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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 21, 2011
Waste Management, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
         
Delaware   1-12154   73-1309529
(State or Other Jurisdiction of   (Commission File   (IRS Employer Identification
Incorporation)   Number)   No.)
     
1001 Fannin, Suite 4000 Houston, Texas   77002
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s Telephone number, including area code: (713) 512-6200
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURES
Exhibit Index
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Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
     On June 21, 2011, the Board of Directors of Waste Management, Inc. (the “Company”) adopted an amendment to Article II, Section 2.4 of the Company’s Amended and Restated By-laws to permit record holders who have held at least a twenty-five percent (25%) net long position in the outstanding common stock of the Company for at least one year to call a special meeting of stockholders. The text of the amendment contains various exceptions and timing mechanisms that are intended to avoid the cost and distraction that would result from multiple stockholder meetings being held in a short time period.
     The above description of the amendment is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Company’s Amended and Restated By-laws, as further amended, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
     
Exhibit No.
  Description of Exhibit
 
   
 
   
3.2
  Amended and Restated By-laws as of June 21, 2011

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
         
  WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.
 
 
Date: June 24, 2011  By:   /s/ Rick L Wittenbraker    
    Rick L Wittenbraker   
    Senior Vice President   
 

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Exhibit Index
     
Exhibit No.
  Description of Exhibit
 
   
 
   
3.2
  Amended and Restated By-laws as of June 21, 2011

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