Fair Value of Financial Instruments

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

5. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Company is required to record certain assets and liabilities at fair value. The valuation methods used for determining the fair value of these financial instruments by hierarchy are as follows:


Level 1						Cash and cash equivalents consist of various bank accounts used to support our operations and investments in institutional money-market funds that are traded in active markets. Other long-term investments represent the fair value of investments under our supplemental employee retirement plan (“SERP”). The fair value of the investments is determined through quoted market prices within actively traded markets.
Level 2						Derivative financial instruments include foreign exchange contracts and an interest rate swap contract. The fair value of our derivative instruments is estimated using standard valuation models and market-based observable inputs over the contractual term, including one-month London Inter-bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) based yield curves for the interest rate swap, and forward rates and/or the Overnight Index Swap curve for forward foreign exchange contracts, among others.
Level 3						No Level 3 financial instruments

The following table presents financial instruments, other than debt, that we measure at fair value on a recurring basis. See Note 11 of this Report on Form 10-Q for a discussion of our debt. In instances where the inputs used to measure the fair value of an asset fall into more than one level of the hierarchy, we have classified it based on the lowest level input that is significant to the determination of the fair value.


	Level 1				Level 2				Level 3				Total Fair Value
	March 31, 2022		September 30, 2021		March 31, 2022		September 30, 2021		March 31, 2022		September 30, 2021		March 31, 2022		September 30, 2021
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	237,685	$	185,979	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	237,685	$	185,979
Other long-term investments	1,541		1,439		—		—		—		—		1,541		1,439
Derivative financial instruments	—		—		43,027		12,335		—		—		43,027		12,335
Total assets	$	239,226	$	187,418	$	43,027	$	12,335	$	—	$	—	$	282,253	$	199,753

Liabilities:
Derivative financial instruments	—		—		489		3,383		—		—		489		3,383
Total liabilities	$	—	$	—	$	489	$	3,383	$	—	$	—	$	489	$	3,383

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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