Stockholders' Equity

9 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Equity [Abstract]

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

NOTE K – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Stock Repurchases: In January 2012, the Company entered into an Accelerated Share Repurchase (ASR) agreement with a bank to repurchase $500 million of its common stock. Under the agreement, the Company paid $500 million to the bank for an initial delivery of approximately 15 million shares in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2012. The fair market value of the initially delivered shares on the date of purchase was approximately $375 million and was included in “Treasury stock” in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at March 31, 2012. The remaining $125 million was included in “Additional paid-in capital” in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at March 31, 2012.

The ASR transaction was completed in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013, with the Company receiving approximately 3.7 million additional shares, at which time the initial amount recorded as additional paid-in capital was reclassified to treasury stock. The final number of shares delivered upon settlement of the agreement was determined based on the average price of the Company’s common stock over the term of the ASR agreement.

During the nine months ended December 31, 2012, excluding the ASR transaction, the Company repurchased approximately 17 million shares of its common stock for approximately $421 million. At December 31, 2012, the Company remained authorized to purchase approximately $579 million of its common stock under its current stock repurchase program.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss: Accumulated other comprehensive loss at December 31, 2012 and March 31, 2012 was approximately $119 million and $108 million, respectively, due to foreign currency translation losses.

Cash Dividends: The Company’s Board of Directors declared the following dividends during the nine months ended December 31, 2012 and 2011:

Nine Months Ended December 31, 2012:

(in millions, except per share amounts)

Declaration Date	Dividend Per Share		Record Date	Total Amount		Payment Date
May 8, 2012	$	0.25	May 22, 2012	$	119	June 12, 2012
August 2, 2012	$	0.25	August 14, 2012	$	116	September 11, 2012
November 7, 2012	$	0.25	November 20, 2012	$	114	December 11, 2012

Nine Months Ended December 31, 2011:

(in millions, except per share amounts)

Declaration Date	Dividend Per Share		Record Date	Total Amount		Payment Date
May 12, 2011	$	0.05	May 23, 2011	$	25	June 16, 2011
August 3, 2011	$	0.05	August 16, 2011	$	25	September 14, 2011
November 9, 2011	$	0.05	November 22, 2011	$	25	December 14, 2011

Rights Plan: On November 8, 2012, the Company adopted a new Stockholder Protection Rights Agreement (the Rights Agreement) to replace its prior Stockholder Protection Rights Agreement that expired on November 30, 2012. Under the Rights Agreement, each outstanding share of the Company's common stock carries a right (Right). The Rights will trade with the common stock until the Separation Time, which would occur on the next business day after: (i) the Company's announcement that a person or group (an Acquiring Person) has become the beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company's outstanding common stock (other than Martin Haefner and Eva Maria Bucher-Haefner and their respective affiliates and associates, who are “grandfathered” under this provision so long as their aggregate ownership of common stock does not exceed the sum of 126,562,500 shares of common stock and that number of shares equal to 0.1% of the then outstanding shares of common stock); (ii) the date on which any Acquiring Person becomes the beneficial owner of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of common stock; or (iii) the 10th business day after the commencement of a tender offer or exchange offer (or such later date as the Company's Board of Directors may from time to time determine prior to the Separation Time) that would result in an Acquiring Person owning 20% or more of the Company's outstanding common stock.  Following the Separation Time, each Right may be exercised to purchase 0.001 shares of the Company's participating preferred stock at a purchase price of $100 per share.  If the Separation Time occurs pursuant to an event described in (i) or (ii) above, however, each Right, other than rights held by an Acquiring Person, will entitle the holder to receive, for an exercise price of $100, that number of shares of the Company's common stock (or, in certain circumstances, cash, property or other securities) having an aggregate Market Price (as determined under the Rights Agreement) equal to two times the exercise price.  The Rights will not be triggered by a Qualifying Offer, as defined in the Rights Agreement, if holders of at least 10% of the outstanding shares of the Company's common stock request pursuant to the terms of the Rights Agreement that a special meeting of stockholders be convened for the purpose of exempting such offer from the Rights Agreement, and thereafter the stockholders vote at that meeting to exempt that Qualifying Offer from the Rights Agreement.  The Rights, which are redeemable by the Company at $0.001 per Right, expire November 30, 2015.