA (a)	$	1,785,453	$	153,647		$	1,939,100	$	3,172,610	$	−	$	3,172,610

(a)	The Telco segment for the year ended September 30, 2014 includes acquisition-related costs of $0.6 million related to the acquisition of Nave Communications.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash Flows Provided by Operating Activities

We generally finance our operations primarily through cash flows provided by operations, and we also have available to us a bank line of credit of $7.0 million. During 2015, we generated $2.8 million of cash flows from operations. The cash flows from operations was favorably impacted by a $2.1 million reduction in accounts receivable. Our accounts receivable decreased from 2014 due primarily to decreased sales during the fourth quarter of 2015 as compared to the fourth quarter of 2014. The cash flows from operations was unfavorably impacted by $1.4 million from a net increase in inventory due primarily to purchases of used telecommunications equipment and by $1.1 million from a net decrease in accounts payable. The decrease in accounts payable was due primarily to the timing of inventory purchases.

During 2015, we increased the earn-out liability related to the Nave Communications acquisition by $0.7 million, for which the outstanding portion of this liability is included in accrued expenses. The earn-out is equal to 70% of Nave Communications adjusted EBITDA earnings in excess of $2.0 million for the twelve month period beginning March 1 each year. In March 2015, we paid $0.7 million for the first of three annual Nave Earn-out payments. We estimate the remaining two annual payments will be between $0.8 million and $1.5 million each.

Cash Flows Used in Investing Activities

During 2015, cash used in investing activities was $1.2 million. In March 2015, we paid $1.0 million for the first of three annual installment payments to the Nave Communications owners for deferred consideration resulting from the Nave Communications acquisition. The deferred consideration, which consisted of $3.0 million to be paid in equal annual installments over the three years, is recorded at its present value of $1.8 million at September 30, 2015. During 2015, cash used in investing activities was $0.2 million related to capital expenditures.

Cash Flows Used in Financing Activities

During 2015, cash used in financing activities was $0.8 million. We made principal payments of $0.8 million on our two term loans under our Credit and Term Loan Agreement with our primary lender. The first term loan requires monthly payments of $15,334 plus accrued interest through November 2021. Our second term loan is a five year term loan with a seven year amortization payment schedule with monthly principal and interest payments of $68,505 through March 2019.

At September 30, 2015, there was not a balance outstanding under our line of credit. The lesser of $7.0 million or the total of 80% of the qualified accounts receivable plus 50% of qualified inventory is available to us under the revolving credit facility ($7.0 million at September 30, 2015). Any future borrowings under the revolving credit facility are due at maturity.

Subsequent to September 30, 2015, the Company signed the Sixth Amendment to the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement with its primary financial lender dated November 27, 2015. This amendment extended the Line of Credit maturity to March 31, 2017. The Line of Credit remains at $7.0 million, and the interest rate remains at the prevailing 30-day LIBOR rate plus 2.75%.

We believe that our cash and cash equivalents of $6.1 million at September 30, 2015, cash flows from operations and our existing line of credit provide sufficient liquidity and capital resources to meet our working capital and debt payment needs.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in this Form 10-K for fiscal year 2015 includes a summary of the significant accounting policies or methods used in the preparation of our Consolidated Financial Statements. Some of those significant accounting policies or methods require us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported by us. We believe the following items require the most significant judgments and often involve complex estimates.

General

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. We base our estimates and judgments on historical experience, current market conditions, and various other factors we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results could differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. The most significant estimates and assumptions relate to the carrying value of our inventory and, to a lesser extent, the adequacy of our allowance for doubtful accounts.

Inventory Valuation

Our position in the industry requires us to carry large inventory quantities relative to annual sales, but it also allows us to realize high overall gross profit margins on our sales. We market our products primarily to MSOs, telecommunication providers and other users of cable television and telecommunication equipment who are seeking products for which manufacturers have discontinued production or cannot ship new equipment on a same-day basis as well as providing used products as an alternative to new products from the manufacturer. Carrying these large inventory quantities represents our largest risk.

We are required to make judgments as to future demand requirements from our customers. We regularly review the value of our inventory in detail with consideration given to rapidly changing technology which can significantly affect future customer demand. For individual inventory items, we may carry inventory quantities that are excessive relative to market potential, or we may not be able to recover our acquisition costs for sales that we do make. In order to address the risks associated with our investment in inventory, we review inventory quantities on hand and reduce the carrying value when the loss of usefulness of an item or other factors, such as obsolete and excess inventories, indicate that cost will not be recovered when an item is sold.

Our inventories consist of new and used electronic components for the cable television industry. Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market, with cost determined using the weighted-average method. At September 30, 2015, we had total inventory, before the reserve for excess and obsolete inventory, of $26.4 million, consisting of $16.3 million in new products and $10.1 million in used or refurbished products.

For the Cable TV segment, our reserve at September 30, 2015 for excess and obsolete inventory was $2.8 million, which reflects an increase of $0.6 million. If actual market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, and our estimates prove to be inaccurate, we could be required to increase our inventory reserve and our gross margins could be materially adversely affected.

For the Telco segment, we do not maintain an inventory reserve as we recycle any surplus and obsolete equipment on hand through our recycling program when it is identified.

Inbound freight charges are included in cost of sales. Purchasing and receiving costs, inspection costs, warehousing costs, internal transfer costs and other inventory expenditures are included in operating expenses, since the amounts involved are not considered material.

Accounts Receivable Valuation

Management judgments and estimates are made in connection with establishing the allowance for doubtful accounts. Specifically, we analyze the aging of accounts receivable balances, historical bad debts, customer concentrations, customer credit-worthiness, current economic trends and changes in our customer payment terms. Significant changes in customer concentration or payment terms, deterioration of customer credit-worthiness, or weakening in economic trends could have a significant impact on the collectability of receivables and our operating results. If the financial condition of our customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, an additional provision to the allowance for doubtful accounts may be required. The reserve for bad debts was $0.3 million at September 30, 2015 and $0.2 million at September 30, 2014. At September 30, 2015, accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts, was $4.3 million.

Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price of acquisitions over the acquisition date fair value of the net assets of businesses acquired. Goodwill is not amortized and is tested at least annually for impairment. We perform our annual analysis during the fourth quarter of each fiscal year and in any other period in which indicators of impairment warrant additional analysis. Goodwill is evaluated for impairment by first comparing our estimate of the fair value of each reporting unit, or operating segment, with the reporting unit’s carrying value, including goodwill. Our reporting units for purposes of the goodwill impairment calculation are the Cable TV operating segment and the Telco operating segment.

Management utilizes a discounted cash flow analysis to determine the estimated fair value of each reporting unit. Significant judgments and assumptions including the discount rate and anticipated revenue growth rate, gross margins and operating expenses are inherent in these fair value estimates, which are based on historical operating results. As a result, actual results may differ from the estimates utilized in our discounted cash flow analysis. The use of alternate judgments and/or assumptions could result in the recognition of different levels of impairment charges in the financial statements. If the carrying value of one of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value, a computation of the implied fair value of goodwill would then be compared to its related carrying value. If the carrying value of the reporting unit’s goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of goodwill, an impairment loss would be recognized in the amount of the excess. If an impairment charge is incurred, it would negatively impact our results of operations and financial position.

We performed our annual impairment test for both reporting units in the fourth quarter of 2015 and determined that the fair value of our reporting units significantly exceeded their carrying values. Therefore, no impairment existed as of September 30, 2015.

We did not record a goodwill impairment for either of our two reporting units in the three year period ended September 30, 2015. Although we do not anticipate a future impairment charge, certain events could occur that might adversely affect the reported value of goodwill. Such events could include, but are not limited to, economic or competitive conditions, a significant change in technology, the economic condition of the customers and industries we serve, a significant decline in the real estate markets we operate in, and a material negative change in the relationships with one or more of our significant customers or equipment suppliers. If our judgments and assumptions change as a result of the occurrence of any of these events or other events that we do not currently anticipate, our expectations as to future results and our estimate of the implied value of each reporting unit also may change.

Intangibles

Intangible assets that have finite useful lives are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives ranging from 3 years to 10 years.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09: “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)”. This guidance was issued to clarify the principles for recognizing revenue and develop a common revenue standard for U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). In addition, in August 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-14: “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). This update was issued to defer

the effective date of ASU No. 2014-09 by one year. Therefore, the effective date of ASU No. 2014-09 is for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Management is evaluating the impact that ASU No. 2014-09 will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-11: “Inventory (Topic 330) – Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory.” This guidance was issued to simplify the measurement of inventory. The amendments in this Update require an entity to measure inventory at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Net realizable value is the estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation. The amendments in this Update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years with earlier application permitted. Management has decided to early adopt ASU 2015-11.

In November 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-17: “Income Taxes (Topic 740) – Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes.” This guidance was issued to simplify the presentation of deferred income taxes. The amendments in this Update require that deferred tax liabilities and assets be classified as noncurrent in a classified statement of financial position. The effective date of ASU No. 2015-17 is for financial statements issued for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those annual periods. Management is evaluating the impact that ASU No. 2015-17 will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

None.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

Index to Financial Statements	Page

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	20

Consolidated Balance Sheets, September 30, 2015 and 2014	21

Consolidated Statements of Operations, Years ended
September 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013	23

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity, Years ended
September 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013	24

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, Years ended
September 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013	25

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	26

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of

ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc. and subsidiaries as of September 30, 2015 and 2014, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended September 30, 2015. Our audits of the consolidated financial statements also included the financial statement schedules of ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc., listed in Item 15(a). These financial statements and financial statement schedules are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial statement schedules based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc. and subsidiaries as of September 30, 2015 and 2014, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended September 30, 2015, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedules, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.

/s/ HOGANTAYLOR LLP

December 15, 2015

Tulsa, Oklahoma

ADDVANTAGE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

	September 30,
	2015			2014
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	6,110,986		$	5,286,097
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $250,000 and $200,000, respectively		4,286,377			6,393,580
Income tax receivable		−			220,104
Inventories, net of allowance for excess and obsolete
inventory of $2,756,628 and $2,156,628, respectively		23,600,996			22,780,523
Prepaid expenses		153,454			174,873
Deferred income taxes		1,776,000			1,416,000
Total current assets		35,927,813			36,271,177

Property and equipment, at cost:
Land and buildings		7,218,678			7,208,679
Machinery and equipment		3,415,164			3,244,153
Leasehold improvements		151,957			206,393
Total property and equipment, at cost		10,785,799			10,659,225
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(4,584,796	)		(4,191,516	)
Net property and equipment		6,201,003			6,467,709

Intangibles, net of accumulated amortization		5,799,473			6,625,278
Goodwill		3,910,089			3,910,089
Other assets		134,678			131,428

Total assets	$	51,973,056		$	53,405,681

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

ADDVANTAGE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

	September 30,
	2015			2014
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	1,784,482		$	2,880,761
Accrued expenses		1,358,681			1,809,878
Income tax payable		122,492			−
Notes payable – current portion		873,752			845,845
Other current liabilities		982,094			983,269
Total current liabilities		5,121,501			6,519,753

Notes payable, less current portion		4,366,130			5,240,066
Deferred income taxes		286,000			267,000
Other liabilities		1,064,717			1,942,889
Total liabilities		10,838,348			13,969,708

Shareholders’ equity:
Common stock, $.01 par value; 30,000,000 shares authorized; 10,564,221 and 10,541,864 shares issued, respectively; 10,063,563 and 10,041,206 shares outstanding, respectively		105,642			105,419
Paid in capital		(5,112,269	)		(5,312,881	)
Retained earnings		47,141,349			45,643,449
Total shareholders’ equity before treasury stock		42,134,722			40,435,987

Less: Treasury stock, 500,658 shares, at cost		(1,000,014	)		(1,000,014	)
Total shareholders’ equity		41,134,708			39,435,973

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	51,973,056		$	53,405,681

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

ADDVANTAGE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

	Years ended September 30,
	2015		2014			2013
Sales	$	43,733,620	$	35,888,692		$	28,677,351
Cost of sales		28,434,731		24,283,236			19,968,034
Gross profit		15,298,889		11,605,456			8,709,317
Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses		12,722,679		10,508,357			5,813,063
Income from operations		2,576,210		1,097,099			2,896,254
Interest expense		305,310		217,910			25,980
Income before income taxes		2,270,900		879,189			2,870,274
Provision for income taxes		773,000		220,000			1,098,351
Income from continuing operations		1,497,900		659,189			1,771,923

Discontinued operations:
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax		−		(36,211	)		(102,207	)
Loss on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax		−		(629,835	)		−
Discontinued operations, net of tax		−		(666,046	)		(102,207	)

Net income (loss)	$	1,497,900	$	(6,857	)	$	1,669,716

Earnings (loss) per share:
Basic
Continuing operations	$	0.15	$	0.07		$	0.18
Discontinued operations		−		(0.07	)		(0.01	)
Net income (loss)	$	0.15	$	(0.00	)	$	0.17
Diluted
Continuing operations	$	0.15	$	0.07		$	0.18
Discontinued operations		−		(0.07	)		(0.01	)
Net income (loss)	$	0.15	$	(0.00	)	$	0.17
Shares used in per share calculation:
Basic		10,055,052		10,021,431			10,052,359
Diluted		10,055,052		10,049,440			10,052,359

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

ADDVANTAGE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

Years ended September 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013



	Common Stock				Paid-in			Retained			Treasury
	Shares		Amount		Capital			Earnings			Stock			Total
Balance, September 30, 2012		10,465,323	$	104,653	$	(5,748,503	)	$	43,980,590		$	(520,100	)	$	37,816,640

Net income		–		–		–			1,669,716			–			1,669,716
Restricted stock issuance		31,815		318		69,682			–			–			70,000
Stock options exercised		2,000		20		3,280			–			–			3,300
Share based compensation expense		–		–		97,041			–			–			97,041
Purchase of common stock		–		–		–			–			(479,914	)		(479,914	)

Balance, September 30, 2013		10,499,138	$	104,991	$	(5,578,500	)	$	45,650,306		$	(1,000,014	)	$	39,176,783

Net loss		–		–		–			(6,857	)		–			(6,857	)
Restricted stock issuance		42,726		428		135,572			–			–			136,000
Share based compensation expense		–		–		130,047			–			–			130,047

Balance, September 30, 2014		10,541,864	$	105,419	$	(5,312,881	)	$	45,643,449		$	(1,000,014	)	$	39,435,973

Net income		–		–		–			1,497,900			–			1,497,900
Restricted stock issuance		22,357		223		58,944			–			–			59,167
Share based compensation expense		–		–		141,668			–			–			141,668

Balance, September 30, 2015		10,564,221	$	105,642	$	(5,112,269	)	$	47,141,349		$	(1,000,014	)	$	41,134,708

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

ADDVANTAGE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

	Years ended September 30,
	2015			2014			2013
Operating Activities
Net income (loss)	$	1,497,900		$	(6,857	)	$	1,669,716
Net loss from discontinued operations		−			(666,046	)		(102,207	)
Net income from continuing operations		1,497,900			659,189			1,771,923
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash
provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation		408,703			360,279			276,356
Amortization		825,805			481,722			−
Allowance for doubtful accounts		50,000			−			−
Provision for excess and obsolete inventories		600,000			601,351			600,000
(Gain) loss on disposal of property and equipment		30,652			−			(5,950	)
Deferred income tax benefit		(341,000	)		(276,000	)		(15,000	)
Share based compensation expense		239,613			212,436			167,041
Cash provided (used) by changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable		2,057,203			(2,351,459	)		195,733
Income tax receivable\payable		342,596			38,686			137,547
Inventories		(1,420,473	)		(2,188,205	)		1,066,800
Prepaid expenses		(17,359	)		(14,753	)		2,045
Other assets		(3,250	)		−			2,350
Accounts payable		(1,096,279	)		(78,670	)		8,844
Accrued expenses		(330,544	)		838,479			(84,847	)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities − continuing operations		2,843,567			(1,716,945	)		4,122,842
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities − discontinued operations		−			280,462			(16,365	)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		2,843,567			(1,436,483	)		4,106,477

Investing Activities
Acquisition of net operating assets, net of cash acquired		−			(9,630,647	)		–
Guaranteed payments for acquisition of business		(1,000,000	)		−			−
Purchases of land and buildings		(56,074	)		−			−
Purchases of property and equipment		(116,575	)		(43,977	)		(211,223	)
Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment		−			−			12,350
Net cash used in investing activities – continuing operations		(1,172,649	)		(9,674,624	)		(198,873	)
Net cash provided by investing activities − discontinued operations		−			3,413,001			−
Net cash used in investing activities		(1,172,649	)		(6,261,623	)		(198,873	)

Financing Activities
Proceeds on notes payable		−			5,000,000			−
Payments on notes payable		(846,029	)		(492,522	)		(184,008	)
Purchase of treasury stock		−			−			(479,914	)
Proceeds from stock options exercised		−			−			3,300
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		(846,029	)		4,507,478			(660,622	)

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		824,889			(3,190,628	)		3,246,982
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year		5,286,097			8,476,725			5,229,743
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	$	6,110,986		$	5,286,097		$	8,476,725

Supplemental cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest	$	245,051		$	126,659		$	26,137
Cash paid for income taxes	$	944,000		$	62,000		$	971,000

Supplemental noncash investing activities:
Deferred guaranteed payments for acquisition of business	$	−		$	(2,744,338	)	$	−

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

ADDVANTAGE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Organization and basis of presentation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries, all of which are wholly owned (collectively, the “Company”). Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company’s reportable segments are Cable Television (“Cable TV”) and Telecommunications (“Telco”).

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents includes demand and time deposits, money market funds and other marketable securities with maturities of three months or less when acquired.

Accounts receivable

Trade receivables are carried at original invoice amount less an estimate made for doubtful accounts. Management determines the allowance for doubtful accounts by regularly evaluating individual customer receivables and considering a customer’s financial condition, credit history and current economic conditions. Trade receivables are written off against the allowance when deemed uncollectible. Recoveries of trade receivables previously written off are recorded when received. The Company generally does not charge interest on past due accounts.

Inventories

Inventories consist of new and used electronic components for the Cable TV segment and used telecommunications networking equipment for the Telco segment. Inventory is stated at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Cost is determined using the weighted-average method. Net realizable value is the estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation. For the Cable Television segment, the Company records an inventory reserve provision to reflect inventory at its estimated net realizable value based on a review of inventory quantities on hand, historical sales volumes and technology changes. These reserves are to provide for items that are potentially slow-moving, excess or obsolete. For the Telco segment, the Company does not maintain an inventory reserve as this segment will recycle any surplus and obsolete equipment on hand through its recycling program when it is identified.

Property and equipment

Property and equipment consists of software, office equipment, warehouse and service equipment, and buildings with estimated useful lives generally of 3 years, 5 years, 10 years and 40 years, respectively. Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the useful lives or the remainder of the lease agreement. Gains or losses from the ordinary sale or retirement of property and equipment are recorded in other income (expense). Repairs and maintenance costs are generally expensed as incurred, whereas major improvements are capitalized. Depreciation expense was $0.4 million, $0.4 million and $0.3 million for the years ended September 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price of acquisitions over the acquisition date fair value of the net identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired. In accordance with current accounting guidance, goodwill is not amortized and is tested at least annually for impairment at the reporting unit level. The Company performs this annual analysis in the fourth quarter of each fiscal year and in any other period in which indicators of impairment warrant additional analysis.

The goodwill analysis is a two-step process. Goodwill is first evaluated for impairment by comparing management’s estimate of the fair value of the reporting unit with the reporting unit’s carrying value, including

goodwill. If the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value, a computation of the implied fair value of goodwill would then be compared to its related carrying value. If the carrying value of the reporting unit’s goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of goodwill, an impairment loss would be recognized in the amount of the excess. Management utilizes a discounted cash flow analysis, referred to as an income approach, to determine the estimated fair value of its reporting units. Judgments and assumptions are inherent in our estimate of future cash flows used to determine the estimate of the reporting unit’s fair value. The use of alternate judgments and/or assumptions could result in the recognition of different levels of impairment charges in the consolidated financial statements. At September 30, 2015 and 2014, the estimated fair value of our reporting unit exceeded its carrying value, so goodwill was not impaired.

Intangible Assets

Intangible assets that have finite useful lives are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives ranging from 3 years to 10 years.

Income taxes

The Company provides for income taxes in accordance with the liability method of accounting. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis and tax carryforward amounts. Management provides a valuation allowance against deferred tax assets for amounts which are not considered “more likely than not” to be realized.

Revenue recognition

The Company recognizes revenue for product sales when title transfers, the risks and rewards of ownership have been transferred to the customer, the fee is fixed and determinable and the collection of the related receivable is probable, which is generally at the time of shipment. The stated shipping terms are generally FOB shipping point per the Company's sales agreements with its customers. Accruals are established for expected returns based on historical activity. Revenue for repair services is recognized when the repair is completed and the product is shipped back to the customer. Revenue for recycle services is recognized when title transfers, the risks and rewards of ownership have been transferred to the customer, the fee is fixed and determinable and the collection of the related receivable is probable, which is generally upon acceptance of the shipment at the recycler’s location.

Freight

Amounts billed to customers for shipping and handling represent revenues earned and are included in sales income in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. Actual costs for shipping and handling of these sales are included in cost of sales.

Advertising costs

Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. Advertising expense was $0.1 million, $0.1 million and $0.2 million for the years ended September 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Management estimates

Any significant, unanticipated changes in product demand, technological developments or continued economic trends affecting the cable or telecommunications industries could have a significant impact on the value of the Company's inventory and operating results.

Concentrations of credit risk

The Company holds cash with one major financial institution, which at times exceeds FDIC insured limits. Historically, the Company has not experienced any losses due to such concentration of credit risk.

Other financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist principally of trade receivables. Concentrations of credit risk with respect to trade receivables are limited because a large number of geographically diverse customers make up the Company’s customer base, thus spreading the trade credit risk. The Company controls credit risk through credit approvals, credit limits and monitoring procedures. The Company performs in-depth credit evaluations for all new customers but does not require collateral to support customer receivables. The Company had no customer in 2015, 2014 or 2013 that contributed in excess of 10% of the total net sales. The Company’s sales to foreign (non-U.S. based) customers were approximately $3.7 million, $3.6 million and $1.1 million for the years ended September 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. In 2015, the Cable TV segment purchased approximately 26% of its inventory either directly from Cisco or indirectly through their primary stocking distributor and approximately 18% of its inventory from Arris Solutions, Inc. The concentration of suppliers of the Company’s inventory subjects the Company to risk. The Telco segment purchased approximately 11% of its total inventory purchases from Westworld Telecom.

Employee stock-based awards

Share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, are recognized in the consolidated financial statements based on their grant date fair value over the requisite service period. The Company determines the fair value of the options issued, using the Black-Scholes valuation model, and amortizes the calculated value over the vesting term of the stock options. Compensation expense for stock-based awards is included in the operating, selling, general and administrative expense section of the consolidated statements of operations.

Earnings per share

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing the earnings available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the year. Dilutive earnings per share include any dilutive effect of stock options and restricted stock.

Fair value of financial instruments

The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate fair value due to their short maturities.

FASB ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, defines fair value, establishes a consistent framework for measuring fair value and establishes a fair value hierarchy based on the observability of inputs used to measure fair value. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

·	Level 1 – Quoted prices for identical assets in active markets or liabilities that we have the ability to access. Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset or liability occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.

Level 2 – Inputs are other than quoted prices in active markets included in Level 1 that are either directly or indirectly observable. These inputs are either directly observable in the marketplace or indirectly observable through corroboration with market data for substantially the full contractual term of the asset or liability being measured.

·	Level 3 – Inputs that are not observable for which there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability being measured. These inputs reflect management’s best estimate of the assumptions market participants would use in determining fair value.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). In addition, in August 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-14: “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). This update was issued to defer the effective date of ASU No. 2014-09 by one year. Therefore, the effective date of ASU No. 2014-09 is for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Management is evaluating the impact that ASU No. 2014-09 will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Note 2 – Inventories

Inventories at September 30, 2015 and 2014 are as follows:

	2015			2014
New:
Cable TV	$	16,255,487		$	16,949,713
Refurbished:
Cable TV		3,676,132			3,982,140
Telco		6,426,005			4,005,298
Allowance for excess and obsolete inventory		(2,756,628	)		(2,156,628	)

	$	23,600,996		$	22,780,523

New inventory includes products purchased from the manufacturers plus “surplus-new”, which are unused products purchased from other distributors or multiple system operators. Refurbished inventory includes factory refurbished, Company refurbished and used products. Generally, the Company does not refurbish its used inventory until there is a sale of that product or to keep a certain quantity on hand.

The Company regularly reviews the Cable TV segment inventory quantities on hand, and an adjustment to cost is recognized when the loss of usefulness of an item or other factors, such as obsolete and excess inventories, indicate that cost will not be recovered when an item is sold. The Company recorded charges in the Cable TV segment to allow for obsolete inventory, which increased the cost of sales during the fiscal years ended September 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013, by approximately $0.6 million, respectively. For the Telco segment, any obsolete and excess telecommunications inventory is processed through its recycling program when it is identified.

Note 3 – Intangible Assets

Intangible assets with finite useful lives and their associated accumulated amortization amounts at September 30, 2015 are as follows:

	Gross		Accumulated Amortization			Net
Intangible assets:
Customer relationships – 10 years	$	4,257,000	$	(674,023	)	$	3,582,977
Technology – 7 years		1,303,000		(294,725	)		1,008,275
Trade name – 10 years		1,293,000		(204,724	)		1,088,276
Non-compete agreements – 3 years		254,000		(134,055	)		119,945

Total intangible assets	$	7,107,000	$	(1,307,527	)	$	5,799,473

The intangible assets with their associated accumulated amortization amounts at September 30, 2014 are as follows:

	Gross		Accumulated Amortization			Net
Intangible assets:
Customer relationships – 10 years	$	4,257,000	$	(248,325	)	$	4,008,675
Technology – 7 years		1,303,000		(108,583	)		1,194,417
Trade name – 10 years		1,293,000		(75,425	)		1,217,575
Non-compete agreements – 3 years		254,000		(49,389	)		204,611

Total intangible assets	$	7,107,000	$	(481,722	)	$	6,625,278

Amortization expense was $0.8 million and $0.5 million for the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. There was no amortization expense for the year ended September 30, 2013.

The estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the next five fiscal years is as follows:

2016	$	825,810
2017		776,421
2018		741,143
2019		741,143
2020		741,143
Thereafter		1,973,813

Total	$	5,799,473

Note 4 – Income Taxes

The provision (benefit) for income taxes for the years ended September 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013 consists of:

	2015			2014			2013
Continuing operations:
Current	$	1,114,000		$	496,000		$	1,113,351
Deferred		(341,000	)		(276,000	)		(15,000	)
		773,000			220,000			1,098,351
Discontinued operations – current		−			(385,000	)		(62,000	)
Total provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	773,000		$	(165,000	)	$	1,036,351

The following table summarizes the differences between the U.S. federal statutory rate and the Company’s effective tax rate for continuing operations financial statement purposes for the years ended September 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013:

	2015			2014			2013
Statutory tax rate		34.0	%		34.0	%		34.0	%
State income taxes, net of U.S. federal tax benefit		2.1	%		5.7	%		4.3	%
Net operating loss		(4.0	%)		(10.2	%)		(3.1	%)
Return to accrual adjustment		(3.0	%)		1.0	%		(2.4	%)
Additional state tax deduction for federal taxes		−			(5.6	%)		−
Charges without tax benefit		1.6	%		3.9	%		1.1	%
Tax credits and other exclusions		3.3	%		(3.8	%)		4.4	%

Company’s effective tax rate		34.0	%		25.0	%		38.3	%

The tax credits and other exclusions rate for fiscal year 2015 includes, among other things, the impact of deferred taxes resulting from intangible and goodwill basis differences.

The tax effects of temporary differences related to deferred taxes at September 30, 2015 and 2014 consist of the following:

	2015		2014
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating loss carryforwards	$	236,000	$	335,000
Accounts receivable		96,000		77,000
Inventory		1,319,000		1,066,000
Intangibles		215,000		79,000
Accrued expenses		266,000		141,000
Stock options		212,000		163,000
Other		28,000		16,000
		2,372,000		1,877,000

Deferred tax liabilities:
Financial basis in excess of tax basis of certain assets		832,000		728,000
Other		50,000		−

Net deferred tax asset	$	1,490,000	$	1,149,000

The above net deferred tax asset is presented in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2015 and 2014 as follows:

	2015			2014
Deferred tax asset – current	$	1,776,000		$	1,416,000
Deferred tax liability – noncurrent		(286,000	)		(267,000	)

	$	1,490,000		$	1,149,000

Utilization of the Company’s net operating loss carryforward, totaling approximately $0.6 million at September 30, 2015, to reduce future taxable income is limited to an annual deductible amount of approximately $0.3 million. The net operating loss carryforward expires in varying amounts in 2019 and 2020.

The Company records net deferred tax assets to the extent the Company believes these assets will more likely than not be realized. In making such determination, the Company considers all available positive and negative evidence, including scheduled reversals of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, tax planning strategies and recent financial performance. The Company has concluded, based on its historical earnings and projected future earnings, that it will be able to realize the full effect of the deferred tax assets and no valuation allowance is needed.

Based upon a review of its income tax positions, the Company believes that its positions would be sustained upon an examination by the Internal Revenue Service and does not anticipate any adjustments that would result in a material change to its financial position. Therefore, no reserves for uncertain income tax positions have been recorded. Generally, the Company is no longer subject to examinations by the U.S. federal, state or local tax authorities for tax years before 2012.

Note 5 – Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses at September 30, 2015 and 2014 are as follows:

	2015		2014
Employee costs	$	856,078	$	1,089,754
Nave Communications earn-out		290,455		356,513
Taxes other than income tax		116,442		191,316
Interest		16,085		18,563
Other, net		79,621		153,732

	$	1,358,681	$	1,809,878

Note 6 – Line of Credit and Notes Payable

Notes Payable

The Company has an Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement (“Credit and Term Loan Agreement”). At September 30, 2015, the Company has two term loans outstanding under the Credit and Term Loan Agreement. One outstanding term loan has an outstanding balance of $1.1 million at September 30, 2015 and is due on November 30, 2021, with monthly principal payments of $15,334 plus accrued interest. The interest rate is the prevailing 30-day LIBOR rate plus 1.4% (1.60% at September 30, 2015) and is reset monthly. This term loan is collateralized by inventory, accounts receivable, equipment and fixtures and general intangibles.

The second outstanding term loan was entered into as a result of the acquisition of Nave Communications for $5.0 million. This term loan has an outstanding balance of $4.0 million at September 30, 2015 and is due March 4, 2019, with monthly principal and interest payments of $68,505, with the balance due at maturity. It is a five year term loan with a seven year amortization payment schedule with a fixed interest rate of 4.07%. This term loan is collateralized by inventory, accounts receivable, equipment and fixtures and general intangibles.

Capital Lease Obligations

The Company has two capital lease obligations related to machinery and equipment totaling $43 thousand at September 30, 2015 with monthly principal and interest payments of $2,069. The capital lease obligations are due on June 20, 2017 and September 20, 2017.

The aggregate minimum maturities of notes payable for each of the next five years are as follows:

2016	$	873,752
2017		899,870
2018		908,945
2019		2,143,417
2020		184,008
Thereafter		229,890

Total	$	5,239,882

Line of Credit

The Company has a $7.0 million Revolving Line of Credit (“Line of Credit”) under the Credit and Term Loan Agreement with its primary financial lender. At September 30, 2015, the Company had no amount outstanding under the Line of Credit. The Line of Credit requires quarterly interest payments based on the prevailing 30-day LIBOR rate plus 2.75% (2.91% at September 30, 2015), and the interest rate is reset monthly. Any future borrowings under the Line of Credit are due on November 27, 2015. Future borrowings under the Line of Credit are limited to the lesser of $7.0 million or the net balance of 80% of qualified accounts receivable plus 50% of qualified inventory. Under these limitations, the Company’s total Line of Credit borrowing base was $7.0 million at September 30, 2015. Among other financial covenants, the Line of Credit agreement provides that the Company must maintain a fixed charge ratio of coverage (EBITDA to total fixed charges) of not less than 1.25 to 1.0, determined quarterly. The Line of Credit is collateralized by inventory, accounts receivable, equipment and fixtures and general intangibles.

Fair Value of Debt

The carrying value of the Company’s variable-rate term loan approximates its fair value since the interest rate fluctuates periodically based on a floating interest rate.

The Company has determined the fair value of its fixed-rate term loan utilizing the Level 2 hierarchy as the fair value can be estimated from broker quotes corroborated by other market data. These broker quotes are based on observable market interest rates at which loans with similar terms and maturities could currently be executed. The Company then estimated the fair value of the fixed-rate term loan using cash flows discounted at the current market interest rate obtained. The fair value of the Company’s second term loan was approximately $4.0 million as of September 30, 2015.

Note 7 – Stock-Based Compensation and Preferred Stock

Plan Information

At the annual meeting of shareholders in March 2015, the shareholders approved the 2015 Incentive Stock Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan provides for awards of stock options and restricted stock to officers, directors, key employees and consultants. The Plan provides an additional 500,000 shares of common stock available for issuance in addition to those stock awards that were outstanding under the previous incentive stock plan. Under the Plan, option prices will be set by the Compensation Committee and may not be less than the fair market value of the stock on the grant date.

At September 30, 2015, 1,100,415 shares of common stock were reserved for stock award grants under the Plan. Of these reserved shares, 539,883 shares were available for future grants.

Stock Options

Share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, are recognized in the consolidated financial statements based on their grant date fair value over the requisite service period. Compensation expense for stock-based awards is included in the operating, selling, general and administrative expense section of the consolidated statements of operations.

Stock options are valued at the date of the award, which does not precede the approval date, and compensation cost is recognized on a straight-line basis over the vesting period. Stock options granted to employees generally become exercisable over a three, four or five-year period from the date of grant and generally expire ten years after the date of grant. Stock options granted to the Board of Directors generally become exercisable on the date of grant and generally expire ten years after the date of grant.

A summary of the status of the Company's stock options at September 30, 2015 and changes during the year then ended is presented below:

	Options			Weighted Average Exercise Price		Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding at September 30, 2014		560,000		$	2.96
Granted		−		$	–
Exercised		−		$	–	$	0
Expired		(15,000	)	$	4.62
Forfeited		(10,000	)	$	4.62
Outstanding at September 30, 2015		535,000		$	2.88	$	0
Exercisable at September 30, 2015		301,667		$	2.88	$	0

The total intrinsic value of options exercised was $0, $0, and $940 for the years ended September 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Information about the Company’s outstanding and exercisable stock options at September 30, 2015 is as follows:

		Exercisable	Remaining
	Stock Options	Stock Options	Contractual
Exercise Price	Outstanding	Outstanding	Life
$3.210	200,000	66,667	8.5 years
$2.450	250,000	150,000	6.5 years
$3.001	65,000	65,000	2.9 years
$3.450	10,000	10,000	1.4 years
$5.780	10,000	10,000	0.4 years
	535,000	301,667

No nonqualified stock options were granted in 2015. The Company granted nonqualified stock options totaling 200,000 shares and 30,000 shares for fiscal years ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The Company estimated the fair value of the options granted using the Black-Scholes option valuation model and the assumptions shown in the table below. The Company estimated the expected term of options granted based on the historical grants and exercises of the Company's options. The Company estimated the volatility of its common stock at the date of the grant based on both the historical volatility as well as the implied volatility on its common stock. The Company based the risk-free rate that was used in the Black-Scholes option valuation model on the implied yield in effect at the time of the option grant on U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with equivalent expected terms. The Company has never paid cash dividends on its common stock and does not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Consequently, the Company used an expected dividend yield of zero in the Black-Scholes option valuation model. The Company amortizes the resulting fair value of the options ratably over the vesting

period of the awards. The Company used historical data to estimate the pre-vesting options forfeitures and records share-based expense only for those awards that are expected to vest.

The estimated fair value at date of grant for stock options utilizing the Black-Scholes option valuation model and the assumptions that were used in the Black-Scholes option valuation model for the fiscal years 2014 and 2013 stock option grants are as follows:

	2014			2013
Estimated fair value of options at grant date	$	244,400		$	29,040
Black-Scholes model assumptions:
Average expected life (years)		6			6
Average expected volatile factor		34	%		41	%
Average risk-free interest rate		2.79	%		2.95	%
Average expected dividends yield		–			–

Compensation expense related to stock options recorded for the years ended September 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013 is as follows:

	2015		2014		2013
Fiscal year 2012 grant	$	33,044	$	55,369	$	95,560
Fiscal year 2013 grant		−		−		1,481
Fiscal year 2014 grant		108,624		74,678		–

Total compensation expense	$	141,668	$	130,047	$	97,041

The Company records compensation expense over the vesting term of the related options. At September 30, 2015, compensation costs related to these unvested stock options not yet recognized in the statements of operations was $83,871.

Restricted stock

The Company granted restricted stock in March 2015, 2014 and 2013 to its Board of Directors totaling 31,915, 19,050 shares and 31,815 shares, respectively. The restricted stock grants were valued at market value on the date of grant. The restricted shares are delivered to the directors and employees at the end of the 12 month holding period. For the shares granted in March 2015 and March 2014, a director resigned from the Board of Directors prior to the expiration of the respective holding period, so their individual share grant of 6,383 shares and 3,175 shares for 2015 and 2014, respectively, was forfeited. The fair value of the shares upon issuance totaled $60,000, $60,000 and $70,000 for the 2015, 2014 and 2013 fiscal year grants, respectively. The grants are amortized over the 12 month holding period as compensation expense.

The Company granted restricted stock in April of 2014 to certain employees totaling 23,676 shares, which were valued at market value on the date of grant. The shares have a holding restriction, which will expire in equal annual installments of 7,892 shares over three years starting in April 2015. The fair value of these shares upon issuance totaled $76,000 and is being amortized over the respective one, two and three year holding periods as compensation expense.

Compensation expense related to restricted stock recorded for the years ended September 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013 is as follows:

	2015		2014		2013
Fiscal year 2012 grant	$	−	$	–	$	29,167
Fiscal year 2013 grant		−		29,167		40,833
Fiscal year 2014 grant		58,778		53,222		−
Fiscal year 2015 grant		39,167		−		–

	$	97,945	$	82,389	$	70,000

Note 8 – Retirement Plan

The Company sponsors a 401(k) plan that allows participation by all employees who are at least 21 years of age and have completed one year of service. The Company's contributions to the plan consist of a matching contribution as determined by the plan document. Costs recognized under the 401(k) plan were $0.3 million for the year ended September 30, 2015 and $0.2 million for each of the years ended September 30, 2014 and 2013.

Note 9 – Earnings per Share

Basic and diluted earnings per share for the years ended September 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013 are:

	2015		2014			2013
Income from continuing operations	$	1,497,900	$	659,189		$	1,771,923
Discontinued operations, net of tax		−		(666,046	)		(102,207	)
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders	$	1,497,900	$	(6,857	)	$	1,669,716

Basic weighted average shares		10,055,052		10,021,431			10,052,359
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options		−		28,009			–
Diluted weighted average shares		10,055,052		10,049,440			10,052,359

Earnings (loss) per common share:
Basic
Continuing operations	$	0.15	$	0.07		$	0.18
Discontinued operations		−		(0.07	)		(0.01	)
Net income (loss)	$	0.15	$	(0.00	)	$	0.17
Diluted
Continuing operations	$	0.15	$	0.07		$	0.18
Discontinued operations		−		(0.07	)		(0.01	)
Net income (loss)	$	0.15	$	(0.00	)	$	0.17

The table below includes information related to stock options that were outstanding at the end of each respective year but have been excluded from the computation of weighted-average stock options for dilutive securities due to the option exercise price exceeding the average market price per share of our common stock for the fiscal year, or their effect would be anti-dilutive.

	2015		2014		2013
Stock options excluded		535,000		310,000		363,000
Weighted average exercise price of
stock options	$	2.88	$	3.37	$	2.83
Average market price of common stock	$	2.38	$	2.76	$	2.24

Note 10 – Related Parties

David E. Chymiak and Kenneth A. Chymiak beneficially owned 26% and 22%, respectively, of the Company’s outstanding common stock at September 30, 2015.

Note 11 – Commitments and Contingencies

The Company leases and rents various office and warehouse properties in Arizona, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. The terms on its operating leases vary and contain renewal options or are rented on a month-to-month basis. Rental payments associated with leased properties totaled $0.6 million, $0.4 million and $37,000 for the years ended September 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The Company’s minimum annual future obligations under all existing operating leases for each of the next five years are as follows:

2016	$	568,126
2017		576,408
2018		568,744
2019		540,868
2020		554,390
Thereafter		1,847,632

Total	$	4,656,168

Note 12 – Segment Reporting

The Company has two reporting segments, Cable Television and Telecommunications, as described below.

Cable Television (“Cable TV”)

The Company’s Cable TV segment sells new, surplus and re-manufactured cable television equipment throughout North America, Central America, South America and, to a substantially lesser extent, other international regions that utilize the same technology. In addition, this segment also repairs cable television equipment for various cable companies.

Telecommunications (“Telco”)

The Company’s Telecommunications segment consists of Nave Communications. Through Nave Communications’ diverse customer base and its broad range of manufacturer systems and components, Nave Communications’ provides cost effective telecommunications and networking solutions to expand network capacity and infrastructure for its customers. Nave Communications specializes in the sale of used telecommunications networking equipment. In addition, Nave Communications offers its customers decommissioning services for surplus and obsolete equipment, which Nave Communications in turn processes through its recycling services.

The Company evaluates performance and allocates its resources based on operating income. The accounting policies of its reportable segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies.

Segment assets consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, inventory, property, plant and equipment, goodwill and other intangible assets.

	Fiscal Years Ended
	September 30, 2015			September 30, 2014			September 30, 2013
Sales
Cable TV	$	25,396,779		$	27,206,743		$	28,677,351
Telco		18,835,116			8,710,267			−
Intersegment		(498,275	)		(28,318	)		−
Total sales	$	43,733,620		$	35,888,692		$	28,677,351

Gross profit
Cable TV	$	8,025,651		$	7,770,723		$	8,709,317
Telco		7,273,238			3,834,733			−
Total gross profit	$	15,298,889		$	11,605,456		$	8,709,317

Operating income (loss)
Cable TV	$	2,210,414		$	1,492,100		$	2,896,254
Telco		365,796			(395,001	)		−
Total operating income (loss)	$	2,576,210		$	1,097,099		$	2,896,254

Segment assets
Cable TV	$	26,494,430		$	29,241,335		$	27,582,573
Telco		17,094,713			17,781,114			−
Non-allocated (A)		8,383,913			6,383,232			15,533,547
Total assets	$	51,973,056		$	53,405,681		$	43,116,120

(A)	Non-allocated assets include the impact of classifying the AGC operations as discontinued operations as a result of the sale of AGC and the AGC facility in 2014. The discontinued operations asset balance as of September 30, 2013 was $5.3 million.

Note 13 – Quarterly Results of Operations (Unaudited)

The following is a summary of the quarterly results of operations for the years ended September 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013:

	First Quarter		Second Quarter			Third Quarter		Fourth Quarter
Fiscal year ended 2015
Sales	$	10,837,158	$	11,366,539		$	11,902,391	$	9,627,532
Gross profit	$	3,831,803	$	4,243,512		$	4,144,607	$	3,078,967
Income from continuing operations	$	415,923	$	234,255		$	637,134	$	210,588
Basic earnings from continuing operations per common share	$	0.04	$	0.02		$	0.06	$	0.02
Diluted earnings from continuing operations per common share	$	0.04	$	0.02		$	0.06	$	0.02
Fiscal year ended 2014
Sales	$	6,119,733	$	8,313,815		$	9,323,158	$	12,131,986
Gross profit	$	1,863,227	$	2,231,167		$	3,220,055	$	4,291,007
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$	139,369	$	(243,264	)	$	143,726	$	619,358
Basic earnings (loss) from continuing operations per common share	$	0.01	$	(0.02	)	$	0.01	$	0.06
Diluted earnings (loss) from continuing operations per common share	$	0.01	$	(0.02	)	$	0.01	$	0.06
Fiscal year ended 2013
Sales	$	7,899,497	$	6,764,102		$	6,372,108	$	7,641,644
Gross profit	$	2,618,724	$	1,866,352		$	1,851,855	$	2,372,386
Income from continuing operations	$	660,291	$	292,994		$	269,984	$	548,654
Basic earnings from continuing operations per common share	$	0.07	$	0.03		$	0.03	$	0.05
Diluted earnings from continuing operations per common share	$	0.07	$	0.03		$	0.03	$	0.05

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

None.

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the Commission’s rules and forms, and that information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer evaluated our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2015. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting.

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) and for the assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Our internal control system was designed to provide reasonable assurance to our management and board of directors regarding the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorization of our management and board of directors; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on our financial statements.

All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2015. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013). Based on our assessment, we believe that, as of September 30, 2015, our internal control over financial reporting is effective based on those criteria.

This annual report does not include an attestation report of our registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by our registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit us to provide only management’s report in this annual report.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting.

During the fourth quarter ended September 30, 2015, there has been no change in our internal controls over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Item 9B. Other Information.

None.

PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

The information required by this item concerning our officers, directors, compliance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and Audit Committee is incorporated by reference to the information in the sections entitled “Identification of Officers,” “Election of Directors,” “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance,” “Code of Ethics” and “Audit Committee,” respectively, of our Proxy Statement for the 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of our fiscal year ended September 30, 2015 (the “Proxy Statement”). A copy of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is posted on our website at www.addvantagetechnologies.com.

Item 11. Executive Compensation.

The information required by this item concerning executive compensation is incorporated by reference to the information set forth in the section entitled “Compensation of Directors and Executive Officers” of the Proxy Statement.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

The information required by this item regarding security ownership and equity compensation plans is incorporated by reference to the information set forth in the section entitled “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters” of the Proxy Statement.

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

The information required by this item regarding certain relationships and related transactions and director independence is incorporated by reference to the information set forth in the section entitled “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” and “Board of Directors,” respectively, of the Proxy Statement.

Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services.

The information required by this item regarding principal accounting fees and services is incorporated by reference to the information set forth in the section entitled “Principal Accounting Fees and Services” of the Proxy Statement.

PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.

(a) 1. The following financial statements are filed as part of this report in Part II, Item 8.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm as of September 30, 2015 and 2014, and for each of the three years in the period ended September 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013.

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2015 and 2014.

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended September 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013.

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity for the years ended September 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended September 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

The following financial statement Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying Accounts for the years ended September 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013 is filed as part of this report. All other financial statement schedules have been omitted because they are not applicable or are not required or the information required to be set forth therein is included in the financial statements or notes thereto contained in Part II, Item 8 of this current report.

Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

	Balance at		Charged to							Balance at
	Beginning		Costs and							End
	of Year		Expenses		Write offs			Recoveries		of Year
Year Ended September 30, 2015
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts	$	200,000		44,514		−			5,486	$	250,000
Allowance for Excess and Obsolete Inventory	$	2,156,628		600,000		−			−	$	2,756,628

Year Ended September 30, 2014
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts	$	300,000		–		(103,403	)		3,403	$	200,000
Allowance for Excess and Obsolete Inventory	$	1,600,000		601,351		(208,056	)		163,333	$	2,156,628

Year Ended September 30, 2013
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts	$	300,000		–		(5,692	)		5,692	$	300,000
Allowance for Excess and Obsolete Inventory	$	1,000,000		600,000		–			–	$	1,600,000

3. The following documents are included as exhibits to this Form 10-K.

Exhibit Description

3.1

Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and amendments thereto incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company on January 10, 2003 (File No. 033-39902-FW).

3.2

Bylaws of the Company, as amended, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company on December 31, 2007 (File No. 001-10799).

4.1

Certificate of Designation, Preferences, Rights and Limitations of ADDvantage Media Group, Inc. Series A 5% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock and Series B 7% Cumulative Preferred Stock as filed with the Oklahoma Secretary of State on September 30, 1999 incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company on October 14, 1999 (File No. 033-39902-FW).

10.1

Senior Management Incentive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company on March 9, 2007 (File No. 001-10799).

10.2

Employment Contract between the Company and Scott A. Francis, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company on September 18, 2008 (File No. 001-10799).

10.3

Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement dated November 30, 2010, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 14, 2010 (File No. 001-10799).

10.4

Amendment One to Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement dated November 30, 2011, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 15, 2011 (File No. 001-10799).

10.5

Employment Agreement dated April 2, 2012 between the Company and David L. Humphrey, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company on April 6, 2012 (File No. 001-10799).

10.6

Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement under the Company’s 1998 Incentive Stock Plan as amended, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company on April 6, 2012 (File No. 001-10799).

10.7

Change in Control Agreement dated April 2, 2012 between the Company and Scott A. Francis, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company on April 6, 2012 (File No. 001-10799).

10.8

Form of Restricted Stock Agreement under the Company’s 1998 Incentive Stock Plan as amended, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company on April 6, 2012 (File No. 001-10799).

10.9

Amendment Two to Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement dated November 30, 2012, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Company’s Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2012 (File No. 001-10799).

10.10

Amendment Three to Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement dated November 29, 2013, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Company’s Form 10-K/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 13, 2013 (File No. 001-10799).

10.11

Amendment Four to Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement dated March 3, 2014, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, 2014 (File No. 001-10799).

10.12

Amendment Five to Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement dated November 28, 2014, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Company’s Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 9, 2014 (File No. 001-10799).

10.13

The ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc. 2015 Incentive Stock Plan, incorporated by reference to the Company's Form DEF 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 23, 2015 (File No. 001-10799).

10.14

Amendment Six to Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement dated November 27, 2015.

21.1

Listing of the Company's subsidiaries.

23.1

Consent of HoganTaylor LLP.

31.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.

32.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.

ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc.

Date: December 15, 2015 By: /s/ David L. Humphrey

David L. Humphrey, President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Date: December 15, 2015 /s/ David E. Chymiak

David E. Chymiak, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Technology Officer

Date: December 15, 2015 /s/ Scott A. Francis

Scott A. Francis, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial

Officer)

Date: December 15, 2015 /s/ Thomas J. Franz

Thomas J. Franz, Director

Date: December 15, 2015 /s/ Joseph E. Hart

Joseph E. Hart, Director

Date: December 15, 2015 /s/ James C. McGill

James C. McGill, Director

Date: December 15, 2015 /s/ David W. Sparkman

David W. Sparkman, Director

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

The following documents are included as exhibits to this Form 10-K.

Exhibit Description

3.1

3.2

4.1

10.1

10.2

10.3

10.4

10.5

10.6

10.7

10.8

10.9

10.10

10.11

10.12

10.13

10.14

Amendment Six to Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement dated November 27, 2015.

21.1

Listing of the Company's subsidiaries.

23.1

Consent of HoganTaylor LLP.

31.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.

32.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

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