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

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