text: **REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES**
  
  **NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
  **(All tables in millions, except per share data) Ì (Continued)**
  
  date of acquisition. The Company allocates the cost of the acquired business to the assets acquired and the 
  liabilities assumed based on estimates of fair values thereof. These estimates are revised during the allocation 
  period as necessary if, and when, information regarding contingencies becomes available to further deÑne and 
  quantify assets acquired and liabilities assumed. To the extent contingencies such as preacquisition environ- 
  mental matters, litigation and related legal fees are resolved or settled during the allocation period, such items 
  are included in the revised allocation of the purchase price. After the allocation period, the eÅect of changes in 
  such contingencies is included in results of operations in the periods in which the adjustments are determined. 
  The Company does not believe potential diÅerences between its fair value estimates and actual fair values are 
  material. 
  
  The Company acquired various solid waste businesses during the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 
  and 2002. The aggregate purchase price paid for these transactions was $47.4 million, $51.5 million and 
  $55.8 million, respectively. 