Incentive Compensation Plans
 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]  
Incentive Compensation Plans
Incentive Compensation Plans

Performance Bonus
The Company has variable compensation plans covering certain team members. These plans provide a bonus contingent on the attainment of certain annual or quarterly performance targets. The Company recorded expense of $7,388, $11,670 and $8,931 under its variable compensation plans for Fiscal 2012, Fiscal 2011 and Fiscal 2010, respectively.

Profit Sharing and Savings Plans ("the savings plans")
The Company has multiple profit sharing and savings plans which qualify as deferred salary arrangements under Section 401(k) of the Code. Participants may elect to contribute a portion of their eligible compensation, subject to limits imposed by the savings plans, which are partially matched by the Company. The Company recorded expense of $2,639, $2,427 and $2,018 for these plans during Fiscal 2012, Fiscal 2011 and Fiscal 2010, respectively.

Pension Plans
The Company has multiple defined benefit pension plans for which a majority of benefits have been "frozen" (i.e., no new employees will be admitted and those employees currently in the plan will not earn additional benefits based on service) and a multi-employer plan. The Company made contributions of $3,349, $2,936 and $1,900 during Fiscal 2012, Fiscal 2011 and Fiscal 2010, respectively, to the pension plans. The defined benefit pension plan had assets of $25,770, $24,391 and $20,677, a projected benefit obligation of $43,110, $34,950 and $30,786 and a resulting unfunded liability of $17,340, $10,559 and $10,109 for the period ended March 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The primary reason for the increase in the projected benefit obligation is decrease in the discount rate.

Stock-based compensation plans
On August 12, 2008 (the "Effective Date"), the Company’s stockholders approved the 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Incentive Plan") which is designed to advance the Company’s interests and the interests of the Company’s stockholders by providing incentives to certain employees, directors, consultants, independent contractors and persons to whom an offer of employment has been extended by the Company (hereinafter referred to as "Eligible Persons"). The Incentive Plan replaced the 1992 Stock Option Plan, as amended (the "Employee Plan"), and the 1992 Director Stock Option Plan, as amended (the "Director Plan"), on the Effective Date. Stock option grants under the Employee Plan and the Director Plan, prior to the Effective Date, remain outstanding and will continue to be administered in accordance with the terms of their respective plans and plan agreements.

Awards (as defined below) under the Incentive Plan may include, but need not be limited to, one or more of the following types, either alone or in any combination thereof: (i) stock options, (ii) stock appreciation rights, (iii) restricted stock, (iv) restricted stock units, (v) performance grants, (vi) other share-based awards and (vii) any other type of award deemed by the Compensation Committee (the "Compensation Committee") of the Board or any successor thereto, or such other committee of the Board as is appointed by the Board to administer the Incentive Plan, in its sole discretion, to be consistent with the purposes of the Incentive Plan (hereinafter referred to as "Awards").

The maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock available for issuance under Awards granted under the Incentive Plan is 900,000 plus the number of shares that were available for the grant of stock options under the Employee Plan and the Director Plan on the Effective Date, plus the number of shares subject to stock options outstanding under the Employee Plan and the Director Plan on the Effective Date that are forfeited or cancelled prior to exercise. The following table details the shares of common stock available for grant under the Incentive Plan as of March 31, 2012.
 
Shares (in thousands)

Shares initially authorized under the Incentive Plan
900

Number of shares that were available for the grant of stock options under the Employee Plan and the Director Plan on August 12, 2008, the Effective Date
888

Number of shares subject to stock options outstanding under the Employee Plan and the Director Plan on August 12, 2008, the Effective Date, that were forfeited or cancelled, prior to exercise, through March 31, 2012
1,042

Shares authorized for grant under the Incentive Plan as of March 31, 2012
2,830

Shares available for grant under the Incentive Plan as of March 31, 2012 1
911

1 The aggregate number of shares available for issuance is reduced by 1.87 shares for each issuance of a full value award (e.g., restricted stock units and performance share awards). The shares available for grant assume a 100% payout on outstanding performance share awards. Actual payout could range from 0% - 150% resulting in shares available for grant from 1,254 to 741.

The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense of $9,296, $10,270 and $6,775 during Fiscal 2012, Fiscal 2011 and Fiscal 2010, respectively. The Company recognized total income tax benefit for stock-based compensation arrangements of $3,417, $3,768 and $2,478 during Fiscal 2012, Fiscal 2011 and Fiscal 2010, respectively. Stock-based compensation expense is recorded in Selling, general & administrative expense within the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Stock options
Stock option awards are granted with an exercise price equal to the closing market price of the common stock on the date of grant; such stock options generally become exercisable in equal amounts over a three-year period and have a contractual life of ten (10) years from the grant date. The fair value of stock options is estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option pricing model which includes the following weighted-average assumptions.
 
Fiscal
 
2012

2011

2010

Expected life (in years)
4.8

4.9

5.0

Risk free interest rate
1.7
%
2.3
%
2.6
%
Annual forfeiture rate
2.1
%
2.1
%
2.5
%
Volatility
45.3
%
41.4
%
45.6
%
Dividend yield
0.7
%
0.8
%
0.9
%

The following table summarizes the Company’s stock option activity:
 
Shares
(in 000’s)

Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price

Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)

Intrinsic
Value
(000’s)

Outstanding at March 31, 2011
2,901

$
35.65

 
 
Granted
180

32.39

 
 
Exercised
—

—

 
 
Forfeited or expired
(254
)
41.15

 
 
Outstanding at March 31, 2012
2,827

$
34.95

4.6

$
—

Exercisable at March 31, 2012
2,445

$
35.34

4.1

$
—


The weighted-average grant-date fair value of options granted during Fiscal 2012, Fiscal 2011 and Fiscal 2010 was $12.42, $11.69 and $12.54, respectively. The intrinsic value of options exercised during Fiscal 2012, Fiscal 2011 and Fiscal 2010 was $0, $2,669 and $0, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic value in the preceding table is based on the closing stock price of the common stock on March 31, 2012 of $25.51.

The following table summarizes certain information regarding the Company’s non-vested stock options:
 
Shares (in 000’s)

Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value

Non-vested at March 31, 2011
690

$
10.32

Granted
180

12.42

Forfeited
(10
)
12.00

Vested
(478
)
9.62

Non-vested at March 31, 2012
382

$
12.15


As of March 31, 2012, there was $2,514 of total unrecognized pre-tax stock-based compensation expense related to non-vested stock options which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.7 years.

Restricted stock units
Restricted stock unit awards are subject to a service condition and typically vest in equal amounts over a three-year period from the grant date. The fair value of restricted stock units is determined based on the number of restricted stock units granted and the closing market price of the common stock on the date of grant.

The following table summarizes the Company’s restricted stock unit activity:
 
Shares
(in 000’s)

Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value

Outstanding at March 31, 2011
248

$
29.97

Granted
163

32.39

Vested
(118
)
30.19

Forfeited
(13
)
31.05

Outstanding at March 31, 2012
280

$
31.23


The total fair value of shares that vested during Fiscal 2012, Fiscal 2011 and Fiscal 2010 was $3,921, $2,003 and $517, respectively.

As of March 31, 2012, there was $4,758 of total unrecognized pre-tax stock-based compensation expense related to non-vested restricted stock units which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.7 years.

Performance share awards
Performance share awards are subject to one of the performance goals - the Company’s Relative TSR Ranking or cumulative Adjusted EBITDA - over three (3) year period. The Company’s Relative TSR Ranking metric is based on the three (3) year cumulative return to shareholders from the change in stock price and dividends paid between the starting and ending dates. The fair value of performance share awards (subject to cumulative Adjusted EBITDA) is determined based on the number of performance shares granted and the closing market price of the common stock on the date of grant. The fair value of performance share awards (subject to the Company’s Relative TSR Ranking) is estimated on the grant date using the Monte-Carlo simulation which includes the following weighted-average assumptions.
 
Fiscal
 
2012

2011

Expected Volatility
50.8
%
52.3
%
Risk free interest rate
0.9
%
1.4
%
Dividend yield
0.7
%
0.8
%

The following table summarizes the Company’s performance share award activity:
 
Shares
(in 000’s)

Weighted-
Average Grant-
Date Fair Value

Outstanding at March 31, 2011
179

$
33.13

Granted
110

34.10

Vested
(52
)
30.87

Forfeited
(54
)
35.11

Outstanding at March 31, 2012
183

$
33.77


The total fair value of shares that vested during Fiscal 2012, Fiscal 2011 and Fiscal 2010 was $1,679, $0 and $0, respectively.

As of March 31, 2012, there was $2,962 of total unrecognized pre-tax stock-based compensation expense related to non-vested performance share awards which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.8 years.