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Discontinued Operations, Goodwill, and Intangible Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2021
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,
​ |  | 2021 |  | 2020
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Cash and cash equivalents | ​ | $ | 5.6 | ​ | $ | 109.9
Receivables and contract assets | ​ |  | 90.3 | ​ |  | 414.3
Other | ​ |  | 43.5 | ​ |  | 38.2
Current assets held for sale | ​ | $ | 139.4 | ​ | $ | 562.4
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Property and equipment, net | ​ | $ | 52.9 | ​ | $ | 119.8
Other | ​ |  | 18.5 | ​ |  | 181.8
Write-down of assets to fair value less cost to sell | ​ | ​ | (71.4) | ​ | ​ | (247.2)
Non-current assets held for sale | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 54.4
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | ​ | $ | 88.5 | ​ | $ | 350.4
Contract liabilities | ​ |  | — | ​ |  | 65.6
Other | ​ |  | 5.5 | ​ |  | 1.6
Current liabilities held for sale | ​ | $ | 94.0 | ​ | $ | 417.6
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Long-term liabilities held for sale | ​ | $ | 11.1 | ​ | $ | 79.3
​ The following table represents summarized income statement information of discontinued operations (in millions):
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | Fiscal Year Ended
​ | ​ | September 30, |  | September 30,
​ |  | 2021 | ​ | 2020
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Revenue | ​ | $ | 771.5 | ​ | $ | 3,150.8
Cost of revenue | ​ | ​ | 760.5 | ​ | ​ | 3,179.2
Gross profit (loss) | ​ | ​ | 11.0 | ​ | ​ | (28.4)
Equity in earnings (losses) of joint ventures | ​ | ​ | 4.0 | ​ | ​ | (25.5)
(Loss) gain on disposal activities | ​ | ​ | (52.5) | ​ | ​ | 161.9
Transaction costs | ​ | ​ | (15.3) | ​ | ​ | (43.2)
Impairment of long-lived assets, including goodwill | ​ | ​ | (105.2) | ​ | ​ | (336.5)
Loss from operations | ​ | ​ | (158.0) | ​ | ​ | (271.7)
Other income | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 1.8
Interest expense | ​ | ​ | (0.5) | ​ | ​ | (40.5)
Loss before taxes | ​ | ​ | (158.5) | ​ | ​ | (310.4)
Income tax (benefit) expense | ​ | ​ | (41.7) | ​ | ​ | 30.2
Net loss from discontinued operations | ​ | $ | (116.8) | ​ | $ | (340.6)
​ 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,
​ |  | 2021 | ​ | 2020
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Depreciation and amortization: |  | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Property and equipment | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 4.6
Intangible assets and capitalized debt issuance costs | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 26.0
Payments for capital expenditures | ​ | ​ | (7.3) | ​ | ​ | (19.6)
Schedule of changes in the carrying value of goodwill by reportable segment | ​
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​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Foreign | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | September 30, | ​ | Exchange | ​ | September 30,
​ |  | 2020 |  | Impact |  | 2021
​ | ​ | (in millions)
Americas | ​ | $ | 2,617.1 | ​ | $ | 9.3 | ​ | $ | 2,626.4
International | ​ |  | 867.1 | ​ |  | 9.0 | ​ |  | 876.1
Total | ​ | $ | 3,484.2 | ​ | $ | 18.3 | ​ | $ | 3,502.5
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Schedule of finite-lived intangible assets by major class | ​
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​ | ​ | September 30, 2021 | ​ | September 30, 2020 | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | Gross | ​ | Accumulated | ​ | Intangible | ​ | Gross | ​ | Accumulated | ​ | Intangible | ​ | Amortization
​ |  | Amount |  | Amortization |  | Assets, Net |  | Amount |  | Amortization |  | Assets, Net |  | Period
​ | ​ | (in millions) | ​ | (years)
Backlog and customer relationships | ​ | $ | 663.4 | ​ | $ | (608.5) | ​ | $ | 54.9 | ​ | $ | 662.8 | ​ | $ | (585.9) | ​ | $ | 76.9 |  | 1 - 11
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Schedule of estimated future amortization expense of intangible assets | ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Fiscal Year |  | (in millions)
2022 | ​ | $ | 18.6
2023 | ​ |  | 18.2
2024 | ​ |  | 17.4
2025 | ​ |  | 0.7
Total | ​ | $ | 54.9

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