TORONTO, May 19, 2023
/CNW/ -- Waste Connections, Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN) ("Waste
Connections" or the "Company") today announced that all of the
nominees listed in the Company's 2023 management information
circular and proxy statement (the "proxy statement") for the annual
meeting of shareholders held on May 19,
2023 (the "Meeting"), and nominated at the Meeting,
were elected as directors of the Company. Each director will serve
until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until his or her
successor is duly elected or appointed.
Detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held
at the Meeting are set out below.
Nominee
|
Votes
For
|
% Votes
For
|
Votes
Withheld
|
% Votes
Withheld
|
Andrea E.
Bertone
|
222,424,465
|
99.75 %
|
559,643
|
0.25 %
|
Edward E. "Ned"
Guillet
|
194,627,982
|
87.28 %
|
28,356,126
|
12.72 %
|
Michael W.
Harlan
|
208,379,070
|
93.45 %
|
14,605,038
|
6.55 %
|
Larry S.
Hughes
|
222,563,911
|
99.81 %
|
420,197
|
0.19 %
|
Elise L.
Jordan
|
221,439,274
|
99.31 %
|
1,544,834
|
0.69 %
|
Susan "Sue"
Lee
|
221,241,377
|
99.22 %
|
1,742,731
|
0.78 %
|
Ronald J.
Mittelstaedt
|
218,434,526
|
97.96 %
|
4,549,582
|
2.04 %
|
William J.
Razzouk
|
201,434,147
|
90.34 %
|
21,549,961
|
9.66 %
|
|
|
|
|
|
As each received at least a majority of the total number of
votes cast in respect of his or her election, all director nominees
have been elected in accordance with the majority voting policy
included in the Company's Corporate Governance Guidelines and Board
Charter.
The shareholders approved on a non-binding, advisory basis the
compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed
in the proxy statement in respect of the Meeting
("Say-on-Pay").
The shareholders approved on a non-binding, advisory basis
holding future Say-on-Pay advisory votes every year.
The shareholders approved the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP
as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for
2023 and authorized the Company's Board of Directors to fix the
auditor's remuneration.
Final voting results on all matters considered at the Meeting
will be filed with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the
securities commissions or similar regulatory authorities in
Canada.
About Waste Connections
Waste Connections is an integrated solid waste services company
that provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer and disposal
services, along with resource recovery primarily through recycling
and renewable fuels generation. The Company serves more than eight
million residential, commercial and industrial customers in mostly
exclusive and secondary markets across 43 states in the U.S. and
six provinces in Canada. Waste
Connections also provides non-hazardous oilfield waste treatment,
recovery and disposal services in several basins across the U.S.,
as well as intermodal services for the movement of cargo and solid
waste containers in the Pacific Northwest. For more information,
visit Waste Connections at www.wasteconnections.com.
CONTACT:
|
|
Mary Anne Whitney /
(832) 442-2253
|
Joe Box / (832)
442-2153
|
maryannew@wasteconnections.com
|
joe.box@wasteconnections.com
|
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