CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Jan. 5, 2012) - Superior Plus Corp. (TSX:SPB) ("Superior") today announced its cash dividend for the month of January 2012 of $0.05 per share payable on February 15, 2012. The record date is January 31, 2012 and the ex-dividend date will be January 27, 2012. Superior's annualized cash dividend rate is currently $0.60 per share. This dividend is an eligible dividend for Canadian income tax purposes.

A summary of Superior's dividends declared for the year 2011 is detailed below. These dividends are considered to be an eligible dividend for Canadian income tax purposes.

2011 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results and Conference Call

Superior expects to release its 2011 fourth quarter and year-end results on Thursday, February 16, 2012. A conference call and webcast for investors, analysts, brokers and media representatives to discuss the 2011 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. MST on Friday, February 17, 2012. To participate in the call, dial: 1-866-226-1792. An archived recording of the call will be available for replay until midnight, Saturday, March 17, 2012. To access the recording, dial: 1-800-408-3053 and enter pass code 2588135. Internet users can listen to the call live, or as an archived call, on Superior's website at: [ www.superiorplus.com ] under the Events section.

About the Corporation

Superior consists of three primary operating businesses: Energy Services includes the distribution of propane and distillates, providing fixed-price energy services, and supply portfolio management; Specialty Chemicals includes the manufacture and sale of specialty chemicals; and Construction Products Distribution includes the distribution of specialty construction products.

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. 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 2010 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.

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