WASTE MANAGEMENT INC - FORM 8-K

WASTE MANAGEMENT INC - FORM 8-K - May 17, 2011

WASTE MANAGEMENT INC Reports

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 13, 2011

Waste Management, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		1-12154 (Commission File Number)		73-1309529 (IRS Employer Identification No.)


1001 Fannin, Suite 4000 Houston, Texas (Address of Principal Executive Offices)		77002 (Zip Code)

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:


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

At the Annual Meeting of Waste Management, Inc. (the “Company”), a total of 426,423,629 shares of the Company’s common stock, out of a total of 475,145,633 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, and each of proposals 1, 2, 3 and 5 were approved by the Company’s stockholders.

Election to the Company’s Board of Directors of the following eight director nominees:


	Number of		Number of				Broker
Name	Affirmative Votes		Negative Votes		Abstentions		Non-Votes
Pastora San Juan Cafferty		360,212,056		5,118,198		1,489,500		59,603,875
Frank M. Clark, Jr.		364,743,567		592,711		1,483,476		59,603,875
Patrick W. Gross		317,779,361		47,470,648		1,569,745		59,603,875
John C. Pope		346,697,968		18,624,824		1,496,962		59,603,875
W. Robert Reum		364,633,227		698,609		1,487,918		59,603,875
Steven G. Rothmeier		361,160,504		4,172,401		1,486,849		59,603,875
David P. Steiner		356,202,286		9,057,237		1,560,231		59,603,875
Thomas H. Weidemeyer		364,679,398		660,501		1,479,855		59,603,875

Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011:


For	Against	Abstentions

421,354,265	3,773,900	1,295,464

Approval, by non-binding vote, of the Company’s executive compensation as described in the Company’s 2011 proxy statement:

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

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

Approval of a proposal to amend the Company’s By-laws to allow stockholders who have held at least a 25% net long position in the Company’s common stock for one year to call special stockholder meetings:


For	Against	Abstentions

420,707,449	3,892,011	1,824,169

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.


	WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.
Date: May 17, 2011	By:	/s/ Rick L Wittenbraker
		Rick L Wittenbraker
		Senior Vice President

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes