Company: WCN
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-032201
Chunk: 106

Company: Waste Connections, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 106
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, or other property, or an award may be canceled, forfeited, or surrendered; prescribe the form of each Award Agreement, which need not be identical for each participant; decide all other matters that must be determined in connection with an award; establish, adopt, or revise any rules and regulations as it may deem necessary or advisable to administer the Plan; interpret the terms of, and any matter arising pursuant to, the Plan, any Program or any Award Agreement; make all other decisions and determinations that may be required pursuant to the Plan or as the Administrator deems necessary or advisable to administer the Plan; and accelerate wholly or partially the vesting or lapse of restrictions of any award or portion thereof at any time after the grant of an award, subject to whatever terms and conditions it selects and the Plan. Eligibility Persons eligible to participate in the Plan include selected employees (including officers), consultants of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company and directors, as determined by the Committee. Options Options include (A) in respect of a U.S. participant, an option to acquire one Common Share, awarded under the Plan, that is not intended to qualify as an “incentive share option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, and (B) in respect of a Canadian participant, an option to acquire one Common Share awarded under the Plan. Each option granted shall be evidenced by an Option Agreement in substantially the form as may be approved by the Administrator, which Option Agreement shall specify the term for which the option thereunder is granted and shall provide that such option shall expire at the end of such term. Each Option Agreement shall specify the exercise price per Common Share, as determined by the Administrator at the time the option is granted, which exercise price shall in no event be less than the fair market value per Common Share on the date of grant. Warrants Each warrant granted shall be evidenced by a Warrant Agreement in substantially the form as may be approved by the Administrator. Each Warrant Agreement shall specify the term for which the warrant thereunder is granted and shall provide that such warrant shall expire at the end of such term. Each Warrant Agreement shall specify the purchase price per share, as determined by the Administrator at the time the warrant is granted, which purchase price shall in no event be less than the fair market value per share on the date of grant. Restricted Shares Restricted shares are Common Shares awarded under the Plan in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan which are subject to forfeiture or buyback by the Company over the restriction