Distell Group Holdings Limited provided earnings guidance for the year ended 30 June 2019. The company's reported earnings per share (EPS) for the year ended 30 June 2019 (current period) is expected to decrease between 44% and 49% (330.1 cents and 367.6 cents) over the prior year ended 30 June 2018 (prior period) EPS of 750.3 cents, as a result of the impairment of ZAR 524.0 million of its equity accounted investment in BGB, as well as a credit loss provision of ZAR 266.1 million for the investment in the savings bonds of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe; and Reported Headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the current period is expected to decrease between 1% and 6% (6.7 cents and 40.1 cents) over the prior period HEPS of 668.2 cents.