Mr. Scott Davidson reports

CANACCORD GENUITY GROUP INC. DISCLOSES TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES UNDER NORMAL COURSE ISSUER BID/BUY-BACK PROGRAMME AND TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS

For the period of Dec. 29, 2014, to Dec. 31, 2014, Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. purchased 15,000 of its common shares through the facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange and alternative trading systems, pursuant to the normal course issuer bid/buyback program announced on Aug. 8, 2014.

The highest and lowest daily average prices paid for the purchased shares were $7.6928 and $7.5652 per common share, respectively, and the volume-weighted average price per common share was $7.6207.

The company has so far purchased 807,549 common shares under the normal course issuer bid, which authorizes it to purchase up to 5,100,049 of its common shares between Aug. 13, 2014, and Aug. 12, 2015. Of these shares, 354,883 have been cancelled and the remaining 452,666 will be held in treasury until they are cancelled within the next 60 days.

For the purposes of the Financial Conduct Authority's disclosure and transparency rules, the company announces that, as at Dec. 31, 2014, the total number of common shares in issue was 102,320,908, with each share carrying the right to one vote. This total may 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.