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Accrued Liabilities
6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Accrued Liabilities [Abstract]  
Accrued Liabilities Note 16. Accrued liabilities

March 31,

September 30,

2020

2019

Salaries and other member benefits

$

37,514 

$

115,649 

Warranties

21,770 

27,309 

Interest payable

13,735 

13,808 

Accrued retirement benefits

3,596 

3,587 

Current portion of loss reserve on contractual lease commitments (1)

-

1,245 

Restructuring charges

-

507 

Taxes, other than income

15,740 

15,708 

Net current contract liabilities (Note 3)

25,601 

27,891 

Liabilities held for sale (Note 10)

14,273 

-

Other 

22,330 

22,423 

$

154,559

$

228,127 

(1)See Note 17, Other liabilities, for more information on loss reserve on contractual lease commitments.

Warranties

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

Three-Months Ended March 31,

Six-Months Ended March 31,

2020

2019

2020

2019

Warranties, beginning of period

$

18,927 

$

20,156 

$

27,309 

$

20,130 

Impact from adoption of ASC 606

-

-

-

594 

Expense, net of recoveries

8,115 

3,695 

3,782 

5,767 

Reductions for settlement of previous warranty liabilities

(5,177)

(2,012)

(9,454)

(4,549)

Foreign currency exchange rate changes 

(95)

(159)

133 

(262)

Warranties, end of period

$

21,770 

$

21,680 

$

21,770 

$

21,680 

Restructuring charges

In the second quarter of fiscal year 2018, the Company recorded restructuring charges totaling $17,013, the majority of which relate to the Company’s decision to relocate its Duarte, California operations to the Company’s newly renovated Drake Campus in Fort Collins, Colorado. The Duarte facility, which manufactures thrust reverser actuation systems, is part of the Company’s Aerospace segment. The remaining restructuring charges recognized during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018 consist of workforce management costs related to aligning the Company’s industrial turbomachinery business, which is part of the Company’s Industrial segment, with the then current market conditions. All of the restructuring charges recorded during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018 were recorded as nonsegment expenses.

In response to the ongoing global economic challenges resulting from COVID-19, the Company committed to a plan of termination that will result in restructuring charges, see Note 24, Subsequent events.

The summary of activity in accrued restructuring charges during the six-months ended March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019 are as follows:

Period Activity

Balances as of October 1, 2019

Charges (reductions)

Cash receipts (payments)

Non-cash activity

Balances as of March 31, 2020

Workforce management costs associated with:

Duarte plant relocation

$

440 

$

-

$

(440)

$

-

$

-

Industrial turbomachinery business realignment

67 

-

(24)

(43)

-

Total

$

507 

$

-

$

(464)

$

(43)

$

-

Period Activity

Balances as of October 1, 2018

Charges (reductions)

Cash receipts (payments)

Non-cash activity

Balances as of March 31, 2019

Workforce management costs associated with:

Duarte plant relocation

$

12,504 

$

-

$

(648)

$

-

$

11,856 

Industrial turbomachinery business realignment

4,018 

-

(2,249)

-

1,769 

Total

$

16,522 

$

-

$

(2,897)

$

-

$

13,625