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Mobile Devices AT&S business segment that includes mobile telephones, PDAs, portable music players and digital
cameras
Multilayer Multilayer printed circuit boards
Net CAPEX Capital expenditure net of receipts from the disposal of property, plant and equipment and intangible
assets
Net debt Financial liabilities less cash and cash equivalents and financial assets
Net gearing Net debt / equity
NucleuS ® Technology for series production of individual printed circuit boards that makes optimal use of
the production format. The printed circuit boards are only connected to their frames immediately
before being shipped to subcontract assemblers for population.
® registered trade mark AT 255767
OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series
One-stop shopping Enabling customers to source multiple solutions from one location
ÖCGK Austrian Corporate Governance Code (Österreichischer Corporate Governance Kodex)
PCB Printed circuit board
PDA Small, portable computer (personal digital assistant)
Prime Market Stocks admitted to trading on the Vienna Stock Exchange on the Official Market or the Semi-Official
Market and subject to additional, more stringent requirements
R&D Research and development
Return on equity (ROE) Shareholders’ interest in net income + (shareholders’ equity at the begin of the financial year +
shareholders’ equity at the end of the financial year) / 2
ROCE Return on capital employed: a measure of how effectively and profitably a company uses its capital
(EBIT – taxes on income) / (net debt + shareholders interests in equity of parent company)
Sale and lease back Special form of leasing: an enterprise sells property or a movable asset to a leasing company and
leases it back for use in the business
SAP One of the world’s largest software producers (systems analysis and program development)
Smartphone Combines the advantages of a mobile telephone with those of a PDA
Stock options Options to purchase shares
TecDAX Specialised Frankfurt Stock Exchange stock index of medium-sized companies in technology sectors:
30 stocks from the Prime Standard segment of the Regulated Market
Trading see “Foundry Services”
VDA German Association of the Automotive Industry (Deutscher Verband der Automobilindustrie)
VdL German Printed Circuit Board Association (Deutscher Verband der Leiterplattenindustrie)
Vendor managed ventory AT&S assumes responsibility for the logistics and storage for products and ensures that agreed
maximum and minimum inventory levels are maintained