Canadian General Investments: Investment Update -Unaudited

TORONTO, CANADA -- (Marketwired) -- 03/03/16 -- 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 February 29, 2016 was $22.29, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of -7.9% and -18.6%, respectively. These compare with the -0.7% and -12.9% 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 February 29, 2016 was $16.40, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month share price returns, with dividends reinvested, of -11.7% and -11.8%, respectively.

The sector weightings of CGI's investment portfolio at market as of February 29, 2016 were as follows:

Financials                                                             20.6%
Consumer Discretionary                                                 18.9%
Materials                                                              12.5%
Industrials                                                            12.3%
Energy                                                                 11.3%
Cash & Cash Equivalents                                                10.4%
Information Technology                                                  6.4%
Telecommunication Services                                              3.4%
Consumer Staples                                                        2.4%
Health Care                                                             1.5%
Utilities                                                               1.1%

The top ten investments which comprised 40.6% of the investment portfolio at market as of February 29, 2016 were as follows:

Cash                                                                   10.4%
Dollarama Inc.                                                          5.2%
Franco-Nevada Corporation                                               4.1%
Bank of Montreal                                                        3.3%
CCL Industries Inc.                                                     3.2%
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited                                        3.1%
Open Text Corporation                                                   3.0%
AutoZone, Inc.                                                          2.9%
Royal Bank of Canada                                                    2.7%
Brookfield Canada Office Properties                                     2.7%

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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