Computershare waits on sharemarket boost SHAREHOLDER services provider Computershare has maintained its outlook for the full financial year despite a bounce back by share markets around the world. Computershare on Wednesday booked a net profit of $94.6 million for the six months to December 31, 2012, down 15.2 per cent on the prior corresponding period. Revenue lifted 26.1 per cent to $976.8 million. Chief executive Stuart Crosby said that despite higher share market indices across the globe, a demonstrable improvement in corporate actions globally was yet to be seen. "Global uncertainty and soft corporate confidence remain the impediment, but we are positioned to take advantage of any shift in attitude that results in more issuer activity," he said in a statement. Computershare reported that since November, there had been an increase in optimism about a range of the economies in which the company operated and equity market price levels had risen. At its annual general meeting in November 2012, Computershare said it expected management (adjusted) earnings per share (EPS) in the 2012/13 financial year to be between 10 and 15 per cent higher compared to the prior year. The company said on Wednesday that it continued to expect management EPS for the 2013 financial year to be between 10 per cent and 15 per cent higher than in the 2012 financial year. Management-adjusted results exclude intangible assets amortisation, acquisition costs, provision for tax liability, and other items, which the company says gives a better measure of underlying operating performance. Computershare said that in the first half, positive earnings contributions had been generated by Specialized Loan Servicing LLC in the United States, Serviceworks Group in Australia and Shareowner Services LLC in the US - which were acquired in the first half of the 2011/12 financial year. Businesses in India and Russia, the UK plans business and US registry business also generated positive earnings. But the Hong Kong, Irish and Canadian registry businesses reported weaker earnings. The company declared an interim dividend of 14 cents per share, with 20 per cent franked. Shares in Computershare were down two cents at $10.05 on Wednesday.