DIT AMCON Distributing Co

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES                                                                                   
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * ATAYAN CHRISTOPHER H	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AMCON DISTRIBUTING CO [ DIT ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director                    __X__ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below)    _____ Other (specify below) CEO and Chairman
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) C/O AMCON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, 7405 IRVINGTON ROAD	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 10/22/2019
(Street) OMAHA, NE 68122 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	10/23/2019		M		3300	A	(1)	337313	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Stock Units	(1)	10/23/2019		M			3300	(1)	(1)	Common Stock	6600 (1)	$0	6600 (1)	D
Restricted Stock Units	(2)	10/22/2019		A		9900		(2)	(2)	Common Stock	9900 (2)	$0	9900 (2)	D
Restricted Stock Units	(3)							(3)	(3)	Common Stock	6600 (3)		6600 (3)	D
Restricted Stock Units	(4)							(4)	(4)	Common Stock	3300 (4)		3300 (4)	D

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") give the reporting person the right to receive, subject to being employed on the applicable vesting date, (i) cash equal to the per share Fair Market Value of common stock on the vesting date times the number of shares underlying the RSUs then vesting or (ii) common stock equal to the number of shares underlying the RSUs then vesting, as elected by the reporting person. Subject to earlier forfeiture under certain circumstances, these RSUs vest as to one-third of the total original 9,900 RSU award on October 23, 2019, October 23, 2020, and October 23, 2021. On the October 23, 2019 vesting date RSUs were settled for 3,300 shares of common stock.
(2)	Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") give the reporting person the right to receive, subject to being employed on the applicable vesting date, (i) cash equal to the per share Fair Market Value of common stock on the vesting date times the number of shares underlying the RSUs then vesting or (ii) common stock equal to the number of shares underlying the RSUs then vesting, as elected by the reporting person. Subject to earlier forfeiture under certain circumstances, these RSUs vest as to one-third of the total original 9,900 RSU award on October 22, 2020, October 22, 2021, and October 22, 2022.
(3)	Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") give the reporting person the right to receive, subject to being employed on the applicable vesting date, (i) cash equal to the per share Fair Market Value of common stock on the vesting date times the number of shares underlying the RSUs then vesting or (ii) common stock equal to the number of shares underlying the RSUs then vesting, as elected by the reporting person. Subject to earlier forfeiture under certain circumstances, these RSUs vest as to one-third of the total original 9,900 RSU award on October 24, 2018, October 24, 2019, and October 24, 2020.
(4)	Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") give the reporting person the right to receive, subject to being employed on the applicable vesting date, (i) cash equal to the per share Fair Market Value of common stock on the vesting date times the number of shares underlying the RSUs then vesting or (ii) common stock equal to the number of shares underlying the RSUs then vesting, as elected by the reporting person. Subject to earlier forfeiture under certain circumstances, these RSUs vest as to one-third of the total original 9,900 RSU award on October 25, 2017, October 25, 2018, and October 25, 2019.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
ATAYAN CHRISTOPHER H C/O AMCON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY 7405 IRVINGTON ROAD OMAHA, NE 68122	X	X	CEO and Chairman

Signatures
Andrew C. Plummer, Attorney-in-Fact		10/23/2019
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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