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AMCON Distributing Company Reports Results for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2024

DIT

AMCON Distributing Company (“AMCON” or “the Company”) (NYSE American: DIT), an Omaha, Nebraska based Convenience and Foodservice Distributor, is pleased to announce fully diluted earnings per share of $2.46 on net income available to common shareholders of $1.5 million for its third fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2024.

“AMCON’s customer-centric philosophy is a competitive advantage in this economic environment, as our customers rely on our ability to deliver a timely flow of goods and services. Foodservice, technology platforms, and associated staffing for these strategic areas are a central focus of our management team. We are committed to making the investments necessary to compete in the marketplace,” said Christopher H. Atayan, AMCON’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. He further noted, “We welcome our new team members and customers from our recently completed acquisition of Richmond Master Distributors, Inc. AMCON is committed to pursuing strategic acquisition opportunities in the Convenience Distributor and Foodservice sectors.”

“Labor shortages, supply chain issues, inflation, volatility in energy prices, and the impact of rising interest rates continue to present challenges for our business,” said Andrew C. Plummer, AMCON’s President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Plummer added, “Our recent acquisitions have enhanced our geographic reach to better serve our customers as they grow their store footprints.”

Charles J. Schmaderer, AMCON’s Chief Financial Officer said, “Sales for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2024 were $717.9 million and the Company ended the fiscal period with total shareholders’ equity of approximately $110.0 million. We continue to maintain a strong liquidity position and recent amendments to our bank credit facilities provided additional flexibility to pursue our strategic objectives that materialized during the quarter.” Mr. Schmaderer also added, “We continue to invest in the final completion of our 175,000 square foot distribution facility in Springfield, Missouri. In addition, we are also deploying capital in enhanced foodservice capabilities in our recently purchased 250,000 square foot distribution facility in Colorado City, Colorado, and we opened a new retail location in Lakewood Ranch, Florida.”

AMCON, and its subsidiaries Team Sledd, LLC and Henry’s Foods, Inc., is a leading Convenience and Foodservice Distributor of consumer products, including beverages, candy, tobacco, groceries, foodservice, frozen and refrigerated foods, automotive supplies and health and beauty care products with thirteen (13) distribution centers in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, and West Virginia. Through its Healthy Edge Retail Group, AMCON operates fifteen (15) health and natural product retail stores in the Midwest and Florida.

This news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties and which reflect management's current beliefs and estimates of future economic circumstances, industry conditions, Company performance and financial results. A number of factors could affect the future results of the Company and could cause those results to differ materially from those expressed in the Company's forward-looking statements including, without limitation, availability of sufficient cash resources to conduct its business and meet its capital expenditures needs and the other factors described under Item 1.A. of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K. Moreover, past financial performance should not be considered a reliable indicator of future performance. Accordingly, the Company claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to all such forward-looking statements.

Visit AMCON Distributing Company's web site at: www.amcon.com

AMCON Distributing Company and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023

June

September

2024

2023

(Unaudited)

ASSETS

Current assets:

Cash

$

719,342

$

790,931

Accounts receivable, less allowance for credit losses of $2.5 million at June 2024 and $2.4 million at September 2023

80,469,376

70,878,420

Inventories, net

160,778,835

158,582,816

Income taxes receivable

330,170

1,854,484

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

15,991,451

13,564,056

Total current assets

258,289,174

245,670,707

Property and equipment, net

103,989,865

80,607,451

Operating lease right-of-use assets, net

24,710,670

23,173,287

Goodwill

5,778,325

5,778,325

Other intangible assets, net

4,881,659

5,284,935

Other assets

2,954,262

2,914,495

Total assets

$

400,603,955

$

363,429,200

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable

$

46,249,366

$

43,099,326

Accrued expenses

16,590,155

14,922,279

Accrued wages, salaries and bonuses

8,168,882

8,886,529

Current operating lease liabilities

6,662,109

6,063,048

Current maturities of long-term debt

5,335,127

1,955,065

Current mandatorily redeemable non-controlling interest

1,651,608

1,703,604

Total current liabilities

84,657,247

76,629,851

Credit facilities

156,941,944

140,437,989

Deferred income tax liability, net

4,594,841

4,917,960

Long-term operating lease liabilities

18,358,088

17,408,758

Long-term debt, less current maturities

17,917,378

11,675,439

Mandatorily redeemable non-controlling interest, less current portion

6,497,523

7,787,227

Other long-term liabilities

1,669,817

402,882

Shareholders’ equity:

Preferred stock, $.01 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized

Common stock, $.01 par value, 3,000,000 shares authorized, 630,362 shares outstanding at June 2024 and 608,689 shares outstanding at September 2023

9,648

9,431

Additional paid-in capital

33,800,187

30,585,388

Retained earnings

107,429,445

104,846,438

Treasury stock at cost

(31,272,163

)

(31,272,163

)

Total shareholders’ equity

109,967,117

104,169,094

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

$

400,603,955

$

363,429,200

AMCON Distributing Company and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Unaudited Statements of Operations

for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023

For the three months ended June

For the nine months ended June

2024

2023

2024

2023

Sales (including excise taxes of $150.2 and $153.7 million, and $415.7 and $414.9 million, respectively)

$

717,852,293

$

696,489,427

$

1,964,688,673

$

1,847,472,782

Cost of sales

669,893,539

649,623,651

1,831,118,129

1,724,504,862

Gross profit

47,958,754

46,865,776

133,570,544

122,967,920

Selling, general and administrative expenses

39,920,976

36,851,520

113,857,467

99,227,695

Depreciation and amortization

2,415,158

2,103,429

6,923,716

4,982,068

42,336,134

38,954,949

120,781,183

104,209,763

Operating income

5,622,620

7,910,827

12,789,361

18,758,157

Other expense (income):

Interest expense

2,903,925

2,385,842

7,463,175

6,249,540

Change in fair value of mandatorily redeemable non-controlling interest

393,324

698,571

727,457

864,684

Other (income), net

(78,903

)

(931,765

)

(833,050

)

(1,159,021

)

3,218,346

2,152,648

7,357,582

5,955,203

Income from operations before income taxes

2,404,274

5,758,179

5,431,779

12,802,954

Income tax expense

914,875

1,813,800

2,331,875

4,164,000

Net income available to common shareholders

$

1,489,399

$

3,944,379

$

3,099,904

$

8,638,954

Basic earnings per share available to common shareholders

$

2.48

$

6.74

$

5.18

$

14.78

Diluted earnings per share available to common shareholders

$

2.46

$

6.59

$

5.11

$

14.56

Basic weighted average shares outstanding

600,161

585,625

598,637

584,359

Diluted weighted average shares outstanding

606,252

598,590

606,151

593,480

Dividends paid per common share

$

0.18

$

0.18

$

0.82

$

5.54

AMCON Distributing Company and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Unaudited Statements of Shareholders’ Equity

for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023

Additional

Common Stock

Treasury Stock

Paid-in

Retained

Shares

Amount

Shares

Amount

Capital

Earnings

Total

THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 2023

Balance, April 1, 2023

943,272

$

9,431

(332,220

)

$

(30,867,287

)

$

29,766,566

$

98,167,058

$

97,075,768

Dividends on common stock, $0.18 per share

(111,219

)

(111,219

)

Compensation expense related to equity-based awards

409,411

409,411

Committed repurchase of common stock

(2,363

)

(404,876

)

(404,876

)

Net income available to common shareholders

3,944,379

3,944,379

Balance, June 30, 2023

943,272

$

9,431

(334,583

)

$

(31,272,163

)

$

30,175,977

$

102,000,218

$

100,913,463

THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 2024

Balance, April 1, 2024

964,945

$

9,648

(334,583

)

$

(31,272,163

)

$

33,160,639

$

106,053,510

$

107,951,634

Dividends on common stock, $0.18 per share

(113,464

)

(113,464

)

Compensation expense related to equity-based awards

639,548

639,548

Net income available to common shareholders

1,489,399

1,489,399

Balance, June 30, 2024

964,945

$

9,648

(334,583

)

$

(31,272,163

)

$

33,800,187

$

107,429,445

$

109,967,117

Additional

Common Stock

Treasury Stock

Paid-in

Retained

Shares

Amount

Shares

Amount

Capital

Earnings

Total

NINE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 2023

Balance, October 1, 2022

917,009

$

9,168

(332,220

)

$

(30,867,287

)

$

26,903,201

$

96,784,353

$

92,829,435

Dividends on common stock, $5.54 per share

(3,423,089

)

(3,423,089

)

Compensation expense and issuance of stock in connection with equity-based awards

26,263

263

3,272,776

3,273,039

Committed repurchase of common stock

(2,363

)

(404,876

)

(404,876

)

Net income available to common shareholders

8,638,954

8,638,954

Balance, June 30, 2023

943,272

$

9,431

(334,583

)

$

(31,272,163

)

$

30,175,977

$

102,000,218

$

100,913,463

NINE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 2024

Balance, October 1, 2023

943,272

$

9,431

(334,583

)

$

(31,272,163

)

$

30,585,388

$

104,846,438

$

104,169,094

Dividends on common stock, $0.82 per share

(516,897

)

(516,897

)

Compensation expense and issuance of stock in connection with equity-based awards

21,673

217

3,214,799

3,215,016

Net income available to common shareholders

3,099,904

3,099,904

Balance, June 30, 2024

964,945

$

9,648

(334,583

)

$

(31,272,163

)

$

33,800,187

$

107,429,445

$

109,967,117

AMCON Distributing Company and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Unaudited Statements of Cash Flows

for the nine months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023

June

June

2024

2023

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

Net income available to common shareholders

$

3,099,904

$

8,638,954

Adjustments to reconcile net income available to common shareholders to net cash flows from (used in) operating activities:

Depreciation

6,520,440

4,701,316

Amortization

403,276

280,752

(Gain) loss on sales of property and equipment

(141,522

)

(133,159

)

Equity-based compensation

1,850,233

1,940,631

Deferred income taxes

(323,119

)

809,616

Provision for credit losses

131.132

(7,697

)

Inventory allowance

175,706

442,603

Change in fair value of contingent consideration

45,362

Change in fair value of mandatorily redeemable non-controlling interest

727,457

864,684

Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of business combinations:

Accounts receivable

(4,110,926

)

(8,026,950

)

Inventories

12,365,936

(12,294,118

)

Prepaid and other current assets

(999,319

)

(745,490

)

Other assets

(39,767

)

(569,683

)

Accounts payable

4,082,394

10,360,228

Accrued expenses and accrued wages, salaries and bonuses

1,112,351

1,487,971

Other long-term liabilities

446,831

185,704

Income taxes payable and receivable

1,524,314

1,572,253

Net cash flows from (used in) operating activities

26,870,683

9,507,615

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

Purchase of property and equipment

(16,793,486

)

(6,759,929

)

Proceeds from sales of property and equipment

306,748

151,307

Acquisition of Burklund

(15,464,397

)

Acquisition of Richmond Master

(6,631,039

)

Acquisition of Henry's

(54,865,303

)

Net cash flows from (used in) investing activities

(38,582,174

)

(61,473,925

)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

Borrowings under revolving credit facilities

1,845,255,576

1,863,027,754

Repayments under revolving credit facilities

(1,828,751,621

)

(1,810,914,231

)

Proceeds from borrowings on long-term debt

7,000,000

Principal payments on long-term debt

(2,277,999

)

(1,011,559

)

Dividends on common stock

(516,897

)

(3,423,089

)

Redemption and distributions to non-controlling interest

(2,069,157

)

(2,405,128

)

Net cash flows from (used in) financing activities

11,639,902

52,273,747

Net change in cash

(71,589

)

307,437

Cash, beginning of period

790,931

431,576

Cash, end of period

$

719,342

$

739,013

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

Cash paid during the period for interest, net of amounts capitalized

$

6,976,501

$

5,824,144

Cash paid during the period for income taxes, net of refunds

1,066,105

1,780,000

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash information:

Equipment acquisitions classified in accounts payable

$

83,180

$

1,622,224

Committed repurchase of treasury stock

404,876

Purchase of property financed with promissory note

8,000,000

Portion of Burklund acquisition financed with promissory note

3,900,000

Portion of Burklund acquisition financed with contingent consideration

1,578,444

Issuance of common stock in connection with the vesting of equity-based awards

1,296,372

2,044,805



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