Press Release
Quarterly Dividends Declared
(For Release 4 p.m. EDT, October 22, 2001)

Toronto, October 22, 2001: MCM Split Share Corp. (the "Company") has declared quarterly dividends of $0.218990 on each of its Preferred Shares and $0.30 on each of its Class A shares, payable October 31, 2001 to shareholders of record on that date.

The Company is a mutual fund corporation which invests its net assets in a diversified portfolio consisting principally of common shares issued by some or all of a group selected from the TSE 300 Index. In order to meet its investment objectives, the Company may, from time to time invest up to 20% of the cost amount of its assets in common shares issued by corporations selected from the Standard & Poors 100 Index. To generate additional returns above the dividend income earned on the portfolio, the Company will from time to time, write covered call options in respect of all or part of the common shares in the Portfolio. In addition, the Company may write cash covered put options in respect of securities in which the Company is permitted to invest.

The Trust's investment portfolio is managed by its investment manager, Mulvihill Capital Management Inc. The Company's Preferred and Class A shares are listed on The Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols MUH.PR.A and MUH.A.

Distribution Details:

Dividend per Preferred Share:

$ 0.215433

Regular Dividend per Class A Share:

$ 0.300000

Payable Date:

October 31, 2001

Record Date:

October 31, 2001

Ex-Dividend Date:

October 29, 2001


For further information, contact:
John Mulvihill, President & CEO, Mulvihill Capital Management
Donald Biggs, Vice President, Mulvihill Structured Products


MCM Split Share Corp.
121 King Street West, Suite 2600
Toronto, Ontario M5H 3T9
(416) 681-3966   (800) 725-7172
www.mulvihill.com
hybrid@mulvihill.com