TORONTO, May 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Waste
Connections, Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN) ("Waste Connections" or the
"Company") today announced that all of the nominees listed in the
Company's 2021 management information circular and proxy statement
(the "proxy statement") for the annual meeting of shareholders held
on May 14, 2021 (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
|
202,429,457
|
93.83
|
13,307,414
|
6.17
|
Edward E. "Ned"
Guillet
|
195,614,862
|
90.67
|
20,122,009
|
9.33
|
Michael W.
Harlan
|
184,952,818
|
85.73
|
30,784,053
|
14.27
|
Larry S.
Hughes
|
215,610,054
|
99.94
|
126,817
|
0.06
|
Worthing F.
Jackman
|
214,007,821
|
99.19
|
1,729,050
|
0.81
|
Elise L.
Jordan
|
208,154,010
|
96.48
|
7,582,861
|
3.52
|
Susan "Sue"
Lee
|
208,150,204
|
96.48
|
7,586,667
|
3.52
|
William J.
Razzouk
|
193,815,548
|
89.83
|
21,921,323
|
10.17
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 approved the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP
as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm
until the close of the Company's 2022 annual meeting of
shareholders 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
seven 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)
442-2213
|
maryannew@wasteconnections.com
|
joe.box@wasteconnections.com
|
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