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StateWays ■ www.stateways.com ■ November/December 2014 20 FISCAL YEAR IN REVIEW ALABAMA Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Fiscal year ended Sept. 30 All dollar amounts rounded to nearest hundred thousand FY '13 FY '14 Gross Sales $391.2M $407.2M (Spirits, fortifi ed wine) Revenue Contribution $187.1M $202.8M Distilled Spirits 2.48M 2.49M (Mixed cases) Operating Expenses $70.7M $76.6M Retail Outlets 173 state stores 176 state stores 562 private stores 586 private stores Employees 676 872 full-time 16 part-time Projected gross sales for FY '15: $426.0M Projected revenue contribution for FY '15: $205.0M IDAHO State Liquor Division Fiscal year ended June 30 All dollar amounts rounded to nearest hundred thousand FY '13 FY '14 Gross Sales $164.5M $169.0M Revenue Contribution $60.1M $63.0M Distilled Spirits (9-liter cases) 995.2K 998.3K Wine (9-liter cases) 8,662* 21,060* Operating Expenses $21.0M $21.6M Retail Outlets 66 state stores 66 state stores 101 contract retailers 103 contract retailers Employees (full-time equivalents) 205 204 Projected gross sales for FY '15: $174.3M Projected revenue contribution for FY '15: $64.2M * State stores sell only Idaho-produced wines. Wine is not part of the control system, and the vast majority of Idaho wine is sold via private retail channels. IOWA Division of Alcoholic Beverages Fiscal year ended June 30 All dollar amounts rounded to nearest hundred thousand FY '13 FY '14 Gross Sales (Spirits only) $259.3M $264.8M* Revenue Contribution $119.5M $101.2M** Distilled Spirits (9-liter cases) 1.95M 1.89M Operating Expenses $10.1M $9.2M Retail Outlets 1,212 1,345 (off-premise retail liquor licenses) Employees (full-time equivalent) 87 83 Projected gross sales for FY '15: $267.9M Projected revenue contribution for FY '15: $96.0M * Amount includes liquor sales and split case revenue ** Does not include revenue from beer tax, native beer, native wine, or city and county payments • The division in FY14 incurred one-time technology and capital expenses for information technology ($196K) and master plan and building improvements ($2.16M). MAINE Bureau Of Alcoholic Beverages & Lottery Operations Fiscal year ended June 30 All dollar amounts rounded to nearest hundred thousand FY '13 FY '14 Gross Sales (Wholesale distilled spirits) $138.4M 144.0M Revenue Contribution (Calendar year 2013) $8.7M $9.9M Distilled Spirits (Mixed cases) 957K 980K Operating Expenses N/A N/A Retail Outlets (Licensed agency stores) 485 500 Employees (Full-time equivalent) 2 2 Projected gross sales for FY '15: $145.0M Projected revenue contribution for FY '15: $40.7M • June 30, 2014, marked the end of a 10-year term in which the state leased the wholesale warehousing and distribution of spirits to a private company in return for a one-time fee of $125M and a yearly profi t-sharing payment based on sales. As of July 1, 2014, the state will pay a fee for services for warehousing, distribution and trade marketing activities. This new arrangement will yield greater profi ts to the state from distilled spirits sales.