Digicel Pays O’Brien $300 Million Dividend, Sunday Times Says

O’Brien received a $115 million dividend from Digicel for the previous year and took $800 million from the business in a refinancing in 2008, when he took full control of the company, which has operations across the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific, the newspaper said in its Irish edition.

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13 years ago

September 25, 2012

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Irish telecommunications billionaire Denis O’Brien received a $300 million special dividend from his Digicel Group Ltd., the Jamaica-based mobile phone company, for the year through March, the Sunday Times reported, without citing anyone.

The most recent special dividend payment was disclosed in an analyst conference call this month, the report said. James Morrissey, a spokesman for O’Brien, declined to comment when contacted by Bloomberg News.

Source http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-24/digicel-pays-o-brien-300-million-dividend-sunday-times-says.html

John Mahfood “I Listed on the JSE to Raise Capital for My Business”

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9 years ago

November 24, 2016

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9 years ago

November 24, 2016

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Grace Stockholders To Vote On 3-for-1 Stock Split Today

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9 years ago

July 11, 2016

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Shareholders of GraceKennedy Limited will this morning meet to consider and, if thought fit, approve a recommendation for a three-for-one stock split.

If approved, shareholders will receive three stocks for each one that is currently held.

According to group CEO Don Wehby, the stock units with a market price of J$115.00 per stock unit prior to the split will now increase threefold with an initial price of J$38.33 per stock unit

He says the stock split would allow GK’s stock to be made available to more investors while further enhancing the market for the shares.

Ahead of this morning’s Extraordinary General Meeting, GK last week issued 59,360 additional GK shares.

UK Loses S&P Triple A Rating

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9 years ago

June 27, 2016

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The UK has lost its top AAA credit rating from ratings agency S&P following the country’s vote to leave the EU.

S&P says the referendum result could lead to “a deterioration of the UK’s economic performance, including its large financial services sector”.

Earlier the pound plunged to a 31-year low against the dollar, and UK markets closed lower for a second day. On Friday,

Moody’s cut the UK’s credit rating outlook to negative.

Caribbean Hotels Named In Jetsetters’ 2016 Best Of The Best

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9 years ago

June 27, 2016

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Three Caribbean hotels have been named in US-based travel and lifestyle magazine Jetsetter’s 2016 Best of the Best awards.

The list which was published recently, highlighted the world’s 20 best hotels in categories ranging from Best Over-The-Top Luxury to Best Safari Lodge.

Included in the list were Antigua and Barbuda’s Barbuda Belle Luxury Beach Hotel, Anguilla’s Zemi Beach House Resort & Spa, and St Lucia’s BodyHoliday.