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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;5, 2009</B>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></TD>
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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, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE<BR>
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Republic Services, Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</I></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"><I>(State or other jurisdiction of</I>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</I></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>incorporation or organization)</I></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>18500 North Allied Way, Phoenix, Arizona</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>85054</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(Address of principal executive offices)</I>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Republic Services, Inc.<BR>
2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</B><BR>
<I>(Full title of the plan)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Michael P. Rissman<BR>
Acting General Counsel<BR>
18500 North Allied Way<BR>
Phoenix, Arizona 85054</B><BR>
<I>(Name and address of agent for service)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(480)&nbsp;627-2700</B><BR>
<I>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>With a copy to:</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Jodi A. Simala<BR>
Mayer Brown LLP<BR>
71 South Wacker<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 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
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    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">Accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Share</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(1)</B></SUP></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $.01 per
share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,500,000</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$ 23.06</TD>

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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$
34,590,000<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$
1,931</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), based upon the average of the high and low sales prices per
share of the Registrant&#146;s common stock reported on the New York
Stock Exchange on June 3,
2009, and the maximum number of shares of common stock currently issuable pursuant to the
Republic Services, Inc. 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).</TD>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement also covers any additional shares that may hereafter become
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>This Registration Statement will become effective upon filing in accordance with </B><B>Rule 462(a)</B><B> under
the Securities Act.</B>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#107"><U>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U></A></DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B></DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to
participants in the Republic Services, Inc. 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan as specified by Rule
428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933. We are not filing these documents with the Commission,
but these documents, along with the documents incorporated by reference into the registration
statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II hereof, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements
of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. The documents incorporated by reference into the
registration statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II hereof will be available to participants in
the 2009 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan, without charge, upon written or oral request. Any such request should be
directed to Republic Services, Inc., 18500 N. Allied Way, Phoenix, AZ 85054, telephone (480)
627-2700, Attention: General Counsel.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The following documents filed with the Commission by Republic Services, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;)
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">1)</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008, filed
with the Commission on March&nbsp;2, 2009, as amended on June&nbsp;5, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">2)</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;3,
2009, as supplemented on May&nbsp;4, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">3)</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March&nbsp;31, 2009,
filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;11, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4)</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K dated January&nbsp;7, 2009, February&nbsp;5, 2009,
February&nbsp;24, 2009,  March&nbsp;5, 2009,
May&nbsp;5, 2009, May 19, 2009, June 2, 2009 and June&nbsp;5, 2009 and on Form 8-K/A filed
on January&nbsp;28, 2009; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">5)</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#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.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">In addition, all documents filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates
that all securities offered hereby 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 of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">None.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Company&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides that we shall
indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
(the &#147;DGCL&#148;), each person who is involved in any litigation or other proceeding because such person
is or was our director or officer, against all expense (including attorney&#146;s fees), loss or
liability reasonably incurred or suffered in connection therewith. The Certificate provides that a
director or officer may be paid expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its
final disposition upon receipt by us of an undertaking, by or on behalf of the director or officer,
to repay all amounts so advanced if it is ultimately determined that such director or officer is
not entitled to indemnification.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL permits a corporation to indemnify any director or officer of the
corporation against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding
brought by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the corporation,
if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, if he had no reason to believe his conduct was unlawful. In a derivative action (i.e.,
one brought by or on behalf of the corporation), indemnification may be made only for expenses,
actually and reasonably incurred by any director or officer in connection with the defense or
settlement of such action or suit, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that
no indemnification shall be made if such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought
shall determine that the defendant is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses
despite such adjudication of liability.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the Certificate eliminates the liability of a director
to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for such breach of fiduciary duty as a
director, except for liabilities arising (i)&nbsp;from any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to
the corporation or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;from acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL, or (iv)
from any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or
officer of the Company. Under an insurance policy maintained by the Company, the directors and
officers of the Company are insured, within the limits and subject to the limitations of the
policy, against certain expenses in connection with the defense of certain claims, actions, suits
or proceedings, and certain liabilities which might be imposed as a result of such claims, actions,
suits or proceedings, which may be brought against them by reason of being or having been such
directors or officers.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left">
<A name="109"></A>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left">
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>

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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size:6pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the period ended
June&nbsp;30, 1998).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
Republic Services, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 of the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, Registration No.&nbsp;333-81801, filed
with the</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size:6pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Commission on June&nbsp;29, 1999).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Republic Services, Inc. (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated December&nbsp;12,
2008).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" 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.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Republic Services, Inc. 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by
reference to Appendix&nbsp;C of the Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;3, 2009).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Mayer Brown LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to this Registration Statement).</TD>
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<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; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) 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; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the 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 the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease
in the volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would
not exceed 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 20&nbsp;percent 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; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
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; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the 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; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to
the foregoing provisions, 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">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Republic Services, Inc.
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 on Form S-8 to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Phoenix, State of Arizona, on
June 5, 2009.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ James E. O&#146;Connor&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">James E. O&#146;Connor&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" colspan="2">Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer <br>(principal executive officer)&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints
James E. O&#146;Connor and Tod C. Holmes and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the same with all exhibits
thereto and other 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 to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all 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">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by
the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title(s)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ James E. O&#146;Connor<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James E. O&#146;Connor</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer<br>
(principal executive officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 5, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Tod C. Holmes<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Tod C. Holmes</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer<br>
(principal financial officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 5, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Charles F. Serianni<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Charles F. Serianni</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Senior Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer<br>
(principal accounting officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 5, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ John W. Croghan<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John W. Croghan</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 5, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ James W. Crownover<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James W. Crownover</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 5, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ William J. Flynn<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William J. Flynn</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 5, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ David I. Foley<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David I. Foley</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 5, 2009</TD>
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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="34%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title(s)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Nolan Lehmann<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Nolan Lehmann</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 5, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ W. Lee Nutter<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
W. Lee Nutter</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 5, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Ramon A. Rodriguez<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ramon A. Rodriguez</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 5, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Allan C. Sorensen<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Allan C. Sorensen</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 5, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ John M. Trani<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John M. Trani</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 5, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Michael W. Wickham<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael W. Wickham</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 5, 2009</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the period ended
June&nbsp;30, 1998).</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
Republic Services, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 of the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, Registration No.&nbsp;333-81801, filed
with the Commission on June&nbsp;29, 1999).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Republic Services, Inc. (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated December&nbsp;12,
2008).</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Republic Services, Inc. 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by
reference to Appendix&nbsp;C of the on the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A,
filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;3, 2009).</TD>
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 5, 2009
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 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
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
18500 North Allied Way, Phoenix, Arizona
85054
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip code)
Republic Services, Inc.
2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Michael P. Rissman
Acting General Counsel
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)
With a copy to:
Jodi A. Simala
Mayer Brown LLP
71 South Wacker
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. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Securities to be
Amount to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Registered
Registered
Share
(1)
Price
(1)
Registration Fee
(1)
Common Stock, par
value $.01 per
share
1,500,000
$ 23.06
$
34,590,000
(2)
$
1,931
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Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), based upon the average of the high and low sales prices per
share of the Registrant's common stock reported on the New York
Stock Exchange on June 3,
2009, and the maximum number of shares of common stock currently issuable pursuant to the
Republic Services, Inc. 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan").
2
This Registration Statement also covers any additional shares that may hereafter become
issuable as a result of the adjustment provisions of the Plan.
This Registration Statement will become effective upon filing in accordance with
Rule 462(a)
under
the Securities Act.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART
I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
1
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
1
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
1
Item 4. Description of Securities
1
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
2
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
2
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
2
Item 8. Exhibits
2
Item 9. Undertakings
3
SIGNATURES
EX-5.1
EX-23.2
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to
participants in the Republic Services, Inc. 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan as specified by Rule
428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933. We are not filing these documents with the Commission,
but these documents, along with the documents incorporated by reference into the registration
statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements
of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. The documents incorporated by reference into the
registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof will be available to participants in
the 2009 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan, without charge, upon written or oral request. Any such request should be
directed to Republic Services, Inc., 18500 N. Allied Way, Phoenix, AZ 85054, telephone (480)
627-2700, Attention: General Counsel.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Commission by Republic Services, Inc. (the "Company")
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement:
1)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed
with the Commission on March 2, 2009, as amended on June 5, 2009;
2)
The Company's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Commission on April 3,
2009, as supplemented on May 4, 2009;
3)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2009,
filed with the Commission on May 11, 2009;
4)
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K dated January 7, 2009, February 5, 2009,
February 24, 2009,  March 5, 2009,
May 5, 2009, May 19, 2009, June 2, 2009 and June 5, 2009 and on Form 8-K/A filed
on January 28, 2009; and
5)
The Company's description of its common stock contained in its Registration Statement
on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on June 30, 1998.
In addition, all documents filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates
that all securities offered hereby 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 of such documents.
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 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
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Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
None.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides that we shall
indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
(the "DGCL"), each person who is involved in any litigation or other proceeding because such person
is or was our director or officer, against all expense (including attorney's fees), loss or
liability reasonably incurred or suffered in connection therewith. The Certificate provides that a
director or officer may be paid expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its
final disposition upon receipt by us of an undertaking, by or on behalf of the director or officer,
to repay all amounts so advanced if it is ultimately determined that such director or officer is
not entitled to indemnification.
Section 145 of the DGCL permits a corporation to indemnify any director or officer of the
corporation against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding
brought by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the corporation,
if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, if he had no reason to believe his conduct was unlawful. In a derivative action (i.e.,
one brought by or on behalf of the corporation), indemnification may be made only for expenses,
actually and reasonably incurred by any director or officer in connection with the defense or
settlement of such action or suit, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that
no indemnification shall be made if such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought
shall determine that the defendant is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses
despite such adjudication of liability.
Pursuant to Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the Certificate eliminates the liability of a director
to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for such breach of fiduciary duty as a
director, except for liabilities arising (i) from any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to
the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) from acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv)
from any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
The Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or
officer of the Company. Under an insurance policy maintained by the Company, the directors and
officers of the Company are insured, within the limits and subject to the limitations of the
policy, against certain expenses in connection with the defense of certain claims, actions, suits
or proceedings, and certain liabilities which might be imposed as a result of such claims, actions,
suits or proceedings, which may be brought against them by reason of being or having been such
directors or officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
3.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
June 30, 1998).
3.2
Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
Republic Services, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-81801, filed
with the
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Exhibit No.
Description
Commission on June 29, 1999).
3.3
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Republic Services, Inc. (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 12,
2008).
5.1
Opinion of Mayer Brown LLP.
10.1
Republic Services, Inc. 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by
reference to Appendix C of the Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 3, 2009).
23.1
Consent of Mayer Brown LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to this Registration Statement).
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 of
1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the 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 the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease
in the volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would
not exceed 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 20 percent 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 the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
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; and
(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.
(4) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
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Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the 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.
(5) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to
the foregoing provisions, 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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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Republic Services, Inc.
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 on Form S-8 to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Phoenix, State of Arizona, on
June 5, 2009.
REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC.
By:
/s/ James E. O'Connor
Name:
James E. O'Connor
Title:
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer
(principal executive officer)
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints
James E. O'Connor and Tod C. Holmes and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the same with all exhibits
thereto and other 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 to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all 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, this Registration Statement has been signed by
the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title(s)
Date
/s/ James E. O'Connor
James E. O'Connor
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer
(principal executive officer)
June 5, 2009
/s/ Tod C. Holmes
Tod C. Holmes
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer)
June 5, 2009
/s/ Charles F. Serianni
Charles F. Serianni
Senior Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer
(principal accounting officer)
June 5, 2009
/s/ John W. Croghan
John W. Croghan
Director
June 5, 2009
/s/ James W. Crownover
James W. Crownover
Director
June 5, 2009
/s/ William J. Flynn
William J. Flynn
Director
June 5, 2009
/s/ David I. Foley
David I. Foley
Director
June 5, 2009
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Signature
Title(s)
Date
/s/ Nolan Lehmann
Nolan Lehmann
Director
June 5, 2009
/s/ W. Lee Nutter
W. Lee Nutter
Director
June 5, 2009
/s/ Ramon A. Rodriguez
Ramon A. Rodriguez
Director
June 5, 2009
/s/ Allan C. Sorensen
Allan C. Sorensen
Director
June 5, 2009
/s/ John M. Trani
John M. Trani
Director
June 5, 2009
/s/ Michael W. Wickham
Michael W. Wickham
Director
June 5, 2009
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
3.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
June 30, 1998).
3.2
Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
Republic Services, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-81801, filed
with the Commission on June 29, 1999).
3.3
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Republic Services, Inc. (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 12,
2008).
5.1
Opinion of Mayer Brown LLP.
10.1
Republic Services, Inc. 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by
reference to Appendix C of the on the Company's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A,
filed with the Commission on April 3, 2009).
23.1
Consent of Mayer Brown LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to this Registration Statement).
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