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The contractual life of awards in a share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

No definition available.

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The number of days of trading of shares as basis of the grant price of awards in share-based compensation arrangement.

No definition available.

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The percentage of cap of the payout price as a percent to the grant price.

No definition available.

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The number of days of trading of shares as basis of the payout price of awards after vesting period and after publication of quarterly in share-based compensation arrangement.

No definition available.

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The percentage of grant amount as determined by Supervisory Board each year as a percent to the contractual target amount, taking into account the achievement of the operating profit target set for the preceding financial year in a share-based payment arrangement.

No definition available.

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The percentage of the award type comprising the grant in a share-based arrangement.

No definition available.

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The percentage of number of awards that can vest to the initial allocation of the award year in share-based payment arrangement.

No definition available.

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Percentage of performance of the SAP share over the vesting period below the performance of the Peer Group Index that cancels the awards in share-based arrangement.

No definition available.

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The performance factor of awards when the entity's share price performance matches its peer group index in share-based payment arrangement.

No definition available.

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The vesting life of awards in a share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

No definition available.

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