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SCHEDULE 13D/A 0001493152-24-039047 0001390947 XXXXXXXX LIVE 1 Common Stock 01/21/2025 false 0000890447 92534K107 Vertex Energy, Inc. 1331 Gemini Street, Suite 250 Houston TX 77058 Michael Chambers (713) 546-5400 811 Main Street, Suite 3700 Houston TX 77002 0001390947 N Jennifer Straumins b PF N X1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 N 0 IN Common Stock Vertex Energy, Inc. 1331 Gemini Street, Suite 250 Houston TX 77058 This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D amends and supplements the statement on Schedule 13D filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, 2024 (as amended to date, the "Schedule 13D"), Common Stock, $0.001 Par Value Per Share (the "Common Stock"), of Vertex Energy, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Issuer"). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meaning set forth in the Schedule 13D. Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows: In accordance with the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Company Parties filed the Chapter 11 Cases with the Bankruptcy Court on September 24, 2024, and filed a Chapter 11 plan (the "Plan") with the Bankruptcy Court on December 20, 2024. On December 20, 2024, the Bankruptcy Court confirmed the Plan. The Plan became effective in accordance with its terms on January 21, 2025 (the "Effective Date"), and the Company Parties emerged from the Chapter 11 Cases. On the Effective Date, pursuant to the Plan, all shares of Common Stock, all warrants to purchase the Common Stock, and any other equity-based instruments, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date, and any rights of any holder in respect thereof, were deemed cancelled, released, extinguished, and of no further force or effect. Also in accordance with the Plan, on the Effective Date, the obligations of the RSA Parties under the Restructuring Support Agreement and under the DIP Loan Agreement were cancelled. Following the consummation of the transactions that occurred on January 21, 2025, any "group" that may be deemed to have existed between the Reporting Person and the other parties to the Restructuring Support Agreement has been terminated. Pursuant to the Plan and following the cancellation of the Common Stock on the Effective Date, the reorganized company issued new common equity interests ("New Common Stock") to holders of Allowed DIP Claims (as defined in the Plan) and Allowed Term Loan Claims (as defined in the Plan). The New Common Stock is not registered under, nor convertible into equity registered under, Section 12(b) or (g) of the Act and, accordingly, ownership of such New Common Stock is not subject to reporting under Section 13(d) or (g) of the Act. 0 0 Except as described in Item 4, during the past 60 days, the Reporting Person has not effected any transactions with respect to the Common Stock. None. This Amendment No. 1 is being filed to report that, as of January 21, 2025, the Reporting Person ceased to beneficially own more than five percent of the outstanding Common Stock. Jennifer Straumins /s/ Jennifer Straumins Jennifer Straumins 01/23/2025