A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund

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A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund Announces October Cash Distribution

    VANCOUVER, Oct. 3 /CNW/ - A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund (the Fund)
(TSX symbol AW.UN) today declared a cash distribution of 10.3 cents per trust
unit for the period September 1 to September 30, 2007. The distribution will
be paid to unitholders of record at the close of business on October 15, 2007,
and will be payable on October 31, 2007. For tax purposes 8.958 cents per unit
of this distribution will be other taxable income and 1.342 cents per unit
will be non-eligible dividends.
    On October 31, 2007 A&W Trade Marks Inc. (Trade Marks), the Fund's
subsidiary, will pay the equivalent of 10.3 cents per share in dividends to
A&W Food Services of Canada Inc. (Food Services) 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 660 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 by number of restaurants. 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