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Exhibit 99.1
Covanta Holding Corporation Announces
Closing of its Underwritten Offering of Senior Notes due 2020
Closing of its Underwritten Offering of Senior Notes due 2020
FAIRFIELD, NJ, December 1, 2010 Covanta Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation (NYSE:CVA)
(the Company or Covanta), today announced the closing of its underwritten registered public
offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 7.250% senior notes due 2020 (the Note
Offering).
The Company intends to use a portion of the net proceeds of the Note Offering to fund the purchase
price and accrued and unpaid interest on any and all of its 1.00% Senior Convertible Debentures due
2027 which are validly tendered and accepted for payment by the Company pursuant to an Offer to
Purchase and related Letter of Transmittal. Any remaining net proceeds will be used for general
corporate purposes.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets
Inc. acted as joint bookrunning managers in the Note Offering. A copy of the prospectus supplement
and prospectus relating to these securities may be obtained, by contacting J.P. Morgan Securities
LLC at 383 Madison Ave, 3rd Fl, New York, NY 10179, Attention: Nick Nikolic; BofA Merrill Lynch at
4 World Financial Center, New York, NY 10080, 800-294-1322, Attention: Syndicate Operations or by
email: dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com; Barclays Capital Inc. at Barclays Capital Inc., c/o
Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or by email at
barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com, or by telephone at (888) 603-5847 or Citigroup Global
Markets Inc. at 1-800-831-9146, Attention: Prospectus Department.
About Covanta
Covanta Holding Corporation (NYSE:CVA) is an internationally recognized owner and operator of
large-scale Energy-from-Waste and renewable energy projects and a recipient of the Energy Innovator
Award from the U.S. Department of Energys Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
Covantas 44 Energy-from-Waste facilities provide communities with an environmentally sound
solution to their solid waste disposal needs by using that municipal solid waste to generate clean,
renewable energy. Annually, Covantas modern Energy-from-Waste facilities safely and securely
convert approximately 20 million tons of waste into more than 9 million megawatt hours of clean
renewable electricity and create 10 billion pounds of steam that are sold to a variety of
industries.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements. Such
forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important
factors that could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Covanta and its
subsidiaries, or general industry or broader economic performance in global markets in which
Covanta operates or competes, to differ materially from any future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Statements that are not
historical fact are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can be identified by,
among other things, the use of forward-looking language, such as the words plan, believe,
expect, anticipate, intend, estimate, project, may, will, would, could, should,
seeks, or scheduled to, or other similar words, or the negative of these terms or other
variations of these terms or comparable language, or by discussion of strategy or intentions.
Covanta cautions investors that any forward-looking statements made by Covanta are not guarantees
or indicative of
future performance. Important assumptions and other important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those forward-looking statements with respect to Covanta,
include, but are not limited to, the risk that Covanta may not successfully close its announced or
planned acquisitions or projects in development and those factors, risks and uncertainties that are
described in securities filings by Covanta with the SEC. Although Covanta believes that
its plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by such forward-looking statements
are reasonable, actual results could differ materially from a projection or assumption in any
forward-looking statements. Covantas future financial condition and results of operations, as
well as any forward-looking statements, are subject to change and inherent risks and uncertainties.
The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made only as of the date hereof
and Covanta does not have or undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statements whether as a result of new information, subsequent events or otherwise, unless otherwise
required by law.
Contacts
Marisa F. Jacobs
Vice President, Investor Relations
973-882-4196
Vice President, Investor Relations
973-882-4196
James Regan
Associate, Media Relations and Corporate Communications
973-882-7152
Associate, Media Relations and Corporate Communications
973-882-7152