Date: June 29, 2007
Source: Waste Services, Inc.
Waste Services Announces Exchange of Assets
Waste Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: WSII) today announced that it has completed the simultaneous sale of its Texas operations and the acquisition of a transfer station and hauling company near Ft. Myers Florida with WCA Waste Corporation (Nasdaq: WCAA). Waste Services also received $23.7 million in cash in the transaction and has agreed to pay WCA a monthly amount of $125,000 for seven years in relation to the operation of the transfer station. Both parties have provided non-compete agreements for the respective market areas.
Waste Services intends to internalize all of the waste flow from the collection operation and transfer station in to its SLD landfill.
Waste Services has used $20 million of the cash proceeds to retire debt. The payments to WCA will be accounted for as new debt at the discounted present value of approximately $8.0 million.
David Sutherland-Yoest, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Waste Services, stated, "We are very pleased to have found another win-win situation that allows us to monetize the company's Texas assets at maximum value to our shareholders and obtain assets in Florida that meet our strategic goal of increasing waste flow into our landfills. Our U.S. operations are now totally focused in Florida where we will continue our efforts to increase market density and improve margins and free cash flow through the vertical integration of waste collection, transfer and disposal operations."
Waste Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, is a multi-regional integrated solid waste services company that provides collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services in the United States and Canada. The company's web site is www.wasteservicesinc.com. Information on the company's web site does not form part of this press release.
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WCA Waste Corporation Acquires Houston Area Landfill and Transfer Station
WCA Waste Corporation (Nasdaq: WCAA) announces today that it has acquired the Ft. Bend Regional Landfill (a 2,664 acre and approximately 46 million cubic yard site currently providing 50 years of life without expansion), a transfer station, collection routes and other assets in Houston, Texas from Waste Services, Inc. for cash and the exchange of WCA Waste Corporation's hauling and transfer operations in the Ft. Myers, Florida market.
Tom Fatjo, Chairman of WCA Waste Corporation, states, "This exchange of assets positions our company with a substantial opportunity for growth, increased profitability and increased internalization in Houston, Texas. We are adding this large municipal solid waste landfill and a permitted and operating transfer station to our existing Houston platform of three operating construction and demolition landfills, two permitted to be constructed transfer stations and approximately one-hundred collection vehicles surrounding the Houston metropolitan area. To have this network of assets in Houston, Texas, the fourth largest city in the United States, allows us to take advantage of many tuck-in hauling acquisitions and municipal contract opportunities."
WCA exchanged $23.7 million in cash, a transfer station and hauling operations in Ft. Myers, Florida for the Ft. Bend Landfill, the transfer station, related hauling operations, and a $10.5 million non-interest bearing note receivable from Waste Services, Inc.
WCA Waste Corporation is an integrated company engaged in the transportation, processing and disposal of non-hazardous solid waste. The Company's operations consists of twenty-four landfills, twenty-four transfer stations/material recovery facilities and twenty-seven collection operations located throughout Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. The Company's common stock is traded on the NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol "WCAA."
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For more information, contact:
Tommy Fatjo
WCA Waste Corporation, Houston, Texas
713-292-2400
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