TSX: SPF.UN
CALGARY, Dec. 7 /CNW/ - Superior Plus Income Fund (the "Fund") today announced its cash distribution for the month of December 2006 of $0.13 (13.0 cents) per trust unit payable on January 15, 2007. The record date is December 31, 2006 and the ex-distribution date will be December 27, 2006. The Fund's current annualized cash distribution rate is $1.56 per trust unit.
For tax purposes, the distributions are expected to substantially be taxable as "other income" to Unitholders. The final tax components will be confirmed after year-end during the tax reporting season. A summary of cash distributions since inception and tax information is posted under the Investor Information section of the Fund's website at: www.superiorplus.com.
About the Fund
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Superior Plus Income Fund is a diversified business trust. The Fund holds 100% of Superior Plus LP, a limited partnership formed between Superior Plus Inc., as general partner and the Fund as limited partner. Superior Plus is focused on stability of distributions with value growth and has four Canadian based operating divisions: Superior Propane is Canada's largest distributor of propane, related products and services; ERCO Worldwide is a leading supplier of chemicals and technology to the pulp and paper industries, a regional Midwest supplier of chloralkali products and the third largest producer of potassium products in North America; Winroc is the seventh largest distributor of walls and ceilings construction products in North America; and Superior Energy Management provides fixed price natural gas supply services in Ontario and Quebec. In addition, as part of the strategic plan, JW Aluminum, a leading manufacturer of specialty, flat-rolled aluminum products in the United States, currently owned by Superior Plus, is in the process of being sold.
The Fund's trust units and convertible debentures trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange as follows:
Trading Symbol Security Issued and Outstanding ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPF.un Trust Units 85.5 million SPF.db 8% Debentures, Series 1 $ 8.1 million principal amount SPF.db.a 8% Debentures, Series 2 $ 59.0 million principal amount SPF.db.b 5.75% Debentures $174.9 million principal amount SPF.db.c 5.85% Debentures $ 75.0 million principal amount -------------------------------------------------------------------------