secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WASTE MANAGEMENT INC (WM)
CIK:        0000823768
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-26T12:37:07+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-101077
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

WM CEO Jim Fish to retire Jan 4, 2027; John Morris named successor
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- Jim Fish to retire as CEO and resign from Board effective Jan 4, 2027; advisory role until mid-Feb 2027.
- John Morris, current President, appointed President and CEO and elected to Board effective Jan 4, 2027.
- Morris has been President since May 2025; previously COO and other roles; over 30 years industry experience.
- Transition follows more than a decade of Fish's service as CEO and 25+ years with company.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/823768/000110465926101077/0001104659-26-101077-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/823768/000110465926101077/tm2624023d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-101077

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