Canadian General Investments: Investment Update-Unaudited

TORONTO, CANADA -- (Marketwired) -- 04/06/15 -- 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, 2015 was $28.09, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of 4.4% and 8.5%, respectively. These compare with the 2.6% 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 March 31, 2015 was $20.71, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month share price returns, with dividends reinvested, of 4.0% and 19.7%, respectively.

The sector weightings of CGI's investment portfolio at market as of March 31, 2015 were as follows:

Financials                         21.4%
Consumer Discretionary             17.5%
Industrials                        16.1%
Energy                             15.9%
Materials                          13.5%
Information Technology              7.1%
Telecommunication Services          3.1%
Health Care                         2.1%
Consumer Staples                    1.6%
Utilities                           1.0%
Cash & Cash Equivalents             0.8%

The top ten investments which comprised 34.7% of the investment portfolio at market as of

March 31, 2015 were as follows:

Dollarama Inc.                           7.0%
Enbridge Inc.                            4.2%
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited         4.1%
Element Financial Corporation            3.0%
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.              3.0%
Air Canada                               2.9%
Bank of Montreal                         2.8%
Franco-Nevada Corporation                2.6%
Open Text Corporation                    2.6%
Royal Bank of Canada                     2.5%

Contacts:
Canadian General Investments, Limited
Jonathan A. Morgan
President and CEO
(416) 366-2931
(416) 366-2729 (FAX)
[email protected]
www.canadiangeneralinvestments.ca

Source: Canadian General Investments, Limited

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