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AEY - Bankruptcy:

Item 1.03. Bankruptcy or Receivership
On January 31, 2024, ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc. (the “Company”) and each of its subsidiaries, Fulton Technologies, Inc. (“Fulton”), Nave Communications Company (“Nave”), and ADDvantage Triton, LLC (“Triton,” and together with Fulton and Nave, the “Subsidiaries,” and each a “Subsidiary”), filed a voluntary petition for relief under the provisions of Chapter 7 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division (the “Bankruptcy Court”), (collectively, the “Bankruptcy Filings”). The Company and the Subsidiaries ceased operations on January 26, 2024. The following are the case numbers for the Company’s and the Subsidiaries’ Bankruptcy Filings:


•Case No. 24-40225 – ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc.
•Case No. 24-40226 – Fulton Technologies, Inc.
•Case No. 24-40227 – Nave Communications Company
•Case No. 24-40228 – ADDvantage Triton LLC


A Chapter 7 trustee will be appointed by the US Trustee's Office of the Bankruptcy Court, and the trustee will assume control over the assets and liabilities of the Company and the Subsidiaries, effectively eliminating the authority and powers of the Board of Directors of the Company and each Subsidiary and their respective executive officers to act on behalf of their behalf. The assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries will be liquidated and claims paid in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code.


Item 2.04. Triggering Events that Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement.
The commencement of the Chapter 7 Cases described in Item 1.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K constitutes an event of default under certain of the Company’s debt instruments, which results in acceleration of the Company’s and the Subsidiaries’ obligations under such debt instruments.


Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Concurrent with the Bankruptcy Filing, Joseph E. Hart, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President; and Michael Ramke, the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer, resigned as executive officers of the Company. As of January 31, 2024, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries have officers, consultants or employees.


Concurrent with the Bankruptcy Filing, directors David E. Chymiak, Joseph E. Hart, Timothy S. Harden, James C. McGill, John M. Shelnutt, and David W. Sparkman have effectively resigned as members of the Company’s Board of Directors. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries currently have members of their respective Boards of Directors.