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* Stericycle NEWS RELEASE Stericycle , Inc. Reports Results For the Third Quarter 2021 11/2/2021 BANNOCKBURN , III . , Nov. 02 , 2021 ( GLOBE NEWSWIRE ) -- Stericycle , Inc. ( Nasdaq : SRCL ) today reported results for the third quarter ended September 30 , 2021 . Revenues for the third quarter were $ 648.9 million , an increase of 2.0 % compared to $ 636.4 million in the third quarter of 2020 , primarily due to the increase in Regulated Waste and Compliance Services ( " RWCS " ) revenues , which was partially offset by the impact of divestitures . Organic revenues increased 4.4 % when excluding the impact of divestitures and foreign exchange rates . Loss from operations was $ 50.6 million , compared to a loss from operations of $ 55.8 million in the third quarter of 2020. Net loss was $ 66.0 million , or $ 0.72 diluted loss per share , compared to a net loss of $ 81.2 million , or $ 0.89 diluted loss per share , in the third quarter of 2020. Adjusted income from operations was $ 72.5 million , compared to $ 101.0 million in the third quarter of 2020. Adjusted diluted earnings per share was $ 0.44 , compared to $ 0.68 in the third quarter of last year . Cash flow from operations for the nine months ended September 30 , 2021 was $ 202.2 million , compared to $ 365.2 million in the same period in 2020. Free cash flow for the nine months ended September 30 , 2021 was $ 116.4 million , compared to $ 270.5 million in the same period of 2020 . KEY BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS : • We completed deployment of our Enterprise Resource Planning ( " ERP " ) system for our North America finance and procurement processes and Secure Information Destruction ( " SID " ) business . 1