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  Exhibit 4.1







 



GOLDMAN SACHS SPECIALTY LENDING GROUP, L.P.



6011 Connection Drive



Irving, Texas 75039


 


 



December 9, 2016


 



Meridian Waste Solutions, Inc.


12540
Broadwell Road


Suite
1203


Milton,
GA 30004



Attention: Jeff Cosman


 



Waiver and Consent Letter


Ladies
and Gentlemen:


We
refer to that certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of
December 22, 2015, by and among HERE TO SERVE – MISSOURI
WASTE DIVISION, LLC, a Missouri limited liability company
(“HTS
MWD”), HERE TO SERVE – GEORGIA WASTE DIVISION,
LLC, a Georgia limited liability company (“HTS GWD”), BROOKLYN
CHEESECAKE & DESSERT ACQUISITION CORP., a New York corporation
(“BCDA”), MERIDIAN LAND
COMPANY, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company
(“MLC”), CHRISTIAN
DISPOSAL, LLC, a Missouri limited liability company
(“Christian
Disposal”), and FWCD, LLC, a Missouri limited
liability company (“FWCD” and together with
HTS MWD, HTS GWD, BCDA, MLC, and Christian Disposal, the
“Companies” and each, a
“Company”), MERIDIAN WASTE
SOLUTIONS, INC., a New York corporation (“Holdings”) and certain
subsidiaries of Holdings, the Lenders from time to time party
thereto and GOLDMAN SACHS SPECIALTY LENDING GROUP, L.P., as
administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the
“Administrative
Agent”), Collateral Agent and Lead Arranger, as
amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit and Guaranty
Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2016 (the “First Amendment”), by
that certain Second Amendment to Credit and Guaranty Agreement,
dated as of July 19, 2016 (the “Second Amendment”), by
that certain Waiver and Amendment Letter, dated August 16, 2016
(the “Third
Amendment”), by that certain Fourth Amendment to
Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of November 11, 2016 (the
“Fourth
Amendment”), and as may be further amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“Credit
Agreement”). Capitalized terms defined in the Credit
Agreement are used herein as defined therein.



Waiver


At your
request, the Administrative Agent and Lenders hereby waive the
required mandatory prepayment of the Loans under Section 2.13(c) of
the Credit Agreement with respect to any Cash proceeds received in
connection with the issuance, on or prior to December 31, 2016, of
common stock of Holdings offered pursuant to a Qualified Offering
(as defined in that certain Warrant Cancellation and Stock Issuance
Agreement, dated as of December 9, 2016, by and between Holdings
and Goldman, Sachs & Co. (the “Warrant Cancellation”))
under that certain Form S-1 Registration Statement filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on September 9, 2016 (as amended
by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on November 18, 2016 and that
certain Amendment No. 2 to Form S-1, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December 5, 2016).



 







 







Consents


At your
request and notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 6.5 and 6.20
of the Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent and Lenders
consent to the payment in full of the Drury Note, on or prior to
December 31, 2016, with Cash proceeds received in connection with
the Qualified Offering (as defined in the Warrant
Cancellation).


At your
request and notwithstanding any provision of the Credit Agreement
or other Credit Documents to the contrary, upon satisfaction of the
conditions to effectiveness in Section 1 of the Warrant
Cancellation, the Administrative Agent and Lenders consent to the
cancellation of the Warrants on the terms and conditions set forth
in the Warrant Cancellation.


Nothing
herein, nor any communications among Administrative Agent, any
Lender or any Credit Party shall be deemed a waiver with respect to
any Events of Default, or any waiver of a future failure of any
Credit Party to comply fully with any provision of the Credit
Agreement or any provision of any other Credit Document (including,
but not limited to, any possible future Event of Default of which
the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have been advised).
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, notwithstanding
the terms of the Second Amendment or that certain Waiver and
Consent Letter, dated as of September 9, 2016, by the
Administrative Agent to Holdings and the Companies, from and after
the date hereof, no additional issuances of Series C Preferred
Stock of Holdings (or any other Capital Stock of Holdings other
than common shares of Capital Stock) shall be permitted without the
prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and Requisite
Lenders.


Except
as expressly provided herein, the Credit Agreement shall continue
in full force and effect, and the waiver and consent set forth
above are limited solely to the matters stated above and shall not
be deemed to be a waiver or amendment of, or consent to departure
from, any other provision of the Credit Agreement. Without limiting
the foregoing, except as expressly provided herein, the
Administrative Agent and Lenders expressly reserve all of their
rights, powers, privileges and remedies under the Credit Agreement,
the other Credit Documents and applicable law. This amendment
letter is a Credit Document. This waiver letter shall be governed
by, and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State
of New York. Delivery of an executed signature page of this letter
by facsimile transmission or electronic transmission shall be as
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart
hereof.


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Very truly
yours,



 


GOLDMAN
SACHS SPECIALTY LENDING GROUP, L.P.,


as
Administrative Agent, Lead Arranger and Collateral
Agent


 

By: /s/ Stephen W.
Hipp                                                                 


      Name: Stephen W.
Hipp


       Title: Senior Vice
President


 


 


 


GOLDMAN
SACHS SPECIALTY LENDING HOLDINGS, INC.,


as a
Lender


 


 

By: /s/ Stephen W.
Hipp                                                                 


       Name: Stephen W.
Hipp


       Title: Senior Vice
President









 


 




 








 






 


	
 

	


ACKNOWLEDGED
AND AGREED:


 


HERE
TO SERVE – MISSOURI WASTE DIVISION, LLC


 


 

By: /s/ Jeffrey
Cosman                                       


       Name: Jeffrey
Cosman


       Title:
Manager


 


MERIDIAN
WASTE SOLUTIONS, INC., as Holdings


 

By: /s/ Jeffrey
Cosman                                       


       Name: Jeffrey
Cosman


       Title: Chief
Executive Officer


 


HERE
TO SERVE – GEORGIA WASTE DIVISION, LLC


 


 

By: /s/ Jeffrey
Cosman                                       


       Name: Jeffrey
Cosman


       Title:
Manager


 


BROOKLYN
CHEESECAKE & DESSERT ACQUISITION CORP.


 


 

By: /s/ Jeffrey
Cosman                                       


       Name: Jeffrey
Cosman


       Title:
President


 


MERIDIAN
LAND COMPANY, LLC


 


 

By: /s/ Jeffrey
Cosman                                       

      
Name:
Jeffrey Cosman

      
Title:
President


 


CHRISTIAN
DISPOSAL, LLC


 


 

By: /s/ Jeffrey
Cosman                                       

      
Name:
Jeffrey Cosman

      
Title:
President


 


FWCD,
LLC


 


By: /s/ Jeffrey
Cosman                                       

      
Name:
Jeffrey Cosman

      
Title:
President