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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Cowart Benjamin P (Last) (First) (Middle) 1331 GEMINI STREET SUITE 250 (Street) HOUSTON TX 77058 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Vertex Energy Inc. [ VTNR ]	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 and President
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/21/2012
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) 01/04/2013	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)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	12/21/2012		J(1)		4,896,761	D	(1)	2,786,364	D
Common Stock	12/21/2012		J(1)		4,896,761	A	(1)	4,896,761	I	Through B&S Cowart II Family LP
Common Stock	12/31/2012		G		100,000	D	$0	4,796,761(2)	I	Through B&S Cowart II Family LP

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)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Effective December 21, 2012, Mr. Cowart transferred 4,896,761 shares of common stock which he beneficially owned to B&S Cowart II Family LP, his family limited partnership, which he is deemed to beneficially own and control. No change in beneficial ownership of the shares was affected in connection with the transfer.

2. This Amended Form 4 amends and corrects the prior Form 4 filed by Mr. Cowart on January 4, 2013 (the "Prior Form 4"), to clarify that B&S Cowart II Family LP gifted the 100,000 shares on December 31, 2012 and not Mr. Cowart personally, as originally disclosed in the Prior Form 4.

	/s/ Benjamin P. Cowart	09/19/2013
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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