10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark one)

☒ Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 26, 2020

☐ Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the transition period from              to             

Commission File Number 1-7463

JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware				95-4081636
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)				(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
1999 Bryan Street	Suite 1200	Dallas	Texas	75201
(Address of principal executive offices)				(Zip Code)

(214) 583 – 8500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

_________________________________________________________________

Title of Each Class		Trading Symbol(s)	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock	$1 par value	J	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check-mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days:     ☒ Yes    ☐  No

Indicate by check-mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).    ☒  Yes    ☐  No

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Indicate by check-mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☒	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☐	Smaller reporting company	☐
Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

Indicate by check-mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    ☐  Yes   ☒  No

Number of shares of common stock outstanding at July 23, 2020: 130,208,041

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JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INC.

INDEX TO FORM 10-Q

			Page No.
PART I	FINANCIAL INFORMATION
	Item 1.	Financial Statements	3
		Consolidated Balance Sheets - Unaudited	4
		Consolidated Statements of Earnings - Unaudited	5
		Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) - Unaudited	6
		Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity - Unaudited	7
		Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Unaudited	10
		Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Unaudited	11
	Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	37
	Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	53
	Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	54
PART II	OTHER INFORMATION
	Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	55
	Item 1A.	Risk Factors	55
	Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	57
	Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	57
	Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	57
	Item 5.	Other Information	57
	Item 6.	Exhibits	58
		SIGNATURES	59

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Part I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

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JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share information)

(Unaudited)

	June 26, 2020		September 27, 2019
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,024,810	$	631,068
Receivables and contract assets	3,153,664		2,840,209
Prepaid expenses and other	433,837		639,539
Current assets held for sale	—		952
Total current assets	4,612,311		4,111,768
Property, Equipment and Improvements, net	346,637		308,143
Other Noncurrent Assets:
Goodwill	5,616,849		5,432,544
Intangibles, net	676,005		665,076
Miscellaneous	1,359,964		918,202
Noncurrent assets held for sale	—		26,978
Total other noncurrent assets	7,652,818		7,042,800
	$	12,611,766	$	11,462,711
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current Liabilities:
Short-term debt	$	—	$	199,901
Accounts payable	1,049,224		1,072,645
Accrued liabilities	1,228,924		1,384,379
Contract liabilities	450,326		414,208
Current liabilities held for sale	—		2,573
Total current liabilities	2,728,474		3,073,706
Long-term Debt	2,155,166		1,201,245
Other Deferred Liabilities	1,843,132		1,419,005
Noncurrent Liabilities Held for Sale	—		97
Commitments and Contingencies
Stockholders’ Equity:
Capital stock:
Preferred stock, $1 par value, authorized - 1,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding - none	—		—
Common stock, $1 par value, authorized - 240,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 130,180,415 shares and 132,879,395 shares as of June 26, 2020 and September 27, 2019, respectively	130,180		132,879
Additional paid-in capital	2,589,263		2,559,450
Retained earnings	4,028,062		3,939,174
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(911,692)		(916,812)
Total Jacobs stockholders’ equity	5,835,813		5,714,691
Noncontrolling interests	49,181		53,967
Total Group stockholders’ equity	5,884,994		5,768,658
	$	12,611,766	$	11,462,711

See the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Unaudited.

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JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS

Three and Nine Months Ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019

(In thousands, except per share information)

(Unaudited)

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Revenues	$	3,260,057	$	3,169,622	$	10,047,286	$	9,345,005
Direct cost of contracts	(2,631,031)		(2,543,488)		(8,125,554)		(7,533,511)
Gross profit	629,026		626,134		1,921,732		1,811,494
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(434,650)		(536,180)		(1,408,232)		(1,505,731)
Operating Profit	194,376		89,954		513,500		305,763
Other Income (Expense):
Interest income	1,249		3,398		3,180		7,172
Interest expense	(18,193)		(18,978)		(48,163)		(73,727)
Miscellaneous income (expense), net	126,249		19,025		(87,470)		58,211
Total other income (expense), net	109,305		3,445		(132,453)		(8,344)
Earnings from Continuing Operations Before Taxes	303,681		93,399		381,047		297,419
Income Tax (Expense) Benefit from Continuing Operations	(67,674)		1,981		(75,041)		(12,829)
Net Earnings of the Group from Continuing Operations	236,007		95,380		306,006		284,590
Net Earnings of the Group from Discontinued Operations	18,043		435,684		125,511		438,837
Net Earnings of the Group	254,050		531,064		431,517		723,427
Net Earnings Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests from Continuing Operations	(9,121)		(6,015)		(21,662)		(15,578)
Net Earnings Attributable to Jacobs from Continuing Operations	226,886		89,365		284,344		269,012
Net Earnings Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests from Discontinued Operations	—		(607)		—		(2,195)
Net Earnings Attributable to Jacobs from Discontinued Operations	18,043		435,077		125,511		436,642
Net Earnings Attributable to Jacobs	$	244,929	$	524,442	$	409,855	$	705,654
Net Earnings Per Share:
Basic Net Earnings from Continuing Operations Per Share	$	1.74	$	0.65	$	2.15	$	1.93
Basic Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations Per Share	$	0.14	$	3.18	$	0.95	$	3.14
Basic Earnings Per Share	$	1.88	$	3.83	$	3.11	$	5.07
Diluted Net Earnings from Continuing Operations Per Share	$	1.73	$	0.65	$	2.13	$	1.92
Diluted Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations Per Share	$	0.14	$	3.15	$	0.94	$	3.11
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$	1.87	$	3.80	$	3.08	$	5.02

See the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Unaudited.

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JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

Three and Nine Months Ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Net Earnings of the Group	$	254,050	$	531,064	$	431,517	$	723,427
Other Comprehensive Income:
Foreign currency translation adjustment	76,288		76,206		12,010		55,157
(Loss) gain on cash flow hedges	(20,944)		(546)		(20,926)		1,592
Change in pension and retiree medical plan liabilities	3,405		27,370		15,872		(14,641)
Other comprehensive income before taxes	58,749		103,030		6,956		42,108
Income Tax (Expense) Benefit:
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(22,062)		—		(3,633)		—
Cash flow hedges	6,262		(35)		6,262		(568)
Change in pension and retiree medical plan liabilities	(8,324)		(6,322)		(4,465)		1,574
Income Tax (Expense) Benefit:	(24,124)		(6,357)		(1,836)		1,006
Net other comprehensive income	34,625		96,673		5,120		43,114
Net Comprehensive Income of the Group	288,675		627,737		436,637		766,541
Net (Earnings) Loss Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests	(9,121)		(6,622)		(21,662)		(17,773)
Net Comprehensive Income Attributable to Jacobs	$	279,554	$	621,115	$	414,975	$	748,768

See the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Unaudited.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

For the Three Months Ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

	Common Stock		Additional Paid-in Capital		Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)		Total Jacobs Stockholders’ Equity		Noncontrolling Interests		Total Group Stockholders’ Equity
Balances at March 29, 2019	$	136,432	$	2,568,809	$	3,620,873	$	(860,260)	$	5,465,854	$	89,727	$	5,555,581
Net earnings	—		—		524,442		—		524,442		6,622		531,064
Disposition of ECR business, net of deferred taxes of $5,402	—		—		—		119,791		119,791		(45,727)		74,064
Foreign currency translation adjustments	—		—		—		(30,408)		(30,408)		—		(30,408)
Pension and retiree medical plan liability, net of deferred taxes of $920	—		—		—		8,173		8,173		—		8,173
(Loss) Gain on derivatives, net of deferred taxes of $(35)	—		—		—		(885)		(885)		—		(885)
Noncontrolling interest acquired / consolidated	—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Dividends	—		—		(23,477)		—		(23,477)		—		(23,477)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—		—		(2,568)		(2,568)
Stock based compensation	—		18,425		—		—		18,425		—		18,425
Issuances of equity securities including shares withheld for taxes	403		15,514		(1,586)		—		14,331		—		14,331
Repurchases of equity securities	(986)		31,429		(66,626)		—		(36,183)		—		(36,183)
Balances at June 28, 2019	$	135,849	$	2,634,177	$	4,053,626	$	(763,589)	$	6,060,063	$	48,054	$	6,108,117
Balances at March 27, 2020	$	129,985	$	2,569,417	$	3,808,698	$	(946,317)	$	5,561,783	$	51,200	$	5,612,983
Net earnings	—		—		244,929		—		244,929		9,121		254,050
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of deferred taxes of $22,062	—		—				54,226		54,226		—		54,226
Pension liability, net of deferred taxes of $8,324	—		—				(4,919)		(4,919)		—		(4,919)
(Loss) Gain on derivatives, net of deferred taxes of $(6,262)	—		—		—		(14,682)		(14,682)		—		(14,682)
Dividends	—		—		(24,857)		—		(24,857)				(24,857)
Noncontrolling interests - distributions and other	—		—		—		—		—		(11,140)		(11,140)
Stock based compensation	—		12,373		—		—		12,373		—		12,373
Issuances of equity securities including shares withheld for taxes	195		7,473		(708)		—		6,960		—		6,960
Balances at June 26, 2020	$	130,180	$	2,589,263	$	4,028,062	$	(911,692)	$	5,835,813	$	49,181	$	5,884,994

See the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Unaudited.

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JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

For the Nine Months Ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

	Common Stock		Additional Paid-in Capital		Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)		Total Jacobs Stockholders’ Equity		Noncontrolling Interests		Total Group Stockholders’ Equity
Balances at September 28, 2018	$	142,218	$	2,708,839	$	3,809,991	$	(806,703)	5,854,345		$	90,009	$	5,944,354
Net earnings	—		—		705,654		—		705,654		17,773		723,427
Disposition of ECR business, net of deferred taxes of $5,402					—		119,791		119,791		(45,727)		74,064
Adoption of ASC 606, net of deferred taxes of $(10,285)					(37,209)				(37,209)		—		(37,209)
Foreign currency translation adjustments	—		—		—		(51,455)		(51,455)		—		(51,455)
Pension and retiree medical plan liability, net of deferred taxes of $(6,976)	—		—		—		(25,942)		(25,942)		—		(25,942)
Gain on derivatives, net of deferred taxes of $568	—		—		—		720		720		—		720
Noncontrolling interest acquired / consolidated	—		(1,113)		—		—		(1,113)		—		(1,113)
Dividends	—		—		(47,407)		—		(47,407)				(47,407)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—		—		(14,001)		(14,001)
Stock based compensation	—		47,335		6		—		47,341		—		47,341
Issuances of equity securities including shares withheld for taxes	1,316		25,369		(6,729)		—		19,956		—		19,956
Repurchases of equity securities	(7,685)		(146,253)		(370,680)		—		(524,618)		—		(524,618)
Balances at June 28, 2019	$	135,849	$	2,634,177	$	4,053,626	$	(763,589)	$	6,060,063	$	48,054	$	6,108,117
Balances at September 27, 2019	$	132,879	$	2,559,450	$	3,939,174	$	(916,812)	5,714,691		$	53,967	$	5,768,658
Net earnings	—		—		409,855		—		409,855		21,662		431,517
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of deferred taxes of $3,633	—		—		—		8,377		8,377		—		8,377
Pension and retiree medical plan liability, net of deferred taxes of $4,465	—		—		—		11,407		11,407		—		11,407
(Loss) Gain on derivatives, net of deferred taxes of $(6,262)	—		—		—		(14,664)		(14,664)		—		(14,664)
Dividends	—		—		(50,379)		—		(50,379)		—		(50,379)
Noncontrolling interests - distributions and other	—		5,002		—		—		5,002		(26,448)		(21,446)
Stock based compensation	—		35,106		1,102		—		36,208		—		36,208
Issuances of equity securities including shares withheld for taxes	877		9,652		(9,391)		—		1,138		—		1,138
Repurchases of equity securities	(3,576)		(19,947)		(262,299)		—		(285,822)		—		(285,822)
Balances at June 26, 2020	$	130,180	$	2,589,263	$	4,028,062	$	(911,692)	$	5,835,813	$	49,181	$	5,884,994

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See the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Unaudited.

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JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

For the Nine Months Ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

	For the Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net earnings attributable to the Group	$	431,517	$	723,427
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash flows provided by (used for) operations:
Depreciation and amortization:
Property, equipment and improvements	66,994		69,663
Intangible assets	67,074		56,346
Gain on sale of ECR business	(113,366)		(917,697)
Loss on disposal of other businesses and investments	—		9,608
Loss (Gain) on investment in equity securities	138,875		(2,175)
Stock based compensation	36,208		47,341
Equity in earnings of operating ventures, net	(1,689)		(7,632)
(Gain) Loss on disposals of assets, net	(301)		1,998
Loss (Gain) on pension and retiree medical plan changes	2,651		(34,621)
Deferred income taxes	62,473		52,592
Changes in assets and liabilities, excluding the effects of businesses acquired:
Receivables and contract assets, net of contract liabilities	(135,615)		17,146
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	19,902		5,999
Accounts payable	(115,080)		67,778
Accrued liabilities	(78,863)		(161,179)
Other deferred liabilities	(56,426)		(129,468)
Other, net	50,122		(19,439)
Net cash provided by (used for) operating activities	374,476		(220,313)
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Additions to property and equipment	(88,821)		(106,670)
Disposals of property and equipment and other assets	96		7,300
Capital contributions to equity investees	(12,358)		(3,904)
Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired	(286,534)		(575,110)
Disposals of investment in equity securities	—		64,708
(Payments) proceeds related to sales of businesses	(5,061)		2,796,734
Purchases of noncontrolling interests	—		(1,113)
Net cash (used for) provided by investing activities	(392,678)		2,181,945
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from long-term borrowings	2,801,661		2,207,193
Repayments of long-term borrowings	(1,845,223)		(3,601,680)
Proceeds from short-term borrowings	78		200,001
Repayments of short-term borrowings	(200,008)		(5,902)
Debt issuance costs	(1,807)		(3,741)
Proceeds from issuances of common stock	28,793		46,143
Common stock repurchases	(285,822)		(524,618)
Taxes paid on vested restricted stock	(27,655)		(26,187)
Cash dividends, including to noncontrolling interests	(97,521)		(82,257)
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities	372,496		(1,791,048)
Effect of Exchange Rate Changes	39,448		34,300
Net Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents	393,742		204,884
Cash and Cash Equivalents at the Beginning of the Period	631,068		793,358
Cash and Cash Equivalents at the End of the Period	$	1,024,810	$	998,242

See the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Unaudited.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1.Basis of Presentation

Unless the context otherwise requires:

•References herein to “Jacobs” are to Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. and its predecessors;

•References herein to the “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our” are to Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries; and

•References herein to the “Group” are to the combined economic interests and activities of the Company and the persons and entities holding noncontrolling interests in our consolidated subsidiaries.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements and financial information included herein have been prepared pursuant to the interim period reporting requirements of Form 10-Q. Consequently, certain information and note disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted. Readers of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should also read our consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 27, 2019 (“2019 Form 10-K”).

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of our consolidated financial statements at June 26, 2020, and for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020.

Our interim results of operations are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full fiscal year.

Effective the beginning of fiscal first quarter 2020, the Company adopted ASU 2016-02, Leases ("ASC 842"), including the subsequent ASU's that amended and clarified the related guidance. The Company adopted ASC 842 using a modified retrospective approach, and accordingly the new guidance was applied to leases that existed or were entered into after the first day of adoption without adjusting the comparative periods presented. Please refer to Note-14 Leases for a discussion of our updated policies and disclosures related to leases.

Effective the beginning of fiscal first quarter 2019, the Company adopted ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, including the subsequent ASUs that amended and clarified the related guidance. The Company adopted ASC Topic 606 using the modified retrospective method, and accordingly the new guidance was applied retrospectively to contracts that were not completed or substantially completed as of September 29, 2018 (the date of initial application). Please refer to Note 13- Revenue Accounting for Contracts for a discussion of our updated policies related to revenue recognition.

On March 6, 2020, a subsidiary of Jacobs completed the acquisition of the nuclear consulting, remediation and program management business of John Wood Group, a U.K.-based energy services company, for an enterprise value of £246 million, or approximately $317.9 million, less cash acquired of $24.3 million. The Company has recorded its preliminary purchase price allocation associated with the acquisition, which is summarized in Note 5- Business Combinations.

On June 12, 2019, Jacobs completed the acquisition of The KeyW Holding Corporation (“KeyW”), a U.S.-based national security solutions provider to the intelligence, cyber, and counterterrorism communities by acquiring 100% of the outstanding shares of KeyW common stock. The Company paid total consideration of $902.6 million, which was comprised of approximately $604.2 million in cash to the former stockholders and certain equity award holders of KeyW and the assumption of KeyW’s debt of approximately $298.4 million. The Company repaid all of the assumed KeyW debt by the end of the fourth fiscal quarter of 2019. The Company has recorded its final purchase price allocation associated with the acquisition, which is summarized in Note 5- Business Combinations.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (CONTINUED)

On April 26, 2019, Jacobs completed the sale of its Energy, Chemicals and Resources ("ECR") business to Worley Limited, a company incorporated in Australia ("Worley"), for a purchase price of $3.4 billion consisting of (i) $2.8 billion in cash plus (ii) 58.2 million ordinary shares of Worley, subject to adjustments for changes in working capital and certain other items (the “ECR sale”). As a result of the ECR sale, substantially all ECR-related assets and liabilities were sold (the "Disposal Group"). We determined that the Disposal Group should be reported as discontinued operations in accordance with ASC 210-05, Discontinued Operations because their disposal represents a strategic shift that had a major effect on our operations and financial results. As such, the financial results of the ECR business are reflected in our unaudited Consolidated Statements of Earnings as discontinued operations for all periods presented. Additionally, assets and liabilities of the Disposal Group were reflected as held-for-sale in the Consolidated Balance Sheets through December 27, 2019. As of June 26, 2020, all of the ECR business to be sold under the terms of the sale has been conveyed to Worley and as such, no amounts remain held for sale. For further discussion see Note 7- Sale of Energy, Chemicals and Resources ("ECR") Business to the consolidated financial statements.

2. Use of Estimates and Assumptions

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires us to employ estimates and make assumptions that affect the reported amounts of certain assets and liabilities, the revenues and expenses reported for the periods covered by the accompanying consolidated financial statements, and certain amounts disclosed in these Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. Although such estimates and assumptions are based on management’s most recent assessment of the underlying facts and circumstances utilizing the most current information available and past experience including considerations for potential impacts of the continuing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, actual results could differ significantly from those estimates and assumptions. Our estimates, judgments, and assumptions are evaluated periodically and adjusted accordingly.

Please refer to Note 2- Significant Accounting Policies of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our 2019 Form 10-K for a discussion of other significant estimates and assumptions affecting our consolidated financial statements.

3. Fair Value and Fair Value Measurements

Certain amounts included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements are presented at “fair value.” Fair value is defined as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants as of the date fair value is determined (the “measurement date”). When determining fair value, we consider the principal or most advantageous market in which we would transact, and we consider only those assumptions we believe a typical market participant would consider when pricing an asset or liability. In measuring fair value, we use the following inputs in the order of priority indicated:

Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 - Observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets included in Level 1, such as (i) quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; (ii) quoted prices in markets that have insufficient volume or infrequent transactions (e.g., less active markets); and (iii) model-driven valuations in which all significant inputs are observable or can be derived principally from, or corroborated with, observable market data for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant to the fair value measurement.

Please refer to Note 2- Significant Accounting Policies of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our 2019 Form 10-K for a more complete discussion of the various items within the consolidated financial statements measured at fair value and the methods used to determine fair value. Please also refer to Note 7- Sale of Energy, Chemicals and Resources for discussion regarding the Company's investment in Worley ordinary shares and Note 19- Commitments and Contingencies and Derivative Financial Instruments for discussion regarding the Company's derivative instruments.

The net carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables and payables and short-term debt approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments. See Note 12- Borrowings for a discussion of the fair value of long-term debt.

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4. New Accounting Pronouncements

In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-12, Derivatives and Hedging ("ASC 815"): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities. ASU 2017-12 provides financial reporting improvements related to hedging relationships to better portray the economic results of an entity’s risk management activities in its financial statements. Additionally, ASU No. 2017-12 makes certain targeted improvements to simplify the application of the hedge accounting guidance. The revised guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 with early adoption permitted. The updated guidance did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

ASU 2017-04, Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 with early adoption permitted. ASU 2017-04 removes the second step of the goodwill impairment test, which requires a hypothetical purchase price allocation. An entity will now recognize a goodwill impairment charge for the amount by which a reporting unit's carrying value exceeds its fair value, not to exceed the amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit. Management does not expect the adoption of ASU 2017-04 to have a material impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses ("ASC 326"): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments requires entities to use a current lifetime expected credit loss methodology to measure impairments of certain financial assets. Using this methodology will result in earlier recognition of losses than under the current incurred loss approach, which requires waiting to recognize a loss until it is probable of having been incurred. There are other provisions within the standard that affect how impairments of other financial assets may be recorded and presented, and that expand disclosures. This standard will be effective for our interim and annual periods beginning with the first fiscal quarter of 2021 and must be applied on a modified retrospective basis. Management does not expect the adoption of ASU 326 to have a material impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

5. Business Combinations

John Wood Group's Nuclear Business

On March 6, 2020, a subsidiary of Jacobs completed the acquisition of the nuclear consulting, remediation and program management business of John Wood Group, a U.K.-based energy services company, for an enterprise value of £246 million, or approximately $317.9 million, less cash acquired of $24.3 million, as updated for additional working capital adjustments. The John Wood Group nuclear business allows Jacobs to further expand its lifecycle nuclear services business. The following summarizes the fair values of John Wood Group's assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date (in millions): 

Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	24.3
Receivables	75.9
Other current assets	5.2
Property, equipment and improvements, net	8.3
Goodwill	205.8
Identifiable intangible assets	80.0
Miscellaneous	19.4
Total Assets	$	418.9
Liabilities
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities	$	71.8
Long term liabilities	29.2
Total Liabilities	101.0
Net assets acquired	$	317.9

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The purchase price allocation is based upon preliminary information and is subject to change when additional information is obtained. Goodwill recognized results from a substantial assembled workforce, which does not qualify for separate recognition, as well as expected future synergies from combining operations. None of the goodwill recognized is expected to be deductible for tax purposes. The Company has not completed its final assessment of the fair values of John Wood Group's assets acquired and liabilities assumed. The final purchase price allocation could result in adjustments to certain assets and liabilities, including the residual amount allocated to goodwill. 

Identified intangibles include customer relationships, contracts and backlog and developed technology. The customer relationships, contracts and backlog intangible represents the fair value of existing contracts, underlying customer relationships and backlog. The customer relationships, contracts and backlog intangible and the developed technology intangible have lives of 12 and 15 years, respectively.

Fair value measurements relating to the John Wood Group nuclear business are made primarily using Level 3 inputs including discounted cash flow techniques. Fair value is estimated using inputs primarily for the income approach, which include the use of both the multiple period excess earnings method and the relief from royalties method. The significant assumptions used in estimating fair value include (i) the estimated life the asset will contribute to cash flows, such as attrition rate of customers or remaining contractual terms, (ii) profitability and (iii) the estimated discount rate that reflects the level of risk associated with receiving future cash flows. Other personal property assets, such as furniture, fixtures and equipment, are valued using the cost approach, which is based on replacement or reproduction costs of the asset less depreciation.

No summarized unaudited pro forma results are provided for the John Wood Group nuclear business due to the immateriality of this acquisition relative to the Company's consolidated financial position and results of operations.

KeyW

On June 12, 2019, Jacobs completed the acquisition of The KeyW Holding Corporation (“KeyW”), a U.S. based national security solutions provider to the intelligence, cyber, and counterterrorism communities, by acquiring 100% of the outstanding shares of KeyW common stock (the "KeyW acquisition"). The KeyW acquisition allows Jacobs to further expand its government services business. The Company paid total consideration of $902.6 million, which was comprised of approximately $604.2 million in cash to the former stockholders and certain equity award holders of KeyW and the assumption of KeyW’s debt of approximately $298.4 million. The Company repaid all of the assumed KeyW debt by the end of the fourth fiscal quarter of 2019.

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The following summarizes the fair values of KeyW's assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date (in millions): 

Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	29.1
Receivables	79.1
Inventories, net	19.3
Prepaid expenses and other	2.4
Property, equipment and improvements, net	24.5
Deferred tax asset and other	37.8
Goodwill	615.6
Identifiable intangible assets	179.0
Total Assets	$	986.8
Liabilities
Accounts payable	$	8.3
Accrued expenses	69.1
Short term debt	298.4
Other current liabilities	3.9
Other non-current liabilities	2.9
Total Liabilities	382.6
Net assets acquired	$	604.2

Goodwill recognized results from a substantial assembled workforce, which does not qualify for separate recognition, as well as expected future synergies from combining operations. Goodwill of $136.0 million is expected to be deductible for tax purposes. The Company has completed its final assessment of the fair values of the acquired assets and liabilities of KeyW. Since the initial preliminary estimates reported in the third quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company has updated certain amounts reflected in the final purchase price allocation, as summarized in the fair values of KeyW assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date as set forth above.

Identified intangibles include customer relationships, contracts and backlog and developed technology. The customer relationships, contracts and backlog intangible represents the fair value of existing contracts, underlying customer relationships and backlog. The customer relationships, contracts and backlog intangible, and the developed technology intangible have lives of 10 and 12 years, respectively. Other intangible liabilities consist of the fair value of office leases and have a weighted average life of approximately 9 years.

Fair value measurements relating to the KeyW acquisition are made primarily using Level 3 inputs including discounted cash flow techniques. Fair value is estimated using inputs primarily for the income approach, which include the use of both the multiple period excess earnings method and the relief from royalties method. The significant assumptions used in estimating fair value include (i) the estimated life the asset will contribute to cash flows, such as attrition rate of customers or remaining contractual terms, (ii) profitability and (iii) the estimated discount rate that reflects the level of risk associated with receiving future cash flows. Other personal property assets, such as furniture, fixtures and equipment, are valued using the cost approach, which is based on replacement or reproduction costs of the asset less depreciation.

For purposes of our comparative fiscal 2020 and 2019 reporting requirements in this Form 10-Q, the following presents summarized unaudited pro forma operating results of the Company for the nine months ended June 28, 2019 assuming that the June 12, 2019 acquisition of KeyW had occurred at the beginning of fiscal 2018 for pro forma purposes. These pro forma operating results are presented for illustrative purposes only and are not indicative of the operating results that would have been achieved had the related events occurred on such date (in millions, except per share data):

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	Nine Months Ended June 28, 2019
Revenues	$	9,562.0
Net earnings of the Group	$	290.8
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Jacobs	$	275.3
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Jacobs per share:
Basic earnings (loss) per share	$	1.98
Diluted earnings (loss) per share	$	1.96

Included in the table above are the unaudited pro forma operating results of continuing operations. Also, income tax expense (benefit) for the nine month pro forma period ended June 28, 2019 was $14.9 million.

6. Goodwill and Intangibles

The carrying value of goodwill associated with continuing operations and appearing in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 26, 2020 and September 27, 2019 was as follows (in millions):

	Critical Mission Solutions		People & Places Solutions		Total
Balance September 27, 2019	$	2,202	$	3,231	$	5,433
Acquired	206		—		206
Foreign Exchange Impact	(10)		(8)		(18)
Post-Acquisition Adjustments	2		—		2
Disposed	—		(6)		(6)
Balance June 26, 2020	$	2,400	$	3,217	$	5,617

The following table provides certain information related to the Company’s acquired intangibles in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 26, 2020 and September 27, 2019 (in thousands):

	Customer Relationships, Contracts and Backlog		Developed Technology		Trade Names		Other		Total
Balances September 27, 2019	$	622,392	$	40,833	$	1,183	$	668	$	665,076
Amortization	(64,002)		(2,751)		(321)		—		(67,074)
Acquired	73,558		6,452		—		—		80,010
Foreign currency translation	(1,170)		(232)		(54)		(551)		(2,007)
Balances June 26, 2020	$	630,778	$	44,302	$	808	$	117	$	676,005

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The following table presents estimated amortization expense of intangible assets for the remainder of fiscal 2020 and for the succeeding years.

Fiscal Year	(in millions)
2020	$	23.6
2021	89.6
2022	88.9
2023	88.7
2024	88.4
Thereafter	296.8
Total	$	676.0

7.  Sale of Energy, Chemicals and Resources ("ECR") Business

On April 26, 2019, Jacobs completed the sale of its ECR business to Worley for a purchase price of $3.4 billion consisting of (i) $2.8 billion in cash plus (ii) 58.2 million ordinary shares of Worley, subject to adjustments for changes in working capital and certain other items (the “ECR sale”). The stock and asset purchase agreement for the ECR sale contained a lock-up on our ability to sell the Worley shares received in the transaction, which expired in the first fiscal quarter of 2020.

Discontinued Operations

As a result of the ECR sale, substantially all ECR-related assets and liabilities were sold (the "Disposal Group"). We determined that the Disposal Group should be reported as discontinued operations in accordance with ASC 210-05, Discontinued Operations because their disposal represent a strategic shift that had a major effect on our operations and financial results. As such, the financial results of the ECR business are reflected in our unaudited Consolidated Statements of Earnings as discontinued operations for all periods presented. Additionally, assets and liabilities of the ECR business were reflected as held-for-sale in the Consolidated Balance Sheets through December 27, 2019. As of the quarter ended June 26, 2020, all of the ECR business to be sold under the terms of the sale has been conveyed to Worley and as such, no amounts remain held for sale. Any assets and liabilities of the ECR business that were retained by the Company pursuant to the stock and asset purchase agreement with Worley were included in discontinued operations.

Summarized Financial Information of Discontinued Operations

The following table represents earnings (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Revenues	$	59	$	392,526	$	11,221	$	2,718,317
Direct cost of contracts	(69)		(340,525)		(6,124)		(2,336,076)
Gross profit	(10)		52,001		5,097		382,241
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(801)		(39,556)		43,359		(333,155)
Operating (Loss) Profit	(811)		12,445		48,456		49,086
Gain on sale of ECR business	31,456		917,697		113,366		917,697
Other (expense) income, net	1,472		(7,864)		112		(40,158)
Earnings Before Taxes from Discontinued Operations	32,117		922,278		161,934		926,625
Income Tax Expense	(14,074)		(486,594)		(36,423)		(487,788)
Net Earnings of the Group from Discontinued Operations	$	18,043	$	435,684	$	125,511	$	438,837

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Selling, general and administrative expenses includes an offsetting insurance recovery of $50.0 million for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 recorded in connection with the Nui Phao ("NPMC") legal matter described in Note 19- Commitments and Contingencies. Additionally, the nine month period ended June 28, 2019 includes a charge for the award and recovery of costs, estimated related interest and attorneys' fees related to the NPMC legal matter. For the nine months ended June 26, 2020, the gain on sale of $113.4 million relates mainly to the recognition of the deferred gain for the delayed transfer of the ECR-related assets and liabilities of the two international entities discussed above, adjustments for working capital and certain other items in connection with the sale and additional income for the release of a deferred gain upon achievement of the IT Migration Date described below in connection with the delivery to Worley of certain IT application and hardware assets related to the ECR business.

Gain on Sale and Deferred Gain

As a result of the ECR sale, the Company recognized a pre-tax gain of $1.0 billion, $935.1 million of which was recognized in fiscal 2019 and $113.4 million of which is included in Net Earnings of the Group from Discontinued Operations on the consolidated statement of earnings for the nine months ended June 26, 2020, which is further discussed below.

Upon closing the ECR sale, the Company retained a noncontrolling interest (with significant influence) in People & Places Solutions ("P&PS")-related activities in one international legal entity acquired by Worley. The fair value of the Company’s retained interest in the net assets and liabilities of this entity was estimated at $33.0 million and recorded at closing. For another international legal entity, the closing and transfer of ECR-related assets to Worley were set to occur at a future date. At the time of the ECR sale, the Company allocated proceeds received to these deferred closing items on a relative fair value basis and recognized a deferred gain of $34.4 million. During the second fiscal quarter of 2020, the delayed transfer of the ECR-related assets and liabilities of these two international entities occurred, and as a result, previously deferred gain amounts were recognized.

In addition to consideration received for the sale of the business, the proceeds received included advanced consideration for the Company to deliver IT application and related hardware assets at a future date (“IT Migration Date”) to Worley upon completion of the interim transition services, described further below. This deliverable of IT assets was considered to be a separate element of the ECR business sale transaction, and accordingly, we allocated a portion of the proceeds received of $95.3 million on a relative fair value basis to this separate deliverable and recognized deferred income. Upon completion and acceptance of this deliverable by Worley in December 2019, the deferred proceeds were recognized in income, along with expenses associated with any costs incurred and deferred by the Company for this deliverable.

Investment in Worley Stock

As discussed above, the Company received 58.2 million in ordinary shares of Worley. Pursuant to the purchase agreement for the ECR sale, 51.4 million of the shares were considered "restricted" during a lock-up period beginning April 26, 2019 and ending in December 2019, after which these restrictions were lifted. During the lock-up period the Company could not, without Worley's consent, directly or indirectly dispose of the "restricted" shares. The remaining 6.8 million shares not considered "restricted" were sold in the prior year, netting a loss of $4.9 million, which was recognized in miscellaneous income (expense), net. Dividend income and unrealized gains and losses on changes in fair value of Worley shares are recognized in miscellaneous income (expense), net in continuing operations.

The Company's investment in Worley is measured at fair value through net income as it is an equity investment with a readily determinable fair value based on quoted market prices. The 51.4 million ordinary shares currently held are recorded within prepaid expenses and other in the Company's consolidated balance sheets at their estimated fair value, which is $312.3 million as of June 26, 2020. For the three and nine month periods ended June 26, 2020, the Company recognized a gain of $131.4 million and a loss of $138.9 million, respectively, associated with share price and currency changes on this investment as well as dividends of $7.7 million during the nine month period ended June 26, 2020. Quoted market prices are available for these securities in an active market and therefore categorized as a Level 1 input.

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Transition Service Agreement

Upon closing of the ECR sale, the Company entered into a Transition Services Agreement (the "TSA") with Worley pursuant to which the Company, on an interim basis, provided various services to Worley, including executive consultation, corporate, information technology, and project services. The initial term of the TSA began immediately following closing of the ECR sale on April 26, 2019 and expired in April 2020, although the parties mutually agreed to extend certain of the services for additional time periods beyond the initial term. Pursuant to the terms of the TSA, the Company received payments for the interim services which approximate costs incurred to perform the services. The Company has recognized costs recorded in SG&A expense incurred to perform the TSA, offset by $15.2 million in TSA related income for such services that is reported in miscellaneous income (expense) for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 before inclusion of certain incremental outside service support costs agreed to be shared equally by the parties.

8.  Segment Information

The Company's two operating segments and global lines of business ("LOBs") are as follows: Critical Mission Solutions ("CMS") and People & Places Solutions ("P&PS"), with the previous Energy, Chemicals and Resources ("ECR") LOB reported as discontinued operations. For further information on ECR, refer to Note 7- Sale of Energy, Chemicals and Resources ("ECR") Business.

The Company’s Chair and Chief Executive Officer is the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) and can evaluate the performance of each of these segments and make appropriate resource allocations among each of the segments. For purposes of the Company’s goodwill impairment testing, it has been determined that the Company’s operating segments are also its reporting units based on management’s conclusion that the components comprising each of its operating segments share similar economic characteristics and meet the aggregation criteria for reporting units in accordance with ASC 350, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other.

Under this organization, the sales function is managed by LOB, and accordingly, the associated cost is embedded in the segments and reported to the respective head of each LOB. In addition, a portion of the costs of other support functions (e.g., finance, legal, human resources, and information technology) is allocated to each LOB using methodologies which, we believe, effectively attribute the cost of these support functions to the revenue generating activities of the Company on a rational basis. The cost of the Company’s cash incentive plan, the Leadership Performance Plan ("LPP"), formerly named the Management Incentive Plan, and the expense associated with the Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (“1999 SIP”) have likewise been charged to the LOBs except for those amounts determined to relate to the business as a whole (which amounts remain in other corporate expenses).

Financial information for each LOB is reviewed by the CODM to assess performance and make decisions regarding the allocation of resources. The Company generally does not track assets by LOB, nor does it provide such information to the CODM.

The CODM evaluates the operating performance of our LOBs using segment operating profit, which is defined as margin less “corporate charges” (e.g., the allocated amounts described above). The Company incurs certain Selling, General and Administrative costs (“SG&A”) that relate to its business as a whole which are not allocated to the LOBs.

The following tables present total revenues and segment operating profit from continuing operations for each reportable segment (in thousands) and includes a reconciliation of segment operating profit to total U.S. GAAP operating profit by including certain corporate-level expenses, Restructuring and other charges (as defined in Note 11 - Restructuring and Other Charges) and transaction and integration costs (in thousands).

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Revenues from External Customers:
Critical Mission Solutions	$	1,211,143	$	1,156,488	$	3,636,978	$	3,251,024
People & Places Solutions	2,048,914		2,013,134		6,410,308		6,093,981
Total	$	3,260,057	$	3,169,622	$	10,047,286	$	9,345,005

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	For the Three Months Ended				For the Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Segment Operating Profit:
Critical Mission Solutions	$	89,608	$	76,306	$	264,323	$	222,289
People & Places Solutions	190,453		183,318		557,864		515,465
Total Segment Operating Profit	280,061		259,624		822,187		737,754
Other Corporate Expenses (1)	(65,213)		(64,525)		(193,148)		(185,674)
Restructuring, Transaction and Other Charges	(20,472)		(105,145)		(115,539)		(246,317)
Total U.S. GAAP Operating Profit	194,376		89,954		513,500		305,763
Total Other Income (Expense), net (2)	109,305		3,445		(132,453)		(8,344)
Earnings from Continuing Operations Before Taxes	$	303,681	$	93,399	$	381,047	$	297,419

(1)

Other corporate expenses include costs that were previously allocated to the ECR segment prior to discontinued operations presentation in connection with the ECR sale in the approximate amount of $2.0 million and $14.8 million for the three and nine month periods ended June 28, 2019, respectively. Other corporate expenses also include intangibles amortization of $23.1 million and $18.4 million for the three-month periods ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, respectively, and $67.1 million and $55.7 million for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, respectively.

(2)

For the three and nine month periods ended June 26, 2020, includes revenues under the Company's TSA with Worley of $1.0 million and $15.2 million, respectively, $122.9 million and $(119.0) million in fair value adjustments related to our investment in Worley stock (net of Worley stock dividend) and certain foreign currency revaluations relating to the ECR sale, respectively, the amortization of deferred financing fees related to the acquisition of CH2M HILL Companies Ltd. ("CH2M") in December 2017 (the "CH2M acquisition") of $— million and $0.7 million, respectively, and the loss on settlement of the U.S. pension plan of $— million and $2.7 million respectively. For the three and nine month periods ended June 28, 2019, includes the amortization of deferred financing fees related to the CH2M acquisition of $0.5 million and $1.5 million, respectively, and the gain on settlement of the CH2M portion of the U.S. pension plan of $0.0 million and $34.6 million, respectively. Also includes revenues under the Company's TSA with Worley of $14.1 million for the three and nine month periods ended June 28, 2019, for which the related costs are included in SG&A.

(1)Included in “other corporate expenses” in the above table are costs and expenses which relate to general corporate activities as well as corporate-managed benefit and insurance programs. Such costs and expenses include: (i) those elements of SG&A expenses relating to the business as a whole; (ii) those elements of the LPP and the 1999 SIP relating to corporate personnel whose other compensation costs are not allocated to the LOBs; (iii) the amortization of intangible assets acquired as part of purchased business combinations; (iv) the quarterly variances between the Company’s actual costs of certain of its self-insured integrated risk and employee benefit programs and amounts charged to the LOBs; and (v) certain adjustments relating to costs associated with the Company’s international defined benefit pension plans. In addition, other corporate expenses may also include from time to time certain adjustments to contract margins (both positive and negative) associated with projects where it has been determined, in the opinion of management, that such adjustments are not indicative of the performance of the related LOB.

See also MD&A results of operations for our operating segments in Item 2- Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

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9. Receivables and contract assets

The following table presents the components of receivables appearing in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 26, 2020 and September 27, 2019, as well as certain other related information (in thousands):

	June 26, 2020		September 27, 2019
Components of receivables and contract assets:
Amounts billed, net	$	1,395,745	$	1,222,339
Unbilled receivables and other	1,301,494		1,216,028
Contract assets	456,425		401,842
Total receivables and contract assets, net	$	3,153,664	$	2,840,209
Other information about receivables:
Amounts due from the United States federal government, included above, net of advanced billings	$	606,875	$	630,975

Amounts billed, net consist of amounts invoiced to clients in accordance with the terms of our client contracts and are shown net of an allowance for doubtful accounts. We anticipate that substantially all of such billed amounts will be collected over the next twelve months.

Unbilled receivables and other, which represent an unconditional right to payment subject only to the passage of time, are reclassified to amounts billed when they are billed under the terms of the contract. Prior to adoption of ASC 606, receivables related to contractual milestones or achievement of performance-based targets were included in unbilled receivables. These are now included in contract assets. We anticipate that substantially all of such unbilled amounts will be billed and collected over the next twelve months.

Contract assets represent unbilled amounts where the right to payment is subject to more than merely the passage of time and includes performance-based incentives and services provided ahead of agreed contractual milestones. Contract assets are transferred to unbilled receivables when the right to consideration becomes unconditional and are transferred to amounts billed upon invoicing. The increase in contract assets was a result of normal business activity and not materially impacted by any other factors.

10. Joint Ventures and VIEs

As is common to the industry, we execute certain contracts jointly with third parties through various forms of joint ventures. Although the joint ventures own and hold the contracts with the clients, the services required by the contracts are typically performed by us and our joint venture partners, or by other subcontractors under subcontracting agreements with the joint ventures. Many of these joint ventures are formed for a specific project. The assets of our joint ventures generally consist almost entirely of cash and receivables (representing amounts due from clients), and the liabilities of our joint ventures generally consist almost entirely of amounts due to the joint venture partners (for services provided by the partners to the joint ventures under their individual subcontracts) and other subcontractors. Many of the joint ventures are deemed to be variable interest entities (“VIE”) because they lack sufficient equity to finance the activities of the joint venture.

The assets of a joint venture are restricted for use to the obligations of the particular joint venture and are not available for general operations of the Company. Our risk of loss on these arrangements is usually shared with our partners. The liability of each partner is usually joint and several, which means that each partner may become liable for the entire risk of loss on the project. Furthermore, on some of our projects, the Company has granted guarantees which may encumber both our contracting subsidiary company and the Company for the entire risk of loss on the project. The Company is unable to estimate the maximum potential amount of future payments that we could be required to make under outstanding performance guarantees related to joint venture projects due to a number of factors, including but not limited to, the nature and extent of any contractual defaults by our joint venture partners, resource availability, potential performance delays caused by the defaults, the location of the projects, and the terms of the related contracts. Refer to Note 19 - Commitments and Contingencies and Derivative Financial Instruments, for further discussion relating to performance guarantees.

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For consolidated joint ventures, the entire amount of the services performed, and the costs associated with these services, including the services provided by the other joint venture partners, are included in the Company's result of operations. Likewise, the entire amount of each of the assets and liabilities are included in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. For the consolidated VIEs, the carrying value of assets and liabilities was $304.0 million and $188.8 million, respectively, as of June 26, 2020 and $192.6 million and $138.5 million, respectively, as of September 27, 2019. There are no consolidated VIEs that have debt or credit facilities.

Unconsolidated joint ventures are accounted for under proportionate consolidation or the equity method. Proportionate consolidation is used for joint ventures that include unincorporated legal entities and activities of the joint venture that are construction-related. For those joint ventures accounted for under proportionate consolidation, only the Company’s pro rata share of assets, liabilities, revenue, and costs are included in the Company’s balance sheet and results of operations. For the proportionate consolidated VIEs, the carrying value of assets and liabilities was $61.3 million and $63.6 million, respectively, as of June 26, 2020, and $61.1 million and $63.7 million, respectively, as of September 27, 2019. For those joint ventures accounted for under the equity method, the Company's investment balances for the joint venture are included in Other Noncurrent Assets: Miscellaneous on the balance sheet and the Company’s pro rata share of net income is included in revenue. In limited cases, there are basis differences between the equity in the joint venture and the Company's investment created when the Company purchased its share of the joint venture. These basis differences are amortized based on an internal allocation to underlying net assets, excluding allocations to goodwill. As of June 26, 2020, the Company’s equity method investments exceeded its share of venture net assets by $70.4 million. Our investments in equity method joint ventures on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 26, 2020 and September 27, 2019 were $170.5 million and $157.9 million, respectively. During the three months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, we recognized income from equity method joint ventures of $18.8 million and $13.2 million, respectively. During the nine months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, we recognized income from equity method joint ventures of $54.8 million and $39.1 million, respectively.

Accounts receivable from unconsolidated joint ventures accounted for under the equity method is $7.6 million and $19.5 million as of June 26, 2020 and September 27, 2019, respectively.

11. Restructuring and Other Charges

During fiscal 2019 and fiscal 2020, the Company implemented certain restructuring and preliminary separation initiatives associated with the ECR sale, the KeyW acquisition, the acquisition of John Wood Group's nuclear business and other related cost reduction initiatives. The restructuring activities and related costs were comprised mainly of separation and lease abandonment programs, while the preliminary separation activities and costs were mainly related to the engagement of consulting services and internal personnel and other related costs dedicated to the Company’s ECR-business separation.

During the fourth fiscal quarter of 2017, the Company implemented certain restructuring and preliminary integration initiatives associated with the then-impending acquisition of CH2M, which closed in December 2017 (the "CH2M acquisition"). The restructuring activities and related costs were comprised mainly of integration, severance and lease abandonment programs, while the preliminary integration activities and costs were mainly related to the engagement of consulting services and internal personnel and other related costs dedicated to the Company’s acquisition integration management efforts. Following the closing of the CH2M acquisition, these activities continued through the third fiscal quarter of 2020 and continue to be comprised mainly of severance, lease abandonment, IT related, consulting and other professional services as well as internal personnel costs.

The activities of the above-mentioned programs are expected to be substantially completed before the end of fiscal 2021.

Collectively, the above-mentioned restructuring activities are referred to as “Restructuring and other charges.”

The following table summarizes the impacts of the Restructuring and other charges by LOB in connection with the CH2M, KeyW and John Wood Group's nuclear business acquisitions and the ECR sale for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019 (in thousands):

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	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Critical Mission Solutions	$	3,173	$	7,699	$	11,248	$	8,489
People & Places Solutions	3,818		10,619		19,507		68,644
Corporate	12,690		74,921		81,554		127,986
Continuing Operations (1)	19,681		93,239		112,309		205,119
Energy, Chemicals and Resources (included in Discontinued Operations)	—		2,720		—		(138)
Total	$	19,681	$	95,959	$	112,309	$	204,981

(1)For the three months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, amounts include $19.7 million and $92.4 million, respectively, and for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019 amounts include $109.6 million and $233.6 million, respectively, in items impacting operating profit, along with items recorded in other income (expense), net, which are the loss on settlement of the CH2M portion of the U.S. pension plan of $— and $2.1 million for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020, respectively, the gain on the settlement of the CH2M retiree medical plans of $— and $34.6 million for the three and nine months ended June 28, 2019, respectively, and write-off of fixed assets related to restructured leases of $0.9 million and $6.2 million for the three and nine months ended June 28, 2019, and other miscellaneous expenses of $0.6 million for the nine months ended June 26, 2020. See Note 8- Segment Information.

The activity in the Company’s accrual for the Restructuring and other charges including the program activities described above for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 is as follows (in thousands):

Balance at September 27, 2019	$	162,702
Transfer to lease right-of-use asset as a result of adoption of ASC 842 (1)	(116,797)
Net Charges	112,309
Payments and Usage	(133,668)
Balance at June 26, 2020	$	24,546

(1)In addition, there was $24.6 million in lease cease-use liabilities relating to 2015 restructuring initiatives which were reclassified to ROU asset balances in accordance with the adoption of ASC 842, see Note 14- Leases. The 2015 restructuring initiatives are no longer active and therefore activity associated with lease cease-use liabilities for those initiatives is not included in the table.

The following table summarizes the Restructuring and other charges by major type of costs in connection with the CH2M, KeyW and John Wood Group nuclear business acquisitions and the ECR sale for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Lease Abandonments	$	(11,776)	$	22,982	$	(7,860)	$	72,296
Involuntary Terminations	(49)		12,020		18,222		22,944
Outside Services	20,865		39,853		74,223		95,130
Other	10,641		18,384		27,724		14,749
Total	$	19,681	$	93,239	$	112,309	$	205,119

Cumulative amounts since 2017 incurred to date under our various restructuring and other activities described above by each major type of cost as of June 26, 2020 are as follows (in thousands):

Lease Abandonments	$	154,507
Involuntary Terminations	93,707
Outside Services	244,871
Other	96,965
Total	$	590,050

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12. Borrowings

Short-Term Debt

At September 27, 2019, short-term debt consisted of a bilateral term loan facility with an aggregate principal balance of $200.0 million (the "Bilateral Term Loan") and uncommitted credit arrangements with several banks providing short-term borrowing capacity and overdraft protection. Offset from the Bilateral Term Loan were deferred financing fees of $0.1 million. This loan was repaid during the second fiscal quarter of 2020.

Long-Term Debt

At June 26, 2020 and September 27, 2019, long-term debt consisted of the following (principal amounts in thousands):

	Interest Rate	Maturity	June 26, 2020		September 27, 2019
Revolving Credit Facility	LIBOR + applicable margin (1)	March 2024	$	617,794	$	303,780
2020 Term Loan Facility	LIBOR + applicable margin (2)	March 2025	1,039,115		—
2017 Term Loan Facility	LIBOR + applicable margin (3)	December 2020	—		400,000
Fixed-rate notes due:
Senior Notes, Series A	4.27%	May 2025	190,000		190,000
Senior Notes, Series B	4.42%	May 2028	180,000		180,000
Senior Notes, Series C	4.52%	May 2030	130,000		130,000
Less: Deferred Financing Fees			(1,743)		(2,535)
Total Long-term debt, net			$	2,155,166	$	1,201,245

(1)Depending on the Company’s Consolidated Leverage Ratio (as defined in the credit agreement governing the Revolving Credit Facility (defined below)), borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility bear interest at either a eurocurrency rate plus a margin of between 0.875% and 1.5% or a base rate plus a margin of between 0% and 0.5%. The applicable LIBOR rates at June 26, 2020 and September 27, 2019 were approximately 0.06% and 1.17%.

(2)Depending on the Company’s Consolidated Leverage Ratio (as defined in the credit agreement governing the 2020 Term Loan Facility (defined below)), borrowings under the 2020 Term Loan Facility bear interest at either a eurocurrency rate plus a margin of between 0.875% and 1.5% or a base rate plus a margin of between 0% and 0.5%. The applicable LIBOR rate at June 26, 2020 was approximately 0.67%.

(3)Depending on the Company’s Consolidated Leverage Ratio (as defined in the credit agreement governing the 2017 Term Loan Facility (defined below)), borrowings under the 2017 Term Loan Facility bear interest at either a eurocurrency rate plus a margin of between 1.0% and 1.5% or a base rate plus a margin of between 0% and 0.5%. The applicable LIBOR rate at September 27, 2019 was approximately 2.05%.

On February 7, 2014, Jacobs and certain of its subsidiaries entered into a $1.6 billion long-term unsecured, revolving credit facility (as amended, the “2014 Revolving Credit Facility”) with a syndicate of U.S. and international banks and financial institutions. On March 27, 2019, the Company entered into a second amended and restated credit agreement (the "Revolving Credit Facility"), which amended and restated the 2014 Revolving Credit Facility by, among other things, (a) extending the maturity date of the credit facility to March 27, 2024, (b) increasing the facility amount to $2.25 billion (with an accordion feature that allows a further increase of the facility amount up to $3.25 billion), (c) eliminating the covenants restricting investments, joint ventures and acquisitions by the Company and its subsidiaries and (d) adjusting the financial covenants to eliminate the net worth covenant upon the removal of the same covenant from the Company’s existing Note Purchase Agreement (defined below). We were in compliance with the covenants under the Revolving Credit Facility at June 26, 2020.

The Revolving Credit Facility permits the Company to borrow under two separate tranches in U.S. dollars, certain specified foreign currencies, and any other currency that may be approved in accordance with the terms of the Revolving Credit Facility. The Revolving Credit Facility also provides for a financial letter of credit sub facility of $400.0 million, permits performance letters of credit, and provides for a $50.0 million sub facility for swing line loans. Letters of credit are subject to fees based on the Company’s Consolidated Leverage Ratio. The Company pays a facility fee of between 0.08% and 0.20% per annum depending on the Company’s Consolidated Leverage Ratio.

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On March 25, 2020, the Company entered into an unsecured term loan facility (the “2020 Term Loan Facility”) with a syndicate of financial institutions as lenders. Under the 2020 Term Loan Facility, the Company borrowed an aggregate principal amount of $730.0 million and one of the Company's U.K. subsidiaries borrowed an aggregate principal amount of £250.0 million. The proceeds of the term loans were used to repay the Bilateral Term Loan and for general corporate purposes. The 2020 Term Loan Facility contains affirmative and negative covenants and events of default customary for financings of this type that are consistent with those included in the Revolving Credit Facility. During the three month period ended June 26, 2020, the Company entered into interest rate and cross currency derivative contracts to swap a portion of our variable rate debt to fixed rate debt. See Note 19- Commitments and Contingencies and Derivative Financial Instruments for discussion regarding the Company's derivative instruments.

On September 28, 2017, the Company entered into a $1.5 billion unsecured delayed-draw term loan facility (as amended, the “2017 Term Loan Facility”) with a syndicate of financial institutions as lenders and letter of credit issuers. We incurred loans under the 2017 Term Loan Facility on December 15, 2017 in connection with the closing of the CH2M acquisition in order to pay cash consideration for the acquisition, and to pay fees and expenses related to the acquisition and the 2017 Term Loan Facility. The 2017 Term Loan Facility was repaid in full during the first fiscal quarter of 2020.

On March 12, 2018, Jacobs entered into a note purchase agreement (as amended, the "Note Purchase Agreement") with respect to the issuance and sale in a private placement transaction of $500.0 million in the aggregate principal amount of the Company’s senior notes in three series (collectively, the “Senior Notes”). The Note Purchase Agreement provides that if the Company's consolidated leverage ratio exceeds a certain amount, the interest on the Senior Notes may increase by 75 basis points. The Senior Notes may be prepaid at any time subject to a make-whole premium. The sale of the Senior Notes closed on May 15, 2018. The Company used the net proceeds from the offering of Senior Notes to repay certain existing indebtedness and for other general corporate purposes. The Note Purchase Agreement contains affirmative, negative and financial covenants customary for financings of this type, including, among other things, covenants to maintain a minimum consolidated net worth and maximum consolidated leverage ratio and limitations on certain other liens, mergers, dispositions and transactions with affiliates. In addition, the Note Purchase Agreement contains customary events of default. We were in compliance with the covenants under the Note Purchase Agreement at June 26, 2020.

We believe the carrying value of the Revolving Credit Facility, the 2020 Term Loan Facility and other debt outstanding approximates fair value based on the interest rates and scheduled maturities applicable to the outstanding borrowings. The fair value of the Senior Notes is estimated to be $528.7 million at June 26, 2020, based on Level 2 inputs. The fair value is determined by discounting future cash flows using interest rates available for issuances with similar terms and average maturities.

The Company has issued $2.3 million in letters of credit under the Revolving Credit Facility, leaving $1.63 billion of available borrowing capacity under the Revolving Credit Facility at June 26, 2020. In addition, the Company had issued $257.3 million under separate, committed and uncommitted letter-of-credit facilities for total issued letters of credit of $259.5 million at June 26, 2020.

13. Revenue Accounting for Contracts

Disaggregation of Revenues

Our revenues are principally derived from contracts to provide a diverse range of technical, professional, and construction services to a large number of industrial, commercial, and governmental clients. We provide a broad range of engineering, design, and architectural services; construction and construction management services; operations and maintenance services; and process, scientific, and systems consulting services. We provide our services through offices and subsidiaries located primarily in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, India, Australia, Africa, and Asia. We provide our services under cost-reimbursable and fixed-price contracts. Our contracts are with many different customers in numerous industries. Refer to Note 8- Segment Information for additional information on how we disaggregate our revenues by reportable segment.

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The following table further disaggregates our revenue by geographic area for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Revenues:
United States	$	2,472,091	$	2,357,836	$	7,548,192	$	6,701,474
Europe	504,201		491,036		1,662,104		1,706,163
Canada	56,954		59,830		164,601		160,339
Asia	27,995		33,918		90,889		113,294
India	16,465		12,129		33,229		43,131
Australia and New Zealand	130,133		136,711		378,178		386,594
South America and Mexico	—		1,225		—		7,244
Middle East and Africa	52,218		76,937		170,093		226,766
Total	$	3,260,057	$	3,169,622	$	10,047,286	$	9,345,005

Contract Liabilities

Contract liabilities represent amounts billed to clients in excess of revenue recognized to date. Revenue recognized for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020 that was included in the contract liability balance on September 27, 2019 was $42.4 million and $352.9 million, respectively. Revenue recognized for the three and nine months ended June 28, 2019 that was included in the contract liability balance on September 28, 2018 was $33.0 million and $331.0 million, respectively.

Remaining Performance Obligations     

The Company’s remaining performance obligations as of June 26, 2020 represent a measure of the total dollar value of work to be performed on contracts awarded and in progress. The Company had approximately $13.8 billion in remaining performance obligations as of June 26, 2020. The Company expects to recognize approximately 45% of our remaining performance obligations into revenue within the next twelve months and the remaining 55% thereafter.

Although remaining performance obligations reflect business that is considered to be firm, cancellations, scope adjustments, foreign currency exchange fluctuations or deferrals may occur that impact their volume or the expected timing of their recognition. Remaining performance obligations are adjusted to reflect any known project cancellations, revisions to project scope and cost, foreign currency exchange fluctuations and project deferrals, as appropriate.

14. Leases

On September 28, 2019 the Company adopted ASU 2016-02, Leases ("ASC 842"), along with ASU 2018-01, ASU 2018-10, ASU 2018-11, ASU 2018-20 and ASU 2019-01, which amended and clarified the related guidance. ASC 842 requires lessees to recognize assets and liabilities for most leases. The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at contract inception. A lease exists when a contract conveys to the customer the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration. The definition of a lease embodies two conditions: (1) there is an identified asset in the contract, and (2) the customer has the right to control the use of the identified asset. Lessees are required to classify leases as either finance or operating leases. This classification will determine whether lease expense is recognized based on an effective interest method or on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease.

ASC 842 provided several optional practical expedients for use in transition to and ongoing application of ASC 842. The Company elected to utilize the package of practical expedients in ASC 842-10-65-1(f) that, upon adoption of ASC 842, allows entities to (1) not reassess whether any expired or existing contracts are or contain leases, (2) retain the classification of leases (e.g., operating or finance lease) existing as of the date of adoption and (3) not reassess initial direct costs for any existing leases. The Company did not elect the transition practical expedient pertaining to the use of hindsight. The Company elected to utilize the practical expedient in ASC 842-10-15-37 in which the Company has chosen to account for each separate lease component of a contract and its associated non-lease components as a single lease component.

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The Company adopted ASC 842 using the modified retrospective method, and accordingly, the new guidance was applied to leases that existed as of September 28, 2019 (the date of initial application) without adjusting the comparative periods presented. As a result, as of September 28, 2019, the Company has recorded total right-of-use ("ROU") assets of $767.0 million, which is comprised of approximately $82.3 million in reclassifications of previously recorded lease incentives and deferred rent, offset by $141.4 million in restructured lease cease-use liability. Additionally, the Company has recorded total current lease liabilities of $180.7 million, and total noncurrent lease liabilities of $810.1 million. The adoption of ASC 842 did not have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations or any impact on the Company’s cash flows.

The Company’s right-of use assets and lease liabilities relate to real estate, project assets used in connection with long-term construction contracts, IT assets and vehicles. The Company’s leases have remaining lease terms of one year to thirteen years. The Company’s lease obligations are primarily for the use of office space and are primarily operating leases. Certain of the Company’s leases contain renewal, extension, or termination options. The Company assesses each option on an individual basis and will only include options reasonably certain of exercise in the lease term. The Company generally considers the base term to be the term provided in the contract. None of the Company’s lease agreements contain material options to purchase the lease property, material residual value guarantees, or material restrictions or covenants.

Long-term project asset and vehicle leases (leases with terms greater than twelve months), along with all real estate and IT asset leases, are recorded on the consolidated balance sheet at the present value of the minimum lease payments not yet paid. Because the Company primarily acts as a lessee and the rates implicit in its leases are not readily determinable, the Company generally uses its incremental borrowing rate on the lease commencement date to calculate the present value of future lease payments. Certain leases include payments that are based solely on an index or rate. These variable lease payments are included in the calculation of the ROU asset and lease liability and are initially measured using the index or rate at the lease commencement date. Other variable lease payments, such as payments based on use and for property taxes, insurance, or common area maintenance that are based on actual assessments are excluded from the ROU asset and lease liability and are expensed as incurred. In addition to the present value of the future lease payments, the calculation of the ROU asset also includes any deferred rent, lease pre-payments and initial direct costs of obtaining the lease, such as commissions.

Certain lease contracts contain nonlease components such as maintenance and utilities. The Company has made an accounting policy election, as allowed under ASC 842-10-15-37 and discussed above, to capitalize both the lease component and nonlease components of its contracts as a single lease component for all of its right-of-use assets.

Short-term project asset and vehicle leases (project asset and vehicle leases with an initial term of twelve months or less or leases that are cancellable by the lessee and lessor without significant penalties) are not recorded on the consolidated balance sheet and are expensed on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The majority of the Company’s short-term leases relate to equipment used on construction projects. These leases are entered into at agreed upon hourly, daily, weekly or monthly rental rates for an unspecified duration and typically have a termination for convenience provision. Such equipment leases are considered short-term in nature unless it is reasonably certain that the equipment will be leased for a term greater than twelve months.

The components of lease expense (reflected in selling, general and administrative expenses) for the three and nine month periods ended June 26, 2020 were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
Lease cost
Operating lease cost	$	39,123	$	126,855
Variable lease cost	9,508		26,307
Sublease income	(3,504)		(10,688)
Total lease cost	$	45,127	$	142,474

Information related to the Company's right-of use assets and lease liabilities as of June 26, 2020 was as follows (in thousands):

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Lease Asset/Liabilities	Balance Sheet Classification
Right-of-use assets
Operating lease assets	Miscellaneous assets	$	718,161
Lease Liabilities
Operating lease liabilities, current	Accrued liabilities	152,438
Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent	Other deferred liabilities	769,374
Total lease liabilities		$	921,812

Supplemental information related to the Company's leases for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 was as follows (in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurements of lease liabilities	$	148,047
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities	$	67,290
Weighted average remaining lease term - operating leases	7.4 years
Weighted average discount rate - operating leases	2.8		%

Total remaining lease payments under the Company's leases for the remainder of fiscal 2020 and for the succeeding years is as follows (in thousands):

Fiscal Year	Operating Leases
2020	$	46,762
2021	174,314
2022	156,206
2023	139,517
2024	123,429
Thereafter	391,245
	1,031,473
Less Interest	(109,661)
	$	921,812

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15. Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

The following table presents the components of net periodic benefit cost recognized in earnings during the three and nine month periods ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Component:
Service cost	$	1,464	$	1,212	$	4,394	$	5,545
Interest cost	13,030		17,088		39,092		52,916
Expected return on plan assets	(27,666)		(26,291)		(82,996)		(79,709)
Amortization of previously unrecognized items	3,109		3,182		9,329		9,353
Plan Amendment and settlement loss (gain)	—		—		2,651		(34,621)
Total net periodic pension cost recognized	$	(10,063)	$	(4,809)	$	(27,530)	$	(46,516)

The service cost component of net periodic pension expense is presented in the same line item as other compensation costs (direct cost of contracts and selling, general and administrative expenses) and the other components of net periodic pension expense are presented in miscellaneous income (expense), net on the Consolidated Statements of Earnings. In the first fiscal quarter of 2019, the Company elected to discontinue the CH2M Hill Retiree Medical Plan and the OMI Retiree Medical Plan, effective December 31, 2018. Lump sum payments were made to certain participants in the first fiscal quarter of 2019, resulting in a partial plan settlement and related settlement gain of $2.2 million. In the second fiscal quarter of 2019, lump sum payments were made to remaining plan participants and the plans were fully settled, resulting in an additional $32.4 million in settlement gains. In the first fiscal quarter of 2020, the Company incurred a settlement loss on one of its U.S. defined benefit plans of approximately $2.7 million.

On January 1, 2019, the CH2M Hill Pension Plan and the CH2M Hill IDC Pension Plan merged into the Company's Sverdrup Pension Plan. The newly combined plan is called the Jacobs Consolidated Pension Plan.

The following table presents certain information regarding the Company’s cash contributions to our pension plans for fiscal 2020 (in thousands):

Cash contributions made during the first nine months of fiscal 2020	$	19,694
Cash contributions projected for the remainder of fiscal 2020	7,135
Total	$	26,829

16.  Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

The following table presents the Company's roll forward of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) after-tax for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 (in thousands):

	Change in Pension Liabilities		Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment		Gain/(Loss) on Cash Flow Hedges		Total
Balance at September 27, 2019	$	(436,749)	$	(480,045)	$	(18)	$	(916,812)
Other comprehensive income (loss)	3,554		8,377		(15,706)		(3,775)
Reclassifications from other comprehensive income (loss)	7,853		—		1,042		8,895
Balance at June 26, 2020	$	(425,342)	$	(471,668)	$	(14,682)	$	(911,692)

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17. Income Taxes

The Company’s effective tax rates from continuing operations for the three months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019 were 22.3% and (2.1)%, respectively. The Company’s effective tax rates from continuing operations for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019 were 19.7% and 4.3%, respectively. The comparatively higher quarterly tax rate was primarily due to a $21.7 million tax benefit in the three months ended June 28, 2019, which related to the release of a valuation allowance on previously fully valued foreign tax credits. For the three months ended June 26, 2020, the effective tax rate was impacted by a $4.1 million benefit for the release of uncertain tax positions due to the statute of limitations expiring and a $12.6 million benefit for the release of a valuation allowance in the UK, with offsetting unfavorable impacts from other discrete items. The Company’s effective tax rate from continuing operations for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 was higher primarily due to $62.6 million in discrete benefits in the nine months ended June 28, 2019, predominantly comprised of $37.4 million for a remeasurement of the Company's deferred tax liability for unremitted earnings to account for the change in expected manner of recovery and an additional benefit of $21.7 million as a result of a valuation allowance release on foreign tax credits that were previously fully reserved. Comparatively, in the nine months ended June 26, 2020, the Company had a $12.6 million benefit for the release of a valuation allowance in the UK, a $6.9 million of benefit from the application of the Internal Revenue Code section 179D, a $3.7 million favorable settlement with the Indian Revenue Services, an amended tax return generating $5.8 million of foreign tax credits and research and development, and a $4.1 million benefit for an India tax rate change, with offsetting unfavorable impacts from other discrete items.

See Note 7- Sale of Energy, Chemicals and Resources ("ECR") Business for further information on the Company's discontinued operations reporting for the sale of the ECR business.

On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) was enacted in the United States and significantly revised the U.S. corporate income tax laws. Given the significance of the legislation, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (SAB 118), which allowed registrants to record provisional amounts during a one year “measurement period” like that used when accounting for business combinations. As of December 22, 2018, we completed our accounting for the tax effects of the enactment of the Act. For the deferred tax balances, we remeasured the U.S. deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the rates at which they are expected to reverse in the future, which is generally 21%. The Company’s revised remeasurement resulted in cumulative charges to income tax expense of $144.4 million for the measurement period. The Act called for a one-time tax on deemed repatriation of foreign earnings. This one-time transition tax was based on our total post-1986 earnings and profits (E&P) of certain of our foreign subsidiaries. We recorded $14.3 million in cumulative transition taxes during the measurement period, although the transition tax was expected to be offset by foreign tax credits in the future, resulting in no additional cash tax liability. In addition, the Company recorded $104.2 million in cumulative valuation expense charges during the measurement period with respect to certain foreign tax credit deferred tax assets as a result of the Act and CH2M integration.

The amount of income taxes the Company pays is subject to ongoing audits by tax jurisdictions around the world. In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to examination by tax authorities throughout the world, including such major jurisdictions as Australia, Canada, India, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. Our estimate of the potential outcome of any uncertain tax issue is subject to our assessment of the relevant risks, facts, and circumstances existing at the time. The Company believes that it has adequately provided for reasonably foreseeable outcomes related to these matters. However, future results may include favorable or unfavorable adjustments to our estimated tax liabilities in the period the assessments are made or resolved, which may impact our effective tax rate.

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18.  Earnings Per Share and Certain Related Information

Basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) are computed using the two-class method, which is an earnings allocation method that determines EPS for common shares and participating securities. The undistributed earnings are allocated between common shares and participating securities as if all earnings had been distributed during the period. Participating securities and common shares have equal rights to undistributed earnings. Net earnings used for the purpose of determining basic and diluted EPS is determined by taking net earnings, less earnings available to participating securities.

The following table reconciles the denominator used to compute basic EPS to the denominator used to compute diluted EPS for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019 (in thousands):

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	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Numerator for Basic and Diluted EPS:
Net earnings attributable to Jacobs from continuing operations	$	226,886	$	89,365	$	284,344	$	269,012
Net earnings from continuing operations allocated to participating securities	(24)		(105)		(77)		(444)
Net earnings from continuing operations allocated to common stock for EPS calculation	$	226,862	$	89,260	$	284,267	$	268,568
Net earnings attributable to Jacobs from discontinued operations	$	18,043	$	435,077	$	125,511	$	436,642
Net earnings from discontinued operations allocated to participating securities	(2)		(513)		(34)		(720)
Net earnings from discontinued operations allocated to common stock for EPS calculation	$	18,041	$	434,564	$	125,477	$	435,922
Net earnings allocated to common stock for EPS calculation	$	244,903	$	523,824	$	409,744	$	704,490
Denominator for Basic and Diluted EPS:
Weighted average basic shares	130,229		136,772		131,995		139,263
Shares allocated to participating securities	(14)		(161)		(36)		(230)
Shares used for calculating basic EPS attributable to common stock	130,215		136,611		131,959		139,033
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock compensation plans	1,048		1,212		1,188		1,206
Shares used for calculating diluted EPS attributable to common stock	131,263		137,823		133,147		140,239
Net Earnings Per Share:
Basic Net Earnings from Continuing Operations Per Share	$	1.74	$	0.65	$	2.15	$	1.93
Basic Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations Per Share	$	0.14	$	3.18	$	0.95	$	3.14
Basic Earnings Per Share	$	1.88	$	3.83	$	3.11	$	5.07
Diluted Net Earnings from Continuing Operations Per Share	$	1.73	$	0.65	$	2.13	$	1.92
Diluted Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations Per Share	$	0.14	$	3.15	$	0.94	$	3.11
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$	1.87	$	3.80	$	3.08	$	5.02

Share Repurchases

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On January 17, 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program of up to $1.0 billion of the Company’s common stock, to expire on January 16, 2022 (the "2019 Repurchase Authorization"). During fiscal 2019, the Company launched accelerated share repurchase programs by advancing a total of $500.0 million to two financial institutions in privately negotiated transactions (collectively, the "2019 ASR Programs"). The specific number of shares that the Company repurchased under the 2019 ASR Programs was determined based generally on a discount to the volume-weighted average price per share of the Company's common stock during a calculation period which ended on June 5, 2019 for the first $250.0 million in repurchases and on December 4, 2019 for the second $250.0 million in repurchases. The purchases were recorded as share retirements for purposes of calculating earnings per share.

The following table summarizes the activity under the 2019 Repurchase Authorization during fiscal 2020:

Amount Authorized (2019 Repurchase Authorization)	Average Price Per Share (1)	Shares Repurchased	Total Shares Retired
$1,000,000,000	$79.93	3,576,104	3,576,104

_{(1)Includes commissions paid and calculated at the average price per share}

As a precautionary measure in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company temporarily suspended purchases under the share repurchase plan in March 2020, with such suspension remaining in effect through the fiscal third quarter of 2020. As of June 26, 2020, the Company has $107.9 million remaining under the 2019 Repurchase Authorization.

On January 16, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized an additional share repurchase program of up to $1.0 billion of the Company’s common stock, to expire on January 15, 2023 (the "2020 Repurchase Authorization"). There have been no repurchases under the 2020 Repurchase Authorization as of June 26, 2020.

The share repurchase programs do not obligate the Company to purchase any shares. Share repurchases may be executed through various means including, without limitation, accelerated share repurchases, open market transactions, privately negotiated transactions, purchases pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan or otherwise. The authorization for the share repurchase programs may be terminated, increased or decreased by the Company’s Board of Directors in its discretion at any time. The timing, amount and manner of share repurchases may depend upon market conditions and economic circumstances, availability of investment opportunities, the availability and costs of financing, currency fluctuations, the market price of the Company's common stock, other uses of capital and other factors.

Dividend Program

On July 9, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.19 per share of the Company’s common stock to be paid on August 21, 2020, to shareholders of record on the close of business on July 24, 2020. Future dividend declarations are subject to review and approval by the Company’s Board of Directors. Dividends paid through the third fiscal quarter of 2020 and the preceding fiscal year are as follows:  

Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Cash Amount (per share)
May 5, 2020	May 20, 2020	June 17, 2020	$0.19
January 16, 2020	January 31, 2020	February 28, 2020	$0.19
September 19, 2019	October 4, 2019	November 1, 2019	$0.17
July 11, 2019	July 26, 2019	August 23, 2019	$0.17
May 2, 2019	May 17, 2019	June 14, 2019	$0.17
January 17, 2019	February 15, 2019	March 15, 2019	$0.17
September 11, 2018	September 28, 2018	October 26, 2018	$0.15

19.  Commitments and Contingencies and Derivative Financial Instruments

Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company is exposed to interest rate risk under its variable rate borrowings and additionally, due to the nature of the Company's international operations, we are at times exposed to foreign currency risk. As such, we sometimes enter

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into foreign exchange contracts and interest rate contracts in order to limit our exposure to fluctuating foreign currencies and interest rates.

In April 2020 we entered into interest rate swap agreements with a notional value of $771.8 million as of June 26, 2020 to manage the interest rate exposure on our variable rate loans. Additionally, we entered into a cross-currency swap agreement with a notional value of $127.8 million to manage the interest rate and foreign currency exposure on our USD borrowings by a European subsidiary. By entering into the swap agreements, the Company converted the LIBOR rate based liability into a fixed rate liability and, for the cross currency swap, our LIBOR rate based borrowing in USD to a fixed rate Euro liability, for periods ranging from three and a half to ten years. Under the interest rate swap agreements, the Company receives the one month LIBOR rate and pays monthly a fixed rate ranging from .704% to 1.116% and under the cross currency swap agreement, the Company receives the one month LIBOR rate plus 0.875% in USD and pays monthly a Euro fixed rate of .726% to .746% for the term of the swaps. The swaps were designated as cash-flow hedges in accordance with ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. The fair value of the interest rate and cross currency swaps at June 26, 2020 was $25.0 million, which is included in other deferred liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet. The unrealized net losses on these interest rate and cross currency swaps was $14.7 million, net of tax, and was included in accumulated other comprehensive income as of June 26, 2020.

Additionally, at June 26, 2020, the Company held foreign exchange forward contracts in currencies that support our operations, including British Pound, Euro, Australian Dollar and other currencies, with notional values of $388.4 million at June 26, 2020. The length of these contracts currently ranges from one to 12 months. The fair value of the foreign exchange contracts at June 26, 2020 was $38.7 million, which is included within current assets on the consolidated balance sheet and with associated income statement impacts included in miscellaneous income (expense) in the consolidated statement of earnings.

The fair value measurements of these derivatives are being made using Level 2 inputs under ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement, as the measurements are based on observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets. We are exposed to risk from credit-related losses resulting from nonperformance by counterparties to our financial instruments. We perform credit evaluations of our counterparties under forward exchange and interest rate contracts and expect all counterparties to meet their obligations. We have not experienced credit losses from our counterparties.

Contractual Guarantees and Insurance

In the normal course of business, we make contractual commitments (some of which are supported by separate guarantees) and on occasion we are a party in a litigation or arbitration proceeding. The litigation or arbitration in which we are involved includes personal injury claims, professional liability claims and breach of contract claims. Where we provide a separate guarantee, it is strictly in support of the underlying contractual commitment. Guarantees take various forms including surety bonds required by law, or standby letters of credit ("LOC" and also referred to as “bank guarantees”) or corporate guarantees given to induce a party to enter into a contract with a subsidiary. Standby LOCs are also used as security for advance payments or in various other transactions. The guarantees have various expiration dates ranging from an arbitrary date to completion of our work (e.g., engineering only) to completion of the overall project. We record in the Consolidated Balance Sheets amounts representing our estimated liability relating to such guarantees, litigation and insurance claims. Guarantees are accounted for in accordance with ASC 460-10, Guarantees, at fair value at the inception of the guarantee.

At June 26, 2020 and September 27, 2019, the Company had issued and outstanding approximately $259.5 million and $262.2 million, respectively, in LOCs and $2.1 billion and $2.0 billion, respectively, in surety bonds.

We maintain insurance coverage for most insurable aspects of our business and operations. Our insurance programs have varying coverage limits depending upon the type of insurance and include certain conditions and exclusions which insurance companies may raise in response to any claim that is asserted by or against the Company. We have also elected to retain a portion of losses and liabilities that occur through using various deductibles, limits, and retentions under our insurance programs. As a result, we may be subject to a future liability for which we are only partially insured or completely uninsured. We intend to mitigate any such future liability by continuing to exercise prudent business judgment in negotiating the terms and conditions of the contracts which the Company enters with its clients. Our insurers are also subject to business risk and, as a result, one or more of them may be unable to fulfill their insurance obligations due to insolvency or otherwise.

Additionally, as a contractor providing services to the U.S. federal government, we are subject to many types of audits, investigations, and claims by, or on behalf of, the government including with respect to contract performance, pricing, cost allocations, procurement practices, labor practices, and socioeconomic obligations. Furthermore, our income,

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franchise, and similar tax returns and filings are also subject to audit and investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, most states within the United States, as well as by various government agencies representing jurisdictions outside the United States.

Our Consolidated Balance Sheets include amounts representing our probable estimated liability relating to such claims, guarantees, litigation, audits, and investigations. We perform an analysis to determine the level of reserves to establish for insurance-related claims that are known and have been asserted against us, as well as for insurance-related claims that are believed to have been incurred based on actuarial analysis but have not yet been reported to our claims administrators as of the respective balance sheet dates. We include any adjustments to such insurance reserves in our consolidated results of operations. Insurance recoveries are recorded as assets if recovery is probable and estimated liabilities are not reduced by expected insurance recoveries.

The Company believes, after consultation with counsel, that such guarantees, litigation, U.S. government contract-related audits, investigations and claims, and income tax audits and investigations should not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial statements, beyond amounts currently accrued.

Litigation and Investigations

On September 30, 2015, Nui Phao Mining Company Limited (“NPMC”) commenced arbitration proceedings against Jacobs E&C Australia Pty Limited (“Jacobs E&C”) in Singapore before the Singapore International Arbitration Centre. Jacobs E&C was engaged by NPMC for the provision of management, design, engineering, and procurement services for a Nui Phao mine/mineral processing project in Vietnam as part of the Company’s former Energy, Chemicals & Resources (“ECR”) line of business. A three-week hearing on the merits concluded on December 15, 2017, and on March 28, 2019, the arbitration panel issued a decision finding against Jacobs E&C. On August 30, 2019, NPMC and Jacobs E&C settled all of the proceedings related to this matter. Under the terms of the settlement, Jacobs E&C made a payment to NPMC in the amount of $130.0 million in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2019. The settlement otherwise remains confidential. During the quarter ended December 27, 2019, the Company recognized the reduction of $50.0 million of selling, general and administrative expenses in discontinued operations as a result of the realization of related insurance recoveries. Under the terms of the sale of the Company's ECR business to Worley on April 26, 2019, the Company retained liability with respect to this matter.

In 2012, CH2M HILL Australia Pty Limited, a subsidiary of CH2M, entered into a 50/50 integrated joint venture with Australian construction contractor UGL Infrastructure Pty Limited. The joint venture entered into a Consortium Agreement with General Electric and GE Electrical International Inc. The Consortium was awarded a subcontract by JKC Australia LNG Pty Limited ("JKC") for the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of a 360 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant for INPEX Operations Australia Pty Limited at Blaydin Point, Darwin, NT, Australia. In January 2017, the Consortium terminated the Subcontract because of JKC’s repudiatory breach and demobilized from the work site. JKC claimed the Consortium abandoned the work and itself purported to terminate the Subcontract. The Consortium and JKC are now in dispute over the termination. In August 2017, the Consortium filed an International Chamber of Commerce arbitration against JKC and is seeking compensatory damages in the amount of approximately $530.0 million for repudiatory breach or, in the alternative, seeking damages for unresolved contract claims and change orders. JKC has provided a preliminary estimate of the monetary value of its claims which we believe will result in alleged damages in excess of $1.7 billion and has drawn on bonds. This draw on bonds does not impact the Company's ultimate liability. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, a November 2020 date for commencement of the hearing has been vacated and the parties are seeking an allotted time for the hearing in 2021. No decision is expected before late 2021. In September 2018, JKC filed a declaratory judgment action in Western Australia alleging that the entities which executed parent company guaranties for the Consortium, including CH2M Hill Companies, Ltd., have an obligation to pay JKC’s ongoing costs to complete the project after termination. A hearing on that matter was held in March 2019, and a decision in favor of the Consortium was issued. JKC appealed the decision, a hearing on the appeal took place in March 2020 and a decision was handed down on July 22, 2020 denying JKC’s appeal in its entirety.

 If the Consortium is found liable, these matters could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations and /or cash flows, particularly in the short term. However, the Consortium has denied liability and is vigorously defending these claims and pursuing its affirmative claims against JKC, and based on the information currently available, the Company does not expect the resolution of this matter to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows, in excess of the current reserve for this matter. See Note 5- Business Combinations, in the 2019 Form 10-K for further information related to CH2M contingencies.

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On December 22, 2008, a coal fly ash pond at the Kingston Power Plant of the Tennessee Valley Authority ("TVA") was breached, releasing fly ash waste into the Emory River and surrounding community. In February 2009, TVA awarded a contract to the Company to provide project management services associated with the clean-up. All remediation and dredging were completed in August 2013 by other contractors under direct contracts with TVA. The Company did not perform the remediation, and its scope was limited to program management services. Certain employees of the contractors performing the cleanup work on the project filed lawsuits against the Company beginning in August 2013, alleging they were injured due to the Company's failure to protect the plaintiffs from exposure to fly ash, and asserting related personal injuries. There are currently six separate cases pending against the Company. The primary case, Greg Adkisson, et al. v. Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., case No. 3:13-CV-505-TAV-HBG, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, consists of 10 consolidated cases. This case and the related cases involve several hundred plaintiffs that have been filed against the Company by employees of the contractors that completed the remediation and dredging work. The cases are at various stages of litigation, and several of the cases are currently stayed pending resolution of other cases. Separately, in May 2019, Roane County and the cities of King and Herriman filed a claim against TVA and the Company alleging that they misled the public about risks associated with the released fly ash. In December 2019, the court granted the Company's motion to dismiss a portion of the plaintiffs' complaint and scheduled this matter for trial in 2021 with respect to the remaining claims. In addition, in November 2019, a resident of Roane County filed a putative class action against TVA and the Company alleging they failed to adequately warn local residents about risks associated with the released fly ash. In February 2020, the Company learned that the district attorney in Roane County recommended that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation investigate issues pertaining to clean up worker safety at Kingston, with that investigation still pending. There has been no finding of liability against the Company or that any of the alleged illnesses are the result of exposure to fly ash in any of the above matters. The Company disputes the claims asserted in all of the above matters and is vigorously defending these claims. The Company does not expect the resolution of these matters to have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

On October 31, 2019, the Company received a request from the Enforcement Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") for the voluntary production of certain information and documents. The information and documents sought by the SEC primarily relate to the operations of a joint venture in Morocco which was at one time partially-owned by the Company (and subsequently divested), including in respect of possible corrupt practices. The Company is fully cooperating with the SEC and is producing the requested information and documents in its possession. The Company does not expect the resolution of this matter to have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

General

The purpose of this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) is to provide a narrative analysis explaining the reasons for material changes in the Company’s (i) financial condition from the most recent fiscal year-end to June 26, 2020 and (ii) results of operations during the current fiscal period(s) as compared to the corresponding period(s) of the preceding fiscal year. In order to better understand such changes, readers of this MD&A should also read:

•The discussion of the critical and significant accounting policies used by the Company in preparing its consolidated financial statements. The most current discussion of our critical accounting policies appears in Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of our 2019 Form 10-K, and the most current discussion of our significant accounting policies appears in Note 2- Significant Accounting Polices in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of our 2019 Form 10-K. See also Note 13- Revenue Accounting for Contracts and Adoption of ASC 606 for a discussion of our updated policies related to revenue recognition;

•The Company’s fiscal 2019 audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our 2019 Form 10-K; and

•Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our 2019 Form 10-K.

In addition to historical information, this MD&A and other parts of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are statements that do not directly relate to any historical or current fact. When used herein, words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “plans,” “intends,” “future,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “can,” “may,” and similar words are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements we make concerning the potential continued effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, financial condition and results of operations and our expectations as to our future growth, prospects, financial outlook and business strategy for fiscal 2020 or future fiscal years. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Although such statements are based on management’s current estimates and expectations, and/or currently available competitive, financial, and economic data, forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain, and you should not place undue reliance on such statements as actual results may differ materially. We caution the reader that there are a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from what is contained, projected or implied by our forward-looking statements. Such factors include the magnitude, timing, duration and ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and any resulting economic downturn on our results, prospects and opportunities; the timeline for easing or removing “shelter-in-place”, “stay-at-home”, social distancing, travel restrictions and similar orders, measures or restrictions imposed by governments and health officials in response to the pandemic, or if such orders, measures or restrictions are re-imposed after being lifted or eased, including as a result of increases in cases of COVID-19; and the development, effectiveness and distribution of vaccines or treatments for COVID-19. The impact of such matters includes, but is not limited to, the possible reduction in demand for certain of our services and the delay or abandonment of ongoing or anticipated projects due to the financial condition of our clients and suppliers or to governmental budget constraints; the inability of our clients to meet their payment obligations in a timely manner or at all; potential issues and risks related to a significant portion of our employees working remotely; illness, travel restrictions and other workforce disruptions that could negatively affect our supply chain and our ability to timely and satisfactorily complete our clients’ projects; difficulties associated with hiring additional employees or replacing any furloughed employees; increased volatility in the capital markets that may affect our ability to access sources of liquidity on acceptable pricing or borrowing terms or at all; and the inability of governments in certain of the countries in which we operate to effectively mitigate the financial or other impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on their economies and workforces and our operations therein. The foregoing factors and potential future developments are inherently uncertain, unpredictable and, in many cases, beyond our control. For a description of these and additional factors that may occur that could cause actual results to differ from our forward-looking statements, see those listed and discussed in Item 1A, Risk Factors included in our 2019 Form 10-K and this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We undertake no obligation to release publicly any revisions or updates to any forward-looking statements. We encourage you to read carefully the risk factors, as well as the financial and business disclosures contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in other documents we file from time to time with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").

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Impact of COVID-19 on Our Business

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization characterized the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) as a global pandemic and recommended certain containment and mitigation measures. On March 13, 2020, the United States declared a national emergency concerning the outbreak, and the vast majority of states and many municipalities have declared public health emergencies or taken similar actions. Along with these declarations, there were extraordinary and wide-ranging actions taken by international, federal, state and local public health and governmental authorities to contain and combat outbreaks of COVID-19 in regions across the United States and around the world. These actions included quarantines and “stay-at-home” or “shelter-in-place” orders, social distancing measures, travel restrictions, school closures and similar mandates for many individuals in order to substantially restrict daily activities and orders for many businesses to curtail or cease normal operations unless their work is critical, essential or life-sustaining. Although certain jurisdictions have subsequently taken steps to lift or ease such restrictions to various degrees, some jurisdictions have subsequently reversed such lifting or easing in response to increased cases of COVID-19. In addition, governments and central banks in the United States and other countries in which we operate have enacted fiscal and monetary stimulus and assistance measures to counteract the economic impacts of COVID-19.

We are a company operating in a critical infrastructure industry, as defined by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Consistent with international, federal, state and local requirements to date, we continue to materially operate. In addition, demand for certain of our services, including those supporting health care relief efforts relating to COVID-19, has increased, and could continue to increase, as a result of COVID-19. Notwithstanding our continued critical operations, COVID-19 has negatively impacted our business, and may have further adverse impacts, on our continued operations, including those listed and discussed in Item 1A, Risk Factors included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Accordingly, we have reduced spending broadly across the Company, only proceeding with operating and capital spending that is critical. We have also ceased all non-essential hiring and reduced discretionary expenses, including certain employee benefits and compensation. Looking ahead, we have developed contingency plans to reduce costs further if the situation further deteriorates or lasts longer than current expectations. We will continue to actively monitor the situation and may take further actions that alter our business operations as may be necessary or appropriate for the health and safety of employees, contractors, customers, suppliers or others or as required by international, federal, state or local authorities.

Based on current estimates, we expect the impact of COVID-19 to continue in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2020, although to a lesser degree than what was seen in the third fiscal quarter of 2020. These impacts could also continue into fiscal 2021. Although this business disruption is expected to be temporary, significant uncertainty exists concerning the magnitude, duration and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including with regard to the effects on our customers and customer demand for our services. Accordingly, actual results for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2020 and future fiscal periods could differ materially versus current expectations and current results and financial condition discussed herein may not be indicative of future operating results and trends.

For a discussion of risks and uncertainties related to COVID-19, including the potential impacts on our business, financial condition and results of operations, see “Part II - Item 1A - Risk Factors”.

Business Overview

At Jacobs, we’re challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good. Leveraging a talent force of nearly 55,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of professional services including consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery for the government and private sector.

The Company’s deep global domain knowledge - applied together with the latest advances in technology - are why customers large and small choose to partner with Jacobs. We operate in two lines of business: Critical Mission Solutions (formerly Aerospace, Technology and Nuclear) and People & Places Solutions (formerly Buildings, Infrastructure and Advanced Facilities). These new names better reflect outcome-focused solutions for our customers and the changes have no impact on reported financial statements, line of business leadership or customer relationships.

After spending three years transforming our portfolio and setting the foundation to get us where we are today, we launched a three-year accelerated profitable growth strategy at our Investor Day in February 2019, focused on innovation and continued transformation to build upon our position as the leading solutions provider for our clients. This transformation included the $3.2 billion acquisition of CH2M and the $3.4 billion divestiture of the Company's energy, chemicals and resources business. Our acquisitions of KeyW and John Wood Group’s nuclear business will further position us as a leader in high-value government services and technology-enabled solutions, enhancing our portfolio by adding

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intellectual property-driven technology with unique proprietary C5ISR (command, control, communications, computer, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) rapid solutions, and amplifying Jacobs’ position as a Tier-1 global nuclear services provider.

We have altered the course of Jacobs’ future and are now focused on broadening our leadership in high growth sectors. As part of our strategy, our new brand was created from an understanding of where we’ve been, what’s true to our culture and our strategy going forward. Central to it is our new tagline: Challenging today. Reinventing tomorrow. Signaling our transition from an engineering and construction company to a global technology-forward solutions company, we have a new look, and we plan to change our name to Jacobs Solutions Inc.

Revenue by Type (Q3 FY2020)¹

¹ Due to COVID-19 and the actions taken by governmental authorities and others related thereto, some of the information provided in this summary relating to sources of revenue could be substantially different in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 and subsequent periods.

Lines of Business

The Company's two operating segments and global lines of business ("LOBs") are as follows: (i) Critical Mission Solutions and (ii) People & Places Solutions; with the previous Energy, Chemicals and Resources ("ECR") line of business now reported as discontinued operations.

Critical Mission Solutions (CMS)

Our Critical Mission Solutions line of business provides a full spectrum of cybersecurity, data analytics, software application development, enterprise and mission IT, systems integration and other highly technical consulting solutions to government agencies as well as selective aerospace, automotive and telecom customers. Our representative clients include the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), the U.S. Intelligence Community, NASA, the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE), Ministry of Defence in the U.K. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), and the Australian Department of Defence, as well as private sector customers mainly in the automotive and telecom sectors.

Serving mission-critical industry sectors

Critical Mission Solutions serves broad sectors, including U.S. government services, cybersecurity, nuclear, commercial, and international sectors.

The U.S. government is the world’s largest buyer of technical services, and in fiscal 2019, approximately 77% of CMS’s revenue was earned from serving the DoD, Intelligence Community and civil governmental entities.

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Trends affecting our government clients include electronic and cyber warfare, IT modernization, space exploration and intelligence, defense systems and intelligent asset management, which are driving demand for our highly technical solutions. Attacks by foreign entities and insider threats highlight potential cyber defense vulnerabilities.

Another trend we are witnessing is an increase in the capabilities of unmanned aircraft and hypersonic weapons, which is impacting both offensive and defensive spending priorities among our clients and is a driver for next generation solutions such as C5ISR (command, control, communications, computer, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) and advanced aeronautical testing, respectively. We are also seeing an increase in space exploration initiatives both from the U.S. government, such as NASA’s Artemis program to return to the moon in 2024, as well as the commercial sector.

Within the Nuclear sector, our customers have decades-long initiatives to manage, upgrade, decommission and remediate existing nuclear weapons and energy infrastructure.

Leveraging our base market of offering valued technical services to U.S. government customers, CMS also serves commercial and international markets. In fiscal 2019, approximately 12% of CMS’s revenue was from various U.S. commercial sectors, including the telecommunications market, which anticipates a large cellular infrastructure build-out from 4G to 5G technology. And like our government facility-based clients, our commercial manufacturing clients are seeking ways to reduce maintenance costs and optimize their facilities with network connected facilities and equipment to optimize operational systems, which we refer to as Intelligent Asset Management.

Our international customers, which accounted for 11% of fiscal 2019 revenue, have also increased demand for our IT and cybersecurity solutions and nuclear projects, and the U.K. Ministry of Defence continues to focus on accelerating its strategic innovative and technology focused initiatives.

Leveraging strong domain expertise to deliver solutions

CMS brings domain-specific capability and cross-market innovations in each of the above sectors by leveraging six core capability groups.

•Information Technology Services. Across various business units in CMS, we provide a wide range of software development and enterprise IT solutions. We develop, modify and maintain software solutions and complex systems. This service includes a broad array of lifecycle services, including requirements analysis, design, integration, testing, maintenance, quality assurance and documentation management. Our software activities support all major methodologies, including Agile, DevSecOps and other hybrid methodologies. For our enterprise IT capability, we develop, implement and sustain enterprise information technology systems, with a focus on improving mission performance, increasing security and reducing cost for our customers. Solutions typically include IT service management, data center consolidation, network operations, enterprise architecture, mobile computing, cloud computing and migration, software, infrastructure and platform as a service (SaaS, IaaS and PaaS), and data collection and analytics.

•Cybersecurity and Data Analytics. With our recent acquisition of KeyW, CMS offers a full suite of cyber services for its government and commercial clients, including defensive cyber operations and training, offensive cyber operations, cloud and data analytics, threat intelligence, intelligence analysis, incident response and forensics, software and infrastructure security engineering, computer forensics and exploitation and information technology-operational technology (IT-OT) convergence services.

•C5ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Combat Systems, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance). CMS is a leader in the design, development, analysis, implementation and support of C5ISR systems and technology in any environment, including land, sea, air, space and cyber domains. We provide advanced solutions for collecting, processing, exploiting and disseminating geospatial intelligence for the U.S. and Allied Intelligence Communities and Special Forces organizations. Core capabilities include: imaging systems, radar systems, precision geo-location products, custom packaging and microelectronics and customizable tagging, tracking and locating devices.

•Technical Services. We provide a broad range of technical consulting services to our government and commercial clients, including: systems integration, specialized propulsion, avionics, electrical, materials, aerodynamics, manufacturing processes modeling and simulation, testing and evaluation, scientific research, intelligent asset management, program management and consulting. NASA is one our major government customers in the U.S., where we provide a wide range of technology services. For our

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telecommunications customers, we provide permitting, site planning and engineering to enable the development of wireline and wireless communications including the development of 5G small cell sites.

•Facility Engineering and Operations. We provide services for advanced technical structures and systems, including flight/launch facilities, R&D facilities, test facilities and military range facilities. Customers also engage us to operate, maintain and provide technical services for these facilities and systems over their lives. We also provide sustainment and technical services for facility-oriented clients including for the automotive industry where we provide highly technical aerodynamic, climatic, altitude and acoustic solutions for our customer research and development operations.

•Nuclear Solutions. We provide support across the nuclear energy life-cycle, including operational site management, program management and research and consulting, mainly to the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) and the Office for Nuclear Regulation (“ONR”) and NDA with the U.K. government.

Applying internally-developed technology

Across multiple businesses within CMS we license internally developed technology such as:

•KeyRadar®: The acquisition of KeyW brought numerous internally developed technologies, including KeyRadar, a scalable, software-defined synthetic aperture radar that can be configured to address a variety of missions, ranging from foliage penetration to long-range maritime domain awareness or long-range moving target detection.

•Ginkgo: Ginkgo is the only virtual learning environment specifically created for cybersecurity training. Designed by experienced cybersecurity instructors at CMS’s Parrot Labs, Ginkgo offers a complete solution for implementing hands-on IT and cybersecurity training for both local and distance learning environments on desktops, tablets, and other mobile devices.

•TITAN^TM: With the exponential growth of information being harvested, deriving meaningful insights from data collecting can be challenging for organizations. TITAN is a suite of solutions (including Graph Database, Elastic Stack, and SocTraq) that leverages open-source technology to filter out noise to find the real needle in the haystack of threats, offering real-time detection and alerting capabilities for high-value asset and mission critical systems.

•SOCTRAQ: SOCTRAQ is a next-generation component of the larger TITAN cyber data platform that aids our federal clients in the automation of cybersecurity found in a security operations center (SOC). The technology is a real-time threat detection and alerting heads-up display run on a client’s computer to provide incident detection, recommended response actions, and case management. Features include alert visualization, depiction of threat-chain, and adaptive machine learning.

People & Places Solutions (P&PS)

Jacobs' People & Places Solutions line of business provides end-to-end solutions for our clients’ most complex projects - whether connected mobility, water, smart cities, advanced manufacturing or the environment. In doing so, we employ data analytics, artificial intelligence and automation, and software development to enable technology and digitally-driven consulting, planning, architecture, engineering, and implementation, as well as long-term operation of advanced facilities and infrastructure. Solutions may be delivered as standalone engagements or through comprehensive program management solutions that integrate disparate workstreams to yield additional benefits not attainable through project-by-project implementation.

Our clients include national, state and local government in the U.S., Europe, U.K., Middle East, Australia, New Zealand and Asia, as well as the private sector throughout the world.

Serving broad industry sectors that support people and places

Environmental and infrastructure resilience, urbanization, digital transformation and the convergence of information and operational technology (IT/OT) are driving new infrastructure requirements and opportunities for our clients. For example, an airport is no longer simply aviation infrastructure but is now a smart city with extensive operational, cybersecurity and autonomous mobility requirements. Master planning for a city now requires advanced analytics to plan for the adaptation of next-generation mobility as well as revenue generating fiber infrastructure.

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Furthermore, the future of nearly all water infrastructure will be highly technology-enabled, leveraging solutions with digital twins, predictive analytics and smart metering technology.

This increase in technology requirements is a key factor in our organic growth strategy as well as our recent acquisitions and divestitures. Moreover, our business model is evolving to now being a provider of digitally-enabled solutions to our infrastructure clients with less exposure to craft construction services. Our focus on five core sectors of Transportation, Water, Built Environment, Environmental and Advanced Facilities provides us with the unique opportunity to leverage expertise across all sectors to provide end-to-end connected solutions for our client’s most complex projects.

We are executing complex city solutions that pull expertise from all markets, fused with digital expertise, for major developments in places like London, Dubai, Sydney, India and the United States.

Leveraging global platform to deliver integrated solutions to our customers

One of our key differentiators is our global integrated delivery model, which harnesses deep domain expertise from our global technology and solution organization that is leveraged with the benefits of scale when we focus the world’s best talent to deliver differentiated solutions and value to our clients.

•Within transportation, we provide sustainable solutions to plan, develop, finance, design and engineer, construct, operate and maintain, next generation mobility across all modes, including highway, bridge, rail and transit, aviation, port and maritime infrastructure. For example, we do this by assessing the impact of autonomous vehicles on roadways and cities for transportation agencies, engineering and specifying vehicles for mass-transit, consulting services for digital fare payment systems, program management of the largest airport developments, designing cutting edge automated container terminals and ports infrastructure and utilizing digital data to develop cross modal mobility solutions. Our customers include the world’s largest transportation agencies as well as private shipping and logistics companies worldwide, including the multi-modal Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Transport for London, and Etihad Rail.

•Water is one of the most precious resources in the world, and extreme weather events are exacerbating supply and demand issues with drought, desertification and flooding at the same time population growth and industrialization are increasing demands. We provide solutions across water and wastewater treatment, water reuse, and water resources such as the deployment of next generation smart metering, digital twin technology and highly technical consulting, engineering, design-build and operation of complex water systems. We support our customers on some of the world’s largest water infrastructure projects such as Delta Conveyance Project, Thames Tideway, Houston Water and Singapore National Water Agency.

•For the built environment, we deliver full-service solutions for cities, places and buildings, including smart-city and resiliency city solutions. This also includes consulting, engineering and design services for transportation hubs in Boston and London, urban developments, corporate, national government, healthcare, education, science facilities for public sector and industrial clients across diverse markets and services. Our solutions include multi-functional infrastructure that addresses economic, social and environmental issues spanning a range of sectors, technology and industries. We also provide consulting around technology-enabled asset management, economic development and scientific advancement that enables our clients to make intelligent data-driven investment decisions. 

•In our environmental business we provide all aspects of environmental planning, permitting, regulatory and compliance management, and consulting services related to remediation, revitalization and redevelopment. We also provide critical consulting and technology related services to clients responsible for disaster planning, mitigation and response as well as logistics, planning and implementation support for leading edge scientific and research endeavors. We recently provided a large confidential U.S. customer with data analytics and visualization solutions to deliver actionable intelligence to help them understand and prioritize their approach to polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) remediation. 

•In our advanced facilities business, we provide fully integrated solutions for highly specialized facilities in the fields of medical research, sustainable manufacturing, nanoscience, biotechnology, semiconductor and data centers. Our services also include implementation of operational environments and providing cybersecurity assessments, network architecture development and construction management for their operational environments. Our clients include life sciences and pharmaceutical, specialty manufacturing, microelectronics and data intensive industries.

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In addition to each of the industry sectors that we serve, we deploy solutions to the world’s most complex projects and major programs that span across all markets, such as the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Dubai Expo, and LaGuardia Airport Redevelopment.

Applying internally developed technology

A strong foundation of data-rich innovative solutions is woven into every project that we deliver. These solutions employ an array of technical expertise to enable the most efficient, effective and predictable solutions for our customers, such as our proprietary technology software. Examples of these technologies include:

•TrackRecord is a workflow automation and compliance management platform for the delivery of major projects.

•AquaDNA is a wastewater asset management platform that lowers operation and maintenance costs and facilitates a move from reactive to proactive maintenance.

•Travel Service Optimisation (TSO) is Jacobs' travel sharing solution for Special Education needs children which centers on the children’s ability to travel together rather than focusing on their disability.

•SafetyWeb is a site hazard management and compliance tool.

•ProjectMapper is a web based geospatial mapping and project visualization software platform.

•Flood Modeller provides proactive decision-making to help manage our environment and the challenges associated with flood risk. It is suitable for a wide range of engineering and environmental applications, from calculating simple backwater profiles to modeling entire catchments to mapping potential flood risk for entire countries.

•Replica™ is Jacobs’ digital twin solution software platform and consists of the following capabilities:

•Replica Parametric Design™ (formerly CPES™) provides outputs on construction quantities and costs, life cycle quantities and costs, and estimates of environmental impacts. Rapid process design in Replica Process and the resulting development of the Replica Parametric Designs allows for thorough alternatives analysis and enhanced team communication.  

•Replica Preview™ is used for early stage visualization of facility designs. This software rapidly creates scaled three-dimensional designs, which can be placed on Google Earth®. Rapid design development in Replica Parametric Design and visualization with Replica Preview allows for informed analysis of many alternatives and sound decision-making.

•Replica Systems Analysis™ (formerly Voyage™) is a very flexible platform that can simulate resource systems dynamically, over time. Examples of modeled systems include water resources, energy, solid waste and traffic. The ability to connect complex systems together in a single interface that is visually intuitive leads to informed team collaboration and creative solutions.

•Replica Process™ allows Jacobs' world-renowned expertise in water treatment to be simulated both statically and dynamically over time in Replica Process™ software. Much of the process predictive capabilities in Replica Process are founded on the Jacobs' Pro2D2™ and Source™ software. Informed decisions are founded on the ability of Replica Process to provide details on system performance among many alternatives, very quickly.

•Replica Hydraulics™ was designed to simulate all pressurized and gravity flow hydraulics of a system, simultaneously. Replica’s hydraulic blocks were built on accepted engineering practice equations and have been successfully verified on hundreds of projects. The Replica Hydraulics library is the foundation for complete, dynamic water system analysis and can be used exclusively for hydraulic analysis of a system or in conjunction with Replica Process, Replica Controls and/or Replica Air.

•Replica Controls™ allows for dynamic simulation of system instrumentation such as flow meters, indicator transmitters, limit switches and stream analyzers as well as the logic objects including PID controllers, sequencers, units controller and alarms. The software's controls capabilities and functionality align with industry design standards and its ability to predict full scale performance is unmatched due to the connectivity with Replica Hydraulics.

•Replica Air™ simulates all aspects of compressible fluid (e.g. air) supply system including pipes, valves, diffusers and blowers. The ability to couple Replica Air with Replica Controls in a single simulation allows for the development of unique and robust designs that reduce energy use and life cycle costs.

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Energy, Chemicals and Resources (ECR)

ECR Disposition

On April 26, 2019, Jacobs completed the sale of its Energy, Chemicals and Resources ("ECR") business to Worley Limited, a company incorporated in Australia ("Worley"), for a purchase price of $3.4 billion consisting of (i) $2.8 billion in cash plus (ii) 58.2 million ordinary shares of Worley, subject to adjustments for changes in working capital and certain other items (the “ECR sale”).

As a result of the ECR sale, substantially all ECR-related assets and liabilities were sold (the "Disposal Group"). We determined that the disposal group should be reported as discontinued operations in accordance with ASC 210-05, Discontinued Operations because their disposal represented a strategic shift that had a major effect on our operations and financial results. As such, the assets and liabilities of the ECR business were reflected as held-for-sale in the Consolidated Balance Sheets through December 27, 2019. As of June 26, 2020, all of the ECR business to be sold under the terms of the sale has been conveyed to Worley and as such, no amounts remain held for sale. For further discussion see Note 7- Sale of Energy, Chemicals and Resources ("ECR") Business to the consolidated financial statements.

Prior to the sale, we served the energy, chemicals and resources sectors, including upstream, midstream and downstream oil, gas, refining, chemicals and mining and minerals industries. We provided integrated delivery of complex projects for our Oil and Gas, Refining, and Petrochemicals clients. Bridging the upstream, midstream and downstream industries, our services encompassed consulting, engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance and project management.  

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Results of Operations for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019

(in thousands, except per share information)

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Revenues	$	3,260,057	$	3,169,622	$	10,047,286	$	9,345,005
Direct cost of contracts	(2,631,031)		(2,543,488)		(8,125,554)		(7,533,511)
Gross profit	629,026		626,134		1,921,732		1,811,494
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(434,650)		(536,180)		(1,408,232)		(1,505,731)
Operating Profit	194,376		89,954		513,500		305,763
Other Income (Expense):
Interest income	1,249		3,398		3,180		7,172
Interest expense	(18,193)		(18,978)		(48,163)		(73,727)
Miscellaneous income (expense), net	126,249		19,025		(87,470)		58,211
Total other income (expense), net	109,305		3,445		(132,453)		(8,344)
Earnings from Continuing Operations Before Taxes	303,681		93,399		381,047		297,419
Income Tax (Expense) Benefit from Continuing Operations	(67,674)		1,981		(75,041)		(12,829)
Net Earnings of the Group from Continuing Operations	236,007		95,380		306,006		284,590
Net Earnings of the Group from Discontinued Operations	18,043		435,684		125,511		438,837
Net Earnings of the Group	254,050		531,064		431,517		723,427
Net Earnings Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests from Continuing Operations	(9,121)		(6,015)		(21,662)		(15,578)
Net Earnings Attributable to Jacobs from Continuing Operations	226,886		89,365		284,344		269,012
Net Earnings Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests from Discontinued Operations	—		(607)		—		(2,195)
Net Earnings Attributable to Jacobs from Discontinued Operations	18,043		435,077		125,511		436,642
Net Earnings Attributable to Jacobs	$	244,929	$	524,442	$	409,855	$	705,654
Net Earnings Per Share:
Basic Net Earnings from Continuing Operations Per Share	$	1.74	$	0.65	$	2.15	$	1.93
Basic Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations Per Share	$	0.14	$	3.18	$	0.95	$	3.14
Basic Earnings Per Share	$	1.88	$	3.83	$	3.11	$	5.07
Diluted Net Earnings from Continuing Operations Per Share	$	1.73	$	0.65	$	2.13	$	1.92
Diluted Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations Per Share	$	0.14	$	3.15	$	0.94	$	3.11
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$	1.87	$	3.80	$	3.08	$	5.02

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Overview – Three and Nine Months Ended June 26, 2020

COVID-19 Pandemic. There are many risks and uncertainties regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, including the anticipated duration of the pandemic and the extent of local and worldwide social, political, and economic disruption it may cause. The Company’s operations for the third fiscal quarter of 2020 were adversely impacted by COVID-19. While certain business units of both Critical Mission Solutions and People & Places Solutions have experienced, and may continue to experience, an increase in demand for certain of their services regarding new projects that may arise in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is still expected that COVID-19 is likely to continue to have an adverse impact on each of Critical Missions Solutions and People & Places Solutions in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2020, although to a lesser degree than what was seen in the third fiscal quarter of 2020. These may continue into fiscal 2021.

For a discussion of risks and uncertainties related to COVID-19, including the potential impacts on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations, see “Part II - Item 1A - Risk Factors”.

Net earnings attributable to the Company from continuing operations for the third fiscal quarter ended June 26, 2020 were $226.9 million (or $1.73 per diluted share), an increase of $137.5 million, or 153.9%, from earnings of $89.4 million (or $0.65 per diluted share) for the corresponding period last year. Included in the Company’s operating results from continuing operations for the three months ended June 26, 2020 were $93.3 million in after-tax unrealized appreciation gains recorded in miscellaneous income (expense), net, associated with our investment in Worley stock and certain foreign currency revaluations relating to the ECR sale and after-tax Restructuring and other charges and transaction costs of $14.1 million associated in part with the Company's acquisition of John Wood Groups' Nuclear consulting, remediation and program management business.

Net earnings attributable to the Company from discontinued operations for the third fiscal quarter ended June 26, 2020 were $18.0 million (or $0.14 per diluted share), a decrease of $417.0 million, or 95.9%, from earnings of $435.1 million (or $3.15 per diluted share) for the corresponding period last year. The change year-over-year was primarily driven by the gain on the ECR sale recognized in the 2019 period and the absence in the current period of normal operating results of the ECR business as reported also in the prior period.

For the nine months ended June 26, 2020, net earnings attributable to the Company from continuing operations were $284.3 million (or $2.13 per diluted share), an increase of $15.3 million, or 5.7%, from $269.0 million (or $1.92 per diluted share) for the corresponding period last year. Included in the Company’s operating results from continuing operations for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 were $90.4 million in after-tax fair value losses recorded in miscellaneous income (expense), net, associated with our investment in Worley stock (net of Worley stock dividend) and certain foreign currency revaluations relating to the ECR sale, $87.2 million in after-tax Restructuring and other charges and transaction costs associated in part with the Company's acquisition of John Wood Groups' Nuclear consulting, remediation and program management business.

For the nine months ended June 26, 2020, net earnings attributable to the Company from discontinued operations were $125.5 million (or $0.94 per diluted share), a decrease of $311.1 million, or 71.3%, from $436.6 million (or $3.11 per diluted share) for the corresponding period last year. Included in net earnings attributable to the Company from discontinued operations for the current year to date period was the settlement of the Nui Phao ("NPMC") legal matter described in Note 19- Commitments and Contingencies and Derivative Financial Instruments that was reimbursed by insurance, the recognition of the deferred gain for the delayed conveyance of the international entities and for the delivery of the ECR IT assets, as discussed in Note 7- Sale of Energy, Chemicals and Resources ("ECR") Business and adjustments for working capital and certain other items in connection with the ECR sale. Additionally, the year-over-year change was also driven by the gain on sale recognized in the 2019 period and the absence of normal operating results of the ECR business as reported also in the prior period.

On March 6, 2020, Jacobs completed the acquisition of John Wood Group's Nuclear consulting, remediation and program management business. For further discussion, see Note 5- Business Combinations.

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Consolidated Results of Operations

Revenues for the third fiscal quarter of 2020 were $3.26 billion, an increase of $90.4 million, or 2.9% from $3.17 billion for the corresponding period last year. For the nine months ended June 26, 2020, revenues were $10.05 billion, an increase of $702.3 million or 7.5% from $9.35 billion for the corresponding period last year. The increase in revenues for the three month period year over year was due in part to fiscal 2020 incremental revenues from the June 2019 KeyW and the March 2020 John Wood Group Nuclear business acquisitions, in addition to overall growth in our Critical Mission Solutions (CMS) and People & Places Solutions (P&PS) businesses, largely offset by impacts from the COVID 19 pandemic. Pass-through costs included in revenues for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020 amounted to $578.7 million and $1.92 billion, respectively, an increase of $44.8 million and $81.3 million, or 8.4% and 4.4%, from $533.9 million and $1.84 billion from the corresponding periods last year.

Gross profit for the third quarter of 2020 was $629.0 million, an increase of $2.9 million, or 0.5% from $626.1 million from the corresponding period last year. Our gross profit margins were 19.3% and 19.8% for the three month periods ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, respectively, with these trend differences being mainly attributable to project mix impacts in our legacy portfolio year over year, as well as year over year impacts from lower overhead reimbursement rates resulting from our ongoing cost reduction programs partially offset by COVID-19 cost mitigation efforts. Gross profit for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 was $1.92 billion, an increase of $110.2 million, or 6.1% from $1.81 billion from the corresponding period to date last year. Our gross profit margins were 19.1% and 19.4% for the nine month periods ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, respectively. The increase in our gross profit was attributable to overall growth in both our P&PS and CMS businesses along with favorable impacts from the KeyW and John Wood Group Nuclear business acquisitions. The slight differences in year over year gross margin trends for the three and nine month periods were attributable mainly to legacy portfolio mix and lower overhead rate impacts mentioned above, with partial offsets from favorable margin trends from our recent KeyW and Wood Group acquisitions.

See Segment Financial Information discussion for further information on the Company’s results of operations at the operating segment.

SG&A expenses for the three months ended June 26, 2020 were $434.7 million, a decrease of $101.5 million, or 18.9%, from $536.2 million for the corresponding period last year. SG&A expenses for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 were $1.41 billion, a decrease of $97.5 million, or 6.5%, from $1.51 billion for the corresponding period last year. The decrease in SG&A expenses as compared to the corresponding periods last year was due primarily to less expense relating to the Transition Services Agreement (the "TSA") with Worley which terminated in April 2020 and reductions in personnel related and other overhead costs resulting from our ongoing cost reduction programs as well as COVID-19 cost mitigation efforts, partially offset by incremental SG&A expenses from the KeyW and John Wood Group Nuclear business acquisitions. Favorable impacts on SG&A expenses from foreign exchange were $5.7 million and $12.4 million, respectively for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020, although impacts from foreign exchange were immaterial to the Company's operating profit as a whole.

Net interest expense for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020 was $16.9 million and $45.0 million, respectively, a decrease of $1.4 million and $21.6 million from $15.6 million and $66.6 million for the corresponding periods last year. The decrease in net interest expense for the nine month period year over year is due to the paydown of debt subsequent to the ECR sale in the prior year third quarter.

Miscellaneous income (expense), net for the three months ended June 26, 2020 was $126.2 million, an increase of $107.2 million, from $19.0 million for the corresponding period last year. The increase from the prior year was due primarily to $123.1 million in pre-tax unrealized gains associated with changes in the fair value of our investment in Worley stock and certain foreign currency revaluations relating to the ECR sale. Miscellaneous income (expense), net for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 was $(87.5) million, a decrease of $145.7 million, from $58.2 million for the corresponding periods last year. The decrease from prior year was due primarily to $118.8 million in pre-tax unrealized losses associated with changes in the fair value of our investment in Worley stock (net of Worley stock dividend) and certain foreign currency revaluations relating to the ECR sale. Also included in miscellaneous (expense) income during the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020 is $1.0 million and $15.2 million, respectively, in TSA related income associated with the ECR sale as discussed in Note 7- Sale of Energy, Chemicals and Resources ("ECR") Business.

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The Company’s effective tax rates from continuing operations for the three months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019 were 22.3% and (2.1)%, respectively. The Company’s effective tax rates from continuing operations for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019 were 19.7% and 4.3%, respectively. The comparatively higher quarterly tax rate was primarily due to a $21.7 million tax benefit in the three months ended June 28, 2019, which related to the release of a valuation allowance on previously fully valued foreign tax credits. For the three months ended June 26, 2020, the effective tax rate was impacted by a $4.1 million benefit for the release of uncertain tax positions due to the statute of limitations expiring and a $12.6 million benefit for the release of a valuation allowance in the UK, with offsetting unfavorable impacts from other discrete items. The Company’s effective tax rate from continuing operations for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 was higher primarily due to $62.6 million in discrete benefits in the nine months ended June 28, 2019, predominantly comprised of $37.4 million for a remeasurement of the Company's deferred tax liability for unremitted earnings to account for the change in expected manner of recovery and an additional benefit of $21.7 million as a result of a valuation allowance release on foreign tax credits that were previously fully reserved. Comparatively, in the nine months ended June 26, 2020, the Company had a $12.6 million benefit for the release of a valuation allowance in the UK, a $6.9 million of benefit from the application of the Internal Revenue Code section 179D, a $3.7 million favorable settlement with the Indian Revenue Services, an amended tax return generating $5.8 million of foreign tax credits and research and development, and a $4.1 million benefit for an India tax rate change, with offsetting unfavorable impacts from other discrete items.

See Note 7- Sale of Energy, Chemicals and Resources ("ECR") Business for further information on the Company's discontinued operations reporting for the sale of the ECR business.

On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) was enacted in the United States and significantly revised the U.S. corporate income tax laws. Given the significance of the legislation, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (SAB 118), which allowed registrants to record provisional amounts during a one year “measurement period” like that used when accounting for business combinations. As of December 22, 2018, we completed our accounting for the tax effects of the enactment of the Act. For the deferred tax balances, we remeasured the U.S. deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the rates at which they are expected to reverse in the future, which is generally 21%. The Company’s revised remeasurement resulted in cumulative charges to income tax expense of $144.4 million for the measurement period. The Act called for a one-time tax on deemed repatriation of foreign earnings. This one-time transition tax was based on our total post-1986 earnings and profits (E&P) of certain of our foreign subsidiaries. We recorded $14.3 million in cumulative transition taxes during the measurement period, although the transition tax was expected to be offset by foreign tax credits in the future, resulting in no additional cash tax liability. In addition, the Company recorded $104.2 million in cumulative valuation expense charges during the measurement period with respect to certain foreign tax credit deferred tax assets as a result of the Act and CH2M integration.

The amount of income taxes the Company pays is subject to ongoing audits by tax jurisdictions around the world. In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to examination by tax authorities throughout the world, including such major jurisdictions as Australia, Canada, India, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. Our estimate of the potential outcome of any uncertain tax issue is subject to our assessment of the relevant risks, facts, and circumstances existing at the time. The Company believes that it has adequately provided for reasonably foreseeable outcomes related to these matters. However, future results may include favorable or unfavorable adjustments to our estimated tax liabilities in the period the assessments are made or resolved, which may impact our effective tax rate.

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Segment Financial Information

The following table provides selected financial information for our operating segments and includes a reconciliation of segment operating profit to total U.S. GAAP operating profit from continuing operations by including certain corporate-level expenses, Restructuring and other charges and transaction and integration costs (in thousands).  

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020	June 28, 2019
Revenues from External Customers:
Critical Mission Solutions	$	1,211,143	$	1,156,488	$3,636,978	$3,251,024
People & Places Solutions	2,048,914		2,013,134		6,410,308	6,093,981
Total	$	3,260,057	$	3,169,622	$10,047,286	$9,345,005

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Segment Operating Profit:
Critical Mission Solutions	$	89,608	$	76,306	$	264,323	$	222,289
People & Places Solutions	190,453		183,318		557,864		515,465
Total Segment Operating Profit	280,061		259,624		822,187		737,754
Other Corporate Expenses (1)	(65,213)		(64,525)		(193,148)		(185,674)
Restructuring, Transaction and Other Charges	(20,472)		(105,145)		(115,539)		(246,317)
Total U.S. GAAP Operating Profit	194,376		89,954		513,500		305,763
Total Other Income (Expense), net (2)	109,305		3,445		(132,453)		(8,344)
Earnings Before Taxes from Continuing Operations	$	303,681	$	93,399	$	381,047	$	297,419

(1)Other corporate expenses include costs that were previously allocated to the ECR segment prior to discontinued operations presentation in connection with the ECR sale in the approximate amount of $2.0 million and $14.8 million for the three and nine month periods ended June 28, 2019, respectively. Other corporate expenses also include intangibles amortization of $23.1 million and $18.4 million for the three-month periods ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, respectively, and $67.1 million and $55.7 million for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, respectively.

(2)For the three and nine month periods ended June 26, 2020, includes revenues under the Company's TSA with Worley of $1.0 million and $15.2 million, respectively, $122.9 million and $(119.0) million in fair value adjustments related to our investment in Worley stock (net of Worley stock dividend) and certain foreign currency revaluations relating to the ECR sale, respectively, the amortization of deferred financing fees related to the acquisition of CH2M HILL Companies Ltd. ("CH2M") in December 2017 (the "CH2M acquisition") of $— million and $0.7 million, respectively, and the loss on settlement of the U.S. pension plan of $— million and $2.7 million respectively. For the three and nine month periods ended June 28, 2019, includes the amortization of deferred financing fees related to the CH2M acquisition of $0.5 million and $1.5 million, respectively, and the gain on settlement of the CH2M portion of the U.S. pension plan of $0.0 million and $34.6 million, respectively. Also includes revenues under the Company's TSA with Worley of $14.1 million for the three and nine month periods ended June 28, 2019, for which the related costs are included in SG&A.

Critical Mission Solutions

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Revenue	$	1,211,143	$	1,156,488	$	3,636,978	$	3,251,024
Operating Profit	$	89,608	$	76,306	$	264,323	$	222,289

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Critical Mission Solutions (CMS) segment revenues for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020 were $1.21 billion and $3.64 billion, respectively, an increase of $54.7 million and $386.0 million, or 4.7% and 11.9% from $1.16 billion and $3.25 billion for the corresponding periods last year. Our increase in revenue was primarily attributable to incremental revenue from the KeyW and John Wood Group Nuclear business acquisitions, combined with areas of year over year revenue volume growth across our legacy portfolio, highlighted by increased spending by customers in the U.S. government business sector. These favorable performance trends more than offset unfavorable COVID-19 related revenue impacts mainly due to challenges from physical distancing requirements, client scheduling changes and other related factors. Impacts on revenues from unfavorable foreign currency translation were approximately $7.0 million and $13.4 million, respectively, for the three and nine month periods ended June 26, 2020 compared to the corresponding prior year periods.

Operating profit for the segment was $89.6 million and $264.3 million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020, an increase of $13.3 million and $42.0 million, or 17.4% and 18.9%, from $76.3 million and $222.3 million for the corresponding periods last year. The increases from the prior year were primarily attributable to incremental operating profit from the KeyW and John Wood Group Nuclear business acquisitions, the continued growth in profits from our U.S. governmental business sector and the favorable close out of a large program management contract in the first fiscal quarter of 2020. Impacts on operating profit from unfavorable foreign currency translation were approximately $1.0 million and $1.9 million respectively, for the three and nine months periods ended June 26, 2020, compared to the corresponding prior year periods. Unfavorable revenue impacts from COVID-19 mentioned above were largely offset by the Company’s mitigating actions in discretionary operating spend and benefits costs, government assistance programs and other areas of improved operating performance.

People & Places Solutions

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Revenue	$	2,048,914	$	2,013,134	$	6,410,308	$	6,093,981
Operating Profit	$	190,453	$	183,318	$	557,864	$	515,465

Revenues for the People & Places Solutions (P&PS) segment for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020 were $2.05 billion and $6.41 billion, respectively, an increase of $35.8 million and $316.3 million, or 1.8%, and 5.2% from $2.01 billion and $6.09 billion for the corresponding periods last year. The increases in revenue were due in part to portfolio growth across our businesses, highlighted by strong investment in advanced facilities, water and transport infrastructure and project management/construction management ("PMCM") sectors. These favorable performance trends more than offset unfavorable COVID-19 related revenue impacts mainly due to challenges from physical distancing requirements, client scheduling changes and other related factors. Impacts on revenues from unfavorable foreign currency translation were approximately $20.3 million and $49.6 million, respectively, for the three and nine month periods ended June 26, 2020 compared to the corresponding prior year periods.

Operating profit for the segment for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020 were $190.5 million and $557.9 million, respectively, an increase of $7.1 million and $42.4 million, or 3.9%, and 8.2% from $183.3 million and $515.5 million for the corresponding periods last year. The year over year increase in operating profit was due primarily to positive impacts from the higher year over year revenues for the segment and reductions in costs related to COVID-19 impacts and mitigation efforts. Impacts on operating profit from unfavorable foreign currency translation were approximately $4.5 million and $8.9 million for the three and nine month periods ended June 26, 2020, compared to the corresponding prior year periods. Unfavorable revenue impacts from COVID-19 mentioned above were largely offset by the Company’s mitigating actions in discretionary operating spend and benefits costs, government assistance programs and other areas of improved operating performance.

Other Corporate Expenses

Other corporate expenses for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020 were $65.2 million and $193.1 million, an increase of $0.7 million and $7.4 million from $64.5 million and $185.7 million for the corresponding periods last year. This increase was due primarily to higher intangible amortization expense from the KeyW and John Wood Group nuclear business acquisitions, as well as impacts from company benefit program enhancements. These increases were partly offset by employee related and other cost reductions across the Company's corporate functions.

Included in other corporate expenses in the above table are costs and expenses which relate to general corporate activities as well as corporate-managed benefit and insurance programs. Such costs and expenses include: (i) those

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elements of SG&A expenses relating to the business as a whole; (ii) those elements of our incentive compensation plans relating to corporate personnel whose other compensation costs are not allocated to the LOBs; (iii) the amortization of intangible assets acquired as part of purchased business combinations; (iv) the quarterly variances between the Company’s actual costs of certain of its self-insured integrated risk and employee benefit programs and amounts charged to the LOBs; and (v) certain adjustments relating to costs associated with the Company’s international defined benefit pension plans. In addition, other corporate expenses may also include from time to time certain adjustments to contract margins (both positive and negative) associated with projects where it has been determined, in the opinion of management, that such adjustments are not indicative of the performance of the related LOB.

Discontinued Operations

The results from our ECR business formerly reported as a stand-alone segment are reflected in our unaudited consolidated financial statements as discontinued operations for all periods presented. For further information, refer to Note 7- Sale of Energy, Chemicals and Resources ("ECR") Business.

For the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020, net earnings attributable to Jacobs from discontinued operations after income taxes were $18.0 million and $125.5 million, respectively, and for the three and nine months ended June 28, 2019, net earnings attributable to discontinued operations after income taxes were $435.1 million and $436.6 million, respectively. While the ECR business sale closed in April 2019, the Company recognized additional pretax income from discontinued operations of $32.1 million and $161.9 million in the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020. Selling, general and administrative expenses includes an offsetting insurance recovery of $50.0 million for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 recorded in connection with the Nui Phao ("NPMC") legal matter described in Note 19- Commitments and Contingencies. Additionally, the nine month period ended June 28, 2019 includes a charge for the award and recovery of costs, estimated related interest and attorneys' fees related to the NPMC legal matter. For the nine months ended June 26, 2020, the gain on sale of $113.4 million relates mainly to the recognition of the deferred gain for the delayed transfer of the ECR-related assets and liabilities of the two international entities discussed above, adjustments for working capital and certain other items in connection with the sale and additional income for the release of a deferred gain upon achievement of the IT Migration Date described above in connection with the delivery to Worley of certain IT application and hardware assets related to the ECR business.

Restructuring and Other Charges

See Note 11- Restructuring and Other Charges for information on the Company’s activity relating to restructuring and other charges.

Backlog Information

We include in backlog the total dollar amount of revenues we expect to record in the future as a result of performing work under contracts that have been awarded to us. Our policy with respect to O&M contracts, however, is to include in backlog the amount of revenues we expect to receive for one succeeding year, regardless of the remaining life of the contract. For national government programs (other than national government O&M contracts, which are subject to the same policy applicable to all other O&M contracts), our policy is to include in backlog the full contract award, whether funded or unfunded, excluding option periods. Because of variations in the nature, size, expected duration, funding commitments, and the scope of services required by our contracts, the timing of when backlog will be recognized as revenues can vary greatly between individual contracts.

Consistent with industry practice, substantially all of our contracts are subject to cancellation or termination at the option of the client, including our U.S. government work. While management uses all information available to determine backlog, at any given time our backlog is subject to changes in the scope of services to be provided as well as increases or decreases in costs relating to the contracts included therein. Backlog is not necessarily an indicator of future revenues.

Because certain contracts (e.g., contracts relating to large EPC projects as well as national government programs) can cause large increases to backlog in the fiscal period in which we recognize the award, and because many of our contracts require us to provide services that span over several fiscal quarters (and sometimes over fiscal years), we evaluate our backlog on a year-over-year basis, rather than on a sequential, quarter-over-quarter basis.

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The following table summarizes our backlog at June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019 (in millions):

	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Critical Mission Solutions	$	9,066	$	8,456
People & Places Solutions	14,608		14,011
Total	$	23,674	$	22,467

The increase in backlog in Critical Mission Solutions (CMS) from June 28, 2019 was primarily the result of the acquisition of John Wood Group's Nuclear consulting, remediation and program management business.

The increase in backlog in People & Places Solutions (P&PS) from June 28, 2019 was primarily the result of new awards in the U.K. and U.S. markets.

Consolidated backlog differs from the Company’s remaining performance obligations as defined by ASC 606 primarily because of our national government contracts (other than national government O&M contracts). Our policy is to include in backlog the full contract award, whether funded or unfunded excluding the option periods while our remaining performance obligations represent a measure of the total dollar value of work to be performed on contracts awarded and in progress. Additionally, the Company includes our proportionate share of backlog related to unconsolidated joint ventures which is not included in our remaining performance obligations.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

At June 26, 2020, our principal sources of liquidity consisted of $1.02 billion in cash and cash equivalents and $1.63 billion of available borrowing capacity under our $2.25 billion revolving credit agreement (the "Revolving Credit Facility").

The amount of cash and cash equivalents at June 26, 2020 represented an increase of $393.7 million from $631.1 million at September 27, 2019, the changes of which are described below.

Our cash flow provided by operations of $374.5 million during the nine month period ended June 26, 2020 was favorable by $594.8 million in comparison to the cash flow used for operations of $220.3 million for the corresponding prior year period. This improvement was due primarily to favorable net earnings adjusted for noncash items compared to the previous period driven by improved operating profit performance. Partly offsetting this favorable impact were higher uses of cash in other working capital, due mainly to higher accounts receivable partially impacted by collection timing impacts from COVID-19 as well as higher cash used in accounts payable, offset by favorable cash flow impacts in accrued liabilities including the deferral of certain payments associated mainly with COVID-19 government assistance programs in the U.S. and Europe.

Our cash used for investing activities for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 was $392.7 million, compared to cash provided by investing activities of $2.18 billion in the prior year, the change due primarily to the impact of the ECR sale in the third quarter of the prior fiscal year compared to the acquisition of John Wood Group's Nuclear business in the second quarter of fiscal year 2020.

Our cash provided by financing activities of $372.5 million for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 resulted mainly from net proceeds from borrowings of $756.5 million, partly offset by cash used for share repurchases of $285.8 million, $97.5 million in dividends to shareholders and noncontrolling interest and approximately $1.1 million in stock-based compensation and benefit plan related activity. Cash used for financing activities in the prior period was $1.79 billion, due primarily to net debt repayments of $1.20 billion, share repurchases of $524.6 million $82.3 million in dividends to shareholders and noncontrolling interest and approximately $20.0 million in stock-based compensation and benefit plan related activity.

At June 26, 2020, the Company had approximately $244.3 million in cash and cash equivalents held in the U.S. and $780.5 million held outside of the U.S. (primarily in the U.K., the Eurozone, Australia, India and the United Arab Emirates), which is used primarily for funding operations in those regions. Other than the tax cost of repatriating funds to the U.S. (see Note 15- Income Taxes of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our 2020 Form 10-K), there are no material impediments to repatriating these funds to the U.S.

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In March 2020, the Company entered into a new unsecured term loan facility (the “2020 Term Loan Facility”) with a syndicate of financial institutions as lenders. The principal balance of the 2020 Term Loan Facility was $1.04 billion as of June 26, 2020. The terms and other important details are summarized in Note 12- Borrowings. The 2020 Term Loan Facility was entered into as part of our strategy to increase the portion of our long-term debt that is represented by term loan facilities. In the second quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company used proceeds of the 2020 Term Loan Facility to repay $200.0 million in short-term debt and retained the remaining cash proceeds as a precautionary measure due to uncertainties resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic that was emerging at the time. In the third quarter of fiscal 2020, after gaining additional insight into the impact of the pandemic on the Company’s business and improved cash flow, the Company used the remaining cash proceeds and excess cash to repay $954.9 million of outstanding amounts under the Revolving Credit Facility.

The Company had $259.5 million in letters of credit outstanding at June 26, 2020. Of this amount, $2.3 million was issued under the Revolving Credit Facility and $257.3 million was issued under separate, committed and uncommitted letter-of-credit facilities.

On March 6, 2020, a subsidiary of Jacobs completed the acquisition of John Wood Group's Nuclear consulting, remediation and program management business for an enterprise value of £246 million, or approximately $317.9 million, less cash acquired of $24.3 million. The Company has recorded its preliminary purchase accounting processes associated with the acquisitions, which are summarized in Note 5- Business Combinations.

On June 12, 2019, Jacobs completed the acquisition of The KeyW Holding Corporation (“KeyW”), a U.S. based innovative national security solutions provider to the intelligence, cyber, and counterterrorism communities by acquiring 100% of the outstanding shares of KeyW common stock. The Company paid total consideration of $902.6 million which was comprised of approximately $604.2 million in cash to the former stockholders and certain equity award holders of KeyW and the assumption of KeyW’s debt of $298.4 million. The Company repaid all of KeyW's outstanding debt by the end of the fourth fiscal quarter of 2019. The Company has recorded its final purchase price allocation associated with the acquisition, which is summarized in Note 5- Business Combinations.

On April 26, 2019, Jacobs completed the sale of its ECR business to Worley for a purchase price of $3.4 billion consisting of (i) $2.8 billion in cash plus (ii) 58.2 million ordinary shares of Worley, subject to adjustments for changes in working capital and certain other items.

We believe we have adequate liquidity and capital resources to fund our projected cash requirements for the next twelve months based on the liquidity provided by our cash and cash equivalents on hand, our borrowing capacity and our continuing cash from operations. We further believe that our financial resources, discretionary spend controls as well as near term benefits from government assistance programs, will allow us to continue managing the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business operations for the foreseeable future, which is expected to include reduced revenue from operating activities, based on current assumptions and expectations regarding the pandemic. We have taken actions to reduce spending more broadly across the Company, only proceeding with operating and capital spending that is critical. We have also ceased all non-essential hiring and reduced discretionary expenses, including certain employee benefits and compensation. In addition, as a precautionary measure, we temporarily suspended purchases under the share repurchase plan in March 2020. Looking ahead, we have developed contingency plans to reduce costs further if the situation deteriorates beyond or lasts longer than current assumptions and expectations.

We were in compliance with all of our debt covenants at June 26, 2020.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

We do not enter into derivative financial instruments for trading, speculation or other similar purposes that would expose the Company to market risk. In the normal course of business, our results of operations are exposed to risks associated with fluctuations in interest rates and currency exchange rates.

Interest Rate Risk

Please see the Note 12- Borrowings in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements appearing under Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which is incorporated herein by reference, for a discussion of the Revolving Credit Facility and Note Purchase Agreement.

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Our Revolving Credit Facility, 2020 Term Loan Facility and certain other debt obligations are subject to variable rate interest which could be adversely affected by an increase in interest rates. As of June 26, 2020, we had an aggregate of $1.66 billion in outstanding borrowings under our Revolving Credit Facility and 2020 Term Loan Facility. Interest on amounts borrowed under these agreements is subject to adjustment based on the Company’s Consolidated Leverage Ratio (as defined in the credit agreements governing the Revolving Credit Facility and the 2020 Term Loan Facility). Depending on the Company’s Consolidated Leverage Ratio, borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility and the 2020 Term Loan Facility bear interest at a Eurocurrency rate plus a margin of between 0.875% and 1.5% or a base rate plus a margin of between 0% and 0.5%. Additionally, if our consolidated leverage ratio exceeds a certain amount, the interest on the Senior Notes may increase by 75 basis points. However, as discussed in Note 19- Commitments and Contingencies and Derivative Financial Instruments, we have entered into swap agreements with an aggregate notional value of $899.6 million to convert the variable rate interest based liabilities associated with a corresponding amount of our debt into fixed interest rate liabilities, leaving $757.3 million in principal amount subject to variable interest rate risk.

For the nine months ended June 26, 2020, our weighted average borrowings that are subject to floating rate exposure were approximately $1.39 billion. If floating interest rates had increased by 1.00%, our interest expense for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 would have increased by approximately $10.4 million.

Foreign Currency Risk

In situations where the Company incurs costs in currencies other than our functional currency, we sometimes enter into foreign exchange contracts to limit our exposure to fluctuating foreign currencies. We follow the provisions of ASC No. 815, Derivatives and Hedging in accounting for our derivative contracts. The Company has $388.4 million in notional value of exchange rate sensitive instruments at June 26, 2020. See Note 19- Commitments and Contingencies and Derivative Financial Instruments for discussion.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Disclosure controls and procedures are those controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) are recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chair and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer), to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

The Company’s management, with the participation of its Chair and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer), evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as defined by Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act defined above, as of June 26, 2020, the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the “Evaluation Date”). Based on that evaluation, the Company’s management, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, as of the Evaluation Date, were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chair and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer), as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There were no changes to our internal control over financial reporting which were identified in connection with the evaluation required by paragraph (d) of Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act during the quarter ended June 26, 2020 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

The information required by this Item 1 is included in the Note 19- Commitments and Contingencies and Derivative Financial Instruments included in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements appearing under Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

Please refer to Item 1A- Risk Factors in our 2019 Form 10-K and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the second quarter of fiscal 2020, which are incorporated herein by reference, for a discussion of some of the factors that have affected our business, financial condition, and results of operations in the past and which could affect us in the future. There have been no material changes to those risk factors, except for the information disclosed elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that provides factual updates to those risk factors and the updates to the additional risk factors set forth below. Before making an investment decision with respect to our common stock, you should carefully consider those risk factors, as well as the financial and business disclosures contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our other current and periodic reports filed with the SEC.

The COVID-19 pandemic, including the measures that international, federal, state and local public health and other governmental authorities implement to address it, have adversely affected, and may continue to adversely affect, our business, financial condition and results of operations.

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization characterized the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) as a global pandemic and recommended certain containment and mitigation measures. On March 13, 2020, the United States declared a national emergency concerning the outbreak, and the vast majority of states and many municipalities declared public health emergencies or taken similar actions. Since then, there have been extraordinary and wide-ranging actions taken by international, federal, state and local public health and governmental authorities to contain and combat the outbreak of COVID-19 in regions across the United States and around the world. These actions include quarantines and “stay-at-home” or “shelter-in-place” orders, social distancing measures, travel restrictions, school closures and similar mandates for many individuals in order to substantially restrict daily activities and orders for many businesses to curtail or cease normal operations unless their work is critical, essential or life-sustaining. Although certain jurisdictions have taken steps to lift or ease such restrictions to various degrees, some jurisdictions have subsequently reversed such lifting or easing in response to increased cases of COVID-19.

The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected, and may continue to adversely affect, certain elements of our business, including, but not limited to, the following:

•We have experienced, and may continue to experience, reductions in demand for certain of our services and the delay or abandonment of ongoing or anticipated projects due to our clients’, suppliers’ and other third parties’ diminished financial conditions or financial distress, as well as governmental budget constraints. These impacts are expected to continue or worsen if “stay-at-home”, “shelter-in-place”, social distancing, travel restrictions and other similar orders, measures or restrictions remain in place for an extended period of time or are re-imposed after being lifted or eased. Although we have experienced, and may continue to experience, an increase in demand for certain of our services as a result of new projects that have arisen in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, there can be no assurance that any such increased demand would be sufficient to offset lost or delayed demand.

•Government-sponsored stimulus or assistance programs enacted to-date in the United States and in the foreign countries in which we operate in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have only been available to us or our customers or suppliers on a limited basis and are insufficient to address the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) contains provisions that authorize Federal Agencies to pay contractors to retain key workers where regular work schedules are not possible due to quarantines or other social isolation measures. We have pursued payment for these alternative work arrangements with applicable Federal Agencies or contracting officials and will continue to assess the availability of such subsidies on a contract-by-contract basis. Certain foreign governments are also permitting contracting authorities to revise the terms of government contracts and/or providing various forms of subsidies to compensate companies who maintain their workforce rather than impose layoffs or furloughs. Certain other governments have provided partial expense reimbursement for furloughed employees and also provided for the deferral of payroll taxes. Although we expect to recover a significant portion of COVID-19 related labor costs, we do not expect to recover the full amount of either our labor cost or associated fee. Additionally, these and other government-sponsored assistance and stimulus programs are subject to renewal, modification or termination by the applicable

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governing bodies. If any government-sponsored program from which we receive benefits is modified or terminated, our benefits thereunder could decline or cease altogether, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations, and/or cash flows.

•Our clients may be unable to meet their payment obligations to us in a timely manner, including as a result of deteriorating financial condition or bankruptcy resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic impacts. Further, other third parties, such as suppliers, subcontractors, joint venture partners and other outside business partners, may experience significant disruptions in their ability to satisfy their obligations with respect to us, or they may be unable to do so altogether.

•Many employers, including us, and governments continue to require all or a significant portion of employees to work from home or not go into their offices. While many of our employees can effectively perform their responsibilities while working remotely, some work is not well-suited for remote work, and that work may not be completed as efficiently as if it were performed on site. Additionally, we may be exposed to unexpected cybersecurity risks and additional information technology-related expenses as a result of these remote working requirements.

•Illness, travel restrictions or other workforce disruptions could adversely affect our supply chain, our ability to timely and satisfactorily complete our clients’ projects, our ability to provide services to our clients or our other business processes. Even after the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, we could experience a longer-term impact on our operating expenses, including, for example, due to the need for enhanced health and hygiene requirements or the periodic revival of social distancing or other measures in one or more regions in attempts to counteract future outbreaks.

•We have furloughed certain employees and may need to further furlough or reduce the number of employees that we employ. We may experience difficulties associated with hiring additional employees or replacing employees, in particular with respect to roles that require security clearances or other special qualifications that may be limited or difficult to obtain. Increased turnover rates of our employees could increase operating costs and create challenges for us in maintaining high levels of employee awareness of and compliance with our internal procedures and external regulatory compliance requirements, in addition to increasing our recruiting, training and supervisory costs.

•In addition to existing travel restrictions implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, jurisdictions may continue to close borders, impose prolonged quarantines and further restrict travel and business activity, which could materially impair our ability to support our operations and clients (both domestic and international), to source supplies through the global supply chain and to identify, pursue and capture new business opportunities, and which could continue to restrict the ability of our employees to access their workplaces. We also face the possibility of increased overhead or other expenses resulting from compliance with any future government orders or other measures enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

•The COVID-19 pandemic has increased volatility and pricing in the capital markets, and that increased volatility is likely to continue. While we entered into a new $1 billion term loan facility in the second quarter of fiscal 2020, we might not be able to access further sources of liquidity on acceptable pricing or borrowing terms if at all. Our credit facilities contain customary covenants restricting, among other things, our ability to incur certain liens and indebtedness. We are also subject to certain financial covenants, including maintenance of a maximum consolidated leverage ratio. A breach of any covenant or our inability to comply with the required financial ratios, whether as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business or otherwise, could result in a default under one or more of our credit facilities and limit our ability to do further borrowing. Any inability to obtain additional liquidity as and when needed, or to maintain compliance with the instruments governing our indebtedness, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

•We operate in many countries around the world, and certain of those countries’ governments may be unable to effectively mitigate the financial or other impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on their economies and workforces and our operations therein.

The continued global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the responses thereto are complex and rapidly evolving, and the extent to which the pandemic impacts our business, financial condition and results of operations, including the duration and magnitude of such impacts, will depend on numerous evolving factors that we may not be able to accurately predict or assess. COVID-19, and the volatile regional and global economic conditions stemming from the pandemic, as well as reactions to future pandemics or resurgences of COVID-19, could also precipitate or aggravate the other risk factors that we identify in our 2019 Form 10-K, which in turn could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. There may be other adverse consequences to our business, financial condition

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and results of operations from the spread of COVID-19 that we have not considered or have not become apparent. As a result, we cannot assure you that if COVID-19 continues to spread, it would not have a further adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Item 2.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

There were no sales of unregistered equity securities during the third fiscal quarter of 2020.

Share Repurchases

On January 17, 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program of up to $1.0 billion of the Company’s common stock, to expire on January 16, 2022 (the "2019 Repurchase Authorization"). During fiscal 2019, the Company launched accelerated share repurchase programs by advancing a total of $500.0 million to two financial institutions in privately negotiated transactions (collectively, the "2019 ASR Programs"). The specific number of shares that the Company repurchased under the 2019 ASR Programs was determined based generally on a discount to the volume-weighted average price per share of the Company's common stock during a calculation period which ended on June 5, 2019 for the first $250.0 million in repurchases and on December 4, 2019 for the second $250.0 million in repurchases. The purchases were recorded as share retirements for purposes of calculating earnings per share.

As a precautionary measure in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company temporarily suspended purchases under the share repurchase plan in March 2020, with such suspension remaining in effect through the fiscal third quarter of 2020. On January 16, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized an additional share repurchase program of up to $1.0 billion of the Company’s common stock, to expire on January 15, 2023 (the "2020 Repurchase Authorization"). There have been no repurchases under the 2020 Repurchase Authorization as of June 26, 2020.

The share repurchase programs do not obligate the Company to purchase any shares. Share repurchases may be executed through various means including, without limitation, accelerated share repurchases, open market transactions, privately negotiated transactions, purchases pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan or otherwise. The authorization for the share repurchase programs may be terminated, increased or decreased by the Company’s Board of Directors in its discretion at any time. The timing, amount and manner of share repurchases may depend upon market conditions and economic circumstances, availability of investment opportunities, the availability and costs of financing, currency fluctuations, the market price of the Company's common stock, other uses of capital and other factors.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4.  Mine Safety Disclosure.

None.

Item 5.  Other Information.

None.

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Item 6. Exhibits.

31.1*	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
31.2*	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
32.1*	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2*	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101	The following financial statements from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 26, 2020, formatted in Inline XBRL: (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Earnings, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss), (iv) Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity, (v) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (vi) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, tagged as blocks of text and including detailed tags.
104	The cover page from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 26, 2020, (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

* Filed herewith

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INC.

By:	/s/ Kevin C. Berryman
	Kevin C. Berryman
	President
	and Chief Financial Officer
	(Principal Financial Officer)
Date:	August 3, 2020

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EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Steven J. Demetriou, certify that:

1.I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 26, 2020 of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.;

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a.Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b.Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c.Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d.Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a.All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b.Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

/s/Steven J. Demetriou

Steven J. Demetriou

Chief Executive Officer

August 3, 2020

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Kevin C. Berryman, certify that:

1.I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 26, 2020 of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.;

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a.Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b.Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c.Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d.Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a.All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b.Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

/s/Kevin C. Berryman

Kevin C. Berryman

Chief Financial Officer

August 3, 2020

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 26, 2020 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Steven J. Demetriou, Chief Executive Officer of the Company (principal executive officer), certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that: (1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and (2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/Steven J. Demetriou

Steven J. Demetriou

Chief Executive Officer

August 3, 2020

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

EX-32.2

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 26, 2020 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Kevin C. Berryman, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that: (1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and (2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/Kevin C. Berryman

Kevin C. Berryman

President

and Chief Financial Officer

August 3, 2020

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

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Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Oct. 02, 2020	Jun. 26, 2020	Sep. 27, 2019
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 1,024,810	$ 631,068
Receivables and contract assets		3,153,664	2,840,209
Prepaid expenses and other		433,837	639,539
Current assets held for sale	$ 0		952
Total current assets		4,612,311	4,111,768
Property, Equipment and Improvements, net		346,637	308,143
Other Noncurrent Assets:
Goodwill		5,616,849	5,432,544
Intangibles, net		676,005	665,076
Miscellaneous		1,359,964	918,202
Noncurrent assets held for sale		0	26,978
Total other noncurrent assets		7,652,818	7,042,800
Assets		12,611,766	11,462,711
Current Liabilities:
Short-term debt		0	199,901
Accounts payable		1,049,224	1,072,645
Accrued liabilities		1,228,924	1,384,379
Contract liabilities		450,326	414,208
Current liabilities held for sale		0	2,573
Total current liabilities		2,728,474	3,073,706
Long-term Debt		2,155,166	1,201,245
Other Deferred Liabilities		1,843,132	1,419,005
Noncurrent Liabilities Held for Sale		0	97
Commitments and Contingencies
Capital stock:
Preferred stock, $1 par value, authorized - 1,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding - none			0
Common stock, $1 par value, authorized - 240,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 130,180,415 shares and 132,879,395 shares as of June 26, 2020 and September 27, 2019, respectively		130,180	132,879
Additional paid-in capital		2,589,263	2,559,450
Retained earnings		4,028,062	3,939,174
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(911,692)	(916,812)
Total Jacobs stockholders’ equity		5,835,813	5,714,691
Noncontrolling interests		49,181	53,967
Total Group stockholders’ equity		5,884,994	5,768,658
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity		$ 12,611,766	$ 11,462,711

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - $ / shares	Jun. 26, 2020	Sep. 27, 2019
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 1	$ 1
Preferred stock, authorized (in shares)	1,000,000	1,000,000
Preferred stock, issued (in shares)	0	0
Preferred stock, outstanding (in shares)	0	0
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 1	$ 1
Common stock, authorized (in shares)	240,000,000	240,000,000
Common stock, issued (in shares)	130,180,415	132,879,395
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Consolidated Statements of Earnings - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenues	$ 3,260,057	$ 3,169,622	$ 10,047,286	$ 9,345,005
Direct cost of contracts	(2,631,031)	(2,543,488)	(8,125,554)	(7,533,511)
Gross profit	629,026	626,134	1,921,732	1,811,494
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(434,650)	(536,180)	(1,408,232)	(1,505,731)
Operating Profit	194,376	89,954	513,500	305,763
Other Income (Expense):
Interest income	1,249	3,398	3,180	7,172
Interest expense	(18,193)	(18,978)	(48,163)	(73,727)
Miscellaneous income (expense), net	126,249	19,025	(87,470)	58,211
Total other income (expense), net	109,305	3,445	(132,453)	(8,344)
Earnings from Continuing Operations Before Taxes	303,681	93,399	381,047	297,419
Income Tax (Expense) Benefit from Continuing Operations	(67,674)	1,981	(75,041)	(12,829)
Net Earnings of the Group from Continuing Operations	236,007	95,380	306,006	284,590
Net Earnings of the Group from Discontinued Operations	18,043	435,684	125,511	438,837
Net Earnings of the Group	254,050	531,064	431,517	723,427
Net Earnings Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests from Continuing Operations	(9,121)	(6,015)	(21,662)	(15,578)
Net Earnings Attributable to Jacobs from Continuing Operations	226,886	89,365	284,344	269,012
Net Earnings Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests from Discontinued Operations	0	(607)	0	(2,195)
Net Earnings Attributable to Jacobs from Discontinued Operations	18,043	435,077	125,511	436,642
Net Earnings Attributable to Jacobs	$ 244,929	$ 524,442	$ 409,855	$ 705,654
Net Earnings Per Share:
Basic Net (Loss) Earnings from Continuing Operations Per Share (in dollars per share)	$ 1.74	$ 0.65	$ 2.15	$ 1.93
Basic Net Earnings (Loss) from Discontinued Operations Per Share (in dollars per share)	0.14	3.18	0.95	3.14
Basic (Loss) Earnings Per Share (in dollars per share)	1.88	3.83	3.11	5.07
Diluted Net (Loss) Earnings from Continuing Operations Per Share (in dollars per share)	1.73	0.65	2.13	1.92
Diluted Net Earnings (Loss) from Discontinued Operations Per Share (in dollars per share)	0.14	3.15	0.94	3.11
Diluted (Loss) Earnings Per Share (in dollars per share)	$ 1.87	$ 3.80	$ 3.08	$ 5.02

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Consolidated Statements Of Comprehensive Income (Loss) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net Earnings of the Group	$ 254,050	$ 531,064	$ 431,517	$ 723,427
Other Comprehensive Income:
Foreign currency translation adjustment	76,288	76,206	12,010	55,157
(Loss) gain on cash flow hedges	(20,944)	(546)	(20,926)	1,592
Change in pension and retiree medical plan liabilities	3,405	27,370	15,872	(14,641)
Other comprehensive income before taxes	58,749	103,030	6,956	42,108
Income Tax (Expense) Benefit:
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(22,062)	0	(3,633)	0
Cash flow hedges	6,262	(35)	6,262	(568)
Change in pension and retiree medical plan liabilities	(8,324)	(6,322)	(4,465)	1,574
Income Tax (Expense) Benefit:	(24,124)	(6,357)	(1,836)	1,006
Net other comprehensive income	34,625	96,673	5,120	43,114
Net Comprehensive Income of the Group	288,675	627,737	436,637	766,541
Net (Earnings) Loss Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests	(9,121)	(6,622)	(21,662)	(17,773)
Net Comprehensive Income Attributable to Jacobs	$ 279,554	$ 621,115	$ 414,975	$ 748,768

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Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Common Stock	Additional Paid-in Capital	Retained Earnings	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	Total Jacobs Stockholders’ Equity	Total Jacobs Stockholders’ Equity Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjustment	Noncontrolling Interests
Beginning balance at Sep. 28, 2018	$ 5,944,354	$ 142,218	$ 2,708,839	$ 3,809,991	$ (806,703)	$ 5,854,345	$ (37,209)	$ 90,009
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net earnings	723,427			705,654		705,654		17,773
Disposition of ECR business, net of deferred taxes	74,064				119,791	119,791		(45,727)
Foreign currency translation adjustments	(51,455)				(51,455)	(51,455)
Pension and retiree medical plan liability, net of deferred taxes	(25,942)				(25,942)	25,942
(Loss) Gain on derivatives, net of deferred taxes	720				720	720
Dividends	(47,407)			(47,407)		(47,407)
Noncontrolling interests - distributions and other	(14,001)					0		(14,001)
Stock based compensation	47,341		47,335	6		47,341
Noncontrolling interest acquired / consolidated	(1,113)		(1,113)			(1,113)
Issuances of equity securities including shares withheld for taxes	19,956	1,316	25,369	(6,729)		19,956
Repurchases of equity securities	(524,618)	(7,685)	(146,253)	(370,680)		(524,618)
Ending balance at Jun. 28, 2019	6,108,117	135,849	2,634,177	4,053,626	(763,589)	6,060,063		48,054
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Disposition of business, deferred taxes	5,402
Beginning balance at Mar. 29, 2019	5,555,581	136,432	2,568,809	3,620,873	(860,260)	5,465,854		89,727
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net earnings	531,064			524,442		524,442		6,622
Disposition of ECR business, net of deferred taxes	74,064				119,791	119,791		(45,727)
Foreign currency translation adjustments	(30,408)				(30,408)	(30,408)
Pension and retiree medical plan liability, net of deferred taxes	8,173				8,173	8,173
(Loss) Gain on derivatives, net of deferred taxes	(885)				(885)	(885)
Dividends	(23,477)			(23,477)		(23,477)
Noncontrolling interests - distributions and other	(2,568)							(2,568)
Stock based compensation	18,425		18,425			18,425
Noncontrolling interest acquired / consolidated	0					0
Issuances of equity securities including shares withheld for taxes	14,331	403	15,514	(1,586)		14,331
Repurchases of equity securities	(36,183)	(986)	31,429	(66,626)		(36,183)
Ending balance at Jun. 28, 2019	6,108,117	135,849	2,634,177	4,053,626	(763,589)	6,060,063		48,054
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Disposition of business, deferred taxes	5,402
Beginning balance at Sep. 27, 2019	5,768,658	132,879	2,559,450	3,939,174	(916,812)	5,714,691		53,967
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net earnings	431,517			409,855		409,855		21,662
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of deferred taxes	8,377				8,377	8,377
Pension and retiree medical plan liability, net of deferred taxes	11,407				11,407	(11,407)
(Loss) Gain on derivatives, net of deferred taxes	(14,664)				(14,664)	(14,664)
Dividends	(50,379)			(50,379)		50,379
Noncontrolling interests - distributions and other	(21,446)		5,002			(5,002)		(26,448)
Stock based compensation	36,208		35,106	1,102		36,208
Issuances of equity securities including shares withheld for taxes	1,138	877	9,652	(9,391)		1,138
Repurchases of equity securities	(285,822)	(3,576)	(19,947)	(262,299)		285,822
Ending balance at Jun. 26, 2020	5,884,994	130,180	2,589,263	4,028,062	(911,692)	5,835,813		49,181
Beginning balance at Mar. 27, 2020	5,612,983	129,985	2,569,417	3,808,698	(946,317)	5,561,783		51,200
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net earnings	254,050			244,929		244,929		9,121
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of deferred taxes	54,226				54,226	54,226
Pension and retiree medical plan liability, net of deferred taxes	(4,919)				(4,919)	(4,919)
(Loss) Gain on derivatives, net of deferred taxes	(14,682)				(14,682)	(14,682)
Dividends	(24,857)			(24,857)		(24,857)
Noncontrolling interests - distributions and other	(11,140)		0			0		(11,140)
Stock based compensation	12,373		12,373	0		12,373
Issuances of equity securities including shares withheld for taxes	6,960	195	7,473	(708)		6,960
Ending balance at Jun. 26, 2020	$ 5,884,994	$ 130,180	$ 2,589,263	$ 4,028,062	$ (911,692)	$ 5,835,813		$ 49,181

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Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019	Sep. 29, 2018
Disposition of business, deferred taxes		$ 5,402		$ 5,402
Pension and retiree medical plan liability, deferred taxes	$ 8,324	6,322	$ 4,465	(1,574)
Pension and retiree medical plan liability, deferred taxes		920		(6,976)
Gain on derivative, deferred tax expense (benefit)		(35)
Foreign currency translation adjustment, deferred taxes	(22,062)	$ 0	(3,633)	0
Gain on derivative, deferred tax expense (benefit)	$ 6,262		$ (6,262)	$ 568
ASC 606
Deferred taxes from adoption of ASC 606					$ (10,285)

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net earnings attributable to the Group	$ 431,517	$ 723,427
Depreciation and amortization:
Property, equipment and improvements	66,994	69,663
Intangible assets	67,074	56,346
Gain on sale of ECR business	(113,366)	(917,697)
Loss on disposal of other businesses and investments	0	(9,608)
Loss (Gain) on investment in equity securities	138,875	(2,175)
Stock based compensation	36,208	47,341
Equity in earnings of operating ventures, net	(1,689)	(7,632)
(Gain) Loss on disposals of assets, net	(301)	1,998
Loss (Gain) on pension and retiree medical plan changes	2,651	(34,621)
Deferred income taxes	62,473	52,592
Changes in assets and liabilities, excluding the effects of businesses acquired:
Receivables and contract assets, net of contract liabilities	(135,615)	17,146
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	19,902	5,999
Accounts payable	(115,080)	67,778
Accrued liabilities	(78,863)	(161,179)
Other deferred liabilities	(56,426)	(129,468)
Other, net	50,122	(19,439)
Net cash provided by (used for) operating activities	374,476	(220,313)
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Additions to property and equipment	(88,821)	(106,670)
Disposals of property and equipment and other assets	96	7,300
Capital contributions to equity investees	(12,358)	(3,904)
Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired	(286,534)	(575,110)
Disposals of investment in equity securities	0	64,708
(Payments) proceeds related to sales of businesses	(5,061)	2,796,734
Purchases of noncontrolling interests	0	(1,113)
Net cash (used for) provided by investing activities	(392,678)	2,181,945
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from long-term borrowings	2,801,661	2,207,193
Repayments of long-term borrowings	(1,845,223)	(3,601,680)
Proceeds from short-term borrowings	78	200,001
Repayments of short-term borrowings	(200,008)	(5,902)
Debt issuance costs	(1,807)	(3,741)
Proceeds from issuances of common stock	28,793	46,143
Common stock repurchases	(285,822)	(524,618)
Taxes paid on vested restricted stock	(27,655)	(26,187)
Cash dividends, including to noncontrolling interests	(97,521)	(82,257)
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities	372,496	(1,791,048)
Effect of Exchange Rate Changes	39,448	34,300
Net Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents	393,742	204,884
Cash and Cash Equivalents at the Beginning of the Period	631,068	793,358
Cash and Cash Equivalents at the End of the Period	$ 1,024,810	$ 998,242

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Basis of Presentation

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Basis Of Presentation [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

Basis of Presentation

Unless the context otherwise requires:

•References herein to “Jacobs” are to Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. and its predecessors;

•References herein to the “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our” are to Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries; and

•References herein to the “Group” are to the combined economic interests and activities of the Company and the persons and entities holding noncontrolling interests in our consolidated subsidiaries.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements and financial information included herein have been prepared pursuant to the interim period reporting requirements of Form 10-Q. Consequently, certain information and note disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted. Readers of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should also read our consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 27, 2019 (“2019 Form 10-K”).

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of our consolidated financial statements at June 26, 2020, and for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020.

Our interim results of operations are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full fiscal year.

Effective the beginning of fiscal first quarter 2020, the Company adopted ASU 2016-02, Leases ("ASC 842"), including the subsequent ASU's that amended and clarified the related guidance. The Company adopted ASC 842 using a modified retrospective approach, and accordingly the new guidance was applied to leases that existed or were entered into after the first day of adoption without adjusting the comparative periods presented. Please refer to Note-14 Leases for a discussion of our updated policies and disclosures related to leases.

Effective the beginning of fiscal first quarter 2019, the Company adopted ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, including the subsequent ASUs that amended and clarified the related guidance. The Company adopted ASC Topic 606 using the modified retrospective method, and accordingly the new guidance was applied retrospectively to contracts that were not completed or substantially completed as of September 29, 2018 (the date of initial application). Please refer to Note 13- Revenue Accounting for Contracts for a discussion of our updated policies related to revenue recognition.

On March 6, 2020, a subsidiary of Jacobs completed the acquisition of the nuclear consulting, remediation and program management business of John Wood Group, a U.K.-based energy services company, for an enterprise value of £246 million, or approximately $317.9 million, less cash acquired of $24.3 million. The Company has recorded its preliminary purchase price allocation associated with the acquisition, which is summarized in Note 5- Business Combinations.

On June 12, 2019, Jacobs completed the acquisition of The KeyW Holding Corporation (“KeyW”), a U.S.-based national security solutions provider to the intelligence, cyber, and counterterrorism communities by acquiring 100% of the outstanding shares of KeyW common stock. The Company paid total consideration of $902.6 million, which was comprised of approximately $604.2 million in cash to the former stockholders and certain equity award holders of KeyW and the assumption of KeyW’s debt of approximately $298.4 million. The Company repaid all of the assumed KeyW debt by the end of the fourth fiscal quarter of 2019. The Company has recorded its final purchase price allocation associated with the acquisition, which is summarized in Note 5- Business Combinations.

On April 26, 2019, Jacobs completed the sale of its Energy, Chemicals and Resources ("ECR") business to Worley Limited, a company incorporated in Australia ("Worley"), for a purchase price of $3.4 billion consisting of (i) $2.8 billion in cash plus (ii) 58.2 million ordinary shares of Worley, subject to adjustments for changes in working capital and certain other items (the “ECR sale”). As a result of the ECR sale, substantially all ECR-related assets and liabilities were sold (the "Disposal Group"). We determined that the Disposal Group should be reported as discontinued operations in accordance with ASC 210-05, Discontinued Operations because their disposal represents a strategic shift that had a major effect on our operations and financial results. As such, the financial results of the ECR business are reflected in our unaudited Consolidated Statements of Earnings as discontinued operations for all periods presented. Additionally, assets and liabilities of the Disposal Group were reflected as held-for-sale in the Consolidated Balance Sheets through December 27, 2019. As of June 26, 2020, all of the ECR business to be sold under the terms of the sale has been conveyed to Worley and as such, no amounts remain held for sale. For further discussion see Note 7- Sale of Energy, Chemicals and Resources ("ECR") Business to the consolidated financial statements.

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Use of Estimates and Assumptions	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 26, 2020
Use Of Estimates And Assumptions [Abstract]
Use of Estimates and Assumptions	Use of Estimates and AssumptionsThe preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires us to employ estimates and make assumptions that affect the reported amounts of certain assets and liabilities, the revenues and expenses reported for the periods covered by the accompanying consolidated financial statements, and certain amounts disclosed in these Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. Although such estimates and assumptions are based on management’s most recent assessment of the underlying facts and circumstances utilizing the most current information available and past experience including considerations for potential impacts of the continuing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, actual results could differ significantly from those estimates and assumptions. Our estimates, judgments, and assumptions are evaluated periodically and adjusted accordingly. Please refer to Note 2- Significant Accounting Policies of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our 2019 Form 10-K for a discussion of other significant estimates and assumptions affecting our consolidated financial statements.

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Fair Value and Fair Value Measurements

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value and Fair Value Measurements

Fair Value and Fair Value Measurements

Certain amounts included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements are presented at “fair value.” Fair value is defined as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants as of the date fair value is determined (the “measurement date”). When determining fair value, we consider the principal or most advantageous market in which we would transact, and we consider only those assumptions we believe a typical market participant would consider when pricing an asset or liability. In measuring fair value, we use the following inputs in the order of priority indicated:

Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 - Observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets included in Level 1, such as (i) quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; (ii) quoted prices in markets that have insufficient volume or infrequent transactions (e.g., less active markets); and (iii) model-driven valuations in which all significant inputs are observable or can be derived principally from, or corroborated with, observable market data for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant to the fair value measurement.

Please refer to Note 2- Significant Accounting Policies of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our 2019 Form 10-K for a more complete discussion of the various items within the consolidated financial statements measured at fair value and the methods used to determine fair value. Please also refer to Note 7- Sale of Energy, Chemicals and Resources for discussion regarding the Company's investment in Worley ordinary shares and Note 19- Commitments and Contingencies and Derivative Financial Instruments for discussion regarding the Company's derivative instruments.

The net carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables and payables and short-term debt approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments. See Note 12- Borrowings for a discussion of the fair value of long-term debt.

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New Accounting Pronouncements

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Accounting Standards Update and Change in Accounting Principle [Abstract]

New Accounting Pronouncements

New Accounting Pronouncements

In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-12, Derivatives and Hedging ("ASC 815"): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities. ASU 2017-12 provides financial reporting improvements related to hedging relationships to better portray the economic results of an entity’s risk management activities in its financial statements. Additionally, ASU No. 2017-12 makes certain targeted improvements to simplify the application of the hedge accounting guidance. The revised guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 with early adoption permitted. The updated guidance did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

ASU 2017-04, Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 with early adoption permitted. ASU 2017-04 removes the second step of the goodwill impairment test, which requires a hypothetical purchase price allocation. An entity will now recognize a goodwill impairment charge for the amount by which a reporting unit's carrying value exceeds its fair value, not to exceed the amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit. Management does not expect the adoption of ASU 2017-04 to have a material impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses ("ASC 326"): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments requires entities to use a current lifetime expected credit loss methodology to measure impairments of certain financial assets. Using this methodology will result in earlier recognition of losses than under the current incurred loss approach, which requires waiting to recognize a loss until it is probable of having been incurred. There are other provisions within the standard that affect how impairments of other financial assets may be recorded and presented, and that expand disclosures. This standard will be effective for our interim and annual periods beginning with the first fiscal quarter of 2021 and must be applied on a modified retrospective basis. Management does not expect the adoption of ASU 326 to have a material impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

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Business Combinations

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Business Combinations

Business Combinations

John Wood Group's Nuclear Business

On March 6, 2020, a subsidiary of Jacobs completed the acquisition of the nuclear consulting, remediation and program management business of John Wood Group, a U.K.-based energy services company, for an enterprise value of £246 million, or approximately $317.9 million, less cash acquired of $24.3 million, as updated for additional working capital adjustments. The John Wood Group nuclear business allows Jacobs to further expand its lifecycle nuclear services business. The following summarizes the fair values of John Wood Group's assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date (in millions): 

Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	24.3
Receivables	75.9
Other current assets	5.2
Property, equipment and improvements, net	8.3
Goodwill	205.8
Identifiable intangible assets	80.0
Miscellaneous	19.4
Total Assets	$	418.9
Liabilities
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities	$	71.8
Long term liabilities	29.2
Total Liabilities	101.0
Net assets acquired	$	317.9

The purchase price allocation is based upon preliminary information and is subject to change when additional information is obtained. Goodwill recognized results from a substantial assembled workforce, which does not qualify for separate recognition, as well as expected future synergies from combining operations. None of the goodwill recognized is expected to be deductible for tax purposes. The Company has not completed its final assessment of the fair values of John Wood Group's assets acquired and liabilities assumed. The final purchase price allocation could result in adjustments to certain assets and liabilities, including the residual amount allocated to goodwill. 

Identified intangibles include customer relationships, contracts and backlog and developed technology. The customer relationships, contracts and backlog intangible represents the fair value of existing contracts, underlying customer relationships and backlog. The customer relationships, contracts and backlog intangible and the developed technology intangible have lives of 12 and 15 years, respectively.

Fair value measurements relating to the John Wood Group nuclear business are made primarily using Level 3 inputs including discounted cash flow techniques. Fair value is estimated using inputs primarily for the income approach, which include the use of both the multiple period excess earnings method and the relief from royalties method. The significant assumptions used in estimating fair value include (i) the estimated life the asset will contribute to cash flows, such as attrition rate of customers or remaining contractual terms, (ii) profitability and (iii) the estimated discount rate that reflects the level of risk associated with receiving future cash flows. Other personal property assets, such as furniture, fixtures and equipment, are valued using the cost approach, which is based on replacement or reproduction costs of the asset less depreciation.

No summarized unaudited pro forma results are provided for the John Wood Group nuclear business due to the immateriality of this acquisition relative to the Company's consolidated financial position and results of operations.

KeyW

On June 12, 2019, Jacobs completed the acquisition of The KeyW Holding Corporation (“KeyW”), a U.S. based national security solutions provider to the intelligence, cyber, and counterterrorism communities, by acquiring 100% of the outstanding shares of KeyW common stock (the "KeyW acquisition"). The KeyW acquisition allows Jacobs to further expand its government services business. The Company paid total consideration of $902.6 million, which was comprised of approximately $604.2 million in cash to the former stockholders and certain equity award holders of KeyW and the assumption of KeyW’s debt of approximately $298.4 million. The Company repaid all of the assumed KeyW debt by the end of the fourth fiscal quarter of 2019.

The following summarizes the fair values of KeyW's assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date (in millions): 

Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	29.1
Receivables	79.1
Inventories, net	19.3
Prepaid expenses and other	2.4
Property, equipment and improvements, net	24.5
Deferred tax asset and other	37.8
Goodwill	615.6
Identifiable intangible assets	179.0
Total Assets	$	986.8
Liabilities
Accounts payable	$	8.3
Accrued expenses	69.1
Short term debt	298.4
Other current liabilities	3.9
Other non-current liabilities	2.9
Total Liabilities	382.6
Net assets acquired	$	604.2

Goodwill recognized results from a substantial assembled workforce, which does not qualify for separate recognition, as well as expected future synergies from combining operations. Goodwill of $136.0 million is expected to be deductible for tax purposes. The Company has completed its final assessment of the fair values of the acquired assets and liabilities of KeyW. Since the initial preliminary estimates reported in the third quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company has updated certain amounts reflected in the final purchase price allocation, as summarized in the fair values of KeyW assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date as set forth above.

Identified intangibles include customer relationships, contracts and backlog and developed technology. The customer relationships, contracts and backlog intangible represents the fair value of existing contracts, underlying customer relationships and backlog. The customer relationships, contracts and backlog intangible, and the developed technology intangible have lives of 10 and 12 years, respectively. Other intangible liabilities consist of the fair value of office leases and have a weighted average life of approximately 9 years.

Fair value measurements relating to the KeyW acquisition are made primarily using Level 3 inputs including discounted cash flow techniques. Fair value is estimated using inputs primarily for the income approach, which include the use of both the multiple period excess earnings method and the relief from royalties method. The significant assumptions used in estimating fair value include (i) the estimated life the asset will contribute to cash flows, such as attrition rate of customers or remaining contractual terms, (ii) profitability and (iii) the estimated discount rate that reflects the level of risk associated with receiving future cash flows. Other personal property assets, such as furniture, fixtures and equipment, are valued using the cost approach, which is based on replacement or reproduction costs of the asset less depreciation.

For purposes of our comparative fiscal 2020 and 2019 reporting requirements in this Form 10-Q, the following presents summarized unaudited pro forma operating results of the Company for the nine months ended June 28, 2019 assuming that the June 12, 2019 acquisition of KeyW had occurred at the beginning of fiscal 2018 for pro forma purposes. These pro forma operating results are presented for illustrative purposes only and are not indicative of the operating results that would have been achieved had the related events occurred on such date (in millions, except per share data):

	Nine Months Ended June 28, 2019
Revenues	$	9,562.0
Net earnings of the Group	$	290.8
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Jacobs	$	275.3
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Jacobs per share:
Basic earnings (loss) per share	$	1.98
Diluted earnings (loss) per share	$	1.96

Included in the table above are the unaudited pro forma operating results of continuing operations. Also, income tax expense (benefit) for the nine month pro forma period ended June 28, 2019 was $14.9 million.

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Goodwill and Intangibles

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill and Intangibles

Goodwill and Intangibles

The carrying value of goodwill associated with continuing operations and appearing in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 26, 2020 and September 27, 2019 was as follows (in millions):

	Critical Mission Solutions		People & Places Solutions		Total
Balance September 27, 2019	$	2,202	$	3,231	$	5,433
Acquired	206		—		206
Foreign Exchange Impact	(10)		(8)		(18)
Post-Acquisition Adjustments	2		—		2
Disposed	—		(6)		(6)
Balance June 26, 2020	$	2,400	$	3,217	$	5,617

The following table provides certain information related to the Company’s acquired intangibles in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 26, 2020 and September 27, 2019 (in thousands):

	Customer Relationships, Contracts and Backlog		Developed Technology		Trade Names		Other		Total
Balances September 27, 2019	$	622,392	$	40,833	$	1,183	$	668	$	665,076
Amortization	(64,002)		(2,751)		(321)		—		(67,074)
Acquired	73,558		6,452		—		—		80,010
Foreign currency translation	(1,170)		(232)		(54)		(551)		(2,007)
Balances June 26, 2020	$	630,778	$	44,302	$	808	$	117	$	676,005

The following table presents estimated amortization expense of intangible assets for the remainder of fiscal 2020 and for the succeeding years.

Fiscal Year	(in millions)
2020	$	23.6
2021	89.6
2022	88.9
2023	88.7
2024	88.4
Thereafter	296.8
Total	$	676.0

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Sale of Energy, Chemicals and Resources ("ECR") Business

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Sale of Energy, Chemicals and Resources (ECR) Business

Sale of Energy, Chemicals and Resources ("ECR") Business

On April 26, 2019, Jacobs completed the sale of its ECR business to Worley for a purchase price of $3.4 billion consisting of (i) $2.8 billion in cash plus (ii) 58.2 million ordinary shares of Worley, subject to adjustments for changes in working capital and certain other items (the “ECR sale”). The stock and asset purchase agreement for the ECR sale contained a lock-up on our ability to sell the Worley shares received in the transaction, which expired in the first fiscal quarter of 2020.

Discontinued Operations

As a result of the ECR sale, substantially all ECR-related assets and liabilities were sold (the "Disposal Group"). We determined that the Disposal Group should be reported as discontinued operations in accordance with ASC 210-05, Discontinued Operations because their disposal represent a strategic shift that had a major effect on our operations and financial results. As such, the financial results of the ECR business are reflected in our unaudited Consolidated Statements of Earnings as discontinued operations for all periods presented. Additionally, assets and liabilities of the ECR business were reflected as held-for-sale in the Consolidated Balance Sheets through December 27, 2019. As of the quarter ended June 26, 2020, all of the ECR business to be sold under the terms of the sale has been conveyed to Worley and as such, no amounts remain held for sale. Any assets and liabilities of the ECR business that were retained by the Company pursuant to the stock and asset purchase agreement with Worley were included in discontinued operations.

Summarized Financial Information of Discontinued Operations

The following table represents earnings (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Revenues	$	59	$	392,526	$	11,221	$	2,718,317
Direct cost of contracts	(69)		(340,525)		(6,124)		(2,336,076)
Gross profit	(10)		52,001		5,097		382,241
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(801)		(39,556)		43,359		(333,155)
Operating (Loss) Profit	(811)		12,445		48,456		49,086
Gain on sale of ECR business	31,456		917,697		113,366		917,697
Other (expense) income, net	1,472		(7,864)		112		(40,158)
Earnings Before Taxes from Discontinued Operations	32,117		922,278		161,934		926,625
Income Tax Expense	(14,074)		(486,594)		(36,423)		(487,788)
Net Earnings of the Group from Discontinued Operations	$	18,043	$	435,684	$	125,511	$	438,837

Selling, general and administrative expenses includes an offsetting insurance recovery of $50.0 million for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 recorded in connection with the Nui Phao ("NPMC") legal matter described in Note 19- Commitments and Contingencies. Additionally, the nine month period ended June 28, 2019 includes a charge for the award and recovery of costs, estimated related interest and attorneys' fees related to the NPMC legal matter. For the nine months ended June 26, 2020, the gain on sale of $113.4 million relates mainly to the recognition of the deferred gain for the delayed transfer of the ECR-related assets and liabilities of the two international entities discussed above, adjustments for working capital and certain other items in connection with the sale and additional income for the release of a deferred gain upon achievement of the IT Migration Date described below in connection with the delivery to Worley of certain IT application and hardware assets related to the ECR business.

Gain on Sale and Deferred Gain

As a result of the ECR sale, the Company recognized a pre-tax gain of $1.0 billion, $935.1 million of which was recognized in fiscal 2019 and $113.4 million of which is included in Net Earnings of the Group from Discontinued Operations on the consolidated statement of earnings for the nine months ended June 26, 2020, which is further discussed below.

Upon closing the ECR sale, the Company retained a noncontrolling interest (with significant influence) in People & Places Solutions ("P&PS")-related activities in one international legal entity acquired by Worley. The fair value of the Company’s retained interest in the net assets and liabilities of this entity was estimated at $33.0 million and recorded at closing. For another international legal entity, the closing and transfer of ECR-related assets to Worley were set to occur at a future date. At the time of the ECR sale, the Company allocated proceeds received to these deferred closing items on a relative fair value basis and recognized a deferred gain of $34.4 million. During the second fiscal quarter of 2020, the delayed transfer of the ECR-related assets and liabilities of these two international entities occurred, and as a result, previously deferred gain amounts were recognized.

In addition to consideration received for the sale of the business, the proceeds received included advanced consideration for the Company to deliver IT application and related hardware assets at a future date (“IT Migration Date”) to Worley upon completion of the interim transition services, described further below. This deliverable of IT assets was considered to be a separate element of the ECR business sale transaction, and accordingly, we allocated a portion of the proceeds received of $95.3 million on a relative fair value basis to this separate deliverable and recognized deferred income. Upon completion and acceptance of this deliverable by Worley in December 2019, the deferred proceeds were recognized in income, along with expenses associated with any costs incurred and deferred by the Company for this deliverable.

Investment in Worley Stock

As discussed above, the Company received 58.2 million in ordinary shares of Worley. Pursuant to the purchase agreement for the ECR sale, 51.4 million of the shares were considered "restricted" during a lock-up period beginning April 26, 2019 and ending in December 2019, after which these restrictions were lifted. During the lock-up period the Company could not, without Worley's consent, directly or indirectly dispose of the "restricted" shares. The remaining 6.8 million shares not considered "restricted" were sold in the prior year, netting a loss of $4.9 million, which was recognized in miscellaneous income (expense), net. Dividend income and unrealized gains and losses on changes in fair value of Worley shares are recognized in miscellaneous income (expense), net in continuing operations.

The Company's investment in Worley is measured at fair value through net income as it is an equity investment with a readily determinable fair value based on quoted market prices. The 51.4 million ordinary shares currently held are recorded within prepaid expenses and other in the Company's consolidated balance sheets at their estimated fair value, which is $312.3 million as of June 26, 2020. For the three and nine month periods ended June 26, 2020, the Company recognized a gain of $131.4 million and a loss of $138.9 million, respectively, associated with share price and currency changes on this investment as well as dividends of $7.7 million during the nine month period ended June 26, 2020. Quoted market prices are available for these securities in an active market and therefore categorized as a Level 1 input.

Transition Service Agreement

Upon closing of the ECR sale, the Company entered into a Transition Services Agreement (the "TSA") with Worley pursuant to which the Company, on an interim basis, provided various services to Worley, including executive consultation, corporate, information technology, and project services. The initial term of the TSA began immediately following closing of the ECR sale on April 26, 2019 and expired in April 2020, although the parties mutually agreed to extend certain of the services for additional time periods beyond the initial term. Pursuant to the terms of the TSA, the Company received payments for the interim services which approximate costs incurred to perform the services. The Company has recognized costs recorded in SG&A expense incurred to perform the TSA, offset by $15.2 million in TSA related income for such services that is reported in miscellaneous income (expense) for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 before inclusion of certain incremental outside service support costs agreed to be shared equally by the parties.

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Segment Information

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information

Segment Information

The Company's two operating segments and global lines of business ("LOBs") are as follows: Critical Mission Solutions ("CMS") and People & Places Solutions ("P&PS"), with the previous Energy, Chemicals and Resources ("ECR") LOB reported as discontinued operations. For further information on ECR, refer to Note 7- Sale of Energy, Chemicals and Resources ("ECR") Business.

The Company’s Chair and Chief Executive Officer is the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) and can evaluate the performance of each of these segments and make appropriate resource allocations among each of the segments. For purposes of the Company’s goodwill impairment testing, it has been determined that the Company’s operating segments are also its reporting units based on management’s conclusion that the components comprising each of its operating segments share similar economic characteristics and meet the aggregation criteria for reporting units in accordance with ASC 350, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other.

Under this organization, the sales function is managed by LOB, and accordingly, the associated cost is embedded in the segments and reported to the respective head of each LOB. In addition, a portion of the costs of other support functions (e.g., finance, legal, human resources, and information technology) is allocated to each LOB using methodologies which, we believe, effectively attribute the cost of these support functions to the revenue generating activities of the Company on a rational basis. The cost of the Company’s cash incentive plan, the Leadership Performance Plan ("LPP"), formerly named the Management Incentive Plan, and the expense associated with the Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (“1999 SIP”) have likewise been charged to the LOBs except for those amounts determined to relate to the business as a whole (which amounts remain in other corporate expenses).

Financial information for each LOB is reviewed by the CODM to assess performance and make decisions regarding the allocation of resources. The Company generally does not track assets by LOB, nor does it provide such information to the CODM.

The CODM evaluates the operating performance of our LOBs using segment operating profit, which is defined as margin less “corporate charges” (e.g., the allocated amounts described above). The Company incurs certain Selling, General and Administrative costs (“SG&A”) that relate to its business as a whole which are not allocated to the LOBs.

The following tables present total revenues and segment operating profit from continuing operations for each reportable segment (in thousands) and includes a reconciliation of segment operating profit to total U.S. GAAP operating profit by including certain corporate-level expenses, Restructuring and other charges (as defined in Note 11 - Restructuring and Other Charges) and transaction and integration costs (in thousands).

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Revenues from External Customers:
Critical Mission Solutions	$	1,211,143	$	1,156,488	$	3,636,978	$	3,251,024
People & Places Solutions	2,048,914		2,013,134		6,410,308		6,093,981
Total	$	3,260,057	$	3,169,622	$	10,047,286	$	9,345,005

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Segment Operating Profit:
Critical Mission Solutions	$	89,608	$	76,306	$	264,323	$	222,289
People & Places Solutions	190,453		183,318		557,864		515,465
Total Segment Operating Profit	280,061		259,624		822,187		737,754
Other Corporate Expenses (1)	(65,213)		(64,525)		(193,148)		(185,674)
Restructuring, Transaction and Other Charges	(20,472)		(105,145)		(115,539)		(246,317)
Total U.S. GAAP Operating Profit	194,376		89,954		513,500		305,763
Total Other Income (Expense), net (2)	109,305		3,445		(132,453)		(8,344)
Earnings from Continuing Operations Before Taxes	$	303,681	$	93,399	$	381,047	$	297,419

(1)

Other corporate expenses include costs that were previously allocated to the ECR segment prior to discontinued operations presentation in connection with the ECR sale in the approximate amount of $2.0 million and $14.8 million for the three and nine month periods ended June 28, 2019, respectively. Other corporate expenses also include intangibles amortization of $23.1 million and $18.4 million for the three-month periods ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, respectively, and $67.1 million and $55.7 million for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, respectively.

(2)

For the three and nine month periods ended June 26, 2020, includes revenues under the Company's TSA with Worley of $1.0 million and $15.2 million, respectively, $122.9 million and $(119.0) million in fair value adjustments related to our investment in Worley stock (net of Worley stock dividend) and certain foreign currency revaluations relating to the ECR sale, respectively, the amortization of deferred financing fees related to the acquisition of CH2M HILL Companies Ltd. ("CH2M") in December 2017 (the "CH2M acquisition") of $— million and $0.7 million, respectively, and the loss on settlement of the U.S. pension plan of $— million and $2.7 million respectively. For the three and nine month periods ended June 28, 2019, includes the amortization of deferred financing fees related to the CH2M acquisition of $0.5 million and $1.5 million, respectively, and the gain on settlement of the CH2M portion of the U.S. pension plan of $0.0 million and $34.6 million, respectively. Also includes revenues under the Company's TSA with Worley of $14.1 million for the three and nine month periods ended June 28, 2019, for which the related costs are included in SG&A.

(1)Included in “other corporate expenses” in the above table are costs and expenses which relate to general corporate activities as well as corporate-managed benefit and insurance programs. Such costs and expenses include: (i) those elements of SG&A expenses relating to the business as a whole; (ii) those elements of the LPP and the 1999 SIP relating to corporate personnel whose other compensation costs are not allocated to the LOBs; (iii) the amortization of intangible assets acquired as part of purchased business combinations; (iv) the quarterly variances between the Company’s actual costs of certain of its self-insured integrated risk and employee benefit programs and amounts charged to the LOBs; and (v) certain adjustments relating to costs associated with the Company’s international defined benefit pension plans. In addition, other corporate expenses may also include from time to time certain adjustments to contract margins (both positive and negative) associated with projects where it has been determined, in the opinion of management, that such adjustments are not indicative of the performance of the related LOB.

See also MD&A results of operations for our operating segments in Item 2- Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

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Receivables and Contract Assets

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Gross, Allowance, and Net [Abstract]

Receivables and Contract Assets

Receivables and contract assets

The following table presents the components of receivables appearing in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 26, 2020 and September 27, 2019, as well as certain other related information (in thousands):

	June 26, 2020		September 27, 2019
Components of receivables and contract assets:
Amounts billed, net	$	1,395,745	$	1,222,339
Unbilled receivables and other	1,301,494		1,216,028
Contract assets	456,425		401,842
Total receivables and contract assets, net	$	3,153,664	$	2,840,209
Other information about receivables:
Amounts due from the United States federal government, included above, net of advanced billings	$	606,875	$	630,975

Amounts billed, net consist of amounts invoiced to clients in accordance with the terms of our client contracts and are shown net of an allowance for doubtful accounts. We anticipate that substantially all of such billed amounts will be collected over the next twelve months.

Unbilled receivables and other, which represent an unconditional right to payment subject only to the passage of time, are reclassified to amounts billed when they are billed under the terms of the contract. Prior to adoption of ASC 606, receivables related to contractual milestones or achievement of performance-based targets were included in unbilled receivables. These are now included in contract assets. We anticipate that substantially all of such unbilled amounts will be billed and collected over the next twelve months.

Contract assets represent unbilled amounts where the right to payment is subject to more than merely the passage of time and includes performance-based incentives and services provided ahead of agreed contractual milestones. Contract assets are transferred to unbilled receivables when the right to consideration becomes unconditional and are transferred to amounts billed upon invoicing. The increase in contract assets was a result of normal business activity and not materially impacted by any other factors.

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Joint Ventures and VIE's

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Joint Ventures and VIE's

Joint Ventures and VIEs

As is common to the industry, we execute certain contracts jointly with third parties through various forms of joint ventures. Although the joint ventures own and hold the contracts with the clients, the services required by the contracts are typically performed by us and our joint venture partners, or by other subcontractors under subcontracting agreements with the joint ventures. Many of these joint ventures are formed for a specific project. The assets of our joint ventures generally consist almost entirely of cash and receivables (representing amounts due from clients), and the liabilities of our joint ventures generally consist almost entirely of amounts due to the joint venture partners (for services provided by the partners to the joint ventures under their individual subcontracts) and other subcontractors. Many of the joint ventures are deemed to be variable interest entities (“VIE”) because they lack sufficient equity to finance the activities of the joint venture.

The assets of a joint venture are restricted for use to the obligations of the particular joint venture and are not available for general operations of the Company. Our risk of loss on these arrangements is usually shared with our partners. The liability of each partner is usually joint and several, which means that each partner may become liable for the entire risk of loss on the project. Furthermore, on some of our projects, the Company has granted guarantees which may encumber both our contracting subsidiary company and the Company for the entire risk of loss on the project. The Company is unable to estimate the maximum potential amount of future payments that we could be required to make under outstanding performance guarantees related to joint venture projects due to a number of factors, including but not limited to, the nature and extent of any contractual defaults by our joint venture partners, resource availability, potential performance delays caused by the defaults, the location of the projects, and the terms of the related contracts. Refer to Note 19 - Commitments and Contingencies and Derivative Financial Instruments, for further discussion relating to performance guarantees.

For consolidated joint ventures, the entire amount of the services performed, and the costs associated with these services, including the services provided by the other joint venture partners, are included in the Company's result of operations. Likewise, the entire amount of each of the assets and liabilities are included in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. For the consolidated VIEs, the carrying value of assets and liabilities was $304.0 million and $188.8 million, respectively, as of June 26, 2020 and $192.6 million and $138.5 million, respectively, as of September 27, 2019. There are no consolidated VIEs that have debt or credit facilities.

Unconsolidated joint ventures are accounted for under proportionate consolidation or the equity method. Proportionate consolidation is used for joint ventures that include unincorporated legal entities and activities of the joint venture that are construction-related. For those joint ventures accounted for under proportionate consolidation, only the Company’s pro rata share of assets, liabilities, revenue, and costs are included in the Company’s balance sheet and results of operations. For the proportionate consolidated VIEs, the carrying value of assets and liabilities was $61.3 million and $63.6 million, respectively, as of June 26, 2020, and $61.1 million and $63.7 million, respectively, as of September 27, 2019. For those joint ventures accounted for under the equity method, the Company's investment balances for the joint venture are included in Other Noncurrent Assets: Miscellaneous on the balance sheet and the Company’s pro rata share of net income is included in revenue. In limited cases, there are basis differences between the equity in the joint venture and the Company's investment created when the Company purchased its share of the joint venture. These basis differences are amortized based on an internal allocation to underlying net assets, excluding allocations to goodwill. As of June 26, 2020, the Company’s equity method investments exceeded its share of venture net assets by $70.4 million. Our investments in equity method joint ventures on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 26, 2020 and September 27, 2019 were $170.5 million and $157.9 million, respectively. During the three months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, we recognized income from equity method joint ventures of $18.8 million and $13.2 million, respectively. During the nine months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, we recognized income from equity method joint ventures of $54.8 million and $39.1 million, respectively.

Accounts receivable from unconsolidated joint ventures accounted for under the equity method is $7.6 million and $19.5 million as of June 26, 2020 and September 27, 2019, respectively.

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Restructuring and Other Charges

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Restructuring and Other Charges

Restructuring and Other Charges

During fiscal 2019 and fiscal 2020, the Company implemented certain restructuring and preliminary separation initiatives associated with the ECR sale, the KeyW acquisition, the acquisition of John Wood Group's nuclear business and other related cost reduction initiatives. The restructuring activities and related costs were comprised mainly of separation and lease abandonment programs, while the preliminary separation activities and costs were mainly related to the engagement of consulting services and internal personnel and other related costs dedicated to the Company’s ECR-business separation.

During the fourth fiscal quarter of 2017, the Company implemented certain restructuring and preliminary integration initiatives associated with the then-impending acquisition of CH2M, which closed in December 2017 (the "CH2M acquisition"). The restructuring activities and related costs were comprised mainly of integration, severance and lease abandonment programs, while the preliminary integration activities and costs were mainly related to the engagement of consulting services and internal personnel and other related costs dedicated to the Company’s acquisition integration management efforts. Following the closing of the CH2M acquisition, these activities continued through the third fiscal quarter of 2020 and continue to be comprised mainly of severance, lease abandonment, IT related, consulting and other professional services as well as internal personnel costs.

The activities of the above-mentioned programs are expected to be substantially completed before the end of fiscal 2021.

Collectively, the above-mentioned restructuring activities are referred to as “Restructuring and other charges.”

The following table summarizes the impacts of the Restructuring and other charges by LOB in connection with the CH2M, KeyW and John Wood Group's nuclear business acquisitions and the ECR sale for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Critical Mission Solutions	$	3,173	$	7,699	$	11,248	$	8,489
People & Places Solutions	3,818		10,619		19,507		68,644
Corporate	12,690		74,921		81,554		127,986
Continuing Operations (1)	19,681		93,239		112,309		205,119
Energy, Chemicals and Resources (included in Discontinued Operations)	—		2,720		—		(138)
Total	$	19,681	$	95,959	$	112,309	$	204,981

(1)For the three months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, amounts include $19.7 million and $92.4 million, respectively, and for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019 amounts include $109.6 million and $233.6 million, respectively, in items impacting operating profit, along with items recorded in other income (expense), net, which are the loss on settlement of the CH2M portion of the U.S. pension plan of $— and $2.1 million for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020, respectively, the gain on the settlement of the CH2M retiree medical plans of $— and $34.6 million for the three and nine months ended June 28, 2019, respectively, and write-off of fixed assets related to restructured leases of $0.9 million and $6.2 million for the three and nine months ended June 28, 2019, and other miscellaneous expenses of $0.6 million for the nine months ended June 26, 2020. See Note 8- Segment Information.

The activity in the Company’s accrual for the Restructuring and other charges including the program activities described above for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 is as follows (in thousands):

Balance at September 27, 2019	$	162,702
Transfer to lease right-of-use asset as a result of adoption of ASC 842 (1)	(116,797)
Net Charges	112,309
Payments and Usage	(133,668)
Balance at June 26, 2020	$	24,546

(1)In addition, there was $24.6 million in lease cease-use liabilities relating to 2015 restructuring initiatives which were reclassified to ROU asset balances in accordance with the adoption of ASC 842, see Note 14- Leases. The 2015 restructuring initiatives are no longer active and therefore activity associated with lease cease-use liabilities for those initiatives is not included in the table.

The following table summarizes the Restructuring and other charges by major type of costs in connection with the CH2M, KeyW and John Wood Group nuclear business acquisitions and the ECR sale for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Lease Abandonments	$	(11,776)	$	22,982	$	(7,860)	$	72,296
Involuntary Terminations	(49)		12,020		18,222		22,944
Outside Services	20,865		39,853		74,223		95,130
Other	10,641		18,384		27,724		14,749
Total	$	19,681	$	93,239	$	112,309	$	205,119

Cumulative amounts since 2017 incurred to date under our various restructuring and other activities described above by each major type of cost as of June 26, 2020 are as follows (in thousands):

Lease Abandonments	$	154,507
Involuntary Terminations	93,707
Outside Services	244,871
Other	96,965
Total	$	590,050

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Borrowings

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Borrowings

Borrowings

Short-Term Debt

At September 27, 2019, short-term debt consisted of a bilateral term loan facility with an aggregate principal balance of $200.0 million (the "Bilateral Term Loan") and uncommitted credit arrangements with several banks providing short-term borrowing capacity and overdraft protection. Offset from the Bilateral Term Loan were deferred financing fees of $0.1 million. This loan was repaid during the second fiscal quarter of 2020.

Long-Term Debt

At June 26, 2020 and September 27, 2019, long-term debt consisted of the following (principal amounts in thousands):

	Interest Rate	Maturity	June 26, 2020		September 27, 2019
Revolving Credit Facility	LIBOR + applicable margin (1)	March 2024	$	617,794	$	303,780
2020 Term Loan Facility	LIBOR + applicable margin (2)	March 2025	1,039,115		—
2017 Term Loan Facility	LIBOR + applicable margin (3)	December 2020	—		400,000
Fixed-rate notes due:
Senior Notes, Series A	4.27%	May 2025	190,000		190,000
Senior Notes, Series B	4.42%	May 2028	180,000		180,000
Senior Notes, Series C	4.52%	May 2030	130,000		130,000
Less: Deferred Financing Fees			(1,743)		(2,535)
Total Long-term debt, net			$	2,155,166	$	1,201,245

(1)Depending on the Company’s Consolidated Leverage Ratio (as defined in the credit agreement governing the Revolving Credit Facility (defined below)), borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility bear interest at either a eurocurrency rate plus a margin of between 0.875% and 1.5% or a base rate plus a margin of between 0% and 0.5%. The applicable LIBOR rates at June 26, 2020 and September 27, 2019 were approximately 0.06% and 1.17%.

(2)Depending on the Company’s Consolidated Leverage Ratio (as defined in the credit agreement governing the 2020 Term Loan Facility (defined below)), borrowings under the 2020 Term Loan Facility bear interest at either a eurocurrency rate plus a margin of between 0.875% and 1.5% or a base rate plus a margin of between 0% and 0.5%. The applicable LIBOR rate at June 26, 2020 was approximately 0.67%.

(3)Depending on the Company’s Consolidated Leverage Ratio (as defined in the credit agreement governing the 2017 Term Loan Facility (defined below)), borrowings under the 2017 Term Loan Facility bear interest at either a eurocurrency rate plus a margin of between 1.0% and 1.5% or a base rate plus a margin of between 0% and 0.5%. The applicable LIBOR rate at September 27, 2019 was approximately 2.05%.

On February 7, 2014, Jacobs and certain of its subsidiaries entered into a $1.6 billion long-term unsecured, revolving credit facility (as amended, the “2014 Revolving Credit Facility”) with a syndicate of U.S. and international banks and financial institutions. On March 27, 2019, the Company entered into a second amended and restated credit agreement (the "Revolving Credit Facility"), which amended and restated the 2014 Revolving Credit Facility by, among other things, (a) extending the maturity date of the credit facility to March 27, 2024, (b) increasing the facility amount to $2.25 billion (with an accordion feature that allows a further increase of the facility amount up to $3.25 billion), (c) eliminating the covenants restricting investments, joint ventures and acquisitions by the Company and its subsidiaries and (d) adjusting the financial covenants to eliminate the net worth covenant upon the removal of the same covenant from the Company’s existing Note Purchase Agreement (defined below). We were in compliance with the covenants under the Revolving Credit Facility at June 26, 2020.

The Revolving Credit Facility permits the Company to borrow under two separate tranches in U.S. dollars, certain specified foreign currencies, and any other currency that may be approved in accordance with the terms of the Revolving Credit Facility. The Revolving Credit Facility also provides for a financial letter of credit sub facility of $400.0 million, permits performance letters of credit, and provides for a $50.0 million sub facility for swing line loans. Letters of credit are subject to fees based on the Company’s Consolidated Leverage Ratio. The Company pays a facility fee of between 0.08% and 0.20% per annum depending on the Company’s Consolidated Leverage Ratio.

On March 25, 2020, the Company entered into an unsecured term loan facility (the “2020 Term Loan Facility”) with a syndicate of financial institutions as lenders. Under the 2020 Term Loan Facility, the Company borrowed an aggregate principal amount of $730.0 million and one of the Company's U.K. subsidiaries borrowed an aggregate principal amount of £250.0 million. The proceeds of the term loans were used to repay the Bilateral Term Loan and for general corporate purposes. The 2020 Term Loan Facility contains affirmative and negative covenants and events of default customary for financings of this type that are consistent with those included in the Revolving Credit Facility. During the three month period ended June 26, 2020, the Company entered into interest rate and cross currency derivative contracts to swap a portion of our variable rate debt to fixed rate debt. See Note 19- Commitments and Contingencies and Derivative Financial Instruments for discussion regarding the Company's derivative instruments.

On September 28, 2017, the Company entered into a $1.5 billion unsecured delayed-draw term loan facility (as amended, the “2017 Term Loan Facility”) with a syndicate of financial institutions as lenders and letter of credit issuers. We incurred loans under the 2017 Term Loan Facility on December 15, 2017 in connection with the closing of the CH2M acquisition in order to pay cash consideration for the acquisition, and to pay fees and expenses related to the acquisition and the 2017 Term Loan Facility. The 2017 Term Loan Facility was repaid in full during the first fiscal quarter of 2020.

On March 12, 2018, Jacobs entered into a note purchase agreement (as amended, the "Note Purchase Agreement") with respect to the issuance and sale in a private placement transaction of $500.0 million in the aggregate principal amount of the Company’s senior notes in three series (collectively, the “Senior Notes”). The Note Purchase Agreement provides that if the Company's consolidated leverage ratio exceeds a certain amount, the interest on the Senior Notes may increase by 75 basis points. The Senior Notes may be prepaid at any time subject to a make-whole premium. The sale of the Senior Notes closed on May 15, 2018. The Company used the net proceeds from the offering of Senior Notes to repay certain existing indebtedness and for other general corporate purposes. The Note Purchase Agreement contains affirmative, negative and financial covenants customary for financings of this type, including, among other things, covenants to maintain a minimum consolidated net worth and maximum consolidated leverage ratio and limitations on certain other liens, mergers, dispositions and transactions with affiliates. In addition, the Note Purchase Agreement contains customary events of default. We were in compliance with the covenants under the Note Purchase Agreement at June 26, 2020.

We believe the carrying value of the Revolving Credit Facility, the 2020 Term Loan Facility and other debt outstanding approximates fair value based on the interest rates and scheduled maturities applicable to the outstanding borrowings. The fair value of the Senior Notes is estimated to be $528.7 million at June 26, 2020, based on Level 2 inputs. The fair value is determined by discounting future cash flows using interest rates available for issuances with similar terms and average maturities.

The Company has issued $2.3 million in letters of credit under the Revolving Credit Facility, leaving $1.63 billion of available borrowing capacity under the Revolving Credit Facility at June 26, 2020. In addition, the Company had issued $257.3 million under separate, committed and uncommitted letter-of-credit facilities for total issued letters of credit of $259.5 million at June 26, 2020.

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Revenue Accounting for Contracts

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Revenue Accounting for Contracts

Revenue Accounting for Contracts

Disaggregation of Revenues

Our revenues are principally derived from contracts to provide a diverse range of technical, professional, and construction services to a large number of industrial, commercial, and governmental clients. We provide a broad range of engineering, design, and architectural services; construction and construction management services; operations and maintenance services; and process, scientific, and systems consulting services. We provide our services through offices and subsidiaries located primarily in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, India, Australia, Africa, and Asia. We provide our services under cost-reimbursable and fixed-price contracts. Our contracts are with many different customers in numerous industries. Refer to Note 8- Segment Information for additional information on how we disaggregate our revenues by reportable segment.

The following table further disaggregates our revenue by geographic area for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Revenues:
United States	$	2,472,091	$	2,357,836	$	7,548,192	$	6,701,474
Europe	504,201		491,036		1,662,104		1,706,163
Canada	56,954		59,830		164,601		160,339
Asia	27,995		33,918		90,889		113,294
India	16,465		12,129		33,229		43,131
Australia and New Zealand	130,133		136,711		378,178		386,594
South America and Mexico	—		1,225		—		7,244
Middle East and Africa	52,218		76,937		170,093		226,766
Total	$	3,260,057	$	3,169,622	$	10,047,286	$	9,345,005

Contract Liabilities

Contract liabilities represent amounts billed to clients in excess of revenue recognized to date. Revenue recognized for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020 that was included in the contract liability balance on September 27, 2019 was $42.4 million and $352.9 million, respectively. Revenue recognized for the three and nine months ended June 28, 2019 that was included in the contract liability balance on September 28, 2018 was $33.0 million and $331.0 million, respectively.

Remaining Performance Obligations     

The Company’s remaining performance obligations as of June 26, 2020 represent a measure of the total dollar value of work to be performed on contracts awarded and in progress. The Company had approximately $13.8 billion in remaining performance obligations as of June 26, 2020. The Company expects to recognize approximately 45% of our remaining performance obligations into revenue within the next twelve months and the remaining 55% thereafter.

Although remaining performance obligations reflect business that is considered to be firm, cancellations, scope adjustments, foreign currency exchange fluctuations or deferrals may occur that impact their volume or the expected timing of their recognition. Remaining performance obligations are adjusted to reflect any known project cancellations, revisions to project scope and cost, foreign currency exchange fluctuations and project deferrals, as appropriate.

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Leases

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Leases [Abstract]

Leases

Leases

On September 28, 2019 the Company adopted ASU 2016-02, Leases ("ASC 842"), along with ASU 2018-01, ASU 2018-10, ASU 2018-11, ASU 2018-20 and ASU 2019-01, which amended and clarified the related guidance. ASC 842 requires lessees to recognize assets and liabilities for most leases. The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at contract inception. A lease exists when a contract conveys to the customer the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration. The definition of a lease embodies two conditions: (1) there is an identified asset in the contract, and (2) the customer has the right to control the use of the identified asset. Lessees are required to classify leases as either finance or operating leases. This classification will determine whether lease expense is recognized based on an effective interest method or on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease.

ASC 842 provided several optional practical expedients for use in transition to and ongoing application of ASC 842. The Company elected to utilize the package of practical expedients in ASC 842-10-65-1(f) that, upon adoption of ASC 842, allows entities to (1) not reassess whether any expired or existing contracts are or contain leases, (2) retain the classification of leases (e.g., operating or finance lease) existing as of the date of adoption and (3) not reassess initial direct costs for any existing leases. The Company did not elect the transition practical expedient pertaining to the use of hindsight. The Company elected to utilize the practical expedient in ASC 842-10-15-37 in which the Company has chosen to account for each separate lease component of a contract and its associated non-lease components as a single lease component.

The Company adopted ASC 842 using the modified retrospective method, and accordingly, the new guidance was applied to leases that existed as of September 28, 2019 (the date of initial application) without adjusting the comparative periods presented. As a result, as of September 28, 2019, the Company has recorded total right-of-use ("ROU") assets of $767.0 million, which is comprised of approximately $82.3 million in reclassifications of previously recorded lease incentives and deferred rent, offset by $141.4 million in restructured lease cease-use liability. Additionally, the Company has recorded total current lease liabilities of $180.7 million, and total noncurrent lease liabilities of $810.1 million. The adoption of ASC 842 did not have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations or any impact on the Company’s cash flows.

The Company’s right-of use assets and lease liabilities relate to real estate, project assets used in connection with long-term construction contracts, IT assets and vehicles. The Company’s leases have remaining lease terms of one year to thirteen years. The Company’s lease obligations are primarily for the use of office space and are primarily operating leases. Certain of the Company’s leases contain renewal, extension, or termination options. The Company assesses each option on an individual basis and will only include options reasonably certain of exercise in the lease term. The Company generally considers the base term to be the term provided in the contract. None of the Company’s lease agreements contain material options to purchase the lease property, material residual value guarantees, or material restrictions or covenants.

Long-term project asset and vehicle leases (leases with terms greater than twelve months), along with all real estate and IT asset leases, are recorded on the consolidated balance sheet at the present value of the minimum lease payments not yet paid. Because the Company primarily acts as a lessee and the rates implicit in its leases are not readily determinable, the Company generally uses its incremental borrowing rate on the lease commencement date to calculate the present value of future lease payments. Certain leases include payments that are based solely on an index or rate. These variable lease payments are included in the calculation of the ROU asset and lease liability and are initially measured using the index or rate at the lease commencement date. Other variable lease payments, such as payments based on use and for property taxes, insurance, or common area maintenance that are based on actual assessments are excluded from the ROU asset and lease liability and are expensed as incurred. In addition to the present value of the future lease payments, the calculation of the ROU asset also includes any deferred rent, lease pre-payments and initial direct costs of obtaining the lease, such as commissions.

Certain lease contracts contain nonlease components such as maintenance and utilities. The Company has made an accounting policy election, as allowed under ASC 842-10-15-37 and discussed above, to capitalize both the lease component and nonlease components of its contracts as a single lease component for all of its right-of-use assets.

Short-term project asset and vehicle leases (project asset and vehicle leases with an initial term of twelve months or less or leases that are cancellable by the lessee and lessor without significant penalties) are not recorded on the consolidated balance sheet and are expensed on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The majority of the Company’s short-term leases relate to equipment used on construction projects. These leases are entered into at agreed upon hourly, daily, weekly or monthly rental rates for an unspecified duration and typically have a termination for convenience provision. Such equipment leases are considered short-term in nature unless it is reasonably certain that the equipment will be leased for a term greater than twelve months.

The components of lease expense (reflected in selling, general and administrative expenses) for the three and nine month periods ended June 26, 2020 were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
Lease cost
Operating lease cost	$	39,123	$	126,855
Variable lease cost	9,508		26,307
Sublease income	(3,504)		(10,688)
Total lease cost	$	45,127	$	142,474

Information related to the Company's right-of use assets and lease liabilities as of June 26, 2020 was as follows (in thousands):

Lease Asset/Liabilities	Balance Sheet Classification
Right-of-use assets
Operating lease assets	Miscellaneous assets	$	718,161
Lease Liabilities
Operating lease liabilities, current	Accrued liabilities	152,438
Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent	Other deferred liabilities	769,374
Total lease liabilities		$	921,812

Supplemental information related to the Company's leases for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 was as follows (in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurements of lease liabilities	$	148,047
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities	$	67,290
Weighted average remaining lease term - operating leases	7.4 years
Weighted average discount rate - operating leases	2.8		%

Total remaining lease payments under the Company's leases for the remainder of fiscal 2020 and for the succeeding years is as follows (in thousands):

Fiscal Year	Operating Leases
2020	$	46,762
2021	174,314
2022	156,206
2023	139,517
2024	123,429
Thereafter	391,245
	1,031,473
Less Interest	(109,661)
	$	921,812

Leases

Leases

On September 28, 2019 the Company adopted ASU 2016-02, Leases ("ASC 842"), along with ASU 2018-01, ASU 2018-10, ASU 2018-11, ASU 2018-20 and ASU 2019-01, which amended and clarified the related guidance. ASC 842 requires lessees to recognize assets and liabilities for most leases. The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at contract inception. A lease exists when a contract conveys to the customer the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration. The definition of a lease embodies two conditions: (1) there is an identified asset in the contract, and (2) the customer has the right to control the use of the identified asset. Lessees are required to classify leases as either finance or operating leases. This classification will determine whether lease expense is recognized based on an effective interest method or on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease.

ASC 842 provided several optional practical expedients for use in transition to and ongoing application of ASC 842. The Company elected to utilize the package of practical expedients in ASC 842-10-65-1(f) that, upon adoption of ASC 842, allows entities to (1) not reassess whether any expired or existing contracts are or contain leases, (2) retain the classification of leases (e.g., operating or finance lease) existing as of the date of adoption and (3) not reassess initial direct costs for any existing leases. The Company did not elect the transition practical expedient pertaining to the use of hindsight. The Company elected to utilize the practical expedient in ASC 842-10-15-37 in which the Company has chosen to account for each separate lease component of a contract and its associated non-lease components as a single lease component.

The Company adopted ASC 842 using the modified retrospective method, and accordingly, the new guidance was applied to leases that existed as of September 28, 2019 (the date of initial application) without adjusting the comparative periods presented. As a result, as of September 28, 2019, the Company has recorded total right-of-use ("ROU") assets of $767.0 million, which is comprised of approximately $82.3 million in reclassifications of previously recorded lease incentives and deferred rent, offset by $141.4 million in restructured lease cease-use liability. Additionally, the Company has recorded total current lease liabilities of $180.7 million, and total noncurrent lease liabilities of $810.1 million. The adoption of ASC 842 did not have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations or any impact on the Company’s cash flows.

The Company’s right-of use assets and lease liabilities relate to real estate, project assets used in connection with long-term construction contracts, IT assets and vehicles. The Company’s leases have remaining lease terms of one year to thirteen years. The Company’s lease obligations are primarily for the use of office space and are primarily operating leases. Certain of the Company’s leases contain renewal, extension, or termination options. The Company assesses each option on an individual basis and will only include options reasonably certain of exercise in the lease term. The Company generally considers the base term to be the term provided in the contract. None of the Company’s lease agreements contain material options to purchase the lease property, material residual value guarantees, or material restrictions or covenants.

Long-term project asset and vehicle leases (leases with terms greater than twelve months), along with all real estate and IT asset leases, are recorded on the consolidated balance sheet at the present value of the minimum lease payments not yet paid. Because the Company primarily acts as a lessee and the rates implicit in its leases are not readily determinable, the Company generally uses its incremental borrowing rate on the lease commencement date to calculate the present value of future lease payments. Certain leases include payments that are based solely on an index or rate. These variable lease payments are included in the calculation of the ROU asset and lease liability and are initially measured using the index or rate at the lease commencement date. Other variable lease payments, such as payments based on use and for property taxes, insurance, or common area maintenance that are based on actual assessments are excluded from the ROU asset and lease liability and are expensed as incurred. In addition to the present value of the future lease payments, the calculation of the ROU asset also includes any deferred rent, lease pre-payments and initial direct costs of obtaining the lease, such as commissions.

Certain lease contracts contain nonlease components such as maintenance and utilities. The Company has made an accounting policy election, as allowed under ASC 842-10-15-37 and discussed above, to capitalize both the lease component and nonlease components of its contracts as a single lease component for all of its right-of-use assets.

Short-term project asset and vehicle leases (project asset and vehicle leases with an initial term of twelve months or less or leases that are cancellable by the lessee and lessor without significant penalties) are not recorded on the consolidated balance sheet and are expensed on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The majority of the Company’s short-term leases relate to equipment used on construction projects. These leases are entered into at agreed upon hourly, daily, weekly or monthly rental rates for an unspecified duration and typically have a termination for convenience provision. Such equipment leases are considered short-term in nature unless it is reasonably certain that the equipment will be leased for a term greater than twelve months.

The components of lease expense (reflected in selling, general and administrative expenses) for the three and nine month periods ended June 26, 2020 were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
Lease cost
Operating lease cost	$	39,123	$	126,855
Variable lease cost	9,508		26,307
Sublease income	(3,504)		(10,688)
Total lease cost	$	45,127	$	142,474

Information related to the Company's right-of use assets and lease liabilities as of June 26, 2020 was as follows (in thousands):

Lease Asset/Liabilities	Balance Sheet Classification
Right-of-use assets
Operating lease assets	Miscellaneous assets	$	718,161
Lease Liabilities
Operating lease liabilities, current	Accrued liabilities	152,438
Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent	Other deferred liabilities	769,374
Total lease liabilities		$	921,812

Supplemental information related to the Company's leases for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 was as follows (in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurements of lease liabilities	$	148,047
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities	$	67,290
Weighted average remaining lease term - operating leases	7.4 years
Weighted average discount rate - operating leases	2.8		%

Total remaining lease payments under the Company's leases for the remainder of fiscal 2020 and for the succeeding years is as follows (in thousands):

Fiscal Year	Operating Leases
2020	$	46,762
2021	174,314
2022	156,206
2023	139,517
2024	123,429
Thereafter	391,245
	1,031,473
Less Interest	(109,661)
	$	921,812

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Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

The following table presents the components of net periodic benefit cost recognized in earnings during the three and nine month periods ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Component:
Service cost	$	1,464	$	1,212	$	4,394	$	5,545
Interest cost	13,030		17,088		39,092		52,916
Expected return on plan assets	(27,666)		(26,291)		(82,996)		(79,709)
Amortization of previously unrecognized items	3,109		3,182		9,329		9,353
Plan Amendment and settlement loss (gain)	—		—		2,651		(34,621)
Total net periodic pension cost recognized	$	(10,063)	$	(4,809)	$	(27,530)	$	(46,516)

The service cost component of net periodic pension expense is presented in the same line item as other compensation costs (direct cost of contracts and selling, general and administrative expenses) and the other components of net periodic pension expense are presented in miscellaneous income (expense), net on the Consolidated Statements of Earnings. In the first fiscal quarter of 2019, the Company elected to discontinue the CH2M Hill Retiree Medical Plan and the OMI Retiree Medical Plan, effective December 31, 2018. Lump sum payments were made to certain participants in the first fiscal quarter of 2019, resulting in a partial plan settlement and related settlement gain of $2.2 million. In the second fiscal quarter of 2019, lump sum payments were made to remaining plan participants and the plans were fully settled, resulting in an additional $32.4 million in settlement gains. In the first fiscal quarter of 2020, the Company incurred a settlement loss on one of its U.S. defined benefit plans of approximately $2.7 million.

On January 1, 2019, the CH2M Hill Pension Plan and the CH2M Hill IDC Pension Plan merged into the Company's Sverdrup Pension Plan. The newly combined plan is called the Jacobs Consolidated Pension Plan.

The following table presents certain information regarding the Company’s cash contributions to our pension plans for fiscal 2020 (in thousands):

Cash contributions made during the first nine months of fiscal 2020	$	19,694
Cash contributions projected for the remainder of fiscal 2020	7,135
Total	$	26,829

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Equity [Abstract]

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

The following table presents the Company's roll forward of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) after-tax for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 (in thousands):

	Change in Pension Liabilities		Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment		Gain/(Loss) on Cash Flow Hedges		Total
Balance at September 27, 2019	$	(436,749)	$	(480,045)	$	(18)	$	(916,812)
Other comprehensive income (loss)	3,554		8,377		(15,706)		(3,775)
Reclassifications from other comprehensive income (loss)	7,853		—		1,042		8,895
Balance at June 26, 2020	$	(425,342)	$	(471,668)	$	(14,682)	$	(911,692)

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Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

The Company’s effective tax rates from continuing operations for the three months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019 were 22.3% and (2.1)%, respectively. The Company’s effective tax rates from continuing operations for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019 were 19.7% and 4.3%, respectively. The comparatively higher quarterly tax rate was primarily due to a $21.7 million tax benefit in the three months ended June 28, 2019, which related to the release of a valuation allowance on previously fully valued foreign tax credits. For the three months ended June 26, 2020, the effective tax rate was impacted by a $4.1 million benefit for the release of uncertain tax positions due to the statute of limitations expiring and a $12.6 million benefit for the release of a valuation allowance in the UK, with offsetting unfavorable impacts from other discrete items. The Company’s effective tax rate from continuing operations for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 was higher primarily due to $62.6 million in discrete benefits in the nine months ended June 28, 2019, predominantly comprised of $37.4 million for a remeasurement of the Company's deferred tax liability for unremitted earnings to account for the change in expected manner of recovery and an additional benefit of $21.7 million as a result of a valuation allowance release on foreign tax credits that were previously fully reserved. Comparatively, in the nine months ended June 26, 2020, the Company had a $12.6 million benefit for the release of a valuation allowance in the UK, a $6.9 million of benefit from the application of the Internal Revenue Code section 179D, a $3.7 million favorable settlement with the Indian Revenue Services, an amended tax return generating $5.8 million of foreign tax credits and research and development, and a $4.1 million benefit for an India tax rate change, with offsetting unfavorable impacts from other discrete items.

See Note 7- Sale of Energy, Chemicals and Resources ("ECR") Business for further information on the Company's discontinued operations reporting for the sale of the ECR business.

On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) was enacted in the United States and significantly revised the U.S. corporate income tax laws. Given the significance of the legislation, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (SAB 118), which allowed registrants to record provisional amounts during a one year “measurement period” like that used when accounting for business combinations. As of December 22, 2018, we completed our accounting for the tax effects of the enactment of the Act. For the deferred tax balances, we remeasured the U.S. deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the rates at which they are expected to reverse in the future, which is generally 21%. The Company’s revised remeasurement resulted in cumulative charges to income tax expense of $144.4 million for the measurement period. The Act called for a one-time tax on deemed repatriation of foreign earnings. This one-time transition tax was based on our total post-1986 earnings and profits (E&P) of certain of our foreign subsidiaries. We recorded $14.3 million in cumulative transition taxes during the measurement period, although the transition tax was expected to be offset by foreign tax credits in the future, resulting in no additional cash tax liability. In addition, the Company recorded $104.2 million in cumulative valuation expense charges during the measurement period with respect to certain foreign tax credit deferred tax assets as a result of the Act and CH2M integration.

The amount of income taxes the Company pays is subject to ongoing audits by tax jurisdictions around the world. In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to examination by tax authorities throughout the world, including such major jurisdictions as Australia, Canada, India, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. Our estimate of the potential outcome of any uncertain tax issue is subject to our assessment of the relevant risks, facts, and circumstances existing at the time. The Company believes that it has adequately provided for reasonably foreseeable outcomes related to these matters. However, future results may include favorable or unfavorable adjustments to our estimated tax liabilities in the period the assessments are made or resolved, which may impact our effective tax rate.

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Earnings Per Share and Certain Related Information

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Earnings Per Share Reconciliation [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share and Certain Related Information

Earnings Per Share and Certain Related Information

Basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) are computed using the two-class method, which is an earnings allocation method that determines EPS for common shares and participating securities. The undistributed earnings are allocated between common shares and participating securities as if all earnings had been distributed during the period. Participating securities and common shares have equal rights to undistributed earnings. Net earnings used for the purpose of determining basic and diluted EPS is determined by taking net earnings, less earnings available to participating securities.

The following table reconciles the denominator used to compute basic EPS to the denominator used to compute diluted EPS for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Numerator for Basic and Diluted EPS:
Net earnings attributable to Jacobs from continuing operations	$	226,886	$	89,365	$	284,344	$	269,012
Net earnings from continuing operations allocated to participating securities	(24)		(105)		(77)		(444)
Net earnings from continuing operations allocated to common stock for EPS calculation	$	226,862	$	89,260	$	284,267	$	268,568
Net earnings attributable to Jacobs from discontinued operations	$	18,043	$	435,077	$	125,511	$	436,642
Net earnings from discontinued operations allocated to participating securities	(2)		(513)		(34)		(720)
Net earnings from discontinued operations allocated to common stock for EPS calculation	$	18,041	$	434,564	$	125,477	$	435,922
Net earnings allocated to common stock for EPS calculation	$	244,903	$	523,824	$	409,744	$	704,490
Denominator for Basic and Diluted EPS:
Weighted average basic shares	130,229		136,772		131,995		139,263
Shares allocated to participating securities	(14)		(161)		(36)		(230)
Shares used for calculating basic EPS attributable to common stock	130,215		136,611		131,959		139,033
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock compensation plans	1,048		1,212		1,188		1,206
Shares used for calculating diluted EPS attributable to common stock	131,263		137,823		133,147		140,239
Net Earnings Per Share:
Basic Net Earnings from Continuing Operations Per Share	$	1.74	$	0.65	$	2.15	$	1.93
Basic Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations Per Share	$	0.14	$	3.18	$	0.95	$	3.14
Basic Earnings Per Share	$	1.88	$	3.83	$	3.11	$	5.07
Diluted Net Earnings from Continuing Operations Per Share	$	1.73	$	0.65	$	2.13	$	1.92
Diluted Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations Per Share	$	0.14	$	3.15	$	0.94	$	3.11
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$	1.87	$	3.80	$	3.08	$	5.02

Share Repurchases

On January 17, 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program of up to $1.0 billion of the Company’s common stock, to expire on January 16, 2022 (the "2019 Repurchase Authorization"). During fiscal 2019, the Company launched accelerated share repurchase programs by advancing a total of $500.0 million to two financial institutions in privately negotiated transactions (collectively, the "2019 ASR Programs"). The specific number of shares that the Company repurchased under the 2019 ASR Programs was determined based generally on a discount to the volume-weighted average price per share of the Company's common stock during a calculation period which ended on June 5, 2019 for the first $250.0 million in repurchases and on December 4, 2019 for the second $250.0 million in repurchases. The purchases were recorded as share retirements for purposes of calculating earnings per share.

The following table summarizes the activity under the 2019 Repurchase Authorization during fiscal 2020:

Amount Authorized (2019 Repurchase Authorization)	Average Price Per Share (1)	Shares Repurchased	Total Shares Retired
$1,000,000,000	$79.93	3,576,104	3,576,104

_{(1)Includes commissions paid and calculated at the average price per share}

As a precautionary measure in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company temporarily suspended purchases under the share repurchase plan in March 2020, with such suspension remaining in effect through the fiscal third quarter of 2020. As of June 26, 2020, the Company has $107.9 million remaining under the 2019 Repurchase Authorization.

On January 16, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized an additional share repurchase program of up to $1.0 billion of the Company’s common stock, to expire on January 15, 2023 (the "2020 Repurchase Authorization"). There have been no repurchases under the 2020 Repurchase Authorization as of June 26, 2020.

The share repurchase programs do not obligate the Company to purchase any shares. Share repurchases may be executed through various means including, without limitation, accelerated share repurchases, open market transactions, privately negotiated transactions, purchases pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan or otherwise. The authorization for the share repurchase programs may be terminated, increased or decreased by the Company’s Board of Directors in its discretion at any time. The timing, amount and manner of share repurchases may depend upon market conditions and economic circumstances, availability of investment opportunities, the availability and costs of financing, currency fluctuations, the market price of the Company's common stock, other uses of capital and other factors.

Dividend Program

On July 9, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.19 per share of the Company’s common stock to be paid on August 21, 2020, to shareholders of record on the close of business on July 24, 2020. Future dividend declarations are subject to review and approval by the Company’s Board of Directors. Dividends paid through the third fiscal quarter of 2020 and the preceding fiscal year are as follows:  

Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Cash Amount (per share)
May 5, 2020	May 20, 2020	June 17, 2020	$0.19
January 16, 2020	January 31, 2020	February 28, 2020	$0.19
September 19, 2019	October 4, 2019	November 1, 2019	$0.17
July 11, 2019	July 26, 2019	August 23, 2019	$0.17
May 2, 2019	May 17, 2019	June 14, 2019	$0.17
January 17, 2019	February 15, 2019	March 15, 2019	$0.17
September 11, 2018	September 28, 2018	October 26, 2018	$0.15

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Commitments and Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies and Derivative Financial Instruments

Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company is exposed to interest rate risk under its variable rate borrowings and additionally, due to the nature of the Company's international operations, we are at times exposed to foreign currency risk. As such, we sometimes enter

into foreign exchange contracts and interest rate contracts in order to limit our exposure to fluctuating foreign currencies and interest rates.

In April 2020 we entered into interest rate swap agreements with a notional value of $771.8 million as of June 26, 2020 to manage the interest rate exposure on our variable rate loans. Additionally, we entered into a cross-currency swap agreement with a notional value of $127.8 million to manage the interest rate and foreign currency exposure on our USD borrowings by a European subsidiary. By entering into the swap agreements, the Company converted the LIBOR rate based liability into a fixed rate liability and, for the cross currency swap, our LIBOR rate based borrowing in USD to a fixed rate Euro liability, for periods ranging from three and a half to ten years. Under the interest rate swap agreements, the Company receives the one month LIBOR rate and pays monthly a fixed rate ranging from .704% to 1.116% and under the cross currency swap agreement, the Company receives the one month LIBOR rate plus 0.875% in USD and pays monthly a Euro fixed rate of .726% to .746% for the term of the swaps. The swaps were designated as cash-flow hedges in accordance with ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. The fair value of the interest rate and cross currency swaps at June 26, 2020 was $25.0 million, which is included in other deferred liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet. The unrealized net losses on these interest rate and cross currency swaps was $14.7 million, net of tax, and was included in accumulated other comprehensive income as of June 26, 2020.

Additionally, at June 26, 2020, the Company held foreign exchange forward contracts in currencies that support our operations, including British Pound, Euro, Australian Dollar and other currencies, with notional values of $388.4 million at June 26, 2020. The length of these contracts currently ranges from one to 12 months. The fair value of the foreign exchange contracts at June 26, 2020 was $38.7 million, which is included within current assets on the consolidated balance sheet and with associated income statement impacts included in miscellaneous income (expense) in the consolidated statement of earnings.

The fair value measurements of these derivatives are being made using Level 2 inputs under ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement, as the measurements are based on observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets. We are exposed to risk from credit-related losses resulting from nonperformance by counterparties to our financial instruments. We perform credit evaluations of our counterparties under forward exchange and interest rate contracts and expect all counterparties to meet their obligations. We have not experienced credit losses from our counterparties.

Contractual Guarantees and Insurance

In the normal course of business, we make contractual commitments (some of which are supported by separate guarantees) and on occasion we are a party in a litigation or arbitration proceeding. The litigation or arbitration in which we are involved includes personal injury claims, professional liability claims and breach of contract claims. Where we provide a separate guarantee, it is strictly in support of the underlying contractual commitment. Guarantees take various forms including surety bonds required by law, or standby letters of credit ("LOC" and also referred to as “bank guarantees”) or corporate guarantees given to induce a party to enter into a contract with a subsidiary. Standby LOCs are also used as security for advance payments or in various other transactions. The guarantees have various expiration dates ranging from an arbitrary date to completion of our work (e.g., engineering only) to completion of the overall project. We record in the Consolidated Balance Sheets amounts representing our estimated liability relating to such guarantees, litigation and insurance claims. Guarantees are accounted for in accordance with ASC 460-10, Guarantees, at fair value at the inception of the guarantee.

At June 26, 2020 and September 27, 2019, the Company had issued and outstanding approximately $259.5 million and $262.2 million, respectively, in LOCs and $2.1 billion and $2.0 billion, respectively, in surety bonds.

We maintain insurance coverage for most insurable aspects of our business and operations. Our insurance programs have varying coverage limits depending upon the type of insurance and include certain conditions and exclusions which insurance companies may raise in response to any claim that is asserted by or against the Company. We have also elected to retain a portion of losses and liabilities that occur through using various deductibles, limits, and retentions under our insurance programs. As a result, we may be subject to a future liability for which we are only partially insured or completely uninsured. We intend to mitigate any such future liability by continuing to exercise prudent business judgment in negotiating the terms and conditions of the contracts which the Company enters with its clients. Our insurers are also subject to business risk and, as a result, one or more of them may be unable to fulfill their insurance obligations due to insolvency or otherwise.

Additionally, as a contractor providing services to the U.S. federal government, we are subject to many types of audits, investigations, and claims by, or on behalf of, the government including with respect to contract performance, pricing, cost allocations, procurement practices, labor practices, and socioeconomic obligations. Furthermore, our income,

franchise, and similar tax returns and filings are also subject to audit and investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, most states within the United States, as well as by various government agencies representing jurisdictions outside the United States.

Our Consolidated Balance Sheets include amounts representing our probable estimated liability relating to such claims, guarantees, litigation, audits, and investigations. We perform an analysis to determine the level of reserves to establish for insurance-related claims that are known and have been asserted against us, as well as for insurance-related claims that are believed to have been incurred based on actuarial analysis but have not yet been reported to our claims administrators as of the respective balance sheet dates. We include any adjustments to such insurance reserves in our consolidated results of operations. Insurance recoveries are recorded as assets if recovery is probable and estimated liabilities are not reduced by expected insurance recoveries.

The Company believes, after consultation with counsel, that such guarantees, litigation, U.S. government contract-related audits, investigations and claims, and income tax audits and investigations should not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial statements, beyond amounts currently accrued.

Litigation and Investigations

On September 30, 2015, Nui Phao Mining Company Limited (“NPMC”) commenced arbitration proceedings against Jacobs E&C Australia Pty Limited (“Jacobs E&C”) in Singapore before the Singapore International Arbitration Centre. Jacobs E&C was engaged by NPMC for the provision of management, design, engineering, and procurement services for a Nui Phao mine/mineral processing project in Vietnam as part of the Company’s former Energy, Chemicals & Resources (“ECR”) line of business. A three-week hearing on the merits concluded on December 15, 2017, and on March 28, 2019, the arbitration panel issued a decision finding against Jacobs E&C. On August 30, 2019, NPMC and Jacobs E&C settled all of the proceedings related to this matter. Under the terms of the settlement, Jacobs E&C made a payment to NPMC in the amount of $130.0 million in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2019. The settlement otherwise remains confidential. During the quarter ended December 27, 2019, the Company recognized the reduction of $50.0 million of selling, general and administrative expenses in discontinued operations as a result of the realization of related insurance recoveries. Under the terms of the sale of the Company's ECR business to Worley on April 26, 2019, the Company retained liability with respect to this matter.

In 2012, CH2M HILL Australia Pty Limited, a subsidiary of CH2M, entered into a 50/50 integrated joint venture with Australian construction contractor UGL Infrastructure Pty Limited. The joint venture entered into a Consortium Agreement with General Electric and GE Electrical International Inc. The Consortium was awarded a subcontract by JKC Australia LNG Pty Limited ("JKC") for the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of a 360 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant for INPEX Operations Australia Pty Limited at Blaydin Point, Darwin, NT, Australia. In January 2017, the Consortium terminated the Subcontract because of JKC’s repudiatory breach and demobilized from the work site. JKC claimed the Consortium abandoned the work and itself purported to terminate the Subcontract. The Consortium and JKC are now in dispute over the termination. In August 2017, the Consortium filed an International Chamber of Commerce arbitration against JKC and is seeking compensatory damages in the amount of approximately $530.0 million for repudiatory breach or, in the alternative, seeking damages for unresolved contract claims and change orders. JKC has provided a preliminary estimate of the monetary value of its claims which we believe will result in alleged damages in excess of $1.7 billion and has drawn on bonds. This draw on bonds does not impact the Company's ultimate liability. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, a November 2020 date for commencement of the hearing has been vacated and the parties are seeking an allotted time for the hearing in 2021. No decision is expected before late 2021. In September 2018, JKC filed a declaratory judgment action in Western Australia alleging that the entities which executed parent company guaranties for the Consortium, including CH2M Hill Companies, Ltd., have an obligation to pay JKC’s ongoing costs to complete the project after termination. A hearing on that matter was held in March 2019, and a decision in favor of the Consortium was issued. JKC appealed the decision, a hearing on the appeal took place in March 2020 and a decision was handed down on July 22, 2020 denying JKC’s appeal in its entirety.

 If the Consortium is found liable, these matters could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations and /or cash flows, particularly in the short term. However, the Consortium has denied liability and is vigorously defending these claims and pursuing its affirmative claims against JKC, and based on the information currently available, the Company does not expect the resolution of this matter to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows, in excess of the current reserve for this matter. See Note 5- Business Combinations, in the 2019 Form 10-K for further information related to CH2M contingencies.

On December 22, 2008, a coal fly ash pond at the Kingston Power Plant of the Tennessee Valley Authority ("TVA") was breached, releasing fly ash waste into the Emory River and surrounding community. In February 2009, TVA awarded a contract to the Company to provide project management services associated with the clean-up. All remediation and dredging were completed in August 2013 by other contractors under direct contracts with TVA. The Company did not perform the remediation, and its scope was limited to program management services. Certain employees of the contractors performing the cleanup work on the project filed lawsuits against the Company beginning in August 2013, alleging they were injured due to the Company's failure to protect the plaintiffs from exposure to fly ash, and asserting related personal injuries. There are currently six separate cases pending against the Company. The primary case, Greg Adkisson, et al. v. Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., case No. 3:13-CV-505-TAV-HBG, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, consists of 10 consolidated cases. This case and the related cases involve several hundred plaintiffs that have been filed against the Company by employees of the contractors that completed the remediation and dredging work. The cases are at various stages of litigation, and several of the cases are currently stayed pending resolution of other cases. Separately, in May 2019, Roane County and the cities of King and Herriman filed a claim against TVA and the Company alleging that they misled the public about risks associated with the released fly ash. In December 2019, the court granted the Company's motion to dismiss a portion of the plaintiffs' complaint and scheduled this matter for trial in 2021 with respect to the remaining claims. In addition, in November 2019, a resident of Roane County filed a putative class action against TVA and the Company alleging they failed to adequately warn local residents about risks associated with the released fly ash. In February 2020, the Company learned that the district attorney in Roane County recommended that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation investigate issues pertaining to clean up worker safety at Kingston, with that investigation still pending. There has been no finding of liability against the Company or that any of the alleged illnesses are the result of exposure to fly ash in any of the above matters. The Company disputes the claims asserted in all of the above matters and is vigorously defending these claims. The Company does not expect the resolution of these matters to have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

On October 31, 2019, the Company received a request from the Enforcement Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") for the voluntary production of certain information and documents. The information and documents sought by the SEC primarily relate to the operations of a joint venture in Morocco which was at one time partially-owned by the Company (and subsequently divested), including in respect of possible corrupt practices. The Company is fully cooperating with the SEC and is producing the requested information and documents in its possession. The Company does not expect the resolution of this matter to have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

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New Accounting Pronouncements (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Accounting Standards Update and Change in Accounting Principle [Abstract]

Use of Estimates and Assumptions

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires us to employ estimates and make assumptions that affect the reported amounts of certain assets and liabilities, the revenues and expenses reported for the periods covered by the accompanying consolidated financial statements, and certain amounts disclosed in these Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. Although such estimates and assumptions are based on management’s most recent assessment of the underlying facts and circumstances utilizing the most current information available and past experience including considerations for potential impacts of the continuing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, actual results could differ significantly from those estimates and assumptions. Our estimates, judgments, and assumptions are evaluated periodically and adjusted accordingly. Please refer to Note 2- Significant Accounting Policies of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our 2019 Form 10-K for a discussion of other significant estimates and assumptions affecting our consolidated financial statements.

Fair Value and Fair Value Measurements

Certain amounts included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements are presented at “fair value.” Fair value is defined as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants as of the date fair value is determined (the “measurement date”). When determining fair value, we consider the principal or most advantageous market in which we would transact, and we consider only those assumptions we believe a typical market participant would consider when pricing an asset or liability. In measuring fair value, we use the following inputs in the order of priority indicated:

Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 - Observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets included in Level 1, such as (i) quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; (ii) quoted prices in markets that have insufficient volume or infrequent transactions (e.g., less active markets); and (iii) model-driven valuations in which all significant inputs are observable or can be derived principally from, or corroborated with, observable market data for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant to the fair value measurement.

Please refer to Note 2- Significant Accounting Policies of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our 2019 Form 10-K for a more complete discussion of the various items within the consolidated financial statements measured at fair value and the methods used to determine fair value. Please also refer to Note 7- Sale of Energy, Chemicals and Resources for discussion regarding the Company's investment in Worley ordinary shares and Note 19- Commitments and Contingencies and Derivative Financial Instruments for discussion regarding the Company's derivative instruments.

The net carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables and payables and short-term debt approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments. See Note 12- Borrowings for a discussion of the fair value of long-term debt.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-12, Derivatives and Hedging ("ASC 815"): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities. ASU 2017-12 provides financial reporting improvements related to hedging relationships to better portray the economic results of an entity’s risk management activities in its financial statements. Additionally, ASU No. 2017-12 makes certain targeted improvements to simplify the application of the hedge accounting guidance. The revised guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 with early adoption permitted. The updated guidance did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

ASU 2017-04, Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 with early adoption permitted. ASU 2017-04 removes the second step of the goodwill impairment test, which requires a hypothetical purchase price allocation. An entity will now recognize a goodwill impairment charge for the amount by which a reporting unit's carrying value exceeds its fair value, not to exceed the amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit. Management does not expect the adoption of ASU 2017-04 to have a material impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses ("ASC 326"): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments requires entities to use a current lifetime expected credit loss methodology to measure impairments of certain financial assets. Using this methodology will result in earlier recognition of losses than under the current incurred loss approach, which requires waiting to recognize a loss until it is probable of having been incurred. There are other provisions within the standard that affect how impairments of other financial assets may be recorded and presented, and that expand disclosures. This standard will be effective for our interim and annual periods beginning with the first fiscal quarter of 2021 and must be applied on a modified retrospective basis.

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Business Combinations (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Summary of Unaudited Proforma Operating Results

he following presents summarized unaudited pro forma operating results of the Company for the nine months ended June 28, 2019 assuming that the June 12, 2019 acquisition of KeyW had occurred at the beginning of fiscal 2018 for pro forma purposes. These pro forma operating results are presented for illustrative purposes only and are not indicative of the operating results that would have been achieved had the related events occurred on such date (in millions, except per share data):

	Nine Months Ended June 28, 2019
Revenues	$	9,562.0
Net earnings of the Group	$	290.8
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Jacobs	$	275.3
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Jacobs per share:
Basic earnings (loss) per share	$	1.98
Diluted earnings (loss) per share	$	1.96

Wood Group

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Summary of Estimated Fair Values of Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed

The following summarizes the fair values of John Wood Group's assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date (in millions): 

Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	24.3
Receivables	75.9
Other current assets	5.2
Property, equipment and improvements, net	8.3
Goodwill	205.8
Identifiable intangible assets	80.0
Miscellaneous	19.4
Total Assets	$	418.9
Liabilities
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities	$	71.8
Long term liabilities	29.2
Total Liabilities	101.0
Net assets acquired	$	317.9

KeyW

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Summary of Estimated Fair Values of Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed

The following summarizes the fair values of KeyW's assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date (in millions): 

Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	29.1
Receivables	79.1
Inventories, net	19.3
Prepaid expenses and other	2.4
Property, equipment and improvements, net	24.5
Deferred tax asset and other	37.8
Goodwill	615.6
Identifiable intangible assets	179.0
Total Assets	$	986.8
Liabilities
Accounts payable	$	8.3
Accrued expenses	69.1
Short term debt	298.4
Other current liabilities	3.9
Other non-current liabilities	2.9
Total Liabilities	382.6
Net assets acquired	$	604.2

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Goodwill and Intangibles (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Carrying Value of Goodwill by Reportable Segment Appearing in Accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets

The carrying value of goodwill associated with continuing operations and appearing in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 26, 2020 and September 27, 2019 was as follows (in millions):

	Critical Mission Solutions		People & Places Solutions		Total
Balance September 27, 2019	$	2,202	$	3,231	$	5,433
Acquired	206		—		206
Foreign Exchange Impact	(10)		(8)		(18)
Post-Acquisition Adjustments	2		—		2
Disposed	—		(6)		(6)
Balance June 26, 2020	$	2,400	$	3,217	$	5,617

Schedule of Acquired Intangible Assets

The following table provides certain information related to the Company’s acquired intangibles in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 26, 2020 and September 27, 2019 (in thousands):

	Customer Relationships, Contracts and Backlog		Developed Technology		Trade Names		Other		Total
Balances September 27, 2019	$	622,392	$	40,833	$	1,183	$	668	$	665,076
Amortization	(64,002)		(2,751)		(321)		—		(67,074)
Acquired	73,558		6,452		—		—		80,010
Foreign currency translation	(1,170)		(232)		(54)		(551)		(2,007)
Balances June 26, 2020	$	630,778	$	44,302	$	808	$	117	$	676,005

Schedule of Estimated Amortization Expense of Intangible Assets

The following table presents estimated amortization expense of intangible assets for the remainder of fiscal 2020 and for the succeeding years.

Fiscal Year	(in millions)
2020	$	23.6
2021	89.6
2022	88.9
2023	88.7
2024	88.4
Thereafter	296.8
Total	$	676.0

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Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Total Revenues, Segment Operating Profit and Total Asset for Reporting Segment

The following tables present total revenues and segment operating profit from continuing operations for each reportable segment (in thousands) and includes a reconciliation of segment operating profit to total U.S. GAAP operating profit by including certain corporate-level expenses, Restructuring and other charges (as defined in Note 11 - Restructuring and Other Charges) and transaction and integration costs (in thousands).

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Revenues from External Customers:
Critical Mission Solutions	$	1,211,143	$	1,156,488	$	3,636,978	$	3,251,024
People & Places Solutions	2,048,914		2,013,134		6,410,308		6,093,981
Total	$	3,260,057	$	3,169,622	$	10,047,286	$	9,345,005

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Segment Operating Profit:
Critical Mission Solutions	$	89,608	$	76,306	$	264,323	$	222,289
People & Places Solutions	190,453		183,318		557,864		515,465
Total Segment Operating Profit	280,061		259,624		822,187		737,754
Other Corporate Expenses (1)	(65,213)		(64,525)		(193,148)		(185,674)
Restructuring, Transaction and Other Charges	(20,472)		(105,145)		(115,539)		(246,317)
Total U.S. GAAP Operating Profit	194,376		89,954		513,500		305,763
Total Other Income (Expense), net (2)	109,305		3,445		(132,453)		(8,344)
Earnings from Continuing Operations Before Taxes	$	303,681	$	93,399	$	381,047	$	297,419

(1)

Other corporate expenses include costs that were previously allocated to the ECR segment prior to discontinued operations presentation in connection with the ECR sale in the approximate amount of $2.0 million and $14.8 million for the three and nine month periods ended June 28, 2019, respectively. Other corporate expenses also include intangibles amortization of $23.1 million and $18.4 million for the three-month periods ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, respectively, and $67.1 million and $55.7 million for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, respectively.

(2)

For the three and nine month periods ended June 26, 2020, includes revenues under the Company's TSA with Worley of $1.0 million and $15.2 million, respectively, $122.9 million and $(119.0) million in fair value adjustments related to our investment in Worley stock (net of Worley stock dividend) and certain foreign currency revaluations relating to the ECR sale, respectively, the amortization of deferred financing fees related to the acquisition of CH2M HILL Companies Ltd. ("CH2M") in December 2017 (the "CH2M acquisition") of $— million and $0.7 million, respectively, and the loss on settlement of the U.S. pension plan of $— million and $2.7 million respectively. For the three and nine month periods ended June 28, 2019, includes the amortization of deferred financing fees related to the CH2M acquisition of $0.5 million and $1.5 million, respectively, and the gain on settlement of the CH2M portion of the U.S. pension plan of $0.0 million and $34.6 million, respectively. Also includes revenues under the Company's TSA with Worley of $14.1 million for the three and nine month periods ended June 28, 2019, for which the related costs are included in SG&A.

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Receivables and Contract Assets (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Gross, Allowance, and Net [Abstract]

Schedule of Receivables

The following table presents the components of receivables appearing in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 26, 2020 and September 27, 2019, as well as certain other related information (in thousands):

	June 26, 2020		September 27, 2019
Components of receivables and contract assets:
Amounts billed, net	$	1,395,745	$	1,222,339
Unbilled receivables and other	1,301,494		1,216,028
Contract assets	456,425		401,842
Total receivables and contract assets, net	$	3,153,664	$	2,840,209
Other information about receivables:
Amounts due from the United States federal government, included above, net of advanced billings	$	606,875	$	630,975

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Restructuring and Other Charges (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Summary of Restructuring and Other Charges Impacts on Reportable Segment Income by Line of Business

The following table summarizes the impacts of the Restructuring and other charges by LOB in connection with the CH2M, KeyW and John Wood Group's nuclear business acquisitions and the ECR sale for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Critical Mission Solutions	$	3,173	$	7,699	$	11,248	$	8,489
People & Places Solutions	3,818		10,619		19,507		68,644
Corporate	12,690		74,921		81,554		127,986
Continuing Operations (1)	19,681		93,239		112,309		205,119
Energy, Chemicals and Resources (included in Discontinued Operations)	—		2,720		—		(138)
Total	$	19,681	$	95,959	$	112,309	$	204,981

(1)For the three months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, amounts include $19.7 million and $92.4 million, respectively, and for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019 amounts include $109.6 million and $233.6 million, respectively, in items impacting operating profit, along with items recorded in other income (expense), net, which are the loss on settlement of the CH2M portion of the U.S. pension plan of $— and $2.1 million for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020, respectively, the gain on the settlement of the CH2M retiree medical plans of $— and $34.6 million for the three and nine months ended June 28, 2019, respectively, and write-off of fixed assets related to restructured leases of $0.9 million and $6.2 million for the three and nine months ended June 28, 2019, and other miscellaneous expenses of $0.6 million for the nine months ended June 26, 2020. See Note 8- Segment Information.

Schedule of Restructuring and Other Activities

The activity in the Company’s accrual for the Restructuring and other charges including the program activities described above for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 is as follows (in thousands):

Balance at September 27, 2019	$	162,702
Transfer to lease right-of-use asset as a result of adoption of ASC 842 (1)	(116,797)
Net Charges	112,309
Payments and Usage	(133,668)
Balance at June 26, 2020	$	24,546

(1)In addition, there was $24.6 million in lease cease-use liabilities relating to 2015 restructuring initiatives which were reclassified to ROU asset balances in accordance with the adoption of ASC 842, see Note 14- Leases. The 2015 restructuring initiatives are no longer active and therefore activity associated with lease cease-use liabilities for those initiatives is not included in the table.

Summary of Restructuring and Other Activities by Major Type of Costs

The following table summarizes the Restructuring and other charges by major type of costs in connection with the CH2M, KeyW and John Wood Group nuclear business acquisitions and the ECR sale for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Lease Abandonments	$	(11,776)	$	22,982	$	(7,860)	$	72,296
Involuntary Terminations	(49)		12,020		18,222		22,944
Outside Services	20,865		39,853		74,223		95,130
Other	10,641		18,384		27,724		14,749
Total	$	19,681	$	93,239	$	112,309	$	205,119

Summary of Cumulative Amounts Incurred for Restructuring and Other Activities Costs

Cumulative amounts since 2017 incurred to date under our various restructuring and other activities described above by each major type of cost as of June 26, 2020 are as follows (in thousands):

Lease Abandonments	$	154,507
Involuntary Terminations	93,707
Outside Services	244,871
Other	96,965
Total	$	590,050

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Borrowings (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt

At June 26, 2020 and September 27, 2019, long-term debt consisted of the following (principal amounts in thousands):

	Interest Rate	Maturity	June 26, 2020		September 27, 2019
Revolving Credit Facility	LIBOR + applicable margin (1)	March 2024	$	617,794	$	303,780
2020 Term Loan Facility	LIBOR + applicable margin (2)	March 2025	1,039,115		—
2017 Term Loan Facility	LIBOR + applicable margin (3)	December 2020	—		400,000
Fixed-rate notes due:
Senior Notes, Series A	4.27%	May 2025	190,000		190,000
Senior Notes, Series B	4.42%	May 2028	180,000		180,000
Senior Notes, Series C	4.52%	May 2030	130,000		130,000
Less: Deferred Financing Fees			(1,743)		(2,535)
Total Long-term debt, net			$	2,155,166	$	1,201,245

(1)Depending on the Company’s Consolidated Leverage Ratio (as defined in the credit agreement governing the Revolving Credit Facility (defined below)), borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility bear interest at either a eurocurrency rate plus a margin of between 0.875% and 1.5% or a base rate plus a margin of between 0% and 0.5%. The applicable LIBOR rates at June 26, 2020 and September 27, 2019 were approximately 0.06% and 1.17%.

(2)Depending on the Company’s Consolidated Leverage Ratio (as defined in the credit agreement governing the 2020 Term Loan Facility (defined below)), borrowings under the 2020 Term Loan Facility bear interest at either a eurocurrency rate plus a margin of between 0.875% and 1.5% or a base rate plus a margin of between 0% and 0.5%. The applicable LIBOR rate at June 26, 2020 was approximately 0.67%.

(3)Depending on the Company’s Consolidated Leverage Ratio (as defined in the credit agreement governing the 2017 Term Loan Facility (defined below)), borrowings under the 2017 Term Loan Facility bear interest at either a eurocurrency rate plus a margin of between 1.0% and 1.5% or a base rate plus a margin of between 0% and 0.5%. The applicable LIBOR rate at September 27, 2019 was approximately 2.05%.

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Revenue Accounting for Contracts (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following table further disaggregates our revenue by geographic area for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Revenues:
United States	$	2,472,091	$	2,357,836	$	7,548,192	$	6,701,474
Europe	504,201		491,036		1,662,104		1,706,163
Canada	56,954		59,830		164,601		160,339
Asia	27,995		33,918		90,889		113,294
India	16,465		12,129		33,229		43,131
Australia and New Zealand	130,133		136,711		378,178		386,594
South America and Mexico	—		1,225		—		7,244
Middle East and Africa	52,218		76,937		170,093		226,766
Total	$	3,260,057	$	3,169,622	$	10,047,286	$	9,345,005

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Leases (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Leases [Abstract]

Schedule of Lease Cost

The components of lease expense (reflected in selling, general and administrative expenses) for the three and nine month periods ended June 26, 2020 were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
Lease cost
Operating lease cost	$	39,123	$	126,855
Variable lease cost	9,508		26,307
Sublease income	(3,504)		(10,688)
Total lease cost	$	45,127	$	142,474

Supplemental information related to the Company's leases for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 was as follows (in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurements of lease liabilities	$	148,047
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities	$	67,290
Weighted average remaining lease term - operating leases	7.4 years
Weighted average discount rate - operating leases	2.8		%

Supplemental Balance Sheet Schedule

Information related to the Company's right-of use assets and lease liabilities as of June 26, 2020 was as follows (in thousands):

Lease Asset/Liabilities	Balance Sheet Classification
Right-of-use assets
Operating lease assets	Miscellaneous assets	$	718,161
Lease Liabilities
Operating lease liabilities, current	Accrued liabilities	152,438
Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent	Other deferred liabilities	769,374
Total lease liabilities		$	921,812

Schedule of Operating Lease Maturity

Total remaining lease payments under the Company's leases for the remainder of fiscal 2020 and for the succeeding years is as follows (in thousands):

Fiscal Year	Operating Leases
2020	$	46,762
2021	174,314
2022	156,206
2023	139,517
2024	123,429
Thereafter	391,245
	1,031,473
Less Interest	(109,661)
	$	921,812

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Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Schedule of Pension Plans' Net Benefit Obligation

The following table presents the components of net periodic benefit cost recognized in earnings during the three and nine month periods ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Component:
Service cost	$	1,464	$	1,212	$	4,394	$	5,545
Interest cost	13,030		17,088		39,092		52,916
Expected return on plan assets	(27,666)		(26,291)		(82,996)		(79,709)
Amortization of previously unrecognized items	3,109		3,182		9,329		9,353
Plan Amendment and settlement loss (gain)	—		—		2,651		(34,621)
Total net periodic pension cost recognized	$	(10,063)	$	(4,809)	$	(27,530)	$	(46,516)

Certain Information Regarding Cash Contributions

The following table presents certain information regarding the Company’s cash contributions to our pension plans for fiscal 2020 (in thousands):

Cash contributions made during the first nine months of fiscal 2020	$	19,694
Cash contributions projected for the remainder of fiscal 2020	7,135
Total	$	26,829

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Equity [Abstract]

Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

The following table presents the Company's roll forward of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) after-tax for the nine months ended June 26, 2020 (in thousands):

	Change in Pension Liabilities		Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment		Gain/(Loss) on Cash Flow Hedges		Total
Balance at September 27, 2019	$	(436,749)	$	(480,045)	$	(18)	$	(916,812)
Other comprehensive income (loss)	3,554		8,377		(15,706)		(3,775)
Reclassifications from other comprehensive income (loss)	7,853		—		1,042		8,895
Balance at June 26, 2020	$	(425,342)	$	(471,668)	$	(14,682)	$	(911,692)

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Earnings Per Share and Certain Related Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2020

Earnings Per Share Reconciliation [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share

The following table reconciles the denominator used to compute basic EPS to the denominator used to compute diluted EPS for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Numerator for Basic and Diluted EPS:
Net earnings attributable to Jacobs from continuing operations	$	226,886	$	89,365	$	284,344	$	269,012
Net earnings from continuing operations allocated to participating securities	(24)		(105)		(77)		(444)
Net earnings from continuing operations allocated to common stock for EPS calculation	$	226,862	$	89,260	$	284,267	$	268,568
Net earnings attributable to Jacobs from discontinued operations	$	18,043	$	435,077	$	125,511	$	436,642
Net earnings from discontinued operations allocated to participating securities	(2)		(513)		(34)		(720)
Net earnings from discontinued operations allocated to common stock for EPS calculation	$	18,041	$	434,564	$	125,477	$	435,922
Net earnings allocated to common stock for EPS calculation	$	244,903	$	523,824	$	409,744	$	704,490
Denominator for Basic and Diluted EPS:
Weighted average basic shares	130,229		136,772		131,995		139,263
Shares allocated to participating securities	(14)		(161)		(36)		(230)
Shares used for calculating basic EPS attributable to common stock	130,215		136,611		131,959		139,033
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock compensation plans	1,048		1,212		1,188		1,206
Shares used for calculating diluted EPS attributable to common stock	131,263		137,823		133,147		140,239
Net Earnings Per Share:
Basic Net Earnings from Continuing Operations Per Share	$	1.74	$	0.65	$	2.15	$	1.93
Basic Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations Per Share	$	0.14	$	3.18	$	0.95	$	3.14
Basic Earnings Per Share	$	1.88	$	3.83	$	3.11	$	5.07
Diluted Net Earnings from Continuing Operations Per Share	$	1.73	$	0.65	$	2.13	$	1.92
Diluted Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations Per Share	$	0.14	$	3.15	$	0.94	$	3.11
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$	1.87	$	3.80	$	3.08	$	5.02

Share Repurchases

The following table summarizes the activity under the 2019 Repurchase Authorization during fiscal 2020:

Amount Authorized (2019 Repurchase Authorization)	Average Price Per Share (1)	Shares Repurchased	Total Shares Retired
$1,000,000,000	$79.93	3,576,104	3,576,104

_{(1)Includes commissions paid and calculated at the average price per share}

Dividends Declared

Dividends paid through the third fiscal quarter of 2020 and the preceding fiscal year are as follows:  

Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Cash Amount (per share)
May 5, 2020	May 20, 2020	June 17, 2020	$0.19
January 16, 2020	January 31, 2020	February 28, 2020	$0.19
September 19, 2019	October 4, 2019	November 1, 2019	$0.17
July 11, 2019	July 26, 2019	August 23, 2019	$0.17
May 2, 2019	May 17, 2019	June 14, 2019	$0.17
January 17, 2019	February 15, 2019	March 15, 2019	$0.17
September 11, 2018	September 28, 2018	October 26, 2018	$0.15

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Basis of Presentation (Details) £ in Millions, shares in Millions, $ in Millions	Mar. 06, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 06, 2020 GBP (£)	Jun. 12, 2019 USD ($)	Apr. 26, 2019 USD ($) shares
John Wood Group
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Enterprise value on debt-free, cash-free basis (USD, GBP)	$ 317.9	£ 246
KeyW
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Outstanding shares acquired (as a percent)			100.00%
Consideration transferred			$ 902.6
Consideration paid in cash			604.2
Debt assumed			$ 298.4
CH2M HILL Companies, Ltd. | Worley
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration paid in cash				$ 2,800.0
Purchase price				$ 3,400.0
Consideration paid in shares (in shares) | shares				58.2

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Business Combinations - Narrative (Details) £ in Millions, $ in Millions				9 Months Ended
	Mar. 06, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 06, 2020 GBP (£)	Jun. 12, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 28, 2019 USD ($)
Customer relationships, contracts and backlog intangible
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful life of acquired intangible assets			10 years
Developed technology intangible
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful life of acquired intangible assets			12 years
Other intangible assets
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful life of acquired intangible assets			9 years
Wood Group
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Enterprise value on debt-free, cash-free basis (USD, GBP)	$ 317.9	£ 246
Wood Group | Customer relationships, contracts and backlog intangible
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful life of acquired intangible assets	12 years	12 years
Wood Group | Developed technology intangible
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful life of acquired intangible assets	15 years	15 years
KeyW
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Outstanding shares acquired (as a percent)			100.00%
Consideration transferred			$ 902.6
Consideration paid in cash			604.2
Debt assumed			298.4
Goodwill recognized expected to be deductible for tax purposes			136.0
Pro forma income tax expense (benefit)				$ 14.9
Short term debt			$ 298.4

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Business Combinations - Summary of Estimated Fair Values of Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 26, 2020	Mar. 06, 2020	Sep. 27, 2019	Jun. 12, 2019
Assets
Goodwill	$ 5,616,849		$ 5,432,544
Wood Group
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 24,300
Receivables		75,900
Other current assets		5,200
Property, equipment and improvements, net		8,300
Goodwill		205,800
Identifiable intangible assets		80,000
Miscellaneous		19,400
Total Assets		418,900
Liabilities
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities		71,800
Long term liabilities		29,200
Total Liabilities		101,000
Net assets acquired		$ 317,900
KeyW
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents				$ 29,100
Receivables				79,100
Inventories, net				19,300
Prepaid expenses and other				2,400
Property, equipment and improvements, net				24,500
Deferred tax asset and other				37,800
Goodwill				615,600
Identifiable intangible assets				179,000
Total Assets				986,800
Liabilities
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities				8,300
Accrued expenses				69,100
Short term debt				298,400
Other current liabilities				3,900
Other non-current liabilities				2,900
Total Liabilities				382,600
Net assets acquired				$ 604,200

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Business Combinations - Pro Forma Information (Details) - KeyW $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 28, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 9,562.0
Net earnings of the Group	290.8
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Jacobs	$ 275.3
Basic earnings (loss) per share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 1.98
Diluted earnings (loss) per share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 1.96

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Goodwill and Intangibles - Schedule of Carrying Value of Goodwill by Reportable Segment Appearing in Accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets (Details) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 26, 2020 USD ($)
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Balance at the beginning of the period	$ 5,432,544
Acquired	206,000
Foreign Exchange Impact	(18,000)
Post-Acquisition Adjustments	2,000
Disposed	(6,000)
Balance at the end of the period	5,616,849
Critical Mission Solutions
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Balance at the beginning of the period	2,202,000
Acquired	206,000
Foreign Exchange Impact	(10,000)
Post-Acquisition Adjustments	2,000
Disposed	0
Balance at the end of the period	2,400,000
People & Places Solutions
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Balance at the beginning of the period	3,231,000
Acquired	0
Foreign Exchange Impact	(8,000)
Post-Acquisition Adjustments	0
Disposed	(6,000)
Balance at the end of the period	$ 3,217,000

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Goodwill and Intangibles - Schedule of Acquired Intangibles in Accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets (Details) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 26, 2020 USD ($)
Finite-lived Intangible Assets [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	$ 665,076
Amortization	(67,074)
Acquired	80,010
Foreign currency translation	(2,007)
Ending balance	676,005
Customer Relationships, Contracts and Backlog
Finite-lived Intangible Assets [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	622,392
Amortization	(64,002)
Acquired	73,558
Foreign currency translation	(1,170)
Ending balance	630,778
Developed Technology
Finite-lived Intangible Assets [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	40,833
Amortization	(2,751)
Acquired	6,452
Foreign currency translation	(232)
Ending balance	44,302
Trade Names
Finite-lived Intangible Assets [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	1,183
Amortization	(321)
Acquired	0
Foreign currency translation	(54)
Ending balance	808
Other
Finite-lived Intangible Assets [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	668
Amortization	0
Acquired	0
Foreign currency translation	(551)
Ending balance	$ 117

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Goodwill and Intangibles - Schedule of Estimated Amortization Expense of Intangible Assets (Details) $ in Millions	Jun. 26, 2020 USD ($)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Maturity Schedule [Abstract]
2020	$ 23.6
2021	89.6
2022	88.9
2023	88.7
2024	88.4
Thereafter	296.8
Total	$ 676.0

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Sale of Energy, Chemicals and Resources ("ECR") Business - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands, shares in Millions			3 Months Ended		8 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 27, 2020	Apr. 26, 2019	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019	Sep. 27, 2019
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Selling, general and administrative expenses			$ 434,650	$ 536,180		$ 1,408,232	$ 1,505,731
Loss (Gain) on investment in equity securities						(138,875)	2,175
NPMC
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Selling, general and administrative expenses						50,000
Worley
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration transferred		$ 3,400,000
Consideration paid in cash		2,800,000
TSA related income			1,000			15,200
Worley | Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain on sale of businesses			31,456	$ 917,697		113,366	$ 917,697	$ 935,100
Pre-tax gain on sale		1,000,000
Fair value of retained interest		33,000
Deferred gain on disposal		34,400
Proceeds received on a relative fair value basis		$ 95,300
Worley Stock
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Ordinary shares included in purchase price (in shares)		58.2
Sale of stock (in shares)					6.8
Loss on sale of stock					$ 4,900
Worley Stock | Restricted Stock
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Ordinary shares included in purchase price (in shares)					51.4
Estimated fair value of shares	$ 312,300
Loss (Gain) on investment in equity securities			$ 131,400			(138,900)
Dividends						$ 7,700

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Sale of Energy, Chemicals and Resources ("ECR") Business - Income Statement Disclosures (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019	Sep. 27, 2019
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Other (expense) income, net		$ (2,000)		$ (14,800)
Net Earnings of the Group from Discontinued Operations	$ 18,043	435,684	$ 125,511	438,837
Worley | Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Revenues	59	392,526	11,221	2,718,317
Direct cost of contracts	(69)	(340,525)	(6,124)	(2,336,076)
Gross profit	(10)	52,001	5,097	382,241
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(801)	(39,556)	43,359	(333,155)
Operating (Loss) Profit	(811)	12,445	48,456	49,086
Gain on sale of ECR business	31,456	917,697	113,366	917,697	$ 935,100
Other (expense) income, net		(7,864)		(40,158)
Other (expense) income, net	1,472		112
Earnings Before Taxes from Discontinued Operations	32,117	922,278	161,934	926,625
Income Tax Expense	(14,074)	(486,594)	(36,423)	(487,788)
Net Earnings of the Group from Discontinued Operations	$ 18,043	$ 435,684	$ 125,511	$ 438,837

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Segment Information - Narrative (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 26, 2020 segment
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Number of operating segments	2

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Segment Information - Schedule of Total Revenues, Segment Operating Profit and Total Asset for Reporting Segment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Jun. 26, 2020	Dec. 27, 2019	Jun. 28, 2019	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 3,260,057		$ 3,169,622	$ 10,047,286	$ 9,345,005
Total Segment Operating Profit	194,376		89,954	513,500	305,763
Restructuring, Transaction and Other Charges	(20,472)		(105,145)	(115,539)	(246,317)
Total Other Income (Expense), net	109,305		3,445	(132,453)	(8,344)
Earnings from Continuing Operations Before Taxes	303,681		93,399	381,047	297,419
Other expense			2,000		14,800
Amortization of intangible assets				67,074
Fair value adjustments related to investment in Worley stock	122,900			(119,000)
Operating Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total Segment Operating Profit	280,061		259,624	822,187	737,754
Corporate
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Other Corporate Expenses	(65,213)		(64,525)	(193,148)	(185,674)
Corporate | Other Expense | CH2M HILL Companies, Ltd.
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Amortization of deferred financing fees			500	700	1,500
Corporate | Other Expense | CH2M HILL Companies, Ltd. | United States
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Gain (loss) related to settlement		$ 2,700	0	(2,100)	34,600
Critical Mission Solutions | Operating Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	1,211,143		1,156,488	3,636,978	3,251,024
Total Segment Operating Profit	89,608		76,306	264,323	222,289
People & Places Solutions | Operating Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	2,048,914		2,013,134	6,410,308	6,093,981
Total Segment Operating Profit	190,453		183,318	557,864	515,465
Worley
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
TSA related income	1,000			15,200
Worley | Corporate | Other Expense
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Amortization of intangible assets	$ 23,100		18,400	$ 67,100	55,700
Worley | Corporate | Revenue
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Other Corporate Expenses			$ (14,100)		$ (14,100)

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Receivables and Contract Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 26, 2020	Sep. 27, 2019
Components of receivables and contract assets:
Amounts billed, net	$ 1,395,745	$ 1,222,339
Unbilled receivables and other	1,301,494	1,216,028
Contract assets	456,425	401,842
Total receivables and contract assets, net	3,153,664	2,840,209
Other information about receivables:
Amounts due from the United States federal government, included above, net of advanced billings	$ 606,875	$ 630,975

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Joint Ventures and VIE's (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019	Sep. 27, 2019
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Consolidated assets	$ 12,611,766		$ 12,611,766		$ 11,462,711
Amount by which equity method investments exceeded share of venture net assets	70,400		70,400
Income from equity method investments			1,689	$ 7,632
Consolidated Joint Venture | Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Consolidated assets	304,000		304,000		192,600
Consolidated liabilities	188,800		188,800		138,500
Unconsolidated Joint Venture | VIE, not primary beneficiary
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Consolidated assets	61,300		61,300		61,100
Consolidated liabilities	63,600		63,600		63,700
Equity method investments	170,500		170,500		157,900
Income from equity method investments	18,800	$ 13,200	54,800	$ 39,100
Accounts receivable from unconsolidated joint ventures accounted for under the equity method	$ 7,600		$ 7,600		$ 19,500

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Restructuring and Other Charges - Summary of Restructuring and Other Charges Impacts on Reportable Segment Income by Line of Business (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Jun. 26, 2020	Dec. 27, 2019	Jun. 28, 2019	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring and other charges				$ 112,309
CH2M HILL Companies, Ltd.
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring and other charges	$ 19,681		$ 95,959	112,309	$ 204,981
CH2M HILL Companies, Ltd. | Continuing Operations
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring and other charges	19,681		93,239	112,309	205,119
CH2M HILL Companies, Ltd. | Continuing Operations | Write-off of fixed assets
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring and other charges			900		6,200
CH2M HILL Companies, Ltd. | Corporate
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring and other charges	12,690		74,921	81,554	127,986
CH2M HILL Companies, Ltd. | Critical Mission Solutions | Operating Segments
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring and other charges	3,173		7,699	11,248	8,489
CH2M HILL Companies, Ltd. | People & Places Solutions | Operating Segments
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring and other charges	3,818		10,619	19,507	68,644
CH2M HILL Companies, Ltd. | Energy, Chemicals and Resources (included in Discontinued Operations) | Operating Segments
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring and other charges	0		2,720	0	(138)
Other Expense | CH2M HILL Companies, Ltd. | Continuing Operations
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring and other charges	$ 19,700
Other Expense | CH2M HILL Companies, Ltd. | Corporate | United States
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Gain (loss) related to settlement		$ 2,700	$ 0	$ (2,100)	$ 34,600

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Restructuring and Other Charges - Schedule of Restructuring and Other Activities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 26, 2020	Sep. 28, 2019
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	$ 162,702
Transfer to lease right-of-use asset as a result of adoption of ASC 842	(116,797)
Net Charges	112,309
Payments and Usage	(133,668)
Ending balance	$ 24,546
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Lease cease-use liability		$ 141,400
2015 Restructuring Plan
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Lease cease-use liability		$ 24,600

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Restructuring and Other Charges - Summary of Restructuring and Other Activities by Major Type of Costs (Details) - CH2M Hill, KeyM, John Wood Group Acquisitions and ECR Sale - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring costs	$ 19,681	$ 93,239	$ 112,309	$ 205,119
Lease Abandonments
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring costs	(11,776)	22,982	(7,860)	72,296
Involuntary Terminations
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring costs	(49)	12,020	18,222	22,944
Outside Services
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring costs	20,865	39,853	74,223	95,130
Other
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring costs	$ 10,641	$ 18,384	$ 27,724	$ 14,749

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Restructuring and Other Charges - Summary of Cumulative Amounts Incurred for Restructuring and Other Activities Costs (Details) $ in Thousands	Jun. 26, 2020 USD ($)
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Cumulative amounts incurred to date	$ 590,050
Lease Abandonments
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Cumulative amounts incurred to date	154,507
Involuntary Terminations
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Cumulative amounts incurred to date	93,707
Outside Services
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Cumulative amounts incurred to date	244,871
Other
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Cumulative amounts incurred to date	$ 96,965

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Borrowings - (Narrative) (Details)	Mar. 27, 2019 USD ($) tranche	Jun. 26, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 25, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 25, 2020 GBP (£)	Sep. 27, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 12, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2017 USD ($)	Feb. 07, 2014 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount of long-term debt		$ 2,155,166,000			$ 1,201,245,000
Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Facility fee (as a percent)	0.08%
Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Facility fee (as a percent)	0.20%
Bilateral Term Loan Facility, Convertible Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal balance of short-term debt					200,000,000.0
Deferred financing fees					100,000
Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Available borrowing capacity		1,630,000,000
2020 Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount of long-term debt		1,039,115,000			0
Debt Instrument, Face Amount			$ 730,000,000.0
2020 Term Loan Facility | U.K. subsidiary
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount | £				£ 250,000,000.0
2017 Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount of long-term debt		0			400,000,000		$ 1,500,000,000
Note Purchase Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount of long-term debt						$ 500,000,000.0
Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of tranches | tranche	2
Aggregate principal amount of long-term debt		617,794,000			303,780,000
Revolving Credit Facility | Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 2,250,000,000							$ 1,600,000,000
Credit facility, potential borrowing capacity	3,250,000,000
Letter of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	400,000,000.0
Letter of Credit | Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Letters of credit issued		2,300,000
Letter of Credit | Committed and Uncommitted Letter-of-Credit Facilities
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Letters of credit issued		257,300,000
Sub Facility Of Swing Line Loans
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 50,000,000.0
Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal balance of short-term debt		259,500,000			$ 262,200,000
Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest on Senior Notes, possible increase (basis points)						0.75%
Senior Notes | Level 2 | Fair value
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, fair value		$ 528,700,000

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Borrowings - Schedule of Long-term Debt (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Dec. 27, 2019	Jun. 26, 2020	Sep. 27, 2019	Sep. 28, 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Long-term debt, net		$ 2,155,166,000	$ 1,201,245,000
Less: Deferred Financing Fees		$ (1,743,000)	(2,535,000)
Senior Notes, Series A
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate		4.27%
Total Long-term debt, net		$ 190,000,000	190,000,000
Senior Notes, Series B
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate		4.42%
Total Long-term debt, net		$ 180,000,000	180,000,000
Senior Notes, Series C
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate		4.52%
Total Long-term debt, net		$ 130,000,000	130,000,000
2020 Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Long-term debt, net		1,039,115,000	0
2017 Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Long-term debt, net		0	400,000,000	$ 1,500,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Long-term debt, net		$ 617,794,000	$ 303,780,000
LIBOR | 2020 Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Margin added to variable rate interest rate (percentage)		0.67%
LIBOR | 2017 Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Margin added to variable rate interest rate (percentage)	2.05%
Minimum | Eurodollar | 2020 Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Margin added to variable rate interest rate (percentage)		0.875%
Minimum | Eurodollar | 2017 Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Margin added to variable rate interest rate (percentage)	1.00%
Minimum | Eurodollar | New Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Margin added to variable rate interest rate (percentage)		0.875%
Minimum | Base Rate | 2017 Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Margin added to variable rate interest rate (percentage)	0.00%
Minimum | Base Rate | Revolving Credit Facility | 2020 Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Margin added to variable rate interest rate (percentage)		0.00%
Minimum | Base Rate | New Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Margin added to variable rate interest rate (percentage)		0.00%
Minimum | LIBOR | Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Margin added to variable rate interest rate (percentage)		0.06%
Maximum | Eurodollar | 2020 Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Margin added to variable rate interest rate (percentage)	1.50%
Maximum | Eurodollar | Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Margin added to variable rate interest rate (percentage)		1.50%
Maximum | Eurodollar | New Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Margin added to variable rate interest rate (percentage)		1.50%
Maximum | Base Rate | 2017 Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Margin added to variable rate interest rate (percentage)	0.50%
Maximum | Base Rate | Revolving Credit Facility | 2020 Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Margin added to variable rate interest rate (percentage)		0.50%
Maximum | Base Rate | New Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Margin added to variable rate interest rate (percentage)		0.50%
Maximum | LIBOR | Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Margin added to variable rate interest rate (percentage)	1.17%

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Revenue Accounting for Contracts - Disaggregation of Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 3,260,057	$ 3,169,622	$ 10,047,286	$ 9,345,005
United States
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	2,472,091	2,357,836	7,548,192	6,701,474
Europe
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	504,201	491,036	1,662,104	1,706,163
Canada
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	56,954	59,830	164,601	160,339
Asia
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	27,995	33,918	90,889	113,294
India
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	16,465	12,129	33,229	43,131
Australia and New Zealand
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	130,133	136,711	378,178	386,594
South America and Mexico
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	0	1,225	0	7,244
Middle East and Africa
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 52,218	$ 76,937	$ 170,093	$ 226,766

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Revenue Accounting for Contracts - Contract Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]
Revenue recognized included in contract liability	$ 42.4	$ 33.0	$ 352.9	$ 331.0

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Revenue Accounting for Contracts - Remainng Performance Obligation (Details) $ in Millions	Jun. 26, 2020 USD ($)
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Remaining performance obligation, amounts	$ 13,800
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2020-06-27
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Remaining performance obligation, percentage	55.00%
Revenue, remaining performance obligation, expected timing of satisfaction, period	3 months

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Leases - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 26, 2020	Sep. 28, 2019
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
ROU assets	$ 718,161	$ 767,000
Reclassifications of previously recorded lease incentives and deferred rent		82,300
Restructured lease cease-use liability		141,400
Current lease liabilities	152,438	180,700
Noncurrent lease liabilities	$ 769,374	$ 810,100
Minimum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lease term	1 year
Maximum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lease term	13 years

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Leases - Schedule of Lease Cost (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 26, 2020
Leases [Abstract]
Operating lease cost	$ 39,123	$ 126,855
Variable lease cost	9,508	26,307
Sublease income	(3,504)	(10,688)
Total lease cost	$ 45,127	$ 142,474

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Leases - Supplemental Balance Sheet Schedule (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 26, 2020	Sep. 28, 2019
Right-of-use assets
Operating lease assets	$ 718,161	$ 767,000
Lease Liabilities
Operating lease liabilities, current	152,438	180,700
Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent	769,374	$ 810,100
Total lease liabilities	$ 921,812

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Leases - Supplemental Cash Flow (Details) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 26, 2020 USD ($)
Leases [Abstract]
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurements of lease liabilities	$ 148,047
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities	$ 67,290
Weighted average remaining lease term - operating leases	7 years 4 months 24 days
Weighted average discount rate - operating leases	2.80%

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Leases - Schedule of Operating Lease Maturity (Details) $ in Thousands	Jun. 26, 2020 USD ($)
Leases [Abstract]
2020	$ 46,762
2021	174,314
2022	156,206
2023	139,517
2024	123,429
Thereafter	391,245
Remaining lease payments under operating leases	1,031,473
Less Interest	(109,661)
Operating lease liabilities	$ 921,812

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Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans - Schedule of Pension Plans' Expense (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019
Component:
Service cost	$ 1,464	$ 1,212	$ 4,394	$ 5,545
Interest cost	13,030	17,088	39,092	52,916
Expected return on plan assets	(27,666)	(26,291)	(82,996)	(79,709)
Amortization of previously unrecognized items	3,109	3,182	9,329	9,353
Plan Amendment and settlement loss (gain)	0	0	2,651	(34,621)
Net periodic benefit cost	$ (10,063)	$ (4,809)	$ (27,530)	$ (46,516)

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Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended					9 Months Ended
	Jun. 26, 2020	Dec. 27, 2019	Jun. 28, 2019	Mar. 29, 2019	Dec. 28, 2018	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Settlement gain (loss)	$ 0		$ 0			$ (2,651)	$ 34,621
Corporate | CH2M HILL Companies, Ltd. | Other Expense | United States
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Gain (loss) related to settlement		$ 2,700	$ 0			$ (2,100)	$ 34,600
CH2M Hill and OMI Retiree Medical Plans
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Settlement gain (loss)				$ 2,200	$ 32,400

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Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans - Defined Contribution Plans (Details) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 26, 2020 USD ($)
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]
Cash contributions made during the first nine months of fiscal 2020	$ 19,694
Cash contributions projected for the remainder of fiscal 2020	7,135
Total	$ 26,829

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019
AOCI Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance			$ 5,714,691
Other comprehensive income (loss)	$ 34,625	$ 96,673	5,120	$ 43,114
Ending balance	5,835,813		5,835,813
Total
AOCI Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance			(916,812)
Other comprehensive income (loss)			(3,775)
Reclassifications from other comprehensive income (loss)			8,895
Ending balance	(911,692)		(911,692)
Change in Pension Liabilities
AOCI Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance			(436,749)
Other comprehensive income (loss)			3,554
Reclassifications from other comprehensive income (loss)			7,853
Ending balance	(425,342)		(425,342)
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment
AOCI Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance			(480,045)
Other comprehensive income (loss)			8,377
Reclassifications from other comprehensive income (loss)			0
Ending balance	(471,668)		(471,668)
Gain/(Loss) on Cash Flow Hedges
AOCI Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance			(18)
Other comprehensive income (loss)			(15,706)
Reclassifications from other comprehensive income (loss)			1,042
Ending balance	$ (14,682)		$ (14,682)

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Income Taxes - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Dec. 22, 2018	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Effective income tax rate		22.30%	(2.10%)	19.70%	4.30%
Income tax expense (benefit)			$ (21.7)	$ 62.6
Lapse of applicable statute of limitations		$ 4.1
Release of valuation allowance				21.7
Change in enacted tax rate				37.4
Benefit from IRC section 179D		6.9
Favorable settlement with the Indian Revenue Service				3.7
Foreign tax credits and research and development				$ 5.8
Measurement period				1 year
Income tax expense for the measurement period	$ 144.4
Cumulative transition taxes during the measurement period				$ 14.3
Foreign Tax Authority | United Kingdom
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Release of valuation allowance		$ 12.6		12.6
Foreign Tax Authority | Ministry of Finance, India
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Change in enacted tax rate				$ 4.1
CH2M HILL Companies, Ltd.
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Income tax expense for the measurement period	$ 104.2

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Earnings Per Share and Certain Related Information - Schedule of EPS to Denominator (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019
Numerator for Basic and Diluted EPS:
Net earnings attributable to Jacobs from continuing operations	$ 226,886	$ 89,365	$ 284,344	$ 269,012
Net earnings from continuing operations allocated to participating securities	(24)	(105)	(77)	(444)
Net earnings from continuing operations allocated to common stock for EPS calculation	226,862	89,260	284,267	268,568
Net earnings attributable to Jacobs from discontinued operations	18,043	435,077	125,511	436,642
Net earnings from discontinued operations allocated to participating securities	(2)	(513)	(34)	(720)
Net earnings from discontinued operations allocated to common stock for EPS calculation	18,041	434,564	125,477	435,922
Net earnings allocated to common stock for EPS calculation	$ 244,903	$ 523,824	$ 409,744	$ 704,490
Denominator for Basic and Diluted EPS:
Weighted average basic shares (in shares)	130,229	136,772	131,995	139,263
Shares allocated to participating securities (in shares)	(14)	(161)	(36)	(230)
Shares used for calculating basic EPS attributable to common stock (in shares)	130,215	136,611	131,959	139,033
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock compensation plans (in shares)	1,048	1,212	1,188	1,206
Shares used for calculating diluted EPS attributable to common stock (in shares)	131,263	137,823	133,147	140,239
Basic Earnings Per Share
Basic Net (Loss) Earnings from Continuing Operations Per Share (in dollars per share)	$ 1.74	$ 0.65	$ 2.15	$ 1.93
Basic Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations Per Share (in dollars per share)	0.14	3.18	0.95	3.14
Basic (Loss) Earnings Per Share (in dollars per share)	1.88	3.83	3.11	5.07
Diluted Earnings Per Share
Diluted Net (Loss) Earnings from Continuing Operations Per Share (in dollars per share)	1.73	0.65	2.13	1.92
Diluted Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations Per Share (in dollars per share)	0.14	3.15	0.94	3.11
Diluted (Loss) Earnings Per Share (in dollars per share)	$ 1.87	$ 3.80	$ 3.08	$ 5.02

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Earnings Per Share and Certain Related Information - Narrative (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 27, 2019 financial_institution	Jun. 26, 2020 USD ($)	Jan. 16, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 04, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 27, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 05, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 17, 2019 USD ($)
Earnings Per Share Reconciliation [Abstract]
Amount authorized to be repurchased			$ 1,000,000,000.0				$ 1,000,000,000.0
Share repurchases				$ 250,000,000.0	$ 500,000,000.0	$ 250,000,000.0
Number of financial institutions | financial_institution	2
Remaining authorized repurchase amount		$ 107,900,000

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Earnings Per Share and Certain Related Information - Share Repurchases (Details) - USD ($)	Jan. 17, 2019	Jan. 16, 2020
Earnings Per Share Reconciliation [Abstract]
Amount authorized to be repurchased	$ 1,000,000,000.0	$ 1,000,000,000.0
Average Price Per Share (in dollars per share)	$ 79.93
Shares Repurchased (in shares)	3,576,104
Total Shares Retired (in shares)	3,576,104

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Earnings Per Share and Certain Related Information - Dividends (Details) - $ / shares	Jun. 17, 2020	May 05, 2020	Feb. 28, 2020	Jan. 16, 2020	Nov. 01, 2019	Sep. 19, 2019	Aug. 23, 2019	Jul. 11, 2019	Jun. 14, 2019	May 02, 2019	Mar. 15, 2019	Jan. 17, 2019	Oct. 26, 2018	Sep. 11, 2018
Earnings Per Share Reconciliation [Abstract]
Dividend declared (in dollars per share)		$ 0.19		$ 0.19		$ 0.17		$ 0.17		$ 0.17		$ 0.17		$ 0.15
Dividends paid (in dollars per share)	$ 0.19		$ 0.19		$ 0.17		$ 0.17		$ 0.17		$ 0.17		$ 0.15

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 27, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 27, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 26, 2020 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2013 case	Sep. 28, 2012
Interest Rate Swap and Cross Currency Interest Rate Contract [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Fair value of derivative assets				$ 25,000,000.0
Fair value of derivative liabilities				14,700,000
Interest Rate Swap
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount				771,800,000
Cross Currency Interest Rate Contract
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount				$ 127,800,000
Cross Currency Interest Rate Contract | LIBOR
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Spread on variable rate				0.875%
Foreign Exchange Forward
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount				$ 388,400,000
Fair value of derivative assets				$ 38,700,000
UGL Infrastructure Pty Limited
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership interest in joint venture						50.00%
Minimum | Interest Rate Swap
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Derivative fixed interest rate				0.704%
Minimum | Cross Currency Interest Rate Contract
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Term of derivative contract				3 years 6 months
Derivative fixed interest rate				0.726%
Minimum | Foreign Exchange Forward
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Term of derivative contract				1 month
Maximum | Interest Rate Swap
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Derivative fixed interest rate				1.116%
Maximum | Cross Currency Interest Rate Contract
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Term of derivative contract				10 years
Derivative fixed interest rate				0.746%
Maximum | Foreign Exchange Forward
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Term of derivative contract				12 months
NPMC
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Settlement payment			$ 130,000,000.0
Reduction of selling, general and administrative expenses in discontinued operations		$ 50,000,000.0
General Electric and GE Electrical International Inc | Pending Litigation | Minimum
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Damages sought	$ 530,000,000.0
JKC Australia LNG Pty Limited | Pending Litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Damages sought	$ 1,700,000,000
Kingston Power Plant of the TVA, Primary Case Greg Adkisson, ET AL v. Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of pending claims | case					6
Kingston Power Plant of the TVA, Secondary Case No. 3:13CV-505-TAV-HBG
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of pending claims | case					10
LOCs
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Debt issued and outstanding			262,200,000	$ 259,500,000
Surety Bond
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Debt issued and outstanding			$ 2,000,000,000.0	$ 2,100,000,000

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Label	Element	Value
Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjustment [Member]
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	$ (37,209,000)
Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjustment [Member] | Retained Earnings [Member]
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	$ (37,209,000)