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Stock-based Compensation (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Sep. 29, 2018
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract] |
Summary of the total compensation expense and the associated income tax benefits recognized related to stock-based compensation arrangements | A summary of total stock-based compensation expense and the related income tax benefits recognized during the three-month and six-month periods ended September 29, 2018 and September 30, 2017 is as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended |
|  | September 29, 2018 |  | September 30, 2017 |  | September 29, 2018 |  | September 30, 2017 |
|  | (millions) |
Compensation expense |  | $ | 21.3 |  |  | $ | 17.8 |  |  | $ | 42.8 |  |  | $ | 39.4 |  | (a)
Income tax benefit |  | (3.3 | ) |  | (6.7 | ) |  | (6.5 | ) |  | (14.6 | ) |
(a) | The six months ended September 30, 2017 includes $2.1 million of accelerated stock-based compensation expense recorded within restructuring and other charges in the consolidated statements of operations (see Note 8). All other stock-based compensation expense was recorded within SG&A expenses.
Summary of the stock option activity under all plans | A summary of stock option activity under all plans during the six months ended September 29, 2018 is as follows:
|  | Number of Options
|  | (thousands)
Options outstanding at March 31, 2018 |  | 1,151 |
Granted |  | — |
Exercised |  | (162 | )
Cancelled/Forfeited |  | (134 | )
Options outstanding at September 29, 2018 |  | 855 |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Schedule of Share Based Payment Award with Market Condition Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block] | The assumptions used to estimate the fair value of TSR awards granted during the six months ended September 29, 2018 were as follows:
|  | Six Months Ended
|  | September 29, 2018
Expected term (years) |  | 2.6 |
Expected volatility |  | 33.5 | %
Expected dividend yield |  | 1.9 | %
Risk-free interest rate |  | 2.6 | %
Restricted Stock And Service Based Restricted Stock Units [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Summary of restricted stock and restricted stock unit activity | A summary of restricted stock and service-based RSU activity during the six months ended September 29, 2018 is as follows:
|  | Number of Shares
|  | Restricted Stock |  | Service-based RSUs
|  | (thousands)
Nonvested at March 31, 2018 |  | 19 |  |  | 1,072 |
Granted |  | — |  |  | 560 |
Vested |  | (9 | ) |  | (412 | )
Forfeited |  | — |  |  | (95 | )
Nonvested at September 29, 2018 |  | 10 |  |  | 1,125 |
Performance-based restricted stock units [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Summary of restricted stock and restricted stock unit activity | A summary of performance-based RSU activity during the six months ended September 29, 2018 is as follows:
|  | Number of Performance-based RSUs
|  | (thousands)
Nonvested at March 31, 2018 |  | 1,157 |
Granted |  | 154 |
Change due to performance condition achievement |  | (29 | )
Vested |  | (232 | )
Forfeited |  | (20 | )
Nonvested at September 29, 2018 |  | 1,030 |
Market-based restricted stock units [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Summary of restricted stock and restricted stock unit activity | A summary of market-based RSU activity during the six months ended September 29, 2018 is as follows:
|  | Number of Market-based RSUs
|  | (thousands)
Nonvested at March 31, 2018 |  | — |
Granted |  | 80 |
Change due to market condition achievement |  | — |
Vested |  | — |
Forfeited |  | — |
Nonvested at September 29, 2018 |  | 80 |

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