TORONTO, CANADA — (Marketwire) — 01/05/12 — Canadian General Investments, Limited (CGI) (TSX: CGI)(CGI.PR.B)(CGI.PR.C)(LSE: CGI) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at December 31, 2011 was $20.44, resulting in a one-year NAV return, with dividends reinvested, of -11.7%. This compares with the -8.7% 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, 2011 was $16.00, resulting in an annual market return, with dividends reinvested, of -12.3%.
The sector weightings of CGI-s investment portfolio at market as of December 31, 2011 were as follows:
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Canadian General Investments, Limited
Vanessa L. Morgan
Chairman
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