Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. At the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders ofCasella Waste Systems, Inc. (the "Company") held onJune 2, 2020 (the "Annual Meeting"), the Company's stockholders voted on the following matters, which are described in detail in the Company's definitive proxy statement filed with theSecurities and Exchange Commission onApril 20, 2020 : (i) to elect three Class II directors, each to serve a term expiring at the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders ("Proposal 1"); (ii) to approve, in an advisory "say-on-pay" vote, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers ("Proposal 2"); and (iii) to ratify the appointment ofRSM US LLP as the Company's independent auditors for the fiscal year endingDecember 31, 2020 ("Proposal 3"). At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company elected the nominees of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board"),Michael L. Battles ,Joseph G. Doody andEmily Nagle Green , as Class II directors, and approved Proposal 2 and Proposal 3. At the Annual Meeting, the holders of shares of the Company's Class A common stock and Class B common stock representing 54,472,143 votes were represented in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum. Set forth below are the final voting totals for the proposals acted upon at the Annual Meeting: Proposal 1: The following nominees were elected to the Board as Class II directors, each to serve for a term expiring at the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Nominee Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Michael L. Battles 40,742,025 588,528 3,246,090 Joseph G. Doody 46,309,497 4,916,556 3,246,090 Emily Nagle Green 47,122,769 4,103,284 3,246,090Mr. Battles was nominated as the Company's Class A director. Under the Company's certificate of incorporation, the holders of the Company's Class A common stock, voting separately as a class, are entitled to elect the Class A director. The terms of the following directors continued after the Annual Meeting:John W. Casella ,William P. Hulligan ,James E. O'Connor ,Michael K. Burke ,James F. Callahan , Jr. andDouglas R. Casella . Proposal 2: An advisory "say-on-pay" vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers was approved. Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstaining Broker Non-Votes 49,001,127 2,192,681 32,245 3,246,090 Proposal 3: The appointment of RSM US LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as the Company's independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020 was ratified. Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstaining 53,202,624 1,266,907 2,612
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