Spectrum Brands Special Dividend $1 per Share; Guides Dividend $0.25 per Share in 2013

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. SPB, a diversified and global consumer products company with market-leading brands, announced that its one-time, special distribution of $1.00 per share will be paid today to shareholders of record as of August 27, 2012 and that the special distribution will be a return of capital. Shareholders receiving the special dividend are invited to visit the dividends page of the investor relations section of the Company's website at www.spectrumbrands.com or click on http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=75225&p=irol-dividends for more information about the dividend tax treatment and the Company's new common stock dividend program.