Casella Waste Systems, the Only Vermont Publicly-Held Company With a Stock Market Cap Above $157 Mil, Rewarded Its Top-Tier Executives With an Average Annual Pay and Employee Benefits Increase of a Blistering 19.4% Per Year During the Most Recent Five Years With Comparable Full Year Compensation Disclosures

There are only four publicly-held companies now headquartered in the US State of Vermont.

1. Casella Waste Systems Inc (Rutland, VT) ..... Stock Market Cap $2.38 bil
2. Union Bankshares (South Burlington, VT) ..... Stock Market Cap of $156 mil
3. Community Bancorp (Derby, VT) ..... Stock Market Cap $84 mil
4. Peck Co Holdings (Morrisville, VT) ..... Stock Maeket Cap $24 mil

The above comes from a review of SEC filings and Google Finance.

From annual compensation information contained in Proxy Statement filings with the US SEC, the chart below shows Casella Waste Systems Inc's Top-Tier Executives Annual Total Compensation for the most recent five years with two consecutive full years of employment.  Cassella Waste Systems changed its fiscal year end from May to December in 2014.

Casella Waste Systems Inc's Top-Tier Executives Average Annual Pay and Employee Benefits Increase was a blistering 19.4% per year during these most recent five years.

	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		May	May
Casella Waste Systems	2018	2017		2017	2016		2016	2015		2015	2014		2014	2013
Top-Tier	Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total
Executive	Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp
	$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s
Casella Chairman and CEO	2,523	2,885		2,885	3,273		3,273	1,256		N/C	N/C		959	686
Coletta CFO	1,344	1,558		1,558	1,653		1,653	1,639		N/C	N/C		454	592
Johnson COO	1,470	1,731		1,731	1,881		1,881	843		N/C	N/C		1,195	1,117
Schmitt General Counsel	730	912		912	935		935	457		N/C	N/C		353	357
Heald VP of Finance	519	598		598	629		629	402		N/C	N/C		246	248
Totals	6,586	7,684		7,684	8,371		8,371	4,597		N/C	N/C		3,207	3,000
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	-14.3%			-8.2%			82.1%			N/C			6.9%
4 Year Average Per Year % Change		16.6%
	FYE	FYE
	May	May
Casella Waste Systems	2013	2012
Top-Tier	Total	Total
Executive	Comp	Comp
	$ 000s	$ 000s
Casella Chairman and CEO	686	702
Coletta CFO	N/A	N/A
Johnson COO	1,117	597
Schmitt General Counsel	357	356
Heald VP of Finance	N/A	N/A
Totals	2,160	1,655
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	30.5%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		19.4%

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