Casella announces pricing of remarketed FAME revenue bonds

Vermont Business Magazine Casella Waste Systems, Inc(NASDAQ:CWST), a regional solid waste, recycling and resource management services company, has announced that it has priced $25.0 million aggregate principal amount of Finance Authority of Maine (“FAME”) Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds (Casella Waste Systems, Inc. Project) Series 2005R-3 (the “2005R-3 Bonds”). The 2005R-3 Bonds were previously designated as $3.6 million aggregate principal amount of FAME Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds (Casella Waste Systems, IncProject) Series 2005R-1 and $21.4 million aggregate principal amount of FAME Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds (Casella Waste Systems, Inc. Project) Series 2005R-2. The 2005R-3 Bonds will bear interest at 5.25% until maturity. The 2005R-3 Bonds are expected to be remarketed on February 1, 2017.

The FAME Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds (Casella Waste Services, IncProject) Series 2005 were originally issued on December 28, 2005 and have a final maturity of January 1, 2025. The 2005R-3 Bonds will be guaranteed by all or substantially all of the subsidiaries of Casella. The 2005R-3 Bonds are not a general or contingent obligation of FAME, or of the State of Maine, and are payable solely from amounts received from Casella under the indenture for the 2005R-3 Bonds.

The 2005R-3 Bonds are being offered only to qualified institutional buyers as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

The 2005R-3 Bonds have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and other applicable securities laws.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the 2005R-3 Bonds, nor shall there be any sale of the 2005R-3 Bonds in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. This notice is being issued pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 135c under the Securities Act.

Source: RUTLAND, Vt., Jan. 26, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Casella Waste Systems, Inc