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Investments in subsidiaries
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Business Combinations 1 [Abstract]  
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a)     Acquisitions and disposals
The Company made the following acquisitions during the year ended September 30, 2025:
On December 13, 2024, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Daugherty Systems, Inc. (Daugherty), a professional services firm specializing in artificial intelligence, data analytics, strategic IT consulting, and business advisory services, based in St. Louis, U.S., for a total purchase price of $343,024,000. Daugherty employed approximately 1,100 professionals and the acquisition is reported under the U.S. Commercial and State Government operating segment.
27.    Investments in subsidiaries (continued)
a)     Acquisitions and disposals (Continued)
On February 24, 2025, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of BJSS Ltd (BJSS), a technology and engineering consultancy known for its IT solutions and software engineering expertise, based in the U.K., for a total purchase price of $1,255,577,000. BJSS employed approximately 2,400 professionals and the acquisition is mainly reported under the U.K. and Australia operating segment.
On March 20, 2025, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Novatec Holding GmbH (Novatec), a professional services firm specializing in cloud-based solutions, agile software development, digital strategy, and business and IT consulting, based in Germany with operations in Spain. Novatec employed approximately 300 professionals and the acquisition is mainly reported under the Germany operating segment.
On March 24, 2025, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Momentum Technologies Inc. (Momentum), a professional services firm specializing in digital transformation, managed services, cloud computing, and enterprise software development, based in Québec City, Canada. Momentum employed approximately 250 professionals and the acquisition is reported under the Canada operating segment.
On August 28, 2025, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Apside-Advance SAS (Apside), a digital and engineering services firm based in France and with operations in Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Portugal and Switzerland, for a total purchase price of $229,890,000. Apside employed approximately 2,500 professionals and the acquisition is mainly reported under the Western and Southern Europe operating segment.
These acquisitions were made to further expand CGI’s footprint in their respective regions and to complement CGI's proximity model.
The following table presents the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed for all acquisitions based on the acquisition-date fair values of the identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Daugherty BJSS Apside Other Total
$ $ $ $ $
Accounts receivable 53,546  112,422  55,390  20,249  241,607 
Work in progress 14,303  6,508  12,886  468  34,165 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 4,142  5,383  2,534  1,145  13,204 
PP&E (Note 6)
378  5,349  7,573  2,095  15,395 
Right-of-use assets (Note 7)
15,538  18,395  21,742  10,821  66,496 
Intangible assets1 (Note 9)
54,948  106,105  62,399  23,338  246,790 
Other long-term assets 3,124    3,450    6,574 
Goodwill2 (Note 12)
237,886  1,143,403  221,445  70,526  1,673,260 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (18,465) (67,216) (45,785) (6,844) (138,310)
Other current liabilities (31,853) (69,471) (17,931) (10,974) (130,229)
Deferred tax liabilities   (26,514) (11,489) (7,389) (45,392)
Long-term debt (Note 28c)
    (56,204) (2,172) (58,376)
Lease liabilities (15,538) (20,373) (21,742) (12,118) (69,771)
Other long-term liabilities   (2,578) (12,636) (411) (15,625)
318,009  1,211,413  221,632  88,734  1,839,788 
Cash acquired 25,015  44,164  8,258  14,027  91,464 
Net assets acquired 343,024  1,255,577  229,890  102,761  1,931,252 
Consideration paid 335,936  1,246,821  229,530  97,632  1,909,919 
Consideration payable 7,088  8,756  360  5,129  21,333 
1 Intangible assets are mainly composed of client relationships and backlog.
2 The goodwill arising from the acquisitions mainly represents the future economic value associated to acquired work force and synergies with the Company’s operations. The goodwill is only deductible for tax purposes for Daugherty.
27.    Investments in subsidiaries (continued)
a)     Acquisitions and disposals (Continued)
The estimated fair value of all assets acquired and liabilities assumed for the above acquisitions are preliminary and will be completed as soon as management will have gathered all the significant information available and considered necessary in order to finalize this allocation.
Since their respective dates of acquisition, Daugherty, BJSS and Apside have generated $220,000,000, $299,000,000 and $32,000,000, respectively, of revenues, and $22,000,000, $24,000,000 and nil, respectively, of net earnings excluding acquisition and related integration costs, to the financial results of the Company.
On a pro forma basis, for the year ended September 30, 2025, these three acquisitions would have generated $1,120,000,000 of revenues and $46,000,000 of net earnings excluding acquisition and related integration costs, to the financial results of the Company had their acquisition dates been October 1, 2024.
There were no material disposals for the year ended September 30, 2025.
b)     Business acquisitions realized in the prior fiscal year
The following table presents the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed for all acquisitions based on the acquisition-date fair values of the identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed as at September 30, 2024:
Aeyon Others Total
$ $ $
Current assets 34,206  17,696  51,902 
PP&E (Note 6)
1,029  349  1,378 
Right-of-use assets (Note 7)
1,073  1,268  2,341 
Intangible assets1 (Note 9)
101,856  22,543  124,399 
Goodwill2 (Note 12)
397,406  42,055  439,461 
Current liabilities (54,728) (15,307) (70,035)
Long-term debt (Note 28c)
(162,146) —  (162,146)
Lease liabilities (1,073) (1,268) (2,341)
317,623  67,336  384,959 
Cash acquired 218  5,072  5,290 
Net assets acquired 317,841  72,408  390,249 
Consideration paid 317,841  65,414  383,255 
Consideration payable —  6,994  6,994 
1 Intangible assets are mainly composed of client relationships and backlog.
2 The goodwill arising from the acquisitions mainly represents the future economic value associated to acquired work force and synergies with the Company’s operations. The goodwill of Aeyon is deductible for tax purposes.
During year ended September 30, 2025, the Company finalized the fair value assessment of assets acquired and liabilities assumed for Celero Solution's credit union business with no significant adjustments.
During year ended September 30, 2025, the Company finalized the fair value assessment of assets acquired and liabilities assumed for Aeyon LLC with an increase of goodwill of $47,507,000 (Note 12) mainly coming from a decrease in intangible assets and without significant impact on net earnings.
During the year ended September 30, 2025, the Company paid $11,510,000 related to acquisitions realized in prior fiscal years.