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Accrued Liabilities
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Accrued Liabilities [Abstract]  
Accrued Liabilities Note 16. Accrued liabilities

December 31,

September 30,

2019

2019

Salaries and other member benefits

$

62,352 

$

115,649 

Warranties

18,927 

27,309 

Interest payable

5,807 

13,808 

Accrued retirement benefits

3,608 

3,587 

Current portion of loss reserve on contractual lease commitments (1)

-

1,245 

Restructuring charges

255 

507 

Taxes, other than income

17,763 

15,708 

Net current contract liabilities (Note 3)

24,961 

27,891 

Liabilities held for sale (Note 10)

10,186 

-

Other 

24,230 

22,423 

$

168,089 

$

228,127 

(1)See Note 17, Other liabilities, for more information on loss reserve on contractual lease commitments.

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:

Three-Months Ended December 31,

2019

2018

Warranties, beginning of period

$

27,309 

$

20,130 

Impact from adoption of ASC 606

-

594 

Expense, net of recoveries

(4,333)

2,072 

Reductions for settlement of previous warranty liabilities

(4,277)

(2,537)

Foreign currency exchange rate changes 

228 

(103)

Warranties, end of period

$

18,927 

$

20,156 

Restructuring charges

In the second quarter of 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.

The summary of activity in accrued restructuring charges during the three-months ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 are as follows:

Period Activity

Balances as of October 1, 2019

Charges (reductions)

Cash receipts (payments)

Non-cash activity

Balances as of December 31, 2019

Workforce management costs associated with:

Duarte plant relocation

$

440 

$

-

$

(228)

$

-

$

212 

Industrial turbomachinery business realignment

67 

-

-

(24)

43 

Total

$

507 

$

-

$

(228)

$

(24)

$

255 

Period Activity

Balances as of October 1, 2018

Charges (reductions)

Cash receipts (payments)

Non-cash activity

Balances as of December 31, 2018

Workforce management costs associated with:

Duarte plant relocation

$

12,504 

$

-

$

-

$

-

$

12,504 

Industrial turbomachinery business realignment

4,018 

-

(679)

-

3,339 

Total

$

16,522 

$

-

$

(679)

$

-

$

15,843