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Exhibit 99.1

AMCON Distributing Company Reports Fully Diluted Earnings Per Share of $7.79 for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2013

OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--November 8, 2013--AMCON Distributing Company (“AMCON”) (NYSE MKT:DIT), an Omaha, Nebraska based consumer products company is pleased to announce fully diluted earnings per share of $7.79 on net income available to common shareholders of $5.7 million for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013. AMCON earned $2.07 per fully diluted share on net income available to common shareholders of $1.5 million for the fourth fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2013.

“We are pleased with the results for fiscal 2013. AMCON has earned a leadership position in the convenience distribution industry as a result of our relentless focus on customer service and reliability. We believe these philosophies directly correlate to the positive results for the year,” said Christopher H. Atayan AMCON’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. He further noted, “We continue to experience highly competitive conditions in both of our operating segments. Our objective is to deliver attractive risk adjusted rates of return on the assets as we navigate this challenging environment. We believe our focused strategic plan and customer centric philosophy are essential elements as we seek to meet our short, medium, and long term objectives.”

“We take a long term approach to customer relationships and this has proven to be mutually beneficial,” said Kathleen Evans, President of AMCON’s Wholesale Distribution Segment. “Our fall trade shows have provided positive momentum as we enter fiscal 2014. Our accrual and foodservice programs as well as our new product introductions are developed with our customers’ profitability in mind,” added Ms. Evans.

“We opened two new stores during fiscal 2013 and are actively seeking additional locations that are consistent with our business model,” said Eric Hinkefent, President of AMCON’s Retail Health Food Segment. “The competition is expanding in our marketplace as a result of the industry’s growth. Margins will continue to experience pressure as a result of these new entrants,” added Hinkefent.

“We are very focused on increasing our shareholders’ equity per share and maintaining high levels of balance sheet liquidity. Debt reduction is an important priority for us because it improves our debt to equity ratio. At September 30, 2013 our shareholders’ equity was $52.7, resulting in adjusted book value per share of $74.91. We turned our inventory twenty-seven times and consolidated debt was reduced to $19.9 million. This was after share repurchases and new store investments totaling $4.4 million,” said Andrew Plummer, AMCON’s Chief Financial Officer. “We have made a commitment to expand our foodservice facilities at our Rapid City, South Dakota branch which commenced in fiscal 2014. In addition, we continue to invest in information technology for internal and external purposes,” added Plummer.


AMCON is a leading wholesale distributor of consumer products, including beverages, candy, tobacco, groceries, foodservice, frozen and chilled foods, and health and beauty care products with locations in Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Tennessee. AMCON also operates sixteen (16) health and natural product retail stores in the Midwest and Florida. The retail stores operate under the names Chamberlin's Market & Cafe www.chamberlins.com and Akin’s Natural Foods Market www.akins.com

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 30,
2013     2012
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash $ 275,036 $ 491,387
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $1.1 million at 2013 and $1.2 million at 2012 28,383,205 32,681,835
Inventories, net 46,125,187 38,364,621
Deferred income taxes 1,831,933 1,916,619
Prepaid and other current assets   5,001,992     6,476,702  
Total current assets 81,617,353 79,931,164
 
Property and equipment, net 13,088,859 13,083,912
Goodwill 6,349,827 6,349,827
Other intangible assets, net 4,820,978 5,185,978
Other assets   497,882     1,258,985  
$ 106,374,899   $ 105,809,866  
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 15,859,636 $ 17,189,208
Accrued expenses 6,714,444 6,931,859
Accrued wages, salaries and bonuses 2,754,136 2,503,361
Income taxes payable 1,922,351 2,194,966
Current maturities of long-term debt   998,788     1,182,829  
Total current liabilities 28,249,355 30,002,223
 
Credit facility 14,841,712 14,353,732
Deferred income taxes 3,327,010 3,633,390
Long-term debt, less current maturities 4,076,892 5,075,680
Other long-term liabilities 239,396 336,186
 

Series A cumulative, convertible preferred stock, $.01 par value 100,000 shares authorized and issued, and a total liquidation preference of $2.5 million at both September 2013 and September 2012

2,500,000

2,500,000
Series B cumulative, convertible preferred stock, $.01 par value 80,000 shares authorized, 16,000 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2013 and 58,000 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2012, and a total liquidation preference of $0.4 million and $1.5 million at September 2013 and September 2012, respectively 400,000 1,450,000
 

Commitments and contingencies

 
Shareholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 116,000 and 158,000 shares outstanding and issued in Series A and B referred to above
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 3,000,000 shares authorized, 623,115 shares issued and outstanding at September 2013 and 612,327 shares issued and outstanding at September 2012 6,543 6,293
Additional paid-in capital 12,502,135 11,021,109
Retained earnings 43,532,812 38,349,253
Treasury stock at cost   (3,300,956 )   (918,000 )
Total shareholders’ equity   52,740,534     48,458,655  
$ 106,374,899   $ 105,809,866  
 

 

AMCON Distributing Company and Subsidiaries

 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 
    Fiscal Years Ended September
2013     2012
Sales (including excise taxes of $386.4 million and $371.3 million, respectively) $ 1,211,052,634 $ 1,174,167,758
Cost of sales   1,133,695,309     1,095,105,573  
Gross profit   77,357,325     79,062,185  
 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

63,880,109 63,250,681
Depreciation and amortization   2,412,613     2,392,414  
  66,292,722     65,643,095  
Operating income 11,064,603 13,419,090
 

Other expense (income):

Interest expense 1,108,146 1,359,241
Other (income), net   (277,215 )   (340,713 )
  830,931     1,018,528  
Income from operations before income tax expense 10,233,672 12,400,562
Income tax expense   4,375,000     5,033,000  
Net income 5,858,672 7,367,562
Preferred stock dividend requirements   (205,218 )   (269,095 )
Net income available to common shareholders $ 5,653,454   $ 7,098,467  

 

Basic earnings per share available to common shareholders:

$ 9.08 $ 11.56

Diluted earnings per share available to common shareholders:

$ 7.79 $ 9.40
 
Basic weighted average shares outstanding 622,904 614,046
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding 751,812 784,108
 

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
 
    Fiscal Years Ended September
2013     2012
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income $ 5,858,672 $ 7,367,562
Adjustments to reconcile income from operations to net cash flows

from operating activities:

Depreciation 2,047,613 2,017,726
Amortization 365,000 374,688
Gain on sale of property and equipment (56,829 ) (36,900 )
Equity-based compensation 1,303,310 1,426,848
Deferred income taxes (221,694 ) 681,422
Recoveries of losses on doubtful accounts (55,000 ) (5,243 )
Recoveries for losses on inventory obsolescence (91,494 ) (20,512 )
Other (93,328 ) (8,045 )
 

Changes in assets and liabilities:

Accounts receivable 4,353,630 287,101
Inventories (7,669,072 ) 103,873
Prepaid and other current assets 1,474,710 (403,166 )
Other assets 232 (20,160 )
Accounts payable (1,391,539 ) (1,250,790 )
Accrued expenses and accrued wages, salaries and bonuses 181,294 (710,302 )
Income taxes payable   (272,615 )   94,786  
Net cash flows from operating activities   5,732,890     9,898,888  
 

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

Purchase of property and equipment (2,113,426 ) (1,480,782 )
Proceeds from sales of property and equipment   179,662     129,834  
Net cash flows from investing activities   (1,933,764 )   (1,350,948 )
 

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

Net borrowings (payments) on bank credit agreements 487,980 (6,417,881 )
Principal payments on long-term debt (1,182,829 ) (1,320,311 )
Repurchase of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and common stock (2,572,085 ) (918,000 )
Dividends paid on convertible preferred stock (205,218 ) (269,095 )
Dividends on common stock (469,895 ) (470,659 )
Proceeds from exercise of stock options 1,180 1,180
Withholdings on the exercise of equity-based awards   (74,610 )   (51,452 )
Net cash flow from financing activities   (4,015,477 )   (9,446,218 )
 

Net change in cash

(216,351 ) (898,278 )
Cash, beginning of year   491,387     1,389,665  
Cash, end of year $ 275,036   $ 491,387  
 

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - (Continued)
 
    Fiscal Years Ended September
2013     2012
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid during the year for interest $ 1,115,991 $ 1,393,470
Cash paid during the year for income taxes 4,867,986 4,256,794
 

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash information:

Equipment acquisitions classified as accounts payable $ 73,204 $ 11,237
Issuance of common stock in connection with the vesting and exercise of equity-based awards 1,389,258 950,562
Conversion by holders of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock to common stock 100,000 100,000
Common stock acquired with other consideration 760,871
 

 

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FISCAL YEAR 2013

               
 
(dollars in thousands, except per share data) First Second Third Fourth
 
Sales $ 302,218 $ 274,568 $ 316,031 $ 318,235
 

Gross profit

  19,230     18,297     19,811     20,020  
 

Income from operations before income tax expense

  2,533     2,125     2,887     2,689  
 

Net Income

1,463 1,214 1,632 1,549
 

Preferred stock dividend requirements

  (59 )   (48 )   (49 )   (49 )
 

Net income available to common shareholders

$ 1,403   $ 1,166   $ 1,584   $ 1,500  
 

Basic earnings per share available to common shareholders

$ 2.26   $ 1.87   $ 2.54   $ 2.41  
 

Diluted earnings per share available to common shareholders

$ 1.90   $ 1.63   $ 2.19   $ 2.07  
 
 

FISCAL YEAR 2012

 
(dollars in thousands, except per share data) First Second Third Fourth
 
Sales $ 283,563 $ 275,829 $ 307,113 $ 307,663
 

Gross profit

  18,638     19,216     19,901     21,307  
 

Income from operations before income tax expense

  2,401     2,475     3,189     4,335  
 

Net Income

1,438 1,465 1,846 2,618
 

Preferred stock dividend requirements

  (67 )   (67 )   (67 )   (67 )
 

Net income available to common shareholders

$ 1,371   $ 1,398   $ 1,779   $ 2,551  
 

Basic earnings per share available to common shareholders

$ 2.21   $ 2.26   $ 2.92   $ 4.19  
 

Diluted earnings per share available to common shareholders

$ 1.83   $ 1.87   $ 2.37   $ 3.33  
 

The Company’s quarterly earnings per share are based on weighted average shares outstanding for the quarter; therefore the sum of the quarters may not equal the full year earnings per share amount.


AMCON Distributing Company and Subsidiaries

GAAP Reconciliation and Management Explanation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The financial measure of adjusted book value per share included in this press release (“adjusted book value per share”) has been determined by methods other than in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Management believes that this non-GAAP financial measurement reflects an additional way of viewing aspects of the Company’s business that, when viewed together with its financial results computed in accordance with GAAP, provides a more complete understanding of factors affecting historical financial performance of the Company. This measure is important to investors interested in determining the amount of book value per share if all potentially dilutive shares were exercised or converted. This non-GAAP financial measurement is not intended to be a substitute for the comparable GAAP measurements and should be read only in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP.

The Company has defined the non-GAAP financial measure of adjusted book value per share as follows:

  • “Adjusted book value per share” is defined as total shareholders’ equity increased by the impact of proceeds from the exercise of all stock options, conversion of convertible preferred stock and vesting of restricted stock units divided by total common shares outstanding plus common shares issuable upon the exercise of all stock options, conversion of convertible preferred stock and vesting of restricted stock units.”
 

September 2013

Number of common shares outstanding at September 30, 2013 623,115
Total shareholders’ equity at September 30, 2013 $ 52,740,534
 
Book value per share at September 30, 2013 $ 84.64
 
 

September 2013

Number of common shares outstanding at September 30, 2013 623,115
Add: common shares potentially issuable for stock options, convertible preferred stock, and unvested restricted stock units /1/   173,308
  796,423
 
Total shareholders’ equity at September 30, 2013 $ 52,740,534
Equity impact if all potential common shares were converted /1/   6,918,739
$ 59,659,273
 
Adjusted book value per share at September 30, 2013 $ 74.91
 
/1/   Assumes the exercise of all vested and unvested stock options, conversion of all preferred stock, and vesting of all outstanding restricted stock units at September 30, 2013.
 

CONTACT:
AMCON Distributing Company
Christopher H. Atayan, 402-331-3727