Waste Connections, Inc. (TSE:WCN) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item 5.02
On February 19, 2019, Waste Connections, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that Ronald J. Mittelstaedt, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will take a temporary leave of absence to address health matters affecting him and his family. Until Mr. Mittelstaedt’s return, Worthing F. Jackman, President, will assume the duties and responsibilities of the Company’s principal executive officer. Michael W. Harlan, the Company’s lead independent director, will preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors until Mr. Mittelstaedt’s return.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Jackman and any other person to which he was selected to assume the duties and responsibilities of the Company’s principal executive officer until Mr. Mittelstaedt’s return. Mr. Jackman has no family relationship with any director or other executive officer of the Company or any person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer, and there are no transactions in which Mr. Jackman has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Information regarding Mr. Jackman’s business experience is included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Canadian securities regulators. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated into this item by reference.
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Waste Connections, Inc. Exhibit
EX-99.1 2 tv514526_ex99-1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 Exhibit 99.1 WASTE CONNECTIONS ANNOUNCES TEMPORARY LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR CEO TORONTO,…
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About Waste Connections, Inc. (TSE:WCN)
Waste Connections Inc, formerly Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd, is a Canada-based waste management company. The Company provides waste collection, recycling and disposal services to commercial, industrial, municipal and residential customers in over 10 states in the United States, and the District of Columbia, and in over six Canadian provinces. The Company operates through three segments: the East, the West and the North. The business segments are vertically integrated and their operations include the collection and disposal of waste and recyclable materials, transfer station operations, material recovery facilities, landfills and landfill gas to energy facilities. The Company offers various solutions for business, residential and public sector. The Company offers commercial, industrial and manufacturing, construction and demolition, and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) services, among others for business.