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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Nature of Operations (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326) – Measurement of Credit Losses of Financial Instruments and has subsequently issued related amendments, collectively referred to as “Topic 326”. Topic 326 requires entities to measure credit losses for financial assets measured at amortized cost based on expected losses rather than incurred losses. This adoption primarily impacted our trade accounts receivables. Under the current expected credit loss model, we review receivables for collectability based on an assessment of various factors, including historical collection experience for each receivable type and expectations of forward-looking loss estimates, and individual receivables are also reviewed for collectability based on unique circumstances. Any adjustments made to our historical loss experience reflect current differences in asset-specific risk characteristics, including, customer type (public or government entity versus private entity) and geographic location of the customer. We adopted ASU 2016-13 in the first quarter of fiscal 2021 using the modified retrospective transition method with a cumulative effect adjustment directly to retained earnings. The cumulative effect of applying Topic 326 were an increase to the allowance for credit losses of $3.0 million and deferred tax assets of $0.8 million with a corresponding decrease to the opening balance of Retained earnings of $2.2 million.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework – Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement. The purpose of the standard is to improve the overall usefulness of fair value disclosures to financial statement users and reduce unnecessary costs to companies when preparing the disclosures. ASU 2018-13 requires the application of the prospective method of transition (for only the most recent interim or annual period presented in the initial fiscal year of adoption) to the new disclosure requirements for (1) changes in unrealized gains and losses included in other comprehensive income and (2) the range and weighted average used to develop significant unobservable inputs for Level 3 fair value measurements. ASU 2018-13 also requires prospective application to any modifications to disclosures made because of the change to the requirements for the narrative description of measurement uncertainty. The effects of all other amendments made by ASU 2018-13 must be applied retrospectively to all periods presented. We adopted ASU 2018-13 in the first quarter of fiscal 2021. The adoption of ASU 2018-13 had no impact on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other – Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract. This update aligns the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement to be consistent with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software (and hosting arrangements that include an internal-use software license). We adopted ASU 2018-15 in the first quarter of fiscal 2021 using the prospective transition method approach. The Company’s cloud computing hosting arrangements are primarily information technology agreements that support the Company’s operations and infrastructure. The adoption of ASU 2018-15 did not have a significant impact on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In November 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-18, Collaborative Arrangements (Topic 808): Clarifying the Interaction between Topic 808 and Topic 606. The purpose of the standard is to (1) clarify that transactions between participants in a collaborative agreement should be accounted for under Topic 606 and (2) add unit-of-account guidance in Topic 808 to align with Topic 606. We retrospectively adopted ASU 2018-18 in the first quarter of fiscal 2021. The adoption of ASU 2018-18 had no impact on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-14, Compensation – Retirement Benefits – Defined Benefit Plans – General (Topic 715-20): Disclosure Framework – Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Defined Benefit Plans. The purpose of the standard is to improve the overall usefulness of defined benefit pension and other postretirement plan disclosures to financial statement users and reduce unnecessary costs to companies when preparing the disclosures. ASU 2018-14 is effective for our annual disclosures for fiscal 2021 and requires a retrospective transition method. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently in the process of evaluating the impact of adoption on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes. The purpose of the standard is to remove certain exceptions to the general principles of Topic 740: Income Taxes in order to reduce the cost and complexity of its application and to maintain or improve the usefulness of the information provided to users of financial statements. ASU 2019-12 is effective for our first quarter of fiscal 2022 and will be applied either retrospectively or prospectively depending on the specific Topic 740 exception affected. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently in the process of evaluating the impact of adoption on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Except as noted above, there are no significant changes to our assessment of the impact of recently issued accounting standards included in Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2020 Form 10-K.

Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

The unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for complete Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. In the opinion of management, all necessary adjustments, which consisted only of normal recurring items, have been included in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements to present fairly the results of the interim periods presented. Quarterly results are not necessarily indicative of annual results.

The unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements appearing in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the audited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto included in Hillrom’s fiscal 2020 Form 10-K as filed with the SEC.

The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of Hillrom and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The Company makes a number of significant estimates, assumptions, and judgments in the preparation of its financial statements. Additionally, the Company measures and classifies fair value measurements in accordance with the level hierarchy in conformity with GAAP. As of December 31, 2020, the Company's significant accounting policies and estimates and valuation techniques used to measure fair value have not changed from September 30, 2020. See Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies within the 2020 Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020 for further information.

Revenue Recognition — Sales and Rentals

Disaggregation of Revenue

The Company disaggregates revenue recognized from contracts with customers by geography and reportable segments consistent with the way in which management operates and views the business. See Note 11. Segment Reporting for the presentation of the Company's revenue disaggregation.

Contract Balances

Contract liabilities represent deferred revenues that arise as a result of cash received from customers at inception of contracts or where the timing of billing for services precedes satisfaction of our performance obligations. Such remaining performance obligations represent the portion of the contract price for which work has not been performed and are primarily related to our installation and service contracts. These contract liabilities are recorded in Deferred revenue and Other long-term liabilities. We expect to satisfy the majority of the remaining performance obligations and recognize revenue related to installation and service contracts within 12 to 24 months.

The nature of our products and services does not give rise to contract assets as we typically do not have instances where a right to payment for goods and services already transferred to a customer exists that is conditional on something other than the passage of time.

The following table summarizes contract liability activity for the three months ended December 31, 2020. The contract liability balance represents the transaction price allocated to the remaining performance obligations.


	Contract Liabilities
Balance as of October 1, 2020	$	138.1
New revenue deferrals	99.0
Revenue recognized upon satisfaction of performance obligations	(97.2)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	1.3
Balance as of December 31, 2020	$	141.2

Rental Revenue

We make certain products available to customers under short-term lease arrangements. Rental usage of these products is provided as an alternative to product sales and is short-term in nature. Products primarily include smart beds, including, but not limited to, bariatric, intensive care unit, maternity, and home care beds, as well as surfaces. These lease arrangements provide our customers with our products during periods of peak demand or often times for specialty purposes. Additionally, we provide wearable, non-invasive ventilation products to patients covered by monthly medical insurance reimbursements, which are considered month-to-month leasing arrangements. Income arising from these lease arrangements where we are the lessor is recognized within Rental revenue. We accounted for these lease arrangements as operating leases.

Warranties and Guarantees

We routinely grant limited warranties on our products with respect to defects in material and workmanship. The terms of these warranties are generally one year; however, certain components and products have substantially longer warranty periods. We recognize a reserve with respect to these obligations at the time of product sale, with subsequent warranty claims recorded directly against the reserve. The amount of the warranty reserve is determined based on historical trend experience for the covered products. For more significant warranty-related matters, which might require a field corrective action, separate reserves are established when such events are identified and the cost of correction can be reasonably estimated.

In the normal course of business, we enter into various other guarantees and indemnities in our relationships with suppliers, service providers, customers, business partners and others. Examples of these arrangements would include guarantees of product performance, indemnifications to service providers and indemnifications of our actions to business partners. These guarantees and indemnifications have not historically had a material impact on our financial condition or results of operations, nor do we expect them to although indemnifications associated with our actions generally have no dollar limitations.

In conjunction with our acquisition and divestiture activities, we entered into select guarantees and indemnifications of performance with respect to the fulfillment of our commitments under applicable purchase and sale agreements. The arrangements generally indemnify the buyer or seller for damages associated with breach of contract, inaccuracies in representations and warranties surviving the closing date and satisfaction of liabilities and commitments retained under the applicable contract. With respect to divestitures, we also routinely enter into non-competition agreements for varying periods of time. Guarantees and indemnifications with respect to acquisition and divestiture activities, if triggered, could have an adverse impact on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

The following summarizes accrued product warranty activity for the three months ended December 31, 2020:


	Three Months Ended December 31
	2020
Balance as of beginning of period	$	30.8
Provision for warranties in the period	5.4
Warranty claims in the period	(6.4)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	0.2
Balance as of end of period	$	30.0

Government Programs Related to COVID-19

On March 25, 2020, the U.S. government approved the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act to provide economic stimulus to address the impact of the pandemic. The governments in certain other non-U.S. countries have also approved legislation in their jurisdictions to address the impact of the pandemic. We evaluated our eligibility and assessed the conditions and requirements of participation in many programs. As of December 31, 2020, we deferred the payment of the employer share of the U.S. Federal Insurance Contributions Act (“FICA”) tax payments totaling $21.2 million in accordance with the CARES Act within the Consolidated Balance Sheet. We continue to evaluate what impact, if any, the CARES Act, or any similar legislation in other non-U.S. jurisdictions, may have on our results of operations.