Exhibit 99
Forward-Looking Statements
From time to time, the Company may make or publish forward-looking
statements relating to such matters as anticipated financial performance,
business prospects, technological developments, new products, and similar
matters. Such statements are necessarily estimates reflecting the Company's best
judgement based on current information. The Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements. Such
statements are usually identified by the use of words or phases such as
"believes," "anticipates," "expects," "estimates," "planned," "outlook," and
"goal." Because forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, the
Company's actual results could differ materially. In order to comply with the
terms of the safe harbor, the Company notes that a variety of factors could
cause the Company's actual results and experiences to differ materially from the
anticipated results or other expectations expressed in the Company's
forward-looking statements.
While it is impossible to identify all such factors, the risks and
uncertainties that may affect the operations, performance and results of the
Company's business include the following:
(1) economic and competitive conditions in the markets in which the Company
operates;
(2) strikes or other work stoppages affecting the Company or its major
customers or suppliers;
(3) the Company's ability to continue to control and reduce its costs of
storage and distribution;
(4) the level of consumer demand in the states in which the Company operates
for the Company's line of alcohol-based beverages;
(5) supplier consolidation could result in brand realignment and the loss of
certain products and customers;
(6) the risks associated with the reliance on one or a few significant
suppliers;
(7) the impact of significant price increases or decreases in availability of
certain alcohol-based beverages distributed by the Company;
(8) the nature and extent of any current or future state and federal
regulations regarding the distribution of alcohol-based beverages;
(9) changes in financial markets affecting the Company's financial structure
and the Company's costs of capital and borrowed money;
(10) any other factors which may be identified from time to time in the
Company's periodic SEC filings and other public announcements.
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Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should
underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from
those described in the forward-looking statements. The Company does not intend
to update forward-looking statements.
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