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Equity
 12 Months Ended
Mar. 30, 2024
Equity [Abstract]  
Equity Equity
Capital Stock
The Company's capital stock consists of two classes of common stock. There are 500 million shares of Class A common stock and 100 million shares of Class B common stock authorized to be issued. Shares of Class A and Class B common stock have substantially identical rights, except with respect to voting rights. Holders of Class A common stock are entitled to one vote per share and holders of Class B common stock are entitled to ten votes per share. Holders of both classes of stock vote together as a single class on all matters presented to the stockholders for their approval, except with respect to the election and removal of directors or as otherwise required by applicable law. All outstanding shares of Class B common stock are owned by Mr. Ralph Lauren, the Company's Executive Chairman and Chief Creative Officer, and entities controlled by the Lauren family, and are convertible at any time into shares of Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis.
Class B Common Stock Conversions
During the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2024, the Lauren Family, L.L.C., a limited liability company managed by the children of Mr. Ralph Lauren, converted 3.0 million shares of Class B common stock into an equal number of shares of Class A common stock pursuant to the terms of the security. These conversions occurred in connection with a long-term strategy for estate planning and investment diversification. These transactions resulted in a reclassification within equity and had no other effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
Common Stock Repurchase Program
A summary of the Company's repurchases of Class A common stock under its common stock repurchase program is as follows:
Fiscal Years Ended
March 30,
2024		April 1,
2023		April 2,
2022
(in millions)
Cost of shares repurchased(a)
$398.2 $454.3 $450.5 
Number of shares repurchased2.9 4.8 3.7 
(a)Excludes excise tax of $3.3 million incurred during Fiscal 2024. The Company did not incur excise tax on its shares repurchased during Fiscal 2023 or Fiscal 2022. See Note 10 for further discussion regarding the excise tax on share repurchases.
On February 2, 2022, the Company's Board of Directors approved an expansion of the Company's existing common stock repurchase program that allows it to repurchase up to an additional $1.500 billion of its Class A common stock, excluding related excise taxes. As of March 30, 2024, the remaining availability under the Company's Class A common stock repurchase program was approximately $776 million. Repurchases of shares of the Company's Class A common stock are subject to overall business and market conditions.
In addition, during Fiscal 2024, Fiscal 2023, and Fiscal 2022, 0.4 million, 0.3 million, and 0.4 million shares of the Company's Class A common stock, at a cost of $51.5 million, $34.3 million, and $42.1 million, respectively, were surrendered to or withheld by the Company in satisfaction of withholding taxes in connection with the vesting of awards under its long-term stock incentive plans.
Repurchased and surrendered shares are accounted for as treasury stock at cost and held in treasury for future use.
Dividends
The Company has generally maintained a regular quarterly cash dividend program on its common stock since 2003.
On May 18, 2022, the Company's Board of Directors approved an increase to the Company's quarterly cash dividend paid on its common stock from $0.6875 to $0.75 per share. Dividends paid amounted to $194.6 million, $198.3 million, and $150.0 million for Fiscal 2024, Fiscal 2023, and Fiscal 2022, respectively.
On May 16, 2024, the Company's Board of Directors approved an additional increase to the Company's quarterly cash dividend on its common stock from $0.75 to $0.825 per share. The first quarterly dividend declared to reflect this increase will be payable to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 28, 2024 and will be paid on July 12, 2024.
The Company intends to continue to pay regular dividends on outstanding shares of its common stock. However, any decision to declare and pay dividends in the future will ultimately be made at the discretion of the Company's Board of Directors and will depend on the Company's results of operations, cash requirements, financial condition, and other factors that the Board of Directors may deem relevant, including economic and market conditions.