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Business Acquisitions, Goodwill, and Intangible Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Business Acquisitions, Goodwill, and Intangible Assets |
Schedule of estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, as of the acquisition dates |
|  | Fiscal Year Ended |
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|  | September 30, 2013 |  | September 30, 2012 |  | September 30, 2011 |
|  | (in millions) |
Cash acquired |  | $ | 20.1 |  | $ | 1.9 |  | $ | 19.3 |
Other current assets |  |  | 41.5 |  |  | 7.8 |  |  | 149.2 |
Goodwill |  |  | 72.6 |  |  | 10.5 |  |  | 405.2 |
Intangible assets |  |  | 9.4 |  |  | 1.5 |  |  | 44.3 |
Other non-current assets |  |  | 8.6 |  |  | 3.3 |  |  | 51.5 |
Current liabilities |  |  | (54.9 | ) |  | (8.8 | ) |  | (140.5 | )
Non-current liabilities |  |  | (15.3 | ) |  | (0.8 | ) |  | (75.7 | )
Net assets acquired |  | $ | 82.0 |  | $ | 15.4 |  | $ | 453.3 |
Schedule of acquired intangible assets from acquisitions |
|  | Fiscal Year Ended |
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|  | September 30, 2013 |  | September 30, 2012 |  | September 30, 2011 |
|  | (in millions) |
Backlog |  | $ | 4.2 |  | $ | 0.7 |  | $ | 10.7 |
Customer relationships |  |  | 5.2 |  |  | 0.8 |  |  | 30.2 |
Trademark / tradename |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3.4 |
Total intangible assets |  | $ | 9.4 |  | $ | 1.5 |  | $ | 44.3 |
Schedule of consideration for acquisitions |
|  | Fiscal Year Ended |
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|  | September 30, 2013 |  | September 30, 2012 |  | September 30, 2011 |
|  | (in millions) |
Cash paid |  | $ | 62.1 |  | $ | 14.5 |  | $ | 384.8 |
Promissory notes |  |  | 5.6 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Equity issued |  |  | 14.3 |  |  | 0.9 |  |  | 68.5 |
Total consideration |  | $ | 82.0 |  | $ | 15.4 |  | $ | 453.3 |
Schedule of market multiples used in the goodwill impairment evaluation process |
|  | September 30, |
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|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
Market multiple of revenue: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
EMEA |  |  | 0.35 |  |  | 0.5 |
MSS |  |  | 0.35 |  |  | 0.5 |
Schedule of the carrying values of reporting units before and after the goodwill impairment expense |
|  | September 30, 2012 |
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|  | EMEA |  | MSS |
Carrying value before impairment |  | $ | 345.5 |  | $ | 347.8 |
Goodwill impairment |  |  | (155.0 | ) |  | (181.0 | )
Carrying value after impairment |  | $ | 190.5 |  | $ | 166.8 |
Schedule of changes in the carrying value of goodwill by reportable segment |
|  | Fiscal Year 2013 |
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|  | September 30, 2012 |  | Post- Acquisition Adjustments |  | Foreign Exchange Impact |  | Acquired |  | Goodwill Impairment |  | September 30, 2013 |
|  | (in millions) |
Professional Technical Services |  | $ | 1,608.6 |  | $ | — |  | $ | (36.2 | ) | $ | 72.6 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1,645.0 |
Management Support Services |  |  | 166.8 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 166.8 |
Total |  | $ | 1,775.4 |  | $ | — |  | $ | (36.2 | ) | $ | 72.6 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1,811.8 |
|  | Fiscal Year 2012 |
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|  | September 30, 2011 |  | Post- Acquisition Adjustments |  | Foreign Exchange Impact |  | Acquired |  | Goodwill Impairment |  | September 30, 2012 |
|  | (in millions) |
Professional Technical Services |  | $ | 1,733.9 |  | $ | (1.2 | ) | $ | 20.4 |  | $ | 10.5 |  | $ | (155.0 | ) | $ | 1,608.6 |
Management Support Services |  |  | 352.4 |  |  | (4.6 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (181.0 | ) |  | 166.8 |
Total |  | $ | 2,086.3 |  | $ | (5.8 | ) | $ | 20.4 |  | $ | 10.5 |  | $ | (336.0 | ) | $ | 1,775.4 |
Schedule of finite-lived intangible assets by major class |
|  | September 30, 2013 |  | September 30, 2012 |  |
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|  | Gross Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Intangible Assets, Net |  | Gross Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Intangible Assets, Net |  | Amortization Period (years)
|  | (in millions) |  |
Backlog |  | $ | 94.9 |  | $ | (89.4 | ) | $ | 5.5 |  | $ | 91.1 |  | $ | (83.8 | ) | $ | 7.3 |  | 1 - 5
Customer relationships |  |  | 147.1 |  |  | (69.5 | ) |  | 77.6 |  |  | 143.6 |  |  | (54.1 | ) |  | 89.5 |  | 10
Trademark / tradename |  |  | 7.8 |  |  | (7.8 | ) |  | — |  |  | 7.8 |  |  | (7.6 | ) |  | 0.2 |  | 2
Total |  | $ | 249.8 |  | $ | (166.7 | ) | $ | 83.1 |  | $ | 242.5 |  | $ | (145.5 | ) | $ | 97.0 |  |
Schedule of estimated future amortization expense of intangible assets |
Fiscal Year |  | (in millions) |
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2014 |  | $ | 18.7 |
2015 |  |  | 15.8 |
2016 |  |  | 13.1 |
2017 |  |  | 11.9 |
2018 |  |  | 8.5 |
Thereafter |  |  | 15.1 |
Total |  | $ | 83.1 |

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