Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Employee Benefits

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Employee Benefits
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Employee Benefits [Abstract]  
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The Company has defined contribution plans covering substantially all domestic employees and certain foreign subsidiary employees who meet certain service and eligibility requirements. Participant benefits are 100% vested upon participation. The Company matches employee contributions, limited to 50% of the first 6% of each employee's salary contributed. The Company's matching contributions to defined contribution plans on a consolidated basis were approximately $2,561, $2,607, and $2,315 in fiscal 2021, 2020, 2019, respectively.
The Company has an incentive compensation program to provide employees with incentive pay based on the Company's ability to achieve certain sales, profitability, and safety objectives. From time to time, the compensation committee of the Board of Directors, at its sole discretion, can add additional amounts to the overall incentive pay achieved. The Company recorded approximately $2,767, $3,104, and $9,885 for incentive compensation earned and other discretionary amounts in fiscal 2021, 2020, 2019, respectively.
    The Company provides a non-qualified deferred compensation plan for certain highly compensated employees where payroll contributions are made by the employees on a pre-tax basis. Included in “Other long-term assets” in the consolidated balance sheets at March 31, 2021 and 2020 were $5,047 and $2,849, respectively, of deferred compensation plan assets held by the Company. Deferred compensation plan assets (mutual funds) are measured at fair value on a recurring basis based on quoted market prices in active markets (Level 1). The Company has a corresponding liability to participants of $4,608 and $2,886 included in “Other long-term liabilities” in the consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Deferred compensation expense (income) included in marketing, general, administrative, and engineering were $1,564 and $(387) for the twelve months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Expenses and income from our deferred compensation plan were offset by unrealized gains and losses for the deferred compensation plan included in other expense on our consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Our unrealized (gains)/losses on investments were  $(1,635) and $498 for the twelve months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.