17 December 2024 I Houston, TX

The board of directors of Waste Management (NYSE: WM) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.825 per common share, an increase of approximately 10% from the previous quarterly dividend of $0.75. Payment of the dividend is expected in March 2025.

For calendar year 2025, this marks the third dividend increase for the Washington Crossing Advisors Rising Dividend portfolio. All three changes were increases. The average dividend increase is 8.4% compared with December 2024 indicated levels.

Please contact your financial advisor for a complete list of all portfolio holdings that have, in the past 12 months, increased, decreased, or had no change in dividend.

From the press release: “WM (NYSE: WM) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a 10.0% increase in the planned quarterly dividend rate for 2025, from $0.75 to $0.825 per share. This increase brings the annual dividend rate to $3.30 per share, up from $3.00, and marks the company’s twenty-second consecutive year of dividend increases. Each individual future quarterly dividend will be declared at the discretion of WM’s Board of Directors prior to payment. It is expected that the first increased dividend will be paid in March of 2025.”1

About the company: “WM (WM.com) is North America’s leading provider of comprehensive environmental solutions. Previously known as Waste Management and based in Houston, Texas, WM is driven by commitments to put people first and achieve success with integrity. The company, through its subsidiaries, provides collection, recycling and disposal services to millions of residential, commercial, industrial and municipal customers throughout the U.S. and Canada, as well as compliance-based solutions for regulated waste and secure information destruction in the U.S., Canada and Europe. With innovative infrastructure and capabilities in recycling, organics and renewable energy, WM provides environmental solutions to and collaborates with its customers in helping them pursue their sustainability goals. WM has the largest disposal network and collection fleet in North America, is the largest recycler of post-consumer materials and is a leader in beneficial use of landfill gas, with a growing network of renewable natural gas plants and the most landfill gas-to-electricity plants in North America. WM’s fleet includes more than 12,000 natural gas trucks – the largest heavy-duty natural gas truck fleet in the industry in North America. To learn more about WM and the company’s sustainability progress and solutions, visit Sustainability.WM.com.”1

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