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Accrued Liabilities
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Accrued Liabilities Current [Abstract]  
Accrued Liabilities

Note 17.  Accrued liabilities

 

 

 

At September 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Salaries and other member benefits

 

$

50,850

 

 

$

115,649

 

Warranties

 

 

18,972

 

 

 

27,309

 

Interest payable

 

 

15,281

 

 

 

13,808

 

Accrued retirement benefits

 

 

3,051

 

 

 

3,587

 

Current portion of loss reserve on contractual lease commitments

 

 

 

 

 

1,245

 

Net current contract liabilities (Note 3)

 

 

24,620

 

 

 

27,891

 

Restructuring charges

 

 

3,395

 

 

 

507

 

Taxes, other than income

 

 

13,925

 

 

 

15,708

 

Other

 

 

21,700

 

 

 

22,423

 

 

 

$

151,794

 

 

$

228,127

 

 

Warranties

Provisions of Woodward’s sales agreements include product warranties customary to these types of agreements.  Accruals are established for specifically identified warranty issues that are probable to result in future costs.  Warranty costs are accrued as revenue is recognized on a non-specific basis whenever past experience indicates a normal and predictable pattern exists.  Changes in accrued product warranties were as follows:

 

 

 

 

Twelve-Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Warranties, beginning of period

 

$

27,309

 

 

$

20,130

 

 

$

13,597

 

Increases due to acquisition of L'Orange

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,045

 

Impact from adoption of ASC 606

 

 

 

 

 

705

 

 

 

 

Expense, net of recoveries

 

 

8,687

 

 

 

14,559

 

 

 

5,158

 

Reductions for settling warranties

 

 

(17,422

)

 

 

(7,540

)

 

 

(4,413

)

Foreign currency exchange rate changes

 

 

398

 

 

 

(545

)

 

 

(257

)

Warranties, end of period

 

$

18,972

 

 

$

27,309

 

 

$

20,130

 

Restructuring charges

In fiscal year 2018, the Company recorded restructuring charges totaling $17,013, the majority of which relate to the Company’s decision to relocate its Duarte, California operations to the Company’s newly renovated Drake Campus in Fort Collins, Colorado.  The Duarte facility, which manufactures thrust reverser actuation systems, is part of the Company’s Aerospace segment.  The remaining restructuring charges recognized during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018 consist of workforce management costs related to aligning the Company’s industrial turbomachinery business, which is part of the Company’s Industrial segment, with the then current market conditions.  All of the restructuring charges recorded during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018 were recorded as nonsegment expenses and were paid as of September 30, 2020.

During the third quarter of fiscal year 2020, the Company committed to a plan of termination (the “Termination Plan”), as well as other cost savings actions, in response to the ongoing global economic challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the Company’s business. The Termination Plan involved the termination and/or furlough of employees and contractors at certain of the Company’s operating facilities, primarily in the United States.  As a result of the Termination Plan and other related actions, the Company incurred $23,673 of restructuring charges for employee severance and benefits costs as of September 30, 2020, with the majority of the cash expenditures being paid by September 30, 2020.  All of the restructuring charges recorded during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020 were recorded as nonsegment expenses and the remaining unpaid amounts are expected to be paid within one year of the balance sheet date.

The summary of activity in accrued restructuring charges during the fiscal years ended September 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019 is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Period Activity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balances

as of

September 30,

2019

 

 

Charges

 

 

Payments

 

 

Foreign currency exchange rate changes

 

 

Non-cash

activity

 

 

Balances

as of

September 30,

2020

 

Workforce management costs associated with:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Duarte plant relocation

 

$

440

 

 

$

 

 

$

(440

)

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

Industrial turbomachinery business realignment

 

 

67

 

 

 

 

 

 

(67

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COVID-19 pandemic

 

 

 

 

 

23,673

 

 

 

(18,065

)

 

 

77

 

 

 

(2,290

)

 

 

3,395

 

Total

 

$

507

 

 

$

23,673

 

 

$

(18,572

)

 

$

77

 

 

$

(2,290

)

 

$

3,395

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Period Activity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balances

as of

September 30,

2018

 

 

Charges

 

 

Payments

 

 

Foreign currency exchange rate changes

 

 

Non-cash

activity

 

 

Balances

as of

September 30,

2019

 

Workforce management costs associated with:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Duarte plant relocation

 

$

12,504

 

 

$

 

 

$

(8,685

)

 

$

 

 

$

(3,379

)

 

$

440

 

Industrial turbomachinery business realignment

 

 

4,018

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,760

)

 

 

 

 

 

(191

)

 

 

67

 

Total

 

$

16,522

 

 

$

 

 

$

(12,445

)

 

$

 

 

$

(3,570

)

 

$

507