---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-22-001784"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DIT"
cik: "0000928465"
company_name: "AMCON DISTRIBUTING CO"
filed_at: "2022-12-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T00:35:34.153522+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AMCON declares special cash dividend of $5.00 per common share

## Summary
- Board declared a $5.00 per share special cash dividend payable January 13, 2023.
- Shareholders of record as of January 3, 2023 are eligible for the dividend.
- Annual meeting results: all six director nominees elected; RSM US LLP ratified as auditor.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 500,695 votes in favor.
- No changes to business operations or guidance were announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-22-001784
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DIT
- cik: 0000928465
- company_name: AMCON DISTRIBUTING CO
- filed_at: 2022-12-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/928465/000115752322001784/0001157523-22-001784-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/928465/000115752322001784/a53127542.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  AMCON DISTRIBUTING CO shareholders approved Advisory approval of the compensation of our executives disclosed in the proxy statement for this Annual Meeting pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission at the 2022-12-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-12-22
  source text: At the Annual Meeting, stockholders provided advisory approval of the compensation of our executives disclosed in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/928465/000115752322001784/0001157523-22-001784-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AMCON DISTRIBUTING CO shareholders approved Ratification and approval of the selection of RSM US LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the Company's 2023 fiscal year at the 2022-12-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-12-22
  source text: At the Annual Meeting, the selection of RSM US LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the Company's 2023 fiscal year was ratified and approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/928465/000115752322001784/0001157523-22-001784-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AMCON DISTRIBUTING CO shareholders approved Election of six members of the Company’s board of directors at the 2022-12-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-12-22
  source text: At the Annual Meeting, Christopher H. Atayan, Jeremy W. Hobbs, John R. Loyack, Stanley Mayer, Timothy R. Pestotnik and Andrew C. Plummer each was elected as a director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/928465/000115752322001784/0001157523-22-001784-index.htm

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