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Income Tax Expense (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2025

Income Tax Expense

Schedule of income tax expense (benefit)

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(Dollars in thousands)		2025			2024		2023
Income tax expense from continuing operations	​	$	36,554	​	28,325	​	24,684
Income tax expense (benefit) from discontinued operations		​	57,464		(317)		1,718
Total income expense	​	$	94,018		28,008		26,402

Schedule of components of income from continuing operations before income taxes

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(Dollars in thousands)		2025			2024		2023
United States	​	$	121,169		101,123		90,404
Foreign	​		31,684		29,830		19,964
Total income before income taxes	​	$	152,853		130,953		110,368

Schedule of principal components of income tax expense (benefit) from continuing operations

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(Dollars in thousands)		2025			2024		2023
Federal:		​
Current	​	$	25,007		25,584		21,923
Deferred	​		(1,185)		(7,295)		(5,095)
State and local:	​		​		​		​
Current	​		3,935		3,212		3,304
Deferred	​		(228)		17		(950)
Foreign:	​		​		​		​
Current	​		13,109		8,602		5,694
Deferred	​		(4,084)		(1,795)		(192)
Total	​	$	36,554		28,325		24,684

Schedule of actual income tax expense from continuing operations

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​		2025		2024		2023
Federal corporate statutory rate		21.0	%	21.0	%	21.0	%
State and local, net of Federal benefits	​	2.3		2.5		2.1	​
Impact of foreign operations	​	1.1	​	0.4	​	0.3	​
Federal research credit	​	(1.1)	​	(0.8)	​	(0.9)	​
Executive compensation	​	0.9		0.2		1.1	​
Valuation allowance	​	(0.1)		(0.3)		0.3	​
U.S. tax on GILTI	​	2.5	​	2.4	​	1.3	​
GILTI foreign tax credits	​	(1.8)	​	(2.0)	​	(1.0)	​
FDII deduction	​	(1.1)	​	(1.7)	​	(1.7)	​
Other, net	​	0.2		(0.1)		(0.1)	​
Effective income tax rate	​	23.9	%	21.6	%	22.4	%

Schedule of tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and liabilities

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(Dollars in thousands)		2025			2024
Deferred tax assets:		​
Inventories	​	$	5,589		4,663
Pension and other postretirement benefits	​		417		460
Capitalized research and development expenditures	​	​	14,648	​	9,726
Lease liabilities	​	​	8,571	​	7,183
Net operating and capital loss carryforwards — domestic	​		473		544
Net operating loss carryforward — foreign	​		3,855		3,855
Other compensation-related costs and other cost accruals	​		9,904		9,289
State credit carryforward	​		1,016		1,601
Total deferred tax assets	​		44,473		37,321
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Deferred tax liabilities:	​		​		​
ROU assets	​	​	(8,906)	​	(6,627)
Goodwill	​		(15,904)		(13,353)
Acquisition intangible assets	​		(107,190)		(66,986)
Depreciation, software amortization	​		(20,359)		(17,079)
Net deferred tax liabilities before valuation allowance	​		(107,886)		(66,724)
Less valuation allowance	​		(1,347)		(1,513)
Net deferred tax liabilities	​	$	(109,233)		(68,237)

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Tabular disclosure of the reconciliation using percentage or dollar amounts of the reported amount of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for the year to the amount of income tax expense that would result from applying domestic federal statutory tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations.

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Tabular disclosure of income before income tax between domestic and foreign jurisdictions.

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