Property and Equipment

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

5. Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consisted of the following:

		March 31, 2013		September 30, 2012
	(in thousands)

Land and buildings		$	5,567	$	5,537
Equipment, furniture and fixtures		206,483		177,710
Leasehold improvements		27,279		26,180
Total property and equipment		239,329		209,427
Accumulated depreciation		(146,137)		(135,118)
Property and equipment, net		$	93,192	$	74,309

For the three and six months ended March 31, 2013, the depreciation expense related to property and equipment, including assets under capital leases, was $7.5 million and $14.3 million, respectively, compared to $6.8 million and $13.6 million for the prior-year periods.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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