Company: WCN
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-032201
Chunk: 56

Company: Waste Connections, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 56
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% of bonuses and commissions. We make a matching contribution of 100% of every dollar of a participating employee’s pre-tax eligible contributions until the employee’s contributions equal five percent of the employee’s eligible compensation, less the amount of any match we make on behalf of the employee under the Company-sponsored 401(k) plan, and subject to certain deferral limitations imposed by the IRC on 401(k) plans. Our matching contributions are 100% vested when made. The Company also credits an amount reflecting a deemed return to each participant’s deferred compensation account periodically, based on the returns of various mutual funds or measurement funds selected by the participant. The earnings on an employee’s deferred compensation may exceed or fall short

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Compensation Tables and Additional Information of market rate returns, depending on the performance of the funds selected compared to the markets in general. The funds offered as investment options by our plan administrator experienced annual rates of return for the calendar year ended December 31, 2024, of between 5.13% and 34.15%. Distributions from the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan are triggered by the occurrence of certain events, including termination of employment and scheduled in-service distributions as allowed by the Internal Revenue Service. Upon termination of employment or the scheduled in-service date, as applicable, a participant will receive a distribution from the plan in the form he or she previously selected — either in a lump sum or in annual installments over any period selected, up to fifteen years. Payments will commence within 60 days after the last day of the six-month period immediately following the termination date or the scheduled in-service date, as applicable. If a participant becomes disabled, he or she will receive his or her entire account balance in a lump sum within 60 days of the date on which he or she became disabled. Upon the death of a participant during employment or while receiving his or her benefits under the plan following termination of employment, his or her unpaid account balance will be paid to his or her beneficiary in a lump sum within 60 days of the date the plan committee is notified of his or her death. Participants also elect whether to receive a distribution of their entire account balance in a lump sum upon a change in control of the Company, as defined in the plan, or whether to have their account balance remain in the plan after a change in control. In the absence of such an election, a participant will receive a distribution after a change in control occurs. Participants may also