The Board of Directors of Eppley Limited will meet on November 12, 2015 to consider the payment of an interim dividend to shareholders.

The Board of Directors of Jamaica Public Service Company Limited will be considering by way of Round Robin Resolution declaration of quarterly dividends for the quarter ending September 28, 2015 payable on November 24, 2015 to shareholders on record on November 13, 2015 on its Class F Cumulative Non-Redeemable Preference Shares.

On October 21, 2015 Kingston Properties advised that it had completed the purchase of real estate properties with the funds raised during its Rights Offer. This includes the purchase of 5 condominium apartments at the Midblock located in midtown Miami at 3301 NE 1st Avenue for a purchase price of $2.2 million. Midblock is within 10 minutes from cultural venues including Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, New World Symphony, Perez Art Museum Miami, American Airlines Arena, downtown, Miami and Miami Beach and a plethora of shops and restaurants. Amenities at the apartments include generous private terraces, appliances, walk-in closets, full sized washer/dryer, custom wood cabinetry and stone counter tops. Kingston Properties also purchased 4 condominium apartments for $3.1 million at The Residences at W Fort Lauderdale located close to Ft. Lauderdale`s vibrant Downtown, Las Olas and Riverfront Place.

 

These fully furnished apartments have access to spa services, a fitness center, swimming pools, oceanfront dining, miles of sandy beachfront and the full complement of services that the 5-star W hotel offers.

The Board of Directors of The Palace Amusement Company (1921) Limited (PAL) has declared a dividend of $1.75 per share payable on January 19, 2016 to shareholders on record as at January 8, 2016. The ex-dividend date is January 6, 2016. The Annual General Meeting of PAL will be held on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at 1a South Camp Road, Kingston.

GraceKennedy Limited (GK) advised on October 16, 2015 that after its initial announcement in May of this year regarding the planned divestment of its shares in subsidiary, Hardware & Lumber, and follow up announcement in June, that it had entered into a conditional agreement for the sale of the shares with Greystone Equity Partners Inc., or nominee, GK has advised that the main conditions of the transaction have now been met and the transaction will therefore be proceeding to closing. The sale is anticipated to be completed by the end of the year.

Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) announced on October 16, 2015, its planned roll-out of a new technology platform, IFLEX, for its sports betting operations. The significant investment is being implemented in conjunction with SVL`s technology partner for sports betting - INTRALOT. Implementation date is slated for October 20, 2015. This will include a huge jump in betting options and leagues, combined with live betting throughout events. SVL further advised that the

IFLEX betting platform project is worth over US$1,000,000 and will see investment in a state-of-the art, innovative, robust and high performance betting solution that meets the growing demands of the international gaming industry.

The Board of Directors of Desnoes & Geddes Limited will consider a dividend payment for the year 2015 at a meeting scheduled for October 23, 2015.

The Board of Directors of Sagicor Group Jamaica Limited has declared an interim dividend of $0.34 per share payable on November 13, 2015 to shareholders on record as at October 29, 2015. The ex-dividend date is October 27, 2015.

Sweet River Abattoir and Supplies Company Limited (SRA) has advised that at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on October 9, 2015 Mr. Courtney Cole was appointed a director. SRA also advised that at the AGM Ms. Lisa-Kaye Bryan resigned as mentor and Ms. Maxine Wilson resigned as a director.

Desnoes & Geddes Limited (DG) has advised that it was advised on October 7, 2015 that Heineken acquired a controlling stake in DG by acquiring the entire issued share capital of Udiam Holdings AB a subsidiary of Diageo plc for the sum of US$420,990,826. Udiam owns 1,625,549,827 shares in DG which constitutes approximately 57.8% of the issued share capital of DG. Prior to the acquisition by Heineken, another subsidiary of Heineken owned 434,033,141 DG shares which constitutes approximately 15.45% of the share capital of DG. Following the acquisition, Heineken indirectly owns 2,059,610,670 shares which constitute approximately 73.32% of the share capital of DG.