American Depository Shares

Is an American Depository Share.

In the US, the Company's Ordinary Shares are traded in the term of American Depositary Shares ("ADSs").

American Depositary Share m2/TEC Square metres per total employee costed

American Depositary Share. Similar to an American Depositary Receipt, but the issuance is sponsored by the foreign company that issued the common stock, rather than the bank that holds the share on deposit.

American Depositary Shares. A trading unit for the issuer in the U.S. which may represent more or less than one underlying share of the issuer. ADSs are issued in New York in registered form, eligible for trading and clearing in the U.S. markets, and may be made eligible for clearing outside the U.S. in Euroclear and CEDEL.

American Depositary Share. Imperial Tobacco Group PLC ordinary shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American Depositary Shares (ADSs) using the symbol ITY. Each ADS represents two Imperial Tobacco Group PLC ordinary shares. The ADS programme is administered by Citibank.

A U.S. dollar denominated form of equity ownership in a non-U.S. company. It represents the foreign shares of the company held on deposit by a custodian bank in the company's home country. While the ADR is a physical certificate evidencing ownership in one or several ADSs, the ADS is the instrument that is actually traded.

American Depositary Share representing 30 Signet Group plc shares

American Depositary Shares, each which represents the right to receive five ordinary shares.

American Depositary Share. The tradable share issued under an ADR agreement.

American Depositary Share. The actual issued share that is traded under an American Depositary Receipt (ADR) agreement.

Aspire Defence Services. A fully integrated, incorporated 50/50 Joint Venture between Carillion and KBR for the delivery of the thirty five year Service Contract

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Annual Debt Service. The total of all payments on a mortgage loan, including both interest and principal, for a year.

Automatic Distribution Service. A service at the Argos processing centers supplying your data via data transmission networks, fax or other means. You receive the data in accordance with your scheduling instructions, without needing to log on to the center.

Active Directory Service. A service that can be used as an information service as well as administrative service.

Active Directory Services – see AD

Active Directory Service. A directory service part of Windows 2000 and higher that identifies all resources on the network and makes them accessible to users and applications.

Annual debt service. The total amount of principal and interest to be paid each year to satisfy the obligation of a loan contract.

Annual Debt Service. The annual total of mortgage payment s including both principle and interest. Also called Debt Service.

Archaeology Data Service. One of the Service Providers of the Arts and Humanities Data Service. (A JISC funded service).

Agent distributor service. A fee-based service providing U.S. exporters with a customized overseas search for interested and qualified foreign representatives (such as foreign import agents and distributors). Français: Agent distributeur de services Español: Servicio de agente distribuidor

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Alternative Delivery Systems

Applicant Data System

Alternative delivery system

Adaptative Damping System

Adaptive Damping System

Alternate Data Streams

Applied Data Systems

Alternate Data Stream. The ability to create new files (fork files) attached to existing files without affecting their functionality, size, or display.

Alternate Delivery System (ADS) refers to reception of TV programming via Satellite (DBS or Large Dish), or from satellite master antenna systems (SMATV), or from multipoint distribution systems (MDS). A household may have both wired cable and ADS, so total ADS cannot be added to Wired Cable to derive cable plus ADS. For more on ADS, see the website of the Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB) at www.tvb.org.