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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 10-Q/A
Amendment No. 1
 
þ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 2012
 
OR
 
¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM _____________ TO _____________
 
Commission File Number 000-53619
 
———————
VERTEX ENERGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
———————
 
NEVADA
94-3439569
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. 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
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.     Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).   Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, and accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer  ¨                                                                    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer  ¨                                                                      Smaller reporting company  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes   ¨ No   x 

State the number of shares of the issuer’s common stock outstanding, as of the latest practicable date: 10,745,454 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of August 3, 2012.

 
 

 
EXPLANATORY NOTE

The purpose of this Amendment No. 1 to Vertex Energy, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2012, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2012 (the “Form 10-Q”), is solely to furnish Exhibit 101 to the Form 10-Q in accordance with Rule 405 of Regulation S-T. Exhibit 101 to this report provides the consolidated financial statements and related notes from the Form 10-Q formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language).

This Amendment No. 1 to the Form 10-Q speaks as of the original filing date of the Form 10-Q, does not reflect events that may have occurred subsequent to the original filing date, and does not modify or update in any way disclosures made in the original Form 10-Q.

Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the interactive data files on Exhibit 101 hereto are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under those sections.
  
Item 6.  Exhibits

See “Exhibit Index”.

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: August 23, 2012
By: /s/ Benjamin P. Cowart
Benjamin P. Cowart
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
   
   
   
Date: August 23, 2012
By: /s/ Chris Carlson
Chris Carlson
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)

 
 

 
EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT NO.
DESCRIPTION
2.1(7)
Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among World Waste Technologies, Inc., Vertex Holdings, L.P. (formerly Vertex Energy, L.P.), Vertex Energy, Inc., Vertex Merger Sub, LLC and Benjamin P. Cowart
   
2.2(7)
Amendment No. 1, dated December 2008, to Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among World Waste Technologies, Inc., Vertex Holdings, L.P. (formerly Vertex Energy, L.P.), Vertex Energy, Inc., Vertex Merger Sub, LLC and Benjamin P. Cowart
   
2.3(7)
Amendment No. 2, dated December 2008, to Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among World Waste Technologies, Inc., Vertex Holdings, L.P. (formerly Vertex Energy, L.P.), Vertex Energy, Inc., Vertex Merger Sub, LLC and Benjamin P. Cowart
   
2.4(7)
Amendment No. 3, dated January 28, 2009, to Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among World Waste Technologies, Inc., Vertex Holdings, L.P. (formerly Vertex Energy, L.P.), Vertex Energy, Inc., Vertex Merger Sub, LLC and Benjamin P. Cowart
   
2.5(7)
Amendment No. 4, dated February 2, 2009, to Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among World Waste Technologies, Inc., Vertex Holdings, L.P. (formerly Vertex Energy, L.P.), Vertex Energy, Inc., Vertex Merger Sub, LLC and Benjamin P. Cowart
   
2.6(1)
Amendment No. 5, dated as of March 31, 2009, to Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among World Waste Technologies, Inc., Vertex Holdings, L.P. (formerly Vertex Energy, L.P.), Vertex Energy, Inc., Vertex Merger Sub, LLC and Benjamin P. Cowart.
   
3.1(2)
Articles of Incorporation (and amendments thereto) of Vertex Energy, Inc.
   
3.2(5)
Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation of Rights, Preferences and Privileges of Vertex Energy, Inc.'s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.
   
3.3(2)
Withdrawal of Designation of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock
   
3.4(4)
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock Filing
   
3.5(2)
Bylaws of Vertex Energy, Inc.
   
4.1(2)
Vertex Energy, Inc., 2008 Stock Incentive Plan
   
4.2(3)
2009 Stock Incentive Plan of Vertex Energy, Inc.
   
10.1(2)
Asset Transfer Agreement
   
10.2(2)
Services Agreement
   
10.3(2)
Right of First Refusal Agreement
   
10.4(2)
Operating and Licensing Agreement
   
10.5(2)
Employment Agreement with Benjamin P. Cowart
   
10.6(2)
Employment Agreement with John Pimentel
 
 
 

 
10.7(2)
Employment Agreement with Matthew Lieb
   
10.8(2)
Letter Loan Agreement with Regions Bank
   
10.9(2)
Line of Credit with Regions Bank
   
10.10(2)
Security Agreement with Regions Bank
   
10.11(3)
Letter Agreement with Christopher Stratton
   
10.12(6)
Loan Agreement with Bank of America
   
10.13(6)
Security Agreement
   
10.14(8)(+)
Tolling (Processing) Agreement with KMTEX
   
10.15(8)(+)
First Amendment to Processing Agreement with KMTEX
   
10.16(8)
Form of Voting Agreement
   
10.17(8)
Form of Lock-Up Agreement
   
10.18(8)
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with Chris Carlson
   
10.19(8)
First Amendment to Employment Agreement with Benjamin P. Cowart
   
10.20(8)
First Amendment to Employment Agreement with Matt Lieb
   
10.21(9)
Addendum to The Employment Agreement Between Vertex Energy, Inc. and Greg Wallace (July 5, 2011)
   
14.1(2)
Code of Ethics
   
16.1(2)
Letter from Stonefield Josephson, Inc.
   
21.1(10)
Subsidiaries
   
 
 
 

 
31.1*
Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
   
31.2*
Certification of Principal Accounting Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
   
32.1*
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
   
32.2*
Certification of Principal Accounting Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
   
99.1(2)
Glossary of Selected Terms
   
101.INS**
XBRL Instance Document
   
101.SCH**
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
   
101.CAL**
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
   
101.DEF**
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
   
101.LAB**
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
   
101.PRE**
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

(1) Filed as an exhibit to the registrant’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April 8, 2009, and incorporated herein by reference.

(2) Filed as an exhibit to the registrant’s Report on Form 8-K/A. filed with the Commission on June 26, 2009, and incorporated herein by reference.

(3) Filed as an exhibit to the registrant’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on July 31, 2009, and incorporated herein by reference.

(4) Filed as an exhibit to the registrant’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 14, 2010, and incorporated herein by reference.

(5) Filed as an exhibit to the registrant’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on July 16, 2010, and incorporated herein by reference.

(6) Filed as an exhibit to the registrant’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on September 24, 2010, and incorporated herein by reference.

(7) Filed as Appendix A to the Company’s Definitive Schedule 14A Proxy Statement, filed with the Commission on February 6, 2009, and incorporated by reference herein.

(8) Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Commission on March 31, 2011, and incorporated by reference herein.

(9) Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Commission on November 1, 2011, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(10) Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Commission on March 29, 2012, and incorporated herein by reference.

(+) Certain portions of these documents as filed herewith (which portions have been replaced by "X's") have been omitted in connection with a request for Confidential Treatment as submitted to the Commission in connection with this filing.   This entire exhibit including the omitted confidential information has been filed separately with the Commission.

* Previously filed as exhibits to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q Quarterly Report for the quarter ended June 30, 2012, filed with the Commission on August 14, 2012.

** XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) information is furnished and not filed or a part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections.