Financial and technical definitions
Financial definitions
Amortisation
The systematic allocation of the cost of an asset over its useful life
CAGR
Compound annual growth rate
CDI
A daily average of overnight interbank loans, used as an investment benchmark in the Brazilian financial system
CGU
Cash-generating unit
CSP
Conditional Share Plan
DBP
Deferred Bonus Plan
DBW
Deferred Bonus Warrant
Depreciation
The systematic allocation of the cost of an asset, less its residual value, over its useful life
EAP
Equity Appreciation Plan
EBITDA
Earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation
EIBOR
Emirates Interbank Offered Rate
EPS
Earnings per share, the portion of a Company’s profit attributable (equally) to each outstanding ordinary share
EURIBOR
Euro Interbank Offered Rate
FEC
Forward exchange contract
FVTPL
Fair value through profit or loss
FY
Financial year; for Datatec, ended/ending 28/29 February
H2
The second half of the financial year, from 1 September to 28 February
HEPS
Headline earnings divided by the weighted average number of shares in issue during the financial year
IFRS
International Financial Reporting Standards
LIBOR
London Interbank Offered Rate
LTIP
Long-Term Incentive Plan
ROIC
Return on invested capital. This is calculated by dividing net operating profit after tax by average invested capital
SARs
Share Appreciation Rights
SAR Scheme
The Datatec Limited Share Appreciation Rights Scheme
SOFR
Secured Overnight Financing Rate
TSR
Total shareholder return
Underlying earnings
Earnings excluding impairments of goodwill and intangible assets, profit or loss on sale of
investments and assets, amortisation of acquired intangible assets, unrealised foreign exchange movements, acquisition-related adjustments, fair value movements on acquisition-related financial instruments, restructuring costs relating to fundamental reorganisations and the taxation effect on all of the aforementioned
investments and assets, amortisation of acquired intangible assets, unrealised foreign exchange movements, acquisition-related adjustments, fair value movements on acquisition-related financial instruments, restructuring costs relating to fundamental reorganisations and the taxation effect on all of the aforementioned
UEPS
Underlying earnings divided by the weighted average number of shares in issue during the financial year
VWAP
30-day volume-weighted average price
Technical definitions
Cloud services
Services made available to users on demand via the internet from a cloud computing provider’s servers
ERP
Enterprise resource planning , software that manages and integrates business processes through a single system
Hardware
The machines, wiring and other physical components or other electronic system
IaaS
Infrastructure as a service
ICT
Information and communication technology, an umbrella term that includes any communication device or application, encompassing radio, television, mobile phones, computer and network hardware and software, and satellite systems
Infrastructure
Refers to an entity’s entire collection of hardware, software, networks and services required for the operation and management of the IT environment
IT
Information technology
Networking
The construction, design and use of a network
SaaS
Software as a service
Software
The programs and other operating sed by a computer
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