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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;29, 2011
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-________
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, DC 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 18pt"><DIV align="center"><DIV style="FONT-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV><BR>
<B>FORM S-8</B>
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<B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE<BR>

SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Republic Services, Inc.<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; FONT-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>65-0716904</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>18500 North Allied Way <BR>
Phoenix, Arizona</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><BR>
<B>85054</B></TD>
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<B>Republic Services, Inc. Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Incentive Plan<BR>

(as amended and restated effective May&nbsp;12, 2011)<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; FONT-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV></B>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>


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<B>Michael P. Rissman<BR>

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary<BR>

Republic Services, Inc.<BR>

18500 North Allied Way<BR>

Phoenix, Arizona 85054<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; FONT-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV></B>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>


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<B>(480)&nbsp;627-2700<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; FONT-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV></B>
(Telephone number, including<BR>
area code, of agent for service)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">
<B>Copy to:<BR>

Jodi A. Simala<BR>

71 South Wacker Drive<BR>

Chicago, Illinois 60606<BR>

(312)&nbsp;782-0600</B></DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Large accelerated filer
<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT><BR>

Non-accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT> (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>

Smaller reporting company <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title of Securities to be Registered (1)</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="4" align="LEFT">21,000,000 shares (3)</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">29.895</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">627,795,000</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This Registration Statement shall, in accordance with Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the &#147;<U>Securities Act</U>&#148;), be deemed to cover such additional shares as may
be issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
and 457(h) under the Securities Act and computed on the basis of the average of the high and low
sales prices per share of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, as reported on The New York Stock Exchange
on July&nbsp;26, 2011.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 to
register additional shares issuable under the Republic Services, Inc. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan
(the &#147;<U>Plan</U>&#148;), as to which Plan shares were previously registered under the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (No.&nbsp;333-150943).</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to General Instruction E for Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statement of
Republic Services, Inc. (&#147;<U>Republic</U>&#148; or the &#147;<U>Registrant</U>&#148;), on Form S-8, File No.
333-150943 (the &#147;<U>Prior Registration Statement</U>&#148;), are incorporated herein by reference.
This Registration Statement covers 21,000,000 additional shares of common stock issuable under the
Republic Services, Inc. Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Incentive Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;<U>Commission</U>&#148;) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&#147;<U>Exchange Act</U>&#148;), are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2010;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March&nbsp;31, 2011 and
June&nbsp;30, 2011;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;10,
2011, April&nbsp;15, 2011, April&nbsp;21, 2011, May&nbsp;9, 2011, May&nbsp;12, 2011, July&nbsp;28, 2011 (relating to item
8.01, which is filed with the Commission) and July&nbsp;29, 2011; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s description of its common stock contained in its Registration Statement
on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;30, 1998, including all amendments or reports filed
for purposes of updating the description included therein.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant
to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered herein have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing such document.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to
the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document, which
also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A list of exhibits included as part of this Registration Statement is set forth in the Exhibit
Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of
Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not
apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-8 and the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed
with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions of the
Registrant&#146;s articles of incorporation, by-laws or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that
in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Phoenix, State of Arizona, on July&nbsp;29,
2011.
</DIV>

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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Donald W. Slager
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Donald W. Slager</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Donald W. Slager, Tod C. Holmes, Edward A. Lang, III and Michael P. Rissman, and each of
them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Form S-8 Registration Statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person hereby ratifying and confirming that said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons, in the capacities indicated, on July&nbsp;29, 2011.
</DIV>


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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
</TR>

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<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Donald W. Slager
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
Donald W. Slager
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(principal financial officer)</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Tod C. Holmes
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
Tod C. Holmes
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(principal financial officer)</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Charles F. Serianni
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
Charles F. Serianni
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(principal accounting officer)</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James W. Crownover
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman of the Board</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
James W. Crownover</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John W. Croghan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
John W. Croghan</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William J. Flynn
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
William J. Flynn</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael Larson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
Michael Larson</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Nolan Lehmann
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
Nolan Lehmann</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ W. Lee Nutter
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
W. Lee Nutter</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ramon A. Rodriguez
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
Ramon A. Rodriguez</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Allan C. Sorensen
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
Allan C. Sorensen</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John M. Trani
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
John M. Trani</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael W. Wickham
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
Michael W. Wickham</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Mayer Brown LLP as to the validity of the securities.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Mayer Brown LLP (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included on signature page to Registration Statement).</TD>
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sv8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2011
Registration No. 333-________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Republic Services, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
65-0716904
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
18500 North Allied Way
Phoenix, Arizona
85054
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Republic Services, Inc. Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Incentive Plan
(as amended and restated effective May 12, 2011)
(Full title of the plan)
Michael P. Rissman
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Republic Services, Inc.
18500 North Allied Way
Phoenix, Arizona 85054
(Name and address of agent for service)
(480) 627-2700
(Telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Jodi A. Simala
71 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(312) 782-0600
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered (1)
Registered (1)
Per Share (2)
Offering Price (2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
21,000,000 shares (3)
$
29.895
$
627,795,000
$
72,887.00
(1)
This Registration Statement shall, in accordance with Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "
Securities Act
"), be deemed to cover such additional shares as may
be issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
and 457(h) under the Securities Act and computed on the basis of the average of the high and low
sales prices per share of the Registrant's common stock, as reported on The New York Stock Exchange
on July 26, 2011.
(3)
This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 to
register additional shares issuable under the Republic Services, Inc. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan
(the "
Plan
"), as to which Plan shares were previously registered under the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-150943).
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
Pursuant to General Instruction E for Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statement of
Republic Services, Inc. ("
Republic
" or the "
Registrant
"), on Form S-8, File No.
333-150943 (the "
Prior Registration Statement
"), are incorporated herein by reference.
This Registration Statement covers 21,000,000 additional shares of common stock issuable under the
Republic Services, Inc. Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Incentive Plan.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "
Commission
") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"
Exchange Act
"), are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010;
(b) The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2011 and
June 30, 2011;
(c) The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 10,
2011, April 15, 2011, April 21, 2011, May 9, 2011, May 12, 2011, July 28, 2011 (relating to item
8.01, which is filed with the Commission) and July 29, 2011; and
(d) The Registrant's description of its common stock contained in its Registration Statement
on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on June 30, 1998, including all amendments or reports filed
for purposes of updating the description included therein.
In addition, all documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered herein have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing such document.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to
the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document, which
also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 8. Exhibits.
A list of exhibits included as part of this Registration Statement is set forth in the Exhibit
Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed
1
that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not
apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-8 and the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed
with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions of the
Registrant's articles of incorporation, by-laws or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that
in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
2
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Phoenix, State of Arizona, on July 29,
2011.
REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC.
By:
/s/ Donald W. Slager
Name:
Donald W. Slager
Title:
President and Chief Executive Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Donald W. Slager, Tod C. Holmes, Edward A. Lang, III and Michael P. Rissman, and each of
them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Form S-8 Registration Statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person hereby ratifying and confirming that said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons, in the capacities indicated, on July 29, 2011.
Signature
Title
/s/ Donald W. Slager
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Donald W. Slager
(principal financial officer)
/s/ Tod C. Holmes
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Tod C. Holmes
(principal financial officer)
/s/ Charles F. Serianni
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
Charles F. Serianni
(principal accounting officer)
/s/ James W. Crownover
Chairman of the Board
James W. Crownover
/s/ John W. Croghan
Director
John W. Croghan
/s/ William J. Flynn
Director
William J. Flynn
/s/ Michael Larson
Director
Michael Larson
/s/ Nolan Lehmann
Director
Nolan Lehmann
3
Signature
Title
/s/ W. Lee Nutter
Director
W. Lee Nutter
/s/ Ramon A. Rodriguez
Director
Ramon A. Rodriguez
/s/ Allan C. Sorensen
Director
Allan C. Sorensen
/s/ John M. Trani
Director
John M. Trani
/s/ Michael W. Wickham
Director
Michael W. Wickham
4
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Mayer Brown LLP as to the validity of the securities.
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of Mayer Brown LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page to Registration Statement).
5