Canadian General Investments: Investment Update-Unaudited

Canadian General Investments: Investment Update-Unaudited
  
 

TORONTO, CANADA--(Marketwired - Jan 6, 2014) - Canadian General Investments, Limited (TSX:CGI)(TSX:CGI.PR.C)(TSX:CGI.PR.D)(LSE:CGI) (CGI) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at December 31, 2013 was $25.64, resulting in a one-year NAV return, with dividends reinvested, of 20.9%. This compares with the 13.0% return of the benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index on a total return basis for the same period.

The closing price for CGI's common shares at December 31, 2013 was $18.40, resulting in an annual share price return, with dividends reinvested, of 22.0%.

The sector weightings of CGI's investment portfolio at market as of December 31, 2013 were as follows:

Financials	21.9%
Energy	19.1%
Consumer Discretionary	15.1%
Industrials	13.7%
Materials	12.2%
Information Technology	6.4%
Telecommunication Services	3.7%
Health Care	3.2%
Utilities	1.8%
Consumer Staples	1.6%
Cash & Cash Equivalents	1.3%

The top ten investments which comprised 30.1% of the investment portfolio at market as of December 31, 2013 were as follows:

Dollarama Inc.	4.7%
Enbridge Inc.	3.4%
Catamaran Corporation	3.2%
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited	3.1%
Element Financial Corporation	2.9%
Bank of Montreal	2.8%
Royal Bank of Canada	2.6%
Rogers Communications Inc.	2.5%
Methanex Corporation	2.5%
Stantec Inc.	2.4%

Canadian General Investments, LimitedJonathan A. MorganPresident and CEO(416) 366-2931(416) [e-mail]