TORONTO, May 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Waste
Connections, Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN) ("Waste Connections" or the
"Company") today announced that all of the nominees 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 15, 2020
(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
|
208,434,846
|
94.33
|
12,518,668
|
5.67
|
Edward E. "Ned"
Guillet
|
214,286,622
|
96.98
|
6,666,892
|
3.02
|
Michael W.
Harlan
|
206,048,489
|
93.25
|
14,905,025
|
6.75
|
Larry S.
Hughes
|
220,813,290
|
99.94
|
140,224
|
0.06
|
Worthing F.
Jackman
|
218,665,041
|
98.96
|
2,288,473
|
1.04
|
Elise L.
Jordan
|
220,639,784
|
99.86
|
313,730
|
0.14
|
Susan "Sue"
Lee
|
218,879,180
|
99.06
|
2,074,334
|
0.94
|
William J.
Razzouk
|
208,227,891
|
94.24
|
12,725,623
|
5.76
|
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.
The shareholders appointed Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's
independent registered public accounting firm until the close of
the Company's 2021 annual meeting of shareholders and authorized
the Company's Board of Directors to fix the auditor's
remuneration.
The shareholders approved the Waste Connections, Inc. 2020
Employee Share Purchase Plan.
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, disposal
and recycling services in mostly exclusive and secondary markets in
the United States 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 seven million residential, commercial,
industrial, and exploration and production customers in 42 states
in the U.S., and six provinces in Canada. The Company also provides intermodal
services for the rail haul movement of cargo and solid waste
containers in the Pacific Northwest.
For more information, visit the Waste Connections website 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:
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Mary Anne Whitney /
(832) 442-2253
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Joe Box / (281)
873-3205
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maryannew@wasteconnections.com
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joe.box@wasteconnections.com
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