WM Announces Planned 14.5% Dividend Increase and $3 Billion Share Repurchase Authorization, Positioning the Company to Deliver Outsized Shareholder Returns in 2026

HOUSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 2025-- WM (NYSE: WM) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a capital allocation program that includes a planned 14.5% increase in the 2026 dividend rate and a new $3 billion share repurchase authorization, superseding the authority remaining