Commitments and Contingencies	3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Commitments and Contingencies	17. Commitments and Contingencies Tariff Matter In fiscal year 2021, as part of the Company’s continued integration of GENEWIZ, which was acquired in November 2018, the Company initiated a review during first quarter of fiscal year 2021, 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 fiscal year 2021. Of the total liability, $2.8 million is for the period prior to the acquisition of GENEWIZ and an additional $3.3 million was recorded within the second fiscal quarter of 2021 for the period since the Company acquired GENEWIZ in November 2018. The Company estimates any additional liability for tariffs owed each period and as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2021, the liability for tariffs owed was $7.6 million and $7.0 million, respectively. 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. Letters of Credit As of December 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 three months ended December 31, 2021, and the Company currently does not anticipate any of these obligations to be called in the near future. Purchase Commitments At December 31, 2021, the Company had non-cancellable commitments of $59.9 million, including primarily purchase orders for inventory of $44.0 million, information technology related commitments of $14.2 million, and China facility commitments of $1.7 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 Vacuum LLC (a member of the Atlas Copco Group) in connection with the Company’s sale of its semiconductor cryogenics business in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2018. 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. Please refer to Note 3 “Discontinued Operations – Disposition of Semiconductor Cryogenics Business” to the Company’s consolidated financial statements included in the 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K for more information on these claims. 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.

Commitments and Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

17. Commitments and Contingencies

Tariff Matter

In fiscal year 2021, as part of the Company’s continued integration of GENEWIZ, which was acquired in November 2018, the Company initiated a review during first quarter of fiscal year 2021, 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 fiscal year 2021. Of the total liability, $2.8 million is for the period prior to the acquisition of GENEWIZ and an additional $3.3 million was recorded within the second fiscal quarter of 2021 for the period since the Company acquired GENEWIZ in November 2018. The Company estimates any additional liability for tariffs owed each period and as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2021, the liability for tariffs owed was $7.6 million and $7.0 million, respectively. 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.

Letters of Credit

As of December 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 three months ended December 31, 2021, and the Company currently does not anticipate any of these obligations to be called in the near future.

Purchase Commitments

At December 31, 2021, the Company had non-cancellable commitments of $59.9 million, including primarily purchase orders for inventory of $44.0 million, information technology related commitments of $14.2 million, and China facility commitments of $1.7 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 Vacuum LLC (a member of the Atlas Copco Group) in connection with the Company’s sale of its semiconductor cryogenics business in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2018. 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. Please refer to Note 3 “Discontinued Operations – Disposition of Semiconductor Cryogenics Business” to the Company’s consolidated financial statements included in the 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K for more information on these claims. 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.