SUPERIOR FINANCIAL CORP /AR/ - 8-K - 20030206 - EXHIBIT_99
Exhibit 99.1
Superior Names New Chief Administrative Officer
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 2003--Superior
Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:SUFI), C. Stanley Bailey, Chairman and CEO of
Superior Financial Corp., today announced Rick D. Gardner as Chief
Administrative Officer of the company. In this capacity, Gardner will
oversee the areas of finance, mortgage banking and all administrative
areas including audit, loan review, human resources, security and
facilities.
Mr. Gardner joined Superior in 1998 as Chief Financial Officer. He
managed the areas of accounting, finance, investment portfolio,
strategic planning, human resources and purchasing. Prior to joining
Superior, Gardner served as Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer of First Commercial Mortgage Company, Chief
Financial Officer of Metmor Financial, Inc. and an audit manager with
Grant Thornton.
He holds an undergraduate degree in accountancy from the
University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma and is a Certified Public
Accountant.
Superior Financial Corp. is the holding company of Superior Bank.
Superior Bank is a $1.7 billion federal savings bank operating 58 full
service branch and loan production offices in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
The bank has three active subsidiaries - Superior Financial Services,
Inc., providing discount brokerage and full service investment
advisory services, Southwest Protective Life Insurance Company and
Superior Finance Company, a consumer finance operation. Superior
Financial Corp. stock is traded on the NASDAQ National Market under
the symbol SUFI.
Pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the reader is cautioned that this
announcement contains "forward looking statements" regarding
Superior's future performance which are subject to risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those expressed or implied by such statements.
CONTACT: Superior Financial Corp.
Robert A. Kuehl, 501/324-7255
www.superiorfinancialcorp.com
Exhibit 99.2
Superior Names New Chief Financial Officer
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 2003--Superior
Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:SUFI), C. Stanley Bailey, Chairman and CEO of
Superior Financial Corp., today announced that Robert A. Kuehl has
joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. In this capacity, Kuehl
will oversee the areas of accounting, finance, investment portfolio,
strategic planning and purchasing.
Mr. Kuehl joins Superior with twenty years of experience in
regional and community banking including senior management experience
in organizations such as Main Street Bancorp., WSFS Financial Corp.,
Huntington Bancshares, First National Bank of Boston and First
National Bank of Chicago.
A graduate of Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, Kuehl
holds an M.B.A. degree from the University of Chicago, Chicago,
Illinois and juris doctorate from John Marshall Law School, Chicago,
Illinois. He replaces Rick D. Gardner who was recently promoted to
Chief Administrative Officer.
Superior Financial Corp. is the holding company of Superior Bank.
Superior Bank is a $1.7 billion federal savings bank operating 58 full
service branch and loan production offices in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
The bank has three active subsidiaries - Superior Financial Services,
Inc., providing discount brokerage and full service investment
advisory services, Southwest Protective Life Insurance Company and
Superior Finance Company, a consumer finance operation. Superior
Financial Corp. stock is traded on the NASDAQ National Market under
the symbol SUFI.
Pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the reader is cautioned that this
announcement contains "forward looking statements" regarding
Superior's future performance which are subject to risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those expressed or implied by such statements.
CONTACT: Superior Financial Corp.
Robert A. Kuehl, 501/324-7255
www.superiorfinancialcorp.com
Exhibit 99.3
Superior Financial Corp. Announces New Board Members
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 2003--Superior
Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:SUFI), C. Stanley Bailey, Chairman and CEO of
Superior Financial Corp., announced that H. Baker Kurrus and Terry A.
Elliott have been elected members of Superior Financial Corp.'s Board
of Directors. Kurrus and Elliott will also serve as directors of
Superior Bank.
Kurrus is Executive Vice President and General Counsel for The
Winrock Group, Inc., Little Rock, Arkansas, a business holding and
management company with interests in automobiles, real estate and
related investments. A graduate of the University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville, Arkansas, he earned his juris doctorate from Harvard Law
School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Kurrus serves as Council Attorney and Executive Board Member of
the Boy Scouts of America Quapaw Council and Board Member of the
Little Rock School Board and Arkansas Heart Association.
Elliott is Chief Financial Officer and member of the Board of
Directors of Safe Foods Corporation, North Little Rock, Arkansas. Safe
Foods is a commercialization partner for food safety technology
developed by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little
Rock, Arkansas. He holds an undergraduate degree in accounting from
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas and is a Certified Public
Accountant.
Elliott recently joined the Board of Directors of USA Truck, Inc.,
Van Buren, Arkansas, a publicly held truckload motor carrier.
States Bailey, "We are pleased to have these two gentlemen of such
business experience and community stature elected to the company's
Board of Directors. Their contributing areas of expertise complement
our current board."
Superior Financial Corp. is the holding company of Superior Bank.
Superior Bank is a $1.7 billion federal savings bank operating 58 full
service branch and loan production offices in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
The bank has three active subsidiaries - Superior Financial Services,
Inc., providing discount brokerage and full service investment
advisory services, Southwest Protective Life Insurance Company and
Superior Finance Company, a consumer finance operation. Superior
Financial Corp. stock is traded on the NASDAQ National Market under
the symbol SUFI.
Pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the reader is cautioned that this
announcement contains "forward looking statements" regarding
Superior's future performance which are subject to risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those expressed or implied by such statements.
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