secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WASTE MANAGEMENT INC (WM)
CIK:        0000823768
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-24-030004
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

WM elects Tom Bené to board; director John C. Pope to retire at 2024 annual meeting
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- Tom Bené, president and CEO of Breakthru Beverage Group, elected as independent director effective March 1, 2024.
- Board expands to 10 members (9 independent); will reduce to 9 after Pope's term expires.
- John C. Pope reaches retirement age and will not stand for re-election at 2024 annual meeting.
- Bené appointed to Management Development & Compensation Committee; receives pro-rated stock award of ~$67,770 and cash of $45,180.
- Bené brings four decades of experience from Sysco, PepsiCo, and current role at Breakthru Beverage.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/823768/000110465924030004/0001104659-24-030004-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/823768/000110465924030004/tm247544d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-030004

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