---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000911177-26-000015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CWST"
cik: "0000911177"
company_name: "CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T05:01:28.717939+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Casella Waste Systems enters $250M equipment Master Lease and $20M interim facility with Huntington

## Summary
- Board approved up to $250M aggregate outstanding under Master Lease with Huntington National Bank and prior Bank of America lease for equipment financing.
- Interim Agreement No. 1 provides up to $20M uncommitted financing for progress payments to vendors at 1-month SOFR plus 0.11448%.
- Obligations under the Master Lease and Interim Agreement are guaranteed by co-lessee subsidiaries and secured by equipment and related rights.
- Huntington National Bank is already a lender under Casella's existing Credit Agreement dated September 27, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000911177-26-000015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CWST
- cik: 0000911177
- company_name: CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/911177/000091117726000015/0000911177-26-000015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/911177/000091117726000015/cwst-20260420.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 8a093370df15c2af2a25475a51bd298fe3edfea5
  claim: CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC incurred credit facility of $20.0 million with Huntington National Bank at one month term SOFR plus 0.11448%.
  evidence_excerpt: 68105 (Co-Lessee) (collectively, the “Master Lease”) with Huntington National Bank (“HNB”) for the purpose of leasing or financing motor vehicles and other equipment from HNB from time to time on terms to be agreed.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/911177/000091117726000015/0000911177-26-000015-index.htm
- claim_id: 02c6b9d871a167a4be50eec8a1cd8a7b69aac4d4
  claim: CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC entered into Master Lease Agreement No. 68105 and Interim Agreement No. 1 with Huntington National Bank valued at $20.0 million maximum outstanding under Interim Agreement; up to $250.0 million aggregate lease sche (effective 2026-04-20).
  evidence_excerpt: On April 20, 2026, Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (“Casella”), and certain of its subsidiaries (each a “Subsidiary,” and collectively, the “Subsidiaries,” and together with Casella, the “Co-Lessees”), entered into a Master Lease Agreement No. 68105 and an Addendum to Master Lease Agreement No. 68105 (Co-Lessee) (collectively, the “Master Lease”) with Huntington National Bank (“HNB”) for the purpose of leasing or financing motor vehicles and other equipment from HNB from time to time on terms to be agreed.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/911177/000091117726000015/0000911177-26-000015-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.