---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000911177-23-000087"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CWST"
cik: "0000911177"
company_name: "CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2023-06-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T22:09:14.636404+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Casella Waste terminates $200M bridge commitment after raising over $200M in equity offering

## Summary
- Terminated $200M unsecured bridge commitment with Raymond James Bank and Stifel Bank on June 16, 2023.
- Termination due to net proceeds >$200M from a public offering of Class A common stock.
- Bridge was originally to fund portion of consideration for acquisition of Consolidated Waste, LLC assets.
- Equity offering eliminated need for bridge financing; no fees or penalties noted.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000911177-23-000087
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CWST
- cik: 0000911177
- company_name: CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2023-06-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/911177/000091117723000087/0000911177-23-000087-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/911177/000091117723000087/cwst-20230616.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC terminated Unsecured Bridge Commitment Letter with Raymond James Bank and Stifel Bank & Trust valued at up to $200 million (effective 2023-06-16).
  - Action: termination
  - Agreement: credit facility
  - Counterparty: Raymond James Bank and Stifel Bank & Trust
  - Value: up to $200 million
  - Effective: 2023-06-16
  source text: On June 16, 2023, pursuant to the terms of the Unsecured Bridge Commitment Letter, and as a result of the receipt by the Company of net proceeds in excess of $200 million from the Company’s underwritten public offering of Class A common stock, the Commitment Parties’ funding commitment under the Unsecured Bridge Commitment Letter was reduced to zero and the Unsecured Bridge Commitment Letter was terminated.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/911177/000091117723000087/0000911177-23-000087-index.htm

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