TORONTO, July 24 /CNW/ - NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT a quarterly dividend on Loblaw Companies Limited Common Shares, and Second Preferred Shares, Series A is payable as follows:

Common Shares                        - $0.21 per share payable October 1,
                                       2009, to shareholders of record
                                       September 15, 2009;
Second Preferred Shares, Series A    - $0.371875 per share payable
                                       October 31, 2009, to shareholders
                                       of record October 15, 2009;
                                     BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTIVE
                                     CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
                                     ROBERT A. BALCOM
                                     SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY