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Republic Services, Inc. Reports Third Quarter Earnings of $0.52 Per Share

– Positive quarterly volume growth
– Repurchased more than 4% of Company stock during the past twelve months
– Reaffirms EPS and free cash flow guidance
Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) today reported net income of $193.5 million, or $0.52 per share, for the three months ended September 30, 2011, versus $134.2 million, or $0.35 per share, for the comparable period last year.

Republic’s net income for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 includes a number of charges and other expenses that impacted its results. A detail of these charges and other expenses is contained in the Reconciliation of Certain Non-GAAP Measures section of this document. Excluding these items, net income for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 would have been $198.5 million, or $0.53 per diluted share, and $172.8 million, or $0.45 per diluted share, respectively. Continue reading