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Shareholders' Equity | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2023
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract] |
Shareholders' Equity | Shareholders' Equity Share Capital The Company's nominal share capital is CHF 43.3 million, consisting of 173,106,620 issued shares with a par value of CHF 0.25 each, of which 13,763,347 were held in treasury shares as of March 31, 2023. The Company has reserved conditional capital of 25,000,000 shares for potential issuance on the exercise of rights granted under the Company's employee equity incentive plans and additional conditional capital for financing purposes, representing the issuance of up to 25,000,000 shares to cover any conversion rights under a future convertible bond issuance. At the 2020 Annual General Meeting, the shareholders of the Company authorized the Board of Directors to issue up to an additional 17,310,662 shares of the Company until September 9, 2022, which was authorized at the 2022 Annual General Meeting to be extended to September 14, 2024. Dividends Pursuant to Swiss corporate law, the payment of dividends is limited to certain amounts of unappropriated retained earnings (approximately CHF 1.2 billion, or USD equivalent of $1.3 billion as of March 31, 2023) and is subject to shareholder approval. In May 2023, the Board of Directors recommended that the Company pay cash dividends for fiscal year 2023 of CHF 1.06 per share (USD equivalent of approximately $1.16 per share, which would result in a gross aggregate dividend of approximately $184.2 million, based on the exchange rate and shares outstanding, net of treasury shares, on March 31, 2023). In September 2022, the Company paid gross cash dividends of CHF 0.96 (USD equivalent of $0.98) per common share, totaling $158.7 million on the Company's outstanding common shares. In September 2021, the Company paid cash dividends of CHF 0.87 (USD equivalent of $0.95) per common share, totaling $159.4 million on the Company’s outstanding common shares. In September 2020, the Company paid cash dividends of CHF 0.79 (USD equivalent of $0.87) per common share, totaling $146.7 million on the Company's outstanding common shares. Any future dividends will be subject to the approval of the Company's shareholders. Legal Reserves Under Swiss corporate law, a minimum of 5% of the Company's annual net income must be retained in a legal reserve until this legal reserve equals 20% of the Company's issued and outstanding aggregate par value per share capital. These legal reserves represent an appropriation of retained earnings that are not available for distribution and totaled $10.4 million at March 31, 2023 (based on the exchange rate at March 31, 2023). Share Repurchases In May 2020, the Company's Board of Directors approved the 2020 share repurchase program, which authorized the Company to use up to $250.0 million to purchase up to 17.3 million of Logitech shares. Shares may be repurchased from time to time on the open market, through block trades or otherwise. Purchases may be started or stopped at any time without prior notice depending on market conditions and other factors. In April 2021, the Company's Board of Directors approved an increase of $750.0 million of the 2020 share repurchase program, to an aggregate amount of $1.0 billion. The Swiss Takeover Board approved this increase and it beca me effective on May 21, 2021. In July 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors approved an increase of $500 million to the 2020 share repurchase program, to an aggregate amount of up to $1.5 billion to purchase up to 17.3 million of Logitech shares. The Swiss Takeover Board approved this increase and it became effective on August 19, 2022. The 2020 share repurchase program is expected to remain in effect for a period of three years through July 27, 2023. As of March 31, 2023, $505.8 million was available for repurchase under the 2020 repurchase program. A summary of the approved and active share repurchase program in fiscal year 2023 is shown in the following table (in thousands, excluding transaction costs):
|  | Approved |  | Repurchased
Share Repurchase Program |  | Shares (1) |  | Amounts |  | Shares |  | Amounts
May 2020 |  | 17,311 |  |  | $ | 1,500,000 |  |  | 14,014 |  |  | $ | 994,156 |
(1) The approval of the share repurchase program by the Swiss Takeover Board limits the number of shares that the Company may repurchase to no more than 10% of its authorized share capital and voting rights. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss were as follows (in thousands):
|  | Currency Translation Adjustment |  | Defined Benefit Plans |  | Deferred Hedging Gains (Losses) |  | Total
March 31, 2022 |  | $ | (102,461) |  |  | $ | (3,495) |  |  | $ | 1,833 |  |  | $ | (104,123) |
Other comprehensive income (loss) |  | 1,592 |  |  | 8,020 |  |  | (5,766) |  |  | 3,846 |
March 31, 2023 |  | $ | (100,869) |  |  | $ | 4,525 |  |  | $ | (3,933) |  |  | $ | (100,277) |

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