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Capital Stock (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Equity and Share-based Compensation [Abstract] |
Common Shares Reserved For Future Issuance | The table below outlines common shares reserved for future issuance:
| September 30, 2020 |  | March 31, 2020
| (Amounts in millions)
Stock options and SARs outstanding | 25.6 |  |  | 35.7 |
Restricted stock and restricted share units — unvested | 9.6 |  |  | 3.7 |
Common shares available for future issuance | 16.4 |  |  | 11.5 |
Shares reserved for future issuance | 51.6 |  |  | 50.9 |
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract] |
Share-Based Compensation Expense | The Company recognized the following share-based compensation expense during the three and six months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019:
| Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended
| September 30, |  | September 30,
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
| (Amounts in millions)
Compensation Expense: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock options | $ | 5.0 |  |  | $ | 5.2 |  |  | $ | 9.3 |  |  | $ | 8.8 |
Restricted share units and other share-based compensation | 14.4 |  |  | 8.5 |  |  | 23.3 |  |  | 13.3 |
Share appreciation rights | 3.4 |  |  | 0.8 |  |  | 4.6 |  |  | 1.7 |
| 22.8 |  |  | 14.5 |  |  | 37.2 |  |  | 23.8 |
Impact of accelerated vesting on equity awards(1) | 2.8 |  |  | — |  |  | 2.8 |  |  | 0.3 |
Total share-based compensation expense | $ | 25.6 |  |  | $ | 14.5 |  |  | $ | 40.0 |  |  | $ | 24.1 |
Tax impact(2) | (5.3) |  |  | (3.1) |  |  | (8.2) |  |  | (5.1) |
Reduction in net income | $ | 20.3 |  |  | $ | 11.4 |  |  | $ | 31.8 |  |  | $ | 19.0 |
___________________ (1)Represents the impact of the acceleration of certain vesting schedules for equity awards pursuant to certain severance arrangements. (2)Represents the income tax benefit recognized in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations for share-based compensation arrangements prior to the effects of changes in the valuation allowance. Share-based compensation expense, by expense category, consisted of the following:
| Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended
| September 30, |  | September 30,
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
| (Amounts in millions)
Share-Based Compensation Expense: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Direct operating | $ | 0.5 |  |  | $ | 0.3 |  |  | $ | 0.9 |  |  | $ | 0.4 |
Distribution and marketing | 0.2 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | 0.2 |
General and administration | 22.1 |  |  | 14.1 |  |  | 36.0 |  |  | 23.2 |
Restructuring and other | 2.8 |  |  | — |  |  | 2.8 |  |  | 0.3 |
| $ | 25.6 |  |  | $ | 14.5 |  |  | $ | 40.0 |  |  | $ | 24.1 |
Schedule of Stock Option, SARs, Restricted Stock and Restricted Share Unit Activity | The following table sets forth the stock option, SARs, restricted stock and restricted share unit activity during the six months ended September 30, 2020:
| Stock Options and SARs |  | Restricted Stock and Restricted Share Units
| Class A Voting Shares |  | Class B Non-Voting Shares |  | Class A Voting Shares |  | Class B Non-Voting Shares
| Number of Shares |  | Weighted-Average Exercise Price |  | Number of Shares |  | Weighted-Average Exercise Price |  | Number of Shares |  | Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value |  | Number of Shares |  | Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
| (Number of shares in millions)
Outstanding at March 31, 2020 | 7.2 |  |  | $26.21 |  | 28.5 |  |  | $19.03 |  | — |  | (1) | $14.89 |  | 3.8 |  |  | $14.63
Granted | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3.3 |  | (2) | $8.71 |  | — |  | (1) | $9.87 |  | 7.8 |  |  | $7.77
Options exercised or restricted stock or RSUs vested | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  | (1) | $16.57 |  | (1.9) |  |  | $14.04
Awards canceled in exchange program | (1.1) |  |  | $31.56 |  | (4.1) |  |  | $26.49 |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Awards issued in exchange program | 0.1 |  |  | $7.70 |  | 0.8 |  |  | $7.13 |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Forfeited or expired | (0.7) |  |  | $31.54 |  | (8.4) |  |  | $16.48 |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (0.1) |  |  | $10.83
Outstanding at September 30, 2020 | 5.5 |  |  | $24.19 |  | 20.1 |  |  | $16.41 |  | — |  | (1) | $11.10 |  | 9.6 |  |  | $9.17
__________________ (1)Represents less than 0.1 million shares. (2)During the six months ended September 30, 2020, the Company granted 2.1 million SARs.

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