Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.


A special meeting of the stockholders of Vertex Energy, Inc. ("we", "us" or the
"Company") was held on January 20, 2022 at 10 A.M. Houston time at the Company's
corporate offices: 1331 Gemini, Suite 250, Houston, Texas 77058 (the "Special
Meeting"). At the Special Meeting, the issuance of shares of our common stock
issuable upon the conversion of our $155 million aggregate principal amount at
maturity 6.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2027 (the "Convertible Senior
Notes"), in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rules 5635(a) and (d), as well as the
approval of an adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary, to solicit
additional proxies if there were not sufficient votes in favor of the proposal
above, were submitted to a vote of the stockholders through the solicitation of
proxies.



The proposals below are described in greater detail in the   Definitive Proxy
Statement on Schedule 14A  , filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on December 10, 2021 (the "Proxy Statement"), with the results of such voting on
such proposals as set forth below. Capitalized terms have the meanings given to
such terms in the Proxy Statement and this Form 8-K should be read in connection
with the Proxy Statement. At the Special Meeting, an aggregate of 39,895,207
shares of voting stock, or 63% of our 63,673,566 total outstanding voting shares
(including shares of our common stock and Series A Convertible Preferred Stock,
which vote together as a single class) as of December 6, 2021, the record date
for the Special Meeting (the "Record Date"), were present at or were voted at
the Special Meeting, constituting a quorum. The final voting results were as
follows:



Proposal 1                                   For           Against

Abstain Broker Non-Votes To approve the issuance of shares of 39,775,560 84,404 35,243

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our common stock issuable upon the
conversion of our $155 million
aggregate principal amount at
maturity 6.25% Convertible Senior
Notes due 2027, in accordance with
Nasdaq Listing Rules 5635(a) and (d)
(the "Convertible Note Share Issuance
Proposal")

Proposal 2                                   For           Against

Abstain Broker Non-Votes To approve an adjournment of the 39,738,428 108,296 48,483

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Special Meeting, if necessary, to
solicit additional proxies if there
are not sufficient votes in favor of
the proposal above (the "Adjournment
Proposal")

The results reported above are final voting results. No other matters were considered or voted upon at the meeting.


The Convertible Note Share Issuance Proposal and Adjournment Proposal were each
approved by the requisite vote of the Company's stockholders, provided that such
an adjournment was not necessary in light of the approval of the Convertible
Note Share Issuance Proposal.


Item 8.01 Other Events.




As described in that certain Indenture (the "Indenture"), dated November 1,
2021, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee,
setting forth the terms of the Convertible Senior Notes, the Default Settlement
Method (as defined in the Indenture) of the Convertible Senior Notes
automatically changed to Physical Settlement (as defined in the Indenture) upon
the approval of Proposal 1 above at the Special Meeting.

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