Annual Report 2009/10 Excellence in Retailing - Douglas Holding
Annual Report 2009/10 Excellence in Retailing - Douglas Holding
Annual Report 2009/10 Excellence in Retailing - Douglas Holding
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Fair Value<br />
Amount at which an asset would be transferred <strong>in</strong> an arm’s-length transaction.<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ance lease<br />
Lease <strong>in</strong> which the ma<strong>in</strong> opportunities and risks associated with ownership<br />
of an asset are transferred to the user of that asset, irrespective<br />
of the actual transfer of legal title.<br />
Free Cash Flow<br />
Operat<strong>in</strong>g Cash Flow m<strong>in</strong>us Cash Flow from <strong>in</strong>vestment activities. The<br />
Free Cash Flow is available for dividend payments to shareholders, and<br />
to pay <strong>in</strong>terest.<br />
Free float<br />
The percentage of share capital that is not held by long-term <strong>in</strong>vestors<br />
and can therefore be freely traded on the market (free float).<br />
Full consolidation<br />
Method to prepare consolidated f<strong>in</strong>ancial statements, <strong>in</strong> which all assets<br />
and liabilities as well as <strong>in</strong>come and expense items are <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong><br />
the consolidated f<strong>in</strong>ancial statements regardless of the sharehold<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong>terest held <strong>in</strong> the respective subsidiary.<br />
Functional currency<br />
The currency used <strong>in</strong> the primary economic environment of a company’s<br />
operations.<br />
Goodwill<br />
Positive differential between a company’s purchase price and its net<br />
assets (assets m<strong>in</strong>us debts).<br />
Hedge account<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Account<strong>in</strong>g treatment of hedge transactions.<br />
IFRIC (International F<strong>in</strong>ancial <strong>Report</strong><strong>in</strong>g Interpretations Committee<br />
– formerly SIC)<br />
Concrete <strong>in</strong>terpretations of <strong>in</strong>dividual IFRSs.<br />
IFRS/IAS (International F<strong>in</strong>ancial <strong>Report</strong><strong>in</strong>g Standards – formerly IAS)<br />
Account<strong>in</strong>g standards issued by an <strong>in</strong>ternational committee (International<br />
Account<strong>in</strong>g Standards Committee) with the aim of creat<strong>in</strong>g transparent<br />
account<strong>in</strong>g that is comparable worldwide.<br />
Impairment<br />
Reduction <strong>in</strong> value that is performed as soon as the carry<strong>in</strong>g amount<br />
of an asset is greater than its recoverable amount, i.e., the higher value<br />
which would result from either its sale or its cont<strong>in</strong>ued use.<br />
Like-for-like sales<br />
Sales relative to space; only <strong>in</strong>cludes sales from those branches operat<strong>in</strong>g<br />
dur<strong>in</strong>g the year under review and the year be<strong>in</strong>g compared. Does<br />
not <strong>in</strong>clude stores whose sales area varied by at least 20 percent dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the period under review.<br />
Market capitalization<br />
The market price of a listed company; calculated by multiply<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
current share price by the number of shares issued.<br />
Further <strong>in</strong>formation<br />
MDAX<br />
Share <strong>in</strong>dex conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the fifty largest German and non-German companies<br />
with<strong>in</strong> the DAX <strong>in</strong>dex (measured <strong>in</strong> terms of their trad<strong>in</strong>g volume<br />
and market capitalization).<br />
Multi-channel<br />
Integration of stationary and onl<strong>in</strong>e distribution.<br />
Net realizable value<br />
Value that would be realized from sale <strong>in</strong> normal bus<strong>in</strong>ess less the estimated<br />
production and market<strong>in</strong>g costs which are still due.<br />
Operat<strong>in</strong>g lease<br />
Leas<strong>in</strong>g for items where the ma<strong>in</strong> opportunities and risks associated<br />
with the leased item rema<strong>in</strong> with the lessor.<br />
Past service cost<br />
Increase <strong>in</strong> the present value of a def<strong>in</strong>ed benefit pension commitment<br />
which is due to the work performed by the employees dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the period under review.<br />
Plan assets<br />
Assets which are held <strong>in</strong> long-term funds or qualified <strong>in</strong>surance policies<br />
to fulfill payments to employees.<br />
Sale-and-Lease-Back-Transaction<br />
Sale of an item with simultaneous further use of the item by the seller.<br />
Short report<strong>in</strong>g period<br />
A report<strong>in</strong>g period that is shorter than twelve months.<br />
Overview<br />
Glossary<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ancial calendar/Credits<br />
Temporary differences<br />
Differences between the carry<strong>in</strong>g amount of an asset and its tax base.<br />
Value added<br />
The additional <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> value generated <strong>in</strong> a company by operations,<br />
over and beyond that generated by the services obta<strong>in</strong>ed from thirdparty<br />
providers for this purpose.<br />
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