Dividend Growth Split Corp. Announces Overnight Offering

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Nov. 16, 2017) -

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Dividend Growth Split Corp. (the "Company") (TSX:DGS)(TSX:DGS.PR.A) is pleased to announce it is undertaking an overnight treasury offering of class A and preferred shares.

The sales period for this overnight offering will end at 9:00 a.m. (ET) tomorrow, November 17, 2017. The offering is expected to close on or about November 29, 2017 and is subject to certain closing conditions including approval by the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX").

The class A shares will be offered at a price of $8.00 for a distribution rate of 15% on the issue price, and the preferred shares will be offered at a price of $10.00 for a yield to maturity of 5.9%. The closing price on the TSX for each of the class A and preferred shares on November 15, 2017 was $8.16 and $10.15, respectively. The class A and preferred share offering prices were determined so as to be non-dilutive to the most recently calculated net asset value per unit of the Company (calculated as at November 15, 2017), as adjusted for dividends and certain expenses to be accrued prior to or upon settlement of the offering.

The Company invests in a portfolio of common shares of high quality, large capitalization companies, which have among the highest dividend growth rates of those companies included in the S&P/TSX Composite Index. Currently, the portfolio consists of common shares of the following 20 companies:

Great-West Lifeco Inc. Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. Manulife Financial Corporation Sun Life Financial Inc. Bank of Montreal

The Bank of Nova Scotia Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce National Bank of Canada Royal Bank of Canada The Toronto-Dominion Bank

CI Financial Corp. IGM Financial Inc. Power Corporation of Canada BCE Inc. Rogers Communications Inc.

Shaw Communications Inc. TELUS Corporation Canadian Utilities Limited Enbridge Inc. TransCanada Corporation

The investment objectives for the class A shares are to provide holders with regular monthly cash distributions targeted to be $0.10 per class A share and to provide the opportunity for growth in the net asset value per class A share.