Company: WCN
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-032201
Chunk: 19

Company: Waste Connections, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 19
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 five times the annual cash retainer. In connection with Mr. Harlan’s appointment as the non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors approved the payment of a $50,000 supplemental annual cash retainer to the non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. Annual Limit on Non-Employee Director Compensation The 2016 Plan contains an annual limit on non-employee director compensation, inclusive of all cash compensation and any equity-based awards under the 2016 Plan that may be made to a non-employee director for service during any calendar year. The annual limit is $350,000 per year (or $700,000 for any non-employee director in the director’s first year of service or for any calendar year that such director serves as non-executive chair of the Board). Annual Retainer and Equity Grants All of our non-employee directors are paid an annual cash retainer and receive deferred share units (“DSUs”). A supplemental annual cash retainer is also paid to committee chairs and the non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. Directors who are officers or employees do not receive any compensation as directors or for attending meetings of the Board or its committees. The principal features of the compensation received by our non-employee directors for fiscal year 2024 are described below.

| ​ | TYPE OF FEE                             | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​    |       ​ | ​ | ​ |
|:--|:----------------------------------------|:--|:--|:--|:-----|--------:|:--|:--|
| ​ | Annual Cash Retainer                    | ​ | ​ | ​ | $    | 100,000 | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | Non-Executive Board Chair Cash Retainer | ​ | ​ | ​ | $    |  50,000 | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | Committee Chair Cash Retainers:         | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​    |       ​ | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | Audit                                   | ​ | ​ | ​ | $    |  25,000 | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | Compensation                            | ​ | ​ | ​ | $    |  25,000 | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | Nominating and Corporate Governance     | ​ | ​ | ​ | $    |  15,000 | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | Target DSU/RSU Grant                    | ​ | ​ | ​ | CAD$ | 245,000 | ​ | ​