[April 09, 2018] |
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Luxoft Holding, Inc Announces up to $60 Million Share Repurchase Program
Luxoft Holding, Inc (NYSE:LXFT) today announced that its Board of
Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to an aggregate of $60
million of its outstanding Class A ordinary shares. The
repurchases may be made from time to time on the open market at
prevailing market prices and will be funded from available cash.
The Company will periodically evaluate market conditions and
alternatives for deployment of the Company's capital over the coming
months to determine whether repurchasing its shares is in the best
interest of the Company's shareholders. The number of shares to be
purchased and the timing of purchases will be based on the level of the
Company's cash balances, general business and market conditions, and
other factors, including alternative investment opportunities. The
repurchase program is expected to continue for a period of two years
unless suspended, extended or discontinued by the Board of Directors.
Dmitry Loschinin, Luxoft President & CEO, commented, "The Board's
authorization of a share repurchase program reflects our continued
efforts to maximize shareholder value and our confidence in the
long-term growth of our business. At current price levels, we believe
Luxoft's stock represents an investment opportunity for the Company. We
believe we can continue to invest in the initiatives that are key to our
future success as well as enhance the value of our Company by
repurchasing stock under this program."
About Luxoft
Luxoft (NYSE:LXFT) is a global IT service provider of innovative
technology solutions that delivers measurable business outcomes to
multinational companies. Its offerings encompass strategic consulting,
custom software development services, and digital solution engineering.
Luxoft enables companies to compete by leveraging its multi-industry
expertise in the financial services, automotive, communications, and
healthcare & life sciences sectors. Its managed delivery model is
underpined by a highly-educated workforce, allowing the Company to
continuously innovate upwards on the technology stack to meet evolving
digital challenges.
Luxoft has more than 13,100 employees across 41 cities in 20 countries
within five continents, with its operating headquarters office in Zug,
Switzerland. For more information, please visit the website.
Forward-Looking Statements
In addition to historical information, this release contains
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements include
information about possible or assumed future results of our business and
financial condition, as well as the results of operations, liquidity,
plans and objectives. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking
statements by terminology such as "believe," "may," "estimate,"
"continue," "anticipate," "intend," "should," "plan," "expect,"
"predict," "potential," or the negative of these terms or other similar
expressions. These statements include, but are not limited to,
statements regarding: the persistence and intensification of competition
in the IT industry; the future growth of spending in IT services
outsourcing generally and in each of our industry verticals, application
outsourcing and custom application development and offshore research and
development services; the level of growth of demand for our services
from our clients; the level of increase in revenue from our new clients;
seasonal trends and the budget and work cycles of our clients; general
economic and business conditions in our locations, including
geopolitical instability and social, economic or political
uncertainties, particularly in Russia and Ukraine, and any potential
sanctions, restrictions or responses to such conditions imposed by some
of the locations in which we operate; the levels of our concentration of
revenues by vertical, geography, by client and by type of contract in
the future; the expected timing of the increase in our corporate tax
rate, or actual increases to our effective tax rate which we may
experience from time to time; our expectations with respect to the
proportion of our fixed price contracts; our expectation that we will be
able to integrate and manage the companies we acquire and that our
acquisitions will yield the benefits we envision; the demands we expect
our rapid growth to place on our management and infrastructure; the
sufficiency of our current cash, cash flow from operations, and lines of
credit to meet our anticipated cash needs; the high proportion of our
cost of services comprised of personnel salaries; our plans to introduce
new products for commercial resale and licensing in addition to
providing services; our anticipated joint venture with one of our
clients; and our continued financial relationship with IBS Group Holding
limited and its subsidiaries including expectations for the provision
and purchase of services and purchase and lease of equipment; and other
factors discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Annual Report
on Form 20-F for the year ended March 31, 2017 and other documents filed
with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Except as
required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update any
forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of this press
release whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.

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