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Acquisitions And Divestitures | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Business Combinations [Abstract] |
Acquisitions And Divestitures | ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES The Company acquired eight businesses in 2019, all in the Automation Solutions segment, for $469, net of cash acquired. These eight businesses had combined annual sales of approximately $300. The Company recognized goodwill of $210 ($173 of which is expected to be tax deductible) and other identifiable intangible assets of $155, primarily customer relationships and intellectual property with a weighted-average life of approximately nine years. Valuations of certain acquired assets and liabilities are in-process and subject to refinement. On July 17, 2018, the Company completed the acquisition of Aventics, a global provider of smart pneumatics technologies that power machine and factory automation applications, for $622, net of cash acquired. This business, which has annual sales of approximately $425, is reported in the Industrial Solutions product offering in the Automation Solutions segment. T he Company recognized goodwill of $372 ($20 of which is expected to be tax deductible), and identifiable intangible assets of $278, primarily intellectual property and customer relationships with a weighted-average useful life of approximately 12 years. On July 2, 2018, the Company completed the acquisition of Textron's tools and test equipment business for $810, net of cash acquired. This business, with annual sales of approximately $470, is a manufacturer of electrical and utility tools, diagnostics, and test and measurement instruments, and is reported in the Tools & Home products segment. T he Company recognized goodwill of $366 ($11 of which is expected to be tax deductible), and identifiable intangible assets of $358, primarily intellectual property and customer relationships with a weighted-average useful life of approximately 14 years. On December 1, 2017, the Company acquired Paradigm, a provider of software solutions for the oil and gas industry, for $505, net of cash acquired. This business had annual sales of approximately $140 and is included in the Measurement & Analytical Instrumentation product offering within Automation Solutions. The Company recognized goodwill of $309 ($170 of which is expected to be tax deductible), and identifiable intangible assets of $238, primarily intellectual property and customer relationships with a weighted-average useful life of approximately 11 years. During 2018, the Company also acquired four smaller businesses, two in the Automation Solutions segment and two in the Climate Technologies segment. Total cash paid for all businesses for the fiscal year ended 2018 was $2.2 billion, net of cash acquired. The purchase price of the 2018 acquisitions was allocated to assets and liabilities as follows.
Accounts receivable |  | $ | 153 |
Inventory |  | 187 |
Property, plant and equipment |  | 140 |
Goodwill |  | 1,176 |
Intangibles |  | 1,013 |
Other assets |  | 77 |
Total assets |  | 2,746 |
Accounts payable |  | 73 |
Other current liabilities |  | 134 |
Deferred taxes and other liabilities |  | 325 |
Cash paid, net of cash acquired |  | $ | 2,214 |
Results of operations for the 2018 acquisitions included sales of $365 and a net loss of $3, including intangibles amortization of $40 and restructuring expense of $3. These results also included first year pretax acquisition accounting charges related to inventory and deferred revenue of $39 and $11, respectively, which are reported in Corporate and other. See Note 18. On April 28, 2017, the Company completed the acquisition of Pentair's valves & controls business for $2.96 billion, net of cash acquired of $207, subject to certain post-closing adjustments. This business, with annualized sales of approximately $1.4 billion, is a manufacturer of control, isolation and pressure relief valves and actuators, and complements the Valves, Actuators & Regulators product offering within Automation Solutions. The Company recognized goodwill of $1.5 billion (none of which is expected to be tax deductible), and other identifiable intangible assets of $1.1 billion, primarily customer relationships and intellectual property with a weighted-average life of approximately 14 years. The Company also acquired two smaller businesses in the Automation Solutions segment. Total cash paid for all businesses was $3.0 billion, net of cash acquired. Results of operations for 2017 included sales of $600 and a net loss of $97, $0.15 per share, including restructuring expense of $25 and intangibles amortization of $29. These results also included first year pretax acquisition accounting charges related to inventory of $74 and backlog of $19, or a total of $93 ($65 after-tax, $0.10 per share), which are reported in Corporate and other in 2017. See Note 18. On October 2, 2017, the Company sold its residential storage business for $200 in cash, and recognized a small pretax gain and an after-tax loss of $24 ($0.04 per share) in 2018 due to income taxes resulting from nondeductible goodwill. The Company realized $150 in after-tax cash proceeds from the sale. This business, with sales of $298 and pretax earnings of $15 in 2017, is a leader in home organization and storage systems, and was reported within the Tools & Home Products segment. The results of operations of the acquired businesses discussed above have been included in the Company's consolidated results of operations since the respective dates of acquisition. Pro Forma Financial Information (Unaudited) The following pro forma consolidated condensed financial results of operations are presented as if the 2018 acquisitions occurred on October 1, 2016 and the acquisition of the valves & controls business occurred on October 1, 2015. The pro forma information is presented for informational purposes only and is not indicative of the results of operations that would have been achieved had the acquisitions occurred as of that time.
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2018 |
Net sales |  | $ | 17,148 |  |  | 18,186 |
Net earnings from continuing operations common stockholders |  | $ | 1,638 |  |  | 2,269 |
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations |  | $ | 2.53 |  |  | 3.56 |
The 2018 pro forma results exclude acquisition costs and first year acquisition accounting charges related to inventory, backlog and deferred revenue of $102. Of these charges, $73 related to businesses acquired in 2018 and $29 related to the valves & controls acquisition. The 2017 pro forma results include the charges related to the 2018 acquisitions. The 2017 pro forma results exclude first year acquisition accounting charges related to the valves & controls business of $93 and acquisition costs of $52. Discontinued Operations In 2017, the Company completed the previously announced strategic actions to streamline its portfolio and drive growth in its core businesses. On November 30, 2016, the Company completed the sale of its network power systems business for $4.0 billion in cash and retained a subordinated interest in distributions, contingent upon the equity holders first receiving a threshold return on their initial investment. This business comprised the former Network Power segment. Additionally, on January 31, 2017, the Company completed the sale of its power generation, motors and drives business for approximately $1.2 billion, subject to post-closing adjustments. This business was previously reported in the former Industrial Automation segment. The financial results of the network power systems business and power generation, motors and drives business reported as discontinued operations for the year ending September 30, 2017, were as follows:
|  |  |  |  |  | 2017 |
Net sales |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 1,037 |
Cost of sales |  |  |  |  |  | 701 |
SG&A |  |  |  |  |  | 263 |
Other deductions, net |  |  |  |  |  | (473 | )
Earnings (Loss) before income taxes |  |  |  |  |  | 546 |
Income taxes |  |  |  |  |  | 671 |
Earnings (Loss), net of tax |  |  |  |  |  | $ | (125 | )
In 2017, the net loss from discontinued operations of $125, $0.19 per share, included an after-tax gain on the divestiture of the network power systems business of $125 ($519 pretax), a $173 after-tax loss ($36 pretax loss) on the divestiture of the power generation, motors and drives business, income tax expense of $109 for repatriation of sales proceeds, and lower expense of $32 primarily due to ceasing depreciation and amortization for the discontinued businesses held-for-sale. Operating cash flow used by discontinued operations primarily included payments of approximately $700 for income taxes on completion of the divestitures and repatriation of cash, cash used by operations and other costs.

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