Ascendis Health Limited provided earnings guidance for the six months ended December 31, 2017. For the period, the company expects to report its financial results to be more than 20% higher than the previous corresponding period. From continuing operations, the normalised headline earnings expected to be in the range of ZAR 329 million to ZAR 365 million, normalised headline earnings per share expected to be in the range of 74 cents to 78 cents, basic earnings are to be in the range of ZAR 230 million to ZAR 251 million, basic earnings per share expected to be in the range of 52 cents to 54 cents, headline earnings are to be in the range of ZAR 238 million to ZAR 256 million and headline earnings per share expected to be in the range of 52 cents to 55 cents. From total operations, the normalised headline earnings expected to be in the range of ZAR 300 million to ZAR 335 million, normalised headline earnings per share expected to be in the range of 67 cents to 72 cents, basic earnings are to be in the range of ZAR 202 million to ZAR 223 million, basic earnings per share expected to be in the range of 44 cents to 47 cents, headline earnings are to be in the range of ZAR 207 million to ZAR 227 million and headline earnings per share expected to be in the range of 45 cents to 48 cents.