Director/PDMR Shareholding

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS/PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CONNECTED PERSONS TORONTO, March 13, 2015 /CNW/ - Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. (the "Company")announces that on March 10, 2015, the following independent directors weregranted Deferred Share Units ("DSUs") as an equivalent of the dividends paid onthat date on the common shares. A DSU is a book-keeping entry that tracks thevalue of one common share of the Company. DSUs are paid out in cash when thedirector leaves the board of directors of the Company but does not give anyrights to receive common shares. The value of the DSUs at the date of grant(based on a ten day volume average weighted price) was $6.69654 Canadiandollars per DSU. Name of Director Number of DSUs awarded Charles Bralver 190.45 Massimo Carello 110.75 William Eeuwes 192.57 Michael Harris 423.55 Terrence Lyons 228.04 Dipesh Shah 109.95 Kalpana Desai 15.66 Dennis Miller 8.60 ABOUT CANACCORD GENUITY GROUP INC.: Through its principal subsidiaries, Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. (the"Company") is a leading independent, full-service financial services firm, withoperations in two principal segments of the securities industry: wealthmanagement and capital markets. Since its establishment in 1950, the Companyhas been driven by an unwavering commitment to building lasting clientrelationships. 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 in10 countries worldwide, including Wealth Management offices located in Canada,Australia, the UK and Europe. Canaccord Genuity, the international capitalmarkets division, operates in Canada, the US, the UK, France, Germany, Ireland,Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Australia and Barbados. To us there are noforeign markets.TM Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. is publicly traded under the symbol CF on the TSXand the symbol CF. on the London Stock Exchange. Contact: North America media: Scott Davidson, Executive Vice President, GlobalHead of Corporate Development and Strategy, Phone: 416-869-3875, email:[email protected]; For investor relations inquiries contact:Christina Marinoff, Vice President, Investor Relations & Communications,Phone: 416-687-5507, email: [email protected]; London media:Robert Morgan or Nicola Ratchford, Stockwell, Phone: +44 (0) 20 7240 2486,email: [email protected]; [email protected];Brokers: Oliver Hearsey, RBC Europe Limited, Phone: +44 (0) 20 7653 4000,email: [email protected]; Simon Hardy or Alex Collins, JefferiesInternational Limited, Phone: +44 (0)20 7029 8000

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