Devina A. Rankin - Feb 13, 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for WASTE MANAGEMENT INC (WM)

Role
EVP & CFO
Signature
Courtney Tippy, Attorney-in-fact
Stock symbol
WM
Transactions as of
Feb 13, 2024
Transactions value $
$3,480,450
Form type
4
Date filed
2/15/2024, 04:48 PM
Previous filing
Jan 3, 2024
Next filing
Feb 21, 2024

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction WM Common Stock Award $5.8M +29.5K +51.24% $196.85 87K Feb 13, 2024 Direct F1
transaction WM Common Stock Tax liability -$2.17M -11K -12.66% $196.85 76K Feb 13, 2024 Direct
transaction WM Common Stock Sale -$154K -775 -1.02% $198.58 75.2K Feb 14, 2024 Direct F2, F3
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Buy Plan / Sale Plan: These are also open market purchases/sales of shares, but in this case the transaction is part of a trading plan. Rule 10b5-1 allows insiders to setup a trading plan to buy/sell stocks over a certain period of time. Since the purchases/sales are predetermined, this protects the insiders from violating insider trading law.

Transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c).

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 Settlement of performance share award granted under Waste Management, Inc. 2014 Stock Incentive Plan
F2 Sale of additional shares to cover personal federal income tax obligation pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan.
F3 This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $198.5794 to $198.60. The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transaction was effected.