A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund

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A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund Announces August 2009 Cash Distribution

    VANCOUVER, Aug. 5 /CNW/ - A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund (the Fund)
(TSX symbol AW.UN) today declared a cash distribution of 10.6 cents per trust
unit for the period July 1 to July 31, 2009. The distribution will be paid to
unitholders of record at the close of business on August 15, 2009, and will be
payable on August 31, 2009. For tax purposes 8.958 cents per unit of this
distribution will be other taxable income and 1.642 cents per unit will be
non-eligible dividends.
    A&W Food Services of Canada Inc. (Food Services) will also receive 10.6
cents per share from A&W Trade Marks Inc. (Trade Marks) on its investment in
Trade Marks.

    Launched on February 15, 2002, the Fund, through its investment in Trade
Marks, is entitled to receive royalties from Food Services in the amount of 3%
of the sales of the 685 A&W restaurants in the Royalty Pool. Cash
distributions are paid monthly. A&W is the second largest quick-service
hamburger restaurant chain in Canada. Operating coast-to-coast, A&W
restaurants feature famous trade-marked menu items such as The Burger Family,
Chubby Chicken and A&W Root Beer.

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For further information:
For further information: Don Leslie, Chief Financial Officer, (604)
988-2141, Email: investorrelations@aw.ca, www.awincomefund.ca