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Long-Term Debt
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-term Debt [Text Block]
LONG-TERM DEBT
The Company's long-term debt at March 31, 2016 and 2015 consisted of the following:
 
March 31,
 
2016
  
2015
Senior bank term loans
$
370,000

  
$
370,000

Total outstanding
370,000

 
370,000

Less: current portion

  

Long-term debt
$
370,000

  
$
370,000

As discussed in Note 5, the Company entered into a bank credit agreement in December 2014 that established a $150 million five-year term loan and a $220 million seven-year term loan. Both term loans were fully funded at closing, and the Company concurrently repaid approximately $250 million aggregate principal amount on term loans outstanding under two previous bank credit facilities and reduced its revolving credit borrowings by approximately $120 million. The term loans require no amortization and are prepayable without penalty prior to maturity. Under the credit agreement, both term loans bear interest at variable rates plus a margin based on the Company's credit measures. However, following closing on the term loans, the Company entered into receive-floating / pay-fixed interest rate swap agreements that convert the variable benchmark rate on both loans to a fixed rate over their full terms to maturity. With the swap agreements in place, the effective interest rate on the $150 million five-year loan and the $220 million seven-year loan were 2.94% and 3.48%, respectively, at March 31, 2016 and 2015. The effective rates will change only if a change in the Company's credit measures results in adjustments to the applicable credit spreads specified in the underlying loan agreement. The $150 million five-year term loan matures in fiscal year 2020, and the $220 million seven-year term loan matures in fiscal year 2022.
In November 2014, the Company filed an undenominated universal shelf registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to provide for the future issuance of an undefined amount of additional debt or equity securities as determined by the Company and offered in one or more prospectus supplements prior to issuance.
Disclosures about the fair value of long-term debt are provided in Note 9.