Silver Chef Limited provided earnings guidance for the fiscal year 2016 and 2017. The company confirmed that it expects full year net profit after tax and before one-off loan note break costs ("NPAT") for the year ended 30 June 2016 to be within the previously reported earnings guidance range of $23 million - $24 million. The company's NPAT result for the period is still subject to external audit. On this basis, the underlying fiscal year 2016 NPAT is expected to be in the range of $19.3 to $20.3 million which represents growth on fiscal year 2015 net profit after tax of between 19.9% and 26.1%. The company anticipates fiscal year 2017 NPAT in the range of $23 million to $25 million. To understand growth in underlying earnings period on period, the deferred cost impact recognized entirely in fiscal year 2016 needs to be allocated to prior financial years. Fiscal year 2017 NPAT in the range of $23 million to $25 million will see the company continue to deliver compound annual growth in earnings per share ("EPS") of approximately 18% since its listing in 2005.