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Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus dated February 23, 2009 Relating to
Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated February 23, 2009
to Prospectus dated September 22, 2006
Registration Statement No. 333-137526
Final Pricing Term Sheet
6.375% Senior Notes due 2015
7.375% Senior Notes due 2019
     
Issuer:
  Waste Management, Inc.
 
    
Guarantor:
  Waste Management Holdings, Inc.
 
    
Size:
  $800,000,000 (including $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the 6.375% Senior Notes due 2015 (“2015 Notes”) and $450,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the 7.375% Senior Notes due 2019 (“2019 Notes”))
 
    
Maturity:
  2015 Notes — March 11, 2015
2019 Notes — March 11, 2019
 
    
Coupon:
  2015 Notes — 6.375%
2019 Notes — 7.375%
 
    
Price to Public:
  2015 Notes — 99.650% of face amount
2019 Notes — 99.882% of face amount
 
    
Underwriting Discount:
  2015 Notes — 0.60% of face amount
2019 Notes — 0.65% of face amount
 
    
Yield to maturity:
  2015 Notes — 6.445%
2019 Notes — 7.391%
 
    
Spread to Benchmark Treasury:
  2015 Notes — 4.625%
2019 Notes — 4.625%
 
    
Benchmark Treasury:
  2015 Notes — 1.75% 1/31/14
2019 Notes — 2.75% 2/15/19
 
    
Benchmark Treasury Price and Yield:
  2015 Notes — 99-21+ 1.820%
2019 Notes — 99-27+ 2.766%

 

 

     
Interest Payment Dates:
  Semi-annually on March 11 and September 11, commencing September 11, 2009
 
    
Redemption Provisions:
    
     Optional Redemption:
  At any time for an amount equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the notes redeemed and repaid, or (2) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on such notes discounted to the redemption date at the applicable Treasury Yield plus 50 basis points.
 
    
     Change of Control Put:
  A put right upon the occurrence of a change of control triggering event as described in the Preliminary Prospectus dated February 23, 2009.
 
    
Settlement:
  T+3; February 26, 2009
 
    
CUSIP:
  2015 Notes — 94106LAT6
2019 Notes — 94106LAU3
 
    
Joint Book-Running and
  Barclays Capital Inc.
Joint Lead Managers
  Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC,
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc.
 
    
Co-Managers
  2015 Notes -
BNP Paribas Securities Corp
BNY Mellon Capital Markets LLC
Calyon Securities (USA) Inc.
PNC Capital Markets LLC
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
Wells Fargo Securities LLC

2019 Notes —
BNP Paribas Securities Corp
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Mizuho Securities USA Inc.
Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
 
    
Anticipated Ratings:
  Moody’s: Baa3 (Stable)
S&P: BBB (Stable)
Fitch: BBB (Stable)

 

 

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