8-K 1 tv508696_8k.htm FORM 8-K

  

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

  

Current Report

Pursuant To Section 13 or 15 (d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 10, 2018

 

 

 

Waste Connections, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Ontario, Canada   1-34370   98-1202763

(State or other jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

610 Applewood Crescent, 2nd Floor

Vaughan

Ontario L4K 0E3

Canada

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (905) 532-7510

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or address, if changed since last report.)

  

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

  ¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
     
  ¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
     
  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-(b))
     
  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

  

 

 

 

 

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

  

On December 10, 2018, Waste Connections, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Ontario, Canada, issued a press release announcing that it had acquired American Disposal Services, Inc. and certain affiliates, a privately-owned solid waste collection and recycling business operating in Virginia, Maryland, Georgia and Colorado (the “Acquisition”). A press release announcing the Acquisition is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

   

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

  

  d) Exhibits.

  

99.1 Press Release of Waste Connections, Inc. dated December 10, 2018.

  

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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.

   

  WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC.
     
Date:  December 10, 2018 BY: /s/ Patrick J. Shea
    Patrick J. Shea
    Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary