UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 2)
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 18, 2022
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On April 21, 2022, Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Form 8-K”) to announce the appointment of Edmond R. Coletta as the Company’s President and Chief Financial Officer, effective July 1, 2022. On June 22, 2022, the Company filed an amendment to the Form 8-K (as amended, the “Amended Form 8-K”) to report that in connection with such promotion, the Company had entered into an amended and restated employment agreement with Mr. Coletta, effective as of July 1, 2022.
The Company is filing this amendment to the Amended Form 8-K to disclose that in connection with Mr. Coletta’s appointment as President and Chief Financial Officer, on July 27, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the grant of a stock option award to Mr. Coletta to purchase 75,000 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock (the “Option”), which grant will be effective on August 1, 2022 (the “Grant Date”). The exercise price of the Option will be the closing price of the Company’s Class A Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on the Grant Date. The Option will vest in five equal annual installments on each of the first five anniversaries of the Grant Date.
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: July 29, 2022 | By: | /s/ Edmond R. Coletta | |||||||||||||||
| Edmond R. Coletta | |||||||||||||||||
| President and Chief Financial Officer | |||||||||||||||||