The Board of Directors of Scotia Group Jamaica Limited will consider a dividend payment at a meeting scheduled for August 30, 2012.

Standards & Poor’s ratings agency has raised its short term ratings of Jamaica to B from C but has affirmed the B- long term foreign currency and local currency rating.

For the month of July, consumer prices fell 0.3% which represents the lowest rate recorded since February 2011 (when consumer prices fell by 0.4%).

The Board of Directors of Supreme Ventures Limited has declared a dividend of $0.08 per ordinary share payable on August 30, 2012 to shareholders on record as at August 15, 2012. The ex-dividend date is August 13, 2012.

The Board of Directors of Lascelles, deMercado & Co. Limited has declared a special dividend of $31.25 per ordinary share payable on August 31, 2012 to shareholders on record as at August 17, 2012. The ex-dividend date is August 15, 2012.

The Annual General Meeting of Jamaica Money Market Brokers Limited will be held at The Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, Grand Jamaican Suite, 81 Knutsford Boulevard, Kingston 5 on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.

Jamaica Broilers Group Limited (JBG) has advised that JB Ethanol Limited, a subsidiary of JBG has booked processing (tolling) contracts for the period July 2012 to April 2013 which will result in a 200% increase in volumes processed by the Group`s Ethanol operations in the 2012/13 fiscal year, when compared to the previous year.

The Board of Directors of GraceKennedy Limited (GK) has declared an interim dividend of $0.70 per share payable on September 26, 2012 to shareholders on record as at September 7, 2012.

The Board of Directors of National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited (NCBJ) has declared a dividend of $0.17 per share payable on August 27, 2012 to shareholders on record as at August 14, 2012. The ex-dividend date is August 10, 2012.

NCBJ has released its unaudited financial statements for the third quarter ended June 30, 2012.

Salada Foods Jamaica Limited has entered into an agreement to acquire certain assets of Roberts Products Company Limited including freehold property and trademarks among other assets. A new subsidiary, Mountain Peak Processors Limited, has been formed as the vehicle through which this acquisition will be made.