Financing Arrangements (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Financing Arrangements

Schedule of long-term debt

Long-term debt consists of the following (in thousands):

September 30,	2017		2016
Series A senior unsecured notes payable to a group of insurance companies, interest fixed at 3.35%	$	50,000	$	50,000
Series B senior unsecured notes payable to a group of insurance companies, interest fixed at 3.35%		50,000		50,000
Series C senior unsecured notes payable to a group of insurance companies, interest fixed at 3.70%		25,000		25,000
Series D senior unsecured notes payable to a group of insurance companies, interest fixed at 3.93%		75,000		75,000
Mortgage note from a U.K. financial institution, with quarterly installments of principal and interest at 6.48%		—		1,012
		200,000		201,012
Less unamortized debt issuance costs		(239)		(271)
Less current portion		—		(450)
	$	199,761	$	200,291