WINNIPEG, MANITOBA--(Marketwire - Dec. 14, 2010) - IGM Financial Inc. (TSX:IGM) announced today that it intends to purchase for cancellation up to one million of its common shares pursuant to private agreements between IGM Financial Inc. and an arm's-length third-party seller. The purchases will form part of IGM Financial Inc.'s normal course issuer bid announced on April 7, 2010.