Canadian General Investments: Investment Update - Unaudited

Tuesday, May 5, 2015
 
NEWS RELEASE TRANSMITTED BY MARKETWIRED
FOR: CANADIAN GENERAL INVESTMENTS, LIMITED
TSX SYMBOLS: CGI, CGI.PR.C, CGI.PR.D
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE: CGI
 
Canadian General Investments: Investment Update - Unaudited
 
TORONTO, CANADA – Canadian General Investments, Limited (CGI) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at April 30, 2015 was $28.07, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of 4.3% and 6.7%, respectively.  These compare with the 5.1% and 6.9% 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 April 30, 2015 was $20.30, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month share price returns, with dividends reinvested, of 2.0% and 15.3%, respectively.
 
The sector weightings of CGI’s investment portfolio at market as of April 30, 2015 were as follows:

Financials

22.7%

Consumer Discretionary

16.8%

Energy

16.4%

Industrials

15.9%

Materials

13.6%

Information Technology

6.9%

Telecommunication Services

2.7%

Health Care

2.3%

Consumer Staples

1.5%

Utilities

1.0%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

0.2%

The top ten investments which comprised 34.6% of the investment portfolio at market as of April 30, 2015 were as follows:

Dollarama Inc.

6.6%

Enbridge Inc.

4.3%

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited

4.1%

Element Financial Corporation

3.0%

Bank of Montreal

3.0%

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

2.8%

Methanex Corporation

2.7%

Franco-Nevada Corporation

2.7%

Royal Bank of Canada

2.7%

Air Canada

2.7%

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Canadian General Investments, Limited
Jonathan A. Morgan
President and CEO
Phone: (416) 366-2931
Fax: (416) 366-2729