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Financial definitions
Adjusted EBITDA
Excludes restructuring costs,
share-based
payments, one-off tax items impacting EBITDA,
and acquisition, integration and corporate
action costs
CAGR
Compound annual growth rate
CSP
Conditional share plan
DBW
Deferred bonus warrant
EBITDA
Earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation
FY
Financial year; for Datatec,
ended/ending
28/29 February
H1
The first half of the financial
year, from 1 March to 31 August
IFRS
International Financial Reporting
Standards
P/E ratio
Price-earnings ratio
SARs
Share Appreciation Rights
SG&A
Selling, general and administration
costs
TSR
Total shareholder return
uEPS
Underlying earnings divided by the
weighted
average number of shares in issue during the
financial year
Underlying
earnings
Earnings excluding impairments of
goodwill and
intangible assets, profit or loss on sale of
investments and assets, amortisation of
acquired intangible assets, acquisition-related
adjustments, fair value movements on
acquisition-related financial instruments,
restructuring costs relating to fundamental
reorganisations, one-off tax items impacting
EBITDA, costs relating to acquisitions,
integration and corporate actions, and the
taxation effect of all of the aforementioned
vwap
30-day volume-weighted average
price
WACC
Weighted average cost of capital
Technical definitions
aaS
As a service
AI
Artificial intelligence
API
Application Programming
Interface – used for building software application
Cloud
computing
A generic term for flexible or
hosted on the
internet IT-related services for consumers and
business, including storage, computing power,
software development, and applications.
These services eliminate the need for in-house
IT resources
Cloud
services
Services made available to
users on demand
via the internet from a cloud computing
provider's servers
Collaboration
Collaboration refers to highly
diversified teams
working together inside and outside a company
with the purpose of creating value by improving
innovation, customer relationships and efficiency
while leveraging technology for effective
interaction between the virtual and physical
spaces
Data Centre
A centralised storage facility
by an application
service provider to retain database information
DevOps
DevOps is a combination of
software
development (dev) and operations (ops). It is a
set of practices, tools, and a cultural philosophy
that automate and integrate the processes
between software development and IT teams
Hardware
The machines, wiring and other
physical
components or other electronic system
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
IoT
The Internet of Things. The
network of physical
devices, vehicles, buildings and other items –
embedded with electronics, software, sensors
and network connectivity that enable these
objects to collect and exchange data
IT
Information technology
MXDR
Managed extended detection and
response (XDR)
Networking
The construction, design and
use of a network
NGS
Next-generation sequencing
P5G
Private 5G, a dedicated,
localised 5G network
deployed for a specific organisation or entity
SASE
Secure Access Service Edge, a
cyber security
architecture that combines network and security
functions into a cloud-delivered service
Software
The programs and other
operating information
used by computers and other electronic devices
XDR
Extended detection and
response, a cyber
security solution that provides a comprehensive
and unified approach to threat detection and
response