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Employee Benefit Plans
 9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Employee Benefit Plans Employee Benefit Plans
 
Employee Share Purchase Plans and Stock Incentive Plans
 
As of December 31, 2023, the Company offers the 2006 Employee Share Purchase Plan (Non-U.S.), as amended and restated ("2006 ESPP"), the 1996 Employee Share Purchase Plan (U.S.), as amended and restated ("1996 ESPP"), and the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan ("2006 Plan") as amended and restated. Shares issued to employees as a result of purchases or exercises under these plans are generally issued from shares held in treasury stock.

The following table summarizes the share-based compensation expense and total income tax benefit recognized for share-based awards for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 (in thousands):
Three months ended December 31,Nine months ended December 31,
 2023202220232022
Cost of goods sold$2,189 $1,324 $6,066 $4,228 
Marketing and selling8,878 8,014 28,623 25,240 
Research and development4,421 2,756 13,568 11,568 
General and administrative5,125 3,711 15,935 10,704 
Total share-based compensation expense20,613 15,805 64,192 51,740 
Income tax benefit(3,391)(3,276)(11,257)(7,496)
Total share-based compensation expense, net of income tax benefit$17,222 $12,529 $52,935 $44,244 
The income tax benefit in the respective periods primarily consisted of tax benefits related to the share-based compensation expense for the period and direct tax benefit realized, including net excess tax benefits recognized from share-based awards vested or exercised during the period.

Share-based compensation costs capitalized as part of inventory were $1.4 million and $1.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and $4.8 million and $4.4 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Defined Benefit Plans
 
Certain of the Company’s subsidiaries sponsor defined benefit pension plans or non-retirement post-employment benefits covering substantially all of their employees. Benefits are provided based on employees’ years of service and earnings, or in accordance with applicable employee benefit regulations. The Company’s practice is to fund amounts sufficient to meet the requirements set forth in the applicable employee benefit and tax regulations. The costs of $1.9 million and $2.7 million recorded for the three months ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and $5.7 million and $8.3 million recorded for the nine months ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, were primarily related to service costs.