Efficient Group Limited provided earnings guidance for the year ended August 31, 2014. For the year, earnings per share are expected to be between 8.19 and 9.86 cents per share compared to the earnings per share of 6.18 cents per share for the year ended 31 August 2013, which is between 33% and 60% higher than EPS for the comparative period. Headline earnings per share for the current financial year are expected to be between 8.99 and 10.69 cents per share compared to the headline earnings of 13.04 cents per share for the comparative period, which is between 31% and 18% lower than the HEPS for the comparative period.

Headline earnings for the current financial year is expected to be between ZAR 5.9 million and ZAR 7.1 million compared to headline earnings of ZAR 5.3 million rand for the comparative period. The lower headline earnings per share can be attributed to the larger number of shares in issue during the year ended 31 August 2014.