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Property, Plant and Equipment | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2025
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract] |
Property, Plant and Equipment | Property, Plant and Equipment Property, plant and equipment consist of the following:
| September 30, 2025 |  | September 30, 2024
| (in millions)
Land | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | 11 |
Buildings and improvements | 190 |  |  | 216 |
Furniture and fixtures | 47 |  |  | 45 |
Computer hardware and software | 788 |  |  | 650 |
Construction in progress | 89 |  |  | 132 |
Machinery and equipment | 18 |  |  | 42 |
Gross Property, Plant and Equipment | $ | 1,142 |  |  | $ | 1,096 |
Less: Accumulated depreciation | (701) |  |  | (615) |
Net Property, Plant and Equipment | $ | 441 |  |  | $ | 481 |
The Company recognized $5 million of impairment expense associated with leasehold improvements in connection with our restructuring plans which are presented within Restructuring and Impairments in our consolidated statement of operations. Refer to Note 12 for additional information. The Company’s classification of its EMP business as held for sale resulted in $49 million of impairment expense associated with buildings and improvements within the Recorded Music segment, with the remaining $20 million of property, plant and equipment reclassified as held for sale within our consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2025. Please refer to Note 18 for further discussion.

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