Canadian General Investments: Investment Update-Unaudited

Canadian General Investments: Investment Update-Unaudited
  
 

TORONTO, CANADA--(Marketwired - Apr 3, 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 March 31, 2014 was $26.62, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of 4.3% and 20.1%, respectively. These compare with the 6.1% and 16.0% 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 March 31, 2014 was $18.00, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month share price returns, with dividends reinvested, of -1.5% and 17.7%, respectively.

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

Financials	22.0%
Energy	20.9%
Consumer Discretionary	16.6%
Industrials	12.9%
Materials	12.5%
Information Technology	6.0%
Telecommunication Services	3.6%
Health Care	2.5%
Consumer Staples	1.3%
Utilities	1.1%
Cash & Cash Equivalents	0.5%

The top ten investments which comprised 29.6% of the investment portfolio at market as of March 31, 2014 were as follows:

Dollarama Inc.	4.4%
Enbridge Inc.	3.6%
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited	3.1%
Element Financial Corporation	3.0%
Bank of Montreal	2.9%
Methanex Corporation	2.8%
Royal Bank of Canada	2.5%
Catamaran Corporation	2.5%
Brookfield Canada Office Properties	2.4%
Stantec Inc.	2.4%

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