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<P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM S-8
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASTE
MANAGEMENT, INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1001 Fannin Street </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Suite&nbsp;4000 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Houston,
Texas 77002 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(713)&nbsp;512-6200 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code of Registrant&#146;s principal executive offices) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full titles of the Plans) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Barry H. Caldwell </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Waste
Management, Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1001 Fannin Street </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Suite&nbsp;4000 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Houston,
Texas 77002 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(713)&nbsp;512-6200 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller
reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>Title of securities to be registered</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, reserved for issuance under the Waste Management, Inc.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">3,000,000</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$49.82</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$149,460,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$17,367.25</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Relates to Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Waste Management, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement on Form
S-8 also shall cover rights to acquire Common Stock and any additional shares of Common Stock in respect of the securities identified in the above table as a result of any stock split, stock dividend or anti-dilution provisions of the Plan.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The maximum offering price per share is estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c) and Rule&nbsp;457(h) under the Securities Act based on the average of the high
and low sales prices of the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May&nbsp;18, 2015. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with General Instruction E of Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has filed this registration
statement on Form S-8 to register the issuance of an additional 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Waste Management, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Registration No.&nbsp;333-135379) filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on June&nbsp;27, 2006, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-159475) filed by the
Registrant with the Commission on May&nbsp;26, 2009 and the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-181335) filed by the Registrant with the Commission on May&nbsp;11, 2012 are incorporated herein by reference except to the
extent otherwise updated or modified by this Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Part II </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement: </P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2014. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2015. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on Form 8-B filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;13, 1995. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;2, 2015,&nbsp;February&nbsp;24, 2015,&nbsp;March&nbsp;3, 2015 and May&nbsp;15, 2015. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all of the securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. The Registrant is not, however, incorporating, in each case, any documents or information that the Registrant is deemed to furnish and not file in accordance
with Commission rules. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Courtney Tippy will issue an opinion regarding the validity of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock offered hereby. Ms.&nbsp;Tippy is the
Registrant&#146;s Assistant General Counsel &#150; Securities&nbsp;&amp; Governance, Corporate Secretary. Ms.&nbsp;Tippy currently owns and has rights to receive less than 0.1% of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding Common Stock and is eligible to
participate in the Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement: </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Third Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2010).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission on December&nbsp;12,
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<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Waste Management, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission on
May&nbsp;15, 2015).</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all requirements for filing on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8</FONT> to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas on the 20<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> day of May, 2015. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ David P. Steiner</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">David P. Steiner</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">President, Chief Executive
Officer&nbsp;and Director</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Know all men by these presents, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David P. Steiner, James C. Fish Jr.
and Barry Caldwell, and each of them, each of whom may act without joinder of the other, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all pre- or post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, including without limitation any registration statement of the type contemplated by Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, or substitute or substitutes of any or all of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement on
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8</FONT> has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; David P.
Steiner&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>David P. Steiner</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">President,&nbsp;Chief&nbsp;Executive&nbsp;Officer&nbsp;and&nbsp;Director</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">May&nbsp;20, 2015</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;James C. Fish,
Jr.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>James C. Fish, Jr.</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Executive&nbsp;Vice&nbsp;President&nbsp;and Chief Financial Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Financial Officer)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">May 20, 2015</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Don P.
Carpenter&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Don P. Carpenter</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Vice&nbsp;President&nbsp;and&nbsp;Chief&nbsp;Accounting&nbsp;Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Accounting Officer)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">May 20, 2015</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bradbury H.
Anderson&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Bradbury H. Anderson</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">May 20, 2015</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Frank M. Clark,
Jr.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Frank M. Clark, Jr.</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">May 20, 2015</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Andr&eacute;s R.
Gluski&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Andr&eacute;s R. Gluski</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">May 20, 2015</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Patrick W.
Gross&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Patrick W. Gross</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">May 20, 2015</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Victoria M.
Holt&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Victoria M. Holt</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">May 20, 2015</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;John C. Pope&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>John C. Pope</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">May 20, 2015</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;W. Robert Reum&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>W. Robert Reum</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">Chairman&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Board&nbsp;and&nbsp;Director</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">May 20, 2015</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thomas H.
Weidemeyer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Thomas H. Weidemeyer</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">May 20, 2015</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Third Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2010).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission on December&nbsp;12,
2012).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Courtney Tippy.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">23.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Courtney Tippy (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">24.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">99.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Waste Management, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission on
May&nbsp;15, 2015).</TD></TR>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2015
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
WASTE
MANAGEMENT, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
73-1309529
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
1001 Fannin Street
Suite 4000
Houston,
Texas 77002
(713) 512-6200
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code of Registrant's principal executive offices)
WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full titles of the Plans)
Barry H. Caldwell
Waste
Management, Inc.
1001 Fannin Street
Suite 4000
Houston,
Texas 77002
(713) 512-6200
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller
reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to be registered
Amount to be
Registered (1)
Proposed maximum
offering price
per share (2)
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
price (2)
Amount of
registration fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, reserved for issuance under the Waste Management, Inc.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
3,000,000
$49.82
$149,460,000
$17,367.25
(1)
Relates to Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Waste Management, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement on Form
S-8 also shall cover rights to acquire Common Stock and any additional shares of Common Stock in respect of the securities identified in the above table as a result of any stock split, stock dividend or anti-dilution provisions of the Plan.
(2)
The maximum offering price per share is estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act based on the average of the high
and low sales prices of the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May 18, 2015.
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
In accordance with General Instruction E of Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has filed this registration
statement on Form S-8 to register the issuance of an additional 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Waste Management, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"). The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Registration No. 333-135379) filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on June 27, 2006, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-159475) filed by the
Registrant with the Commission on May 26, 2009 and the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-181335) filed by the Registrant with the Commission on May 11, 2012 are incorporated herein by reference except to the
extent otherwise updated or modified by this Registration Statement.
Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a)
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014.
(b)
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2015.
(c)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock on Form 8-B filed with the Commission on July 13, 1995.
(d)
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 2, 2015, February 24, 2015, March 3, 2015 and May 15, 2015.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all of the securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. The Registrant is not, however, incorporating, in each case, any documents or information that the Registrant is deemed to furnish and not file in accordance
with Commission rules.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Courtney Tippy will issue an opinion regarding the validity of the Registrant's Common Stock offered hereby. Ms. Tippy is the
Registrant's Assistant General Counsel – Securities & Governance, Corporate Secretary. Ms. Tippy currently owns and has rights to receive less than 0.1% of the Registrant's outstanding Common Stock and is eligible to
participate in the Plan.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
4.1
—
Third Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2010).
4.2
—
Amended and Restated Bylaws (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on
Form 8-K
filed with the Commission on December 12,
2012).
5.1
—
Opinion of Courtney Tippy.
23.1
—
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
—
Consent of Courtney Tippy (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
—
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
99.1
—
Waste Management, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on
Form 8-K
filed with the Commission on
May 15, 2015).
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all requirements for filing on
Form S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement on
Form S-8
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas on the 20
th
day of May, 2015.
WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.
By:
/s/ David P. Steiner
David P. Steiner
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all men by these presents, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David P. Steiner, James C. Fish Jr.
and Barry Caldwell, and each of them, each of whom may act without joinder of the other, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all pre- or post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, including without limitation any registration statement of the type contemplated by Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, or substitute or substitutes of any or all of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement on
Form S-8
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/     David P.
Steiner
David P. Steiner
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
May 20, 2015
/s/    James C. Fish,
Jr.
James C. Fish, Jr.
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
May 20, 2015
/s/    Don P.
Carpenter
Don P. Carpenter
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
May 20, 2015
/s/    Bradbury H.
Anderson
Bradbury H. Anderson
Director
May 20, 2015
/s/    Frank M. Clark,
Jr.
Frank M. Clark, Jr.
Director
May 20, 2015
/s/    Andrés R.
Gluski
Andrés R. Gluski
Director
May 20, 2015
/s/    Patrick W.
Gross
Patrick W. Gross
Director
May 20, 2015
/s/    Victoria M.
Holt
Victoria M. Holt
Director
May 20, 2015
/s/    John C. Pope
John C. Pope
Director
May 20, 2015
/s/    W. Robert Reum
W. Robert Reum
Chairman of the Board and Director
May 20, 2015
/s/    Thomas H.
Weidemeyer
Thomas H. Weidemeyer
Director
May 20, 2015
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
4.1
—
Third Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2010).
4.2
—
Amended and Restated Bylaws (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on
Form 8-K
filed with the Commission on December 12,
2012).
5.1
—
Opinion of Courtney Tippy.
23.1
—
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
—
Consent of Courtney Tippy (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
—
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
99.1
—
Waste Management, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on
Form 8-K
filed with the Commission on
May 15, 2015).