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Amcon Distributing Co (DIT)

8-K 2020-04-20 For: 2020-04-20
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) April 20, 2020

AMCON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware 1-15589 47-0702918
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
7405 Irvington Road, Omaha NE 68122
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 402-331-3727

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value DIT NYSE American

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company                                                                                    ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

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ITEM 2.02          RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

On April 20, 2020 the Company issued a press release announcing financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2020.  A copy of the press release is attached to this report as an exhibit.

The information in this report (including the exhibit) shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section.  The information set forth in this report (including the exhibit) shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

ITEM 9.01          FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION
99.1 Press release, dated April 20, 2020, issued by AMCON Distributing Company announcing financial results for its<br> second fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2020.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

AMCON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY
(Registrant)
Date: April 20, 2020 /s/ Andrew C. Plummer
Name: Andrew C. Plummer
Title:   President & Chief Financial Officer

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Exhibit 99.1

AMCON Distributing Company Reports Results for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2020

OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 2020--AMCON Distributing Company (“AMCON”) (NYSE American: DIT), an Omaha, Nebraska based consumer products company is pleased to announce fully diluted earnings per share of $1.22 on net income available to common shareholders of $0.7 million for its second fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2020.

“Both of AMCON’s business segments are open for business. We are fully committed to our employees’ and customers’ success and safety during the rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation. While many of the states in which we operate have shelter in place orders, AMCON is an essential service provider and a key component of the United States supply chain as a distributor to convenience stores, truck stops, rural grocery stores as well as our role as a health food retailer,” said Christopher H. Atayan, AMCON’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Atayan also noted, “Our Bank Group provided an expanded 5-year credit facility and on April 1, 2020 we successfully closed on our investment in Team Sledd, both of which further our long term strategic objectives. We welcome all the Team Sledd Associates, Customers and Vendors to the AMCON Community.”

“AMCON’s deepest sympathies go out to all who have been impacted by the coronavirus outbreaks. We want to thank our Associates who worked tirelessly during these challenging times to ensure our customers and communities had the essential products and supplies they need. Our management teams’ first priority is to maintain the continuity of our workforce and our employee’s safety in order to best serve our customers’ interests. Our team has worked diligently addressing simultaneous supply chain challenges that impacted the entire United States as several industry suppliers’ temporarily shut down during the COVID-19 crisis,” said Andrew C. Plummer, AMCON’s President and Chief Operating Officer. Plummer also noted, “Our team built and operated a Virtual Trade Show on short notice, as the governmental restrictions on large meetings made the traditional Spring Trade Show not possible. The customer response to the Virtual Trade Show was excellent and we built solid momentum going forward. We were pleased to close March 31, 2020 with shareholders’ equity of $62.6 million and consolidated debt of $46.6 million.”

The wholesale distribution segment reported revenues of $324.9 million and operating income of $2.9 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2020. The retail health food segment reported revenues of $13.0 million and operating income of $0.1 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2020.

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’s Healthy Edge Retail Group also operates twenty-one (21) health and natural product retail stores in the Midwest and Florida. The retail stores operate under the names Akin’s Natural Foods www.akins.com in its Midwest market, and Chamberlin's Natural Foods www.chamberlins.com and Earth Origins Market www.earthoriginsmarket.com in its Florida market.


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 <br> Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets <br> March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019
September
2019
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash 661,957 $ 337,704
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 1.3 million at March 2020 and 0.9 million at September 2019 27,811,495 24,665,620
Inventories, net 84,912,508 102,343,517
Income taxes receivable 172,365 350,378
Prepaid and other current assets 6,986,997 7,148,459
Total current assets 120,545,322 134,845,678
Property and equipment, net 18,287,881 17,655,415
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net 19,689,507
Goodwill 4,436,950 4,436,950
Other intangible assets, net 500,000 500,000
Other assets 406,653 273,579
Total assets 163,866,313 $ 157,711,622
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable 22,985,979 $ 18,647,572
Accrued expenses 6,650,445 8,577,972
Accrued wages, salaries and bonuses 3,107,209 3,828,847
Current operating lease liabilities 5,433,800
Current maturities of long-term debt 542,004 532,747
Total current liabilities 38,719,437 31,587,138
Credit facility 43,218,080 60,376,714
Deferred income tax liability, net 1,925,536 1,823,373
Long-term operating lease liabilities 14,597,065
Long-term debt, less current maturities 2,852,112 3,125,644
Other long-term liabilities 42,011
Shareholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, .01 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized
Common stock, .01 par value, 3,000,000 shares authorized, 565,526 shares outstanding at March 2020 and 552,614 shares outstanding at September 2019 8,692 8,561
Additional paid-in capital 24,224,145 23,165,639
Retained earnings 67,184,900 66,414,397
Treasury stock at cost (28,863,654) (28,831,855)
Total shareholders’ equity 62,554,083 60,756,742
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity 163,866,313 $ 157,711,622

All values are in US Dollars.


AMCON Distributing Company and Subsidiaries<br><br> <br>Condensed Consolidated Unaudited Statements of Operations<br><br> <br>for the three and six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019
For the three months ended March For the six months ended March
2020 2019 2020 2019
Sales (including excise taxes of $87.5 million and $82.9 million, and $181.5 million and $175.9 million, respectively) $ 337,886,516 $ 310,715,873 $ 697,987,619 $ 655,449,793
Cost of sales 317,193,063 290,126,453 656,449,455 614,228,235
Gross profit 20,693,453 20,589,420 41,538,164 41,221,558
Selling, general and administrative expenses 18,512,890 17,391,681 37,465,626 35,348,896
Depreciation and amortization 790,901 641,228 1,516,361 1,249,236
19,303,791 18,032,909 38,981,987 36,598,132
Operating income 1,389,662 2,556,511 2,556,177 4,623,426
Other expense (income):
Interest expense 387,263 396,576 859,686 719,526
Other (income), net (29,920) (36,280) (36,697) (39,636)
357,343 360,296 822,989 679,890
Income from operations before income taxes 1,032,319 2,196,215 1,733,188 3,943,536
Income tax expense 333,000 673,000 582,000 1,175,000
Net income available to common shareholders $ 699,319 $ 1,523,215 $ 1,151,188 $ 2,768,536
Basic earnings per share available to common shareholders $ 1.24 $ 2.49 $ 2.04 $ 4.50
Diluted earnings per share available to common shareholders $ 1.22 $ 2.45 $ 2.02 $ 4.44
Basic weighted average shares outstanding 565,697 611,824 564,129 614,874
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding 571,852 620,769 569,856 623,848
Dividends declared and paid per common share $ 0.46 $ 0.46 $ 0.64 $ 0.64

AMCON Distributing Company and Subsidiaries<br><br> <br>Condensed Consolidated Unaudited Statements of Shareholders’ Equity<br><br> <br>for the three and six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019
Additional
Common Stock Treasury Stock Paid in Retained
Shares Amount Shares Amount Capital Earnings Total
THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 2019
Balance, January 1, 2019 856,039 $ 8,561 (238,744) $ (22,242,837) $ 23,110,713 $ 64,796,415 $ 65,672,852
Dividends on common stock, $0.18 per share (116,164) (116,164)
Compensation expense and issuance of stock in connection with equity-based awards 37,659 37,659
Repurchase of common stock (24,527) (2,268,761) (2,268,761)
Net income 1,523,215 1,523,215
Balance, March 31, 2019 856,039 $ 8,561 (263,271) $ (24,511,598) $ 23,148,372 $ 66,203,466 $ 64,848,801
THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 2020
Balance, January 1, 2020 869,367 $ 8,692 (303,534) $ (28,840,011) $ 24,192,954 $ 66,592,637 $ 61,954,272
Dividends on common stock, $0.18 per share (107,056) (107,056)
Compensation expense and issuance of stock in connection with equity-based awards 31,191 31,191
Repurchase of common stock (307) (23,643) (23,643)
Net income 699,319 699,319
Balance, March 31, 2020 869,367 $ 8,692 (303,841) $ (28,863,654) $ 24,224,145 $ 67,184,900 $ 62,554,083
Additional
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Common Stock Treasury Stock Paid in Retained
Shares Amount Shares Amount Capital Earnings Total
SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 2019
Balance, October 1, 2018 844,089 $ 8,441 (228,312) $ (21,324,752) $ 22,069,098 $ 63,848,030 $ 64,600,817
Dividends on common stock, $0.64 per share (413,100) (413,100)
Compensation expense and issuance of stock in connection with equity-based awards 11,950 120 1,079,274 1,079,394
Repurchase of common stock (34,959) (3,186,846) (3,186,846)
Net income 2,768,536 2,768,536
Balance, March 31, 2019 856,039 $ 8,561 (263,271) $ (24,511,598) $ 23,148,372 $ 66,203,466 $ 64,848,801
SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 2020
Balance, October 1, 2019 856,039 $ 8,561 (303,425) $ (28,831,855) $ 23,165,639 $ 66,414,397 $ 60,756,742
Dividends on common stock, $0.64 per share (380,685) (380,685)
Compensation expense and issuance of stock in connection with equity-based awards 13,328 131 1,058,506 1,058,637
Repurchase of common stock (416) (31,799) (31,799)
Net income 1,151,188 1,151,188
Balance, March 31, 2020 869,367 $ 8,692 (303,841) $ (28,863,654) $ 24,224,145 $ 67,184,900 $ 62,554,083

AMCON Distributing Company and Subsidiaries<br><br> <br>Condensed Consolidated Unaudited Statements of Cash Flows<br><br> <br>for the six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019
March March
2020 2019
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income $ 1,151,188 $ 2,768,536
Adjustments to reconcile net income from operations to net cash flows from (used in) <br><br> operating activities:
Depreciation 1,516,361 1,217,986
Amortization 31,250
Loss (Gain) on sales of property and equipment 33,642 (17,832)
Equity-based compensation 446,114 622,390
Deferred income taxes 102,163 226,918
Provision for losses on doubtful accounts 390,000 59,000
Inventory allowance 55,746 240,699
Other (42,011) 1,978
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable (3,535,875) 3,353,602
Inventories 17,375,263 20,978,357
Prepaid and other current assets (100,883) (2,402,722)
Other assets (133,074) 7,897
Accounts payable 4,401,077 (467,687)
Accrued expenses and accrued wages, salaries and bonuses (1,432,939) (2,275,795)
Income taxes receivable 178,013 273,742
Net cash flows from (used in) operating activities 20,404,785 24,618,319
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchase of property and equipment (2,245,139) (2,159,232)
Proceeds from sales of property and equipment 23,700
Net cash flows from (used in) investing activities (2,245,139) (2,135,532)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Borrowings under revolving credit facility 680,161,101 642,850,736
Repayments under revolving credit facility (697,319,735) (661,055,136)
Principal payments on long-term debt (264,275) (556,969)
Repurchase of common stock (31,799) (3,186,846)
Dividends on common stock (380,685) (413,100)
Net cash flows from (used in) financing activities (17,835,393) (22,361,315)
Net change in cash 324,253 121,472
Cash, beginning of period 337,704 520,644
Cash, end of period $ 661,957 $ 642,116
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid during the period for interest $ 927,322 $ 774,784
Cash paid during the period for income taxes 301,824 674,340
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash information:
Equipment acquisitions classified in accounts payable $ 6,583 $ 212,800
Issuance of common stock in connection with the vesting and exercise of <br><br> equity-based awards 990,653 1,005,792

Contacts

Christopher H. Atayan

          AMCON Distributing Company 

          Ph 402-331-3727