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DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS: | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2022
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract] |
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS: | DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS: Acxiom Marketing Solutions ("AMS") business During fiscal 2019, the Company completed the sale of its AMS business to The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (“IPG”) for $2.3 billion in cash. The business qualified for treatment as discontinued operations during fiscal 2019. At the closing of the transaction, the Company received total consideration of $2.3 billion ($2.3 billion stated sales price less closing adjustments, transaction costs and other items of $49.0 million). Additionally, the Company applied $230.5 million of proceeds from the sale to repay outstanding Company debt and related interest. The Company reported a gain of $1.7 billion on the sale, which was included in earnings from discontinued operations, net of tax. Summary results of operations for AMS for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020 are segregated and included in earnings from discontinued operations, net of tax, in the consolidated statements of operations. The following is a reconciliation of the major classes of line items constituting earnings from discontinued operations, net of tax (dollars in thousands):
|  | Year ended March 31, 2020
Operating expenses: |  |  |  |
Gains, losses and other items, net |  | $ | (957) |  |  |
Total operating expenses |  | (957) |  |  |
Earnings from discontinued operations before income taxes |  | 957 |  |  |
Income taxes |  | 207 |  |  |
Earnings from discontinued operations, net of tax |  | $ | 750 |  |  |

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