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Issuer:     CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC (CWST)
CIK:        0000911177
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-25-038371
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Casella Waste names Ned Coletta CEO effective Jan 1, 2026; founder becomes Executive Chairman
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- Founder John Casella becomes Executive Chairman effective Jan 1, 2026; salary $750k, bonus target 100%.
- President Ned Coletta appointed CEO effective Jan 1, 2026; salary $750k, bonus 150%, equity grant $2.5M.
- Coletta joins Board as Class II director; has over 20 years at Casella, previously served as CFO.
- Casella to remain Chairman supporting strategy; Coletta's term expires at 2026 annual meeting.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/911177/000162828025038371/0001628280-25-038371-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/911177/000162828025038371/cwst-20250801.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-038371

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