MORRISTOWN, N.J., Dec. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Covanta Holding Corporation (NYSE: CVA) (“Covanta” or the “Company”), a world leader in sustainable waste management and renewable energy, today announced that its subsidiary, Covanta Energy, LLC, has entered into a $100 million trade receivable securitization program. The program enables Covanta to raise incremental, low cost funding by selling certain receivables on a revolving basis to third-party financial institutions. The sales of receivables under the program are expected to be accounted for as cash flow from operations under US GAAP.
“Utilizing this program offers us a very attractive and efficient mechanism to diversify our sources of liquidity at a lower cost than our corporate credit facilities,” said Bradford Helgeson, Covanta’s Chief Financial Officer. “From a reporting standpoint, this transaction will reduce balance sheet leverage in the near-term, as we used proceeds from the initial sale of receivables to repay borrowings under our revolver, and the resulting cash flow benefit was contemplated in our outlook for 2019.”
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank is acting as administrative agent for the program.
About Covanta
Covanta is a world leader in providing sustainable waste and energy solutions. Annually, Covanta’s modern Energy-from-Waste facilities safely convert approximately 21 million tons of waste from municipalities and businesses into clean, renewable electricity to power one million homes and recycle over 600,000 tons of metal. Through a vast network of treatment and recycling facilities, Covanta also provides comprehensive industrial material management services to companies seeking solutions to some of today’s most complex environmental challenges. For more information, visit covanta.com.
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