Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)
File No. 333-09523
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
114,486 SHARES
THE LOEWEN GROUP INC.
COMMON SHARES WITHOUT PAR VALUE
This Prospectus Supplement is a supplement to that certain
Prospectus dated January 17, 1997, 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 Loewen ("Common Shares").
This Prospectus Supplement relates to 114,486 Common Shares
(the "Subject Shares") issued by Loewen on July 10, 1997 (the
"Issue Date"), pursuant to that certain Merger Agreement, dated
as of June 20, 1997 (the "Agreement"), by and among Loewen,
Cemetery Investments, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the "Acquired
Company"), Roosevelt Acquisition, Inc., a Virginia corporation
and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Loewen, The Benjamin J. Levy
Revocable Living Trust, K. Frank Smith, and Benjamin J. Levy
pursuant to which Loewen acquired all of the then outstanding
shares of capital stock of the Acquired Company (the "Acquired
Shares").
The Subject Shares were issued by Loewen to the holders of
the Acquired Shares as payment of a portion of the purchase
price for the Acquired Shares, based on the weighted average
price of the Common Shares on the New York Stock Exchange over
the five trading days immediately preceding the Closing Date
(as defined in the Agreement), approximately $34.94 per share.
All of the Subject Shares have been approved for listing on
the New York Stock Exchange, The Toronto Stock Exchange and The
Montreal Exchange. However, the Subject Shares may not be resold
in Canada or to a Canadian resident within a period of 40 days
after the Issue Date.
THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT IS JULY 14, 1997.
