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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-15-068572
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20151130
ITEM INFORMATION:		Results of Operations and Financial Condition
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20151130
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20151130

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HENNESSY ADVISORS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001145255
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INVESTMENT ADVICE [6282]
		IRS NUMBER:				680176227
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36423
		FILM NUMBER:		151260207

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7250 REDWOOD BLVD.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			NOVATO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94945
		BUSINESS PHONE:		415-899-1555

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7250 REDWOOD BLVD.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			NOVATO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94945
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">FORM 8-K</P>

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Exchange Act of 1934</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):&#9;<B>November&nbsp;30,
2015</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">HENNESSY ADVISORS, INC.</P>

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its charter)</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>7250 Redwood Blvd., Suite 200</B>&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Novato, California</B></P></TD>
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area code: <B><U>(415) 899-1555</U></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">On November&nbsp;30,
2015, Hennessy Advisors, Inc. issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30,
2015. A copy of the press release is being furnished as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to this Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K and is incorporated
by reference herein.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Press release issued November&nbsp;30, 2015 by Hennessy Advisors, Inc. announcing financial results for the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2015.</FONT></TD></TR>
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to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</FONT></P>

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    ADVISORS, INC.</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">November&nbsp;30,
    2015</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Neil J. Hennessy</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">President and CEO</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>HENNESSY ADVISORS, INC.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Exhibit Index to Current Report on Form
8-K dated November&nbsp;30, 2015</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Press release issued November&nbsp;30, 2015 by Hennessy Advisors, Inc. announcing financial results for the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2015.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<p style="text-align:center"><b>Hennessy Advisors, Inc. Reports Record High Annual Earnings and Revenue</b></p></div><div style="width:100%;margin-left:10pt;"><div style="margin:0;margin-top:16pt;"><p>NOVATO, Calif., Nov. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- <b>Hennessy Advisors, Inc.</b> (NASDAQ:HNNA) today reported fully diluted earnings per share for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015 of $1.91, which represents an increase of 47% from the prior fiscal year earnings of $1.30 per share. Annual revenue totaled almost $45 million, an increase of 30% versus the prior year. While total assets under management increased by $467 million for the fiscal year, average assets under management, upon which fees are calculated, increased by nearly $1.2 billion, or 24%, driving increases in revenue, net income and earnings per share versus the prior year.  The growth in assets was primarily attributable
to net sales of $642 million into the firm&#39;s mutual funds.</p><p>&#34;In a year where the stock market experienced significant ups and down, I was very pleased that we were able to grow our assets and generate solid financial results.  We began this fiscal year with over $5.5 billion in assets under management, and we ended with approximately $6 billion.  This asset growth produced new highs for assets, revenue, income and earnings,&#34; said Neil Hennessy, President, Chairman and CEO of Hennessy Advisors, Inc. &#34;Going forward, we remain committed to our proven business model of organic growth and strategic acquisition,&#34; he noted.</p><p>&#34;I believe we&#39;ve been in a correction for over a year, but it&#39;s been a sideways correction, as the market has exhibited some fatigue after a long bull run. Currently we are experiencing slow but steady economic growth, and stocks
are generally trading right in line with their long-term historical averages.  I believe corporate balance sheets are in excellent shape, oil prices are down, and inflation is low,&#34; said Mr. Hennessy. &#34;In my view, taken together, these fundamentals signal a continuation of the bull market that began six years ago.  And with investor worries over volatility and higher interest rates keeping sentiment subdued, I firmly believe there is room for this market to move higher in the coming years,&#34;  he added.</p><div>
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<br /></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 6pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><b>Sept. 30, 2015</b></font></font></p></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 6pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><b>Sept. 30, 2014</b></font></font></p></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt;
BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 6pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><b>$ Change</b></font></font></p></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: black 1pt solid; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 6pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><b>% Change</b></font></font></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="BORDER-TOP: black 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 6pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font
style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Total Revenue</font></font></p></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: black; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: 1pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt">
<br /></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="BORDER-TOP: black 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">$ &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;44,739,264</font></font></p></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="BORDER-TOP: black 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">$ &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;34,525,772</font></font></p></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="BORDER-TOP: black 1pt;
BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">$ &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;10,213,492</font></font></p></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: black; BORDER-RIGHT: black 1pt solid; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 6pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">29.6%</font></font></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="BORDER-TOP: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT:
black 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 6pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Net Income</font></font></p></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: black; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: 1pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt">
<br /></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="BORDER-TOP: black 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">$ &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;11,389,279</font></font></p></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="BORDER-TOP: black 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">$ &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;7,666,453</font></font></p></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="BORDER-TOP: black 1pt;
BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">$ &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;3,722,826</font></font></p></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: black; BORDER-RIGHT: black 1pt solid; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 6pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">48.6%</font></font></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt;
BORDER-LEFT: black 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 6pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Earnings per share (diluted)</font></font></p></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">$ &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; 1.91</font></font></p></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt"><p style="MARGIN:
0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">$ &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; 1.30</font></font></p></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">$ &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; 0.61</font></font></p></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: black 1pt solid; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 6pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font
style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">46.9%</font></font></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1pt; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 6pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Weighted Average number of</font></font></p></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt">
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<br /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 6pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">shares outstanding (diluted)</font></font></p></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">5,960,689</font></font></p></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black
0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">5,896,733</font></font></p></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">63,956</font></font></p></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: black 1pt solid; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 6pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial">1.1%</font></font></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1pt; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 6pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mutual Fund Average Assets&#160;</font></font></p></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt">
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<br /></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt">
<br /></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: black 1pt solid; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt">
<br /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 6pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Under Management</font></font></p></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: 1pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt">
<br /></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">$ &#160; &#160; 6,005,635,508</font></font></p></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">$ &#160; &#160; 4,843,936,132</font></font></p></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM:
black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">$ &#160; &#160; 1,161,699,376</font></font></p></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: black 1pt solid; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 6pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">24.0%</font></font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt">
<br /></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: 1pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt">
<br /></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: 1pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt">
<br /></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt">
<br /></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt">
<br /></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt">
<br /></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: black 1pt solid; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt">
<br /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 6pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><b>At Period Ending Date</b></font></font></p></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 6pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><b>Sept. 30, 2015</b></font></font></p></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center;
PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 6pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><b>Sept. 30, 2014</b></font></font></p></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 6pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><b>$ Change</b></font></font></p></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: black 1pt solid; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 6pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font
style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><b>% Change</b></font></font></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1pt; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 6pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mutual Fund Total Assets</font></font></p></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt">
<br /></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt">
<br /></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt">
<br /></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: black 1pt solid; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt">
<br /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 6pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Under Management</font></font></p></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: 1pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt">
<br /></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">$ &#160; &#160; 5,987,985,422</font></font></p></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">$ &#160; &#160; 5,520,802,377</font></font></p></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM:
black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">$ &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;467,183,045</font></font></p></td><td style="BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: black 1pt solid; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 6pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">8.5%</font></font></p></td></tr></table></div></div><p> </p><p><b><b><u>About Hennessy Advisors, Inc. </u></b></b></p><p>Hennessy Advisors, Inc. is a publicly traded investment manager offering a broad range of domestic equity, balanced and fixed income, and
specialty mutual funds. Hennessy Advisors, Inc. is committed to its consistent and repeatable investment process, combining time-tested stock selection strategies with a highly disciplined, team-managed approach, and to superior service to shareholders.</p><p><b><u>Supplemental Information</u></b></p><p>Nothing in this press release shall be considered a solicitation to buy or an offer to sell a security to any person in any jurisdiction where such offer, solicitation, purchase or sale would be unlawful under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.</p><p> </p>
<br /><br /><p>CONTACT: Tania Kelley, Hennessy Advisors, Inc., tania@hennessyadvisors.com; 800-966-4354; Melissa Murphy, SunStar Strategic, MMurphy@sunstarstrategic.com; 202-262-4989</p></div></div></body></html>
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