Nampak provided financial guidance for the six months ended 31 March 2020. In terms of the JSE Listings Requirements, shareholders are advised that Nampak is satisfied that a reasonable degree of certainty exists that the financial results for the period to be reported upon will differ by at least 20% from 31 March 2019. Headline earnings per share and loss per share/earnings per share for continuing operations for the period have been impacted by several factors, including: Challenging trading conditions across the Group; The restatement of comparative results relating to the retrospective accounting treatment of historic inter-company balances owing by Nampak Zimbabwe Limited and related foreign exchange losses at March 2019 on a similar basis to that applied at the 2019 year-end. HEPS and loss per share/EPS for continuing and discontinued operations for the period have been impacted by the above mentioned factors as well as a net profit from discontinued operations of ZAR 470 million primarily from the disposal of Nampak Plastics Europe, compared to a net loss of ZAR 191 million in the prior period. HEPS for continuing operations is expected to decrease to between 3.9 cents per share and 10.4 cents per share, compared to restated 130.0 cents per share in the prior period (previously reported earnings of 119.7 cents per share). A loss per share for continuing operations of between 406.7 cents per share and 413.6 cents per share is expected, compared to restated earnings of 137.4 cents per share in the prior period (previously reported earnings of 127.1 cents per share). HEPS is expected to decline to between a loss of 1.0 cents per share and earnings of 1.0 cents per share compared to headline earnings of 115.7 cents per share in the prior period (previously reported earnings of 118.7 cents per share). A loss per share is expected of between 334.1 cents per share and 339.5 cents per share, compared to restated earnings of 107.8 cents per share in the prior period (previously reported earnings of 110.8 cents per share).