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AMCON Distributing Company Reports Results for the Fiscal Year Ended September 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 $7.15 on net income available to common shareholders of $4.3 million for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024.

“We have seen our strategic plan come to full bloom in fiscal 2024. AMCON has grown its footprint geographically, expanded within our existing footprint, and enhanced our foodservice capability. We are now the third largest Convenience Distributor in the United States measured by territory covered. Our new Springfield, Missouri facility is fully operational and provides the infrastructure necessary to advance our foodservice initiatives. AMCON’s long-standing core operating philosophy is providing a superior level of customer service. Our customer-centric approach has guided us through these challenging times and ensured that AMCON’s customers received a consistent and timely flow of goods and services,” said Christopher H. Atayan, AMCON’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. He further noted, “We continue to actively seek strategic acquisition opportunities for operators who want to align with our customer focused approach philosophy and further the legacy of their enterprises.”

The wholesale distribution segment reported revenues of $2.7 billion and operating income of $31.3 million for fiscal 2024 and the retail health food segment reported revenues of $42.5 million and operating income of $0.1 million for fiscal 2024.

“We continue to drive the growth of our foodservice business through our Henry’s Foods (“Henry’s”) subsidiary. Henry’s offers a breadth and depth of proprietary foodservice programs and associated store level merchandising that is unparalleled in the convenience distribution industry. Through Henry’s, we now have the capability to offer turn-key solutions that will enable our customer base to compete head-on with the Quick Service Restaurant industry. We are investing heavily in our foodservice and technology platforms and associated staffing for these strategic focus areas as we deploy these capabilities across our entire organization,” said Andrew C. Plummer, AMCON’s President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Plummer continued, “In particular, we now have integrated state of the art advertising, design, print and electronic display programs that we believe provide our customers a competitive edge.”

“We continue our relentless daily focus on managing the Company’s balance sheet and maximizing our liquidity position. At September 30, 2024, our shareholders’ equity was $111.7 million,” said Charles J. Schmaderer, AMCON’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Schmaderer also added, “We are investing capital to develop our recently acquired 250,000 square foot distribution facility in Colorado City, Colorado, which will support our customers’ growth initiatives in the Intermountain Region.”

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

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

September

September

2024

2023

ASSETS

Current assets:

Cash

$

672,788

$

790,931

Accounts receivable, less allowance for credit losses of $2.3 million at September 2024 and $2.4 million at September 2023

70,653,907

70,878,420

Inventories, net

144,254,843

158,582,816

Income taxes receivable

718,645

1,854,484

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

12,765,088

13,564,056

Total current assets

229,065,271

245,670,707

Property and equipment, net

106,049,061

80,607,451

Operating lease right-of-use assets, net

25,514,731

23,173,287

Goodwill

5,778,325

5,778,325

Other intangible assets, net

4,747,234

5,284,935

Other assets

2,952,688

2,914,495

Total assets

$

374,107,310

$

363,429,200

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable

$

54,498,225

$

43,099,326

Accrued expenses

15,802,727

14,922,279

Accrued wages, salaries and bonuses

8,989,355

8,886,529

Current operating lease liabilities

7,036,751

6,063,048

Current maturities of long-term debt

5,202,443

1,955,065

Current mandatorily redeemable non-controlling interest

1,703,604

1,703,604

Total current liabilities

93,233,105

76,629,851

Credit facilities

121,272,004

140,437,989

Deferred income tax liability, net

4,374,316

4,917,960

Long-term operating lease liabilities

18,770,001

17,408,758

Long-term debt, less current maturities

16,562,908

11,675,439

Mandatorily redeemable non-controlling interest, less current portion

6,507,896

7,787,227

Other long-term liabilities

1,657,295

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 September 2024 and 608,689 shares outstanding at September 2023

9,648

9,431

Additional paid-in capital

34,439,735

30,585,388

Retained earnings

108,552,565

104,846,438

Treasury stock at cost

(31,272,163

)

(31,272,163

)

Total shareholders’ equity

111,729,785

104,169,094

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

$

374,107,310

$

363,429,200

AMCON Distributing Company and Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

Fiscal Years Ended September

2024

2023

Sales (including excise taxes of $569.5 million and $564.6 million, respectively)

$

2,710,981,108

$

2,539,994,999

Cost of sales

2,528,626,652

2,369,150,102

Gross profit

182,354,456

170,844,897

Selling, general and administrative expenses

154,878,763

137,301,668

Depreciation and amortization

9,495,179

7,576,646

164,373,942

144,878,314

Operating income

17,980,514

25,966,583

Other expense (income):

Interest expense

10,413,228

8,550,431

Change in fair value of mandatorily redeemable non-controlling interest

1,040,968

1,307,599

Other (income), net

(936,171

)

(1,193,840

)

10,518,025

8,664,190

Income from operations before income taxes

7,462,489

17,302,393

Income tax expense

3,126,000

5,706,000

Net income available to common shareholders

$

4,336,489

$

11,596,393

Basic earnings per share available to common shareholders

$

7.24

$

19.85

Diluted earnings per share available to common shareholders

$

7.15

$

19.46

Basic weighted average shares outstanding

599,020

584,148

Diluted weighted average shares outstanding

606,782

595,850

Dividends paid per common share

$

1.00

$

5.72

AMCON Distributing Company and Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Additional

Common Stock

Treasury Stock

Paid-in

Retained

Shares

Amount

Shares

Amount

Capital

Earnings

Total

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, $5.72 per share

(3,534,308

)

(3,534,308

)

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

26,263

263

3,682,187

3,682,450

Repurchase of common stock

(2,363

)

(404,876

)

(404,876

)

Net income available to common shareholders

11,596,393

11,596,393

Balance, September 30, 2023

943,272

$

9,431

(334,583

)

$

(31,272,163

)

$

30,585,388

$

104,846,438

$

104,169,094

Dividends on common stock, $1.00 per share

(630,362

)

(630,362

)

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

21,673

217

3,854,347

3,854,564

Net income available to common shareholders

4,336,489

4,336,489

Balance, September 30, 2024

964,945

$

9,648

(334,583

)

$

(31,272,163

)

$

34,439,735

$

108,552,565

$

111,729,785

AMCON Distributing Company and Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

September

September

2024

2023

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

Net income available to common shareholders

$

4,336,489

$

11,596,393

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

Depreciation

8,957,478

7,161,468

Amortization

537,701

415,178

(Gain) loss on sales of property and equipment

(177,467

)

(133,659

)

Equity-based compensation

2,489,781

2,717,370

Deferred income taxes

(543,644

)

2,589,372

Provision for credit losses

(64,705

)

(133,924

)

Inventory allowance

62,349

(138,820

)

Change in fair value of contingent consideration

(124,992

)

Change in fair value of mandatorily redeemable non-controlling interest

1,040,968

1,307,599

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

Accounts receivable

5,900,380

(138,956

)

Inventories

29,003,285

(7,728,394

)

Prepaid and other current assets

2,227,044

(679,229

)

Other assets

(38,193

)

(163,340

)

Accounts payable

11,397,485

2,213,085

Accrued expenses and accrued wages, salaries and bonuses

1,221,322

1,574,050

Other long-term liabilities

511,231

298,914

Income taxes payable and receivable

1,135,839

(1,034,889

)

Net cash flows from (used in) operating activities

67,872,351

19,722,218

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

Purchase of property and equipment

(20,429,805

)

(11,561,347

)

Proceeds from sales of property and equipment

416,546

151,808

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

(42,108,695

)

(66,274,842

)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

Borrowings under revolving credit facilities

2,517,192,464

2,512,309,723

Repayments under revolving credit facilities

(2,536,358,449

)

(2,463,134,172

)

Proceeds from borrowings on long-term debt

7,000,000

Principal payments on long-term debt

(3,765,153

)

(2,349,065

)

Repurchase of common stock

(404,876

)

Dividends on common stock

(630,362

)

(3,534,308

)

Redemption and distributions to non-controlling interest

(2,320,299

)

(2,975,323

)

Net cash flows from (used in) financing activities

(25,881,799

)

46,911,979

Net change in cash

(118,143

)

359,355

Cash, beginning of period

790,931

431,576

Cash, end of period

$

672,788

$

790,931

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

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

$

9,985,313

$

8,311,375

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

2,520,127

4,141,370

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash information:

Equipment acquisitions classified in accounts payable

$

1,016,948

$

1,015,534

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