secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN)
CIK:        0001318220
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-02-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-24-025509
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Waste Connections expands board to nine; appoints Carl D. Sparks effective March 1, 2024
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- Board increased from 8 to 9 members; Carl D. Sparks appointed effective March 1, 2024.
- Sparks is managing partner of Interlock Partners and serves on boards of Copart and Cint Group.
- Former CEO of Travelocity Global and Academic Partnerships; also held senior roles at Expedia and Gilt Groupe.
- Sparks holds a BA from Princeton and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
- He will receive standard non-employee director compensation, pro-rated for the term.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318220/000110465924025509/0001104659-24-025509-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318220/000110465924025509/tm246723d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-025509

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