secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WASTE MANAGEMENT INC (WM)
CIK:        0000823768
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-09-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-24-097567
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Waste Management clears HSR, UK, Portugal antitrust hurdles for Stericycle acquisition
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- HSR waiting period expired September 5, 2024; antitrust clearance also from Portugal Competition Authority.
- UK CMA has no further questions; UK Investment Security Unit approved foreign investment.
- Stericycle stockholders voted to approve merger on August 14, 2024.
- Closing expected in Q4 2024, subject to Canadian, Spanish antitrust and Spanish foreign investment clearances.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/823768/000110465924097567/0001104659-24-097567-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/823768/000110465924097567/tm2422979d2_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-097567

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