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Commitments and Contingencies
6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies

17. Commitments and Contingencies

GENEWIZ Tariff Matter

As part of the Company’s continued integration of GENEWIZ, which was acquired in November 2018, the Company initiated a review, with the assistance of a third party consultant, of the transaction value that the Company has used to calculate tariffs on inter-company imports of samples shipped from its GENEWIZ business. As a result of the third-party review and in light of a new interpretation surrounding the valuation method used to calculate the estimated transaction value, the Company revised its estimate of the tariffs owed and as a result recorded a liability of $6.1 million in the second quarter of 2021. Of the total liability, $2.8 million is for the period prior to the acquisition of GENEWIZ and an additional $3.3 million is for the period since the Company acquired GENEWIZ in November 2018. The Company intends to pay any tariffs determined to be owed. The Company does not expect to incur any significant penalties associated with such tariffs. As a result of the change in estimate, basic net income per share decreased $0.07 for both the three and six months ended March 31, 2021. Diluted net income per share also decreased $0.07 for the same periods.

Letters of Credit

As of March 31, 2021, the Company had approximately $1.3 million of letters of credit outstanding related primarily to customer advances and other performance obligations. These arrangements guarantee the refund of advance payments received from the Company’s customers in the event that the product is not delivered, or warranty obligations are not fulfilled in accordance with the contract terms. These obligations could be called by the beneficiaries at any time before the expiration date of the particular letter of credit if the Company fails to meet certain contractual requirements. None of these obligations were called during the six months ended March 31, 2021, and the Company currently does not anticipate any of these obligations to be called in the near future.

Purchase Commitments

At March 31, 2021, the Company had non-cancellable commitments of $266.4 million, including primarily purchase orders for inventory of $230.1 million, information technology related commitments of $19.8 million, and China facility commitments of $15.8 million.

Contingencies

The Company is subject to various legal proceedings, both asserted and unasserted, that arise in the ordinary course of business. The Company cannot predict the ultimate outcome of such legal proceedings or in certain instances provide reasonable ranges of potential losses. The Company may also have certain indemnification obligations pursuant to claims made under the definitive agreement it entered into with Edwards in connection with the Company’s sale of its semiconductor cryogenics business. See Note 3 “Discontinued Operations” for further information. However, as of the date of this report, the Company believes that none of these claims will have a material adverse effect on its consolidated financial position or results of operations. In the event of unexpected subsequent developments and given the inherent unpredictability of these matters, there can be no assurance that the Company’s assessment of any claim will reflect the ultimate outcome, and an adverse outcome in certain matters could, from time to time, have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations in particular quarterly or annual periods.