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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-086999"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "WCN"
cik: "0001318220"
company_name: "Waste Connections, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T07:26:23.598023+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Waste Connections board confirms annual say-on-pay vote after shareholder advisory vote

## Summary
- Shareholders cast 216,366,415 votes for annual frequency, 67,981 for every 2 years, 965,413 for every 3 years with 5,584,299 abstentions and 6,669,445 broker non-votes.
- Board determined on July 25, 2023 to continue holding annual advisory vote on executive compensation.
- Amendment No. 1 adds Item 5.07 disclosure; no other revisions to initial 8-K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-086999
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: WCN
- cik: 0001318220
- company_name: Waste Connections, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318220/000110465923086999/0001104659-23-086999-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318220/000110465923086999/tm2322625d1_8ka.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Waste Connections, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory proposal concerning the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-05-19 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-19
  source text: Total Votes For Every Year: 216,366,415 Total Votes For Every Two Years: 67,981 Total Votes For Every Three Years: 965,413 Total Votes Abstained: 5,584,299 Total Broker Non-Votes: 6,669,445
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318220/000110465923086999/0001104659-23-086999-index.htm

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