Big 8 Split Inc. Announces Class C Preferred Share and Class A Capital Share
Offering

TORONTO , Oct. 30 /CNW/ - Big 8 Split Inc. (the "Company") announced today that it has filed a preliminary prospectus in respect of a proposed public offering of new Class C preferred shares, Series 1 and additional Class A capital shares (collectively, the "Shares"). The Shares are being offered to the public on a best efforts basis by a syndicate of agents led by TD Securities Inc. and Scotia Capital Inc., and including BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., National Bank Financial Inc., Canaccord Capital Corporation, GMP Securities L.P., HSBC Securities ( Canada ) Inc., Raymond James Ltd., Blackmont Capital Inc., Desjardins Securities Inc., Dundee Securities Corporation, Manulife Securities Incorporated and Wellington West Capital Markets Inc.

Big 8 Split Inc. was established to generate dividend income for the holders of its preferred shares while providing holders of the Capital Shares with a leveraged opportunity to participate in capital appreciation from a portfolio of common shares of Bank of Montreal , The Bank of Nova Scotia, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Royal Bank of Canada , The Toronto-Dominion Bank, Great-West Lifeco Inc., Manulife Financial Corporation, and Sun Life Financial Inc. Information concerning Big 8 Split Inc. is available on our website at www.tdsponsoredcompanies.com.

The Capital Shares and Class B preferred shares of Big 8 Split Inc. are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols BIG.A and BIG.PR.B respectively.

For further information: Investor Relations, Big 8 Split Inc., [phone]