8-K
WASTE MANAGEMENT INC (WM)
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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 eventreported): May 11, 2021
Waste Management, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specifiedin Charter)
| Delaware | 1-12154 | 73-1309529 |
|---|---|---|
| (State or Other Jurisdiction<br> of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer<br><br>Identification No.) |
| 800 Capitol Street, Suite 3000, Houston, Texas | 77002 | |
| --- | --- | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s Telephone number, including area code:
(713) 512-6200
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
|---|---|---|
| Common Stock, $0.01 par value | WM | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ¨
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
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At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Waste Management, Inc. (the “Company”) held on May 11, 2021, a total of 361,800,683 shares of the Company’s common stock, out of a total of 422,040,583 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote, were present in person or represented by proxies. The proposals set forth below were voted on by the Company’s stockholders. Each of the director nominees was elected, and the Company’s stockholders approved proposals 2 and 3.
| 1. | Election to the Company’s Board of Directors of the following nine director nominees: | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of | Number of | Broker | ||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Name | Affirmative Votes | Negative Votes | Abstentions | Non-Votes | ||||
| James C. Fish, Jr. | 314,060,206 | 712,781 | 366,211 | 46,661,485 | ||||
| Andrés R. Gluski | 312,409,736 | 2,354,999 | 374,463 | 46,661,485 | ||||
| Victoria M. Holt | 313,031,924 | 1,764,533 | 342,741 | 46,661,485 | ||||
| Kathleen M. Mazzarella | 312,032,643 | 2,671,157 | 435,398 | 46,661,485 | ||||
| Sean E. Menke | 313,727,720 | 1,027,234 | 384,244 | 46,661,485 | ||||
| William B. Plummer | 289,323,558 | 25,435,774 | 379,866 | 46,661,485 | ||||
| John C. Pope | 265,312,283 | 49,425,973 | 400,942 | 46,661,485 | ||||
| Maryrose T. Sylvester | 313,511,716 | 1,277,094 | 350,388 | 46,661,485 | ||||
| Thomas H. Weidemeyer | 301,298,373 | 13,445,433 | 395,392 | 46,661,485 | ||||
| 2. | Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm<br>for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021: | |||||||
| --- | --- | |||||||
| For | Against | Abstentions | ||||||
| --- | --- | --- | ||||||
| 356,846,416 | 4,336,527 | 617,740 | ||||||
| 3. | Approval, by non-binding vote, of the Company’s executive compensation as described in the Company’s 2021 proxy statement: | |||||||
| --- | --- | |||||||
| For | Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | |||||
| 291,837,786 | 22,380,087 | 921,325 | 46,661,485 |
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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.
| WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date: May 13, 2021 | By: | /s/ Charles C. Boettcher |
| Charles C. Boettcher | ||
| Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal<br>Officer |