TORONTO, May 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Waste Connections,
Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN) ("Waste Connections" or the "Company") today
announced that all of the nominees, other than Robert H. Davis who passed away on April 6, 2019, listed in the Company's management
information circular and proxy statement (the "proxy statement")
for the annual and special meeting of shareholders held on
May 17, 2019 (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
|
Ronald J.
Mittelstaedt
|
220,372,173
|
98.34
|
3,720,332
|
1.66
|
Edward E. "Ned"
Guillet
|
199,824,833
|
89.17
|
24,267,672
|
10.83
|
Michael W.
Harlan
|
204,794,984
|
91.39
|
19,297,521
|
8.61
|
Larry S.
Hughes
|
223,946,533
|
99.93
|
145,972
|
0.07
|
Susan "Sue"
Lee
|
219,734,663
|
98.06
|
4,357,842
|
1.94
|
William J.
Razzouk
|
207,414,124
|
92.56
|
16,678,381
|
7.44
|
As each director received at least a majority of the total
number of votes cast in respect of his or her election, all
directors 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 appointed Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's
independent registered public accounting firm until the close of
the Company's 2020 annual meeting of shareholders and authorized
the Company's Board of Directors to fix the auditor's
remuneration.
The shareholders approved a special resolution empowering and
authorizing the Board of Directors to fix the number of
directors.
The shareholders also approved the shareholder proposal
requesting that the Board of Directors disclose to shareholders,
among other matters, a formal written diversity policy and report
regarding the representation of women in the Company.
Final voting results on all matters 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, disposal
and recycling services in mostly exclusive and secondary markets in
the U.S. and Canada. Through its
R360 Environmental Solutions subsidiary, Waste Connections is also
a leading provider of non-hazardous oilfield waste treatment,
recovery and disposal services in several of the most active
natural resource producing areas in the
United States, including the Permian, Bakken and Eagle Ford
Basins. Waste Connections serves more than six million residential,
commercial, industrial, and exploration and production customers in
41 states in the U.S., and six provinces in Canada. The Company also provides intermodal
services for the movement of cargo and solid waste containers in
the Pacific Northwest.
For more information, visit the Waste Connections web site at
www.wasteconnections.com. Copies of financial literature, including
this release, are available on the Waste Connections website or
through contacting us directly at (905) 532-7510. Investors can
also obtain these materials and other documents filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and the Canadian
securities regulators free of charge at the SEC's website,
www.sec.gov, and at the System for Electronic Document Analysis and
Retrieval maintained by the Canadian Securities Administrators at
www.sedar.com.
CONTACT:
Mary Anne Whitney / (832)
442-2253
maryannew@wasteconnections.com
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