National Beverage Corp. Declares Increased 2015 Sales Due To Sparkling Water

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, March 12, 2015 - National Beverage Corp. (NASDAQ: FIZZ) today reported results for periods ended January 31, 2015. In 2015, sales for the trailing 12 months ended January rose to $645.6 million compared to $644.7 million in 2014. Net Incomes increased to $49.1 million in 2015 compared to $43.8 million the year before.

“FY2015 will be acknowledged as our ‘Discovery’ year! We have validated our ‘potential’ as the domestic sparkling water innovator/leader in North America,” stated Nick A. Caporella, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

Sparkling water highlights:

• April 2014 roll-out confirms LaCroix Cúrate as a category leader across America. · Outstanding LaCroix summer performance for a major retailer throughout the USA!
• October – Successful major launch in Chicago DSD market of Cúrate and introduction of LaCroix’s latest theme, NiCola.
• December – Consumers report that NiCola, a cola-essenced sparkling water ‘Innocent’ of all consumer biased (challenged) ingredients, is their real choice!
• February 2015 – New LaCroix ‘Fitness’ package goes nationwide in major drug chain.
• March – National Beverage announces best overall ‘winter’ quarter ever!

The company reports that for the nine months ended in January 2015, sales were $481.2 million and net income was $37.1 million. Full report.