TORONTO, June 11,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the previous
announcement of the launch of a senior notes offering, Waste
Connections, Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN) ("Waste Connections" or the
"Company") announced today that it has priced an underwritten
public offering in the U.S. and by way of private placement in each
of the provinces of Canada (the
"Offering") of C$500 million
aggregate principal amount of its 4.50% Senior Notes due 2029 (the
"Notes") at a price to the public of 99.933% of their face value.
The Offering is expected to close on June
13, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions. Net
proceeds to Waste Connections from the Offering are expected to be
approximately C$495 million, after
deducting underwriting fees and estimated Offering expenses, and
are expected to be used to repay a portion of the Canadian
dollar-denominated borrowings outstanding under its revolving
credit facility provided under its credit agreement.
CIBC Capital Markets, TD Securities, and Scotiabank are acting
as joint book-running managers and underwriters for the Offering
along with the several other underwriters named in the underwriting
agreement. The Offering is being made in the United States pursuant to an effective
shelf registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on September 1, 2021 (the "Registration Statement")
and on a private placement basis in Canada to purchasers in each province of
Canada under a Canadian offering
memorandum (the "Canadian Offering Memorandum"), which includes the
Registration Statement. Copies of the prospectus supplement and the
accompanying base prospectus for the Offering and, in Canada, the Canadian Offering Memorandum, may
be obtained by contacting CIBC World Markets Inc., 161 Bay
Street, 5th Floor, Toronto, ON M5J
2S8, Attention: Debt Capital Markets, at
cibcdebtsyndication@cibc.com or by telephone at 416-594-8515, TD
Securities Inc., 222 Bay Street, 7th Floor, Toronto, ON M5K 1A2, Attention: Debt Capital
Markets, at tdcan-syndicate@tdsecurities.com or by telephone at
416-982-2243, or Scotia Capital Inc., 40 Temperance Street, 4th
Floor, Toronto, ON M5H 3Y2,
Attention: Debt Capital Markets, at dcmtoronto@scotiabank.com or by
telephone at 416-863-7776. Copies of the prospectus supplement and
the accompanying base prospectus for the Offering will also be
available on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities,
nor will there be any offer, solicitation or sale of the Notes or
any other securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
About Waste Connections
Waste Connections is an integrated solid waste services company
that provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer and disposal
services, including by rail, along with resource recovery primarily
through recycling and renewable fuels generation. The Company
serves approximately nine million residential, commercial and
industrial customers in mostly exclusive and secondary markets
across 46 states in the U.S. and six provinces in Canada. Waste Connections also provides
non-hazardous oilfield waste treatment, recovery and disposal
services in several basins across the U.S. and Canada, as well as intermodal services for the
movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific
Northwest. Waste Connections views its Environmental, Social and
Governance ("ESG") efforts as integral to its business, with
initiatives consistent with its objective of long-term value
creation and focused on reducing emissions, increasing resource
recovery of both recyclable commodities and clean energy fuels,
reducing reliance on off-site disposal for landfill leachate,
further improving safety and enhancing employee engagement.
Safe Harbor and Forward-Looking Information
This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 ("PSLRA"), including
"forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable
Canadian securities laws. These forward-looking statements are
neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance and
reflect Waste Connections' current beliefs and expectations
regarding future events, including the potential Offering and the
Company's use of proceeds. These forward-looking statements are
often identified by the words "may," "might," "believes," "thinks,"
"expects," "estimate," "continue," "intends" or other words of
similar meaning. All of the forward-looking statements included in
this press release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions
of the PSLRA and applicable securities laws in Canada. Forward-looking statements involve
risks, assumptions and uncertainties. Forward-looking
statements in this press release include, but are not limited to,
statements about the timing and other elements of the Offering.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ,
possibly materially, from those indicated by the forward-looking
statements include, but are not limited to, risk factors detailed
in the prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus,
which are both a part of the Registration Statement, the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, and those risk factors set
forth from time to time in the Company's other filings with the SEC
and the securities commissions or similar regulatory authorities in
Canada. You should not place undue
reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the
date of this press release. Waste Connections undertakes no
obligation to update the forward-looking statements set forth in
this press release, whether as a result of new information, future
events, or otherwise, unless required by applicable securities
laws.
CONTACT:
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Mary Anne Whitney /
(832) 442-2253
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Joe Box / (832)
442-2153
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maryannew@wasteconnections.com
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joe.box@wasteconnections.com
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