UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

 

 

 

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

   

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1 .Name and Address of Reporting Person

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN)

6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

______Director ______ 10% Owner

___XX_Officer (give ______Other (specify title below) below)

Vice President-Engineering______________________

(Last) (First) (Middle)

Little, James

3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity
(voluntary)

4. Statement for
Month/Day/Year

February 20, 2003

(Street)

35 Iron Point Circle, Suite 200

5. If Amendment,
Date of Original
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
XX
_Form filed by One Reporting Person
___Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

--See Note 1.

(City) (State) (Zip)

Folsom, CA 95630-8589

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Trans-
action
Date


(Month/
Day/
Year)

2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any

(Month/
Day/
Year)

3. Trans-
Action
Code

(Instr. 8)

4. Securities Acquired (A)
or Disposed of (D)

(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

5. Amount of
Securities
Beneficially
Owned
Following
Reported
Transaction(s)

(Instr. 3 and 4)

6. Owner-
ship
Form:
Direct
(D) or
Indirect
(I)

(Instr. 4)

7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership

(Instr. 4)

Code

V

Amount

(A) or

(D)

Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of
Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conver-
sion or
Exercise
Price of
Deri-
vative
Security

3. Trans-
action
Date


(Month/
Day/
Year)

3A. Deemed
Execution
Date,
if any

(Month/
Day/
Year)

4. Trans-
action
Code
(Instr. 8)

 

 

 

5. Number of Deriv-
ative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exer-
cisable and
Expiration
Date
(Month/Day/
Year).

7. Title and Amount of Securities
Underlying
Derivative Security

(Inst. 3 and 4)

8. Price
of
Deriv-
ative
Secur-
ity

(Instr.
5)

9. Number
of deriv-
ative
Secur-
ities
Bene-
ficially
Owned
Following
Reported
Tran-saction(s)

(Instr. 4)

10. Owner-
ship
Form of
Deriv-
ative
Security:
Direct
(D) or
Indirect
(I)

(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect
Beneficial Ownership

(Instr. 4)

 

Code

 

V

 

(A)

 

(D)

Date
Exer-
cisable

Expira-
tion
Date

Title

Amount or
Number of
Shares

Employee Stock Option

(right to buy)

$32.62

2/20/03

A

40,000

*

2/19/13

Common Stock

40,000

40,000

D

 

* Option exercisable for 1/3 of the shares on each of 2/20/04, 2/20/05 and 2/20/06.

/s/ James Little 2/24/03

 

 

 

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