Spur Corporation Limited provided earnings guidance for the six months ended December 31, 2012. For the six months, the company is expecting to report growth of between 32% and 37% in earnings per share and headline earnings per share. The company is expecting to report a growth in profit before income tax of between 22% and 27% for the period and a growth in profit and headline earnings of between 30% and 35%.

The tax rate for the period has reduced relative to the previous comparable period due to the abolishment of Secondary Tax on Companies. Shareholders are further advised that profit before income tax for the period includes a charge of ZAR 8.590 million, ZAR 1.211 million in 2011, in respect of the group's cash-settled share appreciation rights incentive scheme and a credit arising from the related hedging instrument of ZAR 15.027 million against ZAR 2.277 million in 2011. The net impact on profit before income tax is therefore a credit of ZAR 6.437 million against credit of ZAR 1.066 million in 2011.