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RESTRUCTURING CHARGES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Summary of types of restructuring expense | The following summarizes the type of restructuring expense for fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015 (in thousands):
| For the year ended March 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Severance and benefits | $ | 1,443 |  |  | $ | 2,293 |  |  | $ | 406 |
Facilities | 620 |  |  | 1,713 |  |  | 1,260 |
| $ | 2,063 |  |  | $ | 4,006 |  |  | $ | 1,666 |
Schedule of activity for accrued restructuring | The following tables show the activity and the estimated timing of future payouts for accrued restructuring (in thousands):
| Severance and benefits |  | Facilities |  | Total
Balance as of March 31, 2014 | $ | 1,574 |  |  | $ | 6,724 |  |  | $ | 8,298 |
Restructuring costs | 749 |  |  | 1,680 |  |  | 2,429 |
Adjustments of prior estimates | (343 | ) |  | (430 | ) |  | (773 | )
Cash payments | (1,791 | ) |  | (3,617 | ) |  | (5,408 | )
Other non-cash | — |  |  | 300 |  |  | 300 |
Balance as of March 31, 2015 | 189 |  |  | 4,657 |  |  | 4,846 |
Restructuring costs | 2,266 |  |  | 656 |  |  | 2,922 |
Adjustments of prior estimates | 27 |  |  | 1,057 |  |  | 1,084 |
Cash payments | (2,128 | ) |  | (4,087 | ) |  | (6,215 | )
Other non-cash | — |  |  | 100 |  |  | 100 |
Balance as of March 31, 2016 | 354 |  |  | 2,383 |  |  | 2,737 |
Restructuring costs | 1,494 |  |  | 483 |  |  | 1,977 |
Adjustments of prior estimates | (52 | ) |  | 137 |  |  | 85 |
Cash payments | (1,665 | ) |  | (1,907 | ) |  | (3,572 | )
Other non-cash | — |  |  | 124 |  |  | 124 |
Balance as of March 31, 2017 | $ | 131 |  |  | $ | 1,220 |  |  | $ | 1,351 |
Schedule of estimated timing of future payouts |
Estimated timing of future payouts: | Severance and benefits |  | Facilities |  | Total
Fiscal 2018 | $ | 131 |  |  | $ | 739 |  |  | $ | 870 |
Fiscal 2019 to 2022 | — |  |  | 481 |  |  | 481 |
| $ | 131 |  |  | $ | 1,220 |  |  | $ | 1,351 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of costs incurred for restructuring including, but not limited to, exit and disposal activities, remediation, implementation, integration, asset impairment, and charges against earnings from the write-down of assets. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.P.4) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140904-122747 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.P.3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140864-122747 + Details
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