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SHARE REPURCHASE PLAN
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Treasury Stock, Number of Shares and Restriction Disclosures [Abstract]  
SHARE REPURCHASE PLAN SHARE REPURCHASE PLAN
During fiscal year 2024, the Company repurchased approximately 50.6 million shares for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1.3 billion and retired all of these shares. During fiscal year 2024, the Company also retired an additional 50.2 million shares of treasury stock which were repurchased in prior periods, at an aggregate purchase price of $388 million.
Under the Company’s current share repurchase program, the Board of Directors authorized repurchases of its outstanding ordinary shares for up to $2.0 billion in accordance with the share repurchase mandate approved by the Company’s shareholders at the date of the most recent Annual General Meeting held on August 2, 2023. As of March 31, 2024, shares in the aggregate amount of $1.0 billion were available to be repurchased under the current plan.