Acquisitions	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Acquisitions	6. ACQUISITIONS The Company acquired six individually immaterial non-hazardous solid waste collection businesses during the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The Company acquired Alaska Pacific Environmental Services Anchorage, LLC and Alaska Green Waste Solutions, LLC (together, “Alaska Waste”), SKB Environmental, Inc. (“SKB”) and an additional five non-hazardous solid waste collection, transfer and disposal businesses during the nine months ended September 30, 2012. Pursuant to the SKB stock purchase agreement, the Company was required to remit additional consideration to the former shareholders of SKB if the acquired operations exceeded earnings targets specified in the stock purchase agreement over a one-year earn out period ending June 30, 2013. The Company computed the fair value of the contingent consideration at the purchase date to be $20,711, based upon probability assessments of the expected future cash flows over the one-year period in which the obligation was expected to be settled. Based upon the actual earnings of SKB over the one-year earn out period, the final additional consideration was $25,768, which the Company paid in July 2013. The difference between the final contingent consideration paid and the fair value of the contingent consideration at the purchase date was charged to expense in Other income (expense), net in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Net Income. The acquisitions completed during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, were not material to the Company’s results of operations, either individually or in the aggregate. As a result, pro forma financial information has not been provided. The results of operations of the acquired businesses have been included in the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements from their respective acquisition dates. The Company expects these acquired businesses to contribute towards the achievement of the Company’s strategy to expand through acquisitions. Cash consideration for the acquisition of the business of R360 Environmental Solutions, Inc. (“R360”) in October 2012 included payment for the estimated net working capital of $18,906, as defined in the acquisition agreement, which was subject to final adjustment subsequent to the close of the acquisition. In March 2013, Waste Connections received $18,000 from the former owners of R360 due to the final adjustment to the net working capital that was estimated at the closing date. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company incurred $974 and $3,610, respectively, of acquisition-related costs. These expenses are included in Selling, general and administrative expenses in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Net Income.

Acquisitions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

6. ACQUISITIONS

The Company acquired six individually immaterial non-hazardous solid waste collection businesses during the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The Company acquired Alaska Pacific Environmental Services Anchorage, LLC and Alaska Green Waste Solutions, LLC (together, “Alaska Waste”), SKB Environmental, Inc. (“SKB”) and an additional five non-hazardous solid waste collection, transfer and disposal businesses during the nine months ended September 30, 2012.

Pursuant to the SKB stock purchase agreement, the Company was required to remit additional consideration to the former shareholders of SKB if the acquired operations exceeded earnings targets specified in the stock purchase agreement over a one-year earn out period ending June 30, 2013. The Company computed the fair value of the contingent consideration at the purchase date to be $20,711, based upon probability assessments of the expected future cash flows over the one-year period in which the obligation was expected to be settled. Based upon the actual earnings of SKB over the one-year earn out period, the final additional consideration was $25,768, which the Company paid in July 2013. The difference between the final contingent consideration paid and the fair value of the contingent consideration at the purchase date was charged to expense in Other income (expense), net in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Net Income.

The acquisitions completed during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, were not material to the Company’s results of operations, either individually or in the aggregate. As a result, pro forma financial information has not been provided. The results of operations of the acquired businesses have been included in the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements from their respective acquisition dates. The Company expects these acquired businesses to contribute towards the achievement of the Company’s strategy to expand through acquisitions.

Cash consideration for the acquisition of the business of R360 Environmental Solutions, Inc. (“R360”) in October 2012 included payment for the estimated net working capital of $18,906, as defined in the acquisition agreement, which was subject to final adjustment subsequent to the close of the acquisition. In March 2013, Waste Connections received $18,000 from the former owners of R360 due to the final adjustment to the net working capital that was estimated at the closing date.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company incurred $974 and $3,610, respectively, of acquisition-related costs. These expenses are included in Selling, general and administrative expenses in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Net Income.