Company: WCN
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-032201
Chunk: 82

Company: Waste Connections, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 82
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 independent registered public accounting firm, including the following: ✓ Close alignment of Grant Thornton LLP’s footprint and resources with our geographies and business activities to provide adequate resources and quality of service; ✓ Robust independence controls and objectivity; ✓ Deep institutional company and industry knowledge, experience, and expertise; and ✓ Length of Grant Thornton LLP’s service to the Company. The appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm may be approved by any one or more shareholders voting “FOR” the proposal ( i.e., a plurality vote). For purposes of this proposal, votes cast at the Meeting include only those votes cast “FOR” the approval of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP. You may either vote “FOR” or “WITHHOLD” your vote with respect to the approval of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. If you vote “FOR” the approval of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, your vote will be cast accordingly. If you select “WITHHOLD,” your vote will not be counted as a vote cast for purposes of approving the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.

The following table sets forth the fees billed for professional services rendered in 2024 and 2023 by Grant Thornton LLP.

| ​ | ​                  | ​ | ​ | 2024 |   |           |   | ​ | ​ | 2023 |   |           |   | ​ |
|:--|:-------------------|:--|:--|:-----|:--|----------:|:--|:--|:--|:-----|:--|----------:|:--|:--|
| ​ | Audit Fees         | ​ | ​ | ​    | $ | 2,556,555 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​    | $ | 2,457,090 | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | Audit-Related Fees | ​ | ​ | ​    | ​ |         — | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​    | ​ |         — | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | Tax Fees           | ​ | ​ | ​    | ​ |         — | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​    | ​ |         — | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | All Other Fees     | ​ | ​ | ​    | ​ |         — | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​    | ​ |         — | ​ | ​ |