For the month of January 2003
Commission File Number 1-14858
CGI Group Inc.
(Translation of
Registrant’s Name Into English)
1130 Sherbrooke Street West
5th Floor
Montréal, Québec
Canada H3A 2M8
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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Enclosure: Press Release dated January 30, 2003.
This Form 6-K shall be deemed incorporated by reference in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8, Reg. Nos. 333-13350, 333-66044 and 333-74932.
PRESS RELEASE |
FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION |
Montreal, Québec, January 30, 2003 – CGI Group Inc. (CGI) (TSX: GIB.A; NYSE: GIB) announces that it has established the proration of payment in cash and shares of the additional common shares of Cognicase Inc. (Cognicase) validly deposited at or prior to midnight on January 24, 2003, being the expiry time of the offer made by CGI on December 6, 2002, as amended, (the “Offer”) to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Cognicase. CGI’s total purchase price payable pursuant to the Offer is subject to a maximum payable consideration of 56% cash and 44% CGI shares.
The proration, established specific to the take-up and acceptance for payment of 4,898,473 additional common shares of Cognicase validly deposited by shareholders of Cognicase at or prior to midnight on January 24, 2003, is as follows:
| • | Cognicase shareholders who elected payment for their Cognicase shares in cash will receive 100% of these shares in cash, representing $4.50 cash per Cognicase share; and |
| • | Cognicase shareholders who elected payment for their Cognicase shares in CGI shares will receive approximately 64.44% of the proration in CGI shares, representing approximately 0.4067 Class A Subordinate Shares of CGI for each Cognicase share, and the balance of approximately 35.56% in cash, representing approximately $1.60 cash for each Cognicase share. |
Cheques and CGI share certificates will be mailed or otherwise made available today.
About CGI
Founded in 1976, CGI is the fourth largest
independent information technology services firm in North America, based on its headcount.
CGI and its affiliated companies employ more than 21,000 professionals. CGI’s
annualized revenue run-rate is CDN$3 billion (US$2 billion) and at December 31, 2002,
CGI’s order backlog was CDN$10.7 billion (US$7.1 billion). CGI provides end-to-end IT
and business process services to more than 3,500 clients worldwide from offices in Canada,
United States and Europe. CGI’s shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE
(GIB) and are included in the TSX 100 Composite Index as well as the S&P/TSX Canadian
Information Technology and Canadian MidCap Indices. Website: www.cgi.com
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For more information
CGI:
Investor relations
Julie Creed
Vice-president, investor relations
(312) 201-4803
Ronald White
Director, investor relations
(514) 841-3230
Media Relations
Eileen Murphy
Director, media relations
(514) 841-3430
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| CGI GROUP INC. (Registrant) | |
| Date: January 30, 2003 |
By /s/ Paule Doré Name: Paule Doré Title: Executive Vice-President and Chief Corporate Officer and Secretary |