RNS No 7515h
THE SEAGRAM COMPANY LIMITED
1st July 1997



Please be advised that the Board of Directors, at a meeting held June 25, 1997,
called the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Corporation for Wednesday,
November 5, 1997 at 11.30A.M. (E.S.T.) at The Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

The directors, at the same meeting, fixed the close of business on September 17,
1997 as the record date for the determination of the holders of the Corporation
who will be entitled to receive notice of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

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