Form 8-K/A Waste Connections, Inc. For: May 13
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
Current Report
Pursuant To Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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On May 13, 2022, Waste Connections, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K to report, among other things, the Company’s shareholders votes for each of the eight nominees for director (the “Original 8-K”). This amendment is being filed by the Company solely for the purpose of updating the Original 8-K as further described below.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Waste Connections, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2022 annual meeting of shareholders on May 13, 2022 (the “Meeting”).
The Company’s shareholders (the “Shareholders”) elected each of the eight nominees for director by the votes indicated below:
| Nominee for Director: | Total Votes For: | Total Votes Withheld: | Total Broker Non-Votes: | |||||||||
| Ronald J. Mittelstaedt | 198,235,390 | 8,965,445 | 7,379,525 | |||||||||
| Edward E. “Ned” Guillet | 174,331,007 | 32,869,827 | 7,379,526 | |||||||||
| Michael W. Harlan | 176,313,186 | 30,887,649 | 7,379,525 | |||||||||
| Larry S. Hughes | 206,623,893 | 576,941 | 7,379,526 | |||||||||
| Worthing F. Jackman | 203,196,218 | 4,004,616 | 7,379,526 | |||||||||
| Elise L. Jordan | 198,462,426 | 8,738,409 | 7,379,525 | |||||||||
| Susan “Sue” Lee | 198,456,839 | 8,743,995 | 7,379,526 | |||||||||
| William J. Razzouk | 193,806,912 | 13,393,922 | 7,379,526 | |||||||||
The Shareholders approved on a non-binding, advisory basis the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s management information circular and proxy statement in respect of the Meeting (“say on pay”), by the votes indicated below:
| Total Votes For: | 201,541,650 | |||
| Total Votes Against: | 4,700,706 | |||
| Total Votes Withheld: | 958,474 | |||
| Total Broker Non-Votes: | 7,379,530 |
The Shareholders approved the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm until the close of the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and authorized the Company’s Board of Directors to fix the auditor’s remuneration by the votes indicated below:
| Total Votes For: | 214,505,774 | |||
| Total Votes Withheld: | 74,585 | |||
| Total Broker Non-Votes: | 1 |
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: May 19, 2022 | BY: | /s/ Mary Anne Whitney |
| Mary Anne Whitney | ||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||
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