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Sale of Building and Land
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Real Estate [Abstract]  
Sale of Building and Land
Sale of Building and Land
On September 27, 2013, the Company completed a Purchase and Sale Agreement ("Agreement") to sell a portion of its Chelmsford, Massachusetts campus to a real estate investment trust for $11.3 million. The property sold is an underutilized building and the related land. The components of the gain on the sale is as follows (in thousands):
Sale proceeds
$
11,275

Net book value of building and land
(6,095
)
Deferred leasing costs and other
(3,718
)
Direct transaction costs
(437
)
Gain on the sale of building and land
$
1,025


In December 2012, the Company entered into an agreement to lease this property to an unrelated third party. Unamortized deferred costs of $3.7 million, consisting of primarily of commissions and tenant allowances, were written off and included in the determination of the gain on the sale. Direct transaction costs, consisting of broker commissions and legal fees were also included in the determination of the gain on the sale.
In addition, in fiscal year 2013, the Company sold certain buildings in Oberdiessbach, Switzerland for total proceeds of $3.2 million. The sale of these assets resulted in a gain of $0.2 million.
Gains related to the sale of these buildings are recorded in the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations as a component of other income (expense), net.