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Directors - Caribbean Cement Company Limited

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CARIBBEAN CEMENT COMPANY LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARIESNotes to the Consolidated Financial StatementsYear ended 31 December 2008(Expressed in Jamaican Dollars)2. Significant accounting policies (continued)a) Basis of preparation (continued)(iii)Future changes in accounting standards and interpretations (continued)• IAS 27, Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements(effective from annual periods beginning on or after 1 July 2009) hasresulted from amendments to IFRS 3 and changes the accounting foracquisitions and disposals that do not result in a change of controland the attribution of profit or loss to non-controlling interest.Additional amendments have been made relating to the cost of asubsidiary in the separate financial statements of a parent on firsttimeadoption of IFRSs. This amendment is currently not applicableto the Group.• IAS 28 (Revised), Investment in Associates (effective from annualperiods beginning on or after 1 July 2009) has resulted fromamendments to IFRS 3. This amendment is currently not applicableto the <strong>Company</strong>.• IAS 31 (Revised), Financial Reporting of Interests in JointVentures (effective from annual periods beginning on or after 1 July2009) requires disclosures when investments in jointly controlledentities are accounted for at fair value through profit or loss. Thisamendment is currently not applicable to the Group.• IAS 32 (Revised), Financial Instruments: Presentation (effectivefrom annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2009) requiresamendments regarding puttable financial instruments and obligationsarising on liquidation, and requires entities to classify certain typesof financial instruments as equity provided they have particularfeatures and meet specific conditions. This amendment is currentlynot applicable to the Group.• IAS 39, Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement(effective from annual periods beginning on or after 1 July 2009) wasamended regarding hedging portions of risk, and clarifies theprinciples associated with designating a portion of cash flows or fairvalues of a financial instrument as a hedged item. This amendment iscurrently not applicable to the <strong>Company</strong>.4214CARIBBEAN CEMENT COMPANY & ITS SUBSIDIARIES

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