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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</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">October 4, 2012</TD>
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Holdings, Inc.</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
Charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">000-52762</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">14-1994102</TD></TR>
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Jurisdiction of Incorporation)</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">(IRS Employer <BR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">4110 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 235</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Scottsdale, Arizona 85251</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 34%">(480) 874-400051</TD>
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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 (<I>see</I> General Instruction A.2. below):</P>

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pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This Current Report
on Form 8-K (&ldquo;Form 8-K&rdquo;) contain or may contain forward-looking statements and information that are based upon beliefs
of, and information currently available to, the Registrant&rsquo;s management as well as estimates and assumptions made by the
Registrant&rsquo;s management. When used herein the words &ldquo;anticipate,&rdquo; &ldquo;believe,&rdquo; &ldquo;estimate,&rdquo;
&ldquo;expect,&rdquo; &ldquo;future,&rdquo; &ldquo;intend,&rdquo; &ldquo;plan,&rdquo; or the negative of these terms and similar
expressions as they relate to the Registrant or the Registrant&rsquo;s management identify forward-looking statements. Such statements
reflect the current view of the Registrant with respect to future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions,
and other factors (including the risks outlined in our annual report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year, our quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q and the other documents we may file with the Securities and Exchange Commission) relating to the Registrant&rsquo;s
industry, the Registrant&rsquo;s operations and results of operations, and any businesses that may be acquired by the Registrant.
Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results
may differ significantly from those anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended, or planned.</P>

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believes that the expectations reflected in the forward looking statements are reasonable, the Registrant cannot guarantee future
results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of
the United States, the Registrant does not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to
actual results.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Unless otherwise indicated
in this Form 8-K, references to &ldquo;we,&rdquo; &ldquo;our,&rdquo; &ldquo;us,&rdquo; the &ldquo;Company,&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;
refer to Abtech Holdings, Inc., a Nevada corporation, and, unless the context otherwise requires, its majority owned subsidiary,
AbTech Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation.</P>

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FD Disclosure.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">On October 4, 2012,
the Company&rsquo;s President, Glenn R. Rink, made a presentation at the LD Micro Summit &ldquo;2012 Best of the Best&rdquo; at
the Luxe Sunset Bel Air, Los Angeles, California. A complete copy of the slides used in this presentation are attached as exhibit
99.1 to this report on Form 8-K.</P>

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Statements and Exhibits.</B></FONT></P>

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, 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="vertical-align: top">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp; October 4, 2012</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">ABTECH HOLDINGS, INC.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 4%">By:&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 46%"><I>/s/</I> <I>Glenn R. Rink</I></TD></TR>
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and President</TD></TR>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
October 4, 2012
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
Abtech
Holdings, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
Charter)
Nevada
000-52762
14-1994102
(State or Other
Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
4110 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 235
Scottsdale, Arizona 85251
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(480) 874-400051
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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 (
see
General Instruction A.2. below):
¨
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 240.13e-4(c))
1
Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements
This Current Report
on Form 8-K ("Form 8-K") contain or may contain forward-looking statements and information that are based upon beliefs
of, and information currently available to, the Registrant's management as well as estimates and assumptions made by the
Registrant's management. When used herein the words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate,"
"expect," "future," "intend," "plan," or the negative of these terms and similar
expressions as they relate to the Registrant or the Registrant's management identify forward-looking statements. Such statements
reflect the current view of the Registrant with respect to future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions,
and other factors (including the risks outlined in our annual report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year, our quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q and the other documents we may file with the Securities and Exchange Commission) relating to the Registrant's
industry, the Registrant's operations and results of operations, and any businesses that may be acquired by the Registrant.
Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results
may differ significantly from those anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended, or planned.
Although the Registrant
believes that the expectations reflected in the forward looking statements are reasonable, the Registrant cannot guarantee future
results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of
the United States, the Registrant does not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to
actual results.
Unless otherwise indicated
in this Form 8-K, references to "we," "our," "us," the "Company," or the "Registrant"
refer to Abtech Holdings, Inc., a Nevada corporation, and, unless the context otherwise requires, its majority owned subsidiary,
AbTech Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Section 7 – Regulation FD
Item 7.01	Regulation
FD Disclosure.
On October 4, 2012,
the Company's President, Glenn R. Rink, made a presentation at the LD Micro Summit "2012 Best of the Best" at
the Luxe Sunset Bel Air, Los Angeles, California. A complete copy of the slides used in this presentation are attached as exhibit
99.1 to this report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 	Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(d)	Exhibits
99.1
Presentation made by Glenn R. Rink at the LD Micro Summit "2012 Best of the Best."
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date:   October 4, 2012
ABTECH HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
/s/
Glenn R. Rink
Glenn R. Rink,
Chief Executive Officer
and President
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