Canadian General Investments: Investment Update - Unaudited

Wednesday, November 4, 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 October 31, 2015 was $25.69, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of -3.5% and -2.3%, respectively.  These compare with the -5.2% and -4.6% 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 October 31, 2015 was $18.60, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month share price returns, with dividends reinvested, of -5.3% and -3.2%, respectively.
 
The sector weightings of CGI’s investment portfolio at market as of October 31, 2015 were as follows:

Financials

22.7%

Consumer Discretionary

19.4%

Industrials

14.5%

Energy

13.6%

Materials

11.1%

Information Technology

5.7%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

5.5%

Telecommunication Services

3.3%

Consumer Staples

2.0%

Health Care

1.3%

Utilities

0.9%

The top ten investments which comprised 37.6% of the investment portfolio at market as of October 31, 2015 were as follows:

Dollarama Inc.

7.1%

Cash

5.5%

Enbridge Inc.

4.1%

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited

3.5%

Element Financial Corporation

3.1%

Bank of Montreal

3.1%

Franco-Nevada Corporation

3.1%

Magna International Inc.

2.7%

IMAX Corporation

2.7%

Royal Bank of 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