Waste Connections, Inc 8-K/A, filed Aug 3, 2023
Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN)
About this 8-K/A
Waste Connections, Inc filed this 8-K/A on August 3, 2023, reporting on events of May 19, 2023.
Items reported
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
At the Meeting, the Company’s shareholders voted on an advisory proposal concerning the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation. As reported in the Initial 8-K, consistent with the Board of Directors’ recommendation, the Company’s shareholders cast the highest number of votes for an annual frequency (instead of a frequency of every two years or every three years).
| Total Votes For Every Year: | 216,366,415 | |||
| Total Votes For Every Two Years: | 67,981 | |||
| Total Votes For Every Three Years: | 965,413 | |||
| Total Votes Abstained: | 5,584,299 | |||
| Total Broker Non-Votes: | 6,669,445 |
In light of this vote and other factors, the Company’s Board of Directors, at its regularly scheduled board meeting held on July 25, 2023, determined that the Company intends to continue to hold an advisory vote on executive compensation annually.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC. | ||
| Date: August 3, 2023 | BY: | /s/ Mary Anne Whitney |
| Mary Anne Whitney | ||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||