---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-031959"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RSG"
cik: "0001060391"
company_name: "REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC."
filed_at: "2022-02-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T09:28:19.600646+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Republic Services to acquire US Ecology for $48/share, ~$2.2B enterprise value

## Summary
- Republic pays $48 per share in cash; total enterprise value ~$2.2B including ~$0.7B net debt.
- US Ecology's LTM revenue $968M, adj. EBITDA $156M; deal expected to close by Q2 2022.
- Republic expects $40M in cost synergies within 3 years; immediately accretive to adjusted EPS and FCF.
- Adds 9 specialty landfills (5 hazardous), 16 TSDFs, 7 wastewater facilities, 80+ field locations.
- Combined environmental solutions revenue ~$1.4B; platform for cross-selling and tuck-in acquisitions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-031959
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RSG
- cik: 0001060391
- company_name: REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-02-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1060391/000119312522031959/0001193125-22-031959-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1060391/000119312522031959/d290172d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-031959.txt

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