Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Consolidated Statements of Operations
Revenue	$ 4,358,349	$ 4,297,651
Cost of revenue	4,188,376	4,156,793
Gross profit	169,973	140,858
Equity in earnings of joint ventures	21,471	25,263
General and administrative expenses	(32,639)	(28,639)
Acquisition and integration expenses	(15,412)	(41,038)
Loss on disposal activities		(41,053)
Income from operations	143,393	55,391
Other income	860	3,042
Interest expense	(53,637)	(59,518)
Income (loss) before income tax expense	90,616	(1,085)
Income tax expense (benefit)	24,838	(682)
Net income (loss)	65,778	(403)
Noncontrolling interests in income of consolidated subsidiaries, net of tax	(18,599)	(19,964)
Net income (loss) attributable to AECOM	$ 47,179	$ (20,367)
Net income (loss) attributable to AECOM per share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.31	$ (0.13)
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.30	$ (0.13)
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	154,255	153,619
Diluted (in shares)	157,993	153,619

This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 10
-Section 25
-Paragraph 23
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=34752592&loc=d3e1043-128460