Ascendis Health Limited provided earnings guidance for the year ended June 30, 2017. For the year, the company expects from continuing operations normalized headline earnings to be in the range of ZAR 612 million to ZAR 652 million, normalized headline earnings per share to be in the range of 148 cents to 159 cents, basic earnings to be in the range of ZAR 342 million to ZAR 367 million, basic earnings per share to be in the range of 83 cents to 89 cents, headline earnings to be in the range of ZAR 353 million to ZAR 383 million and headline earnings per share to be in the range of 86 cents to ZAR 93 cents. The company expects total operations normalized headline earnings to be in the range of ZAR 571 million to ZAR 612 million, normalized headline earnings per share to be in the range of 138 cents to 148 cents, basic earnings to be in the range of ZAR 270 million to ZAR 296 million, basic earnings per share to be in the range of 65 cents to 72 cents, headline earnings to be in the range of ZAR 310 million to ZAR 340 million and headline earnings per share to be in the range of 75 cents to ZAR 82 cents.