AMCON Distributing Company Announces $0.08 Quarterly Dividend (Business Wire)

Thursday July 24, 7:30 am ET CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AMCON Distributing Company (“AMCON”) (AMEX:DIT - News ), an Omaha, Nebraska based consumer products company is pleased to announce that the Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.08 per share payable on August 22, 2008 to shareholders of record as of August 4, 2008. “We thank our shareholders for their continuing support. We are firmly committed to enhancing shareholder value and believe our cash dividends are in furtherance of that philosophy” said Christopher H. Atayan, AMCON’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. AMCON is a leading wholesale distributor of consumer products, including beverages, candy, tobacco, groceries, food service, frozen and chilled foods, and health and beauty care products with distribution centers in Illinois, Missouri,... [read full story]