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 (Date of earliest event reported) : June 25, 2018

 


 

Advanced Disposal Services, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

DELAWARE

 

001-37904

 

90-0875845

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

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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Emerging growth company o

 

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Item 5.02.            Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

(c)                                  Effective June 25, 2018, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Advanced Disposal Services, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Melissa Westerman as Chief Accounting Officer. As disclosed in a Form 8-K filed on March 23, 2018, Steven Carn had been serving as the Company’s principal accounting officer on an interim basis. Upon Ms. Westerman’s appointment as Chief Accounting Officer, Mr. Carn ceased to be the Company’s interim principal accounting officer, but he will continue as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

 

Ms. Westerman, age 43, was previously employed by Florida East Coast Railway as its Vice President and Controller from April 2013 through April 2018. Prior to joining Florida East Coast Railway, Ms. Westerman worked at CSX Transportation, Inc. for 12 years in various roles including Assistant Vice President Assistant Controller and Assistant Vice President Capital Planning and Enterprise Risk Management. Before then, Ms. Westerman was with an accounting firm, Arthur Andersen. She graduated from the University of Florida with both Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant.

 

As certain information called for by Item 5.02(c)(3) regarding Ms. Westerman’s employment agreement is not yet determined or is unavailable at this time, the Company will provide such information in an amendment to this Form 8-K within four  business days after the information is determined or becomes available.

 

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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.

 

 

 

Advanced Disposal Services, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jeffrey C. Everett

 

Name:

Jeffrey C. Everett

 

Title:

Vice President, Associate General Counsel

 

 

 

Dated:  June 28, 2018

 

 

 

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