Canadian General Investments: Investment Update-Unaudited

TORONTO, CANADA -- (Marketwired) -- 01/06/16 -- 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 December 31, 2015 was $24.37, resulting in a one-year NAV return, with dividends reinvested, of -7.3%. This compares with the -8.3% return of the benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index on a total return basis for the same period.

The closing price for CGI's common shares at December 31, 2015 was $18.75, resulting in an annual share price return, with dividends reinvested, of -2.7%.

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

Financials                                                             22.4%
Consumer Discretionary                                                 19.6%
Industrials                                                            14.2%
Materials                                                              13.4%
Energy                                                                 12.4%
Information Technology                                                  6.7%
Telecommunication Services                                              3.1%
Cash & Cash Equivalents                                                 2.6%
Health Care                                                             2.4%
Consumer Staples                                                        2.2%
Utilities                                                               1.0%

The top ten investments which comprised 33.0% of the investment portfolio at market as of December 31, 2015 were as follows:

Dollarama Inc.                                                          5.4%
CCL Industries Inc.                                                     3.6%
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited                                        3.5%
Bank of Montreal                                                        3.3%
Franco-Nevada Corporation                                               3.0%
Element Financial Corporation                                           3.0%
Open Text Corporation                                                   2.8%
Enbridge Inc.                                                           2.8%
Royal Bank of Canada                                                    2.8%
Gildan Activewear Inc.                                                  2.8%

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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