Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE:RSG) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain OfficersItem 5.02
Republic Services, Inc. (the “Company”) has named Jon Vander Ark as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, to be effective on January1, 2018.
Mr.Vander Ark, 42, has served as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Operations, since March 2016. In this role, Mr.Vander Ark is responsible for overseeing the Company’s operations in the eastern half of the United States, which represents approximately $5billion of the Company’s annualized revenues. Mr.Vander Ark previously oversaw the Company’s operations in the western half of the United States.
Mr.Vander Ark joined the Company in January 2013 as Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer. Prior to joining the Company, he served as a partner at McKinsey& Company’s Detroit office, managing clients across a variety of industries, including transportation, logistics, manufacturing and consumer products.
In connection with the appointment to his new position, Mr.Vander Ark will receive a salary and will continue to participate in the Company’s executive incentive plan, stock incentive plan, deferred compensation plan and other benefits plans in amounts commensurate with his new position to be approved by the Management Development and Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors in February 2018.
A copy of the press release dated December7, 2017 announcing Mr.Vander Ark’s appointment as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.
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REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC. ExhibitEX-99.1 2 d502515dex991.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1 Exhibit 99.1 Republic Services Names Jon Vander Ark Chief Operating Officer PHOENIX (Dec. 7,…To view the full exhibit click here
About Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE:RSG)
Republic Services, Inc. is a provider of non-hazardous solid waste collection, transfer, disposal, recycling and energy services in the United States. The Company operates through three segments: East, Central and West. The Company operates in over 40 states and Puerto Rico through approximately 340 collection operations, over 200 transfer stations, over 190 active landfills, approximately 70 recycling centers, approximately 10 treatment, recovery and disposal facilities, and over 10 salt water disposal wells. It also operates approximately 70 landfill gas and renewable energy projects. It has post-closure responsibility for approximately 130 closed landfills. The Company provides residential, small-container commercial and large-container industrial solid waste collection services. Its residential collection business involves the curbside collection of waste for transport to transfer stations, or directly to landfills or recycling centers.
