Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. At the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders ofCasella Waste Systems, Inc. (the "Company") held onJune 2, 2021 (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 15, 2021 : (i) to elect three Class III directors, each to serve a term expiring at the 2024 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, 2021 ("Proposal 3"). At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company elected the nominees of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board"),John W. Casella ,William P. Hulligan andRose Stuckey Kirk , as Class III 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 57,793,003 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 III directors, each to serve for a term expiring at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Nominee Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes John W. Casella 51,921,549 3,476,789 2,394,665 William P. Hulligan 51,511,592 3,886,746 2,394,665 Rose Stuckey Kirk 55,123,589 274,749 2,394,665 The terms of the following directors continued after the Annual Meeting:Michael K. Burke ,James F. Callahan , Jr.,Douglas R. Casella ,Michael L. Battles ,Joseph G. Doody , andEmily Nagle Green . 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 53,334,197 2,032,089 32,052 2,394,665 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, 2021 was ratified. Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstaining 56,895,736 888,716 8,551
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