SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 12, 2017

Waste Management, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Registrant’s Telephone number, including area code: (713) 512-6200

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  o

Item 5.07.            Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Annual Meeting of the Company held on May 12, 2017, a total of 391,906,226 shares of the Company’s common stock, out of a total of 441,798,677 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote, were present in person or represented by proxies. The proposals set forth below were voted on by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting.  Each of the director nominees listed under proposal 1 were elected, and the Company’s stockholders approved each of proposals 2 and 3. With respect to proposal 4, the stockholders recommended that future non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation be conducted annually.  The Company’s stockholders did not approve stockholder proposal 5.

1.              Election to the Company’s Board of Directors of the following nine director nominees:

2.              Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017:

3.              Approval, by non-binding vote, of the Company’s executive compensation as described in the Company’s 2017 proxy statement:

4.              Recommendation, by non-binding vote, of the frequency of future executive compensation votes:

In light of these results, the Company will follow the Board of Directors’ recommendation to hold the non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation annually until the next stockholder vote on the frequency of such vote.

5.              Stockholder proposal regarding a policy on accelerated vesting of equity awards in the event of a change in control.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

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