SCHEDULE 14A
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Waste Management, Inc.
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WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.
WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.
1001 FANNIN STREET
SUIT 4000
Houston, TX 77002
1001 FANNIN STREET
SUIT 4000
Houston, TX 77002
Meeting Information
Meeting Type: Annual
For holders as of: March 15, 2010
Date: May 11, 2010 Time: 11:00 a.m. CDT
For holders as of: March 15, 2010
Date: May 11, 2010 Time: 11:00 a.m. CDT
| Location: |
The Maury Myers Conference Center Waste Management, Inc. 1021 Main Street Houston, TX 77002 |
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| Voting Items | ||||||||||
The Board of Directors recommends
you vote FOR the following proposals:
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1.
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Proposal to elect | 2. | Proposal to ratify the appointment of
Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered
public accounting firm for 2010. |
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| 1a. | Pastora San Juan Cafferty | |||||||||
| 1b. | Frank M. Clark, Jr. | 3. | Proposal to amend the Company’s Second
Restated Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate
the supermajority stockholder voting provisions. |
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| 1c. | Patrick W. Gross | |||||||||
| 1d. | John C. Pope | The Board of Directors recommends you vote AGAINST the following proposals: | ||||||||
| 1e. | W. Robert Reum | |||||||||
| 4. | Proposal
relating to disclosure of political contributions, if properly
presented at the meeting. |
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| 1f. | Steven G. Rothmeier | |||||||||
| 1g. | David P. Steiner | 5. | Proposal relating to the right of stockholders to
call special stockholder meetings, if properly
presented at the meeting. |
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| 1h. | Thomas H. Weidemeyer | |||||||||
| Note: | In their discretion, upon such other matters that
may properly come before the meeting or any
adjournment or adjournments thereof. |
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