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| Item 5.04. | Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Registrant’s Employee Benefit Plans. |
On November 20, 2025, Waste Management, Inc. (the “Company”) sent a notice to its directors and executive officers pursuant to Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rule 104 of Regulation BTR that the Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan (the “Plan”) will be changing recordkeepers, effective January 1, 2026. As a result of this change, there will be a “blackout period” imposed on participants in the Plan. During the blackout period, participants will be unable to change contribution rates, direct or diversify investments in individual accounts (including accounts invested in the Company common stock fund), obtain a loan from the Plan, obtain a hardship or other withdrawal, or obtain a distribution from the Plan. The blackout period is expected to begin at 4:00 p.m. ET on December 24, 2025, and is expected to end during the week of January 18, 2026. The notice informed them of the blackout period, during which they are not permitted, directly or indirectly, to purchase, sell or otherwise acquire or transfer any equity security of the Company if the director or executive officer would acquire or previously acquired such equity security in connection with service or employment as a director or executive officer of the Company.
During the blackout period and for two years after the ending date of the blackout period, a security holder or other interested person may obtain, without charge, the actual beginning and ending dates of the blackout period by submitting a request to 800 Capitol Street, Suite 3000, Houston, Texas 77002, Attn: Corporate Secretary; 713.512.6393.
A copy of the notice is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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| 99.1 | Notice provided to directors and executive officers of Waste Management, Inc. on November 20, 2025. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) |
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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.
| WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. |
| Date: November 20, 2025 | By: | /s/ Courtney A. Tippy |
| Courtney A. Tippy | ||
| Vice President & Corporate Secretary |
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