Debt (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Debt [Abstract]

Interest rate swaps

The Company has entered into the following interest rate swaps:

Effective Date	Amount	Fixed Interest Rate	Interest Rate Spread at June 30, 2014	Maturity Date
October 2011	$25,000	1.67%	1.25%	October 2015
November 2011	25,000	2.13%	1.25%	November 2014
March 2012	25,000	2.44%	1.25%	March 2015
June 2012	40,000	1.88%	1.25%	June 2022
August 2012	35,000	1.74%	1.25%	June 2022
September 2012	25,000	3.03%	1.25%	December 2015
September 2012	25,000	1.24%	1.25%	March 2017
November 2012	25,000	1.33%	1.25%	November 2015
May 2014	25,000	1.35%	1.25%	May 2018

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments

At June 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013, the interest rate swap contracts were reflected as net asset and net liability on the balance sheets.  The following derivatives are designated as hedging instruments:

Balance Sheet Location:	June 30, 2014			September 30, 2013
Current assets
Other current assets	$	279		$	427
Long-term assets
Other assets		1,951			3,309
Current liabilities:
Other current liabilities		(2,167	)		(2,590	)
Long-term liabilities
Other liabilities		(850	)		(2,054	)
Total derivatives	$	(787	)	$	(908	)

Loss recognized on derivatives

The loss recognized on derivatives was as follows:

	Location of
Derivatives in	Loss	Amount of				Amount of
Cash Flow	Recognized in	Loss Recognized				Loss Recognized
Hedging	Income on	in Income				in Income
Relationships	Derivative	on Derivatives				on Derivatives
		Three Months ended June 30,				Nine Months ended June 30,
		2014		2013		2014		2013
Interest rate swaps	Interest expense		$(1,987)		$(1,065)		$(4,117)		$(3,094)

The Company recognized the following losses in AOCI:

					Location of
					Gain or
					(Loss)	Amount of Loss
					Reclassified	Reclassified from
	Amount of Gain or (Loss)				From	AOCI into
Derivatives in	Recognized in				AOCI into	Income
Cash Flow	AOCI on Derivatives				Income	(Effective Portion*)
Hedging Relationships	June 30, 2014		June 30, 2013		(Effective Portion*)	June 30,  2014		June 30, 2013
Interest rate swaps		$(2,437)		$2,960	Interest expense		$(2,511)		$(1,887)
*There is no ineffective portion or amount excluded from effectiveness testing.