Company: WCN
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-032201
Chunk: 100

Company: Waste Connections, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 100
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 are curable, (iii) the factors, if any, set forth in these Corporate Governance Guidelines and Board Charter or other policies that are to be considered by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee in evaluating potential candidates for the Board as such criteria relate to each Subject Director, (iv) whether the Subject Director is a key member of an established, active special committee that has a defined term or mandate, and whether accepting the resignation of the Subject Director would jeopardize the achievement of the committee’s mandate, (v) whether acceptance of any resignation would lead to a “change of control” of the Company as A-4 2025 Proxy • Waste Connections, Inc. TABLE OF CONTENTS Appendix A: Corporate Governance Guidelines and Board Charter determined pursuant to any Company financing or other material agreement, (vi) whether acceptance of any resignation would lead to a default under any commercial agreement to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or otherwise bound, or to the Company’s failure to comply with any applicable rule or regulation (including applicable securities laws and applicable corporate law), and (vii) whether majority voting was used for a purpose inconsistent with the policy objectives of the Toronto Stock Exchange related to its majority voting requirement. In the event that any Subject Director does not tender his or her resignation in accordance with this Policy, he or she will not be re-nominated by the Board or the Company for re-election. 2025 Proxy • Waste Connections, Inc. A-5 TABLE OF CONTENTS Appendix B: Summary of the 2016 Incentive Award Plan The 2016 Incentive Award Plan (the “ Plan”) was adopted by the Board of Directors (the “ Board”) of Waste Connections, Inc. (the “ Company”) on June 1, 2016. The Plan became effective on the date of its adoption by the Board. Certain house-keeping amendments were made to the Plan effective July 24, 2017. The Plan was further amended and restated effective July 24, 2018. The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means for the Company and any subsidiary, through the grant of awards authorized under the Plan, to attract and retain persons of ability as employees, directors and consultants and to motivate such persons to exert their best efforts on behalf of the Company and any subsidiary. The Plan authorizes discretionary grants of share options, warrants, restricted shares, restricted share units, deferred share units, performance awards, dividend equivalents, and share payments to selected employees (including officers) and