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Pension and Other Benefit Plans (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures
Projected Benefit Obligations
As of
(in millions)March 31, 2025March 31, 2024
Projected benefit obligation at beginning of year$6,915 $6,937 
Service cost52 53 
Interest cost300 307 
Plan participants’ contributions21 
Amendments13 
Business/contract acquisitions/divestitures— 
Settlement/curtailment(23)(268)
Actuarial (gain) loss
(908)67 
Benefits paid(286)(292)
Foreign currency exchange rate changes91 98 
Other(17)(18)
Projected benefit obligation at end of year$6,144 $6,915 
The following table summarizes the weighted average rates used in the determination of the Company’s benefit obligations:
Fiscal Years Ended
March 31, 2025March 31, 2024
Discount rate5.1 %4.4 %
Rates of increase in compensation levels2.2 %2.4 %
Interest Crediting Rate3.3 %2.7 %

Fair Value of Plan Assets and Funded Status
As of
(in millions)March 31, 2025March 31, 2024
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year$7,318 $7,636 
Actual return on plan assets(229)67 
Employer contribution15 49 
Plan participants’ contributions21 
Benefits paid(286)(292)
Contractual termination benefits— 
Plan settlement(21)(265)
Foreign currency exchange rate changes108 118 
Other(17)(17)
Fair value of plan assets at end of year$6,895 $7,318 
Funded status at end of year$751 $403 


Selected Information
As of
(in millions)March 31, 2025March 31, 2024
Other assets$1,181 $874 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities(30)(34)
Non-current pension obligations (387)(423)
Other long-term liabilities - OPEB(13)(14)
Net amount recorded$751 $403 
Accumulated benefit obligation$6,084 $6,842 

Benefit Plans with Projected Benefit Obligation in Excess of Plan Assets Benefit Plans with Accumulated Benefit Obligation in Excess of Plan Assets
(in millions)March 31, 2025March 31, 2024March 31, 2025March 31, 2024
Projected benefit obligation$1,048 $1,113 $741 $777 
Accumulated benefit obligation$994 $1,047 $708 $744 
Fair value of plan assets$617 $646 $324 $327 
Net Periodic Pension Cost
Fiscal Years Ended
(in millions)
March 31, 2025March 31, 2024March 31, 2023
Service cost$52 $53 $73 
Interest cost300 307 254 
Expected return on assets(455)(446)(498)
Amortization of prior service credit(5)(6)(7)
Subtotal(108)(92)(178)
Settlement/curtailment (gain) loss
— (2)361 
Recognition of actuarial (gain) loss
(232)447 1,070 
Net periodic pension (income) expense
$(340)$353 $1,253 
The weighted-average rates used to determine net periodic pension cost were:
Fiscal Years Ended
March 31, 2025March 31, 2024March 31, 2023
Discount or settlement rates4.4 %4.5 %2.7 %
Expected long-term rates of return on assets6.3 %6.0 %4.3 %
Rates of increase in compensation levels2.4 %2.8 %2.9 %
Interest Crediting Rate2.7 %4.5 %4.0 %
Estimated Future Contributions and Benefits Payments
(in millions)
Employer contributions:
2026$34 
Benefit Payments:
2026$337 
2027340 
2028353 
2029361 
2030371 
2031 and thereafter1,982 
    Total$3,744 
Schedule of Amounts Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
The following is a summary of amounts in accumulated other comprehensive loss, before tax effects:
Fiscal Years Ended
(in millions)March 31, 2025March 31, 2024
Prior service credit
$(158)$(176)
Schedule of Fair Value of Financial Assets for Pension and Postretirement Benefits
The tables below set forth the fair value of plan assets by asset category within the fair value hierarchy:
As of March 31, 2025
(in millions)Level 1Level 2 Level 3Total
Equity:
Global/International Equity commingled funds$21 $652 $— $673 
U.S./North American Equity commingled funds— — 
Fixed Income:
Non-U.S. Government funds76 — 79 
Fixed income commingled funds38 323 — 361 
Corporate and other bonds
3,145 — 3,146 
Alternatives:
Other Alternatives (1)
— 783 1,480 2,263 
Hedge Funds(2)
— — 37 37 
Other Assets— 19 77 96 
Insurance contracts— 111 — 111 
Cash and cash equivalents112 12 — 124 
Totals
$180 $5,121 $1,594 $6,895 


As of March 31, 2024
(in millions)Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
Equity:
Global/International Equity commingled funds$21 $662 $— $683 
U.S./North American Equity commingled funds— — 
Fixed Income:
Non-U.S. Government funds— 29 — 29 
Fixed income commingled funds205 12 218 
Fixed income mutual funds— — — — 
Corporate and other bonds
— 3,678 91 3,769 
Alternatives:
Other Alternatives (1)
— 943 1,018 1,961 
Hedge Funds(2)
— 48 56 
Other Assets28 26 60 114 
Insurance contracts— 91 — 91 
Cash and cash equivalents347 45 — 392 
Totals$402 $5,687 $1,229 $7,318 
        

(1) Represents real estate and other commingled funds consisting mainly of equities, bonds, or commodities.
(2) Represents investments in diversified fund of hedge funds.
Changes in fair value measurements of level 3 investments for the defined benefit plans were as follows:
(in millions)
Balance as of March 31, 2023
$1,201 
Actual return on plan assets held at the reporting date14 
Purchases, sales and settlements(18)
Changes due to exchange rates32 
Balance as of March 31, 2024
1,229 
Actual return on plan assets held at the reporting date97 
Purchases, sales and settlements279 
Transfers in and / or out of Level 3(35)
Changes due to exchange rates24 
Balance as of March 31, 2025
$1,594 
Plan Asset Allocations
As of
Asset CategoryMarch 31, 2025March 31, 2024
Equity securities10 %%
Debt securities52 %55 %
Alternatives35 %29 %
Cash and other%%
Total100 %100 %