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Liquidity Services Inc – ‘10-K’ for 9/30/17 – ‘XML’

On:  Wednesday, 12/6/17, at 6:00pm ET   ·   As of:  12/7/17   ·   For:  9/30/17   ·   Accession #:  1628280-17-12164   ·   File #:  0-51813

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

12/07/17  Liquidity Services Inc            10-K        9/30/17  102:11M                                    Workiva Inc Wde… FA01/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 2: EX-10.9.2   Material Contract                                   HTML     69K 
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 4: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     28K 
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10: EX-32.3     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
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19: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     38K 
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21: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss)     HTML     43K 
                Income                                                           
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                Stockholders' Equity                                             
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24: R8          Organization                                        HTML     35K 
25: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    134K 
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27: R11         Property and Equipment                              HTML     54K 
28: R12         Goodwill                                            HTML     77K 
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38: R22         Legal Proceedings                                   HTML     36K 
39: R23         Segment Information                                 HTML    196K 
40: R24         Quarterly Results (Unaudited)                       HTML     71K 
41: R25         Subsequent Event Subsequent Event                   HTML     31K 
42: R26         Schedule Ii - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts     HTML     65K 
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                (Policies)                                                       
44: R28         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    100K 
                (Tables)                                                         
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55: R39         Quarterly Results (Unaudited) (Tables)              HTML     71K 
56: R40         Organization (Details)                              HTML     32K 
57: R41         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     32K 
                Inventory (Details)                                              
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                (Details)                                                        
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                (Details)                                                        
60: R44         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     48K 
                Intangible Assets and Impairment of Long-Lived                   
                Assets (Details)                                                 
61: R45         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     47K 
                Concentration (Details)                                          
62: R46         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     28K 
                Income Taxes (Details)                                           
63: R47         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     47K 
                Advertising Costs and AOCI (Details)                             
64: R48         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     31K 
                Earnings Per Share (Details)                                     
65: R49         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     44K 
                Weighted Average Shares (Details)                                
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81: R65         Equity Transactions - Fair Value (Details)          HTML     61K 
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83: R67         Fair Value Measurement - Narrative (Details)        HTML     39K 
84: R68         Fair Value Measurement - Changes in Level 3 Assets  HTML     41K 
                (Details)                                                        
85: R69         Defined Benefit Pension Plan (Details)              HTML    142K 
86: R70         Defined Benefit Pension Plan - Fair Value           HTML     45K 
                Estimates (Details)                                              
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88: R72         Narrative (Details)                                 HTML    106K 
89: R73         Business Realignment Expenses - Activity in         HTML     52K 
                Liability for Business Realignment Initiatives                   
                (Details)                                                        
90: R74         Segment Information - Narrative (Details)           HTML     30K 
91: R75         Segment Information - Schedule of Reportable        HTML     70K 
                Segments (Details)                                               
92: R76         Segment Information - Reconciliation from Segments  HTML     46K 
                to Consolidated (Details)                                        
93: R77         Segment Information - Schedule of Revenues by       HTML     38K 
                Country (Details)                                                
94: R78         Segment Information - Schedule of Total Segment     HTML     39K 
                Assets (Details)                                                 
95: R79         Segment Information - Schedule of Total Long-Lived  HTML     34K 
                Assets by Geograpical Location (Details)                         
96: R80         Segment Information - Property and Equipment,       HTML     38K 
                Additions by Segment (Details)                                   
97: R81         Quarterly Results (Unaudited) (Details)             HTML     44K 
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99: R83         Schedule Ii - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts     HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
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