In fiscal year 2016, Woodward and General Electric Company (“GE”), acting through its GE Aviation business unit at the time, consummated the formation of a strategic joint venture between Woodward and GE (the “JV”) to develop, manufacture, and support fuel systems for specified existing and all future GE commercial aircraft engines that produce thrust in excess of fifty thousand pounds.

Unamortized deferred revenue from material rights in connection with the JV formation included:


	June 30, 2024		September 30, 2023
Accrued liabilities	$	6,472	$	6,147
Other liabilities		234,159		233,997

Amortization of the deferred revenue (material right) recognized as an increase to sales was $1,570 for the three months and $4,407 for the nine months ended June 30, 2024, and $1,395 for the three months and $3,429 for the nine months ended June 30, 2023.

As part of the JV formation, GE pays contingent consideration to Woodward consisting of fifteen annual payments of $4,894 per year, which began in the second quarter of fiscal year 2017, subject to certain claw-back conditions. Woodward received its annual payments of $4,894 during the three-months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, which were recorded as deferred income and included in “Net cash provided by operating activities” on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

Other income related to Woodward’s equity interest in the earnings of the JV was as follows:


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Nine Months Ended June 30,
	2024		2023		2024		2023
Other income	$	10,788	$	8,836	$	29,644	$	21,877

Cash distributions to Woodward from the JV, recognized in “Other, net” in “Net cash provided by operating activities” on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, were as follows:


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Nine Months Ended June 30,
	2024		2023		2024		2023
Cash distributions	$	8,000	$	9,000	$	26,500	$	19,000

Net sales to the JV were as follows:


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Nine Months Ended June 30,
	2024		2023		2024		2023
Net sales1	$	19,465	$	11,568	$	61,817	$	25,365

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Net sales included a reduction of $14,606 for the three months and $44,137 for the nine months ended June 30, 2024 related to royalties owed to the JV by Woodward on sales by Woodward directly to third party aftermarket customers, compared to a reduction to sales of $14,396 for the three months and $34,854 for the nine months ended June 30, 2023.

The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets include “Accounts receivable” related to amounts the JV owed Woodward, “Accounts payable” related to amounts Woodward owed the JV, and “Other assets” related to Woodward’s net investment in the JV, as follows:


	June 30, 2024		September 30, 2023
Accounts receivable	$	4,510	$	3,666
Accounts payable		6,777		6,276
Other assets		19,172		16,028

In the quarter ended June 30, 2024, Woodward recognized a $9,680 reduction in the contract liabilities in “Other Liabilities” and a $9,680 reduction in costs to fulfill a contract in “Other Assets” related to the cancellation of a JV engineering and development project previously recognized as a material right. No reductions in costs to fulfill a contract or contract liabilities were recorded during the quarter ended June 30, 2023 as a result of the termination of joint venture engineering and development projects.