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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-115866"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WM"
cik: "0000823768"
company_name: "WASTE MANAGEMENT INC"
filed_at: "2024-11-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T03:08:22.085224+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Waste Management completes $485.4M exchange of Stericycle Notes for new WM Notes

## Summary
- Exchanged $485.4M of Stericycle 3.875% Senior Notes due 2029 for $485.1M of WM 3.875% Senior Notes due 2029 and cash.
- $14.6M of Stericycle Notes remain outstanding; restrictive covenants eliminated via consent solicitation.
- Registration Rights Agreement requires WM to file exchange offer or shelf; 0.25% additional interest if not completed by Nov 9, 2025.
- WM Notes are senior unsecured and guaranteed by Waste Management Holdings, Inc.
- Exchange is part of Stericycle merger completed on November 4, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-115866
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WM
- cik: 0000823768
- company_name: WASTE MANAGEMENT INC
- filed_at: 2024-11-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/823768/000110465924115866/0001104659-24-115866-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/823768/000110465924115866/tm2427884d1_8k.htm

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