TORONTO, CANADA--(Marketwired - May 3, 2017) - Canadian General Investments, Limited (CGI) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at April 30, 2017 was $29.28, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of 5.3% and 21.8%, respectively. These compare with the 2.9% and 14.9% 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 April 30, 2017 was $20.65, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month share price returns, with dividends reinvested, of 7.1% and 21.6%, respectively.

The sector weightings of CGI's investment portfolio at market as of April 30, 2017 were as follows:

Materials	19.7%
Consumer Discretionary	16.6%
Energy	16.2%
Financials	13.2%
Information Technology	13.1%
Industrials	11.3%
Telecommunication Services	3.4%
Real Estate	2.6%
Consumer Staples	2.0%
Cash & Cash Equivalents	1.3%
Utilities	1.0%

The top ten investments which comprised 34.2% of the investment portfolio at market as of April 30, 2017 were as follows:

Dollarama Inc.	5.2%
Franco-Nevada Corporation	3.9%
Bank of Montreal	3.5%
Open Text Corporation	3.5%
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited	3.2%
CCL Industries Inc.	3.1%
First Quantum Minerals Ltd.	3.1%
Royal Bank of Canada	3.0%
Amazon.com, Inc.	2.9%
NVIDIA Corporation	2.8%