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Acquisitions and Divestitures (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Acquisitions and Divestitures |
Summary of purchase price allocation |
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Accounts and other receivables | ​ | $ | 159
Parts and supplies |  |  | 8
Other current assets | ​ | ​ | 17
Assets held for sale (a) | ​ | ​ | 1,022
Property and equipment | ​ | ​ | 1,278
Goodwill | ​ | ​ | 2,470
Other intangible assets | ​ | ​ | 604
Investments in unconsolidated entities | ​ | ​ | 9
Other assets | ​ | ​ | 27
Accounts payable | ​ | ​ | (107)
Accrued liabilities | ​ | ​ | (155)
Deferred revenues | ​ | ​ | (19)
Current portion of long-term debt | ​ | ​ | (12)
Liabilities held for sale (a) | ​ | ​ | (234)
Long-term debt, less current portion (b) | ​ | ​ | (441)
Landfill and environmental remediation liabilities | ​ | ​ | (242)
Deferred income taxes | ​ | ​ | (223)
Other liabilities | ​ | ​ | (79)
Total purchase price | ​ | $ | 4,082
(a) | In connection with our acquisition of Advanced Disposal, we were required by the U.S. Department of Justice to divest assets, including a portion of the assets acquired from Advanced Disposal. Upon acquisition these assets met the criteria for reporting discontinued operations and were classified as held for sale and included within the “Assets held for sale” and “Liabilities held for sale” line items in the above preliminary allocation of purchase price. In accordance with the Divesture Agreement, we sold the net assets to GFL Environmental for total consideration of $856 million as discussed further in the Divestitures section below.
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(b) | At the time of acquisition, Advanced Disposal had outstanding $425 million of 5.625% senior notes due November 2024, the fair value of which was $438 million. In November 2020, we redeemed the notes pursuant to an optional redemption feature. See Note 7 for additional information.
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Summary of pro forma results | ​
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​ |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Operating revenues | ​ | $ | 16,192 | ​ | $ | 16,660
Net income attributable to Waste Management, Inc. | ​ |  | 1,685 | ​ |  | 1,472
Basic earnings per common share | ​ | ​ | 3.99 | ​ | ​ | 3.47
Diluted earnings per common share | ​ | ​ | 3.96 | ​ | ​ | 3.44
Weighted average common shares outstanding: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Basic | ​ |  | 423 | ​ |  | 425
Diluted | ​ |  | 425 | ​ |  | 428

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