Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Waste Connections, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2020 annual and special meeting of shareholders on May 15, 2020 (the "Meeting").

The Company's shareholders (the "Shareholders") elected each of the Company's nominees for director by the votes indicated below:





                                                                      Total Broker
   Nominee for Director:    Total Votes For:  Total Votes Withheld:    Non-Votes:
Ronald J. Mittelstaedt            208,434,846            12,518,668         7,122,363
Edward E. "Ned" Guillet           214,286,622             6,666,892         7,122,363
Michael W. Harlan                 206,048,489            14,905,025         7,122,363
Larry S. Hughes                   220,813,290               140,224         7,122,363
Worthing F. Jackman               218,665,041             2,288,473         7,122,363
Elise L. Jordan                   220,639,784               313,730         7,122,363
Susan "Sue" Lee                   218,879,180             2,074,334         7,122,363
William J. Razzouk                208,227,891            12,725,623         7,122,363

The Shareholders approved on a non-binding, advisory basis the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the Company's management information circular and proxy statement in respect of the Meeting by the votes indicated below:





Total Votes For:        215,495,666
Total Votes Against:      5,375,787
Total Votes Withheld:        81,680
Total Broker Non-Votes:   7,122,744

The Shareholders appointed Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm until the close of the Company's 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and authorized the Company's Board of Directors to fix the auditor's remuneration by the votes indicated below:





Total Votes For:        227,932,400
Total Votes Withheld:       143,477
Total Broker Non-Votes:           0

The Shareholders approved the Waste Connections, Inc. 2020 Employee Share Purchase Plan by the votes indicated below:





Total Votes For:        220,777,436
Total Votes Against:        176,751
Total Broker Non-Votes:   7,121,690


Item 8.01 Other Events.

On May 15, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing that the Shareholders had elected as the Company's directors each of the nominees listed above under Item 5.07 at the Meeting. The press release announcing the election of the directors and related matters is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.





 (d) Exhibit.

99.1 Press Release, dated May 15, 2020, issued by Waste Connections, Inc.

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