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Liquidity Services Inc – ‘10-K’ for 9/30/16 – ‘XML’

On:  Monday, 11/21/16, at 4:32pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/16   ·   Accession #:  1047469-16-16885   ·   File #:  0-51813

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

11/21/16  Liquidity Services Inc            10-K        9/30/16   96:10M                                    Toppan Merrill-FA

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

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                Income                                                           
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41: R26         Legal Proceedings                                   HTML     38K 
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44: R29         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    223K 
                (Policies)                                                       
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Concentration (Details)                                          
61: R46         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     26K 
                Income Taxes (Details)                                           
62: R47         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     45K 
                Advertising Costs and AOCI (Details)                             
63: R48         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     30K 
                Earnings Per Share (Details)                                     
64: R49         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     48K 
                Weighted Average Shares (Details)                                
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66: R51         National Electronic Service Association (NESA)      HTML     36K 
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85: R70         Defined Benefit Pension Plan (Details)              HTML    158K 
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                Estimates (Details)                                              
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 9/07/17  SEC                               UPLOAD10/05/17    1:35K  Liquidity Services Inc.
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