Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On February5, 2017, Mr.W. Robert Reum, a director of Waste
Management, Inc. (the Company), passed away. Mr.Reum served as
the Companys Non-Executive Chairman of the Board since 2012 and
served on the Companys Board of Directors since 2003. The Company
issued a press release, attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto, in
appreciation of Mr.Reums fourteen years of dedicated service to
the Company.
In accordance with the Companys By-Laws, Mr.ThomasH.
Weidemeyer, Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee
of the Board, will perform the duties of the Chairman of Board on
an interim basis until a successor is elected by the members of
the Board.
| Item9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d)Exhibits
| Exhibit99.1: | Press Release dated February7, 2017 |
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About Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM)
Waste Management, Inc. is a holding company. The Company provides waste management environmental services. The Company’s segments include Solid Waste, which includes its 17 Areas aggregated into three tiers, and Other. The Company’s Solid Waste business is operated and managed locally by its subsidiaries that focuses on geographic areas and provides collection, transfer, recycling and resource recovery, and disposal services. Through its subsidiaries, it also develops, operates and owns landfill gas-to-energy facilities in the United States. It owns or operates approximately 250 landfill sites, which is the network of landfills in North America. It also uses waste to create energy, recovering the gas produced naturally as waste decomposes in landfills and using the gas in generators to make electricity. The Company, as a recycler in North America, handles materials that include paper, cardboard, glass, plastic and metal. Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM) Recent Trading Information
Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM) closed its last trading session up +0.27 at 69.67 with 1,006,173 shares trading hands.