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Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)
Registration No. 333-09523
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
[LOGO OF THE LOEWEN GROUP INC.] 63,836 SHARES
THE LOEWEN GROUP INC.
COMMON SHARES WITHOUT PAR VALUE
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This Prospectus Supplement is a supplement to that certain Prospectus
dated August 7, 1996, contained in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File
No. 333-09523) filed by The Loewen Group Inc. ("Loewen"), relating to 5,000,000
Common shares without par value of the Company ("Common Shares").
This Prospectus Supplement relates to 63,836 Common Shares (the "Shares")
issued by Loewen pursuant to that certain Merger Agreement, dated as of
September 17, 1996 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among Loewen, Merkley-
Mitchell Mortuary, a California corporation ("Merkley-Mitchell"), MMM
Acquisition, Inc., a California corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Loewen, the shareholders of Merkley-Mitchell (the "Shareholders"), and Richard
C. Mitchell and Marjorie H. Mitchell, co-trustees of one of the Shareholders,
pursuant to which Loewen acquired all of the then outstanding shares of capital
stock of Merkley-Mitchell (the "Merkley-Mitchell Shares").
The Shares were issued by Loewen to the Shareholders as payment of a
portion of the purchase price for the Merkley-Mitchell Shares, based on the
average price of the Common Shares on the Nasdaq National Market over the ten
business day period ending five days prior to the Closing Date (as defined in
the Merger Agreement), approximately $35.95 per share.
The Shares have been approved for listing, on notice of issuance, on the
Nasdaq National Market. Loewen expects to list the Common Shares, including the
Shares, on the New York Stock Exchange beginning October 2, 1996 and,
immediately prior thereto, to de-list the Common Shares from the Nasdaq National
Market.
The Shares have also been approved for listing, on notice of issuance, on
The Toronto Stock Exchange and The Montreal Exchange. However, the Shares may
not be resold in Canada or to a Canadian resident within a period of 40 days
after issuance.
THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT IS SEPTEMBER 25, 1996.
