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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-042921"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000874292"
company_name: "ADDVANTAGE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2023-12-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T06:11:41.806172+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CFO Michael Rutledge resigns effective Jan 4, 2024; Michael Ramke appointed interim CFO

## Summary
- Michael Rutledge resigned as CFO for personal reasons, effective January 4, 2024; no disagreement with company.
- Michael Ramke appointed interim CFO as independent contractor under day-rate contract, terminable at will with 30-day notice.
- Ramke, 54, previously led M&A and capital raise efforts for the company since April 2020 as independent contractor.
- Prior experience includes CFO of Stretch Zone Franchising and 15 years at Crown Castle; holds BBA from Texas A&M University.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-042921
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000874292
- company_name: ADDVANTAGE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2023-12-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874292/000162828023042921/0001628280-23-042921-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874292/000162828023042921/aey-20231226.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-042921.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael Ramke was appointed as interim Chief Financial Officer at ADDVANTAGE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: In connection with Mr. Rutledge’s resignation, the Board of Directors appointed Michael Ramke as the interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective January 4, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874292/000162828023042921/0001628280-23-042921-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael Rutledge resigned as Chief Financial Officer at ADDVANTAGE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On December 26, 2023, Michael Rutledge, the Chief Financial Officer ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation (the “Company”), resigned from the Company, effective January 4, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874292/000162828023042921/0001628280-23-042921-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.