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WASTE MANAGEMENT INC
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2025-10-27
2025-10-27
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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): October 27, 2025
Waste
Management, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware |
|
1-12154 |
|
73-1309529 |
(State
or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation) |
|
(Commission
File Number) |
|
(IRS
Employer
Identification No.) |
| 800
Capitol Street, Suite
3000, Houston,
Texas |
|
77002 |
| (Address
of Principal Executive Offices) |
|
(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:
| ¨ | Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
| ¨ | Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
| ¨ | Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
| ¨ | Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of
the Act:
| Title of each class |
Trading Symbol(s) |
Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common
Stock, $0.01 par value |
WM |
New
York Stock Exchange |
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
¨
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. ¨
| Item 2.02. | Results of Operations and Financial Condition. |
Waste Management, Inc.
(the “Company”) issued a press release today announcing its financial results for the third quarter of 2025, a copy of which
is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K. The Company is conducting an audio webcast to discuss these results beginning
at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on October 28, 2025. Listeners can access the live audio webcast by
visiting investors.wm.com and selecting “Events & Presentations” from the website menu. A replay of the
audio webcast will be available at the same location.
On the webcast, management
of the Company is expected to discuss certain non-GAAP financial measures. The Company has provided information regarding its use of non-GAAP
measures and reconciliations of such measures to their most comparable GAAP measures in the notes and tables that accompany the press
release.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit Index
Exhibit
Number |
|
Description |
| |
|
|
| 99.1 |
|
Press Release dated October 27, 2025 |
| |
|
|
| 104 |
|
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and
contained in Exhibit 101) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto
duly authorized.
| Date: October 27, 2025 |
By: |
/s/ Charles C. Boettcher |
| |
|
Charles C. Boettcher |
| |
|
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer |
