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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>February 15, 2012</B></P>

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

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    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">000-52762</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">4110 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 235</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(480) 874-4000</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center">(Registrant&rsquo;s telephone number,
including area code)</P>

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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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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements</B></P>

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on Form 8-K (&ldquo;Form 8-K&rdquo;) and other reports filed by the Registrant from time to time with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (collectively the &ldquo;Filings&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 in the Filings 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 contained in the section of this report entitled &ldquo;Risk
Factors&rdquo;) 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>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; 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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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>Section 3 - Securities and Trading
Markets</B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 56.1pt"><B>Item 3.02</B></TD><TD><B>Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt"><B><I>Private
Placement </I></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">&#9;In
a report on Form 8-K dated November 22, 2011, the Company disclosed in Item 3.02 (<I>Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities</I>)
that it had sold in a private offering (the &ldquo;Offering&rdquo;) $4,000,000 of Secured Convertible Promissory Notes (the &ldquo;Secured
Notes&rdquo;) with a detachable warrant (the &ldquo;Warrant&rdquo;). On February 15, 2012, the Company completed the final closing
on the Offering with additional sales of Secured Notes and Warrants in the amount of $2,600,000. The terms of the Secured Notes
are described in the Company&rsquo;s report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2011, which was filed with
the SEC on November 14, 2011.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company is obligated
to pay the Placement Agent engaged in connection with the Offering a cash placement fee equal to eight percent (8%) of the aggregate
purchase price paid by each investor. This fee amounted to $208,000 for the $2,600,000 received on February 15, 2012. In addition
to the placement agent fee, the Company will issue to the placement agent warrants to purchase a number of shares of the Company&rsquo;s
common stock obtained by dividing eight percent (8%) of the gross proceeds from the sale of securities by the conversion price
of the Secured Notes (the &ldquo;PA Warrants&rdquo;). The PA Warrants issued in connection with the September Offering will have
an exercise price per share equal to the conversion price of the Secured Notes. The PA Warrants will expire five years from the
date of issuance and shall be in the same form as the securities sold in the Offering, except that the PA Warrants will include
a &ldquo;net issuance&rdquo; cashless exercise feature.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company offered and
sold the Secured Notes and related warrants of the Offering in reliance on Section 4(2) and Regulation D of the Securities Act
to forty-eight (48) investors, each of which the Company believes to be an &ldquo;accredited investor&rdquo; as defined in Rule
501(a) of Regulation D.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-style: normal"><B>Item 9.01 Financial Statements
and Exhibits</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-style: normal">On February 16, 2012, the Company
issued a press release disclosing the completion of the $2,600,000 raised in the Offering. A copy of the press release is filed
herewith as <B>Exhibit 1</B>.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 11pt; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 11pt; 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="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 11pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">Date:&nbsp; February 17, 2012</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 11pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">ABTECH HOLDINGS, INC.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 42%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; text-align: justify; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">&nbsp;/s/ Glenn R. Rink</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">Glenn R. Rink,</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">Chief Executive Officer 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
February 15, 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
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
Identification No.)
4110 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 235
Scottsdale, Arizona 85251
(
Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(480) 874-4000
(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") and other reports filed by the Registrant from time to time with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (collectively the "Filings") 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 in the Filings 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 contained in the section of this report entitled "Risk
Factors") 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 3 - Securities and Trading
Markets
Item 3.02
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
Private
Placement
In
a report on Form 8-K dated November 22, 2011, the Company disclosed in Item 3.02 (
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
)
that it had sold in a private offering (the "Offering") $4,000,000 of Secured Convertible Promissory Notes (the "Secured
Notes") with a detachable warrant (the "Warrant"). On February 15, 2012, the Company completed the final closing
on the Offering with additional sales of Secured Notes and Warrants in the amount of $2,600,000. The terms of the Secured Notes
are described in the Company's report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2011, which was filed with
the SEC on November 14, 2011.
The Company is obligated
to pay the Placement Agent engaged in connection with the Offering a cash placement fee equal to eight percent (8%) of the aggregate
purchase price paid by each investor. This fee amounted to $208,000 for the $2,600,000 received on February 15, 2012. In addition
to the placement agent fee, the Company will issue to the placement agent warrants to purchase a number of shares of the Company's
common stock obtained by dividing eight percent (8%) of the gross proceeds from the sale of securities by the conversion price
of the Secured Notes (the "PA Warrants"). The PA Warrants issued in connection with the September Offering will have
an exercise price per share equal to the conversion price of the Secured Notes. The PA Warrants will expire five years from the
date of issuance and shall be in the same form as the securities sold in the Offering, except that the PA Warrants will include
a "net issuance" cashless exercise feature.
The Company offered and
sold the Secured Notes and related warrants of the Offering in reliance on Section 4(2) and Regulation D of the Securities Act
to forty-eight (48) investors, each of which the Company believes to be an "accredited investor" as defined in Rule
501(a) of Regulation D.
2
Item 9.01 Financial Statements
and Exhibits
On February 16, 2012, the Company
issued a press release disclosing the completion of the $2,600,000 raised in the Offering. A copy of the press release is filed
herewith as
Exhibit 1
.
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:  February 17, 2012
ABTECH HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
/s/ Glenn R. Rink
Glenn R. Rink,
Chief Executive Officer and President