Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. Discloses Cancellation of Shares and Total Voting Rights

TORONTO, Jan. 4, 2016 /CNW/ - Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. (the "Company") (TSX: CF, LSE: CF.) announces the cancellation effective as of December 31, 2015, of 54,700 of its common shares purchased pursuant to the normal course issuer bid (NCIB)/buy-back programme announced on August 10, 2015. The Company has purchased 482,367 common shares under the NCIB/buy-back programme which authorizes it to purchase up to 5,163,736 of its common shares between August 13, 2015 and August 12, 2016. All of these shares have now been cancelled.

For the purposes of the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company announces that, as at December 31, 2015, the total number of common shares in issue was 103,107,990. The Company holds in its treasury 717,873 common shares acquired by wholly-owned subsidiaries from employees or former employees in accordance with pre-existing contractual arrangements. The Company is not entitled to vote the shares held in treasury but the common shares otherwise each carry the right to one vote. The figure 102,390,117 (the difference of the total number of common shares in issue less the number of shares held in treasury) may therefore be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

ABOUT CANACCORD GENUITY GROUP INC.:

Through its principal subsidiaries, Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. (the "Company") is a leading independent, full-service financial services firm, with operations in two principal segments of the securities industry: wealth management and capital markets.  Since its establishment in 1950, the Company has been driven by an unwavering commitment to building lasting client relationships. We achieve this by generating value for our individual, institutional and corporate clients through comprehensive investment solutions, brokerage services and investment banking services.  The Company has offices in 10 countries worldwide, including Wealth Management offices located in Canada, Australia, the UK, Guernsey, Jersey, and the Isle of Man.  Canaccord Genuity, the international capital markets division, operates in Canada, the US, the UK, France, Ireland, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Australia and Dubai.  To us there are no foreign markets.^TM

Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. is publicly traded under the symbol CF on the TSX and the symbol CF. on the London Stock Exchange.

SOURCE Canaccord Genuity Group Inc.

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