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: May 17, 2017

(Date of earliest event reported) 

Advanced Disposal Services, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

90 Fort Wade Road
Ponte Vedra, Florida 32081
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

(904) 737-7900
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

Item 8.01              Other Events.

Pricing of Secondary Public Offering of Common Stock

On May 17, 2017, Advanced Disposal Services, Inc. (the “Company”) priced its secondary public offering (the “Offering”) of 15,500,000 shares of common stock by certain of the Company’s stockholders (the “Selling Stockholders”) for cash consideration of $21.50 per share ($20.69375 per share net of underwriting discounts) to a syndicate of underwriters led by joint book-running managers UBS Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC. Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. also acted as a joint book-running manager. The Offering of 15,500,000 shares of common stock is expected to settle on May 23, 2017, subject to customary closing conditions. The Company is not selling any stock in this transaction and will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares by the Selling Stockholders. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.

Exercise of Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Shares of Common Stock

On May 19, 2017, the Company announced that UBS Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the underwriters of the Company’s secondary public offering, have exercised in full the underwriters’ option (the “Option”) to purchase an additional 2,325,000 shares of the Company’s common stock from the Selling Stockholders. The Option is expected to settle concurrently with the Offering on May 23, 2017, subject to customary closing conditions. The Company is not selling any stock in this transaction and will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares by the Selling Stockholders. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report and is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.

Item 9.01              Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)           Exhibits.

The following exhibits are furnished herewith:

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Signature

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.

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Exhibit Index

Number and Description of Exhibit

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