Waste Management 2015 Annual Report Download - page 6

If your shares are held by a broker, the broker will ask you how you
want your shares to be voted. If you give the broker instructions, your
shares must be voted as you direct. If you do not give instructions,
one of two things can happen depending on the type of proposal. For
the proposal to ratify selection of the Company’s independent
registered public accounting firm, the broker may vote your shares at
its discretion. But for all other proposals in this Proxy Statement,
including the election of directors, the advisory vote on executive
compensation, and the stockholder proposal, the broker cannot vote
your shares at all. When that happens, it is called a “broker non-vote.”
Broker non-votes are counted in determining the presence of a
quorum at the meeting, but they are not counted for purposes of
calculating the shares present and entitled to vote on particular
proposals at the meeting.
Voting Instructions You may receive more than one proxy card depending on how you
hold your shares. If you hold shares through a broker, your ability to
vote by phone or over the Internet depends on your broker’s voting
process. You should complete and return each proxy or other voting
instruction request provided to you.
If you complete and submit your proxy voting instructions, the
persons named as proxies will follow your instructions. If you submit
your proxy but do not give voting instructions, we will vote your
shares as follows:
•FOR our director candidates;
•FOR the ratification of the independent registered public
accounting firm;
•FOR approval of our executive compensation; and
•AGAINST the stockholder proposal regarding a policy on
acceleration of vesting of equity awards in the event of a change in
control.
If you give us your proxy, any other matters that may properly come
before the meeting will be voted at the discretion of the proxy
holders.
Attending in Person Only stockholders, their proxy holders and our invited guests may
attend the meeting. If you plan to attend, please bring identification
and, if you hold shares in street name, bring your bank or broker
statement showing your beneficial ownership of Waste Management
stock in order to be admitted to the meeting. If you are planning to
attend our annual meeting and require directions to the meeting,
please contact our Corporate Secretary at 713-512-6200.
The only items that will be discussed at this year’s annual meeting
will be the items set out in the Notice. There will be no presentations.
Stockholder Proposals and
Nominees for the 2017 Annual
Meeting Eligible stockholders who wish to submit a proposal for inclusion in
the Proxy Statement for our 2017 Annual Meeting should notify our
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