CGI Announces Details for its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and Release of Fiscal 2009 First Quarter Results
January 21 2009 - 2:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Stock Market Symbols GIB.A (TSX) GIB (NYSE) MONTREAL, Jan. 21
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CGI Group Inc. (TSX: GIB.A; NYSE: GIB), a
leading provider of end-to-end information technology and business
process services, will host its Annual General Meeting of
shareholders and release its fiscal 2009 first quarter results on
Tuesday, January 27, 2009. The Annual General Meeting will be held
at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal at 11 a.m. (EST).
For those who are unable to attend in person, the Company will
webcast the meeting live on its website at http://www.cgi.com/. CGI
shareholders of record at the close of business on December 12,
2008 will be entitled to vote on matters considered at the meeting.
CGI Group Inc.'s Management Proxy Circular was mailed to
shareholders on December 22, 2008. The 2008 annual report was also
mailed to shareholders who had requested it. These documents are
available on the Company's website. CGI will release its fiscal
2009 first quarter results on January 27, 2009 before markets open
and hold its first quarter conference call at 9:30 a.m. (EST) on
that day. During the call, Michael E. Roach, President and Chief
Executive Officer, and David Anderson, Executive Vice-President and
Chief Financial Officer, will discuss CGI's results for the first
quarter of fiscal 2009 ended December 31, 2008. Participants may
listen to the call by dialling 866-225-0198 or through the Internet
at http://www.cgi.com/, where supporting slides will also be
available. About CGI Founded in 1976, CGI Group Inc. is one of the
largest independent information technology and business process
services firms in the world. CGI and its affiliated companies
employ approximately 25,500 professionals. CGI provides end-to-end
IT and business process services to clients worldwide from offices
in Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia Pacific as well as from
centers of excellence in North America, Europe and India. CGI's
fiscal 2008 revenue was $3.7 billion and at September 30, 2008,
CGI's order backlog was $11.6 billion. CGI shares are listed on the
TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB) and are included in the S&P/TSX
Composite Index as well as the S&P/TSX Capped Information
Technology and MidCap Indices. Website: http://www.cgi.com/.
DATASOURCE: CGI GROUP INC. CONTACT: Colin Brown, Specialist,
Communications and Investor Relations, (514) 841-3634,
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