A
ACCA
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
AIM
Alternative Investment Market, the London Stock Exchange’s international market for smaller, growing companies
AGM
Annual General Meeting
AME
Africa and Middle East
Analysys Mason
A company within Datatec’s Consulting division, which provides specialist advice in telecoms, IT and media
B
BBBEE
Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment
BPO
Business Process Outsourcing
C
CDP
Carbon Disclosure Project
CEO
Chief Executive Officer
CFA
Chief Financial Analyst
CFO
Chief Financial Officer
CIO
Chief Information Officer
CIPC
Companies and Intellectual Property Commission
CIPD
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
CISSP
Certified Information Systems Security Professional
Consulting
Analysys Mason, Mason Advisory and The Via Group, a division of Datatec that provides strategic and technical consulting
COO
Chief Operating Officer
CPI
Consumer Price Index
CSDP
Central Securities Depository Participant
CSI
Corporate social investment, contributions (monetary, employee time and resources), external to normal business activities for the purpose of benefiting and uplifting communities
E
EDGE
Westcon-Comstor’s partner framework – Engage, Develop, Grow, Extend
EMEA
Europe, Middle East and Africa
ESN
Emergency Service Mobile Network
Exco
Executive Committee
G
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GTDC
Global Technology Distribution Council
I
ICAEW
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
IIRC
International Integrated Reporting Council
IMF
International Monetary Fund
Intact
A company within Datatec’s WestconGroup division, which provides high-end professional services related to networking and support. Intact was transferred to WestconGroup’s newly established services unit in the previous year
IRC
South African Integrated Reporting Committee
ISIN
International Securities Identification Number
J
JSE
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange, a securities exchange operated by JSE Limited
K
King III Code or King III
The King Code of Corporate Governance Principles for South Africa, 2009 and the King Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa, 2009
KPIs
Key performance indicators, a set of quantifiable measures that a company or industry uses to gauge or compare performance in terms of meeting its strategic and operational goals
L
Logicalis or Logicalis Group
A division of Datatec that supplies IT solutions and managed services
LSE
London Stock Exchange
M
MCO
Argentina, Chile, Columbia, Paraguay and Uruguay
MBA
Master of Business Administration
N
NASDAQ
National Association of Securities Automated Quotations, a United States electronic securities market
NYSE
New York Stock Exchange
O
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OHS
Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993
S
SAICA
South African Institute of Chartered Accountants
T
The Board
The Board of Directors of Datatec Limited, as set out here
The Companies Act
South African Companies Act 71 of 2008, as amended
The Company or Datatec
Datatec Limited, listed on the JSE in the “Computer Services” sector and on the LSE’s AIM and its subsidiaries as the context indicates
The Group
The Datatec Group, Datatec Limited and its subsidiaries
The current year, the year or the year under review
The year ended 29 February 2016
The previous year
The year ended 28 February 2015
The Register
The register of ordinary shareholders
The UK Code
UK Corporate Governance Code
The Via Group or Via
A company within Datatec’s Consulting division, providing unified communications and voice solutions
TMT
Telecommunications, Media and Technology
W
WEEE
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
WestconGroup or Westcon-Comstor
A division of Datatec that supplies unified communications, network infrastructure, data centre and security solutions worldwide