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Luxoft Holding, Inc – ‘20-F’ for 3/31/15 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 7/1/15, at 4:34pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/15   ·   Accession #:  1047469-15-5910   ·   File #:  1-35976

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 7/01/15  Luxoft Holding, Inc               20-F        3/31/15   88:14M                                    Toppan Merrill-FA

Annual Report by a Foreign Non-Canadian Issuer   —   Form 20-F   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 20-F        Annual Report by a Foreign Non-Canadian Issuer      HTML   1.88M 
 2: EX-8.1      Opinion of Counsel re: Tax Matters                  HTML     42K 
 5: EX-13.1     Annual or Quarterly Report to Security Holders      HTML     26K 
 6: EX-13.2     Annual or Quarterly Report to Security Holders      HTML     26K 
 3: EX-12.1     Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     31K 
 4: EX-12.2     Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     31K 
 7: EX-15.1     Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Info         HTML     24K 
60: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     49K 
47: R2          Consolidated balance sheets                         HTML    151K 
58: R3          Consolidated balance sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     37K 
62: R4          Consolidated statements of comprehensive income     HTML     99K 
81: R5          Consolidated statement of shareholders' equity      HTML     92K 
49: R6          Consolidated statement of shareholders' equity      HTML     25K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
57: R7          Consolidated statements of cash flows               HTML    142K 
42: R8          Description of business and environment             HTML     30K 
33: R9          Basis of presentation and significant accounting    HTML    291K 
                policies                                                         
82: R10         Business combinations                               HTML    123K 
64: R11         Property and equipment                              HTML     62K 
63: R12         Goodwill and long-lived assets                      HTML     49K 
69: R13         Intangible assets                                   HTML     80K 
70: R14         Short-term borrowings                               HTML     53K 
67: R15         Other gain (Loss)                                   HTML     47K 
71: R16         Accrued liabilities                                 HTML     41K 
59: R17         Related party transactions                          HTML     72K 
61: R18         Shareholders' equity                                HTML     39K 
66: R19         Income taxes                                        HTML    270K 
88: R20         Commitments and contingencies                       HTML     69K 
77: R21         Segment information                                 HTML     95K 
53: R22         Share-based compensation                            HTML    330K 
65: R23         Earnings per share                                  HTML    161K 
55: R24         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML     29K 
25: R25         Subsequent events                                   HTML     25K 
78: R26         Basis of presentation and significant accounting    HTML    377K 
                policies (Policies)                                              
85: R27         Basis of presentation and significant accounting    HTML    248K 
                policies (Tables)                                                
37: R28         Business combinations (Tables)                      HTML    110K 
36: R29         Property and equipment (Tables)                     HTML     61K 
40: R30         Goodwill and long-lived assets (Tables)             HTML     49K 
41: R31         Intangible assets (Tables)                          HTML     80K 
43: R32         Short-term borrowings (Tables)                      HTML     48K 
21: R33         Other gain (Loss) (Tables)                          HTML     47K 
75: R34         Accrued liabilities (Tables)                        HTML     39K 
51: R35         Related party transactions (Tables)                 HTML     69K 
54: R36         Income taxes (Tables)                               HTML    272K 
28: R37         Commitments and contingencies (Tables)              HTML     51K 
87: R38         Segment information (Tables)                        HTML     93K 
14: R39         Share-based compensation (Tables)                   HTML    320K 
44: R40         Earnings per share (Tables)                         HTML    155K 
80: R41         Description of business and environment (Details)   HTML     24K 
27: R42         Basis of presentation and significant accounting    HTML     82K 
                policies (Details)                                               
35: R43         Basis of presentation and significant accounting    HTML     39K 
                policies (Details 2)                                             
39: R44         Basis of presentation and significant accounting    HTML     37K 
                policies (Details 3)                                             
48: R45         Basis of presentation and significant accounting    HTML     40K 
                policies (Details 4)                                             
20: R46         Basis of presentation and significant accounting    HTML     32K 
                policies (Details 5)                                             
32: R47         Basis of presentation and significant accounting    HTML     35K 
                policies (Details 6)                                             
16: R48         Basis of presentation and significant accounting    HTML     45K 
                policies (Details 7)                                             
79: R49         Basis of presentation and significant accounting    HTML     48K 
                policies (Details 8)                                             
26: R50         Basis of presentation and significant accounting    HTML     81K 
                policies (Details 9)                                             
76: R51         Business combinations (Details)                     HTML    200K 
29: R52         Property and equipment (Details)                    HTML     52K 
45: R53         Goodwill and long-lived assets (Details)            HTML     39K 
15: R54         Intangible assets (Details)                         HTML     88K 
19: R55         Short-term borrowings (Details)                     HTML     96K 
38: R56         Other gain (Loss) (Details)                         HTML     32K 
22: R57         Accrued liabilities (Details)                       HTML     33K 
83: R58         Related party transactions (Details)                HTML     67K 
50: R59         Shareholders' equity (Details)                      HTML    106K 
68: R60         Income taxes (Details)                              HTML     50K 
31: R61         Income taxes (Details 2)                            HTML     65K 
34: R62         Income taxes (Details 3)                            HTML    117K 
74: R63         Income taxes (Details 4)                            HTML     41K 
72: R64         Commitments and contingencies (Details)             HTML     61K 
52: R65         Segment information (Details)                       HTML     58K 
73: R66         Segment information (Details 2)                     HTML     37K 
30: R67         Share-based compensation (Details)                  HTML    153K 
56: R68         Share-based compensation (Details 2)                HTML    103K 
84: R69         Share-based compensation (Details 3)                HTML    179K 
18: R70         Earnings per share (Details)                        HTML     76K 
24: R71         Employee Benefit Plans (Details)                    HTML     41K 
46: R72         Subsequent events (Details)                         HTML     28K 
86: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    158K 
17: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    111K 
 8: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- lxft-20150331                       XML   4.77M 
10: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- lxft-20150331_cal               XML    239K 
11: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- lxft-20150331_def                XML    869K 
12: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- lxft-20150331_lab                     XML   2.06M 
13: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- lxft-20150331_pre              XML   1.37M 
 9: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- lxft-20150331                         XSD    244K 
23: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001047469-15-005910-xbrl      Zip    268K

‘EX-101.DEF’   —   XBRL Definitions — lxft-20150331_def

This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

                                                                                                                                                                                
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