secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WASTE MANAGEMENT INC (WM)
CIK:        0000823768
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-24-063047
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Waste Management shareholders approve officer exculpation amendment; elect directors
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- Charter amendment to limit officer liability for breach of duty of care approved by 266M votes (88.3% of votes cast).
- All nine director nominees elected; average votes for ~295M, against ~4.7M per nominee.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for 2024: 327.5M for, 16.5M against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 279.7M for, 21.6M against.
- Certificate of Amendment filed with Delaware Secretary of State effective May 14, 2024.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/823768/000110465924063047/0001104659-24-063047-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/823768/000110465924063047/tm2412128d3_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-063047

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