Crookes Brothers Ltd. provided earnings guidance for the year ended March 31, 2013. For the period, the company expects Headline earnings per share will be between 735 cents and 755 cents compared to 588.3 cents reported in the previous corresponding period, being the financial year ended March 31, 2012. Earnings per share will be between 740 cents and 760 cents compared to EPS of 631.9 cents reported in the previous corresponding period.

The improvement in HEPS arises largely from the payment of interest by the National Department of Land Affairs, on the proceeds of the sale of the Komatipoort estate. Without the additional interest income the HEPS would have been marginally lower than that of the previous corresponding period.