Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)
File No. 333-09523
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
141,015 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 141,015 Common Shares
(the "Subject Shares") issued by Loewen on December 3, 1997 (the
"Issue Date"), pursuant to that certain Merger Agreement, dated
as of December 3, 1997 (the "Agreement"), by and among Loewen,
Arlington Acquisition, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (the
"Transitory Subsidiary"), Arlington Development Company, a New
Jersey corporation (the "Target"), and Warren W. Stevens and
Newlin W. Stevens, acting individually as shareholders of the
Target and acting pursuant to the powers of attorney on behalf of
all shareholders of the Target, pursuant to which the Transitory
Subsidiary was merged with and into the Target.
The Subject Shares were issued by Loewen to the registered
and beneficial owners of all of the issued and outstanding shares
of capital stock of the Target by virtue of the Merger (as
defined in the Agreement), 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 $24.56250 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 DECEMBER 9, 1997.
