UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): October 1, 2018

Republic Services, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (480) 627-2700

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On October 1, 2018, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Republic Services, Inc. (“Republic”) appointed Katharine Weymouth, 52, to serve on the Board, effective immediately. Ms. Weymouth will initially be a member of the Board’s Audit Committee and Management Development and Compensation Committee.

Ms. Weymouth will receive equity and cash compensation in accordance with Republic’s previously adopted compensation arrangements for non-employee directors, including: (1) an annual grant of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) that have a fair market value of $230,000 as of the grant date, with the grant for 2018 to be prorated to the portion of the year following her appointment to the Board; and (2) an annual retainer of $100,000, to be prorated for 2018 to the portion of the year following her appointment to the Board. In addition, at the end of any quarter in which dividends are distributed to stockholders, Republic’s non-employee directors, including Ms. Weymouth, receive additional RSUs with a value (based on the closing price of Republic common stock on the dividend payment date) equal to the value of dividends they would have received on all RSUs they held on the dividend payment date as if the RSUs were shares of Republic common stock. The RSUs vest immediately upon grant and will be settled through the issuance of shares of Republic common stock upon the director’s termination of service from the Board or three years after they are granted, unless they are deferred into Republic’s Deferred Compensation Plan.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On October 1, 2018, Republic issued a press release announcing Ms. Weymouth’s appointment to the Board. A copy of this press release is incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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