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): October 16, 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)

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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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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.      ☐

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Closing of Membership Interest Purchase Agreement

On October 16, 2017, (the “Closing Date”), Mobile Science Technologies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Meridian Waste Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into that certain Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) by and among Jeffrey S. Powell, an individual residing in the State of South Carolina, and Corral Court Capital LLC, a Georgia limited liability company, as sellers (together, the “Seller”), the Company, as parent, and Mobile Science Technologies, Inc., as buyer (“Buyer”), pursuant to which Buyer will acquire from Seller all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to 100% of the membership interests (the “Membership Interests”) of DxT Medical, LLC, a South Carolina limited liability company that owns and operates a national healthcare distribution business. As consideration for the Membership Interests, the Company will either (a) pay Four Hundred Sixty Two Thousand United States Dollars ($462,000) (the “Cash Payment”) to the Seller or (b) issue to the Seller an aggregate of 350,000 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.025 per share, allocated in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement (the “Stock Payment”). In connection with the closing of the Purchase Agreement, and pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof, the Seller elected to receive its consideration in the form of the Stock Payment. 

The above description of the Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the forms of such documents, which is provided as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.01.

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 securities underlying the Amended and Restated Warrant and the securities issued pursuant to the Offering 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

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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