CGI Group Inc. (TSE, ME: GIB.A) reported today that the Toronto Stock Exchange is adding the company's Class A subordinate voting shares to both the TSE 300 Composite Index and the TSE 200 Index effective January 16, 1998. CGI will be included in the Technology Software subgroup.
"We are very pleased to be included in the TSE 300 Composite and TSE 200 indexes," said Serge Godin, Chairman and CEO. "CGI has become one of the fastest growing information technology services companies in North America, and being included in these indexes will help to further broaden our investor audience."
CGI is the largest Canadian-owned independent information technology consulting firm, providing end-to-end IT services and business solutions to some 2,000 clients throughout North America and internationally. CGI has more than 4,000 professionals, a revenue-run rate of approximately $550 million and an order backlog of approximately $1.5 billion. Completion of the previously announced merger of Bell Sygma Telecom Solutions and Bell Sygma International into CGI, pending final approvals, will result in CGI having more than 7,000 professionals, a revenue-run rate of approximately $1 billion, and an order backlog totalling $4.5 billion.
For more information:
Paule Doré
Executive Vice-President, Corporate Affairs
CGI
(514) 841-3200
