SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

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
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Cosman Jeffrey Scott

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

ONE GLENLAKE PARKWAY NE SUITE 900

(Street)

ATLANTA

30328

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Meridian Waste Solutions, Inc. [ MRDN ]

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

X	Director	X	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)
	CEO, Chairman

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/21/2017

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

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction 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. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock, par value $0.025 per share	04/21/2017		P/K⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾		20,000	A	$0⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	1,035,897⁽²⁾	I⁽¹⁾	See Footnote⁽¹⁾

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. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Effective April 21, 2017, the Issuer entered into a Share Exchange Agreement (the "Share Exchange Agreement") with Mobile Science Technologies, Inc. ("MSTI"), pursuant to which the Issuer issued 1,083,017 shares of the Issuer's common stock to the shareholders of MSTI in exchange for 28,333,333 shares of MSTI, based on a valuation of $2.90 per share of the Issuer. Included in the stockholders of MSTI were JS Cosman Enterprises, LLC, a limited liability company in which the Reporting Person is the Manager; Peanut Lacrosse, LLC, a limited liability company in which the Reporting Person is the Manager; Bo Hungry, LLC, a limited liability company in which the Reporting Person is the Manager; and Poots Beast Mode, LLC, a limited liability company in which the Reporting Person is the Manager.

2. Pursuant to the Share Exchange, based on respective ownership percentages in MSTI, JS Cosman Enterprises, LLC received at closing 5,000 shares of Issuer's common stock and each of Peanut Lacrosse, LLC, Bo Hungry, LLC and Poots Beast Mode, LLC received 5,000 shares of Issuer's common stock. Upon MSTI, as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer, reaching certain milestones, as set forth in the Share Exchange Agreement, or, upon the one year anniversary of the Share Exchange Agreement if such milestones have not been met, based on their respective ownership percentages in MSTI, JS Cosman Enterprises, LLC will receive 244,697 shares of Issuer's common stock and each of Peanut Lacrosse, LLC, Bo Hungry, LLC and Poots Beast Mode, LLC will receive 144,818 shares of Issuer's common stock.

	/s/ Jeffrey Cosman	04/25/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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