WM Waste Management

Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM) announced today that, together with its wholly owned subsidiary, Waste Management Holdings, Inc. (“WMH”), it has commenced an offer to purchase for cash any and all of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the senior notes listed below.

                 

Issuer

Title of Security

CUSIPNumber

PrincipalAmountOutstanding

Reference U.S.TreasurySecurity

BloombergReferencePage

Fixed Spread

HypotheticalConsideration (1)

WMH (2) 7.10% Notes due 2026 92929QAQ0 $304,378,000

2.375% U.S. Treasury dueMay 15, 2029

FIT1

85 bps

$1,244.99

WM 7.00% Senior Notes due 2028 902917AH6 $394,869,000

2.375% U.S. Treasury dueMay 15, 2029

FIT1

95 bps

$1,285.39

WM 7.375% Senior Notes due 2029 94106LAG4 $139,152,000

2.375% U.S. Treasury dueMay 15, 2029

FIT1

100 bps

$1,333.95

WM 7.75% Senior Notes due 2032 94106LAN9 $210,385,000

2.375% U.S. Treasury dueMay 15, 2029

FIT1

110 bps

$1,440.24

WM 6.125% Senior Notes due 2039 94106LAV1 $273,575,000

3.00% U.S. Treasury dueFebruary 15, 2049

FIT1

115 bps

$1,297.69

  (1)  

Per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, assuming that the yield to maturity of the applicable U.S. Treasury reference security had been measured at 2:00 p.m., New York City Time, on May 13, 2019 and assuming a hypothetical settlement date of May 23, 2019.

(2) WMH is a wholly owned subsidiary of Waste Management, Inc. WMH has fully and unconditionally guaranteed all the senior notes issued by Waste Management, Inc. and Waste Management, Inc. has fully and unconditionally guaranteed the notes issued by WMH.  

The offers are made pursuant to an Offer to Purchase dated today and related Letter of Transmittal and Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, which set forth the terms and conditions of the tender offer. As of May 10, 2019, the amount outstanding of the notes in the aggregate is $1.322 billion.

The consideration per each $1,000 principal amount of notes validly tendered and accepted for payment pursuant to the tender offer will be determined in the manner described in the Offer to Purchase by reference to the applicable fixed spread specified for the series in the table above over the yield based on the bid side price of the applicable U.S. Treasury Security specified above for each series of notes, as calculated by the dealer managers at 2:00 p.m., New York City Time, on May 20, 2019. Holders whose notes are purchased will also receive accrued and unpaid interest thereon from the applicable last interest payment date up to, but not including, the settlement date.

The tender offer will expire at 5:00 p.m. New York City Time on May 20, 2019, unless extended or earlier terminated. Holders of notes must validly tender and not validly withdraw their notes before 5:00 p.m. New York City Time on the tender offer expiration date to be eligible to receive the consideration for each series of notes.

The offer for each series of notes is conditioned upon the satisfaction of certain conditions, including the completion of a contemporaneous notes offering by Waste Management on terms and conditions (including, but not limited to, the amount of proceeds raised in such offering) satisfactory to Waste Management. No offer is conditioned upon any minimum amount of notes being tendered or the consummation of any other offer. Each offer may be amended, extended, terminated or withdrawn separately and any or all of the conditions to any offer may be waived before expiration of the offer.

Waste Management has retained Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC to serve as the Dealer Managers for the tender offer. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. may be contacted at (866) 627-0391 (toll free) or (212) 250-2955 (collect), and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC may be contacted at (866) 834-4666 (toll free) or (212) 834-3424 (collect).

Waste Management has also retained Global Bondholder Services Corporation to serve as the Depositary and Information Agent for the tender offer.

The tender offer is being made only pursuant to the terms and conditions contained in the Offer to Purchase dated today, and a related Letter of Transmittal and Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, copies of which may be obtained from Global Bondholder Services Corporation by telephone at (866) 470-3700 (toll-free) or for banks and brokers, at (212) 430-3774 (Banks and Brokers Only) or in writing at Global Bondholder Services Corporation, 65 Broadway, Suite 404, New York, New York 10006.

Copies of the Offer to Purchase, Letter of Transmittal and Notice of Guaranteed Delivery are also available at the following web address: https://gbsc-usa.com/registration/wm

This press release is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any notes in the tender offer. In addition, this press release is not an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities issued in connection with any contemporaneous notes offering, nor shall there be any sale of the securities issued in such offering in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. Any such securities will be offered only by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus relating to such securities, meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

None of Waste Management, Inc., WMH, their respective boards of directors or officers, the Dealer Managers, the Depositary or the Information Agent makes any recommendation to any holder of notes whether to tender or refrain from tendering any or all of such holder’s notes, and none of them have authorized any person to make any such recommendation.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements in this press release are discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2019.

About Waste Management

Waste Management, based in Houston, Texas, is the leading provider of comprehensive waste management environmental services in North America. Through its subsidiaries, the company provides collection, transfer, disposal services, and recycling and resource recovery. It is also a leading developer, operator and owner of landfill gas-to-energy facilities in the United States. The company’s customers include residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers throughout North America.

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