Canadian General Investments: Investment Update: Unaudited

Canadian General Investments: Investment Update: Unaudited
  
 

TORONTO, CANADA--(Marketwired - Feb 5, 2014) - 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 January 31, 2014 was $25.71, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of 0.2% and 17.6%, respectively. These compare with the 0.8% and 11.4% 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 January 31, 2014 was $17.65, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month market returns, with dividends reinvested, of -4.1% and 15.2%, respectively.

The sector weightings of CGI's investment portfolio at market as of January 31, 2014 were as follows:

Financials	20.8	%
Energy	19.3	%
Consumer Discretionary	15.3	%
Industrials	13.7	%
Materials	13.3	%
Information Technology	6.4	%
Telecommunication Services	3.7	%
Health Care	3.5	%
Utilities	1.9	%
Consumer Staples	1.6	%
Cash & Cash Equivalents	1.0	%

The top ten investments which comprised 30.1% of the investment portfolio at market as of January 31, 2014 were as follows:

Dollarama Inc.	4.5	%
Catamaran Corporation	3.5	%
Enbridge Inc.	3.4	%
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited	3.2	%
Bank of Montreal	2.7	%
Methanex Corporation	2.7	%
Element Financial Corporation	2.6	%
Stantec Inc.	2.5	%
Royal Bank of Canada	2.5	%
Rogers Communications Inc.	2.5	%

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