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DBI Beverage Inc. Pagel of 3 <br /> DBI Beverage Corporate <br /> E3 About Us Our Products Promotions&Events Responsible Drinking Pa <br /> La Ver ne, TN NEWS/PRESS RELEASES <br /> DBI BEVERAGE INC. PURCHASES <br /> SACRAMENTO AND SAN JOAQUIN <br /> DISTRIBUTORS <br /> s NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 5, 2008 - DBI Beverage Sacramento <br /> and DBI Beverage San Joaquin announced today that they <br /> have acquired the assets of Capital Beverage Co. and San <br /> Joaquin Beverage Co., respectively. Terms of the asset <br /> purchases were not disclosed. <br /> DBI Beverage Sacramento and DBI Beverage San Joaquin are <br /> owned by DBI Beverage Inc. Capital Beverage and San <br /> Joaquin Beverage are the sixth and seventh beverage <br /> distributors that DBI Beverage Inc. has acquired since 2002. <br /> o Background <br /> o Mission &Values "Capital Beverage and San Joaquin Beverage are great <br /> companies with exceptional reputations," said David B. Ingram, <br /> o Our Leaders chairman of DBI Beverage Inc. "We are excited to welcome <br /> M Facts & Figures them to the DBI Beverage family of distributors. We are equally <br /> o Industry excited about our continued rapid growth in the Northern <br /> California market." <br /> o Press Releases <br /> o Employment Earlier this year, DBI acquired the Napa and San Jose <br /> o Contact Us operations of Sherrat Reicher's Hudson Beverage Company. <br /> Six of DBI Beverage's seven acquisitions have been in <br /> Northern California. <br /> DBI Beverage Sacramento, which formed in 2007 when DBI <br /> Beverage Inc. acquired Mesa Beverage, will absorb Capital <br /> Beverage's Sacramento operations. The combined operations <br /> will have 324 full-time associates and distribute approximately <br /> 10 million cases of beverages. Annual revenues will be <br /> approximately $145 million. <br /> DBI will maintain branches in Chico, Calif., and Truckee, Calif., <br /> that were part of Capital Beverage. <br /> DBI Beverage Sacramento distributes products from <br /> MillerCoors, Heineken USA, FEMSA, Diageo-Guinness, New <br /> Belgium Brewing and other beverage suppliers. <br /> DBI Beverage San Joaquin will assume all San Joaquin <br /> Beverage Co. operations. That operation has 110 employees <br /> and annual revenues of approximately$48 million. It distributes <br /> products from MillerCoors, Crown Imports, Heineken USA, <br /> FEMSA and other beverage suppliers. <br /> DBI Beverage Inc. focuses on acquiring successful distributors <br /> in growing markets. With these acquisitions, the company will <br /> have annual revenues of more than $350 million and distribute <br /> 25 million cases of beverage products a year. <br /> http://www.dbibeverage.com/news_detail.php?lid=18&aid=82 3/13/2009 <br />