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Shareholders' Equity
 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
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 19,243,358 were held in treasury shares as of March 31, 2024.
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 1.0 billion, or USD equivalent of $1.1 billion as of March 31, 2024) and is subject to shareholder approval.
In May 2024, the Board of Directors recommended that the Company pay cash dividends for fiscal year 2024 of CHF 1.16 per share (USD equivalent of approximately $1.28 per share, which would result in a gross aggregate dividend of approximately $197.2 million, based on the exchange rate and shares outstanding, net of treasury shares, on March 31, 2024).
In September 2023, the Company paid gross cash dividends of CHF 1.06 (USD equivalent of $1.16) per common share, totaling $182.3 million on the Company's outstanding common shares. In September 2022, the Company paid 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.
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 $10.6 million at March 31, 2024 (based on the exchange rate at March 31, 2024).
Share Repurchases
2020 Share Repurchase Program

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 Logitech shares to support equity incentive plans
or potential acquisitions. 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 to the 2020 share repurchase program, to an aggregate amount of $1.0 billion. The Swiss Takeover Board approved this increase and it became 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. The Swiss Takeover Board approved this increase and it became effective on August 19, 2022. The 2020 share repurchase program expired on July 27, 2023. The Company repurchased 16.7 million shares for an aggregate cost of $1.2 billion under the 2020 share repurchase program, of which 2.6 million shares for an aggregate cost of $159.1 million were repurchased during fiscal year 2024 prior to the expiration of the program.

2023 Share Repurchase Program

In June 2023, the Company's Board of Directors approved a new, three-year share repurchase program, which allows the Company to use up to $1.0 billion to repurchase its shares. The 2023 share repurchase program enables the Company to repurchase shares for cancellation, as well as to support equity incentive plans or potential acquisitions. The Swiss Takeover Board approved the 2023 share repurchase program in July 2023 and the program became effective on July 28, 2023. During the fiscal year ended 2024, the Company repurchased 4.5 million shares for an aggregate cost of $364.7 million under the 2023 share repurchase program, of which $19.5 million of the aggregate cost was not paid yet as of March 31, 2024. 4.1 million shares for an aggregate cost of $332.1 million were repurchased for cancellation and the remaining shares were repurchased to support equity incentive plans. As of March 31, 2024, $635.8 million was available for repurchase under the 2023 share repurchase program.

Swiss law limits a company’s ability to hold or repurchase its own shares. The aggregate par value of all shares held in treasury by the Company and its subsidiaries may not exceed 10% of the share capital of the Company, which for the Company corresponds to approximately 17.3 million registered shares. This limitation does not apply to shares repurchased for cancellation, due to the Board of Directors’ authority under the Company’s capital band set forth in the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to cancel shares up to a limit of 10% of the Company's current share capital. As of March 31, 2024, the Company had a total of 19.2 million shares held in treasury stock, which includes 4.1 million shares that have been repurchased for cancellation.

To the extent that the shares are repurchased to support equity incentive plans or potential acquisitions, the shares are repurchased on the ordinary trading line of SIX Swiss Exchange (“SIX”) and/or The Nasdaq Global Select Market (“Nasdaq”). Shares repurchased for cancellation purposes are repurchased on a second trading line on SIX. Shares may be repurchased from time to time on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions, including under plans complying with the provisions of Rule 10b5-1 and Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Purchases may be started or stopped at any time without prior notice depending on market conditions and other factors and the program does not require the purchase of any minimum number of shares.
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, 2023$(100,869)$4,525 $(3,933)$(100,277)
Other comprehensive income (loss)(3,078)(12,920)5,073 (10,925)
March 31, 2024$(103,947)$(8,395)$1,140 $(111,202)