UNITED STATES
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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, 20132014
 
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)

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computed by reference to the closing price of the registrant’s common stock as of March 31, 20132014 was $11,978,905.$17,110,819.
 
 
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ADDVANTAGE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.
FORM 10-K
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 20132014
INDEX
  Page
 
PART I
 
  
   
Item 1.Business.
Item 2.Properties.
Item 3.Legal Proceedings.
   
   
 
PART II
 
   
Item 5.
Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Item 6.Selected Financial Data.
Item 7.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations.
   
Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Item 9.
Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and
Financial Disclosure.
Item 9A.Controls and Procedures.
Item 9B.Other Information.
 
PART III
 
   
Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
Item 11.Executive Compensation.
Item 12.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
Stockholder Matters.
Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
Item 14.Principal Accounting Fees and Services.
   
 
PART IV
 
   
Item 15.Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.
   
 
SIGNATURES
 



 
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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"“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 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 formedincorporated 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 (“CATV”) industry.  The productsand telecommunications industries.  In addition, we sell and service are usedalso provide equipment repair services to acquire, distribute, receive and protect the communications signals carried on fiber-optic, coaxial cable and wireless distribution systems.  Our customers provide an array of communications services including television, high-speed data (internet) and telephony, to single family dwellings, apartments, businesses and institutions such as hospitals, prisons, universities, schools and others.

Our primary customers are cable operators (called multiple system operators or “MSOs”) or other resellers that sell to these customers.  The MSOs are identified by overall size into three tiers, and we sell to all three of these tier groups.  Examples of MSOs we sell to in these tier groups are:  Tier 1) large national operators such as Comcast Corporation, Time Warner Communications Inc. and Cox Communications; Tier 2) medium-size national and regional operators such as Cable One and SuddenLink; Tier 3) smaller, local systems.

We conduct our operations through a network of regionally based subsidiaries that focus on servicing customers in different geographic markets.  Our operating subsidiaries include Tulsat Corporation (“Tulsat”), Tulsat-Atlanta LLC, ADDvantage Technologies Group of Nebraska, Inc. (dba “Tulsat-Nebraska”), ADDvantage Technologies Group of Texas, Inc. (dba “Tulsat Texas”), ADDvantage Technologies Group of Missouri, Inc. (dba “ComTech Services”), NCS Industries, Inc. (“NCS”), and Adams Global Communications, LLC (“AGC”).operators. 

Several of our subsidiaries, through their long relationships with the original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”) and specialty repair facilities, have established themselves as value-added resellers (“VARs”).  Tulsat, located in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, is a distributor of Cisco video products.  Tulsat is a Cisco Premier Partner allowing it to sell Cisco’s IT related products.  Tulsat is also designated as an authorized third party Cisco repair center for select video products.  NCS, located in Warminster, Pennsylvania, is one of only three distributors of Arris/Motorola broadband products.  AGC, located in Lenexa, Kansas,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 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. 

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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 operator system upgrades or an overstock in their warehouses.  We maintain one of the industry's largest inventories of new and refurbished 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 CATV equipment.

Website Access to Reports
Overview
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 Industry

We participate in markets for equipment sold primarily to MSOs and other communication companies.  As internet usage by households continues to increase, more customers are electing to switch from dial-up access services to high-speed services, particularly those offered by MSOs in the United States.  Most MSOs offer a “triple-play” bundleSecurities Exchange Act of services that includes voice, video and high-speed data over a single network with the objective of capturing higher average revenues per subscriber.  To offer these expanded services, MSOs have invested significantly over the past several years to convert their systems to digital networks and to upgrade their cable plants to increase the speed of their communication signals.  As a result, many MSOs have well-equipped networks capable of delivering symmetrical high-bandwidth video, two-way high speed data service and telephony to most of their subscribers through their existing hybrid fiber coaxial infrastructure.

The cable television industry has seen and is continuing to see several changes in recent years.  The industry for the most part transitioned from analog to digital in 2009 and 2010 and upgraded its headend equipment in connection with this transition.  The transition from analog to digital has significantly expanded the capacity of the cable infrastructure1934, as a digital system can transmit two high definition channels or six to ten standard definition channels in the same capacityamended, as it previously required for one channel on an analog system. In addition, the transition to a digital system also allowed for the reduction and consolidation of headends (the place where cable signals originate from the broadcasters). Therefore, since the transition to digital, the cable television industry has not made significant plant expansions or additional bandwidth upgrades, andsoon as reasonably practicable after we do not believe this trend will change until internet television (“IPTV”) technology is fully ready to be deployed.  The number of cable operators is also transitioning in that many of the larger MSOs have purchased the smaller operating systems in the United States.  These same MSOs have also reduced the number of headends required for their overall systems.

We continue to provide many of the products and services sought by MSOs as they establish and expand their services and territories.  Our Company resells current production CATV equipment in competition with other resellers in the market and the Original Equipment Manufacturers ("OEMs") that manufacture them.  We also stock and resell refurbished current production and legacy equipment in competition with other resellers.  In addition, we repair all of the CATV equipment that we sell in competition with other repair operations.  We believe we have differentiated ourselves from the OEMs, other resellers and repair operations in the marketplace in the following ways:  1) we sell both new and refurbished CATV equipment as well as repair what we sell, while most of our competition does not offer all of these services; 2) we stock both new and refurbished inventory; 3) we can reconfigure new and refurbished equipment to meet the different needs of our customers; and 4) we have experienced sales support staff that have the technical know-how to assist our customers regarding solutions for various products and configurations.

In addition, we continue to expand our relationships with vendors and establish new vendors and product lines for our company.  We currently offer products from the leading vendors in the cable television industry, Cisco and Arris, which now includes the Motorola Home business.  We are a Premier Partner with Cisco and continue to be a leading broadband access network stocking distributor for Arris products.  We are also expanding our efforts to increase our market share of Triveni Digital test equipment.  In addition, we have our other existing OEM suppliers, including Alpha, Blonder-Tongue, RL Drake, Corning-Gilbert, Promax, Quintech and Standard and look to add other OEM suppliers to satisfy our existing customers’ needs.
 
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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).
Recent Business Developments
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.

Arris Group, Inc. AcquisitionOperating Segments

During the second quarter of fiscal year 2014, the Company changed its organizational structure with the acquisition of Nave Communications Company. As a result of this acquisition, information that the Company’s management team regularly reviews for purposes of allocating resources and assessing performance changed.  Therefore, beginning in fiscal year 2014, the Company is reporting its financial performance based on its new reporting segments: Cable Television (“Cable TV”) and Telecommunications (“Telco”).

The Cable TV segment sells new, surplus and re-manufactured cable television equipment to cable 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 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.

Purchase of Nave Communications Company

On February 28, 2014, the Company acquired all of the Motorola Home Business from Google, Inc.

We have contracts with Motorola Home through our NCS subsidiary and with Arris through our AGC subsidiary.  On April 17, 2013, Arris Group, Inc. purchasedoutstanding common stock of Nave Communications Company (“Nave Communications”), a provider of quality used telecommunication networking equipment.  The purchase price for Nave Communications included approximately $9.6 million in cash payments, as well as $3.0 million in deferred payments over the Motorola Home business from Google, Inc. (the combined entity is referred to as “Arris”).  We are still operating under these existing contracts, but we have been informed by Arris that they plan to combine our two contracts into one master contract under ADDvantage.  We do not know what changes, if any, there will be under this master contract as compared to the existing contracts.
Business Strategy
next three years.  In fiscal year 2012, our Board of Directors enacted a strategy to not only try to grow our Company via organic growth but also via acquisitions.  We believe we can increase our business organically 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.  In September 2013, we hired three industry veterans to the Company’s new sales management team to help increase our market share among existing and new customers.  The new salespeople are former Motorola employees with over 10 years in the Broadband Access Network division selling cable equipment and over 20 years of sales experience in the CATV industry.

We believe that the current state of the industry may provide opportunities for expansion of our business through acquisitions.  While our past acquisitions have primarily added new suppliers to our core resale business or expanded our existing customer base within our current business, we are seeking acquisition opportunities that will enable us to expand the scope of our business within the broader telecommunications industry.  In fiscal year 2013, we engaged an investment banking firm to help us identify and ultimately close a strategic acquisition.  We are still evaluating several 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 toaddition, the Company will make future earn-out payments equal to 70% of Nave Communications’ annual EBITDA in excess of an EBITDA target of $2 million per year over the next three years, which is estimated to be between $0.7 million and the successful integration$1.0 million annually.  The acquisition was funded through a combination of acquired businesses intocash on hand and a $5.0 million term loan under our existing business are matters posing some risk to any companyrevolving credit and about which we can give no assurance.
term loan agreement.

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 ProductsHeadend 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 ProductsFiber 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
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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 ProductsAccess 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”)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.

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Test EquipmentTest 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 EquipmentWe also inventory and sell to our customers other hardware such as connector and cable products.

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.

Revenues by Geographic Area

Our revenues by geographic areas were as follows:

 2013  
2012
  
2011
  
2014
  
2013
  
2012
 
United States $30,013,085  $29,520,146  $33,599,080          
Canada, Central America, Mexico, South America and Other  3,344,507   5,696,257   4,480,450 
Cable TV
 $25,738,706  $27,541,137  $28,244,199 
Telco
  6,533,458       
Canada, Central America, Asia, Europe, Mexico, South America and Other            
Cable TV
  1,465,514   1,136,214   1,432,979 
Telco
  2,151,014       
             $35,888,692  $28,677,351  $29,677,178 
 $33,357,592  $35,216,403  $38,079,530 

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 2013,2014, Cable TV segment sales of new products represented 61%67% of our totalCable TV segment revenues and refurbished product sales represented 27%19%.  Repair and other services contributed the remaining 12%14% of Cable TV segment revenues.  Telco segment sales of refurbished products represented 86% of Telco segment revenues.  Recycle sales and other services contributed the remaining 14% of Telco segment revenues.

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We market and sell our products to franchise and private MSOs, telephonetelecommunication companies, system contractors and other resellers.  Our sales and marketing are predominantly performed by theour experienced internal sales and customer service staff ofas well as our subsidiaries.  We also have 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, telemarketing and direct mail to our customer base in the United States.  We have developed contacts with MSOs in the United States, and we are constantly in touch with these operators regarding their plans for upgrading or expansion as well as their needs to either purchase or sell equipment.journals.

We maintain a wide breadth of inventory of new and used cable television products and many times can offer our customers same day shipments.  Even though we have been decreasing the amount of inventory we carry, we stillWe carry one of the most diverse inventories of any cable television or telecommunication product reseller in the country, and we also have access to 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.

We continue to add products and services to maintain and expand our current customer base in North America, Central and South America and other international markets.  We believe there is growth potential for sales of new and legacy products in the international market as some operators choose to upgrade to new larger bandwidth platforms, while other customers, specifically in developing markets, desire less expensive new and refurbished legacy products.   Even though the terms of our Cisco agreement restrict our activities with respect to reselling Cisco products in international markets, we still can sell our other brands we carry and our refurbished equipment as well. We extend credit on a limited basis to international customers that purchase products on a regular basis and make timely payments.  However, for most international sales we require prepayment of sales or letters of credit confirmed by United States banks prior to shipment of products.

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Suppliers

In 2013, wefiscal year 2014, the Cable TV segment purchased approximately 18%32% of ourits total inventory purchases directly from Arris Solutions and approximately 14% of its total inventory purchases either directly from Cisco or indirectly through Cisco'sCisco’s primary stocking distributor and approximately 29% of our total inventory purchases directly from Motorola.distributor.  In addition to purchasing inventory from OEMs, wethis segment also purchasepurchases used or surplus-new inventory from MSOs who have upgraded or are in the process of upgrading their systems.
Seasonality
systems and from other resellers in this business.

ManyIn fiscal year 2014, the Telco segment purchased approximately 13% of its total inventory purchases from Windstream.  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 and Working Capital Practices

The CATVoverall telecommunications equipment industry is highly competitivecompetitive.  We compete with numerous companies competingresellers in various segmentsthe marketplace and recent declines in the economy have reduced the amount of capital expenditures in our industry, which heightens the market.  There are a number of competitors throughoutcompetition.  In addition, especially for the United States buyingCable TV segment, we sell current production products in competition with the original equipment manufacturers.

Cable TV Segment

We believe we have differentiated ourselves from the OEMs, other resellers and sellingrepair operations in the marketplace in the following ways:  1) we sell both new and refurbished CATV equipment similar to the products thatas well as repair what we offer.  However,sell, while most of our competition does not offer all of these competitors do not maintain theservices; 2) we stock both new and refurbished inventory; 3) we stock a wide breadth of inventory, that we carrywhich many of our competitors do not due to working capital limitations.  We maintain the practice of carrying the wide breadth of inventoryconstraints; 4) we can reconfigure new and refurbished equipment to meet both the customers' urgentdifferent needs and mitigate the extended lead times of our suppliers.  In addition, even though we do not stock current production Cisco cable television equipment,customers; 5) we can still purchase directly from Cisco’s stocking distributor.  We alsomeet our customers’ timing needs for product due to our inventory on hand; and 6) we have a wide array of other equipment suppliers in the event we do notexperienced sales support staff that have the necessary inventory in stock.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 CATV 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
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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:  1) we stock a broad range of used inventory, which allows us to meet our customers’ timing needs, 2) we have experienced sales support staff that have strong relationships with our customers and technical knowledge of the products we offer, 3) we have the following quality certifications:  TL9000 (telecommunications quality certification), ISO 14001 (environmental management certification and OHSAS18000 (occupational safety and health management certification), and will soon be R2 certified (EPA responsible recycling practices for electronics) as well, and 4) we provide multiple services for our customers including de-installation of products, storage and managing spares inventory, logistics, recycling and e-services.

Working Capital Practices

Working capital practices in the industry center on inventory and accounts receivable.  We choose to carry a relatively large inventory due to our on hand-onon-hand demand business model for both new and used inventory.model.  We have typically utilized excess cash flows to reinvest in new inventory to 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.  However, overIn 2014, we increased our overall inventory level $4.8 million due primarily to taking advantage of Cable TV supplier incentives and the last two years,inventory acquired in the Nave Communications acquisition.  In 2013, we reduced our inventory, generating $1.1 million of cash flows due to the continued economic downturn, we have continued to reduce our overall inventory levels, which helpeddecrease in generating additional cash flows of $0.9 millionplant expansions and $2.5 millionbandwidth upgrades in 2013 and 2012, respectively.the cable television industry. Our working capital requirements are generally met by cash flow 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 1,350 accounts in fiscal year 2014.  We are not dependent on one or a few customers to support our business.  Our customer base consists of approximately 1,050 active accounts.business on an on-going basis.   Sales to our largest customer accounted for approximately 4%6% of our revenuesconsolidated sales in fiscal year 2013.  Approximately 18%2014, while our sales to our largest five customers were 21% of our revenues forconsolidated sales in fiscal years 2013 and 2012 were derived from sales of products and services to our five largest customers.  There are approximately 1,200 cable television operating companies operating approximately 5,000 cable television headends within the United States alone, eachyear 2014, all of which is a potential customer.were in the Cable TV segment.

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Personnel

At September 30, 2013,2014, we had 122159 employees, all full-time.including 154 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 – Tulsat ownsWe own a facility in a suburb of Tulsa consisting of an office,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, Tulsatwe also constructed a 62,500 square foot warehouse facility on the rear of itsour existing property in Broken Arrow, OK, with an investment of $1.6 million, financed with cash flowflows from operations.

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

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·  Warminster, Pennsylvania – NCS owns itsWe 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.  NCSWe also leaseslease property of approximately 2,000 square feet, with monthly rental payments of $1,364$1,390 through December 31, 2013. NCS2014.  We also rentsrent on a month-to-month basis another property of approximately 2,000 square feet, with monthly rental payments of $1,325.

·  Sedalia, Missouri – ComTech Services ownsWe own a facility near Kansas City consisting of land and an office, warehouse and service center of approximately 24,300 square feet.  In 2007, ComTech Serviceswe also constructed an 18,000 square foot warehouse facility on the back of itsour existing property in Sedalia, MO, with an investment of $0.4 million.

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

·  Suwanee, Georgia – Tulsat-Atlanta rentsWe 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 $3,360.

Telco Segment

·  Lenexa, KansasJessup, MarylandADDvantage Technologies Group purchased,We lease a facility in July 2011, land,a suburb of Baltimore consisting of an office, warehouse, and a warehouseservice center of approximately 26,40088,000 square feet, to be usedwith monthly rental payments of $40,000 increasing each year by AGC, with an investment of $1.5 million.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.

 
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PART II

Item 5.
Market for Registrants 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, 2014HighLow
 
First Quarter$3.28$2.41
Second Quarter$3.42$2.55
Third Quarter$3.55$2.55
Fourth Quarter$2.80$2.25
 
Year Ended September 30, 2013HighLowHighLow
  
First Quarter$2.20$1.87$2.20$1.87
Second Quarter$2.40$2.00$2.40$2.00
Third Quarter$2.40$2.19$2.40$2.19
Fourth Quarter$2.92$2.24$2.92$2.24
  
Year Ended September 30, 2012HighLow
 
First Quarter
$2.25
$1.90
Second Quarter
$2.55
$2.04
Third Quarter
$2.53
$1.91
Fourth Quarter
$2.36
$1.90
 
 
Holders

At November 30, 2013,2014, we had approximately 70 shareholders of record and, based on information received from brokers, there were approximately 1,9002,200 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, 2013:2014:
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)
 
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 holders363,000$2.83280,141560,000$2.9640,415
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders000000
Total363,000$2.83280,141560,000$2.9640,415


 
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Item 6.                 Selected Financial Data.

SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)

 Fiscal Year Ended September 30,  Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 
 2013  2012  2011  2010  2009  2014  2013  2012  2011  2010 
                              
Net sales and service income $33,358  $35,216  $38,080  $47,306  $42,244 
Sales $35,889  $28,677  $29,677  $36,145  $47,306 
                                        
Income from operations $2,732  $3,130  $4,925  $7,554  $5,768  $1,097  $2,896  $2,619  $4,754  $7,554 
                                        
Net income applicable to
common shareholders
 $1,670  $1,250  $2,536  $4,186  $3,019 
Income from continuing operations $659  $1,772  $939  $2,431  $4,186 
                                        
Earnings per share                    
Continuing operations earnings per share                    
Basic $0.17  $0.12  $0.25  $0.41  $0.30  $0.07  $0.18  $0.09  $0.24  $0.41 
Diluted $0.17  $0.12  $0.25  $0.41  $0.30  $0.07  $0.18  $0.09  $0.24  $0.41 
                                        
Total assets $43,116  $42,033  $52,888  $52,260  $49,433  $53,406  $43,116  $42,033  $52,888  $52,260 
                                        
Long-term obligations inclusive                                        
of current maturities $1,503  $1,687  $12,058  $13,872  $15,857  $6,086  $1,503  $1,687  $12,058  $13,872 

For fiscal years 2011 – 2013, the amounts above have been restated to include the impact of discontinued operations presentation resulting from the sale of Adams Global Communications in January 2014.  There was no impact for fiscal year 2010 as Adams Global Communications was acquired in May 2011.
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

We have established ourselves, through our subsidiaries’ long relationshipsDuring fiscal year 2014, the Company changed its organizational structure with OEMs, as distributors and/or value-added resellersthe acquisition of these OEM products.  TulsatNave Communications. As a result of this acquisition, information that the Company’s management team regularly reviews for purposes of allocating resources and assessing performance changed.  Therefore, beginning in fiscal year 2014, the Company is reporting its financial performance based on its new 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 re-manufactured 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 Tulsatthem to sell both video-related and IT-related products in the United States.  NCS Industries isStates and a leading distributor of Arris/MotorolaArris broadband products.  AGC is a reseller of Arris cable television equipment in the United States.  WeThe Cable Television segment also distributedistributes products from other OEMs including Alpha, Blonder-Tongue, RL Drake, Corning-Gilbert, Promax, Quintech, Standard and Triveni Digital.  We also specialize in the sale of surplus-new and refurbished previously-owned CATV equipment to CATV operators and other broadband communication companies.  It is through our development of these vendor relationships thatIn addition, we have focused much of our efforts to market our products and services to the cable MSOs and telecommunication companies.  These customers provide an array of different communications services as well as compete in their ability to offer subscribers “triple play” transmission services which comprises data, voice and video.

We also operate technical service centers specializing in Cisco video-relatedthat offer repair services for our cable MSO customers on most products Motorola, Magnavox and power supply repairs.that we sell.

 
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Telecommunications (“Telco”)

Recent Business Developments
Arris Group, Inc. AcquisitionThe Company’s Telco segment sells used telecommunications networking equipment from a wide range of the Motorola Home Business from Google, Inc.

manufacturers.  We have contracts with Motorola Home throughan extensive stock on hand in order to serve our NCS subsidiary and with Arris throughtelecommunications customers.  We primarily resell our AGC subsidiary.  On April 17, 2013, Arris Group, Inc. purchased the Motorola Home business from Google, Inc. (the combined entity is referred to as “Arris”).  We are still operating under these existing contracts,inventory in North America, but we have been informed bya 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

Acquisition of Nave Communications Company

On February 28, 2014, the Company acquired all of the outstanding common stock of Nave Communications, a provider of quality used telecommunication networking equipment.  The purchase price for Nave Communications included approximately $9.6 million in cash payments, as well as $3.0 million in deferred payments over the next three years.  In addition, the Company will make future earn-out payments equal to 70% of Nave Communications’ annual EBITDA in excess of an EBITDA target of $2 million per year over the next three years, which is estimated to be between $0.7 million and $1.0 million annually.

Sale of Adams Global Communications

On January 31, 2014, the Company executed an agreement to sell the majority of the net assets and operations of Adams Global Communications (“AGC”) to Adams Cable Equipment, a supplier of customer premise equipment (“CPE”) and other products for the cable television industry, for approximately $2 million in cash, which yielded an after tax loss of $0.6 million.  As part of the sales agreement, ADDvantage retained their existing relationship with Arris Solutions, as well as non-CPE inventory consisting primarily of headend and access and transport equipment.  In addition, ADDvantage retained the AGC facility, which was actively marketed for sale.  As part of the agreement, the Company also agreed to not compete in the used CPE market for three years.  AGC’s net assets that they planwere disposed of consisted of approximately $2.5 million of current assets, $0.5 million of noncurrent assets and $0.1 million of current liabilities, which yielded a loss on the sale, net of tax, of approximately $0.6 million.

Assets Held for Sale

As a result of the sale of the net assets of AGC discussed above, the Company retained the AGC facility and engaged a real estate broker to combine our two contracts into one master contract under ADDvantage.  We do not know what changes, if any, there will be under this master contract as compared tosell the existing contracts.facility. On June 30, 2014, the Company sold the AGC facility for $1.5 million with net settlement proceeds of $1.4 million.  The sale resulted in a pretax loss of $0.1 million.

Business Strategy

In fiscal year 2012,2014, we continued to execute on our Boardgrowth strategy of Directors enacted a strategy to not only try to grow our Company via organic growth but also viaand 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.  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 believe we can increase ourthis business organicallysegment 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.  In September 2013,fiscal year 2014, we hired three industry veterans to the Company’s new sales management team to helpdid increase our product offerings with our OEM vendors and increased our supply of inventory on hand in order to better serve our customers.  In addition, we continue to expand our sales force in order to gain additional market share among existing and new customers.  The new salespeople are former Motorola employees with over 10 years in the Broadband Access Network division selling cable equipmentCable TV segment.  Also, as discussed above, we divested AGC from this segment as it was not performing to our expectations and over 20 years of sales experienceit did not fit our core distribution strategy in the CATV industry.this segment.

We believe that the current state of the industry may provide opportunities for expansion of our business through acquisitions.  While our past acquisitions have primarily added new suppliers to our core resale business or expanded our existing customer base within our current business, weWe are seeking acquisition opportunities that will enable us to expand the scope of our business within the broader telecommunications industry.  In fiscal year 2013, we engaged an investment banking firm to help us identify and ultimately close a strategic acquisition.  We are still evaluating severalOn February 28, 2014, the Company acquired all of the outstanding common stock of Nave Communications, a telecommunications distributor of used telecommunication networking equipment and a recycler of surplus and obsolete telecommunications equipment.  This acquisition, along with its retained management team, has diversified the Company’s business outside of the cable television
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industry and will also allow the Company to capitalize on growth opportunities in both the cable television and telecommunication industries.
After completing the integration of Nave Communications into our business, we will continue to evaluate companies in the telecommunications market and are optimistic that we will identify and execute aanother 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, 2014, compared to Year Ended September 30, 2013 (all references are to fiscal years)

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

Net sales for the Cable TV segment decreased $1.5 million to $27.2 million for the year ended September 30, 2014 from $28.7 million for the same period last year.  New equipment sales decreased $0.7 million, or 4%, to $18.2 million for 2014 from $18.9 million for 2013.  Net refurbished sales decreased $0.6 million, or 9%, to $5.2 million for 2014 from $5.8 million for the same period last year.  Net repair service revenues decreased $0.2 million, or 6%, to $3.8 million for 2014 from $4.0 million for the same period last year.  The decrease in equipment sales was due primarily to the continued decrease in plant expansions and bandwidth upgrades in the cable television industry and the absence of equipment sales as a result of Hurricane Sandy in fiscal year 2013, partially offset by supplying a major MSO equipment for certain projects.  In addition, repair service revenue decreased $0.2 million.

Gross profit decreased $0.9 million 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 net sales.  Gross margin was 29% for the year ended September 30, 2014 and 30% for the year ended September 30, 2013.

Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses increased $0.5 million 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
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Resultspersonnel costs as a result of Operationsexpanding our sales force as discussed in our “Business Strategy” section above.

Telco

Net 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.  Net sales for the Telco segment consisted of $7.5 million of used equipment sales and $1.2 million of recycling revenue.  Gross margin was 42% 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.

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

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  306,538   53,741   360,279   276,356      276,356 
Amortization     481,722   481,722          
EBITDA (a)
 $1,798,638  $140,462  $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.

Year Ended September 30, 2013, compared to Year Ended September 30, 2012 (all references

For this discussion, consolidated results and segment results are to fiscal years)the same as the Telco segment did not have activity until the Nave Communications acquisition in 2014.

Consolidated

Total Net Sales.Total netConsolidated sales decreased $1.8$1.0 million, or 5%3%, to $33.4$28.7 million for 2013 from $35.2$29.7 million for 2012.  New equipment sales decreased $0.7 million, or 4%, to $18.9 million for 2013 from $19.6 million for 2012.  Net refurbished sales increased $0.1 million, or 1%, to $5.8 million for 2013 from $5.7 million for the same period last
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year.  The net decrease in equipment sales was primarily due to the continued decrease in plant expansions and bandwidth upgrades in the cable television industry, partially offset by increased equipment sales as a result of Hurricane Sandy.  New equipment sales decreased $0.8 million, or 4%, to $20.3 million for 2013 from $21.1 million for 2012.  Net refurbished sales decreased $0.8 million, or 8%, to $9.0 million for 2013 from $9.8 million for the same period last year.  Net repair service revenues decreased $0.3 million, or 8%7%, to $4.0 million for 2013 from $4.3 million for the same period last year.

Cost of Sales.  Cost of sales includes (i) the costs of new and refurbished equipment, on a weighted average cost basis, sold during the period, (ii) the equipment costs used in repairs, (iii) the related transportation costs, and (iv) the labor and overhead directly related to these sales.  Cost of sales decreased $1.1Gross profit increased $0.1 million, or 4%2%, to $23.8$8.7 million for 2013 from $24.9$8.6 million for 2012.  The decreaseincrease in cost of salesgross profit was primarily due to the mix of equipment sales as refurbished equipment generates a higher profit margin than new equipment, largely offset by lower overall net sales.  Cost of sales was also impacted byand an increase in the provision for excess of excess and obsolete inventory of $0.4 million to $1.0 million for 2013 from $0.6 million for 2012.  Cost of sales as a percent of revenue was 71% for both 2013 and 2012.

Gross Profit.  Gross profit decreased $0.8 million, or 8%, to $9.6 million for 2013 from $10.4 million for 2012.million.  Gross profit margins were 29%30% for 2013 and 29% for 2012.

Operating, Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. 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 decreased $0.4$0.1 million or 4%, to $6.8$5.8 million for September 30, 2013 compared to $7.2from $5.9 million for 2012.  The decrease was due primarily to decreased personnel costs of $0.4 million.the same period last year.

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Income from Operations.  Income from operations decreased $0.4 million, or 13%, to $2.7 million for 2013 from $3.1 million for 2012 for the reasons described above.

Interest Expense.  Interest expense decreased $1.1 million to $26,000 for 2013 from $1.1 million for the same period last year.  The decrease was due primarily to lower interest expense as a result of the March 2012 payoff of the outstanding amount of $9.4 million under the second term loan under the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement and a $0.8 million payment made in order to terminate the associated interest rate swap agreement.  The interest rate swap agreement termination payment was recorded as interest expense in 2012.

Income Taxes.  The provision for income taxes from continuing operations increased by $0.2$0.5 million to $1.0$1.1 million, or an effective rate of 38.3%, for 2013 from $0.8$0.6 million, or an effective rate of 38.0%37.6%, for the same period last year.

Discontinued Operations

Year EndedGain (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax, was a loss of $0.1 million for the year ended September 30, 2012,2013 compared to Year Ended September 30, 2011

Total Net Sales.Total net sales decreased $2.9 million, or 8%, to $35.2 million for 2012 from $38.1 million for 2011.  New equipment sales decreased $4.8 million, or 19%, to $21.1 million for 2012 from $25.9 million for 2011.  The decrease in new equipment sales was primarily due to the continued decrease in plant expansions and bandwidth upgrades in the cable television industry, partially offset by $2.0 milliona gain of revenue from Adams Global Communications, which was acquired in May 2011.  Net refurbished sales increased $2.4 million, or 32%, to $9.8 million for 2012 from $7.4$0.3 million for the same period last year.  The increase in refurbished equipment sales was primarily due to revenues from Adams Global Communications.  Net repair service revenues decreased $0.5 million, or 10%, to $4.3 million for 2012 from $4.8 million forThis activity included the same period last year.

Costoperations of Sales.  Cost of sales includes (i) the costs of new and refurbished equipment, on a weighted average cost basis, sold during the period, (ii) the equipment costs used in repairs, (iii) the related transportation costs, and (iv) the labor and overhead directly related to these sales.  Cost of sales decreased $1.7 million, or 6%, to $24.9 million for 2012 from $26.5 million for 2011.  The decrease in cost of sales was primarily due to lower overall net sales.  Cost of sales was also impacted by an increase in the provision for excess and obsolete inventory of $0.2 million to $0.6 million for 2012 from $0.4 million for 2011.  Cost of sales as a percent of revenue was 71% for 2012 and 70% for the same period last year.  The increase in cost of sales as percent of revenue was due primarily to increased sales from Adams Global Communications of customer premise equipment, which typically yields a lower margin than most of our other product lines.prior to the sale on January 31, 2014.

Gross Profit.  Gross profit decreased $1.2 million, or 10%, to $10.4 million for 2012 from $11.6 million for 2011.  The decrease in gross profit was primarily due to the overall decline in net sales and reduced margins resulting from increased sales of customer premise equipment as discussed above.  Gross profit margins were 29% for 2012 as compared to 30% for the same period last year.Non-GAAP Financial Measure

Operating, Selling, GeneralEBITDA is a supplemental, non-GAAP financial measure.  EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and Administrative Expenses. Operating, selling, generalamortization.  EBITDA is presented below because this metric is used by the financial community as a method of measuring our financial performance and administrative expenses include all personnel costs, which include fringe benefits, insurance and business taxes,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 wella substitute for, net earnings as occupancy, communication and professional services, amongan indicator of operating performance.  EBITDA, as calculated below, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other less significant cost categories.  Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses increased $0.6 million, or 9%,companies.  In addition, EBITDA is not necessarily a measure of our ability to $7.2 million for 2012 compared to $6.6 million for 2011.  The increase was due primarily to increased personnel costs of $0.5 million resulting primarily from the acquisition of Adams Global Communications.
Income from Operations. Income from operations decreased $1.8 million, or 36%, to $3.1 million for 2012 from $4.9 million for 2011 for the reasons described above.fund our cash needs.

Interest Expense. Interest expense increased $0.4 millionA reconciliation by segment of operating income to $1.1 million for 2012 from $0.7 million for the same period last year.  The increase was due primarily to the $0.8 million payment made in order to terminate the interest rate swap agreement in March 2012 in connection with paying off the associated term loan, partially offset by lower interest expense of $0.4 million for 2012 as a result of paying off the term loan.  The interest rate swap agreement termination payment was recorded as interest expense.EBITDA follows:

  Year Ended September 30, 2013  Year Ended September 30, 2012 
  
Cable TV
  
Telco
  
Total
  
Cable TV
  
Telco
  
Total
 
                   
Operating income $2,896,254  $  $2,896,254  $2,619,134  $  $2,619,134 
Depreciation  276,356      276,356   300,961      300,961 
Amortization                  
EBITDA $3,172,610  $  $3,172,610  $2,920,095  $  $2,920,095 


Liquidity and Capital Resources

Income Taxes. The provision for income taxes decreased by $0.9 million to $0.8 million, or an effective rate of 38.0%, for 2012 from $1.7 million, or an effective rate of 40.0%, for the same period last year.Cash Flows Used in Operating Activities
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Liquidity and Capital Resources

We generally finance our operations primarily through internally generated funds,operations, and we also have available to us a bank line of credit of $7.0 million.  During 2013,2014, we generated $4.0used $1.7 million of cash flow from operations.  The cash flow from
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operations was also favorablyunfavorably impacted by $0.9$2.2 million from a net decreaseincrease in inventory due primarily to management’s effortspurchases of new inventory with certain manufacturer incentives and purchases of refurbished telecommunications inventory and by $2.4 million from a net increase in accounts receivable due primarily to continueincreased sales in the last month of 2014 compared to reduce overall inventory purchases.2013.  In addition, the cash flow from operations was favorably impacted by $0.8 million from a net increase in accrued expenses primarily resulting from a $0.4 million accrual related to the first earn-out payment related to the Nave Communications acquisition.  We will make future earn-out payments over the next three years equal to 70% of Nave Communications’ annual EBITDA in excess of $2.0 million per year (“Nave Earn-out”), which we estimate will be between $0.7 million and $1.0 million annually.

Cash Flows Used in Investing Activities
During 2013, we made principal2014, cash used in investing activities was $6.3 million.  This use of cash was primarily due to the acquisition of Nave Communications in the amount of approximately $9.6 million, net of cash acquired.  We also recorded an accrual at present value for deferred consideration of $2.7 million related to the Nave Communications acquisition, which consists of $3.0 million to be paid in equal annual installments over three years to the Nave Communications owners.  The acquisition is discussed in Note 2 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

During 2014, the sale of the net assets of Adams Global Communications for $2.0 and the sale of the AGC facility for $1.5 with net settlement proceeds of $1.4 million provided cash flows from investing activities for discontinued operations of $3.4 million.  The disposition is discussed in Note 3 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Cash Flows Provided by Financing Activities

During 2014, cash provided by financing activities was $4.5 million primarily due to cash borrowings of $5.0 million, partially offset by note payable payments totaling $0.2 million on our firstof $0.5 million.  Cash borrowings were due to a new term loan of $5.0 million under our Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement ("(“Credit and Term Loan Agreement"Agreement”) with our primary lender.  On March 12, 2012, we paid off the outstanding amount owed of $9.4 million under the second.  This term loan was used to assist in the funding of the acquisition of Nave Communications.

During 2014, we made principal payments totaling $0.5 million on our two term loans under our Credit and Term Loan Agreement.  In connection with the loan payoff, the Company also terminated the associated interest rate swap agreement for $0.8 million.  Therefore, the remaining debt on our balance sheet is theThe first term loan withhas a balance of $1.5$1.3 million at September 30, 2013.2014.  The first term loan requires monthly payments of $15,334 plus accrued interest through November 2021.  Our second term loan, entered into in connection with the acquisition of Nave Communications, 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.

We expect that our cash and cash equivalents of $8.4 million at September 30, 2013 will be sufficient to finance our working capital needs and scheduled debt payments in the near-term.  The $7.0 million line of credit can also be used to finance our working capital requirements as necessary.  At September 30, 2013,2014, there was not a balance outstanding under the 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, 2013)2014).  The entireAny outstanding balance on the revolving credit facility iswould be due on maturity.

We believe that our cash flow from operations, current cash balances and our existing line of credit provide sufficient liquidity and capital resources to meet our working capital and debt payment needs.maturity which is November 28, 2014.

Subsequent to September 30, 2013,2014, the Company signed the ThirdFifth Amendment to the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement with its primary financial lender dated November 29, 2013.28, 2014.  This amendment extended the Line of Credit maturity to November 28, 2014.27, 2015.  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 expect that our cash and cash equivalents of $5.3 million at September 30, 2014, cash flow from operations and our existing line of credit to 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 20132014 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.
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General

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.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.

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Our inventory consists 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, 2013, we had total inventory of $22.5 million, consisting of $16.5 million in new products and $6.0 million in used or refurbished products against which we have a reserve of $1.8 million for excess and obsolete inventory, leaving us a net inventory of $20.7 million.
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.  During 2013,

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, 2014, we increased ourhad total inventory, before the reserve for excess and obsolete inventory, byof $24.9 million, consisting of $16.9 million in new products and $8.0 million in used or refurbished products.

For the Cable TV segment, our reserve at September 30, 2014 for excess and obsolete inventory was $2.2 million, which reflects an increase of approximately $1.0$0.6 million and wrotea write down of the carrying value of certain inventory items by approximately $0.3$0.2 million to reflect deterioration in the market demand of that inventory. 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 $0.2 million at September 30, 2014 and $0.3 million at September 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012.2013.   At September 30, 2013,2014, accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts, was $3.0$6.4 million.
 
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Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price of acquisitions over the acquisition date fair value of the net assets of businesses acquired.  Goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite useful lives areis not amortized and areis 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 theeach reporting unit, or operating segment, with the reporting unit’s carrying value, including goodwill.  Our reporting unitunits for purposes of the goodwill impairment calculation is our consolidated entity.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 oureach 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 did not record a goodwill impairment for either of our two reporting unitunits in the three year period ended September 30, 2013.2014.  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
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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 oureach reporting unit also may change.

We performed our annual impairment test for both reporting units in the fourth quarter to determine whether an impairment existed and to determine the amount of headroom at September 30, 2013.2014.  Headroom is defined as the percentage difference between the carrying value of the goodwill and its fair value.  At September 30, 2013,2014, headroom for the Cable TV and Telco reporting unit was 233%units were 147% and 199%, respectively.

Intangibles

As a result of the Nave Communications acquisition, we have intangible assets with finite useful lives.  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 April 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-08: “Presentation of Financial Statements (Topic 205) and Property, Plant, and Equipment (Topic 360)”.  This new guidance defines a discontinued operation as a disposal of a component or a group of components of an entity that represents a strategic shift in operations that has a major effect on the Company’s operations and financial results.  This guidance will require additional disclosures for discontinued operations as well as new disclosures for individually significant disposal transactions that do not qualify for discontinued operations reporting.  The guidance is effective for all disposals (or classifications as held for sale) of components of an entity that occur within annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2014.  Management does not anticipate that the adoption of ASU No. 2014-08 to have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
 
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”).  The guidance is effective for the fiscal years
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and interim periods within those years beginning after December 15, 2016.  Management is evaluating the impact that ASU No. 2014-09 will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

None.

 
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Item 8.                      Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.


Index to Financial StatementsPage
  
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
  
Consolidated Balance Sheets, September 30, 20132014 and 20122013
  
Consolidated Statements of IncomeOperations and Comprehensive Income (Loss), Years 
ended September 30, 2014, 2013 2012 and 20112012
  
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity, Years ended 
September 30, 2014, 2013 2012 and 20112012
  
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, Years ended 
September 30, 2014, 2013 2012 and 20112012
  
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements





 
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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, 20132014 and 2012,2013, and the related consolidated statements of incomeoperations and comprehensive income (loss), shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended September 30, 2013.2014.  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, 20132014 and 2012,2013, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended September 30, 2013,2014, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.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 10, 20139, 2014
Tulsa, Oklahoma


 
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ADDVANTAGE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS


 September 30,  September 30, 
 2013  2012  2014  2013 
Assets            
Current assets:            
Cash and cash equivalents
 $8,366,657  $5,191,514  $5,286,097  $8,476,725 
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $300,000
  3,020,853   3,050,796 
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of
$200,000 and $300,000, respectively
  6,393,580   2,390,979 
Income tax refund receivable
  272,380   409,386   220,104   258,790 
Inventories, net of allowance for excess and obsolete
                
inventory of $1,750,000 and $1,000,000, respectively
  20,730,453   22,666,385 
inventory of $2,156,628 and $1,600,000, respectively
  22,780,523   18,011,706 
Prepaid expenses
  122,283   129,357   174,873   106,509 
Deferred income taxes
  1,066,000   920,000   1,416,000   1,066,000 
Current assets of discontinued operations held for sale
     3,267,917 
Total current assets  35,578,626   32,367,438   36,271,177   33,578,626 
                
Property and equipment, at cost:                
Land and buildings
  8,794,272   8,794,272   7,208,679   7,208,679 
Machinery and equipment
  3,125,422   2,953,949   3,244,153   2,991,412 
Leasehold improvements
  9,633   9,633   206,393   9,633 
Total property and equipment, at cost  11,929,327   11,757,854   10,659,225   10,209,724 
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization  (3,963,444)  (3,666,327)
Less accumulated depreciation  (4,191,516)  (3,831,238)
Net property and equipment  7,965,883   8,091,527   6,467,709   6,378,486 
                
Other assets:        
Intangibles, net of accumulated amortization  6,625,278    
Goodwill
  1,560,183   1,560,183   3,910,089   1,150,060 
Other assets
  11,428   13,778   131,428   11,428 
Total other assets  1,571,611   1,573,961 
Assets of discontinued operations held for sale     1,997,520 
                
Total assets $43,116,120  $42,032,926  $53,405,681  $43,116,120 
        






















See notes to audited consolidated financial statements.

 
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ADDVANTAGE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS


 September 30,  September 30, 
 2013  2012  2014  2013 
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity            
Current liabilities:            
Accounts payable
 $1,308,869  $1,437,492  $2,880,761  $1,138,494 
Accrued expenses
  934,856   1,030,174   1,809,878   878,474 
Notes payable – current portion
  184,008   184,008   845,845   184,008 
Other current liabilities
  983,269    
Current liabilities of discontinued operations held for sale
     226,757 
Total current liabilities  2,427,733   2,651,674   6,519,753   2,427,733 
                
Notes payable, less current portion  1,318,604   1,502,612   5,240,066   1,318,604 
Deferred income taxes  193,000   62,000   267,000   193,000 
Other liabilities  1,942,889    
                
Shareholders’ equity:                
Common stock, $.01 par value; 30,000,000 shares authorized;
10,499,138 and 10,465,323 shares issued, respectively;
9,998,480 and 10,189,120 shares outstanding, respectively
  104,991   104,653 
Common stock, $.01 par value; 30,000,000 shares authorized;
10,541,864 and 10,499,138 shares issued, respectively;
10,041,206 and 9,998,480 shares outstanding, respectively
    105,419     104,991 
Paid in capital
  (5,578,500)  (5,748,503)  (5,312,881)  (5,578,500)
Retained earnings
  45,650,306   43,980,590   45,643,449   45,650,306 
Total shareholders’ equity before treasury stock
  40,176,797   38,336,740   40,435,987   40,176,797 
                
Less: Treasury stock, 500,658 and 276,203 shares, respectively,
at cost
  (1,000,014)  (520,100)
Less: Treasury stock, 500,658 shares, at cost
  (1,000,014)  (1,000,014)
Total shareholders’ equity  39,176,783   37,816,640   39,435,973   39,176,783 
                
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity $43,116,120  $42,032,926  $53,405,681  $43,116,120 


























See notes to audited consolidated financial statements.

 
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ADDVANTAGE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME ANDOPERATIONS
AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)


 Years ended September 30,  Years ended September 30, 
 2013  2012  2011  
2014
  
2013
  
2012
 
Sales:         
Net new sales income
 $20,347,041  $21,093,370  $25,886,494 
Net refurbished sales income
  9,031,954   9,814,763   7,430,603 
Net service income
  3,978,597   4,308,270   4,762,433 
Total net sales  33,357,592   35,216,403   38,079,530 
Sales  35,888,692   28,677,351   29,677,178 
Cost of sales  23,784,272   24,854,960   26,528,682   24,283,236   19,968,034   21,119,250 
Gross profit  9,573,320   10,361,443   11,550,848   11,605,456   8,709,317   8,557,928 
Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses  6,841,273   7,231,097   6,625,907   10,508,357   5,813,063   5,938,794 
Income from operations  2,732,047   3,130,346   4,924,941   1,097,099   2,896,254   2,619,134 
Interest expense  25,980   1,113,854   696,634   217,910   25,980   1,113,854 
Income before income taxes  2,706,067   2,016,492   4,228,307   879,189   2,870,274   1,505,280 
Provision for income taxes  1,036,351   766,000   1,692,000   220,000   1,098,351   566,000 
Net income attributable to common shareholders  1,669,716   1,250,492   2,536,307 
Income from continuing operations  659,189   1,771,923   939,280 
                        
Other comprehensive loss:            
Unrealized gain on interest rate swap, net of $0, $370,000, and $106,000 tax provision, respectively     587,258   189,425 
Discontinued operations:            
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax  (36,211)  (102,207)  311,212 
Loss on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax  (629,835)      
Discontinued operations, net of tax  (666,046)  (102,207)  311,212 
                        
Comprehensive income $1,669,716  $1,837,750  $2,725,732 
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders  (6,857)  1,669,716   1,250,492 
                        
Earnings per share:            
Other comprehensive gain:            
Unrealized gain on interest rate swap, net of $0, $0 and $370,000 tax provision, respectively        587,258 
            
Comprehensive income (loss) $(6,857) $1,669,716  $1,837,750 
            
Earnings (loss) per share:            
Basic
 $0.17  $0.12  $0.25             
Continuing operations
 $0.07  $0.18  $0.09 
Discontinued operations
  (0.07)   (0.01)   0.03 
Net income (loss)
 $(0.00) $0.17  $0.12 
Diluted
 $0.17  $0.12  $0.25             
Continuing operations
 $0.07  $0.18  $0.09 
Discontinued operations
  (0.07)   (0.01)   0.03 
Net income (loss)
 $(0.00) $0.17  $0.12 
Shares used in per share calculation:                        
Basic
  10,052,359   10,196,241   10,175,213   10,021,431   10,052,359   10,196,241 
Diluted
  10,052,359   10,197,496   10,178,763   10,049,440   10,052,359   10,197,496 















See notes to audited consolidated financial statements.

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ADDVANTAGE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Years ended September 30, 2014, 2013 and 2012

              Accumulated       
              Other       
  Common Stock  Paid-in  Retained  Comprehensive  Treasury    
  Shares  Amount  Capital  Earnings  Income (Loss)  Stock  Total 
Balance, September 30, 2011  10,431,354  $104,314  $(5,884,521) $42,730,098  $(587,258) $(406,279) $35,956,354 
                             
Net income           1,250,492         1,250,492 
Restricted stock issuance  31,969   320   69,680            70,000 
Stock options exercised  2,000   20   1,600            1,620 
Net unrealized gain on interest swap              587,258      587,258 
Share based compensation expense        64,738            64,738 
Purchase of common stock                 (113,821)  (113,821)
                             
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 







See notes to audited consolidated financial statements.

 
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ADDVANTAGE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Years ended September 30, 2013, 2012 and 2011CASH FLOWS

              Accumulated       
              Other       
  Common Stock  Paid-in  Retained  Comprehensive  
Treasury
    
  Shares  Amount  Capital  Earnings  Income (Loss)  Stock  
Total
 
Balance, September 30, 2010  10,367,934  $103,679  $(6,070,986) $40,193,791  $(776,683) $(406,279) $33,043,522 
                             
Net income           2,536,307         2,536,307 
Restricted stock issuance  58,920   590   169,410            170,000 
Stock options exercised   4,500    45    6,706                6,751 
Net unrealized loss on interest swap              189,425      189,425 
Share based compensation expense        10,349            10,349 
                             
Balance, September 30, 2011  10,431,354  $104,314  $(5,884,521) $42,730,098  $(776,683) $(406,279) $35,956,354 
                             
Net income           1,250,492         1,250,492 
Restricted stock issuance  31,969   320   69,680            70,000 
Stock options exercised  2,000   20   1,600            1,620 
Net unrealized gain on interest swap              587,258      587,258 
Share based compensation expense        64,738            64,738 
Purchase of common stock   –    –    –    –    –    (113,821   (113,821
                             
Balance, September 30, 2012  10,465,323  $104,653  $(5,748,503) $43,980,590  $(587,258) $(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 
  Years ended September 30, 
  2014  2013  2012 
Operating Activities         
Net income (loss) $(6,857) $1,669,716  $1,250,492 
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations  (666,046)  (102,207)  311,212 
Net income from continuing operations  659,189   1,771,923   939,280 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash            
provided by (used in) operating activities:
            
Depreciation
  360,279   276,356   300,961 
Amortization
  481,722       
Provision for excess and obsolete inventories
  601,351   600,000   580,587 
(Gain) loss on disposal of property and equipment
     (5,950)  114,071 
Deferred income tax provision (benefit)
  (276,000)  (15,000)  234,000 
Share based compensation expense
  212,436   167,041   201,404 
Cash provided (used) by changes in operating assets
and liabilities:
            
Accounts receivable
  (2,351,459)  195,733   1,199,368 
Income tax refund receivable
  38,686   137,547   (46,592)
Inventories
  (2,188,205)  1,066,800   3,280,568 
Prepaid expenses
  (14,753)  2,045   (76,300)
Other assets
     2,350   123 
Accounts payable
  (78,670)  8,844   (815,732)
Accrued expenses
  838,479   (84,847)  (218,649)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities −
continuing operations
  (1,716,945)  4,122,842   5,693,089 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities −
discontinued operations
  280,462   (16,365)  (709,949)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities  (1,436,483)  4,106,477   4,983,140 
             
Investing Activities            
Acquisition of net operating assets, net of cash acquired
  (9,630,647)      
Purchases of property and equipment
  (43,977)  (211,223)  (10,069)
Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment
     12,350    
Net cash used in investing activities – continuing operations  (9,674,624)  (198,873)  (10,069)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities −
discontinued operations
  3,413,001      (197,858)
Net cash used in investing activities  (6,261,623)  (198,873)  (207,927)
             
Financing Activities            
Proceeds on notes payable
  5,000,000       
Payments on notes payable
  (492,522)  (184,008)  (10,371,508)
Purchase of treasury stock
     (479,914)  (113,821)
Proceeds from stock options exercised
     3,300   1,620 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities  4,507,478   (660,622)  (10,483,709)
             
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents  (3,190,628)  3,246,982   (5,708,496)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year  8,476,725   5,229,743   10,938,239 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year $5,286,097  $8,476,725  $5,229,743 
             
Supplemental cash flow information:            
Cash paid for interest
 $126,659  $26,137  $1,164,522 
Cash paid for income taxes
 $62,000  $971,000  $622,210 
             
Supplemental noncash investing activities:            
Deferred guaranteed payments for acquisition of business
 $(2,744,338) $  $ 




See notes to audited consolidated financial statements.

 
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ADDVANTAGE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

  Years ended September 30,  
  2013  2012 2011 
Operating Activities       
Net income $1,669,716  $1,250,492 $2,536,307 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash            
provided by operating activities:
            
Depreciation and amortization
  330,467   356,091  370,965 
Provision for excess and obsolete inventories
  1,044,913   580,587  407,303 
(Gain) loss on disposal of property and equipment
  (5,950)  114,071  (1,350)
Deferred income tax provision (benefit)
  (15,000)  234,000  533,000 
Share based compensation expense
  167,041   201,404  109,516 
Cash provided (used) by changes in operating assets
and liabilities:
            
Accounts receivable
  29,943   1,193,253  892,459 
Income tax refund receivable
  137,006   (59,641) (146,340)
Inventories
  891,019   2,530,775  1,896,005 
Prepaid expenses
  7,074   (18,538) (52,451)
Other assets
  2,350   5,467  74,825 
Accounts payable
  (128,623)  (1,238,415) (403,790)
Accrued expenses
  (95,318)  (210,050) (199,782)
Net cash provided by operating activities  4,034,638   4,939,496  6,016,667 
             
Investing Activities            
Acquisition of net operating assets, net of cash acquired
       (549,785)
Additions to machinery and equipment
  (211,223)  (97,333) (23,132)
Additions of land and buildings
     (110,594) (1,475,000)
Disposals of machinery and equipment
  12,350     43,011 
Net cash used in investing activities  (198,873)  (207,927) (2,004,906)
             
Financing Activities            
Payments on notes payable
  (184,008)  (10,371,508) (1,814,008)
Purchase of treasury stock
  (479,914)  (113,821)  
Proceeds from stock options exercised
  3,300   1,620  6,750 
Net cash used in financing activities  (660,622)  (10,483,709) (1,807,258)
             
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents  3,175,143   (5,752,140) 2,204,503 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year $5,191,514   10,943,654  8,739,151 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year $8,366,657  $5,191,514 $10,943,654 
             
Supplemental cash flow information:            
Cash paid for interest
 $26,137  $1,164,522 $704,878 
Cash paid for income taxes
 $971,000  $622,210 $1,344,399 






See notes to audited consolidated financial statements.

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ADDVANTAGE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1 – Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

DescriptionOrganization and basis of businesspresentation

ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc. through its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) sells new, surplus-new, and refurbished 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, the Company is also a repair center for various cable companies.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Principles of consolidation and segment reporting

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries, all of which are wholly owned subsidiaries: Tulsat Corporation, Tulsat-Atlanta LLC, ADDvantage Technologies Group of Nebraska, Inc. (dba Tulsat-Nebraska), ADDvantage Technologies Group of Texas, Inc. (dba Tulsat-Texas), NCS Industries, Inc., ADDvantage Technologies Group of Missouri, Inc. (dba ComTech Services) and Adams Global Communications, LLC. All significant inter-company(collectively, the “Company”).  Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.  In addition, each subsidiary represents a separate operating segment of the CompanyThe Company’s reportable segments are Cable Television (“Cable TV”) and is aggregated for segment reporting purposes.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.

Inventory valuationInventories

Inventory consistsInventories consist of new and used electronic components for the cable television industry.Cable Television segment and used telecommunications networking equipment for the Telco segment.  Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market with market defined principally as net realizable value.  Cost is determined using the weighted-average method.  TheFor the Cable Television segment, the Company records an inventory reserve provisionsprovision to reflect inventory at its estimated 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 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 and amortization expense was $0.4 million, $0.3 million $0.4and $0.3 million and $0.4 million for each of the years ended September 30, 2014, 2013 and 2012, and 2011, respectively.

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Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of costthe purchase price of acquisitions over the acquisition date fair value of the net identifiable tangible and intangible assets of businesses acquired. GoodwillIn accordance with current accounting guidance, goodwill is evaluatednot 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 first comparing ourmanagement’s estimate of the fair value of the reporting unit or operating segment, 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
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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, 20132014 and 2012,2013, the fair value of our reporting unit exceeded its carrying value, so goodwill was not impaired.

Intangible Assets

Income taxesIntangible 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 bases 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 and product line reporting

The Company’s principal sources of revenues are from sales of new, refurbished or used equipment and repair services.  As a distributor for several cable television equipment manufacturers, the Company offers a broad selection of inventoried and non-inventoried products.  The Company’s sales of different products fluctuate from year to year as its customers’ needs change.  Because the Company’s product line sales change from year to year, the Company does not report sales by product line for management reporting purposes and does not disclose sales by product line in these consolidated financial statements.

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.

DerivativesFreight

Derivatives, whether designated in hedging relationships or not, are recorded on the balance sheet at fair value.  If the derivative is designated as a fair value hedge, the changes in the fair value of the derivative and of the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk are recognized in earnings.  If the derivative is designated as a cash flow hedge, the effective portions of the changes in the fair value of the derivative are recorded in Other Comprehensive Income and are recognized in the income statement when the hedged item affects earnings.  Ineffective portions of changes in the fair value of cash flow hedges are recognized in other income (expense).  The Company's objective of holding derivatives was to minimize the risk of interest rate fluctuation.  As of September 30, 2012, the Company no longer holds derivatives.
Freight

Amounts billed to customers for shipping and handling represent revenues earned and are included in net new sales income, net refurbished sales income and net service income in the accompanying consolidated statements of incomeoperations and comprehensive income.income (loss).  Actual costs for shipping and handling of these sales are included in cost of sales.

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Advertising costs

Advertising costs are expensed as incurred.  Advertising expense was $0.1 million for the year ended September 30, 2014 and $0.2 million for each of the years ended September 30, 2013 2012 and 2011, respectively.2012.

Management estimates

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 revenue and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Any significant, unanticipated changes in product demand, technological developments or continued economic trends affecting the cable industryor 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.
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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 2014, 2013 2012 or 20112012 that contributed in excess of 10% of the total net sales.  The Company’s sales to foreign (non-U.S. based customers) were approximately $3.3$3.6 million, $5.7$1.1 million and $4.5$1.4 million for the years ended September 30, 2014, 2013 2012 and 2011,2012, respectively.  In 2013,2014, the CompanyCable TV segment purchased approximately 18%14% of its inventory either directly from Cisco or indirectly through their primary stocking distributor and approximately 29%32% of its inventory from Motorola.Arris Solutions, Inc.  The concentration of suppliers of the Company’s inventory subjects the Company to risk.
  The Telco segment purchased approximately 13% of its total inventory purchases from Windstream.

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 incomeoperations and comprehensive income.income (loss).

Earnings per share

Basic earnings per share are based onis computed by dividing the sum ofearnings available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding and issuable restricted and deferred shares.  Dilutedfor the year.  Dilutive earnings per share include any dilutive effect of stock options and restricted stock and convertible preferred 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 carrying valuethree levels of the Company’s line of credit and term debt approximates fair value since their interest rates fluctuate periodically basedhierarchy 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

In April 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-08: “Presentation of Financial Statements (Topic 205) and Property, Plant, and Equipment (Topic 360)”.  This new guidance defines a discontinued operation as a disposal of a component or a group of components of an entity that represents a strategic shift in operations that has a major effect on a floating interest rate.the Company’s operations and financial results.  This guidance will require additional disclosures for discontinued operations as well as new disclosures for individually significant disposal transactions that do not qualify for discontinued operations reporting.  The guidance

 
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is effective for all disposals (or classifications as held for sale) of components of an entity that occur within annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2014.  Management does not anticipate that the adoption of ASU No. 2014-08 to have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
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”). The guidance is effective for the fiscal years and interim periods within those years beginning after December 15, 2016. Management is evaluating the impact that ASU No. 2014-09 will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Note 2 – Acquisition
As part of the Company’s growth strategy, the Company is pursuing an acquisition strategy to expand into the broader telecommunications industry.  On February 28, 2014, the Company acquired all of the outstanding common stock of Nave Communications, a telecommunications distributor of used telecommunication networking equipment and a recycler of surplus and obsolete telecommunications equipment.  This acquisition, along with its retained management team, will diversify the Company’s business outside of the cable television industry and will also allow the Company to capitalize on growth opportunities in both the cable television and telecommunication industries.

The purchase price for Nave Communications includes the following:
    
Cash payments, net of cash received $9,630,647 
Deferred guaranteed payments (a)  2,744,338 
Net purchase price $12,374,985 

(a)  This amount represents the present value of $3.0 million in deferred payments, which will be paid in equal annual installments over the next three years.  Over the three year period, the Company will ratably record interest expense with the offset being the deferred payment liability.  As of September 30, 2014, the deferred guaranteed payments balance is $1.0 million in other current liabilities and $1.8 million in other long-term liabilities.

Under the acquisition method of accounting, the total purchase price is allocated to Nave Communications’ net tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their fair values as of February 28, 2014, the effective date of the acquisition.  Any remaining amount is recorded as goodwill.
 
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The following summarizes the final purchase price allocation of the fair value of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed at February 28, 2014:
Assets acquired: (in thousands) 
Cash and cash equivalents
 $113 
Accounts receivable
  1,651 
Inventories
  2,503 
Property and equipment
  406 
Other non-current assets
  120 
Intangible assets
  7,107 
Goodwill
  2,760 
Total assets acquired  14,660 
     
Liabilities assumed:    
Accounts payable
  1,821 
Accrued expenses
  275 
Capital lease obligation – current portion
  21 
Capital lease obligation
  55 
Total liabilities assumed  2,172 
Net assets acquired  12,488 
Less cash acquired  113 
Net purchase price $12,375 
The acquired intangible assets of approximately $7.1 million consist primarily of customer relationships, technology, trade name, and non-compete agreements with the former owners.

InventoriesThe Company will also make payments over the next three years equal to 70% of Nave Communications’ annual EBITDA in excess of $2.0 million per year (“Nave Earn-out”).  The Company will recognize the expense ratably over the three year period as compensation expense.

The unaudited financial information in the table below summarizes the combined results of operations of ADDvantage Technologies Group and Nave Communications for the year ended September 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013, on a pro forma basis, as though the companies had been combined as of October 1, 2012.  The pro forma earnings for the year ended September 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013 were adjusted to include intangible amortization expense of $0.8 million.  Incremental interest expense of $0.2 million was included in the year ended September 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013, as if the $5.0 million term loan used to help fund the acquisition had been entered into on October 1, 2012.  The $0.6 million of acquisition-related expenses were excluded from the year ended September 30, 2014 and included in the year ended September 30, 2013 as if the acquisition occurred at October 1, 2012.  The unaudited pro forma financial information is provided for informational purposes only and does not purport to be indicative of the Company’s combined results of operations which would actually have been obtained had the acquisition taken place on October 1, 2012 nor should it be taken as indicative of our future consolidated results of operations.

  Years Ended September 30, 
  2014  2013 
  
(in thousands, except
per share amounts) 
 
Sales $41,983  $41,701 
Income from continuing operations $1,275  $1,881 
Net income $609  $1,779 
Earnings per share:        
Basic:
        
Continuing operations
 $0.13  $0.19 
Net income
 $0.06  $0.18 
Diluted:
        
Continuing operations
 $0.13  $0.19 
Net income
 $0.06  $0.18 

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Note 3 – Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale
On January 31, 2014, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the majority of the net assets and operations of Adams Global Communications, LLC (“AGC”) to Adams Cable Equipment, a supplier of customer premise equipment (“CPE”) and other products for the cable television industry, for $2 million in cash, which yielded  an after tax loss of $0.6 million.  As part of the sales agreement, ADDvantage retained their existing relationship with Arris Solutions, as well as non-CPE inventory consisting primarily of headend and access and transport equipment.  In addition, ADDvantage retained the AGC facility.  As part of the agreement, the Company also agreed to not compete in the used CPE market for three years.  The Company elected to pursue this opportunity to sell AGC as management determined that AGC did not fit within the Company’s primary cable television equipment distribution business of selling new and used headend and access and transport equipment, and AGC was not performing to the Company’s expectations.

The calculation of the pretax loss on the sale of AGC is as follows:

Cash proceeds $2,000,000 
     
Assets sold:    
Accounts receivable
  454,269 
Inventories
  2,044,135 
Prepaid expenses
  12,054 
Property and equipment
  60,586 
Goodwill
  410,123 
Other
  10,805 
   2,991,972 
Liabilities transferred:    
Accounts payable
  77,675 
Accrued expenses
  6,075 
   83,750 
Net assets sold  2,908,222 
     
Pretax loss on the sale of AGC $908,222 

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Assets and liabilities included within discontinued operations held for sale in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet at September 30, 2013, are as follows:

  
 September 30,
2013
 
Assets:   
Cash and cash equivalents
 $(110,068)
Accounts receivable, net
  629,874 
Income tax receivable
  13,590 
Inventories
  2,718,747 
Prepaid expenses
  15,774 
Current assets of discontinued operations held for sale $3,267,917 
     
Property and equipment, at cost:    
Land and building
 $1,585,594 
Machinery and equipment
  134,010 
Less accumulated depreciation  (132,207)
Net property and equipment
  1,587,397 
Goodwill
  410,123 
Non-current assets of discontinued operations held for sale $1,997,520 
     
Liabilities:    
Accounts payable
 $170,375 
Accrued expenses
  56,382 
Current liabilities of discontinued operations held for sale $226,757 

The Company retained the AGC facility following the disposition and actively marketed the facility with a real estate broker. Therefore, the Company had classified this facility as “Assets held for sale” on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, net of accumulated depreciation.  On June 30, 2014, the Company sold the AGC facility for $1.5 million with net settlement proceeds of $1.4 million.  The sale resulted in a pretax loss of $0.1 million.

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax and the loss on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax, of AGC which are presented in total as discontinued operations, net of tax in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the years ended September 30, 2014, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

  2013  2012 
New $16,355,035  $17,283,788 
Refurbished  6,125,418   6,382,597 
Allowance for excess and obsolete inventory  (1,750,000)  (1,000,000)
         
  $20,730,453  $22,666,385 
  2014  2013  2012 
Sales $972,935  $4,680,241  $5,539,225 
             
Income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income taxes  (57,211)  (164,207)   511,212 
Income tax provision (benefit)  (21,000)  (62,000)  200,000 
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax  (36,211)  (102,207)   311,212 
             
Loss on sale of discontinued operations  (993,835)      
Income tax benefit  (364,000)      
Loss on sale of discontinued operations,
net of tax
  (629,835)      
Discontinued operations, net of tax $(666,046) $(102,207) $311,212 

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Note 4 – Inventories

Inventories at September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

  2014  2013 
New:      
Cable TV
 $16,949,713  $15,679,789 
Refurbished:        
Cable TV
  3,982,140   3,931,917 
Telco
  4,005,298    
Allowance for excess and obsolete inventory  (2,156,628)  (1,600,000)
         
  $22,780,523  $18,011,706 

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 Television 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 Television segment to allow for obsolete inventory, which increased the cost of sales during the fiscal years ended September 30, 2014, 2013 2012 and 2011, increasing the cost of sales2012, by approximately $1.0 million, $0.6 million, respectively.  For the Telco segment, any obsolete and $0.4 million, respectively.excess telecommunications inventory is processed through its recycling program when it is identified.

Note 35 – Intangible Assets

As a result of the Nave Communications acquisition, the Company now has intangible assets with finite useful lives based on the purchase price allocation (see Note 2).  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 

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

2015 $825,810 
2016  825,810 
2017  776,421 
2018  741,143 
2019  741,143 
Thereafter  2,714,951 
     
Total $6,625,278 


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Note 6 – Income Taxes

The provision (benefit) for income taxes for the years ended September 30, 2014, 2013 2012 and 20112012 consists of:

 2013  2012  2011  2014  2013  2012 
Continuing operations:         
Current $1,051,351  $532,000  $1,159,000  $496,000  $1,113,351  $332,000 
Deferred  (15,000)  234,000   533,000   (276,000)  (15,000)  234,000 
              220,000   1,098,351   566,000 
 $1,036,351  $766,000  $1,692,000 
Discontinued operations - current  (385,000)  (62,000)  200,000 
Total provision (benefit) for income taxes
 $(165,000) $1,036,351  $ 766,000 


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, 2014, 2013 2012 and 2011:2012:

 2013  2012  2011  2014  2013  2012 
Statutory tax rate  34.0%  34.0%  34.0%  34.0%  34.0%  34.0%
State income taxes, net of U.S. federal tax benefit  5.4%  3.5%  4.6%  5.7%  4.3%  4.0%
Net operating loss  (10.2%)  (3.1%)  (6.0%)
Additional state tax deduction for federal taxes  (5.6%)      
Charges without tax benefit  1.2%  1.4%  0.7%  3.9%  1.1%  1.9%
Tax credits and other exclusions  (2.3%)  (0.9%)  0.7%  (2.8%)  2.0%  3.7%
                        
Company’s effective tax rate  38.3%  38.0%  40.0%  25.0%  38.3%  37.6%

The tax credits and other exclusions rate for fiscal year 2014 includes, among other things, the impact of deferred taxes resulting from intangible and goodwill basis differences resulting from the acquisition of Nave Communications.

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The tax effects of temporary differences related to deferred taxes at September 30, 20132014 and 20122013 consist of the following:

 2013  2012  2014  2013 
Deferred tax assets:            
Net operating loss carryforwards
 $414,000  $500,000  $335,000  $414,000 
Accounts receivable
  116,000   115,000   77,000   116,000 
Inventory
  842,000   639,000   1,066,000   842,000 
Intangibles
  79,000    
Employee costs accruals
  141,000   122,000 
Stock options
  163,000   114,000 
Other, net
  232,000   196,000   16,000   (4,000)
  1,604,000   1,450,000   1,877,000   1,604,000 
                
Deferred tax liabilities:                
Financial basis in excess of tax basis of certain assets
  731,000   592,000   728,000   731,000 
                
Net deferred tax asset $873,000  $858,000  $1,149,000  $873,000 

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The above net deferred tax asset is presented in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 20132014 and 20122013 as follows:

 2013  2012  2014  2013 
Deferred tax asset – current $1,066,000  $920,000  $1,416,000  $1,066,000 
Deferred tax asset (liability) – noncurrent  (193,000)  (62,000)
Deferred tax liability – noncurrent  (267,000)  (193,000)
                
 $873,000  $858,000  $1,149,000  $873,000 

Utilization of the Company’s net operating loss carryforward, totaling approximately $1.1$0.8 million at September 30, 2013,2014, to reduce future taxable income is limited to an annual deductabledeductible 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 2010.2011.


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Note 47 – Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses at September 30, 20132014 and 20122013 are as follows:

 2013  2012  2014  2013 
Employee costs $766,201  $823,978  $1,089,754  $715,937 
Nave Earn-out  356,513    
Taxes other than income tax  154,616   176,296   191,316   154,485 
Interest  996   1,153   18,563   996 
Other, net  13,043   28,747   153,732   7,056 
                
 $934,856  $1,030,174  $1,809,878  $878,474 

Note 58 – 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”).  The onlyAt September 30, 2014, the Company has two term loans outstanding term loan under the Credit and Term Loan AgreementAgreement.  One outstanding term loan has an outstanding balance of $1.5$1.3 million at September 30, 20132014 and is due on November 20, 2021, with monthly principal payments of $15,334 plus accrued interest.  The interest rate is the prevailing 30-day LIBOR rate plus 1.4% (1.58%(1.56% at September 30, 2013)2014) 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 $4.7 million at September 30, 2014 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
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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 $64 thousand at September 30, 2014 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:

2014 $184,008 
2015  184,008  $845,845 
2016  184,008   874,388 
2017  184,008   899,234 
2018  184,008   908,945 
2019  2,143,600 
Thereafter  582,572   413,899 
        
Total $1,502,612  $6,085,911 

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, 2013,2014, 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% (2.93%(2.91% at September 30, 2013)2014), and the interest rate is reset monthly.  Any future borrowings under the Line of Credit are due on November 29, 2013.28, 2014.  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, 2013.2014.  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.

Subsequent to September 30, 2013,2014, the Company signed the ThirdFifth Amendment to the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement with its primary financial lender dated November 29, 2013.28, 2014.  This amendment extended the Line of Credit maturity to November 28, 2014.27, 2015.  The Line of Credit remains at $7.0 million, and the interest rate remains at the prevailing 30-day LIBOR rate plus 2.75%.

Fair Value of Debt
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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 $4.7 million as of September 30, 2014.

Note 69 – Stock-Based Compensation and Preferred Stock
Plan Information

Plan Information

The 1998 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended, (the “Plan”) provides for awards of stock options and restricted stock to officers, directors, key employees and consultants.  The Plan provides that upon any issuance of additional shares of common stock by the Company, other than pursuant to the Plan, the number of shares covered by the Plan will increase to an amount equal to 10% of the then outstanding shares of common stock.  Under the Plan, option prices
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will be set by the Board of Directors and may be greater than, equal to, or less than fair market value on the grant date.

At September 30, 2013,2014, 1,024,656 shares of common stock were reserved for the exercise of, or lapse of restrictions on, stock awards under the Plan.  Of these reserved shares, 280,14140,415 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 incomeoperations and comprehensive income.income (loss).

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, 20132014 and changes during the year then ended is presented below:

 
Options
  
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
  
Aggregate Intrinsic
Value
  
 
Options
  
Weighted Average Exercise
Price
  
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
 
Outstanding at September 30, 2012  370,000  $2.83    
Outstanding at September 30, 2013  363,000  $2.83    
Granted  30,000  $2.33      200,000  $3.21    
Exercised  (2,000) $1.65  $940     $  $0 
Expired    $       (3,000) $4.40     
Forfeited  (35,000) $2.43         $     
Outstanding at September 30, 2013  363,000  $2.83  $0 
Exercisable at September 30, 2013  163,000  $3.30  $0 
Outstanding at September 30, 2014  560,000  $2.96  $0 
Exercisable at September 30, 2014  160,000  $3.28  $0 

The total intrinsic value of options exercised was $0, $940, $2,640 and $5,670$2,640 for the years ended September 30, 2014, 2013 and 2012, and 2011, respectively.

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Information about the Company’s outstanding and exercisable stock options at September 30, 20132014 is as follows:

 Exercisable
Remaining
 ExercisableRemaining
Stock OptionsContractualStock OptionsContractual
Exercise PriceOutstanding
Life
Outstanding
Life           
$3.210200,0009.5 years
$2.450250,000
50,000
8.5 years250,00050,0007.5 years
$3.00165,0004.9 years65,0003.9 years
$3.45015,0003.4 years15,0002.4 years
$5.78015,0002.4 years15,0001.4 years
$4.62015,0001.4 years15,0000.4 years
$4.4003,0000.4 years
363,000163,000 560,000160,000 

The Company granted nonqualified stock options totaling 200,000 shares, 30,000 shares and 250,000 shares for fiscal years ended September 30, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.  No nonqualified stock options were granted in fiscal year 2011.  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
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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, 2013 and 2012 stock option grants are as follows:

  2014  2013  2012 
Estimated fair value of options at grant date $244,400  $29,040  $267,925 
Black-Scholes model assumptions:            
Average expected life (years)
  6   6   6 
Average expected volatility factor
  34%  41%  41%
Average risk-free interest rate
  2.79%  2.95%  2.99%
Average expected dividends yield
         
  2013  2012 
Estimated fair value of options at grant date $29,040  $267,925 
Black-Scholes model assumptions:        
Average expected life (years)
  6   6 
Average expected volatility factor
  41%  41%
Average risk-free interest rate
  2.95%  2.99%
Average expected dividends yield
      


Compensation expense related to stock options recorded for the years ended September 30, 2014, 2013 2012 and 20112012 is as follows:

 
2013
  2012  
2011
  
2014
  2013  
2012
 
Fiscal year 2008 grant $  $3,562  $10,349  $  $  $3,562 
Fiscal year 2012 grant  95,560   61,176      55,369   95,560   61,176 
Fiscal year 2013 grant  1,481            1,481    
Fiscal year 2014 grant  74,678       
                        
Total compensation expense $97,041  $64,738  $10,349  $130,047  $97,041  $64,738 

The Company records compensation expense over the vesting term of the related options.  At September 30, 2013,2014, compensation costs related to these unvested stock options not yet recognized in the statements of incomeoperations and comprehensive income (loss) was $111,189.

$225,543.
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Restricted stock

The Company granted restricted stock in March 2014, 2013 and 2012 to its Board of Directors totaling 19,050, 31,815 shares and 31,969 shares, respectively, and in March and May 2011 to its Board of Directors and certain employees totaling 58,920 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.  The fair value of the shares upon issuance totaled $70,000,$60,000, $70,000 and $170,000$70,000 for the 2014, 2013 2012 and 20112012 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, 2014, 2013 2012 and 20112012 is as follows:

 
  2013  2012  2011 
Fiscal year 2010 grant $  $  $25,000 
Fiscal year 2011 grant     95,833   74,167 
Fiscal year 2012 grant  29,167   40,833    
Fiscal year 2013 grant  40,833       
             
  $70,000  $136,666  $99,167 
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  2014  2013  2012 
Fiscal year 2011 grant $  $  $95,833 
Fiscal year 2012 grant     29,167   40,833 
Fiscal year 2013 grant  29,167   40,833    
Fiscal year 2014 grant  53,222       
             
  $82,389  $70,000  $136,666 

Note 710 – 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 $0.2 million for each of the years ended September 30, 2014, 2013 2012 and 2011.2012.

Note 811 – Earnings per Share

Basic and diluted earnings per share for the years ended September 30, 2014, 2013 and 2012 and 2011 are:

 2013  2012  2011  2014  2013  2012 
Net income attributable to common
shareholders
 $1,669,716  $1,250,492  $2,536,307 
Income from continuing operations $659,189  $1,771,923  $939,280 
Discontinued operations, net of tax  (666,046)  (102,207)  311,212 
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders $(6,857) $1,669,716  $1,250,492 
            
Basic weighted average shares  10,052,359   10,196,241   10,175,213   10,021,431   10,052,359   10,196,241 
Effect of dilutive securities:                        
Stock options
     1,255   3,550   28,009      1,255 
Diluted weighted average shares  10,052,359   10,197,496   10,178,763   10,049,440   10,052,359   10,197,496 
                        
Earnings per common share:            
Earnings (loss) per common share:            
Basic
 $0.17  $0.12  $0.25             
Continuing operations
 $0.07  $0.18  $0.09 
Discontinued operations
   (0.07)   (0.01)   0.03 
Net income (loss)
 $(0.00) $0.17  $0.12 
Diluted
 $0.17  $0.12  $0.25             
Continuing operations
 $0.07  $0.18  $0.09 
Discontinued operations
   (0.07)   (0.01)   0.03 
Net income (loss)
 $(0.00) $0.17  $0.12 

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.year, or their effect would be anti-dilutive.

 2013  2012  
2011
  2014  2013  2012 
Stock options excluded  363,000   368,000   118,000   310,000   363,000   368,000 
Weighted average exercise price of                        
stock options
 $2.83  $2.84  $3.65  $3.37  $2.83  $2.84 
Average market price of common stock $2.24  $2.22  $2.73  $2.76  $2.24  $2.22 


 
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Note 912 – Related Parties

The Company leased on a month-to-month basis through September 30, 2012 one warehouse in Oklahoma from a company owned 50% by David E. Chymiak and Kenneth A. Chymiak.  The total payments made on the lease to this company were $0.1 million for each of the yearsyear ended September 30, 2012 and 2011.2012.

David E. Chymiak and Kenneth A. Chymiak beneficially owned 26% and 22%, respectively, of the Company’s outstanding common stock at September 30, 2013.2014.

Note 1013 – Commitments and Contingencies

The Company leases and rents various office and warehouse properties in Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.  The terms on its operating leases vary but all mature in less than one year and contain renewal options or are rented on a month-to-month basis.

Rental payments associated with leased properties totaled approximately $0.4 million, $37,000 $0.2 million and $0.2 million for the years ended September 30, 2014, 2013 2012 and 2011,2012, respectively.   The Company’s minimum annual future obligations as of September 30, 2013 under all existing operating leases for each of the next five years are $4,000 foras follows:

2015 $494,170 
2016  502,250 
2017  514,806 
2018  527,676 
2019  540,868 
Thereafter  2,402,023 
     
Total $4,981,793 
Note 14 – Segment Reporting
During the second quarter of fiscal year 2014.  The2014, the Company has no further minimum annual future obligations as allchanged its organizational structure with the acquisition of its existing operating leases expireNave Communications.  As a result of this acquisition, information that the Company’s management team regularly reviews for purposes of allocating resources and assessing performance changed.  Therefore, beginning in fiscal year 2014.2014, the Company is reporting its financial performance based on its new 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 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.

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  Fiscal Years Ended 
  
September 30,
2014
  
September 30,
2013
  
September 30,
2012
 
Sales         
Cable TV
 $27,206,743  $28,677,351  $29,677,178 
Telco
  8,710,267       
Intersegment
  (28,318)      
      Total sales $35,888,692  $28,677,351  $29,677,178 
             
Gross profit            
Cable TV
 $7,770,723  $8,709,317  $8,557,928 
Telco
  3,834,733       
      Total gross profit $11,605,456  $8,709,317  $8,557,928 
             
Operating income (loss)            
Cable TV
 $1,492,100  $2,896,254  $2,619,134 
Telco
  (395,001)      
Total operating income (loss)
 $1,097,099  $2,896,254  $2,619,134 
             
Segment assets            
Cable TV
 $29,241,335  $27,582,573  $29,625,943 
Telco
  17,781,114       
Non-allocated (A)
  6,383,232   15,533,547   12,406,983 
Total assets
 $53,405,681  $43,116,120  $42,032,926 
(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 balances as of September 30, 2014, 2013 and 2012 were $0, $5.3 million and $5.5 million, respectively.


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Note 1115 – Quarterly Results of Operations (Unaudited)

The following is a summary of the quarterly results of operations for the years ended September 30, 2014, 2013 2012 and 2011:2012:

  
First
Quarter
  
Second
Quarter
  
Third
Quarter
  
Fourth
Quarter
 
Fiscal year ended 2013            
Net sales and service income $9,616,198  $8,225,039  $7,155,201  $8,361,154 
Gross profit $3,145,828  $2,145,797  $2,028,862  $2,252,833 
Net income (loss) $797,417  $296,309  $235,520  $340,470 
Basic earnings (loss) per common share $0.08  $0.03  $0.02  $0.03 
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share $0.08  $0.03  $0.02  $0.03 
Fiscal year ended 2012                
Net sales and service income $9,004,395  $9,230,956  $8,498,773  $8,482,279 
Gross profit $2,739,021  $2,527,319  $2,587,836  $2,507,267 
Net income $446,780  $(76,279) $459,298  $420,693 
Basic earnings per common share $0.04  $(0.01) $0.05  $0.04 
Diluted earnings per common share $0.04  $(0.01) $0.05  $0.04 
Fiscal year ended 2011                
Net sales and service income $9,229,446  $8,896,705  $8,695,205  $11,258,174 
Gross profit $2,879,565  $2,684,710  $2,567,397  $3,419,176 
Net income $740,635  $598,706  $467,577  $729,389 
Basic earnings per common share $0.07  $0.06  $0.05  $0.07 
Diluted earnings per common share $0.07  $0.06  $0.05  $0.07 
  
First
 Quarter
  
Second
Quarter
  
Third
 Quarter
  
Fourth
Quarter
 
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 
 
Fiscal year ended 2012
                
Sales $7,727,233  $7,891,316  $6,461,710  $7,596,919 
Gross profit $2,283,982  $2,141,147  $2,063,219  $2,069,580 
Income (loss) from continuing
operations
 $387,391  $(127,570) $348,083  $331,376 
Basic earnings (loss) from
continuing operations per
common share
 $ 0.04  $(0.01) $ 0.03  $ 0.03 
Diluted earnings (loss) from
continuing operations per
common share
 $ 0.04  $(0.01) $ 0.03  $ 0.03 

 
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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, 2013.2014.  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, 2013.2014.  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 (1992).

During fiscal year 2014, the Company acquired Nave Communications.  See Note 2 of Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on this acquisition.  Management has excluded this business from its evaluation of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2014.  The revenues attributable to this business represented approximately 24% of the Company’s consolidated revenues for the year ended September 30, 2014 and its aggregate total assets represented approximately 30% of the Company’s total assets as of September 30, 2014.

Based on our assessment, we believe that, as of September 30, 2013,2014, 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.
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Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting.

DuringWe completed the fourthacquisition of Nave Communications effective February 28, 2014.  We are in the process of assessing and, to the extent necessary, making changes to the internal control over financial reporting of Nave Communications to conform such internal control to that used in our other operations.  However, we are not yet required to evaluate, and have not yet fully evaluated, changes in Nave Communications’ internal control over financial reporting.  Subject to the foregoing, during the quarter ended September 30, 2013,2014, there hashave been no changechanges in our internal controlscontrol over financial reporting that hashave materially affected or isare reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

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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 20132014 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, 20132014 (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.



 
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PART IV

Item 15.                 Exhibits, Financial Statements 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, 20132014 and 2012,2013, and for each of the three years in the period ended September 30, 2014, 2013 2012 and 2011.2012.

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 20132014 and 2012.2013.

Consolidated Statements of IncomeOperations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the years ended September 30, 2014, 2013 2012 and 2011.2012.

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity for the years ended September 30, 2014, 2013 2012 and 2011.2012.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended September 30, 2014, 2013 2012 and 2011.2012.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 2.The following financial statement Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying Accounts for the years ended September 30, 2014, 2013 2012 and 20112012 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  Balance at  Charged to        Balance at 
 Beginning  Costs and        End  Beginning  Costs and        End 
 
of Year
  Expenses  Write offs  Recoveries  
of Year
 
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 
 
of Year
  Expenses  Write offs  Recoveries  
of Year
                     
Year Ended September 30, 2013                                   
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts $300,000      (5,692)  5,692  $300,000  $300,000      (5,692)  5,692  $300,000 
Allowance for Excess and Obsolete Inventory $1,000,000   1,044,913   (294,913)    $1,750,000  $1,000,000   1,044,913   (294,913)    $1,750,000 
                                        
Year Ended September 30, 2012                                        
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts $300,000      (2,404)  2,404  $300,000  $300,000      (2,404)  2,404  $300,000 
Allowance for Excess and Obsolete Inventory $1,556,000   580,587   (1,136,587)    $1,000,000  $1,556,000   580,587   (1,136,587)    $1,000,000 
                    
Year Ended September 30, 2011                    
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts $300,000   3,453   (3,453)    $300,000 
Allowance for Excess and Obsolete Inventory $2,545,000   415,808   (1,404,808)    $1,556,000 



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

Exhibit                                Description

 3.1Certificate 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, 2003.2003 (File No. 033-39902-FW).

 3.2Bylaws 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, 2007.2007 (File No. 001-10799).

 4.1Certificate 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, 1999.1999 (File No. 033-39902-FW).

 10.1The ADDvantage MediaTechnologies Group, Inc. 1998 Incentive Stock Plan,  incorporated by reference to Appendix AExhibit 10.1 to the Company's Proxy Statement relating to the Company's 1998 Annual Meeting,Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 1998.August 12, 2014 (File No. 001-10799).

 10.2
First Amendment to ADDvantage MediaTechnologies Group, Inc. 1998 Incentive
Stock Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 20, 2003.2003 (File No. 333-110645).

 10.3Senior 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, 2007.2007 (File No. 001-10799).

 10.4Employment 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, 2008.2008 (File No. 001-10799).

 10.5Amended 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, 2010.2010 (File No. 001-10799).

 10.6Amendment 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, 2011.2011 (File No. 001-10799).

 10.7Employment 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, 2012.2012 (File No. 001-10799).

 10.8Form 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, 2012.2012 (File No. 001-10799).

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 10.9Change in Control Agreement dated April 2, 10122012 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, 2012.2012 (File No. 001-10799).

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 10.10Form 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, 2012.2012 (File No. 001-10799).

 10.11Amendment 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, 2012.2012 (File No. 001-10799).

 10.12Amendment Three to Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement dated November 29, 2013.2013,  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).

10.13Amendment 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).

10.14Amendment Five to Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement dated November 28, 2014.
 
 21.1Listing of the Company's subsidiaries.
 23.1Consent of HoganTaylor LLP.
 
 31.1Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.

 31.2Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.

 32.1Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 32.2Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 101.INSXBRL Instance Document.

 101.SCHXBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema.

 101.CALXBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase.

 101.DEFXBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase.

 101.LABXBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase.

 101.PREXBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase.


 
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SIGNATURES

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 10, 20139, 2014                                                      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 10, 20139, 2014                                                                /s/ Kenneth A.David E. Chymiak                                                                           
Kenneth A.David E. Chymiak, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Technology Officer

Date:     December 10, 20139, 2014                                                                /s/ Scott A. Francis                                                                           
Scott A. Francis, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial
Officer) and Director

Date:     December 10, 2013                                                 /s/ David E. Chymiak
David E. Chymiak, Chief Technology Officer and Director

Date:     December 10, 20139, 2014                                                                /s/ Thomas J. Franz                                                                           
Thomas J. Franz, Director

Date:     December 10, 20139, 2014                                                                /s/ Paul F. Largess                                                                           
Paul F. Largess, Director

Date:     December 10, 20139, 2014                                                                /s/ James C. McGill                                                                           
James C. McGill, Director

Date:     December 10, 2013                                                 /s/ Stephen J. Tyde
Stephen J. Tyde, Director



 
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

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

Exhibit                                Description

 3.1Certificate 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, 2003.2003 (File No. 033-39902-FW).

 3.2Bylaws 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, 2007.2007 (File No. 001-10799).

 4.1Certificate 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, 1999.1999 (File No. 033-39902-FW).

 10.1The ADDvantage MediaTechnologies Group, Inc. 1998 Incentive Stock Plan,  incorporated by reference to Appendix AExhibit 10.1 to the Company's Proxy Statement relating to the Company's 1998 Annual Meeting,Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 1998.August 12, 2014 (File No. 001-10799).

 10.2
First Amendment to ADDvantage MediaTechnologies Group, Inc. 1998 Incentive
Stock Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 20, 2003.2003 (File No. 333-110645).

 10.3Senior 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, 2007.2007 (File No. 001-10799).

 10.4Employment 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, 2008.2008 (File No. 001-10799).

 10.5Amended 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, 2010.2010 (File No. 001-10799).

 10.6Amendment 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, 2011.2011 (File No. 001-10799).

 10.7Employment 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, 2012.2012 (File No. 001-10799).

 10.8Form 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, 2012.2012 (File No. 001-10799).

 
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 10.9Change in Control Agreement dated April 2, 10122012 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, 2012.2012 (File No. 001-10799).

 10.10Form 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, 2012.2012 (File No. 001-10799).

 10.11Amendment 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, 2012.2012 (File No. 001-10799).

 10.12Amendment Three to Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement dated November 29, 2013.2013, 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).

10.13Amendment 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).

10.14Amendment Five to Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement dated November 28, 2014.
 
21.1Listing of the Company's subsidiaries.
 
 23.1Consent of HoganTaylor LLP.

 31.1Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.

 31.2Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.

 32.1Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 32.2Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 101.INSXBRL Instance Document.

 101.SCHXBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema.

 101.CALXBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase.

 101.DEFXBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase.

 101.LABXBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase.

 101.PREXBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase.

 
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