Casella Waste (CWST) EVP/COO Damian Ribar Receives 25,000-Share Award

What Happened
Damian Ribar, Executive Vice President and COO of Casella Waste Systems, was granted a derivative award for 25,000 shares (reported as an acquisition, code A) on 2026-08-11. The filing reports an acquisition price of $0.00 per share (a typical reporting convention for awards/derivative grants) — this is a grant, not a market purchase or sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-08-11 (Period of Report: 2026-08-11)
• Transaction type: Grant / derivative acquisition (Form 4 code A)
• Shares/units granted: 25,000; reported price: $0.00 (derivative award)
• Vesting/exercisability (footnote): becomes exercisable for one-third of the shares on Aug 11, 2027, then an additional one-third on each of the second and third anniversaries (fully exercisable by Aug 11, 2029).
• Shares owned after transaction: not specified in the filing.
• Filing timeliness: no late filing indication in the submission.

Context
This was a grant of a derivative award (option-like/award instrument) that vests/exercises over three years; it does not represent an immediate open-market purchase or sale of stock. Such awards are typically retention/incentive compensation and do not, by themselves, indicate a buy or sell signal until exercised or sold.