Equity Incentive Plans (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]

The following table presents the details of the Company's share-based compensation expense (amounts in thousands):



	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	December 31,						December 31,
	2011			2010			2011			2010
Cost of sales	$	1,369	⁽¹⁾	$	1,708	⁽¹⁾	$	4,376	⁽¹⁾	$	5,416	⁽¹⁾
Research and development	3,851			3,324			10,820			9,516
Selling, general and administrative	4,742			4,377			13,274			12,853
Pre-tax effect of share-based compensation	9,962			9,409			28,470			27,785
Income tax benefit	1,261			1,166			3,655			3,442
Net income effect of share-based compensation	$	8,701		$	8,243		$	24,815		$	24,343

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the allocation of equity-based compensation costs to a given line item on the balance sheet and income statement for the period. This may include the reporting line for the costs and the amount capitalized and expensed.

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