Spectrum Brands Schedules Quarterly Conference Call

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 13, 2005--Spectrum Brands, Inc. (NYSE:SPC) will release its third quarter 2005 financial results on July 28 at 7:00 a.m. EDT. Spectrum Brands Chairman and CEO David A. Jones will review these results and the company's 2006 outlook during a conference call at 8:30 a.m. that same morning. A live webcast of the call may be accessed on the company's website, www.spectrumbrands.com. A replay of the webcast will be available through August 14, 2005.

About Spectrum Brands, Inc.

Spectrum Brands (formerly Rayovac Corporation) is a global consumer products company and a leading supplier of batteries, lawn and garden care products, specialty pet supplies, shaving and grooming products, household insecticides, personal care products and portable lighting. Spectrum Brands' products are sold by the world's top 25 retailers and are available in more than one million stores in 120 countries around the world. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Spectrum Brands generates approximately $2.8 billion in annualized revenues and has approximately 10,000 employees worldwide. The company's stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SPC

Forward Looking Statements

Certain matters discussed in this news release, with the exception of historical matters, may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause results to differ materially from those anticipated as of the date of this release. Actual results may differ materially from these statements as a result of (1) our ability to achieve anticipated synergies and efficiencies as a result of recent acquisitions, (2) changes in external competitive market factors, such as introduction of new product features or technological developments, development of new competitors or competitive brands or competitive promotional activity or spending, (3) changes in consumer demand for the various types of products Spectrum Brands offers, (4) changes in the general economic conditions where Spectrum Brands does business, such as stock market prices, interest rates, currency exchange rates, inflation and raw material costs, (5) our ability to successfully implement manufacturing, distribution and other cost efficiencies and (6) various other factors, including those discussed herein and those set forth in Spectrum Brands' securities filings, including its most recently filed Form 10Q and Annual Report on Form 10-K.

    CONTACT: Spectrum Brands, Inc., Atlanta
             Investor Contact
             Nancy O'Donnell, 770-829-6208
                 or
             Ketchum for Spectrum Brands
             Media Contact:
             David Doolittle, 404-879-9266
             david.doolittle@ketchum.com

    SOURCE: Spectrum Brands, Inc.