# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001060391
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-121805
**Filing Date:** 2026-3
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## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-121805.hdr.sgml**: 20260324

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-121805

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: DEFA14A

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 5

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260324

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260324

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001060391
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** REFUSE SYSTEMS [4953]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 01 Energy & Transportation
- **EIN:** 650716904
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** DEFA14A
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-14267
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26786237

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 18500 N. ALLIED WAY
- **CITY:** PHOENIX
- **STATE:** AZ
- **ZIP:** 85054
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 480 627 2700

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 18500 N. ALLIED WAY
- **CITY:** PHOENIX
- **STATE:** AZ
- **ZIP:** 85054

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** REPUBLIC SERVICES INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19980423

**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, D.C. 20549** 

**SCHEDULE 14A** 

**Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the** 

**Securities Exchange Act of 1934** 

**(Amendment No.)** 

Filed by the Registrant ☒

Filed by a Party other than the Registrant ☐

Check the appropriate box:

☐ Preliminary Proxy Statement

☐ Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))

☐ Definitive Proxy Statement

☒ Definitive Additional Materials

☐ Soliciting Material Pursuant to §240.14a-12

**REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC.** 

**(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)** 

**(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)** 

Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):

☒ No fee required.

☐ Fee paid previously with preliminary materials:

☐ Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11

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|  | <br> Your **Vote** Counts! |
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You invested in REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC. and it's time to vote!

You have the right to vote on proposals being presented at the Annual Meeting. **This is an important notice regarding the availability of proxy materials for the shareholder meeting to be held on May 7, 2026.**

**Get informed before you vote**

View the Notice and Proxy Statement and Annual Report online OR you can receive a free paper or email copy of the material(s) by requesting prior to April 23, 2026. If you would like to request a copy of the material(s) for this and/or future shareholder meetings, you may (1) visit www.ProxyVote.com, (2) call 1-800-579-1639 or (3) send an email to sendmaterial@proxyvote.com. If sending an email, please include your control number (indicated below) in the subject line. Unless requested, you will not otherwise receive a paper or email copy.

![LOGO](g89487g00v02.jpg)

\*Please check the meeting materials for any special requirements for meeting attendance.

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**Vote at www.ProxyVote.com** 

**THIS IS NOT A VOTABLE BALLOT** 

This is an overview of the proposals being presented at the

upcoming shareholder meeting. Please follow the instructions on

the reverse side to vote these important matters.

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| |  | **Board** | **Board** |
| **Voting Items** | **Voting Items** | **Recommends** | **Recommends** |
| 1. | Election of Directors |  |  |
|  | **Nominees:** |  |  |
| 1a. | Manny Kadre | ![LOGO](g89487sp3.jpg) | **For** |
| 1b. | Ian Craig | ![LOGO](g89487sp3.jpg) | **For** |
| 1c. | <br> Michael A. Duffy | ![LOGO](g89487sp3.jpg) | **For** |
| 1d. | <br> Thomas W. Handley | ![LOGO](g89487sp3.jpg) | **For** |
| 1e. | <br> Jennifer M. Kirk | ![LOGO](g89487sp3.jpg) | **For** |
| 1f. | <br> Michael Larson | ![LOGO](g89487sp3.jpg) | **For** |
| 1g. | <br> Norman Thomas Linebarger | ![LOGO](g89487sp3.jpg) | **For** |
| 1h. | <br> Meg Reynolds | ![LOGO](g89487sp3.jpg) | **For** |
| 1i. | <br> James P. Snee | ![LOGO](g89487sp3.jpg) | **For** |
| 1j. | <br> Brian S. Tyler | ![LOGO](g89487sp3.jpg) | **For** |
| 1k. | <br> Jon Vander Ark | ![LOGO](g89487sp3.jpg) | **For** |
| 1l. | <br> Sandra M. Volpe | ![LOGO](g89487sp3.jpg) | **For** |
| 1m. | <br> Katharine B. Weymouth | ![LOGO](g89487sp3.jpg) | **For** |
| 2. | <br> Advisory vote to approve our named executive officer compensation. | ![LOGO](g89487sp3.jpg) | **For** |
| 3. | <br> Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2026. | ![LOGO](g89487sp3.jpg) | **For** |
| **NOTE:** In the discretion of the Proxies named herein, the Proxies are authorized to vote upon such other matters as may properly<br>come before the meeting (or any adjournment or postponement thereof). | **NOTE:** In the discretion of the Proxies named herein, the Proxies are authorized to vote upon such other matters as may properly<br>come before the meeting (or any adjournment or postponement thereof). | **NOTE:** In the discretion of the Proxies named herein, the Proxies are authorized to vote upon such other matters as may properly<br>come before the meeting (or any adjournment or postponement thereof). | **NOTE:** In the discretion of the Proxies named herein, the Proxies are authorized to vote upon such other matters as may properly<br>come before the meeting (or any adjournment or postponement thereof). |

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