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Foreign Currency Forward Contracts
6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Foreign Currency Forward Contracts  
Foreign Currency Forward Contracts

Note 17.  Foreign Currency Forward Contracts

 

The Company enters into foreign currency forward contracts to reduce income statement volatility resulting from foreign currency denominated transactions. The Company has not designated the contracts as hedges, therefore, changes in fair value are recognized in earnings.  All of these contracts are designed to be settled within the same fiscal quarter they are entered into and, accordingly, as of March 31, 2020, there were no contracts that remain unsettled.  As a result, there was no impact to the balance sheet from those contracts as of September 30, 2019 or March 31, 2020.  Foreign exchange hedging gains and losses are recorded within selling, general and administrative expenses on the Consolidated Statements of Operations along with foreign currency transactional gains and losses as follows.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 

 

Six Months Ended March 31, 

 

 

    

2019

    

2020

    

2019

    

2020

    

Foreign currency transactional gain (loss)

 

$

(93)

 

$

724

 

$

247

 

$

(347)

    

Foreign exchange forward contract gain (loss)

 

$

198

 

$

(501)

 

$

(299)

 

$

(22)

    

Net gain (loss) included in selling, general and administrative expense

 

$

105

 

$

223

 

$

(52)

 

$

(369)