Company: WCN
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-032201
Chunk: 5

Company: Waste Connections, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 5
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1061. If you are currently receiving multiple proxy notices and wish to receive only one proxy notice for your household, please contact Broadridge Financial Solutions. If you wish to receive a separate copy of this Proxy Statement, our 2024 Annual Report to Shareholders, and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, please send a written request to our Secretary or Investor Relations at our principal administrative offices located at 3 Waterway Square Place, Suite 110, The Woodlands, Texas 77380. Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This Proxy Statement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PSLRA”), including “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. These forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance and reflect our current beliefs and expectations regarding future events and operating performance of the Company. These forward-looking statements are often identified by the words “may,” “might,” “believes,” “thinks,” “expects,” “estimates,” “continues,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “will,” or other words or phrases of similar meaning. All of the forward-looking statements included in this Proxy Statement are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the PSLRA and applicable Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ, possibly materially, from those indicated by the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, risk factors detailed from time to time in our filings with the SEC and the securities commissions or similar regulatory authorities in Canada. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Proxy Statement. We undertake no obligation to update the forward-looking statements set forth in this Proxy Statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, unless required by applicable securities laws.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Management Information Circular and Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Currency Exchange Rate Data Unless otherwise indicated, all dollar amounts in this Proxy Statement are expressed in U.S. dollars. The following table shows the average of the exchange rates for each period indicated. The information is based upon the average daily exchange rates provided by the Bank of Canada.

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