Portfolio Update

RNS Number : 2971M

Canadian General Investments Ld

04 January 2019

 

FOR: CANADIAN GENERAL INVESTMENTS, LIMITED

TSX SYMBOLS: CGI, CGI.PR.D

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE: CGI

January 4, 2019

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 December 31, 2018 was $28.87, resulting in a one-year NAV return, with dividends reinvested, of -10.9%.  This compares with the -8.9% 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, 2018 was $20.51, resulting in an annual share price return, with dividends reinvested, of -10.8%.

The sector weightings of CGI's investment portfolio at market as of December 31, 2018 were as follows:

Materials	17.4%
Information Technology	16.9%
Consumer Discretionary	14.3%
Industrials	13.4%
Financials	11.0%
Cash & Cash Equivalents	9.2%
Energy	9.2%
Communication Services	3.7%
Health Care	2.8%
Real Estate	1.3%
Utilities	0.8%

The top ten investments which comprised 40.3% of the investment portfolio at market as of December 31, 2018 were as follows:

Cash	9.2%
Shopify Inc.	4.4%
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited	3.7%
Franco-Nevada Corporation	3.7%
Air Canada	3.6%
MasterCard Incorporated, class A	3.6%
Bank of Montreal	3.3%
Amazon.com, Inc.	3.1%
Royal Bank of Canada	3.0%
Canada Goose Holdings Inc.	2.7%

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Canadian General Investments, Limited

Jonathan A. Morgan

President and CEO

Phone: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

e-mail: [e-mail]

website: www.canadiangeneralinvestments.ca

 

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