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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 3, 1997
Registration No. 333-10543
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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THE LOEWEN GROUP INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA 98-0121376
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
4126 NORLAND AVENUE, BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA V5G 3S8
(604) 299-9321
(Address, including postal code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
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TIMOTHY HOGENKAMP
3190 TREMONT AVENUE
TREVOSE, PENNSYLVANIA 19053
(215) 364-7770
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
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Copies to:
MICHELLE L. JOHNSON
THELEN, MARRIN, JOHNSON & BRIDGES LLP
2 EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 2100
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
FROM TIME TO TIME AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT.
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If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant
to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. / /
If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a
delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following box. /x/
If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant
to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list
the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering. / / ______________
If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under
the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. / / __________________________
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. / /
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DEREGISTRATION OF COMMON STOCK; TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
The Loewen Group Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of British
Columbia, Canada (the "Registrant"), filed on August 21, 1996 a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-10543) (as amended, the "Registration
Statement") relating to 1,500,000 Common shares without par value (the "Offered
Shares"), for sale by the Selling Shareholders named therein. This
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement is being filed by
the Registrant, pursuant to its undertakings contained in Item 17 of the
Registration Statement, to remove from registration the Offered Shares that
remain unsold as of the date hereof and to terminate the Registration Statement.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this
Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Burnaby, Province of
British Columbia, on September 2, 1997.
The Loewen Group Inc.
By: /s/ Paul Wagler
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Paul Wagler
Senior Vice-President, Finance and Chief
Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
date indicated.
Dated: September 2, 1997 /s/ Raymond L. Loewen *
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Raymond L. Loewen
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and
Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
Dated: September 2, 1997 /s/ Timothy R. Hogenkamp *
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Timothy R. Hogenkamp
President and Chief Operating Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
Dated: September 2, 1997 /s/ Paul Wagler
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Paul Wagler
Senior Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial
Officer
and Director
(Principal Financial Officer)
Dated: September 2, 1997 /s/ Wm. Grant Ballantyne
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Wm. Grant Ballantyne
Senior Vice-President, Financial Control and
Administration
(Principal Accounting Officer)
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Dated: September 2, 1997 /s/ Kenneth S. Bagnell *
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Kenneth S. Bagnell
Director
Dated: September 2, 1997 /s/ The Honorable J. Carter Beese, Jr. *
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The Honorable J. Carter Beese, Jr.
Director
Dated: September 2, 1997 /s/ Earl A. Grollman *
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Earl A. Grollman
Director
Dated: September 2, 1997 /s/ Peter S. Hyndman *
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Peter S. Hyndman
Director
Dated: September 2, 1997 /s/ Albert S. Lineberry, Sr. *
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Albert S. Lineberry, Sr.
Director
Dated: September 2, 1997 /s/ Charles B. Loewen *
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Charles B. Loewen
Director
Dated: September 2, 1997 /s/ Robert B. Lundgren *
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Robert B. Lundgren
Director
Dated: September 2, 1997 /s/ James D. McLennan *
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James D. McLennan
Director
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Dated:
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Lawrence Miller
Director
Dated:
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Ernest G. Penner
Director
Dated: September 2, 1997 /s/ The Right Honourable John N. Turner, P.C.,
C.C., Q.C. *
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The Right Honourable John N. Turner, P.C., C.C.,
Q.C.
Director
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES
The undersigned is Loewen's authorized representative in the United States.
Dated: September 2, 1997 /s/ Timothy R. Hogenkamp *
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Timothy R. Hogenkamp
*By: /s/ Paul Wagler
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Paul Wagler
Attorney-in-fact
