Abtech Holdings, Inc. (OTCMKTS:ABHD) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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Abtech Holdings, Inc. (OTCMKTS:ABHD) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders.

Abtech Holdings, Inc. (the Company) held its 2017 annual meeting
of stockholders (the Annual Meeting) on June 6, 2017. There were
501,678,288 shares of common stock eligible to be voted at the
Annual Meeting and 381,211,352 shares of common stock were
represented in person or represented by proxy at the Annual
Meeting, which constituted a quorum to conduct business. There
were two proposals submitted to the Companys stockholders at the
Annual Meeting. Each of the proposals below is more fully
described in the Companys definitive proxy statement filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2017. The
final results of voting on each of the proposals are as follows:

Proposal 1 ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. Each of the
following nominees for director were elected to serve a one-year
term expiring at the Companys 2018 annual meeting of stockholders
based on the following vote:

Name

Affirmative

Votes

Votes

Withheld

Broker

Non-Votes

Glenn R. Rink 350,163,284 867,544 30,180,524
William S. Brennan 350,540,086 490,742 30,180,524
David Greenwald 350,466,402 564,426 30,180,524
A. Judson Hill 350,348,866 681,962 30,180,524
Dipak P. Jogia 350,468,702 562,126 30,180,524

Proposal 2 RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT
REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
. Semple, Marchal
Cooper LLP was ratified as our independent registered public
accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2017, based on
the following vote:

Affirmative Votes: 377,113,410
Votes Against: 1,000,204
Abstentions: 3,097,738
Broker Non-Votes:


About Abtech Holdings, Inc. (OTCMKTS:ABHD)

Abtech Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, AbTech Industries, Inc. (AbTech Industries), provides solutions to water contamination issues that are caused by stormwater runoff, industrial processes, water produced in the extractive industries, such as oil and gas drilling, and spills of oil-based fluids in marine environments. The Company operates through the filtration and treatment of polluted water segment. It provides services for the design and selection of water treatment systems, products sales of filtration and treatment systems, installation of the treatment technologies and maintenance of the installed systems. These activities are provided through subcontractors and on some projects the Company may act as a subcontractor to other entities. AbTech Industries has developed a range of products that leverage its cornerstone filtration media technology called Smart Sponge. The technology can be used as a filtration media to remove hydrocarbons and other pollutants from water.