8-K

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): February 17, 2017

Stericycle, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-37556	36-3640402
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification Number)

28161 North Keith Drive

Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

(847) 367-5910

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On February 17, 2017, Stericycle, Inc. issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

The information contained in this current report on Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1) is being “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01		Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)	Exhibits
99.1	Press release issued by Stericycle, Inc. on February 17, 2017.

SIGNATURES

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.

Dated: February 17, 2017	STERICYCLE, INC.
	By:	/s/ Daniel V. Ginnetti
		Daniel V. Ginnetti
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-99.1

EXHIBIT 99.1

CONTACT:

Stericycle Investor Relations

(847) 607-2012

Stericycle Statement on Class Certification

Lake Forest, Illinois, February 17, 2017 – Stericycle, Inc. today released the following statement regarding the class certification order issued on February 16, 2017 by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois:

“The Court’s order is the most recent step in an ongoing contract litigation that began in 2013. The order certifies a class consisting of a subset of Stericycle's small quantity customers who contracted for medical waste disposal services.

The order does not address the underlying merits of the allegations. The court acknowledges that the certification does not indicate that the contractual pricing at issue is inappropriate. Stericycle believes the allegations in this lawsuit are without merit and that we operated in accordance with the terms of our contracts. We will continue to vigorously contest these allegations as the litigation proceeds.

Stericycle is committed to providing our customers with market-leading solutions that promote compliance and protect our environment.”

Safe Harbor Statement: This press release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, some of which are beyond our control (for example, general economic and market conditions). Our actual results could differ significantly from the results described in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause such differences include changes in governmental regulation of the collection, transportation, treatment and disposal of regulated waste or the proper handling and protection of personal and confidential information, increases in transportation and other operating costs, the level of governmental enforcement of regulations governing regulated waste collection and treatment or the proper handling and protection of personal and confidential information, our obligations to service our substantial indebtedness and to comply with the covenants and restrictions contained in our private placement notes, term loan credit facility and revolving credit facility, our ability to execute our acquisition strategy and to integrate acquired businesses, competition and demand for services in the regulated waste and secure information destruction industries, political, economic and currency risks related

to our foreign operations, impairments of goodwill or other indefinite-lived intangibles, variability in the demand for services we provide on a project or non-recurring basis, exposure to environmental liabilities, fluctuations in the price we receive for the sale of paper, disruptions in or attacks on our information technology systems, compliance with existing and future legal and regulatory requirements, as well as other factors described in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K. As a result, past financial performance should not be considered a reliable indicator of future performance, and investors should not use historical trends to anticipate future results or trends. We make no commitment to disclose any subsequent revisions to forward-looking statements.