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

FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): June 25, 2024

VERTEX ENERGY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada	001-11476	94-3439569
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1331 Gemini Street

Suite 250

Houston, Texas

77058

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (866) 660-8156

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:

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock,

$0.001 Par Value Per Share

VTNR

The NASDAQ
Stock Market LLC

(Nasdaq Capital Market)

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).

Emerging growth company ☐

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. ☐

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Vertex Energy, Inc. (the “Company”, “we” and “us”) previously filed a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 2024 (the “Initial Report”) disclosing among other things: the entry by the Company into a Warrant Agreement (the “Warrant Agreement”) dated June 25, 2024, with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company as warrant agent. After filing the Initial Report, the Company determined that Schedule A to the Warrant Agreement, setting forth the Warrant Allocations, included certain scriveners’ errors. This Amendment No. 1 to Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed to re-file the Warrant Agreement filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Initial Report to correct such errors.

Except for this Explanatory Note and the inclusion of the corrected Warrant Agreement as an exhibit to this Amendment No. 1 to the Initial Report in Item 9.01, below, there are no changes to the Initial Report, as amended by this Amendment No. 1, and this Amendment No. 1 should be read in connection with the Initial Report.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description

4.1*		Warrant Agreement, dated June 25, 2024, by and among Vertex Energy, Inc. and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent
10.1€#		Amendment Number Six to Loan and Security Agreement, dated June 25, 2024, by and among Vertex Refining Alabama LLC, as borrower, Vertex Energy, Inc., as parent and as a guarantor, certain direct and indirect subsidiaries of Vertex Energy, Inc., as guarantors, the lenders party thereto, and Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, as administrative agent and collateral agent for the lenders
10.2€		Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 25, 2024, between Vertex Energy, Inc. and each of the Holders party thereto
10.3€		Third Limited Consent, dated June 25, 2024, between Vertex Refining Alabama LLC and Macquarie Energy North America Trading Inc.
104		Inline XBRL for the cover page of this Current Report on Form 8-K

* Filed herewith.

# Certain schedules, annexes and similar attachments have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit will be furnished supplementally to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request; provided, however that Vertex Energy, Inc. may request confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for any schedule or exhibit so furnished.

€ Filed as an exhibit to the Initial Report.

SIGNATURES

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.

	VERTEX ENERGY, INC.

Date: July 18, 2024	By:	/s/ Chris Carlson
		Chris Carlson
		Chief Financial Officer

Amendment: Vertex Energy Inc filed SEC Form 8-K: Financial Statements and Exhibits