DEBT:

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

8. DEBT:

The Company primarily finances its operations through a credit facility agreement with Bank of America (the "Facility") and long-term debt agreements with banks.

CREDIT FACILITY

	2011		2010

Revolving portion of the Facility, interest payable at 3.05% at September 2011	$	20,771,613	$	18,816,709

The Facility included the following significant terms at September 2011:

•: April 2014 maturity date and a $70.0 million revolving credit limit.
•: Loan accordion allowing the Company to increase the size of the credit facility agreement by $25.0 million.
•: A provision providing an additional $5.0 million of credit advances for certain inventory purchases.
•: Evergreen renewal clause automatically renewing the agreement for one year unless either the borrower or lender provides written notice terminating the agreement at least 90 days prior to the end of the original term of the agreement or the end of any renewal period.
•: Prepayment penalty equal to one-half of one percent (¹/2%) if the Company prepays the entire Facility or terminates it in year one of the agreement, and one-fourth of one percent (¹/4%) if the Company prepays the entire Facility or terminates it in year two of the agreement. The prepayment penalty is calculated based on the original loan amount.
•: The Facility bears interest at either the bank's prime rate or at LIBOR plus 175 basis points, at the election of the Company.
•: Lending limits subject to accounts receivable and inventory limitations.
•: An unused commitment fee equal to one-quarter of one percent (¹/4%) per annum on the difference between the maximum loan limit and average monthly borrowings.
•: Secured by collateral including all of the Company's equipment, intangibles, inventories, and accounts receivable.
•: Provides that the Company may not pay dividends on its common stock in excess of $1.00 per share on an annual basis.
•: A financial covenant requiring a fixed charge coverage ratio of at least 1.1 as measured by the previous twelve month period then ended only if excess availability falls below 10% of the maximum loan limit as defined in the credit agreement.

LONG-TERM DEBT

In addition to the Facility, the Company also had the following long-term obligations at fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2010 as follows:

	2011		2010

Note payable to a bank ("Real Estate Loan"), interest payable at a fixed rate of 6.75% with monthly installments of principal and interest of $58,303 per month through May 2013 with remaining principal due June 2013, collateralized by two owned distribution facilities	$	4,448,486	$	4,829,414
Note payable, interest payable at a fixed rate of 4.00%, with quarterly installments of principal and interest of $226,874 through June 2014		2,352,234		—
Note payable to a bank, interest payable monthly at a fixed rate of 5.21% plus monthly principal payments of $4,237 through December 2012 at which time the remaining principal is due, collateralized by the Rapid City building and equipment		673,630		724,470
Note payable, interest payable at a fixed rate of 5.00%, with quarterly installments of principal and interest of $66,067 through October 2011		63,092		316,244
Other obligations payable in monthly installments with interest rates from 4.96% to 6.91% through April 2013		10,764		53,079
Notes payable, interest payable at a fixed rate between 8.0% -9.5% with monthly installments of principal and interest of $2,226 - $2,677 per month through July 2011 collateralized by delivery vehicles		—		34,395
Note payable, interest payable discounted at a rate of 8.25% with quarterly installments of principal and interest of $31,250 - $46,875 through October 2011.		30,614		162,275

		7,578,820		6,119,877
Less current maturities		1,384,625		893,291

	$	6,194,195	$	5,226,586

The aggregate minimum principal maturities of the long-term debt for each of the five fiscal years following September 2011 are as follows:

Fiscal Year Ending

2012	$	1,384,625
2013		5,526,416
2014		667,779
2015		—
2016		—
Thereafter		—

	$	7,578,820

Market rate risk for fixed rate debt is estimated as the potential increase in fair value of debt obligations resulting from decreases in interest rates. Based on the borrowing rates currently available to the Company for bank loans with similar terms and average maturities, the fair value of the Company's long-term debt approximated its carrying value at September 2011.

Cross Default and Co-Terminus Provisions

The Company's owned real estate in Bismarck, ND, Quincy, IL, and Rapid City, SD, and certain warehouse equipment in the Rapid City, SD warehouse are financed through term loans with BMO Harris, NA ("BMO"), which is also a participant lender on the Company's revolving line of credit. The BMO loans contain cross default provisions which cause all loans with BMO to be considered in default if any one of the loans where BMO is a lender, including the revolving credit facility, is in default. There were no such cross defaults at September 2011. In addition, the BMO loans contain co-terminus provisions which require all loans with BMO to be paid in full if any of the loans are paid in full prior to the end of their specified terms.

Other

AMCON has issued a letter of credit in the amount of approximately $0.4 million to its workers' compensation insurance carrier as part of its self-insured loss control program.