CGI announces new onshore IT Services Delivery Center in Lafayette, Louisiana

CGI (NYSE:GIB) (TSX:GIB.A) today announced that it will establish a new onshore
information technology (IT) services delivery center in Lafayette, Louisiana.
The location will be CGI's fifth Onshore Center of Excellence and create as many
as 400 new, high-quality IT jobs in southwest Louisiana. The annual economic
impact of CGI's Lafayette center is estimated to more than $90 million over the
next five years. 


Governor Bobby Jindal said, "CGI is among the world's leading providers of IT
and business process services and represents yet another significant win for
Louisiana's fast-growing technology sector. This project provides further
validation or our work to create a new Louisiana. Companies are choosing
Louisiana because we offer a highly rated business climate and a competitive
workforce with great talent and desire. The arrival of CGI in Lafayette means we
will retain even more of our best and brightest graduates while also recruiting
out-of-state talent who will recognize Louisiana as the next great state for
business and career opportunity."


"We welcome the opportunity to contribute to the economic growth and vision of
Lafayette and the surrounding region," said Dr. James Peake, Lt. Gen. (Ret)
President, CGI Federal, a wholly owned subsidiary of CGI, serving clients in the
civilian, defense and intelligence sectors of the U.S. government. "Our
partnership with Lafayette represents a groundbreaking model for CGI - bringing
together the local community to identify opportunities for innovation that can
be applied globally, while tapping the talent and resources of Louisiana. As a
continuation of our relationship with the state, this partnership will help
create 400 jobs and serve as a model of corporate-community cooperation for
keeping technology jobs in America. We congratulate the State of Louisiana and
the Lafayette community on this comprehensive, innovative program."


CGI's onshore delivery model focuses on creating high-quality IT jobs in
America. It is a core element of the company's business strategy to offer
affordable IT services options to government and commercial clients. The company
continually looks for locations offering access to a quality workforce, strong
economics, and partnerships with state and local government, academia and
industry. With its continued growth and technology-savvy workforce, Lafayette is
a perfect partner for CGI. CGI selected Lafayette after a nearly two-year
site-selection process during which many locations across the country were
considered. CGI's also has onshore delivery centers in Lebanon, VA, Troy, AL and
Belton, TX, as well as a regional center of excellence in Athens, OH. 


"CGI recognizes that Lafayette is an economic, technical, educational and
cultural hub of Louisiana," said Dave Henderson, CGI senior vice president. "It
is uniquely positioned within the state as a community that can bring innovation
to our market by leveraging strengths, such as cutting edge fiber optic
communications provided by the city. It has one of the fastest growing
workforces in the state, fed by one of the top-ranked computer science programs
in the country - one that has a unique partnership with the local community
college. All of this is accented by the cultural diversity and the unique "joie
de vivre" of the region."


As an anchor tenant of the 143-acre Research Park of the University of Louisiana
at Lafayette, CGI will occupy a new $13.1 million, 50,000 square foot
state-of-the-art facility designed to bring world-class IT consulting
capabilities to CGI's clients. The project also includes a state-funded,
10-year, $4.5 million higher education initiative led by University of Louisiana
at Lafayette that will result in a tripling of the number of undergraduate
degrees awarded annually by the University's School of Computing and
Informatics. That growth is anticipated to place the university's computer
science program among the Top 25 such programs nationally for the number of
bachelor's degrees awarded annually. 


"This collaboration will enable the University of Louisiana at Lafayette to
build on its strong legacy in computer science," UL Lafayette President Joseph
Savoie said. "Through our strategic partnership with CGI, we will provide
students with the knowledge and specific computer science skills needed by the
software industry. This marriage of higher education and business will lead to
innovation that is an essential element of today's knowledge economy. By
providing professionals needed by high-tech companies, UL Lafayette will play a
key role in developing Louisiana's economy."


"We are excited to welcome CGI to our community," Lafayette City-Parish
President Joey Durel said. "The jobs that they are bringing to Lafayette are
exactly those we envisioned when we started the fiber project 10 years ago - the
jobs that are good, clean, high-paying and help our young people stay home. So
it is great to see our fiber investment take root in tangible ways like this
one. We are thrilled to work with CGI and its members to help make Lafayette the
best place to work, live, and raise a family." 


"Today's announcement by CGI is the culmination of more than 30 years of
building a reputation that Lafayette, La., is a premier technology hub - not
only in the South but in the entire U.S," said President and CEO Gregg Gothreaux
of the Lafayette Economic Development Authority. "CGI officials recognize the
strength of UL Lafayette's superior education programs and specialized centers,
and the community's assets and innovative spirit. CGI's decision to locate more
than 400 jobs in Lafayette is another step in keeping our highly trained
graduates in the area and in attracting those who want to make their home in
Acadiana. At LEDA, we look forward to continuing our work with CGI as they
become an integral part of the University's Research Park and of our community."



Construction on the new facility will begin this year with plans to be completed
by year-end 2015. CGI will begin hiring in the next few months and begin
operations at a temporary location in late 2014.


About CGI 

Founded in 1976, CGI Group Inc. is the fifth largest independent information
technology and business process services firm in the world. Approximately 68,000
professionals serve thousands of global clients from offices and delivery
centers across the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific, leveraging a comprehensive
portfolio of services including high-end business and IT consulting, systems
integration, application development and maintenance, infrastructure management
as well as a wide range of proprietary solutions. With annual revenue in excess
of C$10 billion and an order backlog exceeding C$19 billion, CGI shares are
listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Website: www.cgi.com.


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