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Indebtedness
 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Indebtedness [Abstract]  
Indebtedness
Note 17:  Indebtedness


Long-term debt consisted of the following:
Fiscal year
of maturity
  
March 31, 2024
    
March 31, 2023
  
 
 
            
Term loans
2028
  
$
204.5
    
$
215.7
  
5.9% Senior Notes
2029
    
100.0
      
100.0
  
Revolving credit facility
2028
    
90.0
      
-
  
5.8% Senior Notes
2027
    
25.0
      
33.3
  
Finance lease obligations
 
    
2.3
      
2.7
  
 
 
    
421.8
      
351.7
  
Less: current portion
 
    
(19.7
)
    
(19.7
)
Less: unamortized debt issuance costs
 
    
(2.2
)
    
(2.7
)
Total long-term debt
 
  
$
399.9
    
$
329.3
  

Long-term debt, including the current portion of long-term debt, matures as follows:

Fiscal Year
      
2025
  
$
19.7
  
2026
    
44.7
  
2027
    
44.7
  
2028
    
287.3
  
2029
    
25.4
  
Total
  
$
421.8
  

The Company maintains a credit agreement with a syndicate of banks that provides for a multi-currency $275.0 million revolving credit facility and U.S. dollar- and euro-denominated term loan facilities maturing in October 2027.  In addition, the credit agreement provides for shorter-duration swingline loans.  Borrowings under the revolving credit, swingline and term loan facilities bear interest at a variable rate, based upon the applicable reference rate and including a margin percentage dependent upon the Company’s leverage ratio, as described below.  At March 31, 2024, the weighted-average interest rate for revolving credit facility borrowings and the term loans was 6.8 and 6.5 percent, respectively.  Based upon the terms of the credit agreement, the Company classifies borrowings under its revolving credit and swingline facilities as long-term and short-term debt, respectively, on its consolidated balance sheets.

At March 31, 2024, the Company’s borrowings under its revolving credit and swingline facilities totaled $90.0 million and $2.0 million, respectively, and domestic letters of credit totaled $5.6 million.  As a result, available borrowing capacity under the Company’s revolving credit facility was $177.4 million as of March 31, 2024.  At March 31, 2023 the Company had no outstanding borrowings under its revolving credit and swingline facilities. 

The Company also maintains credit agreements for its foreign subsidiaries.  The outstanding short-term borrowings related to these foreign credit agreements totaled $10.0 million and $3.7 million at March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Indebtedness under the Company’s credit agreement and Senior Note agreements is secured by liens on substantially all domestic assets.  These agreements require compliance with various covenants that may limit the Company’s ability to incur additional indebtedness; grant liens; make investments, loans, or guarantees; engage in certain transactions with affiliates; and make restricted payments, including dividends.  In addition, the agreements may require prepayment in the event of certain asset sales. 

Financial covenants within its credit agreements include a leverage ratio, which requires the Company to limit its consolidated indebtedness, less a portion of its cash balances, both as defined by the credit agreements, to no more than three and one-quarter times consolidated net earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and certain other adjustments (“Adjusted EBITDA”.)  The Company must also maintain a ratio of Adjusted EBITDA of at least three times consolidated interest expense.  As of March 31, 2024, the Company was in compliance with its debt covenants.

The Company estimates the fair value of long-term debt using discounted future cash flows at rates offered to the Company for similar debt instruments of comparable maturities.  As of March 31, 2024 and 2023, the carrying value of the Company’s long-term debt approximated fair value, with the exception of the Senior Notes, which had an aggregate fair value of approximately $120.9 million and $125.9 million, respectively.  The fair value of the Company’s long-term debt is categorized as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy.  Refer to Note 4 for the definition of a Level 2 fair value measurement.