Glossary

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AGM
Annual General Meeting
AIM
Alternative Investment Market, the London Stock Exchange’s international market for smaller, growing companies
Analysys Mason
A global consultancy and research firm constituting Datatec’s Management Consulting division, which specialises in telecommunication, media and technology and offers strategic, trusted advisory, modelling and market intelligence services
ARCC
The Datatec Group Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee
BBBEE
Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment
CDP
Formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project, an environmental disclosure system
CEO
Chief Executive Officer
CFO
Chief Financial Officer
CIO
Chief Information Officer
CIPC
Companies and Intellectual Property Commission
Continuing operations
Figures exclude the earn-out received on the disposal of Westcon Americas
CPI
Consumer Price Index
CRO
Chief Risk Officer
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
EMEA
Europe, Middle East and Africa
GDS
Global Deployment Services
ICQ
Internal control questionnaire
IIRC
International Integrated Reporting Council
IPO
Initial Public Offering
IRC
South African Integrated Reporting Committee
ISA
International Standards on Auditing
ISIN
International Securities Identification Number
JSE
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange, a securities exchange operated by JSE Limited
King IVTM/The King IVTM Code
The King IVTM Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa, 2016
KPI
Key performance indicator
Logicalis or Logicalis Group
A division of Datatec that supplies ICT infrastructure and solutions and managed services
LSE
London Stock Exchange
LTI
Long-term incentive
Management Consulting and Financial Services
Includes Analysys Mason, a specialist telecommunications, media and technology adviser and Datatec Financial Services, a provider of financing/leasing solutions
MBA
Master of Business Administration
MEA
Middle East and Africa
MoI
the Company’s Memorandum of Incorporation
NASDAQ
National Association of Securities Automated Quotations, a United States electronic securities market
NCKU
National Cheng Kung University
NGO
Non-governmental organisations
NYSE
New York Stock Exchange
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OHSAS 18001
Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series; a British Standard for occupational health and safety management systems
OTE
On-target earnings
PLLAL
PromonLogicalis Latin America Limited
PwC
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.
SAICA
South African Institute of Chartered Accountants
SDGs
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
SHE
Safety, health and environment
SMB
Small and medium business
STEM
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics
STI
Short-term incentive
TDL
Thomas Duryea Logicalis
The Board
The Board of Directors of Datatec Limited
The Code
The Datatec Group Code of Conduct
The Codes
Codes of Good Practice on BEE issued by the South African Department of Trade and Industry
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
The current year, the year or the year under review
The year ended 29 February 2020
The Foundation
The Datatec Educational and Technology Foundation
The Group
The Datatec Group, Datatec Limited and its subsidiaries
The previous year or the prior year
The year ended 28 February 2019
The register
The register of ordinary shareholders
TMS
The Meeting Specialists Proprietary Limited
TMT
Telecommunications, Media and Technology
Westcon International or Westcon
A division of Datatec that provides distribution of security, collaboration, networking and data centre products
WHO
World Health Organization