UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
Amendment No. 1
Current Report
Pursuant To Section 13 or 15 (d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 23, 2017
Waste Connections, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Ontario, Canada | 1-34370 | 94-1202763 | ||
|
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
610 Applewood Crescent, 2nd Floor
Vaughan
Ontario L4K 0E3
Canada
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (905) 532-7510
Not Applicable
(Former name or address, if changed since last report.)
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Waste Connections, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-K/A to its Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 23, 2017, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 26, 2017 (the “Initial 8-K”), solely for the purpose of disclosing under Item 5.07 of Form 8-K its decision, following its annual and special meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”), as to the frequency with which it expects to include a shareholder advisory vote on the compensation of executives in future annual meeting proxy materials. This Amendment No. 1 does not otherwise revise the Initial 8-K in any way.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
At the Meeting, the Company’s shareholders voted on an advisory proposal concerning the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation. As reported in the Initial 8-K, consistent with the Board of Directors’ recommendation, the Company’s shareholders cast the highest number of votes for an annual frequency (instead of a frequency of every two years or every three years).
| Total Votes For Every Year: | 142,176,054 |
| Total Votes For Every Two Years: | 294,298 |
| Total Votes For Every Three Years: | 7,118,162 |
| Total Votes Abstained: | 21,497 |
| Total Broker Non-Votes: | 5,220,301 |
In light of this vote and other factors, the Board of Directors, at its regularly scheduled board meeting held on July 24, 2017, determined that the Company intends to continue to hold an advisory vote on executive compensation annually.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Waste Connections, Inc. | |||
| By: |
/s/ Worthing F. Jackman | ||
| Worthing F. Jackman | |||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||
Date: July 25, 2017