Lascelles deMercado & Company Limited has scheduled an Extraordinary Meeting to be held on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 2:30p.m. at 234 Spanish Town Road, Kingston 11.

Hardware & Lumber Limited (HL) has advised that Mr. Paul Hanworth, a member of the Audit Committee of HL has been appointed Chairman of the Committee effective October 19, 2012.

Seprod Limited has declared a dividend of $0.30 per share payable on November 9, 2012 to shareholders on record as at October 25, 2012. The ex-dividend date is October 23, 2012.

Hardware & Lumber Limited (HL) has advised that Mr. Rodney Davis has resigned from the Board and Audit Committee of HL effective October 9, 2012.

Pan Caribbean Financial Services Limited (PCFS) has advised that the IPO for K.L.E. Group Limited which opened on Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 9:00 a.m.was oversubscribed by 13% and was closed at 9:58 a.m.

The Annual General Meeting of Lasco Manufacturing Limited (LASM) will be held at the Knutsford Court Hotel, 16 Chelsea Avenue, Kingston 5 on October 19, 2012 at 10:00 am.

The Board of Directors of Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited will meet on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 to consider a resolution to declare an interim dividend.

For the month of June 2012, net remittances were US$153.0 million, which was an improvement of US$7.9Mn or 5.5% relative to the corresponding period of 2011.

Consumer Prices rose 0.5% in July according to data released from the Statistical Institute of Jamaica. This follows a 0.3% decline in the index in the previous month. The increase in consumer prices was attributed to higher Food prices as the ‘Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages’ division rose 1.6%.