CGI INC — Foreign Filer Report 2006

Jan 5, 2006

6-K 1 cgi6k0105_2.htm

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 6-K

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of January 2006

Commission File Number 1-14858

(Translation of Registrant ’ s Name Into English)

5th Floor
Montréal, Québec
Canada H3A 2M8
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

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Enclosure: Press Release dated January 5, 2006.

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, 333-74932 and 333-112021.

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CGI announces details for its Annual General Meeting

and release of fiscal 2006 first quarter results

Montreal, Quebec, January 5, 2006 – CGI Group Inc. (CGI) (NYSE: GIB; TSX: GIB.SV.A), a leading provider of end-to-end information technology and business process services, will host its Annual General Meeting for fiscal 2005 and release its fiscal 2006 first quarter results on Tuesday, January 31, 2006. The Annual General Meeting will be held at the Hilton Montreal Bonaventure Hotel in Montreal at 11 a.m. (ET). For those who are unable to attend in person, the Company will simultaneously webcast the meeting in a live video format from its website at www.cgi.com.

CGI shareholders of record at the close of business on December 13, 2005 will be entitled to vote on matters considered at the meeting. The Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the Management Proxy Circular, and the Annual Report for fiscal 2005 have been sent to CGI’s shareholders on or about December 23, 2005. These documents are also available on the Company’s website. Shareholders are invited to read the proxy statement. Note that CGI’s 2005 Annual Report will only be sent to shareholders who requested it by checking the request box on the proxy form sent with the 2004 Annual Report last year.

CGI will release its fiscal 2006 first quarter results on January 31, 2005 and hold its first quarter conference call at 9:30 a.m. (ET) on that day. During the call, Serge Godin, chairman & CEO, Michael Roach, president and COO, André Imbeau, executive vice-president & CFO, and Paule Doré, executive vice-president & chief corporate officer, will discuss CGI's results for the first quarter ended December 31, 2005. Participants may listen to the call by dialing (888) 575-8232 or through the Internet at www.cgi.com. Supporting slides for the call will also be available at www.cgi.com.

For those unable to participate on the live conference call or the live videocast of the annual general meeting, both webcasts will be archived at www.cgi.com.

About CGI

Founded in 1976, CGI is the eighth largest independent information technology and business process services firms in the world. 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 India and Canada. CGI's annual revenue is currently CDN$3.7 billion (US$3.0 billion) and at September 30, 2005, CGI's order backlog was CDN$12.9 billion (US$11.1 billion). CGI's shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.SV.A) and the NYSE (GIB) and are included in

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the S&P/TSX Composite Index as well as the S&P/TSX Capped Information Technology and MidCap Indices. Website: www.cgi.com.

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For more information:

CGI

Investor relations

Lorne Gorber, vice-president, investor relations

(514) 841-3355

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 5, 2006 By /s/ Paule Doré

Name: Paule Doré

Title:
and Chief Corporate Officer
and Secretary