0001580695-22-000053.txt : 20220517 0001580695-22-000053.hdr.sgml : 20220517 20220517184415 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001580695-22-000053 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20220516 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220517 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220517 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Stratton Christopher Allen CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001470954 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11476 FILM NUMBER: 22936402 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1331 GEMINI STREET STREET 2: #250 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77058 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Vertex Energy Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000890447 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PETROLEUM REFINING [2911] IRS NUMBER: 943439569 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1331 GEMINI STREET STREET 2: SUITE 250 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77058 BUSINESS PHONE: 866-660-8156 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1331 GEMINI STREET STREET 2: SUITE 250 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77058 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WORLD WASTE TECHNOLOGIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20040830 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VOICE POWERED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940831 4 1 ownership.xml X0306 4 2022-05-16 0 0000890447 Vertex Energy Inc. VTNR 0001470954 Stratton Christopher Allen 1331 GEMINI STREET SUITE 250 HOUSTON TX 77058 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2022-05-16 4 M 0 60000 2.08 A 103150 D Common Stock 2022-05-16 4 F 0 11237 11.11 D 91913 D Stock Option 2.08 2022-05-16 4 M 0 60000 D 2025-07-07 Common Stock 60000 0 D Options to purchase 15,000 shares vested on each of July 7, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Represents a "net exercise" of outstanding stock options. The reporting person received 48,763 shares of common stock upon the net exercise of options to purchase 60,000 shares of common stock. The Company withheld 11,237 shares of common stock underlying the portion of the option exercised for payment of the exercise price, using the fair market value on May 16, 2022, of $11.106, pursuant to the terms of the Registrant's Amended and Restated 2013 Stock Incentive Plan. Exempt from Section 16 under Rule 16b-3. /s/ Christopher Allen Stratton 2022-05-17