Commitments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Lease Commitments

Rental expense in fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017 was $39.8 million, $41.3 million and $38.0 million. The table below indicates the future minimum payments under non-cancelable operating leases (excluding executory costs) aggregating $94.9 million, for manufacturing facilities, warehouse distribution centers, service centers, sales offices, automobiles and other equipment.



	Amount
2020	$	25.7
2021	21.4
2022	15.7
2023	11.1
2024	6.4
2025 and beyond	14.6

Self Insurance

We are involved in various claims, including product and general liability, workers’ compensation, auto liability and employment related matters. Such claims in the United States have deductibles and self-insured retentions at various limits up to $1.0 million per occurrence or per claim, depending upon the type of coverage and policy period. International deductibles and self-insured retentions are lower. We are also generally self-insured up to certain stop-loss limits for certain employee health benefits, including medical, drug and dental. Our policy is to estimate reserves based upon a number of factors including known claims, estimated incurred but not reported claims and outside actuarial analysis, which are based on historical information along with certain assumptions about future events. Such estimated reserves are classified as Other current liabilities and Other long-term liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Legal Proceedings

General

We are subject to various other claims and contingencies arising out of the normal course of business, including those relating to governmental investigations and proceedings, commercial transactions, product liability, employee related matters, antitrust, safety, health, taxes, environmental and other matters. Litigation is subject to many uncertainties and the outcome of individual litigated matters is not predictable with assurance. It is possible that some litigation matters for which reserves have not been established could be decided unfavorably to us, and that any such unfavorable decisions could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.