Spectrum Brands Holdings Announces Plans to Initiate a Quarterly Dividend Starting in Fiscal 2013 of $0.25 per Share

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.

, a diversified and global consumer products company with market-leading brands, announced today that its Board of Directors approved plans to initiate a regular quarterly common stock dividend starting in fiscal 2013 of $0.25 per share and has declared a one-time, special dividend of $1.00 per share. Beginning in fiscal 2013, the Company anticipates paying a quarterly dividend in March, June, September and December of each year. The one-time, special dividend will be paid on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 to shareholders of record as of close of business on Monday, August 27, 2012.