Waste Management, Inc. filings document the regulatory record for an NYSE-listed environmental services company with common stock trading under WM. The company’s Form 8-K reports cover operating results, financial condition, non-GAAP reconciliations, material agreements, credit-agreement covenant calculations, executive compensation arrangements and employee-benefit plan notices.
Proxy materials disclose annual meeting proposals, board elections, auditor ratification, advisory executive-compensation votes and employee stock purchase plan share authorization matters. The filing record also documents governance practices, capital-structure terms, shareholder voting mechanics, debt and liquidity arrangements, and the formal exhibits associated with WM’s quarterly and annual earnings communications.
Waste Management Inc filing: The Vanguard Group amended its Schedule 13G to report 0 shares beneficially owned of Waste Management common stock, representing 0% of the class. The amendment states Vanguard completed an internal realignment on January 12, 2026, after which certain subsidiaries report ownership separately in reliance on SEC Release No. 34-39538.
Waste Management, Inc. entered into Amendment No. 2 to its Seventh Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement on March 20, 2026. The amendment changes the definitions of EBIT and EBITDA used in the leverage ratio covenant so that equity-based compensation and interest accretion can be added back as non-cash items.
These changes are described as intended to enhance comparability by aligning the covenant calculations with how certain industry peers treat these non-cash expenses. The amendment applies to the existing revolving credit facility among Waste Management, its Canadian subsidiaries as borrowers, and Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent.
Waste Management, Inc. awarded a $1 million cash transition success bonus to former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Devina Rankin on March 13, 2026. The company explains this recognizes the value delivered to stockholders from her leadership in completing an orderly CFO transition and advancing integration of its Healthcare Solutions business.
Ms. Rankin had voluntarily resigned as CFO effective November 1, 2025 after a 23-year career with nearly nine years in the CFO role, then continued as an executive advisor at her prior base salary through March 13, 2026 to support the handover. The bonus is in addition to her 2025 annual cash incentive award and is governed by a transition success bonus letter agreement filed as an exhibit.
Waste Management EVP & CFO David L. Reed reported routine share activity. He completed an open-market sale of 75 shares of Common Stock at $245.26 per share and had 121 shares withheld earlier at $246.31 per share to cover tax obligations tied to a restricted share award. The filing notes the sale of additional shares was made under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan and also corrects a prior administrative error that had overstated his beneficial ownership by 3 shares. After these transactions, Reed directly holds about 8,494.6057 Waste Management shares.
Waste Management President & COO John J. Morris reported an option exercise and share sale. He exercised stock options covering 5,484 shares of common stock at $150.1150 per share, converting them into common shares. On the same date, he completed an open-market sale of 4,211 common shares at a weighted average price of $243.3775 per share, with individual trades executed between $243.3700 and $244.7375. After these transactions, he directly holds 99,929 common shares and has an additional 2,439.3761 shares held indirectly through a 401(k) plan, and no stock options remain from this grant.
Waste Management SVP-Chief Information Officer Johnson Varkey reported two stock transactions involving company common shares. On March 9, 2026, he completed an open-market sale of 121 shares at an average price of $245.2679 per share, executed under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan to help cover a personal federal income tax obligation. Following this sale, his direct holdings were 9,292.7856 common shares.
Earlier, on March 7, 2026, 193 shares were disposed of at $246.3100 per share as a tax-withholding transaction, satisfying tax due on the settlement of a restricted share award granted under the Waste Management, Inc. 2014 Stock Incentive Plan. This tax withholding was not an open-market sale.
Waste Management’s VP & Chief Accounting Officer John A. Carroll reported routine share dispositions. A restricted share award under the company’s 2014 Stock Incentive Plan triggered withholding of 74 common shares to pay taxes. He also completed an open-market sale of 47 common shares at $245.3001 per share to cover personal federal income tax under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. After these transactions, he directly holds 8,983.3039 common shares.
Waste Management, Inc. senior vice president Christopher P. DeSantis reported routine equity transactions involving company common stock. On March 7, 107 shares were disposed of at $246.31 per share to satisfy federal income tax obligations tied to a restricted share award settlement. On March 9, he executed an open-market sale of 61 shares at an average price of $245.50 per share under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Following these transactions, DeSantis directly holds 9,392.87 shares of Waste Management common stock.
WASTE MANAGEMENT Inc. insider transactions disclosed. David Reed reported dispositions of 270 shares on 01/30/2026, 37 shares on 02/26/2026, and 21 shares on 03/02/2026, totaling 328 shares sold in the past three months.
The filing also lists 75 common shares tied to the vesting of a restricted stock unit award on 03/07/2026 granted under the issuer's equity compensation plan; an entry shows 75 shares with $18,394.50 and broker Merrill Lynch on 03/09/2026.
Waste Management Inc. submitted a Form 144 disclosing proposed/common stock transactions and a restricted stock unit vesting. The notice shows a 03/07/2026 RSU vesting event for 47 shares and three reported sales by John Carroll on 01/30/2026, 02/11/2026, and 02/26/2026 for 220, 1,021, and 37 shares respectively, with proceeds listed alongside each sale.