Birla MNC Fund has declared a king-size dividend of 40 per cent (Rs 4 per unit). The record date for the same has been fixed as February 22, 2002. The fund had earlier paid a dividend of 25 per cent in February 2000. Launched in December 1999, the fund has posted a total return of 62.4 per cent, as on Jaunary 31, 2002.