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RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER RELATED CHARGES
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
Restructuring and Other Related Charges
RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER RELATED CHARGES (CREDITS)

During Fiscal Year 2018 and as part of its ongoing effort to reduce costs, improve profitability, and focus on its key strategic initiatives, the Company executed an asset sale agreement to dispose of substantially all assets of its Clarity division, primarily inventories and tooling fixed assets, for an immaterial sales price. The buyer in this arrangement was a former employee of the Company, who acted as Clarity's President but who was not an executive officer or director of the Company. As part of the buyer's separation from Plantronics, the Company accelerated vesting on his outstanding restricted stock, resulting in an immaterial stock-compensation modification charge.

In connection with the sale, the Company is leasing the facility it owns in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to the buyer for a period of twelve months. The Company also entered into a transition services agreement with the buyer to provide customer support services on a cost-recovery basis, which are not expected to be material, for a period of one year. The Company also recorded immaterial impairment charges on assets previously used in Clarity operations that have no further value to the Company.

In addition to the sale of the Clarity division and the related restructuring actions, the Company reduced headcount in certain divisions and terminated a lease in the Netherlands before the end of its contractual term, resulting in a charge equal to the present value of the remaining future minimum lease payments. In connection with this exit, the Company wrote off certain fixed assets that will no longer be used. Finally, the Company reorganized its Brazilian operations and as a result, wrote off an unrecoverable indirect tax asset. As of March 31, 2018, the remaining obligation related to accrued severance is immaterial and is expected to be settled within 12 months.

The associated charges for year ended March 31, 2018 are recorded in restructuring and other related charges (credits), cost of revenues, and selling, general, and administrative expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations, as follows:
 
Year ended March 31, 2018
(in millions)
Total Charges
Restructuring and Other Related Charges (Credits)
Cost of Revenues
Selling, General, and Administrative
Severance benefits from reduction-in-force
$
1.4

$
1.4

$

$

Lease exit charges and asset impairments in Netherlands
0.7

0.7



Write-off of unrecoverable indirect tax asset in Brazil
0.7


0.7


Asset impairments related to previous Clarity operations
0.4

0.4



Loss on Clarity asset sale
0.9


0.9


Accelerated vesting of restricted stock
0.2



0.2

Totals
$
4.3

$
2.5

$
1.6

$
0.2