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Discontinued Operations, Goodwill, and Intangible Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Discontinued Operations, Goodwill, and Intangible Assets |
Summarized results of the discontinued operation, included in the Company's results of operations | The following table represents summarized balance sheet information of assets and liabilities held for sale (in millions):
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ |  | September 30, |  | September 30,
​ | ​ | 2020 | ​ | 2019
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Cash and cash equivalents | ​ | $ | 109.9 | ​ | $ | 194.7
Receivables and contract assets | ​ |  | 544.3 | ​ |  | 1,326.6
Other | ​ |  | 62.5 | ​ |  | 112.0
Current assets held for sale | ​ | $ | 716.7 | ​ | $ | 1,633.3
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Property and equipment, net | ​ | $ | 119.8 | ​ | $ | 153.8
Goodwill | ​ |  | — | ​ |  | 1,798.5
Other | ​ |  | 254.4 | ​ |  | 364.7
Write-down of assets to fair value less cost to sell | ​ | ​ | (247.2) | ​ | ​ | —
Non-current assets held for sale | ​ | $ | 127.0 | ​ | $ | 2,317.0
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Accounts payable and accrued expenses | ​ | $ | 394.5 | ​ | $ | 1,056.0
Contract liabilities | ​ |  | 73.6 | ​ |  | 88.9
Other | ​ |  | 1.6 | ​ |  | 18.8
Current liabilities held for sale | ​ | $ | 469.7 | ​ | $ | 1,163.7
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Long-term liabilities held for sale | ​ | $ | 98.8 | ​ | $ | 314.0
​ The following table represents summarized income statement information of discontinued operations (in millions):
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | Fiscal Year Ended
​ |  | September 30, |  | September 30,
​ | ​ | 2020 | ​ | 2019
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Revenue | ​ | $ | 3,150.8 | ​ | $ | 6,530.9
Cost of revenue | ​ | ​ | 3,179.2 | ​ | ​ | 6,329.1
Gross (loss) profit | ​ | ​ | (28.4) | ​ | ​ | 201.8
Equity in earnings of joint ventures | ​ | ​ | (25.5) | ​ | ​ | 31.7
Gain (loss) on disposal activities | ​ | ​ | 161.9 | ​ | ​ | (14.0)
Transaction costs | ​ | ​ | (43.2) | ​ | ​ | —
Impairment of long-lived assets, including goodwill | ​ | ​ | (336.5) | ​ | ​ | (590.5)
Loss from operations | ​ | ​ | (271.7) | ​ | ​ | (371.0)
Other income | ​ | ​ | 1.8 | ​ | ​ | 2.5
Interest expense | ​ | ​ | (40.5) | ​ | ​ | (64.8)
Loss before taxes | ​ | ​ | (310.4) | ​ | ​ | (433.3)
Income tax (benefit) expense | ​ | ​ | 30.2 | ​ | ​ | (13.6)
Net loss from discontinued operations | ​ | $ | (340.6) | ​ | $ | (419.7)
​ The significant components included in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the discontinued operations are as follows (in millions):
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | Fiscal Year Ended
​ |  | September 30, |  | September 30,
​ | ​ | 2020 | ​ | 2019
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Depreciation and amortization: |  | $ | ​ | ​ | $ | ​
Property and equipment | ​ | ​ | 4.6 | ​ | ​ | 26.9
Intangible assets and capitalized debt issuance costs | ​ | ​ | 26.0 | ​ | ​ | 66.5
Payments for capital expenditures | ​ | ​ | (19.6) | ​ | ​ | (20.1)
Schedule of changes in the carrying value of goodwill by reportable segment | ​
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​ |  | ​ | ​ |  | Foreign |  | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | September 30, | ​ | Exchange | ​ | September 30,
​ | ​ | 2019 | ​ | Impact | ​ | 2020
​ | ​ | (in millions)
Americas | ​ | $ | 2,618.6 | ​ | $ | (1.5) | ​ | $ | 2,617.1
International | ​ |  | 858.2 | ​ |  | 8.9 | ​ |  | 867.1
Total | ​ | $ | 3,476.8 | ​ | $ | 7.4 | ​ | $ | 3,484.2
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Schedule of finite-lived intangible assets by major class | ​
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​ | ​ | September 30, 2020 | ​ | September 30, 2019 | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | Gross | ​ | Accumulated | ​ | Intangible | ​ | Gross | ​ | Accumulated | ​ | Intangible | ​ | Amortization
​ |  | Amount |  | Amortization |  | Assets, Net |  | Amount |  | Amortization |  | Assets, Net |  | Period
​ | ​ | (in millions) | ​ | (years)
Backlog and customer relationships | ​ | $ | 662.8 | ​ | $ | (585.9) | ​ | $ | 76.9 | ​ | $ | 661.4 | ​ | $ | (561.8) | ​ | $ | 99.6 |  | 1 - 11
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Schedule of estimated future amortization expense of intangible assets | ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Fiscal Year |  | (in millions)
2021 | ​ | $ | 20.3
2022 | ​ |  | 19.5
2023 | ​ |  | 18.6
2024 | ​ |  | 17.3
2025 | ​ | ​ | 0.7
Thereafter | ​ |  | 0.5
Total | ​ | $ | 76.9

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