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Share-based payments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Statement [LineItems] |
Summary of Share-based Compensation Expense | Share-based compensation expense during the years ended March 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 is as follows:
|  | Year ended March 31, |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Share-based compensation expense recorded in |  | $ |  |  |  | $ |  |  |  | $ |  |
Cost of revenue |  |  | 4,278 |  |  |  | 3,770 |  |  |  | 2,765 |
Selling and marketing expenses |  |  | 3,983 |  |  |  | 2,557 |  |  |  | 1,723 |
General and administrative expenses |  |  | 22,044 |  |  |  | 24,238 |  |  |  | 18,548 |
Total share-based compensation expense |  | $ | 30,305 |  |  | $ | 30,565 |  |  | $ | 23,036 |
Movements in Number of Options Outstanding under 2006 Incentive Award Plan and Related Weighted Average Exercise Prices | Movements in the number of options outstanding under the 2006 Incentive Award Plan and their related weighted average exercise prices are as follow:
|  | Shares |  |  | Weighted average exercise price |  |  | Weighted average remaining contract term (in years) |  |  | Aggregate intrinsic value |
Outstanding as at March 31, 2017 |  |  | 117,179 |  |  | $ | 27.25 |  |  |  | 0.10 |  |  | $ | 163 |
Exercised |  |  | (48,227 | ) |  |  | 7.63 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Lapsed |  |  | (68,952 | ) |  |  | 7.87 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding as at March 31, 2018 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |
Exercised |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Lapsed |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Outstanding as at March 31, 2019 |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Options exercisable |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |
RSUs dependent on non-market performance condition [member] |
Statement [LineItems] |
Movements in Number of Shares Outstanding under 2006 and 2016 Incentive Award Plan and Related Weighted Average Fair Values |
(i) | Movements in the number of RSUs dependent on non-market performance condition outstanding under the 2006 Incentive Award Plan and the 2016 Incentive Award Plan and their related weighted average fair values are as follow:
|  | Shares |  |  | Weighted average fair value |  |  | Weighted average remaining contract term (in years) |  |  | Aggregate intrinsic value |
Outstanding as at March 31, 2017 |  |  | 1,573,246 |  |  | $ | 22.47 |  |  |  | 7.50 |  |  | $ | 45,011 |
Granted |  |  | 497,689 |  |  |  | 30.85 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | (961,111 | ) |  |  | 21.45 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited |  |  | (34,775 | ) |  |  | 29.07 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Lapsed |  |  | (2,216 | ) |  |  | 23.47 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding as at March 31, 2018 |  |  | 1,072,833 |  |  | $ | 27.05 |  |  |  | 7.75 |  |  | $ | 48,632 |
Granted |  |  | 383,229 |  |  |  | 47.89 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | (422,088 | ) |  |  | 28.40 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited |  |  | (70,723 | ) |  |  | 36.08 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Lapsed |  |  | (10,856 | ) |  |  | 8.22 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding as at March 31, 2019 |  |  | 952,395 |  |  | $ | 34.38 |  |  |  | 7.62 |  |  | $ | 50,734 |
RSUs exercisable |  |  | 410,948 |  |  | $ | 27.40 |  |  |  | 6.33 |  |  | $ | 21,891 |
RSUs dependent on market performance condition [member] |
Statement [LineItems] |
Movements in Number of Shares Outstanding under 2006 and 2016 Incentive Award Plan and Related Weighted Average Fair Values | Movements in the number of RSUs dependent on market performance condition outstanding under the 2006 Incentive Award Plan and the 2016 Incentive Award Plan and their related weighted average fair values are as follows:
|  | Shares |  |  | Weighted average fair value |  |  | Weighted average remaining contract term (in years) |  |  | Aggregate intrinsic value |
Outstanding as at March 31, 2017 |  |  | 203,990 |  |  | $ | 13.21 |  |  |  | 8.10 |  |  | $ | 5,836 |
Granted |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Lapsed |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding as at March 31, 2018 |  |  | 203,990 |  |  | $ | 13.21 |  |  |  | 7.10 |  |  | $ | 9,247 |
Granted |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Lapsed |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding as at March 31, 2019 |  |  | 203,990 |  |  |  | 13.21 |  |  |  | 6.10 |  |  | $ | 10,867 |
RSUs exercisable |  |  | 5,000 |  |  | $ | 14.30 |  |  |  | 7.08 |  |  | $ | 266 |
RSUs related total shareholders return [member] |
Statement [LineItems] |
Movements in Number of Shares Outstanding under 2006 and 2016 Incentive Award Plan and Related Weighted Average Fair Values | Movements in the number of RSUs linked to the TSR condition outstanding under the 2016 Incentive Award Plan and their related weighted average fair values are as follows:
|  | Shares |  |  | Weighted average fair value |  |  | Weighted average remaining contract term (in years) |  |  | Aggregate intrinsic value |
Outstanding as at March 31, 2017 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |
Granted |  |  | 248,655 |  |  |  | 36.52 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Lapsed |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding as at March 31, 2018 |  |  | 248,655 |  |  | $ | 36.52 |  |  |  | 9.08 |  |  | $ | 11,272 |
Granted |  |  | 166,760 |  |  |  | 57.20 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Exercised |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited |  |  | (62,040 | ) |  |  | 44.15 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Lapsed |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding as at March 31, 2019 |  |  | 353,375 |  |  |  | 44.94 |  |  |  | 8.49 |  |  |  | 18,824 |
RSUs exercisable |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |
PSUs [member] |
Statement [LineItems] |
Movements in Number of Shares Outstanding under 2006 and 2016 Incentive Award Plan and Related Weighted Average Fair Values | Movements in the number of PSUs outstanding under the 2006 Incentive Award Plan and the 2016 Incentive Award Plan and their related weighted average fair values are as follow:
|  | Shares |  |  | Weighted average fair value |  |  | Weighted average remaining contract term (in years) |  |  | Aggregate intrinsic value |
Outstanding as at March 31, 2017 |  |  | 1,184,852 |  |  | $ | 21.00 |  |  |  | 7.36 |  |  | $ | 33,899 |
Granted |  |  | 400,463 |  |  |  | 30.35 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | (506,660 | ) |  |  | 16.79 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited |  |  | (18,681 | ) |  |  | 29.38 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding as at March 31, 2018 |  |  | 1,059,975 |  |  | $ | 26.36 |  |  |  | 7.51 |  |  | $ | 48,048 |
Granted |  |  | 199,303 |  |  |  | 47.54 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | (297,052 | ) |  |  | 23.25 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited |  |  | (48,467 | ) |  |  | 30.06 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding as at March 31, 2019 |  |  | 913,759 |  |  |  | 29.80 |  |  |  | 7.13 |  |  |  | 48,674 |
PSUs exercisable |  |  | 272,977 |  |  | $ | 21.91 |  |  |  | 5.59 |  |  | $ | 14,541 |

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