UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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): November 20, 2017

MERIDIAN WASTE SOLUTIONS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

One Glenlake Parkway NE Suite 900
Atlanta, GA 30328

(Address of principal executive offices)

(770) 691-6350

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Termination of Investment Agreement

As previously reported, Meridian Waste Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”), on November 7, 2017, entered into an Investment Agreement (the “Investment Agreement”) with YA II PN, LTD (“YA”). As consideration for YA entering into the Investment Agreement, the Company paid to YA a commitment fee in the amount of $250,000, in the form of 242,718 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Fee Shares”).

The Company and YA mutually agreed to terminate the Investment Agreement and the private placement contemplated thereby pursuant to the Termination Agreement between the Company and YA dated November 20, 2017 (the “Termination Agreement”). Pursuant to the Termination Agreement, the Company will pay YA a termination fee comprised of $100,000 cash and 82,282 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Termination Shares”). The Fee Shares and the Termination Shares will be registered in a re-sale registration statement on Form S-3 to be filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

The above descriptions of the Investment Agreement and Termination Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by the full text of the forms of such documents, which are attached as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.

The Fee Shares and the Termination Shares were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), but qualified for exemption under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The securities were exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act because the issuance of such securities by the Company did not involve a “public offering,” as defined in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, due to the insubstantial number of persons involved in the transaction, size of the offering, manner of the offering and number of securities offered. The Company did not undertake an offering in which it sold a high number of securities to a high number of investors. In addition, these shareholders had the necessary investment intent as required by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act since they agreed to, and received, share certificates bearing a legend stating that such securities are restricted pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act. This restriction ensures that these securities would not be immediately redistributed into the market and therefore not be part of a “public offering.” Based on an analysis of the above factors, the Company has met the requirements to qualify for exemption under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

* filed herewith

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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