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Accrued Liabilities
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Accrued Liabilities Current [Abstract]  
Accrued Liabilities

Note 16.  Accrued liabilities

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

Salaries and other member benefits

 

$

75,665

 

 

$

54,497

 

Product warranties and related liabilities (1)

 

 

40,042

 

 

 

17,481

 

Interest payable

 

 

13,481

 

 

 

14,822

 

Accrued retirement benefits

 

 

2,779

 

 

 

2,825

 

Net current contract liabilities (Note 3)

 

 

30,663

 

 

 

29,527

 

Current portion of accrued restructuring charges (2)

 

 

1,083

 

 

 

4,495

 

Taxes, other than income

 

 

21,159

 

 

 

19,453

 

Purchase of treasury stock in transit

 

 

 

 

 

12,516

 

Other

 

 

21,411

 

 

 

27,523

 

 

 

$

206,283

 

 

$

183,139

 

 

 

(1)

In fiscal year 2022, product warranties and related liabilities include estimates related to product liabilities expected to be fully recoverable from insurance.

 

(2)

In fiscal year 2021, other liabilities included $513 of accrued restructuring charges.

Product warranties and related liabilities

Provisions of Woodward’s sales agreements include product warranties customary to these types of agreements.  Accruals are established for specifically identified warranty issues and related liabilities 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 and related liabilities were as follows:

 

 

 

Year Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Beginning of period

 

$

17,481

 

 

$

18,972

 

 

$

27,309

 

Additions, net of recoveries

 

 

29,827

 

 

 

1,164

 

 

 

8,687

 

Reductions for settlement

 

 

(6,937

)

 

 

(2,718

)

 

 

(17,422

)

Foreign currency exchange rate changes

 

 

(329

)

 

 

63

 

 

 

398

 

End of period

 

$

40,042

 

 

$

17,481

 

 

$

18,972

 

Restructuring charges

In fiscal year 2022, the Company determined to implement a streamlined Aerospace and Industrial organizational and leadership structure designed to enhance the sales experience for customers, simplify operations, and increase profitability through improved execution. In connection with leadership changes arising from such reorganization, we recorded $1,083 of restructuring charges as nonsegment expenses, the majority of which are expected to be paid within twelve months.

In fiscal year 2021, the Company recorded aggregate restructuring charges totaling $5,008 as nonsegment expenses for two separate workforce management actions, one in our hydraulics systems business and one in our engine systems business. In fiscal year 2022, we experienced a challenging operating environment that included the ongoing impact of global supply chain and labor disruptions, along with high inflation, which resulted in changed business conditions as compared to when we initially recorded the restructuring charges in fiscal year 2021. We adapted to the changed business conditions by, among other initiatives, (i) developing and implementing plans to insource select machined components, (ii) redeploying talent and adding indirect resources to our factories to stabilize the production environment, and (iii) determining to retain employees that otherwise would have been impacted by the planned restructuring activities to support a stable workforce and effectively manage through attrition. As such, the remaining unpaid accrued restructuring charges, which amounted to $4,503, were no longer needed and were reversed.

In fiscal year 2020, the Company committed to a plan of termination (the “COVID-19 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 COVID-19 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 COVID-19 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 (i) recorded as nonsegment expenses and (ii) were paid or reversed, as appropriate, as of September 30, 2021.

The summary of activity in accrued restructuring charges during the fiscal years ended September 30, 2022 and September 30, 2021 is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Period Activity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balances

as of

September 30,

2021

 

 

Charges

 

 

Payments

 

 

Foreign currency exchange rate changes

 

 

Non-cash

activity

 

 

Balances

as of

September 30,

2022

 

Workforce management costs associated with:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hydraulics Systems Realignment

 

$

3,758

 

 

$

 

 

$

(505

)

 

$

 

 

$

(3,253

)

 

$

 

Engine Systems Realignment

 

 

1,250

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,250

)

 

 

 

Aerospace

 

 

 

 

 

139

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

139

 

Industrial

 

 

 

 

 

944

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

944

 

Total

 

$

5,008

 

 

$

1,083

 

 

$

(505

)

 

$

 

 

$

(4,503

)

 

$

1,083

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Period Activity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balances

as of

September 30,

2020

 

 

Charges

 

 

Payments

 

 

Foreign currency exchange rate changes

 

 

Non-cash

activity

 

 

Balances

as of

September 30,

2021

 

Workforce management costs associated with:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hydraulics Systems Realignment

 

$

 

 

$

3,758

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

3,758

 

Engine Systems Realignment

 

 

 

 

 

1,250

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,250

 

COVID-19 pandemic

 

 

3,395

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,409

)

 

 

180

 

 

 

(1,166

)

 

 

 

Total

 

$

3,395

 

 

$

5,008

 

 

$

(2,409

)

 

$

180

 

 

$

(1,166

)

 

$

5,008