Liquor Stores Income Fund Completes Conversion to Corporation

EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Jan. 1, 2011) - (TSX:LIQ.UN) Liquor Stores N.A. Ltd. ("Liquor Stores") is pleased to announce the completion of the previously announced conversion of Liquor Stores Income Fund (the "Fund") into a corporation (the "Conversion"). Pursuant to the Conversion, unitholders of each of the Fund and Liquor Stores Limited Partnership (the "LP") received one common share of Liquor Stores (a "Common Share") for each one trust unit of the Fund and each one exchangeable limited partner unit and Series 1 exchangeable LP unit of the LP that they held on December 31, 2010. Liquor Stores has also assumed the Fund's 6.75% convertible debentures (the "Convertible Debentures").

It is anticipated that Liquor Stores' Common Shares and Convertible Debentures will commence trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") under the trading symbols "LIQ" and "LIQ.DB" on or about January 7, 2011. The trust units and Convertible Debentures of the Fund will be delisted from the TSX on the same dates.

The previously-announced final cash distribution of the Fund in the amount of $0.135 per trust unit that is payable to unitholders of record on December 31, 2010 will be paid on January 14, 2011. Also as previously announced, it is expected that Liquor Stores will adopt a monthly dividend policy with an initial dividend rate of $0.09 per Common Share, with the first dividend anticipated to be paid on February 15, 2011 to shareholders of record on January 31, 2011. 

About Liquor Stores N.A. Ltd.

Liquor Stores a publicly traded Canadian corporation that operates 235 liquor stores in Alberta, British Columbia, Alaska and Kentucky, including 20 Brown Jug locations in Alaska and 8 Liquor Barn locations in Kentucky. For additional information about Liquor Stores, visit www.sedar.com and Liquor Stores' website at www.liquorstoresna.com

Forward-Looking Statements

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