Steinhoff Africa Retail Limited provided earnings guidance for the first half of 2018. The company advised that a reasonable degree of certainty exist that the statutory results for first half year 2018 will reflect the following: EPS will be between 33.4 cents and 39.0 cents, being between 44.2% and 52.2% lower than the 69.9 cents achieved per the Statutory Results; and HEPS will be between 33.4 cents and 39.0 cents, 45.1% and 53.1% lower than the 71.1 cents achieved per the Statutory Results. However, to enable comparability, comparable results for first half year 2018 are included: Earnings per share will be between 50.8 cents and 54.4 cents, being between 10.3% and 18.3% higher than the 46.0 cents achieved per the Comparable Results; Headline earnings per share will be between 50.7 cents and 54.5 cents, being between 8.2% and 16.2% higher than the 46.9 cents achieved per the Comparable Results.