KEY DATES
1991 - A profitable undertaking, Vancouver Sun, Apr 6, 1991. Article about pace of growth at Loewen
1993 - Loewen Group spent more than expected to add funeral homes, Wall Street Journal, Sep 13, 1993
1993 - Loewen Group revenue rises 36.3 per cent, Vancouver Sun, Nov 10, 1993
1994 - Loewen Group kicks off renewed acquisition plan with Toronto buy, Vancouver Sun, Sep 27, 1994
1995 - Jury tells Loewen to pay damages of $500 million, Wall Street Journal, Nov 3, 1995
1998 - Loewen Group Names 3 Outside Directors In New CEO's Plan, Wall Street Journal, Dec. 21, 1998
1999 - Loewen gets a boost: Lacey to be chairman, National Post, Jan 26, 1999
1999 - Loewen debt cut to junk bond status, Globe & Mail, Aug. 26, 1998
1999 - Former Loewen CEO ousted from board, National Post, Apr 15, 1999
1999 - Loewen Group files for Bankruptcy Protection As It Seeks to Convert Debt, Wall Street Journal, Jun 2, 1999
1999 - Former Scott's chief to take over at Loewen Group, National Post, Dec 2, 1999
2000 - Loewen Group Files Reorganization Plan In Bankruptcy Court, Wall Street Journal, Nov 15, 2000
2000 - TSE suspends Loewen trading following review, Globe & Mail, Nov 22, 2000
2001 - US court approves Loewen Group reincarnation as Alderwood's, Canadian Press, Dec 5, 2001
2002 - Alderwoods shares began to trade, National Post, Jan 4, 2002
2003 - Loewen Group loses controversial NAFTA case, Dispute Resolution Journal, Aug-Oct 2003
2003 - Alderwoods funeral firm, formerly Cdn owned, to sell UK assets, CanadaNewswire, Sep. 29, 2003
2006 - Ghost of Loewen in US hands, National Post, Apr. 4, 2006
2006 - 300 Burnaby jobs lost in $856-million takeover, Vancouver Sun, Dec. 2, 2006
ANALYSIS
- FP Infomart. Financial data for Loewen back to 1993. Choose 'Historical Reports'.
- Financial Post. Historical FP Yellow cards for the Loewen Group are available at the Lam Library Circulation Desk.
- Thomson ONE. Analysts' reports on Loewen and Alderwoods, including current reports for Alderwood's/SCI and reports for Loewen from around the time of its bankruptcy filing. Once inside Thomson ONE, click on 'Screening & Analysis' in the left hand menu. Then click on 'Research' in the left hand menu, then 'Research Search.' Enter 'loewen' as the company name.
- Canada. Statistics Canada. Final purchase, growing demand: the Canadian funeral services industry, 1995
REGULATORY FILINGS
ADDITIONAL READING
- Corporate governance reform and reemergence from bankruptcy: Putting the structure back in restructuring, Vanderbilt Law Review, Nov 2002. Discusses corporate governance and Loewen Group case
- A mutually destructive rivalry: The race between Loewen Group and Service Corp. International to snap up funeral industry assets turned into a disastrous bidding war, National Post, April 3, 1999
- FIGHT TO THE DEATH: a battle between funeral home dynasties, Time, Dec. 9, 1996. Competition between Loewen and SCI
- Death stock, Forbes, June 22, 1992. Warning of potential collapse of Loewen Group
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