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Dixons Carphone plc Annual Report and Accounts 2015/16
Investor information
Glossary and definitions
154
The following definitions apply throughout this Annual Report and Accounts unless the context otherwise requires:
A
cquisition intangibles
A
cquired intangible assets such as customer bases, brands and other intangible assets
acquired through a business combination capitalised separately from goodwill
A
RPU
A
verage revenue per use
r
B2B Business to business
Best Bu
y
Best Buy Co., Inc. (incorporated in the United States) and its subsidiaries and interests
in joint ventures and associates
Best Buy Europe Best Buy Europe Distributions Limited and its subsidiaries and interests in joint ventures
and associates (incorporated in England & Wales)
Board The Board of directors of the Company
Carphone, Carphone Warehouse
or Carphone Group
The Company or Group prior to the Merger on 6 August 2014
CGU Cash Generating Unit
Compan
y
or the Company Dixons Carphone plc (incorporated in England & Wales under the Act, with registered
number 07105905), whose registered office is at 1 Portal Way, London W3 6RS
CPW The continuing business of the Carphone Group
CPW Europe Best Buy Europe’s core continuing operations
CPW Europe Acquisition The Company’s acquisition of Best Buy’s interest in CPW Europe, which completed
on 26 June 2013
CWS The Connected World Services division of the Company
Dixons or Dixons Retail Dixons Retail plc and its subsidiary companies
Dixons Carphone or Group The Company, its subsidiaries, interests in joint ventures and other investments
Dixons Retail Merger or Merger The all share merger of Dixons Retail plc and Carphone Warehouse plc which occurred
on 6 August 2014
Earnings Profit or loss after taxation, unless the context otherwise requires
EBIT Earnings before interest and taxation
EBITDA Earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation
EPS Earnings per share (basic unless otherwise indicated)
ESOT Employee share ownership trust
Free Cash Flow Free Cash Flow comprises cash generated from / (utilised by) continuing operations
before special pension contributions, less net finance expense, less income tax paid
and net capital expenditure. The directors consider that ‘Free Cash Flow’ provides
additional useful information to shareholders in respect of cash generation and is
consistent with how business performance is measured internally
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