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): September 4, 2018

Abtech Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada	000-52762	14-1994102
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

	4110 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite 235 Scottsdale, Arizona 85251
	(Address of principal executive offices)

480-874-4000

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On September 4, 2018, Abtech Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) received a notice (the “September Notice”) from OTC Markets Group stating that the Company would be moved from OTCQB to OTC Pink tier of the OTC Markets Group before the next market open. The September Notice stated that OTC Markets Group had previously provided the Company with a 90 day grace period to cure the Company’s bid price deficiency, which had now expired.

OTC Markets Group had notified the Company in a June 4, 2018 Bid Price Deficiency Notice (the “June Notice”) that the Company’s bid price had closed below $0.01 for more than 30 consecutive calendar days and no longer met the Standards for Continued Eligibility for OTCQB as per the OTCQB Standards Section 2.3(2). The June Notice stated that pursuant to Section 4.1 of the OTCQB Standards, the Company was granted a cure period of 90 calendar days during which the minimum closing bid price for the Company’s common stock must be $0.01 or greater for ten consecutive trading days in order to continue trading on the OTCQB marketplace.

Effective September 5, 2018, the Company’s common stock was downgraded from the OTCQB to the OTC Pink tier of the OTC Markets Group because the Company did not cure the deficiencies noted in the June Notice.

As previously reported, the Company’s stockholders approved a reverse stock split on August 15, 2018. The Company is now seeking the approval of FINRA to initiate the reverse stock split, which approval is not guaranteed. The reverse stock split would cure the bid price deficiency noted in the June Notice and permit the Company to migrate back to trading on the OTCQB.

SIGNATURES

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.

Dated: September 7, 2018

	ABTECH HOLDINGS, INC.,
	a Nevada corporation



	By:	/s/ Glenn R. Rink
		Glenn R. Rink President and Chief Executive Officer

Abtech Holdings, Inc. 8-K