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): January 3, 2019
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.)
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Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On January 3, 2019, Waste Connections, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Ontario, Canada (the “Company”), issued a press release announcing the dates for its fourth quarter 2018 earnings release and 2019 outlook, the investor conference call related to the earnings release and outlook, and certain events at which executives of the Company currently plan on presenting during the first quarter of 2019. The press release 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 January 3, 2019. |
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: January 3, 2019 | BY: | /s/ Mary Anne Whitney |
Mary Anne Whitney | ||
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 99.1
WASTE CONNECTIONS ANNOUNCES DATES FOR FOURTH QUARTER 2018
EARNINGS RELEASE AND 2019 OUTLOOK
TORONTO, ONTARIO, January 3, 2019 – Waste Connections, Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN) announced that it will report financial results for the fourth quarter of 2018 and outlook for the full year 2019 after the close of the stock market on February 13, 2019. The Company will be hosting an investor conference call related to this release on February 14th at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.
To access the call, listeners should dial 877-256-3271 (within North America) or 212-231-2927 (international) approximately 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time and ask the operator for the Waste Connections conference call (a passcode is not required). A replay of the conference call will be available until February 21, 2019, by calling 800-633-8284 (within North America) or 402-977-9140 (international) and entering Passcode # 21912651.
The call will also be broadcast live over the Internet through a link on our website at www.wasteconnections.com. A playback of the call will be available on our website. Copies of financial literature, including this release, are available on the Waste Connections website at www.wasteconnections.com or by contacting us directly at 832-442-2200.
Waste Connections also announced that executives of the Company currently plan on presenting at the following events during the first quarter of 2019:
January 10th | AltaCorp Annual Institutional Investor Conference (Toronto, Canada) |
January 23rd / 24th | CIBC Annual Whistler Institutional Investor Conference (Whistler, Canada) |
February 28th | Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2019 Global Agriculture and Materials Conference (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) |
March 5th | Raymond James Annual Institutional Investors Conference (Orlando, FL) |
The Company will post any presentation slides on its website at www.wasteconnections.com under the tabs titled Investor Presentations and Investor Relations. The slides will be posted during the 24-hour period prior to the scheduled presentation time.
About Waste Connections
Waste Connections is an integrated solid waste services company that provides waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services in mostly exclusive and secondary markets in the U.S. and Canada. Through its R360 Environmental Solutions subsidiary, Waste Connections is also a leading provider of non-hazardous oilfield waste treatment, recovery and disposal services in several of the most active natural resource producing areas in the United States, including the Permian, Bakken and Eagle Ford Basins. Waste Connections serves more than six million residential, commercial, industrial, and exploration and production customers in 41 states in the U.S., and six provinces in Canada. The Company also provides intermodal services for the movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific Northwest.
CONTACT:
Mary Anne Whitney / (832) 442-2253
maryannew@wasteconnections.com