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Quarterly Dividend Declared
(For Release 4 p.m. EDT October 21, 1998)

Toronto, October 21, 1998: MCM Split Share Corp. (the "Company") has declared quarterly dividends of $0.215228 on each of its Preferred Shares and $0.30 on each of its Class A shares payable on October 30, 1998 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 & Poor's 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.

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

Distribution Details:

For more information, please contact:
John Mulvihill, Chairman & CEO, Mulvihill Capital Management
Don Biggs, Vice President, Mulvihill Capital Management

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