Company: CLH
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000822818-25-000007
Chunk: 46

Company: CLEAN HARBORS INC
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 46
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 Board of Directors which consists of three classes of directors of which one class is elected each year for a three-year term, and require that written application by holders of at least 25% (which is less than the 40% which would otherwise be applicable without such a specific provision in our By-Laws) of our outstanding shares of common stock is required for stockholders to call a special meeting. In addition, our By-Laws prohibit the removal by the stockholders of a director except for cause. These provisions could inhibit a takeover of our Company by restricting stockholders’ action to replace the existing directors or approve other actions which a party seeking to acquire us might propose. A takeover transaction would frequently afford stockholders an opportunity to sell their shares at a premium over then market prices.

ITEM 1B.    UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

Not applicable.

ITEM 1C.    CYBERSECURITY

Clean Harbors recognizes the critical importance of developing, implementing and maintaining cybersecurity measures to safeguard our information technology. The Company has integrated cybersecurity risk management into our overall risk management framework to collectively assess and respond to operational, financial and cybersecurity risks.

Board of Director Oversight

The Board of Directors is acutely aware of the critical nature of managing risks associated with cybersecurity threats. The Board, led by the Executive Chairman Alan McKim, who is also the Chief Technology Officer of the Company, has primary oversight responsibilities for cybersecurity risks and therefore has established oversight mechanisms to ensure effective governance in managing risks associated with cybersecurity threats.We have a special subcommittee of the Board of Directors with the goal of reviewing the Company’s overall cybersecurity risk and response landscape. The special Cybersecurity subcommittee is comprised of board members with diverse expertise including risk management, technology and finance, with two members holding Cybersecurity Oversight Certificates issued by the National Association of Corporate Directors and Carnegie Mellon University. The Chief Information Security Officer (“CISO”) and Chief Information Officer (“CIO”) provide comprehensive briefings throughout the year to the Cybersecurity subcommittee, which meets quarterly. The chair of the Cybersecurity subcommittee provides updates on the subcommittee’s activities to the Board of Directors and, from time to time as warranted, the CISO and CIO will present to the full Board of Directors as well. The briefings include the current landscape of cybersecurity risks and emerging threats, relevant Company infrastructure and tools employed to address these risk and threats, status of ongoing initiatives, incident reports and learnings and compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards.

Management's Oversight and Responsibilities

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