Nov 12 (Reuters) - Loblaw Companies Ltd L.TO :
* LOBLAW REPORTS 2020 THIRD QUARTER RESULTS(1)
* Q3 REVENUE C$15.67 BILLION VERSUS REFINITIV IBES ESTIMATE OF C$15.61 BILLION
* Q3 ADJUSTED EARNINGS PER SHARE C$1.30
* Q3 EARNINGS PER SHARE C$0.96
* QTRLY RETAIL SEGMENT SALES WERE $15,464 MILLION
* QTRLY FOOD RETAIL (LOBLAW) SAME-STORES SALES GROWTH WAS 6.9%
* QUARTERLY COMMON SHARE DIVIDEND TO BE INCREASED BY 6.3% FROM $0.315 PER COMMON SHARE TO $0.335 PER COMMON SHARE
* QTRLY DRUG RETAIL (SHOPPERS DRUG MART) SAME-STORE SALES GROWTH WAS 6.1%
* RECORDED APPROXIMATELY $12 MILLION OF RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER RELATED CHARGES IN QUARTER
* IN FOUR WEEKS FOLLOWING END OF Q3, COMPANY OBSERVED CONTINUED SALES VOLATILITY AND CHANGES IN SALES MIX
* Q3 EARNINGS PER SHARE VIEW C$1.26 -- REFINITIV IBES DATA