Media invitation - CGI's annual general meeting

MONTREAL, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CGI Group Inc. (CGI) (NYSE: GIB; TSX: GIB.SV.A), is pleased to invite members of the media to its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, February 1, 2005. The event will be followed by a press conference whereby Serge Godin, chairman & CEO, Andre Imbeau, executive vice-president & CFO, Paule Dore, executive vice president & chief corporate officer and Michael Roach, president and COO will be available for questions. For those who are unable to attend in person, the Company will simultaneously webcast the meeting, which will be followed by a management presentation, in a live video format from its website at http://www.cgi.com/ .

When: Tuesday, February 1, 2005 at 11 a.m. (ET) Where: Hilton Montreal Bonaventure Hotel, 900 de la Gauchetiere in Salon St-Lambert Press conference: Immediately following the event in Salon St-Pierre About CGI

Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest independent information technology and business process services firms in North America. CGI and its affiliated companies employ approximately 25,000 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 Canada, the US, Europe and India. CGI's annualized revenue run-rate is currently CDN$3.8 billion (US$3.2 billion) and at September 30, 2004, CGI's order backlog was CDN$13.0 billion (US$10.8 billion). CGI's shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.SV.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/ .

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