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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-154026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RSG"
cik: "0001060391"
company_name: "REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC."
filed_at: "2022-05-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T09:43:47.823106+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Republic Services shareholders elect all board nominees, reject shareholder proposals

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees elected; Katharine B. Weymouth received most votes against (46.1M of 284.8M votes cast).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 272.1M for, 12.3M against.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for 2022 approved with 289.7M for, 7.1M against.
- Three shareholder proposals (clawback, environmental justice audit, civil rights audit) all defeated with >60% against.
- Cascade Investment held ~34.8% of shares; Arizona voting statute noted but outcomes unchanged.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-154026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RSG
- cik: 0001060391
- company_name: REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-05-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1060391/000119312522154026/0001193125-22-154026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1060391/000119312522154026/d335060d8k.htm

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