Financing Arrangements	3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Financing Arrangements
Financing Arrangements	Note 9 — Financing Arrangements In December 2018, we completed an underwritten public offering of 3,300,000 shares of our common stock. We granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 495,000 shares of common stock. In December 2018, the underwriters exercised their option to purchase the additional 495,000 shares. All shares were offered by us at a price to the public of $60.00 per share. Net proceeds were $215.8 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses of $11.9 million. We used the net proceeds to repay a portion of our outstanding borrowings under our revolving credit agreement which was used to finance the acquisition of Trafficware and general corporate purposes. In March 2013, we entered into a note purchase and private shelf agreement pursuant to which we issued $100.0 million of senior unsecured notes, bearing interest at a rate of 3.35% and maturing on March 12, 2025. In addition, pursuant to the agreement, on July 17, 2015, we issued an additional $25.0 million of senior unsecured notes bearing interest at a rate of 3.70% and maturing on March 12, 2025. Interest payments on the notes issued in 2013 and 2015 are due semi-annually and principal payments are due from 2021 through 2025. The agreement pertaining to the aforementioned notes also contained a provision that the coupon rate would increase by a further 0.50% should the company’s leverage ratio exceed a certain level. On February 2, 2016, we revised the note purchase agreement and we issued an additional $75.0 million of senior unsecured notes bearing interest at 3.93% and maturing on March 12, 2026. Interest payments on these notes are due semi-annually and principal payments are due from 2020 through 2026. At the time of the issuance of this last series of notes, certain terms and conditions of the note purchase and private shelf agreement were revised in coordination with the revision and expansion of the revolving credit agreement as discussed below in order to increase our leverage capacity. The interest rates on all of the term notes described above may be adjusted upwards by up to 0.75% should our leverage ratio exceed certain levels. We have a committed revolving credit agreement with a group of financial institutions in the amount of $400.0 million which expires in August 2021 (Revolving Credit Agreement). At December 31, 2018, the weighted average interest rate on outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Agreement was 3.75%. Debt issuance and modification costs of $2.3 million and $1.3 million were incurred in connection with February 2, 2016 and August 11, 2016 amendments to the Revolving Credit Agreement, respectively. Costs incurred in connection with establishment of and amendments to this credit agreement are recorded in other assets on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, and are being amortized as interest expense using the effective interest method over the stated term of the Revolving Credit Agreement. At December 31, 2018, our total debt issuance costs have an unamortized balance of $1.7 million. The available line of credit is reduced by any letters of credit issued under the Revolving Credit Agreement. As of December 31, 2018, there were $64.5 million of borrowings under this agreement and there were letters of credit outstanding totaling $38.4 million, which reduce the available line of credit to $297.1 million. The $38.4 million of letters of credit includes both financial letters of credit and performance guarantees. We maintain a cash account with a bank in the United Kingdom for which the funds are restricted as to use. The account is required to secure the customer’s interest in cash deposited in the account to fund our activities related to our performance under a fare collection services contract in the United Kingdom. The balance in the account as of December 31, 2018 was $17.9 million and is classified as restricted cash in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of December 31, 2018, we had letters of credit and bank guarantees outstanding totaling $50.1 million, which includes the $38.4 million of letters of credit on the Revolving Credit Agreement above and $11.7 million of letters of credit issued under other facilities. The total of $50.1 million of letters of credit and bank guarantees includes $42.9 million that guarantees either our performance or customer advances under certain contracts and financial letters of credit of $7.2 million which primarily guarantee our payment of certain self-insured liabilities. We have never had a drawing on a letter of credit instrument, nor are any anticipated; therefore, we estimate the fair value of these instruments to be zero. We have entered into a short-term borrowing arrangement in the United Kingdom in the amount of £20.0 million British pounds (equivalent to approximately $25.5 million) to help meet the short-term working capital requirements of our subsidiary. At December 31, 2018, no amounts were outstanding under this borrowing arrangement. The terms of certain of our lending and credit agreements include provisions that require and/or limit, among other financial ratios and measurements, the permitted levels of debt, coverage of cash interest expense, and under certain circumstances, payments of dividends or other distributions to shareholders. As of December 31, 2018, these agreements have no restrictions on distributions to shareholders, subject to certain tests in these agreements. Our self-insurance arrangements are limited to certain workers’ compensation plans, automobile liability and product liability claims. Under these arrangements, we self-insure only up to the amount of a specified deductible for each claim. Self-insurance liabilities included in other current liabilities on the balance sheet amounted to $8.7 million at December 31, 2018 and $8.6 million at September 30, 2018.

Note 9 — Financing Arrangements

In December 2018, we completed an underwritten public offering of 3,300,000 shares of our common stock. We granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 495,000 shares of common stock. In December 2018, the underwriters exercised their option to purchase the additional 495,000 shares. All shares were offered by us at a price to the public of $60.00 per share. Net proceeds were $215.8 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses of $11.9 million. We used the net proceeds to repay a portion of our outstanding borrowings under our revolving credit agreement which was used to finance the acquisition of Trafficware and general corporate purposes.

In March 2013, we entered into a note purchase and private shelf agreement pursuant to which we issued $100.0 million of senior unsecured notes, bearing interest at a rate of 3.35% and maturing on March 12, 2025. In addition, pursuant to the agreement, on July 17, 2015, we issued an additional $25.0 million of senior unsecured notes bearing interest at a rate of 3.70% and maturing on March 12, 2025. Interest payments on the notes issued in 2013 and 2015 are due semi-annually and principal payments are due from 2021 through 2025. The agreement pertaining to the aforementioned notes also contained a provision that the coupon rate would increase by a further 0.50% should the company’s leverage ratio exceed a certain level. On February 2, 2016, we revised the note purchase agreement and we issued an additional $75.0 million of senior unsecured notes bearing interest at 3.93% and maturing on March 12, 2026. Interest payments on these notes are due semi-annually and principal payments are due from 2020 through 2026. At the time of the issuance of this last series of notes, certain terms and conditions of the note purchase and private shelf agreement were revised in coordination with the revision and expansion of the revolving credit agreement as discussed below in order to increase our leverage capacity. The interest rates on all of the term notes described above may be adjusted upwards by up to 0.75% should our leverage ratio exceed certain levels.

We have a committed revolving credit agreement with a group of financial institutions in the amount of $400.0 million which expires in August 2021 (Revolving Credit Agreement). At December 31, 2018, the weighted average interest rate on outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Agreement was 3.75%. Debt issuance and modification costs of $2.3 million and $1.3 million were incurred in connection with February 2, 2016 and August 11, 2016 amendments to the Revolving Credit Agreement, respectively. Costs incurred in connection with establishment of and amendments to this credit agreement are recorded in other assets on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, and are being amortized as interest expense using the effective interest method over the stated term of the Revolving Credit Agreement. At December 31, 2018, our total debt issuance costs have an unamortized balance of $1.7 million. The available line of credit is reduced by any letters of credit issued under the Revolving Credit Agreement. As of December 31, 2018, there were $64.5 million of borrowings under this agreement and there were letters of credit outstanding totaling $38.4 million, which reduce the available line of credit to $297.1 million. The $38.4 million of letters of credit includes both financial letters of credit and performance guarantees.

We maintain a cash account with a bank in the United Kingdom for which the funds are restricted as to use. The account is required to secure the customer’s interest in cash deposited in the account to fund our activities related to our performance under a fare collection services contract in the United Kingdom. The balance in the account as of December 31, 2018 was $17.9 million and is classified as restricted cash in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

As of December 31, 2018, we had letters of credit and bank guarantees outstanding totaling $50.1 million, which includes the $38.4 million of letters of credit on the Revolving Credit Agreement above and $11.7 million of letters of credit issued under other facilities. The total of $50.1 million of letters of credit and bank guarantees includes $42.9 million that guarantees either our performance or customer advances under certain contracts and financial letters of credit of $7.2 million which primarily guarantee our payment of certain self-insured liabilities. We have never had a drawing on a letter of credit instrument, nor are any anticipated; therefore, we estimate the fair value of these instruments to be zero.

We have entered into a short-term borrowing arrangement in the United Kingdom in the amount of £20.0 million British pounds (equivalent to approximately $25.5 million) to help meet the short-term working capital requirements of our subsidiary. At December 31, 2018, no amounts were outstanding under this borrowing arrangement.

The terms of certain of our lending and credit agreements include provisions that require and/or limit, among other financial ratios and measurements, the permitted levels of debt, coverage of cash interest expense, and under certain circumstances, payments of dividends or other distributions to shareholders. As of December 31, 2018, these agreements have no restrictions on distributions to shareholders, subject to certain tests in these agreements.

Our self-insurance arrangements are limited to certain workers’ compensation plans, automobile liability and product liability claims. Under these arrangements, we self-insure only up to the amount of a specified deductible for each claim. Self-insurance liabilities included in other current liabilities on the balance sheet amounted to $8.7 million at December 31, 2018 and $8.6 million at September 30, 2018.