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Treasury Stock
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Equity [Abstract]  
Treasury Stock

Note G — Treasury Stock

During each of the fiscal years in the three fiscal year period ended March 31, 2015, the Company continued to repurchase shares of its common stock under a plan originally approved by the Company’s Board of Directors in 1996. Including a 2,000,000 share expansion authorized in August 2013, the total number of shares authorized to be repurchased over the life of the plan is 34,000,000 shares. Purchases may be made from time to time depending on market conditions and other relevant factors. The share repurchases for fiscal years ended March 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015 and cumulatively since inception of the authorization are as follows:

 

     2013      2014      2015      Cumulative  

Shares repurchased

     1,410,812         830,460         845,014         32,992,488   

Cost

   $ 30,727,000       $ 27,179,000       $ 31,798,000       $ 360,278,000   

Average price

   $ 21.78       $ 32.73       $ 37.63       $ 10.92   

During the period subsequent to March 31, 2015, the Company repurchased 182,113 shares for $6.5 million or an average of $35.89 per share. The repurchased shares were recorded as treasury stock, at cost, and are available for general corporate purposes. The repurchases were primarily financed from cash generated from operations and from the cash proceeds from the exercise of stock options.