LEASES

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

LEASES

LEASES

12.  LEASES

The Company determines at lease inception whether an arrangement that provides control over the use of an asset is a lease. The Company recognizes at lease commencement a right-of-use (ROU) asset and lease liability based on the present value of the future lease payments over the lease term. The Company has elected not to recognize a ROU asset and lease liability for leases with terms of 12 months or less. Certain of the Company’s leases include options to extend the term of the lease for up to 20 years. When it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise the option, Management includes the impact of the option in the lease term for purposes of determining total future lease payments. As most of the Company’s lease agreements do not explicitly state the discount rate implicit in the lease, Management uses the Company’s incremental borrowing rate on the commencement date to calculate the present value of future payments based on the tenor of each arrangement.

The Company’s leases for real estate commonly include escalating payments. These variable lease payments are included in the calculation of the ROU asset and lease liability. In addition to the present value of the future lease payments, the calculation of the ROU asset also includes any deferred rent, lease pre-payments and initial direct costs of obtaining the lease.

In addition to the base rent, real estate leases typically contain provisions for common-area maintenance and other similar services, which are considered non-lease components for accounting purposes. Non-lease components are excluded from our ROU assets and lease liabilities and expensed as incurred.

The Company’s leases are for office space, manufacturing facilities, and machinery and equipment.

The components of lease costs are shown below:

	Three Months Ended		Three Months Ended
	March 31,		March 31,
(Dollars in thousands)	2021		2020
Finance lease cost
Amortization of right-of-use assets	$	492	$	622
Interest on lease liabilities		311		198
Operating lease cost		1,424		1,402
Total lease costs	$	2,227	$	2,222

	Six Months		Six Months
	Ended		Ended
	March 31,		March 31,
(Dollars in thousands)	2021		2020
Finance lease cost
Amortization of right-of-use assets	$	985	$	1,245
Interest on lease liabilities		623		335
Operating lease cost		2,877		2,750
Total lease costs	$	4,485	$	4,330

Additional information related to leases are shown below:

	Three Months Ended		Three Months Ended
	March 31,		March 31,
(Dollars in thousands)	2021		2020
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities
Operating cash flows from operating leases	$	1,375	$	1,380
Operating cash flows from finance leases		311		198
Financing cash flows from finance leases		419		377

	Six Months		Six Months
	March 31,		March 31,
(Dollars in thousands)	2021		2020
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities
Operating cash flows from operating leases	$	2,800	$	2,717
Operating cash flows from finance leases		623		335
Financing cash flows from finance leases		838		753

Weighted-average remaining lease term	March 31, 2021		March 31, 2020
Operating leases	5.76 years		6.37 years
Finance leases	12.2 years		12.7 years
Weighted-average discount rate
Operating leases	3.11	%	3.08	%
Finance leases	4.31	%	4.28	%

The following is a reconciliation of future undiscounted cash flows to the operating and finance lease liabilities, and the related ROU assets, presented on our Consolidated Balance Sheet on March 31, 2021:

(Dollars in thousands)	Operating		Finance
Years Ending September 30:	Leases		Leases
2021 (excluding the six months ended March 31, 2021)	$	2,732		1,473
2022		4,907		3,015
2023		3,984		3,098
2024		2,438		3,181
2025 and thereafter		7,173		28,285
Total minimum lease payments		21,234		39,052
Less: amounts representing interest		1,894		9,625
Present value of net minimum lease payments	$	19,340		29,427
Less: current portion of lease obligations		4,839		2,001
Non-current portion of lease obligations		14,501		27,426
ROU assets	$	18,929		25,182

Operating lease liabilities are included in the Consolidated Balance Sheet in accrued other expenses (current portion) and as a caption on the Consolidated Balance Sheet (long-term portion). Finance lease liabilities are included on the Consolidated Balance Sheet in accrued other expenses (current portion) and other liabilities (long-term portion). Operating lease ROU assets are included as a caption on the Consolidated Balance Sheet and finance lease ROU assets are included in Property, plant and equipment on the Consolidated Balance sheets.