TSX: SPB
CALGARY, June 11 /CNW/ -
June 2009 Cash Dividend - $0.135 per share
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Superior Plus Corp. ("Superior Plus") today announced its cash dividend for the month of June 2009 of $0.135 per share payable on July 15, 2009. The record date is June 30, 2009 and the ex-dividend date will be June 26, 2009. The Corporation's annualized cash dividend rate is $1.62 per share. This dividend is an eligible dividend for Canadian income tax purposes.
About Superior Plus
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Superior Plus is a diversified corporation focused on stability of dividends with value growth and has four Canadian based operating businesses. Superior Propane is Canada's largest distributor of propane and related products and services; ERCO Worldwide is a leading supplier of chemicals and technology to the pulp and paper industries and a regional Midwest supplier of chloralkali and potassium products; Winroc is a leading distributor of walls and ceilings construction products in North America; and Superior Energy Management provides fixed-price natural gas supply services in Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia along with fixed-price electricity supply services in Ontario.
Superior Plus' shares and convertible debentures trade on the TSX as follows:
Trading Symbol Security Issued and Outstanding ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPB Shares 88.4 million SPB.db.b 5.75% Debentures, Series 1 $174.9 million principal amount SPB.db.c 5.85% Debentures, Series 1 $ 75.0 million principal amount -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Forward Looking Information
Certain information included in this Press Release is forward-looking, within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. Much of this information can be identified by looking for words such as "believe", "expects", "expected", "will", "intends", "projects", "anticipates", "estimates", "continues" or similar words. Forward-looking information in this Press Release includes but is not limited to, assumptions concerning the future payment of dividends and the treatment of shareholders under tax laws. Superior believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking information are reasonable but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct and such forward-looking statements should not be unduly relied upon.
Forward-looking information is not a guarantee of future performance and involves a number of risks and uncertainties some of which are described herein. Such forward-looking information necessarily involves known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause Superior's actual results to differ materially from any projections of future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. These risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to the inability of Superior to meet the liquidity tests set forth in the Canada Business Corporations Act with respect to the payment of dividends and future changes to applicable tax laws and the other risks identified in the Corporation's 2008 Annual Information Form under the heading "Risk Factors", which is available on the SEDAR website (www.sedar.com). Any forward-looking information is made as of the date hereof and, except as required by law, Superior does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise such information to reflect new information, subsequent or otherwise.