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Dividends | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
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Dividends | Dividends On October 28, 2002, the Company announced that its Board of Directors had approved and instituted a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock. The Company has continued to pay quarterly dividends and has increased the amount of such dividends on a regular basis. Cash dividends paid per share were $1.457, $1.449 and $1.441 during fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Total dividend payments amounted to $344.4 million, $337.5 million and $315.4 million during fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

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