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Business Acquisitions, Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2014
Business Acquisitions, Goodwill and Intangible Assets |
Schedule of changes in the carrying value of goodwill by reportable segment |
|  | September 30, 2013 |  | Post- Acquisition Adjustments |  | Foreign Exchange Impact |  | Acquired |  | June 30, 2014 |
|  | (in millions) |
Professional Technical Services |  | $ | 1,645.0 |  | $ | 5.0 |  | $ | 0.4 |  | $ | 79.2 |  | $ | 1,729.6 |
Management Support Services |  | 166.8 |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 166.8 |
Total |  | $ | 1,811.8 |  | $ | 5.0 |  | $ | 0.4 |  | $ | 79.2 |  | $ | 1,896.4 |
|  | September 30, 2012 |  | Post- Acquisition Adjustments |  | Foreign Exchange Impact |  | Acquired |  | June 30, 2013 |
|  | (in millions) |
Professional Technical Services |  | $ | 1,608.6 |  | $ | — |  | $ | (43.4 | ) | $ | 65.3 |  | $ | 1,630.5 |
Management Support Services |  | 166.8 |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 166.8 |
Total |  | $ | 1,775.4 |  | $ | — |  | $ | (43.4 | ) | $ | 65.3 |  | $ | 1,797.3 |
Schedule of finite-lived intangible assets by major class |
|  | June 30, 2014 |  | September 30, 2013 |  |  |
|  | Gross Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Intangible Assets, Net |  | Gross Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Intangible Assets, Net |  | Amortization Period |
|  | (in millions) |  | (years) |
Backlog |  | $ | 104.3 |  | $ | (95.0 | ) | $ | 9.3 |  | $ | 94.9 |  | $ | (89.4 | ) | $ | 5.5 |  | 1 – 5 |
Customer relationships |  | 158.6 |  | (81.2 | ) | 77.4 |  | 147.1 |  | (69.5 | ) | 77.6 |  | 10 |
Trademark / tradename |  | 7.8 |  | (7.8 | ) | — |  | 7.8 |  | (7.8 | ) | — |  | 2 |
Total |  | $ | 270.7 |  | $ | (184.0 | ) | $ | 86.7 |  | $ | 249.8 |  | $ | (166.7 | ) | $ | 83.1 |
Schedule of estimated future amortization expense of intangible assets |
Fiscal Year |  | (in millions) |
2014 (three months remaining) |  | $ | 5.7 |
2015 |  | 21.7 |
2016 |  | 15.5 |
2017 |  | 13.0 |
2018 |  | 9.7 |
Thereafter |  | 21.1 |
Total |  | $ | 86.7 |

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