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 event reported): August 28, 2012
Waste Management, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | 1-12154 | 73-1309529 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 1001 Fannin, Suite 4000 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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Item 8.01. Other Events.
Waste Management, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K to disclose the effect of adopting a new accounting pronouncement, FASB Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2011-5,Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income, as amended by ASU 2011-12,Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassifications of Items Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05, on the Company’s historical financial information contained in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.
The following table presents selected components of the unaudited Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011, December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 and should be read in conjunction with the information in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 (in millions):
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Consolidated net income | $ | 1,009 | $ | 1,002 | $ | 1,060 | ||||||
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Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes: | ||||||||||||
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments: | ||||||||||||
Unrealized losses, resulting from changes in fair value, net of tax benefit of $(20), $(28) and $(13), respectively | (30 | ) | (43 | ) | (21 | ) | ||||||
Reclassification adjustment for losses included in net income, net of tax benefit of $1, $12 and $21, respectively | 1 | 18 | 32 | |||||||||
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| (29 | ) | (25 | ) | 11 | ||||||||
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, net of tax expense (benefit) of $(2), $2 and $2, respectively | (3 | ) | 3 | 10 | ||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustments | (18 | ) | 49 | 99 | ||||||||
Change in funded status of post-retirement benefit obligations, net of tax expense (benefit) of $(5), $(3) and $4, respectively | (8 | ) | (5 | ) | 6 | |||||||
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Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes | (58 | ) | 22 | 126 | ||||||||
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Comprehensive income | 951 | 1,024 | 1,186 | |||||||||
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests | 48 | 49 | 72 | |||||||||
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Comprehensive income attributable to Waste Management, Inc. | $ | 903 | $ | 975 | $ | 1,114 | ||||||
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
| WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. | ||||||
| Date: August 28, 2012 | By: | /s/ Rick L Wittenbraker | ||||
| Rick L Wittenbraker | ||||||
| Senior Vice President | ||||||
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