Caribbean Producers Jamaica Limited (CPJ) has advised that the Board has approved the proposal to invest in the further expansion of the company’s distribution capacity through a build-out of a multipurpose warehouse being currently constructed in Montego Freeport, on a proposed leased property. This proposed investment of US$ 2.5 million will allow the company to improve efficiency of its cold chain as well as to handle the anticipated growth in sales.

PanJam Investment Limited (PJAM) has advised that a connected party purchased 800,000 PJAM shares on May 22, 2018.

Jamaican Teas Limited (JAMT) has advised that at a Board of Directors’ meeting scheduled for June 6, 2018 an interim dividend payment will be considered.

Salada Foods Jamaica Limited (SALF) has advised that their Board of Directors at a meeting held on May 17, 2018, declared on interim dividend of $0.50 per share unit, payable on June 18, 2018, to shareholders on record as at June 1, 2018. The ex-dividend date is May 31, 2018.

CAC 2000 Limited (CAC) has advised that their Board of Directors will be considering whether or not to make a dividend payment to the Company’s shareholders at the next Board Meeting scheduled to take place on May 30, 2018, at 231 Marcus Garvey Drive, Kingston 11.

138 Student Living Jamaica Limited (138SL) has advised that the submission of their Second Quarterly Financial Statements for the period ending March 31, 2018 has been delayed and will be submitted on or before Tuesday, May 29, 2018.

Berger Paints Jamaica Limited (BRG) has advised that at their  annual meeting of the Company, held on May 10, 2018, resolutions were passed:

• Elect the following directors:
  • Mr. Ray A. Samairsingh
  • Mr. Aneal Maharaj
  • Mr. Andy Mahadeo
  • Mr. Adam Sabga
• Chairman:
  • Mr. Ray A. Samairsingh, retired as Chairman
  • Mr. Adam Sabga, appointed Chairman
• Reappointments:
  • Mr. Warren McDonald, the Hon. Michael Fennel and Mr. Milton Samuda submitted their resignations but were reappointed as directors under Article 102 of Schedule A of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company.

Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) has advised that Mr. Richard Foreman, Director, has resigned his directorship, effective April 15, 2018. 

GraceKennedy Ltd (GK) has advised that Dr Cassida Jones, Chief Human Resources Officer, and member of their Executive Committee will retire from GraceKennedy on April 30, 2018.

GK further states that Mrs. Naomi Holness, who is currently the Senior HR Business Partner for Grace Foods – Domestic, will be acting in the role. Mrs. Holness has over 20 years experience in Human Resource Management and joined GraceKennedy in 2004, GK advised.

Productive Business Solutions Limited (PBS) has provided the following details of the transaction closed successfully in their subsidiary in Costa Rica in early 2018 and Guatemala in December 2017 and January 2018:

“Costa Rica

1. APM Terminals which is the biggest sea port operator worldwide, was contracted by the Costa Rican government to build and operate for 33 years a new container terminal at Moín, Costa Rica, which is programmed to start operations on January 2019. The port is to be built over an artificial island on the Costa Rican   Atlantic Ocean which has been built by APM as well.
2. Once operational, Moín will be the largest port of Costa Rica and Central America having an impact on the Costa Rican economy. Moín will also be the first terminal to have non-intrusive technology, allowing it to comply with the  requests of Costa Rican largest trading partner, the United States.
3. On May 2016 APM Terminals published an international bid, inviting the main representatives of non-intrusive safety equipment brands to participate in the process.    This bid was created as a consequence of APM’s obligation to install non-intrusive equipment in its new terminal for the detection of threats and contaminations of  merchandise. The referred bid is the first of three phases, thru which APM Terminals will  acquire 3-5 additional scanning equipment.
4. PBS participates thru its local subsidiary, Productive Business Solutions (Costa Rica), S.A. in this tender along with 5 other suppliers. The product offered by PBS in this bid is L-3 brand equipment, manufactured by L-3 Communications. PBS was awarded with this deal on January 2017.
5. The bid submitted by PBS consists of one portal scanner model CX-Portal, from the L-3 portfolio, along with equipment installation, training of the corresponding personnel and maintenance services. PBS must design and construct the necessary civil work, so to allow proper installation. PBS will also train operators, and render maintenance services for a period of 10 years. During such term, PBS should provide 24/7 support with certified engineers, sufficient inventory for spare parts, integrate the installed equipment  with other government institutions’ systems so to allow sharing of scanned images,  among others.
6. The deal represents a total revenue for PBS of $2.3MM for the equipment’s sale and installation and $1.1MM for the maintenance services to be provided over a period of 10  years.

Guatemala

1. The main Guatemalan International Airport issued two public bids on October 2017, to acquire the necessary safety and protection equipment for their regular operations.
2. This equipment was necessary for the airport to keep the International Certification provided by ICAO.
3. The bids were awarded to the local subsidiary, PBS Guatemala, on November 2017. PBS offered L3 Security and Detection equipment, its installation, operators training, set up and configuration of all the units.
4. PBS offered 4 Provision 2 Body Scanners and 13 Protocol 6500 Metal Detector Arches for one of the tenders and 9 ACX 6.4MV Object Scanners for the second tender.
5. The two tenders combined are valued in USD$2 Million and were successfully delivered on time by December 2017 allowing the airport to retain the ICAO certification.”