Canadian General Investments: Investment Update-Unaudited

Canadian General Investments: Investment Update-Unaudited
  
 

TORONTO, CANADA--(Marketwired - Dec 4, 2013) - Canadian General Investments, Limited (CGI) (TSX:CGI)(TSX:CGI.PR.C)(TSX:CGI.PR.D)(LSE:CGI) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at November 30, 2013 was $25.36, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of 17.3% and 21.2%, respectively. These compare with the 10.8% and 12.9% returns of the benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index on a total return basis for the same periods.

The closing price for CGI's common shares at November 30, 2013 was $17.80, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month share price returns, with dividends reinvested, of 14.8% and 24.2%, respectively.

The sector weightings of CGI's investment portfolio at market as of November 30, 2013 were as follows:

Financials		22.3%
Energy		19.2%
Consumer Discretionary		14.5%
Industrials		13.7%
Materials		12.5%
Information Technology		6.2%
Health Care		3.8%
Telecommunication Services		3.7%
Utilities		2.0%
Consumer Staples		1.5%
Cash & Cash Equivalents		0.6%

The top ten investments which comprised 31.2% of the investment portfolio at market as of November 30, 2013 were as follows:

Dollarama Inc.		4.6%
Catamaran Corporation		3.8%
Enbridge Inc.		3.2%
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited		3.1%
Element Financial Corporation		3.0%
Bank of Montreal		3.0%
Brookfield Canada Office Properties		2.9%
Methanex Corporation		2.6%
Royal Bank of Canada		2.5%
Stantec Inc.		2.5%

Canadian General Investments, LimitedVanessa L. MorganChairman(416) 366-2931(416) [e-mail]