Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On May 16, 2022, Republic Services, Inc. ("Republic" or the "Company") held its 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting"). The shareholders voted on the matters set forth below:



1.  The nominees for election to the Board of Directors were elected, each for a
    one-year term, based on the following votes:



                                                                                   Broker
Nominee                   Votes For        Votes Against       Abstentions       Non-Votes
Manuel Kadre              274,307,688          10,516,088           336,436       11,964,455
Tomago Collins            282,882,326           1,927,723           410,163       11,964,455
Michael A. Duffy          284,548,842             274,352           337,018       11,964,455
Thomas W. Handley         276,470,593           8,353,685           335,934       11,964,455
Jennifer M. Kirk          282,772,485           2,059,303           328,424       11,964,455
Michael Larson            274,462,380          10,358,015           339,817       11,964,455
Kim S. Pegula             283,681,582           1,076,007           402,623       11,964,455
James P. Snee             282,481,431           2,341,133           337,648       11,964,455
Brian S. Tyler            284,111,204             711,056           337,952       11,964,455
Jon Vander Ark            284,599,111             221,631           339,470       11,964,455
Sandra M. Volpe           282,935,725           1,897,265           327,222       11,964,455
Katharine B. Weymouth     238,710,136          46,120,547           329,529       11,964,455



2.  The proposal to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive
    officers was approved based on the following advisory, non-binding votes:



Votes for            272,052,301
Votes against         12,333,826
Abstentions              774,085
Broker non-votes      11,964,455



3.  The proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's
    independent registered public accounting firm for 2022 was approved based on
    the following votes:



Votes for            289,685,138
Votes against          7,114,679
Abstentions              324,850
Broker non-votes              -



4.  The shareholder proposal to amend the Company's clawback policy for senior
    executives was not approved based on the following votes:



Votes for            108,191,497
Votes against        174,985,770
Abstentions            1,982,945
Broker non-votes      11,964,455


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5.  The shareholder proposal to commission a third-party environmental justice
    audit was not approved based on the following votes:



Votes for            100,658,120
Votes against        182,165,522
Abstentions            2,336,570

Broker non-votes 11,964,455





6.  The shareholder proposal to commission a third-party civil rights audit was
    not approved based on the following votes:



Votes for            109,500,062
Votes against        173,316,662
Abstentions            2,343,488
Broker non-votes      11,964,455

According to an Arizona statute, if a person or group acquires 20% or more of the stock of a public corporation, the shares in excess of the 20% threshold may not be voted on matters other than the election of directors (subject to limited exceptions). This statute, on its face, applies to any public company that is headquartered in Arizona, has assets of at least $1 million in Arizona and has more than 500 Arizona employees. In a 2007 decision, a federal court in Arizona stated that the statute is unconstitutional and unenforceable in the case of an entity, like Republic, that is incorporated in Delaware. If the statute were deemed to be enforceable and applicable to us and to the shares of our common stock held by Cascade Investment, L.L.C. ("Cascade") (which held approximately 34.8% of our common stock as of the record date for the Annual Meeting), approximately 46 million fewer shares would have been voted for each of proposals two through six, but the outcome of the decisions on those matters would not have been impacted. The Company does not currently take any position regarding the enforceability of the statute or its application to us or the common stock voted by Cascade.

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