Pension Benefits

9 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Pension Benefits

Pension Benefits

The net periodic expense for defined benefit pension plans was not material for each of the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021. Cash contributions to these plans were $2 million and $18 million for the three months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and $7 million and $35 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The cash contributions for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021 included a $17 million payment to a U.K. pension plan. The projected unit credit method is utilized in measuring net periodic pension expense over the employees’ service life for the pension plans. Unrecognized actuarial losses exceeding 10% of the greater of the projected benefit obligation or the market value of assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over the average remaining future service periods and estimated life expectancy.

As part of the European divestiture activities discussed in more detail in Financial Note 2, “Business Acquisitions and Divestitures,” pension liabilities of $85 million, as part of the E.U. disposal group, and pension assets of $49 million, as part of the U.K. disposal group, were included under the captions “Liabilities held for sale” and “Assets held for sale,” respectively, in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2022. During the third quarter of fiscal 2023, the Company derecognized pension liabilities totaling $75 million and released $13 million of gains from accumulated other comprehensive loss related the divestiture of the E.U. disposal group. During the first quarter of fiscal 2023, the Company derecognized pension assets of $49 million and released $30 million of accumulated other comprehensive loss related to the divestiture of the U.K. disposal group.