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): May 12, 2016
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, 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 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On May 12, 2016, Mr. Don P. Carpenter gave notice of his decision to retire from his position as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Waste Management, Inc. (the “Company”). The Company anticipates that Mr. Carpenter’s retirement from his current position will be effective October 28, 2016 (or, if later, the day after the Company shall file its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2016), after which date Mr. Carpenter will remain with the Company for such additional time as necessary to ensure an orderly transition of his responsibilities to his successor.
| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
At the Annual Meeting of the Company held on May 12, 2016, a total of 401,579,541 shares of the Company’s common stock, out of a total of 444,639,871 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote, were present in person or represented by proxies. The proposals set forth below were voted on by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting. Each of the director nominees listed under proposal 1 were elected, and the Company’s stockholders approved each of proposals 2 and 3. The Company’s stockholders did not approve stockholder proposal 4.
| 1. | Election to the Company’s Board of Directors of the following ten director nominees: |
Name | Number of Affirmative Votes | Number of Negative Votes | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||
Bradbury H. Anderson | 335,119,778 | 1,757,058 | 336,313 | 64,366,392 | ||||||||||||
Frank M. Clark, Jr. | 330,690,894 | 6,185,216 | 337,039 | 64,366,392 | ||||||||||||
A Andrés R. Gluski | 329,556,495 | 7,298,027 | 358,627 | 64,366,392 | ||||||||||||
Patrick W. Gross | 301,233,867 | 35,639,589 | 339,693 | 64,366,392 | ||||||||||||
Victoria M. Holt | 334,201,773 | 2,676,280 | 335,096 | 64,366,392 | ||||||||||||
Kathleen M. Mazzarella | 334,793,581 | 2,084,693 | 334,875 | 64,366,392 | ||||||||||||
John C. Pope | 331,180,729 | 5,701,983 | 330,437 | 64,366,392 | ||||||||||||
W. Robert Reum | 329,884,874 | 6,994,051 | 334,224 | 64,366,392 | ||||||||||||
David P. Steiner | 334,724,556 | 2,158,719 | 329,874 | 64,366,392 | ||||||||||||
Thomas H. Weidemeyer | 334,397,519 | 2,490,187 | 325,443 | 64,366,392 | ||||||||||||
| 2. | Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016: |
For | Against | Abstentions | ||||
| 398,300,699 | 2,772,975 | 505,867 |
| 3. | Approval, by non-binding vote, of the Company’s executive compensation as described in the Company’s 2016 proxy statement: |
For | Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 324,313,634 | 11,751,991 | 1,147,524 | 64,366,392 |
| 4. | Stockholder proposal regarding a policy on accelerated vesting of equity awards in the event of a change in control. |
For | Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 137,905,796 | 197,677,146 | 1,630,207 | 64,366,392 |
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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: May 16, 2016 | ||||
| By: | /s/ Barry H. Caldwell | |||
| Barry H. Caldwell | ||||
| Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs & Chief Legal Officer | ||||
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