John W. Casella - Mar 12, 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC (CWST)

Signature
/s/ John W. Casella
Stock symbol
CWST
Transactions as of
Mar 12, 2024
Transactions value $
-$247,016
Form type
4
Date filed
3/14/2024, 04:17 PM
Previous filing
Feb 29, 2024
Next filing
Nov 6, 2024

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction CWST Class A Common Stock Award $0 +5.06K +15.91% $0.00 36.9K Mar 12, 2024 Direct F1
transaction CWST Class A Common Stock Sale -$157K -1.67K -4.54% $94.13 35.2K Mar 13, 2024 Direct F2, F3
transaction CWST Class A Common Stock Sale -$89.5K -951 -2.7% $94.15 34.2K Mar 14, 2024 Direct F4, F5
holding CWST Class A Common Stock 694 Mar 12, 2024 By Spouse F6
holding CWST Class B Common Stock 166K Mar 12, 2024 Direct
holding CWST Class B Common Stock 137K Mar 12, 2024 by SLAT 2 F7
holding CWST Class B Common Stock 134K Mar 12, 2024 By SLAT F8
holding CWST Class B Common Stock 57.1K Mar 12, 2024 By Spouse F6
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Buy Plan / Sale Plan: These are also open market purchases/sales of shares, but in this case the transaction is part of a trading plan. Rule 10b5-1 allows insiders to setup a trading plan to buy/sell stocks over a certain period of time. Since the purchases/sales are predetermined, this protects the insiders from violating insider trading law.

Transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c).

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 Represents the award of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) under the Casella Waste Systems, Inc. 2016 Incentive Plan. Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of Casella's Class A Common Stock. RSUs vest in three equal annual installments beginning on March 12, 2025.
F2 Represents the sale of shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to a "sell-to-cover" transaction in order to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of RSUs previously granted to the reporting person. This sale was effected pursuant to an automatic sell-to-cover instruction adopted by the reporting person on May 12, 2022 and August 22, 2023 and does not represent a discretionary sale by the reporting person.
F3 Represents the weighted average sales price for shares sold in multiple transactions, ranging from $94.09 to $94.33. Upon request of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer, the reporting person will provide full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
F4 Represents the sale of shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to a "sell-to-cover" transaction in order to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of RSUs previously granted to the reporting person. This sale was effected pursuant to an automatic sell-to-cover instruction adopted by the reporting person on August 23, 2021 and does not represent a discretionary sale by the reporting person.
F5 Represents the weighted average sales price for shares sold in multiple transactions, ranging from $93.79 to $94.17. Upon request of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer, the reporting person will provide full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
F6 Held by Mr. Casella's spouse. Mr. Casella disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities indicated to the extent to which he does not have an actual pecuniary interest in such securities.
F7 Held by the Spousal Lifetime Access Trust for the benefit of Mr. Casella ("SLAT 2"). Mr. Casella is the trustee of the SLAT 2.
F8 Held by the Spousal Lifetime Access Trust for the benefit of Mr. Casella's spouse ("SLAT"). Mr. Casella's spouse is the trustee of the SLAT. Mr. Casella disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities indicated to the extent to which he does not have an actual pecuniary interest in such securities.