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Share Repurchase Plan
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Share Repurchase Plan [Abstract]  
Share Repurchase Plan

16. SHARE REPURCHASE PLAN

     On July 18, 2011, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of $200.0 million of the Company's outstanding ordinary shares, which was approved by the Company's shareholders at the 2011 Extraordinary General Meeting on July 22, 2011. Share repurchases by the Company under the share repurchase plans are subject to an aggregate limit of 10% of its ordinary shares outstanding as of the date of the Extraordinary General Meeting held in July 2011. On December 22, 2011, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of the remaining balance of ordinary shares outstanding not to exceed the 10% limitation. During the 2012 fiscal year, the Company repurchased approximately 81.7 million shares for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $509.8 million, and retired all of these shares. During the second quarter of fiscal 2012, the Company retired an additional 23.5 million shares which were repurchased in the prior periods. As of March 31, 2012, approximately 20.4 million shares were available to be repurchased under the plans.