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Stericycle, Inc
(NASDAQ:SRCL) 

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Stericycle, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides regulated and compliance solutions in the United States, Europe, and internationally. It operates through the segments North America and International. The company provides regulated waste and compliance services comprising medical waste dis...

Founded: 1989
Full Time Employees: 19,500
Sector: Industrials
Industry: Waste Management

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      revenues
    648,400,000 661,600,000 664,900,000 652,000,000 653,500,000 669,500,000 684,300,000 670,300,000 690,300,000 679,800,000 664,200,000 657,300,000 648,900,000 672,700,000 668,000,000 655,900,000 636,400,000 598,200,000 799,900,000 833,100,000 845,800,000 830,100,000 852,700,000 854,900,000 883,300,000 895,000,000 887,794,000 882,774,000 917,733,000 892,399,000 906,396,000 890,144,000 891,621,000 874,181,000 888,304,000 718,596,000 715,689,000 663,319,000 676,947,000 667,877,000 640,822,000 569,955,000 567,899,000 534,579,000 526,525,000 513,804,000 503,638,000 480,484,000 468,950,000 460,077,000 446,557,000 420,924,000 410,441,000 398,126,000 393,489,000 362,988,000 347,734,000  274,011,000 277,098,000    398,672,000 117,556,000   
      cost of revenues
    404,300,000 403,600,000 410,000,000 395,200,000 407,800,000 418,400,000 423,300,000 415,800,000 424,100,000 419,300,000 419,700,000 410,300,000 409,200,000 403,600,000 406,600,000 386,400,000 369,100,000 368,500,000 520,400,000 537,800,000 543,200,000 533,000,000 524,000,000 519,400,000 530,000,000 536,500,000 613,031,000 491,062,000 513,277,000 500,830,000 514,417,000 488,154,000 486,915,000 482,356,000 489,030,000 404,918,000 396,793,000 367,340,000 378,563,000 373,973,000 350,416,000 301,760,000 301,467,000 280,645,000 276,385,000 269,673,000 264,673,000 253,526,000 248,832,000 244,182,000 234,396,000 220,419,000 213,538,000 205,816,000 200,791,000 185,515,000 176,540,000  167,326,000 147,809,000    227,169,000 60,853,000   
      gross profit
    244,100,000 258,000,000 254,900,000 256,800,000 245,700,000 251,100,000 261,000,000 254,500,000 266,200,000 260,500,000 244,500,000 247,000,000 239,700,000 269,100,000 261,400,000 269,500,000 267,300,000 229,700,000 279,500,000 295,300,000 302,600,000 297,100,000 328,700,000 335,500,000 353,300,000 358,500,000                                          
      yoy
    -0.65% 2.75% -2.34% 0.90% -7.70% -3.61% 6.75% 3.04% 11.06% -3.20% -6.47% -8.35% -10.33% 17.15% -6.48% -8.74% -11.67% -22.69% -14.97% -11.98% -14.35% -17.13%                                              
      qoq
    -5.39% 1.22% -0.74% 4.52% -2.15% -3.79% 2.55% -4.40% 2.19% 6.54% -1.01% 3.05% -10.93% 2.95% -3.01% 0.82% 16.37% -17.82% -5.35% -2.41% 1.85% -9.61% -2.03% -5.04% -1.45%                                           
      selling, general and administrative expenses
    224,600,000 227,500,000 216,000,000 219,700,000 217,300,000 220,900,000 216,000,000 211,000,000 215,600,000 222,400,000 238,600,000 251,400,000 279,400,000 213,500,000 202,300,000 218,900,000 219,000,000 201,000,000 250,000,000 247,400,000 277,300,000 280,400,000 315,900,000 267,200,000 290,900,000 304,400,000 475,294,000 237,815,000 538,150,000 218,841,000 267,196,000 212,117,000 222,378,000 202,488,000 203,756,000 185,932,000 181,752,000 141,363,000 134,607,000 125,603,000 117,547,000 112,180,000 108,030,000 96,689,000 94,845,000 91,046,000 97,571,000 92,966,000 84,365,000 81,915,000 96,707,000 72,582,000 72,261,000 69,972,000 70,393,000 65,033,000 63,564,000  58,910,000 48,824,000    63,401,000 17,222,000   
      divestiture losses, net and impairments
    10,500,000                                                                   
      income from operations
    9,000,000 30,500,000 38,900,000 37,100,000 24,200,000 -24,000,000 40,000,000 59,100,000 50,600,000 38,100,000 5,900,000 8,200,000 -50,600,000 55,600,000 59,100,000 93,200,000 -55,800,000 24,900,000 -198,500,000 -34,500,000 25,300,000 -4,200,000 -345,900,000 68,300,000 62,400,000 54,100,000 -23,398,000 93,603,000 -192,354,000 114,549,000 68,627,000 124,517,000 99,708,000 140,923,000 150,539,000 100,256,000 109,764,000 127,053,000 138,763,000 139,536,000 145,378,000 132,659,000 135,107,000 135,395,000 133,520,000 131,597,000 120,300,000 114,547,000 117,727,000 116,262,000 115,384,000 104,566,000 101,948,000 102,413,000 93,914,000 96,039,000 93,598,000  72,317,000 71,508,000    110,964,000 34,691,000   
      yoy
    -62.81% -227.08% -2.75% -37.23% -52.17% -162.99% 577.97% 620.73% -200.00% -31.47% -90.02% -91.20% -9.32% 123.29% -129.77% -370.14% -320.55% -692.86% -42.61% -150.51% -59.46% -107.76% 1378.33% -27.03% -132.44% -52.77% -134.09% -24.83% -292.92% -18.72% -54.41% 24.20% -9.16% 10.92% 8.49% -28.15% -24.50% -4.23% 2.71% 3.06% 8.88% 0.81% 12.31% 18.20% 13.41% 13.19% 4.26% 9.55% 15.48% 13.52% 22.86% 8.88% 8.92%  29.86% 34.31%    -35.56%        
      qoq
    -70.49% -21.59% 4.85% 53.31% -200.83% -160.00% -32.32% 16.80% 32.81% 545.76% -28.05% -116.21% -191.01% -5.92% -36.59% -267.03% -324.10% -112.54% 475.36% -236.36% -702.38% -98.79% -606.44% 9.46% 15.34% -331.22% -125.00% -148.66% -267.92% 66.92% -44.89% 24.88% -29.25% -6.39% 50.15% -8.66% -13.61% -8.44% -0.55% -4.02% 9.59% -1.81% -0.21% 1.40% 1.46% 9.39% 5.02% -2.70% 1.26% 0.76% 10.35% 2.57% -0.45% 9.05% -2.21% 2.61%   1.13%     219.86%    
      interest expense
    -20,400,000 -20,500,000 -18,400,000 -17,000,000 -17,400,000 -19,100,000 -20,400,000 -13,650,000 -19,800,000 -18,500,000 -16,300,000 -16,800,000 -18,800,000 -17,900,000 -18,400,000 -19,900,000 -17,700,000  -27,200,000 -29,900,000 -33,600,000 -27,600,000 -29,300,000 -27,700,000 -24,600,000 -25,000,000 -22,223,000 -24,631,000 -23,772,000 -23,374,000 -24,647,000 -24,711,000 -24,367,000 -24,062,000 -25,050,000 -17,386,000 -16,429,000 -18,633,000 -18,162,000 -16,644,000 -16,418,000 -14,918,000 -15,215,000 -13,467,000 -13,015,000 -13,546,000 -13,077,000 -13,048,000 -12,783,000 -12,766,000 -13,018,000 -12,034,000 -13,007,000 -11,372,000 -10,739,000 -8,509,000 -8,870,000  -8,219,000 -8,618,000    -8,657,000 -2,529,000   
      other income
     -100,000  200,000 100,000 -600,000 200,000 -100,000 2,300,000 -700,000 -800,000 -200,000 500,000 700,000 -700,000 -1,200,000 -900,000  -2,300,000 -3,200,000 -1,800,000 -2,200,000 -1,500,000 -6,200,000 -600,000  -1,177,000 -2,272,000 -1,607,000 -1,544,000 -109,250 2,932,000 -2,118,000 -1,251,000 -989,000 -1,754,000 -1,604,000 -598,000 -1,177,000 -477,000 -392,000 -700,000 -25,000 -1,341,000 -545,000 -1,013,000    -558,000 -1,696,000 -577,000 -819,000 -263,000 -453,000 333,000 -892,000  -1,489,000 -611,000    -1,469,000 -420,000   
      income before income taxes
    -11,400,000 9,900,000 20,500,000 20,300,000 6,900,000 -43,700,000 19,800,000 38,100,000 33,100,000 18,900,000 -11,200,000 -8,800,000 -68,900,000 38,400,000 40,000,000 72,100,000 -74,400,000 4,600,000 -228,000,000 -67,600,000 -33,200,000 -34,000,000 -376,100,000 34,400,000 37,200,000 29,100,000 -46,749,000 66,849,000 -217,705,000 89,705,000 36,523,000 102,759,000 73,232,000 115,631,000 130,156,000 81,124,000 91,770,000 107,857,000 119,447,000 122,442,000 128,618,000 117,061,000 119,741,000 120,738,000 120,062,000 117,205,000 107,481,000 101,128,000 105,558,000 103,030,000 100,985,000 92,192,000 88,185,000 90,962,000 82,794,000 87,945,000 83,868,000  62,795,000 62,464,000    96,770,000 31,794,000   
      income tax expense
    -2,300,000 -3,900,000 -7,400,000 -5,500,000 -4,800,000 -5,800,000 -8,500,000   -8,400,000 -2,900,000           -3,600,000    -6,600,000    31,148,000 17,622,000 37,586,000 27,002,000 38,036,000 51,569,000 28,404,000 30,874,000 32,047,000 36,789,000 39,401,000 45,941,000 37,291,000 41,154,000 39,906,000 41,619,000 41,983,000 36,973,000 35,382,000 37,186,000 37,715,000 35,862,000 32,448,000 32,295,000 34,376,000 32,037,000 30,645,000 30,102,000  23,663,000 23,237,000    37,716,000 12,670,000   
      net income
    -13,700,000 6,000,000 13,100,000 14,800,000 2,100,000 -49,500,000 11,300,000 32,100,000 28,000,000 10,500,000 -14,100,000 -16,400,000 -65,900,000 29,300,000 26,200,000 49,000,000 -80,900,000  -219,200,000 -59,000,000 -30,200,000 -37,600,000 -319,200,000 23,500,000 27,600,000 22,500,000 89,566,000 39,069,000 -144,192,000 58,557,000 18,901,000 65,173,000 46,230,000 77,595,000 78,587,000 52,720,000 60,896,000 75,810,000 82,658,000 83,041,000 82,677,000 79,770,000 78,587,000 80,832,000 78,443,000 75,222,000 70,508,000 65,746,000 68,372,000 65,315,000 65,123,000 59,744,000 55,890,000 56,586,000 50,757,000 57,300,000 53,766,000  39,132,000 39,227,000    59,054,000 19,124,000   
      yoy
    -752.38% -112.12% 15.93% -53.89% -92.50% -571.43% -180.14% -295.73% -142.49% -64.16% -153.82% -133.47% -18.54%  -111.95% -183.05% 167.88%  -31.33% -351.06% -209.42% -267.11% -456.39% -39.85% -119.14% -61.58% 373.87% -40.05% -411.90% -24.54% -75.95% 23.62% -24.08% 2.35% -4.93% -36.51% -26.34% -4.96% 5.18% 2.73% 5.40% 6.05% 11.46% 22.95% 14.73% 15.17% 8.27% 10.05% 22.33% 15.43% 28.30% 4.27% 3.95%  29.71% 46.07%    -33.57%        
      qoq
    -328.33% -54.20% -11.49% 604.76% -104.24% -538.05% -64.80% 14.64% 166.67% -174.47% -14.02% -75.11% -324.91% 11.83% -46.53% -160.57%   271.53% 95.36% -19.68% -88.22% -1458.30% -14.86% 22.67% -74.88% 129.25% -127.10% -346.24% 209.81% -71.00% 40.98% -40.42% -1.26% 49.06% -13.43% -19.67% -8.28% -0.46% 0.44% 3.64% 1.51% -2.78% 3.05% 4.28% 6.69% 7.24% -3.84% 4.68% 0.29% 9.00% 6.90% -1.23% 11.48% -11.42% 6.57%   -0.24%     208.80%    
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
    -100,000   100,000 -100,000  -100,000 -300,000   -100,000 -800,000 -100,000  -100,000 -225,000 -300,000     -200,000                                   672,000           
      net income attributable to stericycle, inc. common shareholders
    -13,800,000 6,000,000 13,100,000 14,900,000 2,000,000 -49,500,000 11,200,000 31,800,000 28,000,000 10,500,000 -14,200,000 -17,200,000 -66,000,000 29,300,000 26,100,000 48,500,000 -81,200,000  -219,300,000 -59,200,000 -30,500,000 -37,800,000 -318,400,000 17,500,000 26,600,000 21,000,000 83,331,000 35,449,000 -148,768,000 53,388,000 12,721,000 61,536,000 37,293,000 66,680,000 70,454,000 50,579,000                                
      income per common share attributable to stericycle, inc. common shareholders:
                                                                       
      basic
    -150,000 60,000 140,000 -97,500 20,000 -540,000 120,000                                                             
      diluted
    -150,000 60,000 140,000 -97,500 20,000 -540,000 120,000                                                             
      weighted-average number of common shares outstanding:
                                                                       
      basic
    92,700,000 92,700,000 92,600,000 92,400,000 92,500,000 92,500,000 92,300,000 92,100,000 92,200,000 92,100,000 92,000,000 91,800,000 91,900,000 91,800,000 91,600,000 91,500,000 91,500,000 91,400,000 91,000,000 91,100,000 91,000,000 90,700,000 87,100,000 86,700,000 85,600,000 85,500,000 85,300,000 85,342,955,000 85,271,699,000 85,220,228,000 84,932,402,000 85,044,303,000 84,893,263,000 84,705,000,000 84,944,841,000 84,884,599,000 84,961,907,000 85,037,823,000 84,932,792,000 84,858,360,000 84,699,043,000 85,270,046,000 85,902,550,000 85,849,656,000 86,125,012,000 86,093,301,000 85,401,365,000 85,748,998,000 85,170,255,000 84,828,280,000 85,467,421,000 85,564,682,000 85,936,036,000 85,459,302,000 85,057,775,000 85,295,740 84,890,285,000  85,950,192,000 85,449,871,000        
      diluted
    92,700,000 93,000,000 93,000,000 92,400,000 92,900,000 92,500,000 92,700,000 92,400,000 92,400,000 92,200,000 92,000,000 91,800,000 91,900,000 92,100,000 92,000,000 91,500,000 91,500,000 91,400,000 91,000,000 91,100,000 91,000,000 90,700,000 87,100,000 86,800,000 85,800,000 85,800,000 85,600,000 85,621,184,000 85,271,699,000 85,572,409,000 85,610,219,000 85,570,529,000 85,760,686,000 85,845,501,000 86,162,609,000 86,120,315,000 86,221,034,000 86,357,006,000 86,233,612,000 86,116,455,000 85,982,588,000 86,613,843,000 87,391,988,000 87,401,565,000 87,614,953,000 87,459,497,000 87,018,473,000 87,305,779,000 86,835,615,000 86,587,944,000 87,367,712,000 87,385,121,000 87,935,310,000 87,526,683,000 86,962,651,000 87,179,057 86,694,239,000  88,335,832,000 87,864,210,000        
      divestiture losses
        4,200,000 54,200,000 5,000,000                                                             
      income tax benefit
           -6,000,000 -5,100,000   -7,600,000 3,000,000 -9,100,000 -13,800,000 -23,100,000 -6,500,000  8,800,000 8,600,000 3,000,000  56,900,000 -10,900,000 -9,600,000  -3,646,250 27,780,000                                        
      earnings per common share attributable to stericycle, inc. common shareholders
                                                                       
      basic
           350,000 300,000 110,000 -150,000 -27,500 -720,000 320,000 290,000    -2,410,000 -650,000 -330,000 -420,000 -3,670,000 200,000 310,000 250,000 270,700 420 -1,740 630 150 720 440 790 830 600 710 890 970 980 970 930 910 940 910 870 820 760 790 760 760 690 650 650   630  460 460        
      diluted
           350,000 300,000 110,000 -150,000 -27,500 -720,000 320,000 280,000    -2,410,000 -650,000 -330,000 -420,000 -3,670,000 200,000 310,000 250,000 270,700 410 -1,740 620 150 720 430 780 820 590 700 870 960 960 950 910 890 920 890 850 800 750 780 750 740 680 630 640   610  440 450        
      earnings per common share attributable to stericycle, inc. common shareholders:
                                                                       
      basic
           350,000 300,000 110,000 -150,000 -27,500 -720,000 320,000 290,000    -2,410,000 -650,000 -330,000 -420,000 -3,670,000 200,000 310,000 250,000 270,700 420 -1,740 630 150 720 440 790 830 600 710 890 970 980 970 930 910 940 910 870 820 760 790 760 760 690 650 650   630  460 460        
      diluted
           350,000 300,000 110,000 -150,000 -27,500 -720,000 320,000 280,000    -2,410,000 -650,000 -330,000 -420,000 -3,670,000 200,000 310,000 250,000 270,700 410 -1,740 620 150 720 430 780 820 590 700 870 960 960 950 910 890 920 890 850 800 750 780 750 740 680 630 640   610  440 450        
      divestiture losses (gains)
               2,725,000 10,900,000   -42,600,000 104,100,000 3,800,000                                                  
      goodwill impairment
                      207,400,000   20,900,000                                              
      loss on early extinguishment of debt
                        -23,100,000                                               
      loss per common share attributable to stericycle, inc. common shareholders:
                                                                       
      basic
                   530,000 -890,000                                                   
      diluted
                   530,000 -890,000                                                   
      held-for-sale impairments
                      20,600,000 82,400,000                                                
      net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
                      -100,000 -200,000 -300,000                                               
      net income attributable to stericycle, inc.
                      -219,300,000 -59,200,000 -30,500,000 -37,800,000 -318,400,000 23,500,000 27,700,000 22,500,000 89,215,000 39,038,000 -144,042,000 58,189,000 18,744,000 64,795,000 46,034,000 76,786,000 78,876,000 52,263,000 60,449,000 75,458,000 82,526,000 82,845,000 81,936,000 79,149,000 78,164,000 80,547,000 78,044,000 74,617,000 70,069,000 65,477,000 67,593,000 64,857,000 64,288,000 59,247,000 55,542,000 55,674,000 49,980,000 56,686,000 53,094,000           
      mandatory convertible preferred stock dividend
                           -8,400,000 -8,300,000 -8,800,000 8,794,000 8,957,000 9,185,000 9,364,000                                      
      gain on repurchases of preferred stock
                          4,225,000 2,400,000                                            
      net income (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests
                          800,000  100,000                                           
      gain on repurchase of preferred stock
                            7,200,000 7,300,000 -2,910,000 -5,368,000 -4,459,000 -4,563,000                                      
      other income:
                                                                       
      costs and expenses:
                                                                       
      depreciation - cost of revenues
                              17,321,000 23,673,000 22,704,000 22,907,000 19,564,000 22,730,000 23,611,000 22,641,000 18,919,000 14,003,000 14,072,000 14,648,000 13,415,000 15,235,000 15,102,000 12,726,000 13,147,000 12,531,000 12,288,000 12,037,000 8,155,500 11,404,000                    
      depreciation – sg&a
                              4,843,500 6,716,000 6,475,000 6,183,000                 1,723,000 2,480,000 2,261,000 2,151,000                  
      intangible amortization – sg&a
                              22,118,750 29,905,000 29,481,000 29,089,000                                      
      total costs and expenses
                              669,277,000 789,171,000 1,110,087,000 777,850,000 837,769,000 765,627,000 791,913,000 733,258,000 737,765,000 618,340,000 605,925,000 536,266,000 538,184,000 528,341,000 495,444,000 437,296,000 432,792,000 399,184,000 393,005,000 382,207,000 383,338,000 365,937,000 351,223,000 343,815,000 331,173,000 316,358,000 308,493,000 295,713,000 299,575,000 266,949,000 254,136,000  201,694,000 205,590,000    287,708,000 82,865,000   
      interest income
                              49,000 149,000 28,000 74,000 27,000 21,000 9,000 21,000 142,000 8,000 39,000 35,000 23,000 27,000 50,000 20,000 -126,000 151,000 102,000 167,000 71,000 117,000 124,000 92,000 315,000 237,000 63,000 184,000 72,000 82,000 32,000  186,000 185,000    506,000 52,000   
      total other income
                              -19,237,250 -26,754,000 -25,351,000 -24,844,000 -32,104,000 -21,758,000 -26,476,000 -25,292,000 -20,383,000 -19,132,000 -17,994,000 -19,196,000 -19,316,000 -17,094,000 -16,760,000 -15,598,000 -15,366,000 -14,657,000 -13,458,000 -14,392,000 -12,819,000 -13,419,000 -12,169,000 -13,232,000 -14,399,000 -12,374,000 -13,763,000 -11,451,000 -11,120,000 -8,094,000 -9,730,000  -9,522,000 -9,044,000    -14,194,000 -2,897,000   
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
                              62,250 31,000 -150,000 368,000 157,000 378,000 196,000 809,000 -289,000 457,000 447,000 352,000 132,000 196,000 741,000 621,000 423,000 285,000 399,000 605,000 439,000 269,000 779,000 458,000 835,000 497,000 348,000 912,000 777,000 614,000            
      income tax (benefit) expense
                                -73,513,000                                       
      depreciation – selling, general and administrative expenses
                                  6,274,250 9,498,000 8,100,000 7,499,000 3,188,250 4,248,000 4,387,000 4,118,000 3,121,000 5,033,000 3,977,000 3,315,000 2,965,000 2,610,000 2,954,000 2,809,000                      
      amortization
                                  26,989,000 33,128,000 50,909,000 18,274,000 18,541,000 9,239,000 8,921,000 8,797,000 8,478,000 8,497,000 8,402,000 7,315,000 7,183,000 6,709,000 6,533,000 6,642,000 6,379,000 5,561,000 5,135,000 4,979,000                  
      less: mandatory convertible preferred stock dividend
                                  7,463,250 9,726,000 10,021,000 10,106,000 8,422,000 1,684,000                                
      less: gain on repurchase of preferred stock
                                  -1,936,750 -6,467,000 -1,280,000                                   
      other income/ (expense)
                                                  -139,000 -488,000 490,000                   
      comprehensive income
                                                  51,103,750 82,452,000 39,136,000 82,827,000                  
      less: comprehensive (loss)/ income attributable to noncontrolling interests
                                                  526,500 841,000 -259,000                   
      comprehensive income attributable to stericycle, inc.
                                                  50,577,250 81,611,000 39,395,000 81,303,000                  
      depreciation – cost of revenues
                                                    10,630,000 10,588,000                  
      earnings per common share attributable to stericycle inc. common shareholders:
                                                                       
      basic
           350,000 300,000 110,000 -150,000 -27,500 -720,000 320,000 290,000    -2,410,000 -650,000 -330,000 -420,000 -3,670,000 200,000 310,000 250,000 270,700 420 -1,740 630 150 720 440 790 830 600 710 890 970 980 970 930 910 940 910 870 820 760 790 760 760 690 650 650   630  460 460        
      diluted
           350,000 300,000 110,000 -150,000 -27,500 -720,000 320,000 280,000    -2,410,000 -650,000 -330,000 -420,000 -3,670,000 200,000 310,000 250,000 270,700 410 -1,740 620 150 720 430 780 820 590 700 870 960 960 950 910 890 920 890 850 800 750 780 750 740 680 630 640   610  440 450        
      less: comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests
                                                     1,524,000                  
      depreciation and amortization
                                                      11,996,750 16,933,000 15,951,000 15,103,000 9,627,500 13,504,000 12,617,000  6,322,000 8,651,000        
      acquisition expenses
                                                      3,063,500 3,195,000 5,261,000 3,798,000 6,272,000 1,891,000            
      integration expenses
                                                      966,500 1,813,000 1,287,000 766,000 859,000 790,000            
      restructuring costs and plant closure expense
                                                      271,500 633,000 195,000  611,500 216,000 1,563,000           
      litigation settlement
                                                      115,000 460,000   -40,000  937,000           
      loss/ (gain) on sale of assets
                                                      80,750 323,000                
      gain on sale of assets
                                                            -2,955,000           
      restructuring costs
                                                         258,000              
      earnings per share attributable to stericycle, inc. common shareholders:
                                                                       
      basic
                                                          0.465 0.66            
      diluted
                                                          0.455 0.65            
      acquisition related transaction expenses
                                                            556,000           
      acquisition integration expenses
                                                            1,314,000  274,000 210,000        
      earnings per common share:
                                                                       
      basic
           350,000 300,000 110,000 -150,000 -27,500 -720,000 320,000 290,000    -2,410,000 -650,000 -330,000 -420,000 -3,670,000 200,000 310,000 250,000 270,700 420 -1,740 630 150 720 440 790 830 600 710 890 970 980 970 930 910 940 910 870 820 760 790 760 760 690 650 650   630  460 460        
      diluted
           350,000 300,000 110,000 -150,000 -27,500 -720,000 320,000 280,000    -2,410,000 -650,000 -330,000 -420,000 -3,670,000 200,000 310,000 250,000 270,700 410 -1,740 620 150 720 430 780 820 590 700 870 960 960 950 910 890 920 890 850 800 750 780 750 740 680 630 640   610  440 450        
      impairment of permit
                                                                       
      impairment of fixed assets
                                                                       
      arbitration settlement and related costs
                                                              1,398,750 96,000        
      insurance proceeds
                                                                       
      depreciaton and amortization
                                                                   1,168,500 4,674,000   
      acquisition related costs
                                                                   29,000 116,000   
      debt extinguishments
                                                                       
      earnings per share - basic
                                                                   0.11 0.44   
      earnings per share - diluted
                                                                   0.105 0.42   
      weighted-average number of common shares outstanding —basic
                                                                    43,154,583   
      weighted-average number of common shares outstanding—diluted
                                                                   46,195,897 46,045,010   
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        assets
                                                                          
        current assets:
                                                                          
        cash and cash equivalents
      34,300,000 34,900,000 31,000,000 35,300,000 29,700,000 30,700,000 60,000,000 56,000,000 44,000,000 45,900,000 59,600,000 55,600,000 37,500,000 61,700,000 50,000,000 53,300,000 59,400,000 42,000,000 36,000,000 34,700,000 30,800,000 34,500,000 48,200,000 34,300,000 52,000,000 45,000,000 49,400,000 42,200,000 52,171,000 44,191,000 47,023,000 44,189,000 40,291,000 44,320,000 45,655,000 55,634,000 32,883,000 32,956,000 38,283,000 22,236,000 41,985,000 25,326,000 43,058,000 61,991,000 63,580,000 18,001,000 12,722,000 31,324,000 16,205,000 54,213,000 30,262,000 22,511,000 23,395,000 38,199,000 24,656,000 77,053,000 20,627,000 8,251,000 15,767,000 9,095,000 7,043,000 17,108,000 13,492,000 7,825,000 7,850,000 3,132,000 7,240,000 8,375,000 
        accounts receivables
      605,000,000 657,100,000 616,400,000 553,900,000 465,600,000 410,300,000 419,500,000 414,500,000 463,400,000 466,200,000 457,200,000 420,400,000 425,700,000 402,700,000 388,300,000 380,700,000 384,900,000 376,100,000 418,000,000 544,300,000 562,800,000 613,700,000 600,900,000 599,600,000 607,400,000 629,600,000 633,500,000 624,100,000 627,904,000 639,611,000 615,348,000 634,902,000 637,921,000 627,135,000 622,709,000 614,494,000 524,503,000 524,134,000 467,094,000 465,473,000 456,461,000 451,995,000 383,304,000 388,996,000 370,077,000 361,894,000 342,434,000 322,246,000 314,577,000 294,890,000 315,144,000 290,854,000 283,710,000 252,462,000 231,171,000 215,420,000 216,508,000 194,306,000 179,770,000 168,598,000 174,871,000 157,435,000 130,354,000 103,703,000  58,978,000 59,711,000 62,013,000 
        prepaid expenses
      36,500,000 28,000,000 33,600,000 31,600,000 39,900,000 33,500,000 34,700,000 33,200,000 39,400,000 35,400,000 42,900,000 45,600,000 58,500,000 32,200,000 48,300,000 63,000,000 68,700,000 120,000,000 151,500,000 60,700,000 72,600,000 97,800,000 87,000,000 50,000,000 94,500,000 74,800,000 61,800,000 80,000,000 53,783,000 66,907,000 51,926,000 46,214,000 52,134,000 58,566,000 46,198,000 46,740,000 34,197,000 33,202,000 29,847,000 30,632,000 37,929,000 33,288,000 25,807,000 28,379,000 30,909,000 27,691,000 27,033,000 27,042,000 26,092,000 23,347,000 23,151,000 22,466,000 22,160,000 19,853,000 21,448,000 16,038,000 13,490,000 13,836,000 12,421,000    9,152,000 6,523,000 6,716,000 4,694,000 7,339,000 7,170,000 
        other current assets
      49,000,000 51,100,000 47,800,000 50,700,000 52,000,000 52,700,000 49,500,000 55,000,000 50,900,000 49,400,000 53,800,000 53,900,000 48,500,000 51,800,000 50,600,000 55,500,000 52,700,000 54,500,000 46,600,000 66,900,000 54,100,000 73,100,000 65,500,000 63,400,000 49,200,000 46,400,000 48,200,000 46,300,000 35,292,000 36,608,000 35,999,000 39,117,000 43,529,000 40,277,000 42,732,000 44,891,000 40,500,000 41,471,000 33,392,000 33,173,000 37,638,000 40,051,000 35,963,000 37,279,000 40,778,000 39,721,000 37,486,000 37,176,000 40,333,000 40,255,000 39,046,000 35,035,000 39,465,000 26,718,000 25,212,000 24,882,000 28,949,000 25,975,000 23,364,000  23,028,000 20,967,000       
        assets held-for-sale
      112,900,000                  551,100,000  30,200,000                                                
        total current assets
      837,700,000 771,100,000 728,800,000 671,500,000 587,200,000 527,200,000 563,700,000 558,700,000 597,700,000 596,900,000 613,500,000 575,500,000 570,200,000 548,400,000 537,200,000 552,500,000 565,700,000 592,600,000 1,203,200,000 706,600,000 750,500,000 819,100,000 801,600,000 747,300,000 803,100,000 813,300,000 810,600,000 813,400,000 794,706,000 796,114,000 759,924,000 773,618,000 773,938,000 770,362,000 757,358,000 761,828,000 1,319,465,000 660,193,000 596,063,000 580,216,000 592,677,000 566,875,000 502,886,000 535,089,000 527,972,000 467,765,000 437,955,000 441,286,000 417,385,000 436,128,000 427,078,000 390,596,000 384,842,000 371,647,000 337,663,000 368,688,000 313,141,000 261,060,000 246,540,000 224,430,000 223,841,000 210,276,000 218,602,000 144,042,000 115,492,000 84,390,000 97,737,000 94,356,000 
        property, plant and equipment
      727,500,000 732,000,000 722,600,000 708,300,000 702,800,000 692,500,000 713,000,000 715,700,000 711,700,000 719,800,000 713,100,000 711,000,000 704,000,000 713,300,000 702,400,000 701,300,000 696,400,000 705,600,000 727,600,000 798,500,000 785,700,000 786,200,000 760,000,000 743,500,000 755,100,000 744,400,000 748,900,000 741,000,000 729,571,000 733,770,000 725,420,000 723,894,000 727,774,000 707,060,000 677,525,000 665,602,000 464,898,000 468,960,000 446,831,000 460,408,000 498,577,000 480,419,000 359,329,000 358,967,000 352,368,000 345,743,000 336,687,000 335,870,000 328,222,000 309,443,000 301,274,000 293,912,000 290,721,000 276,770,000 272,593,000 267,971,000 262,650,000 252,391,000 246,154,000 207,144,000 208,807,000 193,039,000 156,953,000 136,220,000 135,512,000 97,629,000 96,562,000 88,501,000 
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      531,300,000 515,800,000 497,200,000 464,300,000 442,700,000 431,100,000 414,700,000 398,900,000 378,800,000 357,100,000 346,500,000 344,800,000 355,300,000 360,400,000 373,500,000 365,000,000 378,200,000 376,000,000 385,100,000 435,000,000 391,500,000 393,200,000 385,600,000                                              
        goodwill
      2,734,900,000 2,757,100,000 2,758,000,000 2,755,600,000 2,738,500,000 2,751,900,000 2,787,800,000 2,784,900,000 2,748,900,000 2,784,300,000 2,808,800,000 2,815,700,000 2,799,300,000 2,814,200,000 2,811,300,000 2,819,300,000 2,801,800,000 2,785,700,000 2,782,200,000 2,982,200,000 3,178,400,000 3,195,100,000 3,197,500,000 3,222,200,000 3,613,800,000 3,598,400,000 3,625,200,000 3,604,000,000 3,638,574,000 3,637,182,000 3,622,793,000 3,591,020,000 3,596,899,000 3,558,283,000 3,790,016,000 3,758,177,000 2,447,454,000 2,454,092,000 2,419,284,000 2,418,832,000 2,415,210,000 2,421,348,000 2,240,597,000 2,231,582,000 2,207,845,000 2,094,459,000 2,065,845,000 2,065,103,000 2,005,698,000 1,962,849,000 1,924,240,000 1,913,703,000 1,924,989,000 1,839,599,000 1,616,504,000 1,595,764,000 1,476,156,000 1,452,051,000 1,394,091,000 1,135,778,000 1,105,016,000 1,033,333,000 813,973,000 685,169,000  476,396,000   
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 967.4 in 2024 and 925.8 in 2023
      584,100,000                                                                    
        other assets
      67,900,000 67,700,000 67,800,000 66,400,000 66,900,000 66,600,000 68,000,000 64,800,000 63,900,000 62,500,000 62,300,000 61,600,000 54,600,000 53,600,000 53,000,000 56,400,000 68,700,000 64,700,000 66,500,000 92,300,000 103,400,000 113,300,000 106,300,000 104,800,000 60,300,000 59,800,000 59,800,000 38,400,000 35,433,000 30,997,000 31,510,000 29,556,000 31,544,000 32,429,000 46,801,000 49,282,000 35,137,000 35,523,000 31,976,000 32,621,000 28,242,000 42,101,000 37,789,000 37,124,000 36,133,000 37,236,000 37,042,000 37,008,000 36,873,000 37,106,000 40,175,000 32,261,000                 
        total assets
      5,483,400,000 5,476,800,000 5,435,700,000 5,352,600,000 5,246,100,000 5,213,100,000 5,332,000,000 5,334,100,000 5,340,600,000 5,408,000,000 5,477,100,000 5,473,100,000 5,469,500,000 5,517,100,000 5,531,400,000 5,581,900,000 5,633,200,000 5,685,300,000 6,353,200,000 6,437,000,000 6,676,300,000 6,869,700,000 6,850,700,000 6,455,500,000 6,902,900,000 6,914,600,000 7,015,700,000 6,988,300,000 7,016,362,000 7,037,497,000 6,996,856,000 6,980,061,000 7,057,264,000 7,146,368,000 7,112,544,000 7,077,450,000 5,176,457,000 4,526,944,000 4,383,514,000 4,401,722,000 4,445,634,000 4,437,281,000 3,865,579,000 3,882,797,000 3,845,129,000 3,618,425,000 3,542,211,000 3,546,738,000 3,411,596,000 3,341,654,000 3,275,234,000 3,177,090,000 3,155,508,000 2,965,596,000 2,643,637,000 2,639,023,000 2,434,286,000 2,300,988,000 2,182,803,000 1,759,298,000 1,721,628,000 1,608,159,000 1,327,906,000 1,047,660,000 834,141,000 707,645,000 707,462,000 667,095,000 
        liabilities and equity
                                                                          
        current liabilities:
                                                                          
        current portion of long-term debt
      12,000,000 16,900,000 17,300,000 19,600,000 15,800,000 15,600,000 16,200,000 22,300,000 17,200,000 16,500,000 17,300,000 19,900,000 18,000,000 95,500,000 88,600,000 91,000,000 117,500,000 114,600,000 101,400,000 103,100,000 111,900,000 117,300,000 101,900,000 104,300,000 109,300,000 112,100,000 121,900,000 119,500,000 122,189,000 111,400,000 96,301,000 72,822,000 91,008,000 109,868,000 114,066,000 161,409,000 106,405,000 129,270,000 113,212,000 131,969,000 165,074,000 151,289,000 124,307,000 150,380,000 107,577,000 72,430,000 79,589,000 87,781,000 286,636,000 82,074,000 91,038,000 100,526,000 95,149,000 67,879,000 83,516,000 88,899,000 96,932,000 92,490,000 65,932,000 38,880,000 34,282,000 22,003,000       
        bank overdrafts
      5,200,000 600,000     2,400,000 2,900,000 2,600,000 1,000,000 1,000,000  3,500,000 2,400,000 4,300,000  2,900,000  2,800,000  4,100,000 2,200,000 7,400,000  7,900,000 6,700,000 12,600,000  22,582,000                                        
        accounts payable
      186,000,000 200,200,000 198,300,000 212,100,000 202,500,000 207,000,000 195,300,000 213,500,000 200,400,000 207,100,000 210,900,000 218,900,000 211,200,000 176,900,000 195,100,000 181,200,000 156,100,000 149,600,000 203,600,000 220,100,000 216,900,000 229,400,000 210,700,000 225,800,000 222,800,000 205,900,000 177,000,000 195,200,000 144,600,000 150,043,000 133,119,000 152,881,000 146,400,000 145,069,000 133,779,000 149,202,000 150,213,000 143,833,000 120,198,000 114,596,000 131,617,000 125,392,000 94,118,000 89,146,000 82,552,000 88,420,000 75,894,000 74,225,000 80,213,000 77,240,000 71,806,000 66,635,000 70,285,000 58,346,000 56,120,000 54,777,000 49,354,000 44,051,000 47,608,000 33,612,000 31,597,000 40,049,000 25,033,000 27,872,000 17,998,000 9,587,000 15,741,000 14,330,000 
        accrued liabilities
      209,100,000 221,500,000 210,900,000 259,500,000 219,600,000 243,200,000 220,700,000 244,100,000 230,500,000 256,200,000 308,800,000 359,600,000 319,400,000 269,700,000 245,200,000 289,400,000 271,400,000 263,300,000 242,400,000 296,600,000 319,800,000 303,800,000 331,500,000 340,800,000 358,500,000 621,200,000 624,600,000 588,100,000 593,202,000 561,129,000 243,871,000 228,526,000 211,762,000 182,814,000 218,933,000 197,329,000 192,506,000 151,310,000 157,047,000 131,743,000 139,025,000 121,475,000 118,606,000 107,445,000 135,472,000 122,430,000 137,511,000 135,321,000 122,010,000 117,845,000 146,333,000 140,521,000 140,975,000 114,221,000 127,623,000 150,358,000 106,778,000 99,209,000 92,226,000 93,487,000 91,424,000 75,571,000 75,434,000 48,450,000 44,411,000 44,599,000 43,436,000 31,810,000 
        operating lease liabilities
      113,000,000 111,000,000 109,100,000 105,400,000 102,100,000 99,600,000 95,400,000 91,200,000 87,400,000 85,400,000 84,600,000 85,500,000 87,200,000 86,300,000 87,400,000 86,200,000 86,000,000 83,300,000 82,000,000 94,800,000 88,400,000 89,500,000 92,800,000                                              
        deferred revenues
      80,400,000 79,700,000 70,100,000 72,600,000 65,100,000                       17,900,000 19,071,000 19,239,000 17,974,000 17,902,000 15,536,000 17,132,000 17,543,000 16,989,000 18,223,000 18,560,000 20,313,000 21,624,000 22,406,000 22,394,000 21,998,000 18,826,000 19,491,000 18,183,000 16,754,000 18,095,000 15,248,000 16,030,000 13,941,000 12,855,000 13,662,000 14,171,000 14,679,000 14,455,000 16,925,000 16,568,000 14,954,000 13,663,000 14,136,000 12,095,000       
        other current liabilities
      53,400,000 51,200,000 49,200,000 47,800,000 45,300,000 53,700,000 50,500,000 47,900,000 48,700,000 52,400,000 46,900,000 46,200,000 47,900,000 45,900,000 53,400,000 49,300,000 53,000,000 49,500,000 41,800,000 40,400,000 37,200,000 42,000,000  47,500,000 50,800,000 55,000,000 58,700,000 36,600,000 65,420,000 71,328,000 85,124,000 67,864,000 73,021,000 62,221,000 68,192,000 62,420,000 66,587,000 66,762,000 71,630,000 61,599,000 57,183,000 68,289,000 44,152,000 45,211,000 66,512,000 12,497,000 10,550,000 15,638,000 17,216,000 8,793,000 10,699,000 6,377,000 9,842,000 13,718,000 10,307,000              
        liabilities held-for-sale
      39,400,000                  144,500,000  17,400,000                                                
        total current liabilities
      698,500,000 681,100,000 654,900,000 718,000,000 650,400,000 619,100,000 580,500,000 621,900,000 586,800,000 618,600,000 669,500,000 731,700,000 687,200,000 676,700,000 674,000,000 697,100,000 686,900,000 660,300,000 818,500,000 756,900,000 795,700,000 784,200,000 786,000,000 733,200,000 749,300,000 1,001,400,000 999,900,000 969,400,000 972,667,000 915,233,000 579,561,000 542,853,000 537,727,000 517,104,000 552,513,000 587,349,000 533,934,000 509,735,000 482,400,000 461,531,000 515,305,000 488,839,000 403,181,000 411,008,000 411,604,000 313,960,000 320,298,000 331,060,000 521,323,000 301,982,000 333,817,000 326,914,000 329,913,000 268,335,000 292,245,000 308,489,000 269,989,000 252,318,000 220,720,000 179,642,000 171,439,000 149,718,000 142,031,000 98,760,000 83,238,000 67,142,000 68,994,000 53,754,000 
        long-term debt
      1,359,400,000 1,392,300,000 1,398,600,000 1,277,800,000 1,297,000,000 1,293,700,000 1,486,500,000 1,484,000,000 1,651,700,000 1,676,300,000 1,678,300,000 1,589,800,000 1,621,000,000 1,604,500,000 1,651,000,000 1,689,100,000 1,878,700,000 1,998,700,000 2,518,800,000 2,559,300,000 2,617,000,000 2,697,200,000 2,702,400,000 2,663,900,000 2,720,800,000 2,535,700,000 2,586,200,000 2,615,300,000 2,633,732,000 2,749,818,000 2,767,035,000 2,877,315,000 2,921,770,000 3,008,588,000 3,038,083,000 3,052,639,000 1,409,687,000 1,538,736,000 1,462,177,000 1,527,246,000 1,512,333,000 1,563,913,000 1,246,071,000 1,280,663,000 1,295,592,000 1,246,203,000 1,193,111,000 1,268,303,000 1,010,514,000 1,282,462,000 1,250,769,000 1,284,113,000 1,304,628,000 1,165,395,000 921,554,000 1,014,222,000 880,452,000 859,429,000 922,919,000 753,846,000 701,679,000 613,781,000 443,115,000 348,841,000 190,431,000 148,924,000 163,016,000 224,124,000 
        long-term operating lease liabilities
      439,100,000 424,700,000 407,800,000 378,900,000 360,500,000 352,400,000 340,200,000 329,000,000 313,200,000 292,200,000 282,000,000 279,800,000 287,100,000 293,100,000 305,300,000 299,000,000 312,700,000 311,200,000 319,600,000 356,100,000 320,700,000 317,200,000 297,500,000                                              
        deferred income taxes
      397,700,000 412,700,000 417,000,000 420,500,000 426,100,000 429,000,000 431,800,000 427,000,000 417,200,000 412,900,000 410,400,000 411,000,000 389,000,000 369,900,000 375,900,000 380,400,000 311,200,000 318,000,000 334,700,000 295,100,000 330,500,000 360,200,000 347,700,000 307,300,000 380,600,000 357,400,000 357,400,000 371,100,000 501,647,000 513,949,000 657,865,000 645,371,000 654,495,000 705,873,000 617,011,000 608,272,000 51,094,000 28,327,000 27,331,000 28,322,000 18,185,000 15,727,000 14,401,000 18,031,000 22,181,000 19,998,000 17,801,000 22,995,000 19,712,000 23,005,000 19,055,000 19,314,000 15,696,000 15,352,000 15,408,000 16,824,000 14,935,000 16,458,000 14,087,000 16,821,000 17,694,000 13,510,000  71,549,000 57,477,000 38,668,000 42,277,000 30,729,000 
        other liabilities
      33,900,000 33,500,000 34,300,000 28,100,000 26,400,000 26,800,000 35,600,000 35,900,000 33,100,000 37,000,000 39,600,000 38,900,000 44,400,000 59,700,000 58,300,000 59,200,000 59,500,000 56,000,000 35,500,000 64,200,000 68,700,000 72,600,000 41,700,000 70,700,000 65,200,000 61,700,000 60,600,000 68,100,000 89,595,000 97,681,000 99,914,000 98,136,000 84,483,000 85,724,000 86,448,000 81,352,000 68,191,000 68,060,000 65,959,000 64,117,000 67,426,000 70,006,000 31,871,000 27,469,000 31,090,000 37,352,000 38,106,000 30,272,000 30,705,000 26,523,000 26,997,000 25,079,000 8,127,000 11,616,000 10,735,000 13,315,000 12,811,000 13,777,000 10,247,000 8,043,000 3,417,000 5,544,000 12,158,000 6,876,000 7,623,000 4,113,000 4,411,000 3,710,000 
        total liabilities
      2,928,600,000 2,944,300,000 2,912,600,000 2,829,700,000 2,769,800,000 2,730,300,000 2,886,000,000 2,909,600,000 3,014,900,000 3,054,300,000 3,095,700,000 3,070,300,000 3,047,300,000 3,023,600,000 3,082,600,000 3,147,500,000 3,294,700,000 3,389,200,000 4,073,000,000 4,102,300,000 4,199,000,000 4,307,500,000 4,280,200,000 3,858,400,000 3,970,300,000 4,013,000,000 4,063,600,000 4,079,700,000                                         
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                          
        equity
                                                                          
        common stock
      900,000 900,000 900,000 900,000 900,000 900,000 900,000 900,000 900,000 900,000 900,000 900,000 900,000 900,000 900,000 900,000 900,000 900,000 900,000 900,000 900,000 900,000 900,000 900,000 900,000 900,000 900,000 900,000 854,000 853,000 853,000 852,000 851,000 850,000 848,000 849,000 849,000 848,000 852,000 849,000 848,000 848,000 850,000 855,000 857,000 859,000 862,000 860,000 859,000 855,000 850,000 847,000 852,000 860,000 857,000 852,000 855,000 854,000 847,000 852,000 856,000 874,000 443,000 442,000  434,000 420,000 404,000 
        additional paid-in capital
      1,329,700,000 1,320,300,000 1,315,300,000 1,316,700,000 1,312,000,000 1,299,800,000 1,289,200,000 1,285,400,000 1,280,800,000 1,271,200,000 1,263,400,000 1,261,800,000 1,253,600,000 1,244,600,000 1,235,900,000 1,234,000,000 1,228,200,000 1,222,400,000 1,212,700,000 1,205,700,000 1,196,500,000 1,192,800,000 1,171,200,000 1,162,600,000 1,155,500,000 1,145,100,000 1,146,300,000 1,153,200,000 1,147,082,000 1,155,131,000 1,161,983,000 1,166,457,000 1,167,756,000 1,183,140,000 1,172,962,000 1,143,020,000 1,125,667,000 354,639,000 331,428,000 289,211,000 256,641,000 237,053,000 212,847,000 195,110,000 177,706,000 159,961,000 139,676,000 116,720,000 84,046,000 51,787,000 22,798,000  26,721,000 94,365,000 75,146,000 46,945,000 70,659,000 69,410,000 47,522,000 67,776,000 88,128,000 197,462,000 252,568,000 259,075,000 298,046,000 303,096,000 290,631,000 277,531,000 
        retained earnings
      1,394,700,000 1,408,500,000 1,402,500,000 1,389,400,000 1,374,500,000 1,372,500,000 1,422,000,000 1,410,800,000 1,379,000,000 1,351,000,000 1,340,600,000 1,354,800,000 1,372,000,000 1,438,000,000 1,408,700,000 1,382,600,000 1,334,100,000 1,415,300,000 1,419,800,000 1,442,400,000 1,661,700,000 1,720,900,000 1,751,400,000 1,789,200,000 2,107,600,000 2,090,100,000 2,063,500,000 2,029,500,000 1,946,133,000 1,910,684,000 2,059,452,000 2,006,064,000 1,993,343,000 1,931,807,000 1,897,636,000 1,868,645,000 1,826,835,000 1,788,123,000 1,805,059,000 1,743,371,000 1,694,549,000 1,634,875,000 1,611,780,000 1,610,964,000 1,581,964,000 1,549,769,000 1,530,735,000 1,463,277,000 1,434,373,000 1,372,808,000 1,305,215,000 1,243,303,000 1,187,960,000 1,128,713,000 1,073,171,000 1,017,497,000 967,517,000 910,831,000 809,618,000 633,927,000 594,795,000 485,219,000 366,841,000 261,571,000 194,417,000 135,363,000 116,239,000 50,458,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -170,900,000 -197,600,000 -196,000,000 -184,500,000 -211,800,000 -191,000,000 -266,700,000 -276,900,000 -338,300,000 -273,200,000 -227,400,000 -218,800,000 -208,000,000 -193,700,000 -200,300,000 -187,400,000 -229,600,000 -347,000,000 -357,200,000 -318,100,000 -385,400,000 -356,600,000 -356,900,000 -365,300,000 -342,500,000 -345,800,000 -270,700,000 -287,000,000 -286,693,000 -316,737,000 -341,119,000 -367,643,000 -314,500,000 -297,558,000 -265,018,000 -282,631,000 -237,246,000 -180,907,000 -206,434,000 -138,419,000 -95,351,000 -45,554,000 -57,128,000 -56,468,000 -54,998,000 -78,564,000 -62,069,000 -39,064,000 -41,602,000 -57,736,000 -29,538,000 -45,984,000 -32,870,000 -287,000  -16,869,000 -14,448,000  -12,292,000         -229,000 
        total stericycle, inc.’s equity
      2,554,400,000 2,532,100,000 2,522,700,000 2,522,500,000 2,475,600,000 2,482,200,000 2,445,400,000 2,420,200,000 2,322,400,000 2,349,900,000 2,377,500,000 2,398,700,000 2,418,500,000 2,489,800,000 2,445,200,000 2,430,100,000 2,333,600,000 2,291,600,000 2,276,200,000 2,330,900,000 2,473,700,000 2,558,000,000 2,566,600,000 2,587,400,000 2,921,500,000 2,890,300,000 2,940,000,000 2,896,600,000 2,807,383,000 2,749,938,000 2,881,176,000 2,805,737,000 2,847,457,000 2,818,247,000 2,806,436,000 2,729,891,000 2,716,113,000 1,962,703,000 1,930,905,000 1,895,012,000 1,856,687,000 1,827,222,000 1,768,349,000 1,750,461,000 1,705,529,000 1,632,025,000 1,609,204,000  1,477,676,000 1,367,714,000 1,299,325,000  1,182,663,000 1,223,651,000 1,145,243,000              
        noncontrolling interests
      400,000 400,000 400,000 400,000 700,000 600,000 600,000 4,300,000 3,300,000 3,800,000 3,900,000 4,100,000 3,700,000 3,700,000 3,600,000 4,300,000 4,900,000 4,500,000 4,000,000 3,800,000 3,600,000 4,200,000 3,900,000 9,700,000 11,100,000 11,300,000 12,100,000 12,000,000 11,338,000 10,878,000 11,305,000 10,649,000                                     
        total equity
      2,554,800,000 2,532,500,000 2,523,100,000 2,522,900,000 2,476,300,000 2,482,800,000 2,446,000,000 2,424,500,000 2,325,700,000 2,353,700,000 2,381,400,000 2,402,800,000 2,422,200,000 2,493,500,000 2,448,800,000 2,434,400,000 2,338,500,000 2,296,100,000 2,280,200,000 2,334,700,000 2,477,300,000 2,562,200,000 2,570,500,000 2,597,100,000 2,932,600,000 2,901,600,000 2,952,100,000 2,908,600,000 2,818,721,000 2,760,816,000 2,892,481,000 2,816,386,000 2,858,789,000 2,829,079,000 2,818,489,000 2,747,838,000 2,734,442,000 1,982,021,000 1,950,007,000 1,917,185,000 1,880,187,000 1,852,343,000 1,785,547,000 1,767,538,000 1,722,733,000 1,649,443,000 1,625,468,000 1,557,323,000 1,492,858,000 1,389,176,000 1,327,738,000 1,227,251,000 1,211,725,000 1,251,032,000 1,178,007,000              
        total liabilities and equity
      5,483,400,000 5,476,800,000 5,435,700,000 5,352,600,000 5,246,100,000 5,213,100,000 5,332,000,000 5,334,100,000 5,340,600,000 5,408,000,000 5,477,100,000 5,473,100,000 5,469,500,000 5,517,100,000 5,531,400,000 5,581,900,000 5,633,200,000 5,685,300,000 6,353,200,000 6,437,000,000 6,676,300,000 6,869,700,000 6,850,700,000 6,455,500,000 6,902,900,000 6,914,600,000 7,015,700,000 6,988,300,000 7,016,362,000 7,037,497,000 6,996,856,000 6,980,061,000 7,057,264,000 7,146,368,000 7,112,544,000 7,077,450,000 5,176,457,000 4,526,944,000 4,383,514,000 4,401,722,000 4,445,634,000 4,437,281,000 3,865,579,000 3,882,797,000 3,845,129,000 3,618,425,000 3,542,211,000 3,546,738,000 3,411,596,000 3,341,654,000 3,275,234,000 3,177,090,000 3,155,508,000 2,965,596,000 2,643,637,000              
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 975.7 in 2024 and 925.8 in 2023
       633,100,000                                                                   
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 948.8 in 2024 and 925.8 in 2023
        661,300,000                                                                  
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 925.8 in 2023 and 823.3 in 2022
         686,500,000                                                                 
        bank overdraft
         1,000,000        1,600,000        1,900,000    14,800,000    7,000,000                                         
        long-term tax payable
         6,400,000    11,800,000    19,100,000    22,700,000    70,700,000    83,300,000    55,800,000                                         
        preferred stock (par value 0.01 per share...
                                    7,000 7,000 7,000 8,000 8,000 8,000                                 
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 889.2 in 2023 and 823.3 in 2022
          708,000,000                                                                
        long-term income taxes payable
          9,400,000 9,300,000 11,400,000                                                              
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 873.2 in 2023 and 823.3 in 2022
           743,800,000                                                               
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 853.1 in 2023 and 823.3 in 2022
            784,800,000                                                              
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 823.3 in 2022 and 736.6 in 2021
             811,100,000                                                             
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 802.1 in 2022 and 736.6 in 2021
              839,600,000                                                            
        long-term taxes payable
              12,900,000 17,300,000 15,900,000  18,600,000 19,700,000 18,100,000  45,700,000 45,000,000 45,900,000  66,400,000 76,100,000 74,400,000  54,400,000 56,800,000 59,500,000                                          
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 787.7 in 2022 and 736.6 in 2021
               887,400,000                                                           
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 768.2 in 2022 and 736.6 in 2021
                932,900,000                                                          
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 736.6 in 2021 and 641.6 in 2020
                 964,500,000                                                         
        equity:
                                                                          
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 718.8 in 2021 and 641.6 in 2020
                  986,100,000                                                        
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 701.1 in 2021 and 641.6 in 2020
                   1,027,200,000                                                       
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 669.3 in 2021 and 641.6 in 2020
                    1,054,000,000                                                      
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 641.6 in 2020 and 584.9 in 2019
                     1,087,400,000                                                     
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 615.7 in 2020 and 584.9 in 2019
                      1,122,400,000                                                    
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 584.0 in 2020 and 584.9 in 2019
                       1,160,700,000                                                   
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 550.4 in 2020 and 584.9 in 2019
                        1,188,600,000                                                  
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 584.9 in 2019 and 499.9 in 2018
                         1,422,400,000                                                 
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 571.3 in 2019 and 499.9 in 2018
                          1,466,800,000                                                
        preferred stock
                                  7,000 7,000                                       
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 572.7 in 2019 and 499.9 in 2018
                           1,562,800,000                                               
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 535.9 in 2019 and 499.9 in 2018
                            1,599,700,000                                              
        other long-term liabilities
                            72,200,000                                              
        assets held for sale
                               17,500,000 17,700,000 20,800,000 25,556,000 8,797,000 9,628,000 9,134,000                                     
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 499.9 in 2018 and 392.5 in 2017
                             1,637,700,000                                             
        liabilities held for sale
                               500,000 5,100,000 5,100,000 5,603,000 2,094,000 3,172,000 2,858,000                                     
        2018 10-k annual report
                                                                          
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 473.5 in 2018 and 392.5 in 2017
                              1,670,600,000                                            
        2018 q3 10-q report
                                                                          
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 446.0 in 2018 and 392.5 in 2017
                               1,698,700,000                                           
        2018 q2 10-q report
                                                                          
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 424.7 in 2018 and 392.5 in 2017
                                1,771,200,000                                          
        2018 q1 10-q report
                                                                          
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 392.5 in 2017 and 271.6 in 2016
                                 1,791,500,000                                         
        2017 10-k annual report
                                                                          
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 362,816 in 2017 and 271,568 in 2016
                                  1,818,078,000                                        
        2017 10-q report
                                                                          
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 332,423 in 2017 and 271,568 in 2016
                                   1,839,434,000                                       
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 302,336 in 2017 and 271,568 in 2016
                                    1,857,209,000                                      
        short-term investments
                                     62,000 63,000 64,000 64,000 69,000 636,288,000 103,000 116,000 380,000 479,000 488,000 353,000 413,000 447,000 460,000 479,000 503,000 466,000 418,000 420,000 416,000 416,000 19,063,000 19,768,000 18,471,000 18,632,000 2,234,000 1,131,000 1,408,000 1,205,000 1,256,000 2,548,000 720,000 99,000 334,000 641,000 512,000 
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 271,568 in 2016 and 151,025 in 2015
                                     1,861,973,000                                     
        2016 10-k annual report
                                                                          
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 252,590 in 2016 and 151,025 in 2015
                                      1,927,109,000                                    
        noncontrolling interest
                                      11,332,000 10,832,000 12,053,000 17,947,000 18,329,000 19,318,000 19,102,000 22,173,000 23,500,000 25,121,000 17,198,000 17,077,000 17,204,000 17,418,000 16,264,000 15,530,000 15,182,000 21,462,000 28,413,000 29,085,000 29,062,000 27,381,000 32,764,000 31,925,000 32,401,000 30,200,000 11,478,000          
        in thousands, except share and per share data
                                                                          
        revenues
                                      890,144,000 891,621,000 874,181,000 2,985,908,000 718,596,000 715,689,000 663,319,000 2,555,601,000 667,877,000 640,822,000 569,955,000 2,142,807,000 534,579,000 526,525,000 513,804,000 1,913,149,000 480,484,000 468,950,000 460,077,000 1,676,048,000 420,924,000 410,441,000 398,126,000              
        costs and expenses:
                                                                          
        cost of revenues
                                      488,154,000 486,915,000 482,356,000 1,658,081,000 404,918,000 396,793,000 367,340,000 1,404,712,000 373,973,000 350,416,000 301,760,000 1,128,170,000 280,645,000 276,385,000 269,673,000 1,011,213,000 253,526,000 248,832,000 244,182,000 874,169,000 220,419,000 213,538,000 205,816,000              
        depreciation - cost of revenues
                                      22,730,000 23,611,000 22,641,000 61,642,000 14,003,000 14,072,000 14,648,000 56,478,000 15,235,000 15,102,000 12,726,000 50,003,000 12,531,000 12,288,000 12,037,000  11,404,000                    
        selling, general and administrative expenses
                                      212,117,000 222,378,000 202,488,000 712,803,000 185,932,000 181,752,000 141,363,000 489,937,000 125,603,000 117,547,000 112,180,000 390,610,000 96,689,000 94,845,000 91,046,000 356,817,000 92,966,000 84,365,000 81,915,000 311,522,000 72,582,000 72,261,000 69,972,000              
        depreciation – selling, general and administrative expenses
                                      9,498,000 8,100,000 7,499,000  4,248,000 4,387,000 4,118,000 15,446,000 5,033,000 3,977,000 3,315,000 11,338,000 2,610,000 2,954,000 2,809,000                      
        amortization
                                      33,128,000 50,909,000 18,274,000 45,498,000 9,239,000 8,921,000 8,797,000 32,692,000 8,497,000 8,402,000 7,315,000 27,067,000 6,709,000 6,533,000 6,642,000 22,054,000 5,561,000 5,135,000 4,979,000 16,269,000                 
        total costs and expenses
                                      765,627,000 791,913,000 733,258,000 2,498,296,000 618,340,000 605,925,000 536,266,000 1,999,265,000 528,341,000 495,444,000 437,296,000 1,607,188,000 399,184,000 393,005,000 382,207,000 1,444,313,000 365,937,000 351,223,000 343,815,000 1,251,737,000 316,358,000 308,493,000 295,713,000              
        income from operations
                                      124,517,000 99,708,000 140,923,000 487,612,000 100,256,000 109,764,000 127,053,000 556,336,000 139,536,000 145,378,000 132,659,000 535,619,000 135,395,000 133,520,000 131,597,000 468,836,000 114,547,000 117,727,000 116,262,000 424,311,000 104,566,000 101,948,000 102,413,000              
        other income:
                                                                          
        interest income
                                      21,000 9,000 21,000 224,000 8,000 39,000 35,000 120,000 27,000 50,000 20,000 294,000 151,000 102,000 167,000 404,000 117,000 124,000 92,000 799,000 237,000 63,000 184,000              
        interest expense
                                      -24,711,000 -24,367,000 -24,062,000 -77,498,000 -17,386,000 -16,429,000 -18,633,000 -66,142,000 -16,644,000 -16,418,000 -14,918,000 -55,243,000 -13,467,000 -13,015,000 -13,546,000 -51,674,000 -13,048,000 -12,783,000 -12,766,000 -49,431,000 -12,034,000 -13,007,000 -11,372,000              
        other income
                                      2,932,000 -2,118,000 -1,251,000  -1,754,000 -1,604,000 -598,000 -2,746,000 -477,000 -392,000 -700,000 -2,924,000 -1,341,000 -545,000 -1,013,000 -369,000   -558,000 -3,355,000 -577,000 -819,000 -263,000              
        total other income
                                      -21,758,000 -26,476,000 -25,292,000 -76,705,000 -19,132,000 -17,994,000 -19,196,000 -68,768,000 -17,094,000 -16,760,000 -15,598,000 -57,873,000 -14,657,000 -13,458,000 -14,392,000 -51,639,000 -13,419,000 -12,169,000 -13,232,000 -51,987,000 -12,374,000 -13,763,000 -11,451,000              
        income before income taxes
                                      102,759,000 73,232,000 115,631,000 410,907,000 81,124,000 91,770,000 107,857,000 487,568,000 122,442,000 128,618,000 117,061,000 477,746,000 120,738,000 120,062,000 117,205,000 417,197,000 101,128,000 105,558,000 103,030,000 372,324,000 92,192,000 88,185,000 90,962,000              
        income tax expense
                                      37,586,000 27,002,000 38,036,000 142,894,000 28,404,000 30,874,000 32,047,000 159,422,000 39,401,000 45,941,000 37,291,000 164,662,000 39,906,000 41,619,000 41,983,000 147,256,000 35,382,000 37,186,000 37,715,000 134,981,000 32,448,000 32,295,000 34,376,000              
        net income
                                      65,173,000 46,230,000 77,595,000 268,013,000 52,720,000 60,896,000 75,810,000 328,146,000 83,041,000 82,677,000 79,770,000 313,084,000 80,832,000 78,443,000 75,222,000 269,941,000 65,746,000 68,372,000 65,315,000 237,343,000 59,744,000 55,890,000 56,586,000              
        less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
                                      378,000 196,000 809,000 967,000 457,000 447,000 352,000 1,690,000 196,000 741,000 621,000 1,712,000 285,000 399,000 605,000 1,945,000 269,000 779,000 458,000 2,592,000 497,000 348,000 912,000              
        net income attributable to stericycle, inc.
                                      64,795,000 46,034,000 76,786,000 267,046,000 52,263,000 60,449,000 75,458,000 326,456,000 82,845,000 81,936,000 79,149,000 311,372,000 80,547,000 78,044,000 74,617,000 267,996,000 65,477,000 67,593,000 64,857,000 234,751,000 59,247,000 55,542,000 55,674,000              
        less: mandatory convertible preferred stock dividend
                                      9,726,000 10,021,000 10,106,000 10,106,000 1,684,000                                
        less: gain on repurchase of preferred stock
                                      -6,467,000 -1,280,000                                   
        net income attributable to stericycle, inc. common shareholders
                                      61,536,000 37,293,000 66,680,000 256,940,000 50,579,000                                
        earnings per common share attributable to stericycle, inc. common shareholders:
                                                                          
        basic
                                      720 440 790 3,020 600 710 890 3,840 980 970 930 3,620 940 910 870 3,140 760 790 760 2,750 690 650 650              
        diluted
                                      720 430 780 2,980 590 700 870 3,790 960 950 910 3,560 920 890 850 3,080 750 780 750 2,690 680 630 640              
        weighted-average number of common shares outstanding:
                                                                          
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 220,398 in 2016 and 151,025 in 2015
                                       2,078,234,000                                   
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 170,507 in 2016 and 151,025 in 2015
                                        1,840,844,000                                  
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 151,025 in 2015 and 114,922 in 2014
                                         1,842,561,000                                 
        depreciation – sg&a
                                         20,272,000             2,480,000 2,261,000 2,151,000                  
        other income/ (expense)
                                         569,000             -488,000 490,000                   
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 136,251 in 2015 and 114,922 in 2014
                                          909,503,000                                
        mandatory convertible preferred stock, series a
                                          8,000                                
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 129,881 in 2015 and 114,922 in 2014
                                           908,176,000                               
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 119,535 in 2015 and 114,922 in 2014
                                            889,360,000                              
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 114,922 in 2014 and 88,098 in 2013
                                             909,645,000                             
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 109,135 in 2014 and 88,098 in 2013
                                              910,928,000                            
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 104,332 in 2014 and 88,098 in 2013
                                               926,538,000                           
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 95,451 in 2014 and 88,098 in 2013
                                                724,978,000                          
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 88,098 in 2013 and 64,215 in 2012
                                                 720,035,000                         
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 82,180 in 2013 and 64,215 in 2012
                                                  720,811,000                        
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 74,676 in 2013 and 64,215 in 2012
                                                   673,222,000                       
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 68,932 in 2013 and 64,215 in 2012
                                                    664,682,000                      
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 64,215 in 2012 and 42,050 in 2011
                                                     667,471,000                     
        stericycle, inc. equity
                                                     1,541,793,000    1,198,166,000                 
        depreciation—cost of revenues
                                                     44,631,000    41,135,000                 
        depreciation—sg&a
                                                     9,598,000    8,642,000                 
        earnings per common share:
                                                                          
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 57,855 in 2012 and 42,050 in 2011
                                                      623,418,000                    
        comprehensive income
                                                      82,452,000 39,136,000 82,827,000                  
        less: comprehensive (loss)/ income attributable to noncontrolling interests
                                                      841,000 -259,000                   
        comprehensive income attributable to stericycle, inc.
                                                      81,611,000 39,395,000 81,303,000                  
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 51,816 in 2012 and 42,050 in 2011
                                                       596,128,000                   
        depreciation – cost of revenues
                                                       10,630,000 10,588,000                  
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 47,582 in 2012 and 42,050 in 2011
                                                        582,467,000                  
        in thousands, except for share and per share data
                                                                          
        earnings per common share attributable to stericycle inc. common shareholders:
                                                                          
        less: comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests
                                                        1,524,000                  
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 42,050 in 2011 and 28,394 in 2010
                                                         546,618,000                 
        other assets:
                                                                          
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 38,881 in 2011 and 28,394 in 2010
                                                          524,227,000                
        other
                                                          30,729,000 31,203,000 28,065,000 31,426,000 32,964,000 25,924,000 26,564,000 21,322,000 20,574,000 18,822,000 4,171,000 3,392,000 4,961,000 1,379,000 4,994,000 4,249,000 
        total other assets
                                                          2,479,945,000 2,317,179,000 2,033,381,000 2,002,364,000 1,858,495,000 1,787,537,000 1,690,109,000 1,327,724,000 1,288,980,000 1,204,844,000 952,351,000 767,398,000 583,137,000 525,626,000 513,163,000 484,238,000 
        depreciation and amortization
                                                          16,933,000 15,951,000 15,103,000              
        acquisition expenses
                                                          3,195,000 5,261,000 3,798,000              
        integration expenses
                                                          1,813,000 1,287,000 766,000              
        restructuring costs and plant closure expense
                                                          633,000 195,000               
        litigation settlement
                                                          460,000                
        loss/ (gain) on sale of assets
                                                          323,000                
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 35,630 in 2011 and 28,394 in 2010
                                                           446,377,000               
        gain on sale of assets
                                                                          
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 31,991 in 2011 and 28,394 in 2010
                                                            388,812,000              
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                                            -3,931,000   -31,892,000  -32,075,000 9,710,000 30,520,000 5,229,000 546,000 2,461,000 336,000 530,000  
        restructuring costs
                                                            258,000              
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 28,394 in 2010 and 18,546 in 2009
                                                             375,174,000             
        liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                          
        common shareholders’ equity:
                                                                          
        stericycle, inc. shareholders’ equity
                                                             1,048,425,000   845,695,000          
        total shareholders’ equity
                                                             1,080,350,000 1,056,984,000 979,403,000 857,173,000 670,480,000  714,075,000 625,081,000 521,634,000 495,372,000 439,229,000 407,820,000 326,729,000 
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                             2,639,023,000 2,434,286,000 2,300,988,000 2,182,803,000 1,759,298,000  1,608,159,000 1,327,906,000 1,047,660,000 834,141,000 707,645,000 707,462,000 667,095,000 
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 25,179 in 2010 and 18,546 in 2009
                                                              349,375,000            
        shareholders’ equity:
                                                                          
        total stericycle, inc. shareholders’ equity
                                                              1,024,583,000 949,203,000           
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 22,322 in 2010 and 18,546 in 2009
                                                               309,562,000           
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 18,546 in 2009 and 14,116 in 2008
                                                                269,454,000          
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
                                                                 28,508,000         
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 14,116 in 2008 and 12,230 in 2007
                                                                 170,624,000         
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 13,942 in 2008 and 12,230 in 2007
                                                                  163,390,000        
        liabilities and shareholders' equity
                                                                          
        shareholders' equity:
                                                                          
        total shareholders' equity
                                                                  693,489,000        
        total liabilities and shareholders' equity
                                                                  1,721,628,000        
        assets of disposal group held for sale
                                                                          
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 12,230 in 2007 and 11,454 in 2006
                                                                   152,689,000       
        liabilities of disposal group held for sale
                                                                          
        parts and supplies
                                                                    6,366,000 5,263,000 4,259,000 2,946,000 3,244,000 4,494,000 
        notes receivable
                                                                    2,773,000 3,164,000 3,423,000 3,423,000 2,223,000 823,000 
        deferred income tax
                                                                    16,072,000      
        asset group held for sale
                                                                    33,674,000      
        property, plant and equipment:
                                                                          
        land
                                                                    10,582,000 8,190,000 8,352,000  7,806,000 7,776,000 
        buildings and improvements
                                                                    52,384,000 48,149,000 44,951,000  32,311,000 30,396,000 
        machinery and equipment
                                                                    173,769,000 144,795,000 126,689,000  86,991,000 86,661,000 
        office equipment and furniture
                                                                    27,342,000 21,581,000 18,940,000  13,210,000 11,462,000 
        internally developed software
                                                                    2,567,000 1,101,000     
        construction in progress
                                                                    11,116,000 11,220,000 12,527,000  12,144,000 4,134,000 
        less accumulated depreciation
                                                                    -120,807,000 -98,816,000 -75,947,000  -55,900,000 -51,928,000 
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 11,454 in 2006 and 8,965 in 2005
                                                                    115,879,000      
        current portion of long term debt
                                                                    22,681,000 12,044,000 13,218,000 5,332,000 4,830,000 3,933,000 
        deferred revenue
                                                                    11,662,000 10,394,000 7,611,000 7,624,000 4,987,000 3,681,000 
        liability group held for sale
                                                                    7,221,000      
        deferred tax asset
                                                                     13,452,000 13,296,000 9,504,000 12,345,000 6,720,000 
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 8,965 in 2005 and 7,951 in 2004
                                                                     61,641,000     
        accounts of 4,149 in 2003 and 4,188 in 2004
                                                                      74,888,000    
        goodwill, less accumulated amortization of 33,084
                                                                      516,808,000    
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of
                                                                          
        5,459 in 2003 and 7,951 in 2004
                                                                      50,800,000    
        redeemable preferred stock:
                                                                          
        series a convertible preferred stock (par value
                                                                          
        .01 per share, 75,000 shares authorized, 22,799
                                                                          
        shares outstanding 2003, liquidation preference of
                                                                          
        24,814 at december 31, 2003)
                                                                          
        common stock (par value .01 per share, 80,000,000
                                                                          
        shares authorized, 41,868,515 issued and
                                                                          
        outstanding in 2003, 44,732,070 issued and
                                                                          
        outstanding in 2004)
                                                                      448,000    
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 6,084 in 2004 and 5,459 in 2003
                                                                       32,212,000   
        series a convertible preferred stock
                                                                       9,569,000 20,944,000 28,049,000 
        goodwill, less accumulated amortization of 32,374
                                                                        464,946,000 447,272,000 
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 3,609 in 2002 and 5,459 in 2003
                                                                        31,642,000  
        treasury stock
                                                                         -1,435,000 
        intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of 4,510 in 2001 and 3,609 in 2002
                                                                         20,110,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2008-12-31 2004-03-31 
                                                                   
          operating activities:
                                                                   
          net income
        -13,700,000 6,000,000 13,100,000 14,800,000 2,100,000 -49,500,000 11,300,000 32,100,000 28,000,000 10,500,000 -14,100,000 -16,400,000 -65,900,000 29,300,000 26,200,000 49,000,000 -80,900,000 -4,100,000 -19,900,000 -219,200,000 -59,000,000 -30,200,000 -37,600,000 -319,200,000 23,500,000 27,600,000 22,500,000 89,566,000 39,069,000 -144,192,000 58,557,000 18,901,000 65,173,000 46,230,000 77,595,000 78,587,000 52,720,000 60,896,000 75,810,000 82,658,000 83,041,000 82,677,000 79,770,000 78,587,000 80,832,000 78,443,000 75,222,000 70,508,000 65,746,000 68,372,000 65,315,000 65,123,000 59,744,000 55,890,000 56,586,000 50,757,000 57,300,000 39,132,000 19,124,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                   
          depreciation
        25,500,000 25,400,000 25,700,000 25,800,000 26,100,000 26,000,000 26,600,000 27,000,000 27,200,000 27,000,000 27,300,000 28,100,000 27,500,000 24,900,000 25,500,000 25,300,000 26,300,000 29,000,000 28,000,000 31,000,000 31,900,000 32,900,000 31,800,000 30,000,000 32,100,000 32,700,000 30,800,000 42,442,000 30,389,000 29,179,000 29,090,000 29,167,000 32,228,000 31,711,000 30,140,000 26,438,000 18,251,000 18,459,000 18,766,000 16,536,000 20,268,000 19,079,000 16,041,000 16,112,000 15,141,000 15,242,000 14,846,000 14,715,000 13,884,000 12,891,000 12,739,000 12,892,000 12,724,000 12,405,000 11,756,000 12,108,000 10,986,000 7,765,000 4,070,000 
          intangible amortization
        27,600,000 27,700,000 27,800,000 27,800,000 27,900,000 28,100,000 28,200,000 29,300,000 31,500,000 30,800,000 32,400,000 28,800,000 29,200,000 30,100,000 29,800,000 30,400,000 31,400,000 31,200,000 31,900,000 34,700,000 35,800,000 36,900,000 37,800,000  31,800,000 32,900,000 31,900,000 29,925,000 29,905,000 29,481,000 29,089,000                             
          stock-based compensation expense
        7,700,000 4,900,000 2,700,000 5,200,000 10,400,000 10,900,000 6,900,000 5,000,000 7,500,000 7,800,000 4,800,000 8,300,000 6,600,000 7,100,000 5,100,000 5,200,000 7,400,000 7,800,000 5,100,000 3,400,000 3,700,000 5,700,000 4,300,000 4,600,000 6,700,000 5,700,000 7,100,000 4,038,000 5,382,000 5,881,000 5,999,000                             
          deferred income taxes
        -6,500,000 -4,200,000 -2,700,000 -5,100,000 -2,300,000 200,000 4,700,000 8,600,000 6,800,000 4,500,000 700,000 18,200,000 20,300,000 -6,700,000 -2,100,000 36,300,000 -1,000,000 -2,300,000 -400,000 -52,600,000 5,900,000 5,500,000 7,300,000 -43,600,000 23,100,000 4,700,000 -18,300,000 -134,009,000 -18,256,000 -146,657,000 8,722,000 -13,501,000 16,064,000 -2,417,000 6,932,000 6,875,000 -18,142,000 3,930,000 -2,957,000 7,717,000 -96,000 2,754,000 6,175,000 15,307,000 2,522,000 2,694,000 10,407,000 -2,784,000 10,916,000 2,625,000 11,921,000 4,152,000 8,951,000 2,683,000 16,051,000 6,005,000 8,197,000 7,793,000  
          divestiture losses, net and impairments
                                                                   
          asset impairments, loss on disposal of property plant and equipment and other charges
               3,500,000                                                    
          other
        800,000 100,000 1,300,000 800,000 1,600,000 700,000 500,000 3,600,000 2,300,000 1,000,000 600,000 1,200,000 1,700,000 300,000 1,900,000 5,200,000 -4,100,000 3,900,000 100,000 1,900,000 -300,000 1,300,000 -400,000 6,700,000 -1,400,000 -1,200,000 -300,000 -7,908,000 706,000 -2,518,000 3,020,000 3,271,000 348,000 -2,644,000 1,141,000 338,000 5,988,000 9,005,000                    
          changes in operating assets and liabilities
                                                                   
          accounts receivable
        29,600,000 -41,000,000 -64,400,000 -83,700,000 -61,800,000 3,100,000 -4,400,000 47,400,000 -6,900,000 -16,100,000 -37,300,000 -4,900,000 -29,500,000 -12,400,000 -10,400,000 -5,500,000 -9,600,000 43,700,000 -1,200,000 18,200,000 20,300,000 -11,800,000 -2,200,000 5,400,000 21,700,000 -16,700,000 -6,800,000 -12,000 11,936,000 -20,370,000 25,546,000 -16,311,000 -13,937,000 -8,970,000 -3,918,000 10,462,000 -15,311,000 -36,550,000 -14,491,000 -8,696,000 -15,814,000 -14,135,000 4,529,000 -10,951,000 -945,000 -23,102,000 -19,769,000 328,000 -10,025,000 19,861,000 -14,493,000 -11,533,000 2,296,000 -10,969,000 -11,615,000 5,575,000 -14,678,000 978,000 733,000 
          prepaid expenses
        -8,300,000 5,600,000 -2,100,000 8,500,000 -6,700,000 -200,000 -1,400,000 6,600,000 -4,600,000 7,100,000 2,900,000 12,700,000 -26,600,000 16,500,000 14,400,000 42,500,000 44,000,000 15,100,000 -32,700,000 9,900,000 -5,900,000 -10,700,000 -11,700,000 6,900,000 -19,900,000 -16,200,000 13,600,000 -27,209,000                                
          accounts payable
        -3,400,000 3,100,000 -12,500,000 8,100,000 -1,700,000 4,800,000 -6,300,000 6,800,000 3,100,000 -10,400,000 -2,100,000 2,900,000 34,000,000 -18,400,000 11,200,000 7,500,000 8,400,000 -30,700,000 9,300,000 -9,000,000 800,000 4,800,000 -1,200,000 -8,500,000 4,000,000 33,200,000 -19,400,000 30,800,000 -3,362,000 10,624,000 -15,162,000 3,943,000 2,177,000 13,707,000 -15,203,000 -2,804,000 8,151,000 15,576,000 5,443,000 -19,095,000 2,737,000 5,367,000 5,279,000 -2,640,000 -6,972,000 8,607,000 1,012,000 -7,353,000 -6,000 5,151,000 2,101,000 -1,300,000 -5,708,000 -5,098,000 -433,000 3,312,000 1,959,000 3,164,000 -6,154,000 
          accrued liabilities
        -7,100,000 7,600,000 -41,100,000 37,200,000 -20,000,000 25,800,000 -17,400,000 8,800,000 -9,900,000 -50,700,000 -40,900,000 39,600,000 56,600,000 23,200,000 -34,200,000 -1,700,000 11,200,000 6,400,000 -7,700,000 -2,900,000 20,100,000 -32,200,000 -18,400,000 -12,300,000 -265,400,000 7,300,000 31,900,000 -1,082,000 30,255,000 319,689,000 14,138,000 22,386,000 19,444,000 -34,454,000 21,151,000 -51,760,000 55,249,000 -13,353,000 35,924,000 3,639,000 24,449,000 -20,998,000 14,189,000 -16,775,000 23,553,000 -8,849,000 6,618,000 27,173,000 5,437,000 -19,032,000 12,623,000 4,962,000 21,681,000 -3,646,000 -1,341,000 37,364,000 10,172,000 -4,934,000 1,163,000 
          deferred revenues
        2,400,000 9,500,000 -2,400,000 7,200,000                            2,613,000 -1,535,000 -182,000 487,000 -1,203,000 -256,000 -2,528,000 -628,000 -1,309,000 -6,000 -310,000 2,642,000 -705,000 -66,000 797,000 -1,345,000 316,000 -1,496,000 1,082,000 1,029,000 -756,000 -675,000   -2,820,000 116,000 -702,000  
          other assets and liabilities
        2,400,000 -600,000 -900,000 2,800,000 -2,200,000 -2,200,000 -3,800,000 -6,000,000 -25,400,000 8,900,000 -13,400,000 -11,700,000 -12,400,000 -6,700,000 -4,800,000 10,800,000 17,300,000 13,000,000 7,400,000 -19,900,000 -7,500,000 1,300,000 7,600,000 -20,000,000 -5,200,000 1,500,000 7,600,000 5,881,000 20,734,000 -32,536,000 16,321,000 19,767,000 14,124,000 -13,495,000 18,030,000 5,942,000 4,060,000 -12,358,000 3,312,000 12,751,000 -18,405,000 10,767,000 2,808,000 -19,914,000 38,047,000 -1,656,000 4,693,000 4,355,000 -1,182,000 -3,916,000 3,119,000 10,586,000 -9,843,000 3,331,000 -4,503,000     
          net cash from operating activities
        66,900,000 44,000,000 -54,500,000 50,000,000 38,400,000 105,400,000 49,500,000 157,100,000 61,500,000 20,400,000 -38,800,000 100,900,000 52,400,000 87,200,000 62,600,000 165,000,000 157,900,000 125,200,000 82,100,000 46,800,000 130,200,000 34,800,000 36,200,000 75,800,000 -141,100,000 120,600,000 110,400,000 116,557,000 154,965,000 61,758,000 175,320,000 129,481,000 172,328,000 88,491,000 156,949,000 97,037,000 114,631,000 46,106,000 132,554,000 103,528,000 106,624,000 93,873,000 144,475,000 68,184,000 158,800,000 78,313,000 98,170,000 110,301,000 88,349,000 89,237,000 99,561,000 90,928,000 95,482,000 54,109,000 65,585,000 120,244,000 76,121,000 54,278,000 28,205,000 
          investing activities:
                                                                   
          capital expenditures
        -28,900,000 -36,300,000 -43,100,000 -29,100,000 -38,500,000 -27,300,000 -36,400,000 -26,200,000 -36,000,000 -32,500,000 -37,500,000 -31,100,000 -26,100,000 -35,000,000 -24,700,000 -24,800,000 -20,100,000 -35,000,000 -39,600,000 -33,000,000 -53,000,000 -42,100,000 -66,100,000 -33,900,000 -32,900,000 -35,500,000 -28,500,000 -51,270,000 -28,638,000 -29,956,000 -33,136,000 -35,179,000 -33,848,000 -32,948,000 -34,185,000 -42,195,000 -25,772,000 -25,438,000 -21,356,000 -20,234,000 -22,594,000 -27,248,000 -16,420,000 -18,780,000 -16,888,000 -20,961,000 -16,480,000 -13,578,000 -17,839,000 -16,770,000 -17,049,000 -16,320,000 -13,329,000 -11,960,000 -11,692,000 -12,383,000 -10,920,000 -11,791,000 -5,347,000 
          free cash flows
        38,000,000 7,700,000 -97,600,000 20,900,000 -100,000 78,100,000 13,100,000 130,900,000 25,500,000 -12,100,000 -76,300,000 69,800,000 26,300,000 52,200,000 37,900,000 140,200,000 137,800,000 90,200,000 42,500,000 13,800,000 77,200,000 -7,300,000 -29,900,000 41,900,000 -174,000,000 85,100,000 81,900,000 65,287,000 126,327,000 31,802,000 142,184,000 94,302,000 138,480,000 55,543,000 122,764,000 54,842,000 88,859,000 20,668,000 111,198,000 83,294,000 84,030,000 66,625,000 128,055,000 49,404,000 141,912,000 57,352,000 81,690,000 96,723,000 70,510,000 72,467,000 82,512,000 74,608,000 82,153,000 42,149,000 53,893,000 107,861,000 65,201,000 42,487,000 22,858,000 
          (payments) proceeds from (acquisition) divestiture of businesses
        300,000 -14,000,000                                                         
          net cash from investing activities
        -28,300,000 -35,500,000 -56,800,000 -28,300,000 -41,900,000 60,900,000 -34,500,000 18,900,000 -35,900,000 -30,800,000 -36,800,000 -17,100,000 -14,600,000 -33,900,000 -24,500,000 53,200,000 -24,100,000 392,400,000 -40,100,000 37,300,000 -48,200,000 -40,800,000 -52,300,000 -38,100,000 -26,000,000 -39,300,000 -44,100,000 -79,233,000 -29,925,000 -34,085,000 -49,757,000 -47,109,000 -40,629,000 -49,572,000 -58,296,000 -1,728,321,000 -697,294,000 -52,980,000 -55,309,000 -65,650,000 -46,572,000 -319,923,000 -30,629,000 -48,786,000 -85,377,000 -65,450,000 -35,359,000 -89,912,000 -58,796,000 -100,304,000 -45,233,000 -28,550,000 -181,610,000 -272,403,000 -32,086,000 -106,981,000 -54,970,000 -50,674,000 -12,408,000 
          financing activities:
                                                                   
          repayments of long-term debt and other obligations
        -6,600,000 -700,000 -5,700,000 -500,000 -1,300,000 -2,200,000 -7,800,000 -2,200,000 -1,400,000 -2,800,000 -5,600,000 -5,600,000 -3,200,000 -5,300,000 -6,300,000 -7,600,000 -6,600,000 -10,200,000 -6,700,000 -12,200,000 -17,100,000 -14,300,000 -6,800,000 -19,600,000 -15,100,000 -17,600,000 -12,200,000 -15,709,000 -13,047,000 -20,565,000 -12,779,000 -36,753,000 -20,673,000 -24,910,000 -6,879,000 -31,367,000 -22,215,000 -29,810,000 -9,780,000 -56,200,000 -17,026,000 -15,575,000 -12,430,000                 
          proceeds from foreign bank debt
           -100,000 1,200,000          1,200,000   1,200,000 1,900,000 1,600,000 7,400,000 3,400,000 1,800,000 5,000,000 1,900,000 10,758,000 635,000 1,606,000 301,000 7,526,000 41,092,000 12,012,000 15,607,000 11,212,000                        
          repayments of foreign bank debt
           -200,000 -100,000 -100,000 -1,600,000 -100,000  -27,900,000 -100,000 -100,000  -2,300,000            -8,021,000 -8,056,000 -2,936,000 -15,903,000 -31,258,000 -18,232,000 -18,721,000 -10,921,000                        
          repayments of term loan
          -25,000,000        -118,200,000                                               
          proceeds from credit facility
        377,600,000 297,400,000 951,000,000 205,600,000 261,700,000 314,100,000 286,900,000 350,000,000 286,300,000 368,100,000 364,400,000                                                 
          repayments of credit facility
        -415,400,000 -302,900,000 -228,100,000 -220,300,000 -233,300,000 -454,700,000 -283,000,000 -514,300,000 -307,400,000 -365,400,000 -272,500,000                                                 
          proceeds (repayments) of bank overdrafts
                                                                   
          payments of finance lease obligations
        -700,000 -700,000 -600,000 -700,000 -600,000 -700,000 -700,000 -700,000 -1,100,000 -400,000 -900,000 -900,000                                                
          proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of (payments of) taxes from withheld shares
        -6,400,000 -300,000 -4,900,000 -600,000 200,000 -5,200,000 -300,000 500,000 1,500,000 -5,100,000 500,000 200,000 100,000 -1,200,000                                         
          payments to noncontrolling interest
            -1,500,000      -600,000                                             
          net cash from financing activities
        -40,500,000 -6,400,000 109,300,000 -15,200,000 2,700,000 -196,300,000 -11,600,000 -167,700,000 -22,300,000 -400,000 79,400,000 -64,700,000 -60,600,000 -42,500,000 -40,100,000 -224,200,000 -117,300,000 -511,400,000 -39,600,000 -81,600,000 -83,300,000 -8,000,000 31,300,000 -57,100,000 174,600,000 -80,600,000 -62,600,000 -49,901,000 -114,175,000 -33,020,000 -124,104,000   -40,762,000 -108,421,000    -57,604,000    -132,822,000 -20,973,000 -26,577,000 -7,667,000 -80,802,000    -47,457,000    -87,704,000  -4,007,000   
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
        1,300,000 1,800,000 -2,300,000 -900,000 -200,000 700,000 600,000 3,700,000 -5,200,000 -2,900,000 200,000 -1,000,000 -1,400,000 900,000 -1,300,000 -100,000 900,000 -200,000 -1,100,000 1,400,000 -2,400,000 300,000 -1,300,000 1,700,000 -500,000 -5,100,000 3,500,000 2,595,000 -2,885,000 2,515,000 1,375,000 -2,155,000 2,025,000 508,000 -211,000 -3,657,000 2,205,000 812,000 -3,594,000 -1,367,000 1,153,000 -437,000 43,000 -14,000 -1,267,000 83,000 -611,000             
          net change in cash and cash equivalents
        -600,000 3,900,000 -4,300,000 5,600,000 -1,000,000 -29,300,000 4,000,000 12,000,000 -1,900,000 -13,700,000 4,000,000 18,100,000 -24,200,000 11,700,000 -3,300,000 -6,100,000 17,400,000 6,000,000 1,300,000 3,900,000 -3,700,000 -13,700,000 13,900,000 -17,700,000 7,000,000 -4,400,000 7,200,000 -9,982,000 7,980,000 -2,832,000 2,834,000                             
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
        35,300,000  56,000,000  55,600,000  53,300,000  34,700,000  34,300,000  42,200,000  44,189,000 55,634,000 22,236,000 5,176,000 61,991,000 31,324,000  22,511,000  2,223,000 77,053,000   7,240,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
        -600,000 3,900,000 31,000,000  -1,000,000 -29,300,000 60,000,000  -1,900,000 -13,700,000 59,600,000  -24,200,000 11,700,000 50,000,000  17,400,000 6,000,000 36,000,000  -3,700,000 -13,700,000 48,200,000  7,000,000 -4,400,000 49,400,000  7,980,000 -2,832,000 47,023,000 3,898,000 -4,029,000 -1,335,000 45,655,000 22,751,000 -73,000 -5,327,000 38,283,000 -19,749,000 16,659,000 -17,732,000 43,058,000 -1,589,000 45,579,000 5,279,000 12,722,000  -38,008,000 23,951,000 30,262,000  -14,804,000 13,543,000 24,656,000  12,376,000  3,132,000 
          supplemental cash flow information:
                                                                   
          interest paid, net of capitalized interest
        23,600,000 16,300,000 35,100,000 3,000,000 29,100,000 5,200,000 32,800,000 8,300,000 32,400,000 3,900,000 28,000,000  32,000,000                                               
          income taxes paid
        7,100,000 22,800,000 4,900,000 1,100,000 4,700,000 13,300,000 400,000                                                     
          capital expenditures in accounts payable
        -1,000,000 -1,000,000 22,700,000 -600,000 2,700,000 3,100,000 18,800,000 4,600,000 -5,200,000 13,300,000 17,500,000 5,400,000 1,900,000 -600,000 15,500,000 3,200,000 -500,000 -24,100,000 33,100,000 11,500,000 -8,300,000    12,700,000 500,000 5,000,000                                 
          divestiture losses
            4,200,000 54,200,000 5,000,000                                                     
          asset impairments, gain on disposal of property plant and equipment and other charges
         -100,000 1,000,000               8,400,000 3,900,000                                         
          changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                                                                   
          repayments of bank overdrafts
         500,000 -900,000                                                         
          repayments of senior notes
          -600,000,000                                                         
          divestiture losses (gains)
                        104,100,000 3,800,000 58,300,000                                         
          payment for acquisition
                                                                   
          proceeds from divestitures of businesses
                                                                  
          (repayments) proceeds from bank overdrafts
                                                                   
          payments of debt issuance costs
                     -5,900,000 -1,400,000                                         
          payments to noncontrolling interests
                                   9,000 -1,000   -1,229,000 -1,964,000 -4,997,000 -478,000 -2,633,000 -2,603,000 -4,469,000 -635,000 -97,000 -8,000    -182,000 -388,000           
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
                                                                   
          cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                                                   
          net issuances of obligations for acquisition
                                                                   
          asset impairments, (gain) loss on disposal of property plant and equipment and other charges
            3,100,000 3,500,000 -400,000                                                     
          proceeds from divestiture of businesses
            -4,300,000 88,000,000 900,000          -6,500,000    4,200,000                                       
          (repayments) proceeds of bank overdrafts
                                                                   
          repayment of bank overdrafts
             -2,400,000 -500,000                                                     
          divestiture (gains) losses
                                                                   
          proceeds from senior debt
                                                                   
          proceeds from bank overdrafts
               300,000       4,300,000            5,500,000                                 
          income taxes refunded
                                                                   
          loss on disposal of property plant and equipment and other charges
                 300,000                                                 
          proceeds (payments) from divestiture of businesses
                                                                   
          (repayment of) proceeds from bank overdrafts
                 100,000 -700,000                                                 
          income taxes paid (refunded)
                    3,200,000                                               
          income taxes paid (refund)
                  1,400,000                                                 
          loss on early extinguishment of debt and related charges
                                                                 
          goodwill impairment
                                                                   
          asset impairments, gain/loss on disposal of property plant and equipment and other charges
                                                                   
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of the effects of acquisition and divestitures:
                                                                   
          repayment of foreign bank debt
                           -40,400,000 -2,900,000 -2,600,000 -1,900,000 -2,900,000 -3,300,000 -8,800,000 -2,800,000                                 
          proceeds from term loan
                                         1,300,000,000                        
          repayment of term loan
                      -11,900,000 -345,200,000 -16,400,000 -344,300,000 -43,800,000 -55,100,000 -16,400,000 -11,900,000 -11,900,000 -11,900,000 -11,800,000 -11,900,000 -11,900,000 -50,000,000 -20,000,000 -30,000,000 -79,000,000 -171,000,000 -50,000,000                        
          repayment of private placement of long-term note
                                                                   
          proceeds from senior credit facility
                     378,700,000 269,300,000 267,500,000 335,000,000   460,100,000 358,200,000 522,400,000 411,500,000 323,000,000 626,800,000 404,300,000 303,100,000 469,771,000 370,300,000 515,100,000 383,929,000 259,632,000 302,453,000 444,858,000 457,959,000 569,262,000                        
          repayment of senior credit facility
                      -288,800,000 -622,400,000 -430,300,000   -434,300,000 -409,800,000 -371,900,000 -359,600,000 -351,900,000 -422,400,000 -434,600,000 -332,100,000                                 
          proceeds from (repayment of) bank overdrafts
                                                                   
          payments on early debt extinguishment
                                                                   
          interest paid during the year, net of capitalized interest
                                                                   
          income taxes (refunded) paid during the year
                                                                   
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of the effects of divestitures:
                                                                   
          proceeds (repayments) from bank overdrafts
                    1,300,000                                               
          (payments) proceeds from divestiture of businesses
                                                                   
          repayments of senior credit facility
                                    -411,535,000 -478,720,000 -446,248,000 -274,492,000 -403,178,000 -362,133,000 -353,520,000 -389,417,000                        
          payments of capital lease obligations
                     -1,100,000 -900,000 -1,100,000 -1,100,000 -800,000 -1,300,000 -1,900,000 -1,100,000 -500,000 -800,000 -3,100,000 -2,400,000 -1,100,000 -1,600,000 -909,000 -912,000 -839,000 -940,000 -669,000 -2,039,000 -1,224,000 -1,381,000                         
          interest paid during the period, net of capitalized interest
                      20,000,000  24,000,000 9,900,000 35,600,000  20,900,000 27,100,000 21,700,000  19,700,000                                   
          income taxes paid (refunded), net during the period
                      1,900,000                                             
          divestiture losses, net of gains
                                                                   
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of the effects of acquisitions and divestitures:
                                                                   
          payments for acquisitions, net of cash acquired
                           100,000 -300,000 -5,100,000 -10,600,000 -13,100,000 -15,900,000 -28,688,000 -2,653,000 -4,288,000 -16,871,000 -12,720,000 -9,100,000 -17,213,000 -24,884,000 -2,322,339,000 -35,332,000 -27,556,000 -34,210,000 -45,510,000 -23,979,000 -292,570,000 -12,262,000 -30,034,000 -68,501,000 -44,502,000 -18,899,000 -76,294,000 -41,674,000 -83,534,000 -28,182,000         
          payments for repurchase of mandatory convertible preferred stock
                               -2,400,000 -7,400,000 -7,400,000    -9,570,000 -6,647,000                            
          dividends paid on mandatory convertible preferred stock
                               -8,400,000 -8,300,000 -8,800,000 -8,794,000 -8,957,000 -9,185,000 -9,364,000 -9,561,000 -9,726,000 -10,021,000 -10,106,000                         
          net issuances of obligations for acquisitions
                           300,000 2,400,000 6,000,000 10,500,000 11,200,000                                 
          proceeds from senior notes
                                                                   
          proceeds from (repayments of) bank overdrafts
                          1,200,000                                         
          payments on early extinguishment of debt
                                                                  
          income taxes (refunded) paid, net during the period
                                                                   
          income taxes paid during the period, net of refunds
                         200,000 400,000  800,000 6,000,000 500,000  3,100,000 15,800,000 2,600,000                                 
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of the effects of acquisitions, held-for-sale reclassifications, and divestitures:
                                                                   
          (repayments of) proceeds from foreign bank debt
                          -2,600,000                                         
          borrowings on senior credit facility
                          343,600,000                   484,927,000 394,097,000 258,926,000 220,999,000 784,101,000 149,000,000 298,703,000 203,546,000 236,337,000 291,132,000 330,585,000 250,320,000 96,947,000 185,434,000 210,053,000 499,889,000       
          repayments on senior credit facility
                          -327,400,000                   -402,214,000 -670,254,000 -236,972,000 -247,000,000 -528,682,000 -203,377,000 -259,039,000 -181,757,000 -206,500,000 -337,683,000 -538,293,000 -336,847,000 -54,165,000 -238,290,000 -209,018,000 -356,697,000       
          payments of deferred financing costs
                                   12,000                 -808,000        
          proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of shares withheld for tax
                           3,700,000 2,300,000 13,600,000 300,000                                     
          income taxes paid during the year, net of refunds
                                                                   
          goodwill and other impairment charges and losses (gains) on divestiture of businesses
                                                                   
          proceeds from issuance of senior notes
                                                                  
          repayments of private placement notes
                                                                  
          (repayments of) proceeds from bank overdrafts
                            2,300,000 -5,200,000 -6,900,000                                     
          payment of debt issuance costs
                                                                  
          goodwill and other impairment charges and gains on divestiture of businesses
                                                                   
          asset impairment charges and gain on divestiture of business
                              18,900,000                                     
          proceeds from divestiture of business
                              13,600,000                                     
          accrued capital expenditures
                              16,900,000                                     
          amortization
                                       26,989,000 33,128,000 50,909,000 18,274,000 18,541,000 9,239,000 8,921,000 8,797,000 8,478,000 8,497,000 8,402,000 7,315,000 7,183,000 6,709,000 6,533,000 6,642,000 6,379,000 5,561,000 5,135,000 4,979,000 5,167,000 4,209,000 3,546,000 3,347,000 3,267,000 2,518,000 1,095,000 604,000 
          asset impairment charges and gain on disposal of assets held for sale
                                                                   
          payments for repurchase of common stock
                                                                 
          asset impairment charges and loss on disposal of assets held for sale
                                7,900,000 9,100,000 9,800,000  14,898,000                               
          proceeds from issuance of common stock
                                    582,000 912,000 3,503,000 1,777,000 5,419,000 7,998,000 22,310,000 6,595,000 14,321,000 11,756,000 27,452,000 17,948,000 12,709,000 12,540,000 8,655,000 8,518,000           14,811,000     
          proceeds from sale of business
                                                                   
          proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of shares withheld for taxes
                                 5,100,000 3,700,000                                 
          interest paid during the period
                                  17,000,000                                 
          excess tax benefit of stock options exercised
                                           -1,414,000 -4,584,000 -2,677,000 -8,222,000 -7,159,000 -3,667,000 -3,346,000 -3,734,000 -4,799,000 -3,981,000 -4,170,000 -4,203,000 -9,167,000 -9,471,000 -6,462,000 -5,061,000 -796,000 -2,065,000   -6,736,000 -4,521,000 -3,154,000  
          proceeds from divestitures of businesses and sale of other assets
                                                                   
          proceeds from private placement of long-term note
                                           300,000,000                       
          payment for hedge
                                                                   
          proceeds from issuance of mandatory convertible preferred stock
                                                                  
          issuances of obligations for acquisitions
                                   8,651,000 -7,315,000 1,219,000 13,945,000 12,836,000 8,325,000 10,056,000 13,013,000 8,284,000 24,078,000 26,284,000 21,543,000 44,994,000 17,080,000 70,769,000 13,095,000                 
          interest paid during the year
                                                                   
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisitions and divestitures:
                                                                   
          proceeds from sale of property and equipment
                                    198,000 159,000 250,000 -39,000 589,000 766,000                    389,000     
          proceeds from insurance settlement
                                                                  
          payments for repurchase of convertible preferred stock
                                    -8,697,000                               
          non-cash activities:
                                                                   
          stock compensation expense
                                       3,784,000 5,114,000 5,452,000 6,105,000 5,592,000 5,254,000 5,417,000 5,487,000 4,408,000 4,241,000 4,452,000 4,672,000 5,369,000 4,145,000 3,896,000 4,047,000 3,993,000 4,129,000 4,132,000 4,085,000 3,804,000 3,845,000 3,855,000 3,863,000 3,857,000 3,700,000 2,875,000 21,000 
          asset impairment charges
                                                                   
          proceeds from/ (purchases of) investments
                                             14,000 257,000                     
          repayments of private placement of long-term note
                                                                  
          net cash (used in)/ provided by financing activities
                                                       -5,515,000 -67,889,000           
          net (decrease)/ increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                       3,898,000 -4,029,000 -1,335,000 -9,979,000     -19,749,000      5,279,000 -18,602,000        -52,397,000     
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisitions:
                                                                   
          proceeds from/(purchases of) investments
                                                                   
          net cash (used in)/provided by financing activities
                                                                   
          non-cash investing activities:
                                                                   
          proceeds from investments
                                         7,000                         
          payment of cash flow hedge
                                                                   
          purchases and cancellations of treasury stock
                                          -37,693,000 -27,547,000 -17,880,000 -73,633,000 -11,516,000 -37,062,000 -19,818,000 -60,272,000 -76,914,000                 
          net cash provided by/ (used in) financing activities
                                                -44,546,000            67,589,000       
          net increase/ (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
                                           22,751,000 -73,000 -5,327,000 16,047,000     -1,589,000      23,951,000 7,751,000         
          issuances of obligations for noncontrolling interest
                                                                   
          change in fair value of contingent consideration
                                            35,000 -675,000 -5,405,000 -836,000 4,789,000 -1,971,000 -185,000   161,000 -11,000 -602,000 1,204,000 -5,081,000       
          purchases of investments
                                                                   
          payments on capital lease obligations
                                            -862,000 -963,000 -988,000 -1,812,000 -2,021,000 -1,117,000 -876,000 -1,401,000 -798,000 -988,000 -837,000 -633,000 -1,281,000 -638,000 -640,000 -630,000 -1,247,000    -343,000   
          borrowings on foreign bank debt
                                             13,512,000 4,851,000 53,481,000 54,777,000 60,188,000 36,640,000 54,299,000 71,936,000 65,082,000 27,651,000 24,270,000 46,142,000           
          repayments on foreign bank debt
                                             -5,517,000 -38,252,000 -57,259,000 -50,833,000 -48,035,000 -37,157,000 -38,026,000 -67,429,000 -34,485,000 -62,027,000 -21,818,000 -26,244,000           
          borrowings on term loan
                                             250,000,000                     
          payment for cash flow hedge
                                             -8,833,000                     
          net cash (used in) / provided by financing activities
                                                                   
          loss on sale of business
                                                                   
          (purchases of)/ proceeds from investments
                                               94,000 1,000 -105,000 -1,947,000                 
          proceeds from sale of business and other assets
                                                                  
          issuances of obligations for purchases of noncontrolling interest
                                                                   
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                                 -22,908,000 -18,933,000                 
          proceeds from/ (purchase of) short-term investments
                                                   28,000 12,000 13,000 20,000             
          repayment of long-term debt and other obligations
                                                   -39,649,000 -16,842,000 -22,020,000 -9,996,000 -32,302,000 -25,491,000 -36,568,000 -8,571,000         
          purchase and cancellation of treasury stock
                                                   -49,169,000 -48,356,000 -59,015,000 -7,160,000 -45,083,000 -2,945,000 -42,855,000        
          issuance of obligations for acquisitions
                                                                   
          issuance of obligations for noncontrolling interests
                                                                   
          payments of dividends to noncontrolling interests
                                                                   
          net issuance of obligations for acquisitions
                                                    65,624,000 12,452,000 10,454,000 43,476,000 27,934,000 19,445,000 14,883,000         
          net issuance of obligations for noncontrolling interest
                                                                   
          proceeds from other issuance of common stock
                                                     9,752,000 13,915,000 19,582,000 16,429,000 15,956,000 12,494,000 799,000 3,418,000   11,683,000 12,890,000 3,151,000  
          loss/ (gain) on sale of business
                                                                   
          restructuring and plant closure costs
                                                                   
          write down of other assets
                                                                   
          accelerated amortization of term loan financing fees
                                                                 
          (purchase of)/ proceeds from short-term investments
                                                                   
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash
                                                       245,000 328,000 366,000 880,000 369,000 1,512,000 -233,000 1,808,000 3,021,000 -4,768,000 -3,541,000 -261,000 
          (purchase of) / proceeds from short-term investments
                                                                   
          purchase of short-term investments
                                                             837,000 -1,240,000     
          purchases of short-term investments
                                                          -2,000         
          proceeds from/(purchases of) short-term investments
                                                                   
          net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities
                                                                   
          net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                   
          loss/ (gain) on sale of assets
                                                                   
          payments for acquisitions and international investments, net of cash acquired
                                                            -186,607,000 -261,280,000 -19,543,000  -27,789,000 -38,383,000 -7,621,000 
          proceeds from/ (purchases of) short-term investments
                                                                   
          proceeds from sale of assets
                                                            1,982,000     
          repayment of long-term debt
                                                            -12,034,000 19,303,000 -24,563,000 2,915,000 -1,166,000 -5,998,000 -949,000 
          net issuance of obligations for certain acquisitions
                                                                   
          gain on sale of assets
                                                                 
          payments of deferred consideration
                                                                   
          purchase/ cancellation of treasury stock
                                                                   
          net issuance of notes payable for certain acquisitions
                                                             3,822,000 1,100,000 46,119,000 599,000 47,097,000  
          excess tax benefit stock options exercised
                                                              -8,092,000     
          deferred revenue
                                                              -34,000    2,637,000 
          net (repayments)/ borrowings on senior credit facility
                                                              -86,044,000     
          purchase / cancellation of treasury stock
                                                                   
          write-off of note receivable related to joint venture
                                                                  
          (purchases of)/ proceeds from maturity of short-term investments
                                                                   
          net payments of senior credit facility
                                                                   
          principal payments on capital lease obligations
                                                                  -259,000 
          purchase/cancellation of treasury stock
                                                                   
          net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                   
          other assets
                                                                372,000   
          net repayments on senior credit facility
                                                                   
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                  -4,108,000 
          (purchase of)/proceeds from short-term investments
                                                                   
          net payments on senior credit facility
                                                                   
          restructuring costs and impairment of fixed assets
                                                                   
          impairment of intangibles
                                                                   
          write-down of investment
                                                                   
          proceeds from maturity/(purchase) of short-term investments
                                                                   
          net issuance of common stock for certain acquisitions
                                                                   
          loss on sale and impairment of fixed assets
                                                                   
          proceeds from issuance of note payable
                                                                   
          impairment of fixed assets
                                                                   
          impairment of permit intangible
                                                                   
          proceeds from maturity of short-term investments
                                                                   
          net (payments) / proceeds on senior credit facility
                                                                   
          net payments on capital lease obligations
                                                                   
          write down of investment
                                                                   
          write-off a deferred financing costs
                                                                   
          write-down of note receivable with former joint venture
                                                                   
          excess tax benefit of disqualifying dispositions of stock options and exercise of non-qualified stock options
                                                                   
          write-down of investment in securities
                                                                   
          write-off of deferred financing costs
                                                                   
          fees paid for extinguishment of senior subordinated debt
                                                                   
          write-off of licensing intangible
                                                                   
          change in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions:
                                                                   
          parts and supplies
                                                                  298,000 
          prepaid expenses and other assets
                                                                  4,319,000 
          proceeds from maturity/(purchases) of short-term investments
                                                                   
          net proceeds from sale of assets from acquisition
                                                                   
          proceeds from issuance of notes payable
                                                                   
          repayments of senior subordinated debt
                                                                   
          repayment of notes payable
                                                                   
          net borrowings from 2001 senior credit facility
                                                                   
          repayment of 2001 senior credit facility
                                                                   
          borrowings on 2005 senior credit facility
                                                                   
          repayments on 2005 senior credit facility
                                                                   
          proceeds from other issuances of common stock
                                                                   
          net issuances of notes payable for certain acquisitions
                                                                  5,000,000 
          net issuances of common stock and warrants for certain acquisitions
                                                                   
          tax benefit of disqualifying dispositions of stock options and exercise of non-qualified stock options
                                                                   
          repayment of long term debt
                                                                   
          net borrowings (repayments) from 2001 senior credit facility
                                                                   
          write off of deferred financing costs
                                                                   
          ineffective portion of cash flow hedges
                                                                   
          payments for acquisitions and international
                                                                   
          investments, net of cash acquired
                                                                   
          net proceeds from bank lines of credit
                                                                   
          proceeds from long term bank debt
                                                                   
          write-off deferred financing fees
                                                                   
          deferred tax expense
                                                                  -768,000 
          tax benefit of disqualifying dispositions of stock options
                                                                  2,067,000 
          loss on sale of fixed assets
                                                                  91,000 
          short-term investments
                                                                  307,000 
          proceeds from sale of equipment
                                                                  253,000 
          net proceeds from issuance of note payable
                                                                  618,000 
          net repayments of senior credit facility
                                                                  -18,000,000 
          repurchase of senior subordinated debt
                                                                   
          purchase of commonn stock
                                                                  -4,294,000 
          proceeds from issuances of common stock
                                                                  3,240,000 
          net cash provide by (used in) financing activities
                                                                  -19,644,000 
          net issuances of common stock for certain acquisitions
                                                                  70,000 
          write off of fixed assets
                                                                   
          loss on fixed assets
                                                                   
          proceeds from bank lines of credit
                                                                   
          net proceeds from public offering of common stock
                                                                   
          purchase of treasury stock
                                                                   
          net payments related to issuance of preferred stock