---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-035066"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DIT"
cik: "0000928465"
company_name: "AMCON DISTRIBUTING CO"
filed_at: "2024-03-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T18:35:28.226295+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AMCON acquires Burklund Distributors for ~$18.9M; expects Q3 FY2024 close

## Summary
- Purchase price of ~$18.9M plus working capital adjustments; funded by existing bank group borrowings and term debt.
- Burklund is a third-generation wholesale distributor based in East Peoria, IL, founded in 1939.
- Combined operations will service ~7,400 locations across 32 states from Burklund's two Illinois distribution centers.
- Transaction expected to close in Q3 fiscal 2024 (July-September), subject to customary closing conditions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-035066
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DIT
- cik: 0000928465
- company_name: AMCON DISTRIBUTING CO
- filed_at: 2024-03-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/928465/000110465924035066/0001104659-24-035066-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/928465/000110465924035066/tm248922d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-035066.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  AMCON DISTRIBUTING CO entered into Asset Purchase Agreement with Burklund Distributors, Inc. valued at approximately $18.9 million (effective 2024-03-11).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: asset purchase
  - Counterparty: Burklund Distributors, Inc.
  - Value: approximately $18.9 million
  - Effective: 2024-03-11
  source text: On March 11, 2024, AMCON Distributing Company (the "Company"), entered into an asset purchase agreement (the "Asset Purchase Agreement") with Burklund Distributors, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/928465/000110465924035066/0001104659-24-035066-index.htm

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