<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001179110-16-031181.txt : 20161103
<SEC-HEADER>0001179110-16-031181.hdr.sgml : 20161103
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20161103181259
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001179110-16-031181
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160421
FILED AS OF DATE:		20161103
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20161103

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001235468
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1920 L STREET, N.W.
		STREET 2:		6TH FLOOR
		CITY:			WASHINGTON
		STATE:			DC
		ZIP:			20036
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2024676868

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1920 L STREET, N.W.
		STREET 2:		6TH FLOOR
		CITY:			WASHINGTON
		STATE:			DC
		ZIP:			20036

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Sweeney Michael E
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001668475

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-51813
		FILM NUMBER:		161973151

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O LIQUIDITY SERVICES, INC.
		STREET 2:		1920 L STREET, N.W., 6TH FLOOR
		CITY:			WASHINGTON
		STATE:			DC
		ZIP:			20036
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<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4 -
<TEXT>
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2016-04-21</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001235468</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>LQDT</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001668475</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Sweeney Michael E</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O LIQUIDITY SERVICES, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>1920 L STREET, N.W., 6TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WASHINGTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>DC</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>20036</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>VP &amp; Chief Accounting Officer</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable></nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Grant</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>5.53</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2016-04-21</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>14000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2026-04-01</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>14000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>14000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Twenty-five percent of this restricted stock grant will vest on April 1, 2017 and thereafter 1/4 of the restricted stock grant will vest on April 1 of each year for three years.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>No non-derivative securities are beneficially owned.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Mark A. Shaffer, by power of attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-11-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24.TXT
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>ex24sweeney.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

The  undersigned  hereby  constitutes  and appoints Mark A. Shaffer and Jorge A.
Celaya the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:


(1)   execute  for  and  on  behalf  of  the  undersigned  Forms  3,  4 and 5 in
      accordance  with  Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
      the rules thereunder;

(2)   do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
      may  be  necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such Form
      3,  4,  or  5  and  the  timely filing of such form with the United States
      Securities  and  Exchange Commission and any other authority; and

(3)   take  any  other  action  of  any  type  whatsoever in connection with the
      foregoing  which,  in  the  opinion  of  such  attorney-in-fact, may be of
      benefit  to,  in  the  best  interest  of,  or  legally  required  by, the
      undersigned.

The  undersigned  hereby  grants  to  each  such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority  to  do  and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could  do  if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all  that  such  attorney-in-fact,  or  such
attorney-in-fact's  substitute  or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done  by  virtue  of  this  power  of  attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The  undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving  in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming any
of  the  undersigned's  responsibilities  to  comply  with  Section  16  of  the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934. This Power of Attorney can only be revoked by
delivering  a  signed,  original  "Revocation  of  Power  of  Attorney"  to  the
attorneys-in-fact.

IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  undersigned  has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 31st day of March, 2016.




                                             /s/ Michael E. Sweeney
                                 -----------------------------------------------
                                 Name:       Michael E. Sweeney
                                 Title:      VP and Chief Accounting Officer


</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
</SEC-DOCUMENT>
