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Financial Instruments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 27, 2021
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Company's outstanding derivative instruments on a gross basis as recorded on its consolidated balance sheets | The following table summarizes the Company's outstanding derivative instruments recorded on its consolidated balance sheets as of March 27, 2021 and March 28, 2020:
|  | Notional Amounts |  | Derivative Assets |  | Derivative Liabilities
Derivative Instrument(a) |  | March 27, 2021 |  | March 28, 2020 |  | March 27, 2021 |  | March 28, 2020 |  | March 27, 2021 |  | March 28, 2020
|  |  |  |  |  | Balance Sheet Line(b) |  | Fair Value |  | Balance Sheet Line(b) |  | Fair Value |  | Balance Sheet Line(b) |  | Fair Value |  | Balance Sheet Line(b) |  | Fair Value
|  | (millions)
Designated Hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
FC — Cash flow hedges |  | $ | 168.9 |  |  | $ | 229.0 |  |  | PP |  | $ | 5.0 |  |  | PP |  | $ | 7.4 |  |  |  |  | $ | — |  |  | AE |  | $ | 0.4 |
IRS — Fixed-rate debt |  | — |  |  | 300.0 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  | AE |  | 0.2 |
Net investment hedges(c) |  | 723.2 |  |  | 683.6 |  |  | ONCA |  | 10.2 |  |  | ONCA |  | 48.6 |  |  | ONCL |  | 55.1 |  |  | AE |  | 4.0 |
Total Designated Hedges |  | 892.1 |  |  | 1,212.6 |  |  |  |  | 15.2 |  |  |  |  | 56.0 |  |  |  |  | 55.1 |  |  |  |  | 4.6 |
Undesignated Hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
FC — Undesignated hedges(d) |  | 242.4 |  |  | 473.5 |  |  | PP |  | 0.6 |  |  | PP |  | 6.3 |  |  | AE |  | 0.3 |  |  | AE |  | 2.3 |
Total Hedges |  | $ | 1,134.5 |  |  | $ | 1,686.1 |  |  |  |  | $ | 15.8 |  |  |  |  | $ | 62.3 |  |  |  |  | $ | 55.4 |  |  |  |  | $ | 6.9 |
(a)FC = Forward foreign currency exchange contracts; IRS = Interest rate swap contracts. (b)PP = Prepaid expenses and other current assets; AE = Accrued expenses and other current liabilities; ONCA = Other non-current assets; ONCL = Other non-current liabilities. (c)Includes cross-currency swaps designated as hedges of the Company's net investment in certain foreign operations. (d)Relates to third-party and intercompany foreign currency-denominated exposures and balances.
Offsetting Assets | The Company presents the fair values of its derivative assets and liabilities recorded on its consolidated balance sheets on a gross basis, even when they are subject to master netting arrangements. However, if the Company were to offset and record the asset and liability balances of all of its derivative instruments on a net basis in accordance with the terms of each of its master netting arrangements, spread across ten separate counterparties, the amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheets as of March 27, 2021 and March 28, 2020 would be adjusted from the current gross presentation as detailed in the following table:
|  | March 27, 2021 |  | March 28, 2020
|  | Gross Amounts Presented in the Balance Sheet |  | Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Balance Sheet that are Subject to Master Netting Agreements |  | Net Amount |  | Gross Amounts Presented in the Balance Sheet |  | Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Balance Sheet that are Subject to Master Netting Agreements |  | Net Amount
|  | (millions)
Derivative assets |  | $ | 15.8 |  |  | $ | (0.3) |  |  | $ | 15.5 |  |  | $ | 62.3 |  |  | $ | (6.1) |  |  | $ | 56.2 |
Derivative liabilities |  | 55.4 |  |  | (0.3) |  |  | 55.1 |  |  | 6.9 |  |  | (6.1) |  |  | 0.8 |
Gains (losses) recognized in AOCI or earnings from derivatives designated as hedging instruments | The following tables summarize the pretax impact of gains and losses from the Company's designated derivative instruments on its consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years presented:
|  | Gains (Losses) Recognized in OCI
|  | Fiscal Years Ended
|  | March 27, 2021 |  | March 28, 2020 |  | March 30, 2019
|  | (millions)
Designated Hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |
FC — Cash flow hedges |  | $ | (3.5) |  |  | $ | 24.0 |  |  | $ | 47.5 |
Net investment hedges — effective portion |  | (35.5) |  |  | 7.7 |  |  | 64.5 |
Net investment hedges — portion excluded from assessment of hedge effectiveness |  | (50.8) |  |  | 30.7 |  |  | 1.6 |
Total Designated Hedges |  | $ | (89.8) |  |  | $ | 62.4 |  |  | $ | 113.6 |
|  | Location and Amount of Gains (Losses) from Cash Flow Hedges Reclassified from AOCI to Earnings
|  | Fiscal Years Ended
|  | March 27, 2021 |  | March 28, 2020 |  | March 30, 2019
|  | Cost of goods sold |  | Other income (expense), net |  | Cost of goods sold |  | Other income (expense), net |  | Cost of goods sold |  | Other income (expense), net
|  | (millions)
Total amounts presented in the consolidated statements of operations in which the effects of related cash flow hedges are recorded |  | $ | (1,539.4) |  |  | $ | 7.6 |  |  | $ | (2,506.5) |  |  | $ | (7.4) |  |  | $ | (2,427.0) |  |  | $ | 0.6 |
Effects of cash flow hedging: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
FC — Cash flow hedges |  | 12.6 |  |  | (0.3) |  |  | 24.9 |  |  | 1.1 |  |  | 5.0 |  |  | 1.7 |
|  | Gains (Losses) from Net Investment Hedges Recognized in Earnings |  | Location of Gains (Losses) Recognized in Earnings
|  | Fiscal Years Ended |
|  | March 27, 2021 |  | March 28, 2020 |  | March 30, 2019 |
|  | (millions) |  |
Net Investment Hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net investment hedges — portion excluded from assessment of hedge effectiveness(a) |  | $ | 11.3 |  |  | $ | 19.0 |  |  | $ | 19.0 |  |  | Interest expense
Total Net Investment Hedges |  | $ | 11.3 |  |  | $ | 19.0 |  |  | $ | 19.0 |  |  |
(a)Amounts recognized in OCI relating to the effective portion of the Company's net investment hedges would be recognized in earnings only upon the sale or liquidation of the hedged net investment.
Gains (losses) recognized in earnings from derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | The following table summarizes the pretax impact of gains and losses from the Company's undesignated derivative instruments on its consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years presented:
|  | Gains (Losses) Recognized in Earnings |  | Location of Gains (Losses) Recognized in Earnings
|  | Fiscal Years Ended |
|  | March 27, 2021 |  | March 28, 2020 |  | March 30, 2019 |
|  | (millions) |  |
Undesignated Hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
FC — Undesignated hedges |  | $ | (0.8) |  |  | $ | 16.0 |  |  | $ | 3.1 |  |  | Other income (expense), net
Total Undesignated Hedges |  | $ | (0.8) |  |  | $ | 16.0 |  |  | $ | 3.1 |  |  |
Fair Value Hedging Adjustments | The following table summarizes the carrying value of the hedged senior notes and the impacts of the related fair value hedging adjustments as of March 27, 2021 and March 28, 2020:
|  |  |  | Carrying Value of the Hedged Item |  | Cumulative Amount of Fair Value Hedging Adjustment Included in the Carrying Value of the Hedged Item
Hedged Item |  | Balance Sheet Line in which the Hedged Item is Included |  | March 27, 2021 |  | March 28, 2020 |  | March 27, 2021 |  | March 28, 2020
|  |  |  | (millions)
$300 million 2.625% Senior Notes(a) |  | Current portion of long-term debt |  | N/A |  | $ | 299.6 |  |  | N/A |  | $ | (0.2) |
(a)The interest rate swap contract designated as a fair value hedge of the Company's 2.625% Senior Notes was settled during Fiscal 2021 at a loss of $0.3 million.

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