Casella Waste Systems Announces Date of Its 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
July 07 2015 - 04:15PM
Business Wire
2015 Annual Meeting to be held on November 6,
2015
Waste Management Industry Veteran James E.
O’Connor Appointed to Board of Directors
Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CWST) (“Casella” or the “Company”), a regional solid waste, recycling, and
resource management services company, today announced that its 2015
Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held on Friday, November 6,
2015, at 10:00 a.m., local time, at the Killington Grand Hotel
located at 228 East Mountain Road, Killington, VT 05751.
The record date for determining those stockholders entitled to
vote at the 2015 Annual Meeting is the close of business on
September 18, 2015.
Additionally, as announced earlier today, as part of Casella’s
continued commitment to recruiting new independent and highly
qualified directors with strong industry experience to expand the
depth and breadth of the Casella Board, Casella has appointed waste
management industry veteran James E. O’Connor to the Casella Board
effective July 7, 2015. Mr. O’Connor will replace current director
John F. Chapple III as a Class III director who, following years of
dedicated service to Casella, has chosen to retire from the Casella
Board. As a Class III director, Mr. O’Connor will stand for
election at Casella’s 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
With the appointment of Mr. O’Connor, the Casella Board would be
composed of nine highly-qualified and experienced directors, seven
of whom are independent, and boasts a broad and diverse set of
skills and experiences in the areas of solid waste collection,
recycling, disposal services, operations, accounting, finance,
mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, capital allocation,
capital structure, risk management, IT infrastructure, and
strategic planning. Further to its commitment to expand the depth
and breadth of the Casella Board, Casella continues to conduct
productive discussions with other potential Board candidates who
possess relevant industry expertise and seasoned leadership
qualities.
About Casella Waste Systems, Inc.
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., headquartered in Rutland, Vermont,
provides solid waste management services consisting of collection,
transfer, disposal, and recycling services in the northeastern
United States. For further information, investors may contact Ned
Coletta, Chief Financial Officer at (802) 772-2239; media may
contact Joseph Fusco, Vice President at (802) 772-2247; and anyone
may visit the company's website at http://www.casella.com.
Important Additional Information And Where To Find It
Casella, its directors and certain of its executive officers are
deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the
Company’s stockholders in connection with the matters to be
considered at the Company’s 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Information regarding the names of the Company’s directors and
executive officers and their respective interests in the Company by
security holdings or otherwise can be found in the Company’s Form
10-KT/A for the transition period from May 1, 2014 to
December 31, 2014, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”) on April 30,
2015. To the extent holdings of the Company’s securities have
changed since the amounts set forth in the Company’s Form 10-KT/A
for the transition period from May 1, 2014 to
December 31, 2014, such changes have been reflected on Initial
Statements of Beneficial Ownership on Form 3 or Statements of
Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. These documents
are available free of charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Casella intends to file a proxy statement and
accompanying WHITE proxy card with the SEC in
connection with the solicitation of proxies from Casella
stockholders in connection with the matters to be considered at the
Company’s 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Additional
information regarding the identity of participants, and their
direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise,
will be set forth in the Company’s proxy statement for its 2015
Annual Meeting, including the schedules and appendices
thereto. INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED
TO READ ANY SUCH PROXY STATEMENT AND THE ACCOMPANYING PROXY CARD
AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED BY CASELLA WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN
THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE AS THEY WILL CONTAIN
IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Stockholders will be able to obtain
the Proxy Statement, any amendments or supplements to the Proxy
Statement, the accompanying WHITE proxy card, and other documents
filed by Casella with the SEC for no charge at the SEC’s website at
www.sec.gov. Copies will also be available at no charge at the
Investor Relations section of the Company’s corporate website at
www.casella.com, by writing to the Company’s Corporate Secretary at
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., 25 Greens Hill Lane, Rutland, VT
05701, or by calling the Company’s Corporate Secretary at
(802) 772-2257.
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Casella Waste Systems, Inc.Investors:Ned Coletta,
802-772-2239Chief Financial OfficerorMedia:Joseph Fusco,
802-772-2247Vice PresidentorSard Verbinnen & Co.Dan
Gagnier/Mark Harnett, 212-687-8080
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