Covanta Holding releases third quarter financial results

Oct. 22 -- Covanta Holding Corp. has reported its third quarter 2009 earnings in a conference call that will be available for replay until Oct. 29.

Covanta reported diluted earnings per share were $0.26 in the third quarter. Excluding the transaction expense related to the acquisition of Veolia Energy-from-Waste facilities diluted earnings per share were $0.28. This performance compares to $0.30 in the third quarter of 2008.

A replay of the conference call will be available until midnight Oct. 29. To access the replay, please dial 888-286-8010, or from outside of the United States 617-801-6888, and enter pass code 64332101. An audio file can be downloaded from the company’s Web site, www.covantaholding.com.

Covanta owns and operates 44 large-scale Energy-from-Waste and renewable energy projects. Annually, Covanta´s facilities convert approximately 20 million tons of waste into more than 9 million megawatt hours of electricity and create 10 billion pounds of steam.

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