8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 3, 2012

 

 

Casella Waste Systems, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-23211   03-0338873

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

   (Commission
File Number)		   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

25 Greens Hill Lane

Rutland, Vermont

   05701
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (802) 775-0325

Not applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On October 3, 2012, Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) closed its previously announced underwritten registered public offering of Class A common stock (the “Common Stock”). The total number of shares of Common Stock sold was 11,500,000, composed of 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock initially offered and an additional 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock sold pursuant to the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option, in each case at a public offering price of $4.00 per share. All of the shares in the offering were sold by the Company. The net proceeds to the Company from the offering, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses, are approximately $42,418,000.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, INC.
Date: October 3, 2012     By:       /s/ Edwin D. Johnson
    Name: Edwin D. Johnson
   

Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief

            Financial Officer