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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9;<U>June
14, 2012</U></FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Essex Rental Corp.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-align: center">Delaware</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-align: center">000-52459 &nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-align: center">20-5415048</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Commission &nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">of incorporation) &nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">File Number) &nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 70%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-align: center">1110 Lake Cook Road, Suite 220, Buffalo Grove, Illinois</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 29%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-align: center">60089</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Zip Code)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Registrant&rsquo;s telephone number, including area code: 847-215-6502</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt">(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;&#9;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</FONT></P>

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material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</FONT></P>

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communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</FONT></P>

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communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13a-4(c))</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: normal 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in"><B>Item 5.07. Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">Essex Rental Corp.
(&quot;Essex&quot;) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the &ldquo;Meeting&rdquo;) on June 14, 2012. At the Meeting, Essex's
stockholders (i) elected Laurence S. Levy and Ronald Schad as Class B Directors to serve for a term of two years and until their
successors have been duly elected and qualified, (ii) ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the independent registered
public accounting firm of Essex for the 2012 fiscal year and (iii) approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, executive compensation,
as disclosed in the proxy statement. The matters voted on at the Meeting are described in Essex's Definitive Proxy Statement on
Schedule 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2012.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">Essex&rsquo;s stockholders
cast their votes as follows:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in"><I>Proposal 1</I>
- The election of Class B directors</P>

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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Class A Director <BR>
Nominee</TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">For</TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Withheld</TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Broker non-<BR>
votes</TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White">
    <TD STYLE="width: 55%; text-align: left">Laurence S. Levy</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 12%; text-align: center">15,328,633</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 12%; text-align: center">3,674,281</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 12%; text-align: center">3,300,370</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Ronald Schad</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: center">16,097,991</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: center">2,904,923</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: center">3,300,370</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-align: justify"><I>Proposal 2</I> - Ratification
of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as Essex&rsquo;s independent registered public accounting firm for year ending December
31, 2012.</P>

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<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White">
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">For</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Against</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Abstain</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White">
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 31%; text-align: center">22,110,819</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 31%; text-align: center">182,765</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 30%; text-align: center">9,700</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">The term of service
of Essex&rsquo;s Class A directors, Edward Levy, Daniel H. Blumenthal and John G. Nestor, continued following the Meeting.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-align: justify"><I>Proposal 3</I> &ndash; To
approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, executive compensation, as disclosed in the proxy statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White">
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">For</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Against</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Abstain</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Broker Non-<BR>
Votes</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White">
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 23%; text-align: center">18,856,543</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 22%; text-align: center">118,918</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 22%; text-align: center">27,453</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 22%; text-align: center">3,300,370</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: normal 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in"><B>SIGNATURE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 25pt">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.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="tab-stops: 255.0pt; text-autospace: none">ESSEX RENTAL CORP.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; tab-stops: 255.0pt; text-autospace: none">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%; tab-stops: 255.0pt; text-autospace: none">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Date:&nbsp; June 15, 2012</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Martin A. Kroll</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="tab-stops: 255.0pt; text-autospace: none">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="tab-stops: 255.0pt; text-autospace: none">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="tab-stops: 255.0pt; text-autospace: none">Name: Martin A. Kroll</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="tab-stops: 255.0pt; text-autospace: none">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="tab-stops: 255.0pt; text-autospace: none">Title: Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
______________________
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
June
14, 2012
Essex Rental Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Delaware
000-52459
20-5415048
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)
1110 Lake Cook Road, Suite 220, Buffalo Grove, Illinois
60089
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 847-215-6502
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
¨
Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13a-4(c))
Item 5.07. Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Essex Rental Corp.
("Essex") held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Meeting") on June 14, 2012. At the Meeting, Essex's
stockholders (i) elected Laurence S. Levy and Ronald Schad as Class B Directors to serve for a term of two years and until their
successors have been duly elected and qualified, (ii) ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the independent registered
public accounting firm of Essex for the 2012 fiscal year and (iii) approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, executive compensation,
as disclosed in the proxy statement. The matters voted on at the Meeting are described in Essex's Definitive Proxy Statement on
Schedule 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2012.
Essex's stockholders
cast their votes as follows:
Proposal 1
- The election of Class B directors
Class A Director
Nominee
For
Withheld
Broker non-
votes
Laurence S. Levy
15,328,633
3,674,281
3,300,370
Ronald Schad
16,097,991
2,904,923
3,300,370
Proposal 2
- Ratification
of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as Essex's independent registered public accounting firm for year ending December
31, 2012.
For
Against
Abstain
22,110,819
182,765
9,700
The term of service
of Essex's Class A directors, Edward Levy, Daniel H. Blumenthal and John G. Nestor, continued following the Meeting.
Proposal 3
– To
approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, executive compensation, as disclosed in the proxy statement.
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-
Votes
18,856,543
118,918
27,453
3,300,370
SIGNATURE
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.
ESSEX RENTAL CORP.
Date:  June 15, 2012
By:
/s/ Martin A. Kroll
Name: Martin A. Kroll
Title: Chief Financial Officer