secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WASTE MANAGEMENT INC (WM)
CIK:        0000823768
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-14T13:00:43+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-060755
Event type: other
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Waste Management shareholders approve ESPP share increase, elect directors at annual meeting
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- All nine director nominees elected; Victoria Holt received highest oppose count at 17.4M.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for 2026 approved (321.7M for, 23.1M against).
- Advisory say-on-pay vote passed (281.8M for, 18.0M against, 44.3M broker non-votes).
- Amendment to Employee Stock Purchase Plan approved, adding 3,000,000 authorized shares.
- Meeting turnout: 345.3M shares voted, 85.7% of outstanding common stock.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/823768/000110465926060755/0001104659-26-060755-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/823768/000110465926060755/tm2614440d2_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-060755

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