QEPC Q E P Company Inc (QX)

Q.E.P. CO., INC. (OTC: QEPC.PK) (the "Company") announced today that it will report its financial results for its fiscal 2013 third quarter and nine months ended November 30, 2012 on Wednesday, December 19, 2012.

The Company also announced that it will be hosting a conference call to discuss these results and to answer your questions at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, December 20, 2012. If you would like to join the conference call, dial 1-877-941-1427 toll free from the U.S. or 1-480-629-9664 internationally approximately 10 minutes prior to the start time and ask for the Q.E.P. Co., Inc. Third Quarter Conference Call / Conference ID 4582213.

A replay of the conference call will be available until midnight December 27, 2012 by calling 1-877-870-5176 toll free from the U.S. and entering pin number 4582213; internationally, please call 1-858-384-5517 using the same pin number.

Q.E.P. Co., Inc., founded in 1979, is a world class, worldwide provider of innovative, quality and value-driven flooring and industrial solutions. As a leading worldwide manufacturer, marketer and distributor QEP delivers a comprehensive line of hardwood flooring, flooring installation tools, adhesives and flooring related products targeted for the professional installer as well as the do-it-yourselfer. In addition the company provides industrial tools with cutting edge technology to all of the industrial trades. Under brand names including QEP®, ROBERTS®, Capitol®, Harris®Wood, Nupla®, HISCO®, Vitrex®, PRCI®, Porta-Nail® and Elastiment®, the Company markets over 5,000 products. The Company sells its products to home improvement retail centers, specialty distribution outlets, municipalities and industrial solution providers in 50 states and throughout the world.

CONTACT: Q.E.P. Co., Inc.
         Richard A. Brooke
         Senior Vice President and
         Chief Financial Officer
         561-994-5550