8-K
Amcon Distributing Co (DIT)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) ofThe Securities Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) April 5, 2024
AMCON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 1-15589 | 47-0702918 |
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| (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 |
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| Not Applicable |
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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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 |
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| 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).
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| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
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On April 5, 2024, AMCON Distributing Company (“the Company”) issued a press release announcing that it closed the transaction contemplated by the previously disclosed Asset Purchase Agreement, dated March 11, 2024, by and between the Company and Burklund Distributors, Inc. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
The information in this Item 7.01 (including Exhibit 99.1) 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 Item 7.01 (including Exhibit 99.1) 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. |
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| EXHIBIT NO. | DESCRIPTION |
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| 99.1 | Press<br> release, dated April 5, 2024, issued by AMCON Distributing Company. |
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| 104 | Cover Page Interactive<br> Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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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<br> COMPANY | ||
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| (Registrant) | ||
| Date: April 5, 2024 | /s/ Charles J. Schmaderer | |
| Name: | Charles J. Schmaderer | |
| Title: | Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary |
Exhibit 99.1
AMCON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY COMPLETES ACQUISITIONOF BURKLUND DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
NEWS RELEASE
Omaha, NE, April 5, 2024 - AMCON Distributing Company (“AMCON”) (NYSE American: DIT), an Omaha, Nebraska-based consumer products company is pleased to announce the closing of its previously announced acquisition of Burklund Distributors, Inc., of East Peoria, Illinois.
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 twelve (12) distribution centers in Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, and West Virginia. Through its Healthy Edge Retail Group, AMCON operates fourteen (14) health and natural product retail stores in the Midwest and Florida.
This news release contains forward-lookingstatements that are subject to risks and uncertainties and which reflect management's current beliefs and estimates of future economiccircumstances, industry conditions, Company performance and financial results. A number of factors could affect the future results ofthe 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 theother factors described under Item 1.A. of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K. Moreover, past financial performance shouldnot be considered a reliable indicator of future performance. Accordingly, the Company claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-lookingstatements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to all such forward-looking statements.
VisitAMCON Distributing Company's web site at: www.amcon.com
For Further Information Contact:
Christopher H. Atayan
AMCON Distributing Company
Ph 402-331-3727