Waste Connections, Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN) has announced the results of its annual meeting of shareholders, revealing a number of significant outcomes. All eight director nominees were elected, with each receiving a majority of the total votes cast.
The shareholders approved the compensation of the company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement ("say-on-pay") on a non-binding, advisory basis.
Additionally, the shareholders approved the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2025 and authorized the company’s board of directors to fix the remuneration of the accounting firm.
The detailed voting results for the director nominees were as follows:
- Andrea E. Bertone received 214,127,714 votes for, representing 96.65% of the total, with 7,409,752 votes withheld.
- Edward E. “Ned” Guillet received 207,676,039 votes for, representing 93.74% of the total, with 13,861,427 votes withheld.
- Michael W. Harlan received 205,392,441 votes for, representing 92.71% of the total, with 16,145,025 votes withheld.
- Elise L. Jordan received 218,350,006 votes for, representing 98.56% of the total, with 3,187,460 votes withheld.
- Cherlyn Harley LeBon received 219,710,796 votes for, representing 99.17% of the total, with 1,826,670 votes withheld.
- Susan “Sue” Lee received 216,603,442 votes for, representing 97.77% of the total, with 4,934,024 votes withheld.
- Ronald J. Mittelstaedt received 215,273,547 votes for, representing 97.17% of the total, with 6,263,919 votes withheld.
- Carl D. Sparks received 219,710,824 votes for, representing 99.17% of the total, with 1,826,642 votes withheld.
The final voting results on all matters considered at the meeting will be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the securities commissions or similar regulatory authorities in Canada.
Waste Connections, an integrated solid waste services company, serves approximately nine million residential, commercial, and industrial customers in mostly exclusive and secondary markets across 46 states in the U.S. and six provinces in Canada. The company also provides non-hazardous oilfield waste treatment, recovery, and disposal services in several basins across the U.S. and Canada, as well as intermodal services for the movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific Northwest. Waste Connections emphasizes its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts as integral to its business, focusing on reducing emissions, increasing resource recovery, and improving safety and employee engagement. Following these announcements, the company's shares moved 0.5%, and are now trading at a price of $191.92. For the full picture, make sure to review Waste Connections's 8-K report.
