Company: WCN
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-032201
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Company: Waste Connections, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: DEF 14A
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 Authorized to exercise, subject to limitations under applicable law, all of the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in managing our business and affairs, including approval, between meetings of the Board of Directors, of: 
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 all divestitures by the Company in excess of  $50.0 million, and                                                                                                                                                                         
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 all acquisitions for cash or other non-equity consideration in excess of  $50.0 million.                                                                                                                                                 
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Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation None of our executive officers served as a director or member of the compensation committee of another entity which had an executive officer that served as a director or member of our Compensation Committee. In addition, there are no other potential Compensation Committee interlocks.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Corporate Governance Board and Committee Meeting Attendance The Board of Directors held four meetings during 2024, all of which were regularly scheduled and held in-person. In 2024, the Audit Committee met four times, the Compensation Committee met four times, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee met three times, and the Executive Committee met once. Each director attended 100% of the meetings of the Board of Directors held during 2024. Except for Mr. Harlan, who did not attend the one Executive Committee meeting held in 2024, each director also attended 100% of the meetings of the committees on which he or she served during 2024. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines and Board Charter requires that at each regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors, the non-employee directors meet separately, without employees present. The non-employee directors may also meet without employees present at other times as determined by the non-executive Chairman. The non-employee directors met separately, without management present, four times in 2024, and one time since January 1, 2025. Director Independence The Board of Directors has determined that each of Mses. Bertone, Jordan, LeBon and Lee and Messrs. Guillet, Harlan and Sparks is “independent” within the meaning of the standards set forth in our Corporate Governance Guidelines and Board Charter, a copy of which is attached as Appendix A. Ronald J. Mittelstaedt is not “independent” within the meaning of the standards set forth in