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Dividends | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2023
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Dividends | Dividends In October 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 $1.263, $0.910 and $0.747 during fiscal 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Total dividend payments amounted to $695.3 million, $503.8 million and $388.3 million during fiscal 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

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