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Intangible Assets, Goodwill, Acquisitions, and Divestitures
9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Intangible Assets, Goodwill, Acquisitions, and Divestitures

6. Intangible Assets, Goodwill, Acquisitions, and Divestitures

Intangible Assets

Identifiable intangible assets consist of acquired customer contracts and relationships, trademarks, and non-compete agreements. Amortization expense related to intangible assets was $8.6 and $10.8 for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Amortization expense related to intangible assets was $27.4 and $33.7 for the nine months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. These assets are amortized over their estimated useful lives of which the reasonableness is continually evaluated by the Company. The weighted average amortization periods of intangible assets acquired during the nine months ended June 30, 2023 was seven years.

Intangible assets, net, as of June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023 consisted of the following:

 

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2024

 

 

September 30, 2023

 

 

 

Estimated
Useful Life

 

Gross
Carrying
Amount

 

 

Accumulated
Amortization

 

 

Gross
Carrying
Amount

 

 

Accumulated
Amortization

 

Customer relationships

 

6-21 yrs.

 

$

715.9

 

 

$

(611.8

)

 

$

725.5

 

 

$

(594.1

)

Trademarks

 

12 yrs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.8

 

 

 

(2.9

)

Non-compete agreements

 

5 yrs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.7

 

 

 

(2.7

)

Total intangible assets

 

 

 

$

715.9

 

 

$

(611.8

)

 

$

732.0

 

 

$

(599.7

)

 

Goodwill

The following is a summary of the goodwill activity for the periods ended September 30, 2023 and June 30, 2024:

 

 

 

Maintenance
Services

 

 

Development
Services

 

 

Total

 

Balance, September 30, 2022

 

$

1,792.7

 

 

$

216.1

 

 

$

2,008.8

 

Acquisitions (1)

 

 

10.7

 

 

 

1.9

 

 

 

12.6

 

Balance, September 30, 2023

 

$

1,803.4

 

 

$

218.0

 

 

$

2,021.4

 

Acquisitions (1)

 

 

0.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.1

 

Divestiture

 

 

(5.8

)

 

 

 

 

 

(5.8

)

Balance, June 30, 2024

 

$

1,797.7

 

 

$

218.0

 

 

$

2,015.7

 

(1)
The acquisitions adjustment includes the immaterial impact of foreign currency adjustments during the period.

Acquisitions

During the nine months ended June 30, 2023, the Company acquired, through a series of separate transactions, 100% of the operations of three unrelated companies, all of which were allocated to Maintenance Services. The Company paid approximately $13.8 in aggregate consideration for the acquisitions, net of cash acquired. The Company accounted for the business combinations under the acquisition method and, accordingly, recorded the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their estimated fair market values based on management’s preliminary estimates, with the excess allocated to goodwill. The purchase accounting related to these acquisitions was finalized within one year from each acquisition date. As a result of the final purchase accounting, certain of the fair value amounts previously estimated were adjusted during the measurement period. The fair values were primarily estimated using Level 3 assumptions within the fair value hierarchy, including estimated future cash flows, discount rates and other factors. The measurement period adjustments were not material to the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023. The identifiable assets acquired were primarily customer relationship intangible assets of $4.0. The amount allocated to goodwill is reflective of the benefits the Company expects to realize from anticipated synergies and the acquired assembled workforce. A portion of the goodwill resulting from these acquisitions is deductible for tax purposes.

Divestitures

On January 12, 2024, the Company completed the sale of one of its fully owned subsidiaries, U.S. Lawns, for total cash consideration of $51.6. The gain on the transaction of $44.0 is included in Gain on divestiture in the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the nine months ended June 30, 2024. The Maintenance Services operating segment includes the operations of the divested entity, and its results of operations are included in the Consolidated Statement of Operations through January 12, 2024.