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Capital Stock (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Equity and Share-based Compensation [Abstract] |
Common Shares Reserved For Future Issuance | The table below outlines common shares reserved for future issuance:
| December 31, 2024 |  | March 31, 2024
| (Amounts in millions)
Stock options and share appreciation rights (SARs) outstanding | 18.3 |  |  | 20.7 |
Restricted share units and restricted stock — unvested | 15.0 |  |  | 13.4 |
Common shares available for future issuance | 10.0 |  |  | 15.4 |
Shares reserved for future issuance | 43.3 |  |  | 49.5 |
Share-Based Compensation Expense | The Company recognized the following share-based compensation expense during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023:
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
| December 31, |  | December 31,
| 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
| (Amounts in millions)
Compensation Expense: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock options | $ | 0.2 |  |  | $ | 0.4 |  |  | $ | 0.7 |  |  | $ | 1.9 |
Restricted share units and other share-based compensation | 18.0 |  |  | 24.4 |  |  | 52.9 |  |  | 63.7 |
Share appreciation rights | 0.2 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | 1.3 |
| 18.4 |  |  | 24.9 |  |  | 54.1 |  |  | 66.9 |
Impact of accelerated vesting on equity awards(1) | — |  |  | 6.8 |  |  | 4.9 |  |  | 8.4 |
Total share-based compensation expense | $ | 18.4 |  |  | $ | 31.7 |  |  | $ | 59.0 |  |  | $ | 75.3 |
___________________ (1)Represents the impact of the acceleration of vesting schedules for equity awards pursuant to certain severance arrangements. Share-based compensation expense, by expense category, consisted of the following:
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
| December 31, |  | December 31,
| 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
| (Amounts in millions)
Share-Based Compensation Expense: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Direct operating | $ | 0.7 |  |  | $ | 0.9 |  |  | $ | 2.1 |  |  | $ | 2.3 |
Distribution and marketing | 0.2 |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | 0.7 |  |  | 0.7 |
General and administration | 17.5 |  |  | 23.8 |  |  | 51.3 |  |  | 63.9 |
Restructuring and other | — |  |  | 6.8 |  |  | 4.9 |  |  | 8.4 |
| $ | 18.4 |  |  | $ | 31.7 |  |  | $ | 59.0 |  |  | $ | 75.3 |
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 nine months ended December 31, 2024:
| 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, 2024 | 2.4 |  |  | $22.96 |  | 18.3 |  |  | $13.73 |  | 0.1 |  |  | $9.27 |  | 13.3 |  |  | $8.71
Granted | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  | (1) | $7.12 |  | 0.1 |  |  | $8.24 |  | 10.3 |  |  | $7.98
Options exercised or restricted stock or RSUs vested | — |  |  | — |  |  | (0.1) |  |  | $5.86 |  | (0.1) |  |  | $9.20 |  | (8.0) |  |  | $8.76
Forfeited or expired | (0.1) |  |  | $20.26 |  | (2.2) |  |  | $14.71 |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (0.7) |  |  | $8.47
Outstanding at December 31, 2024 | 2.3 |  |  | $23.09 |  | 16.0 |  |  | $13.66 |  | 0.1 |  |  | $8.39 |  | 14.9 |  |  | $8.19
__________________ (1)Represents less than 0.1 million shares.

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