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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 13, 2012
 
 
PERMA-FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
 
1-11596
 
58-1954497
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

8302 Dunwoody Place, Suite 250, Atlanta Georgia,
 
30350
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (770) 587-9898

Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.07 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”) in Atlanta, Georgia on September 13, 2012.  At the Meeting, stockholders: (1) reelected the six directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified; (2) ratified the appointment of BDO USA, LLP, as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s 2012 fiscal year; (3) approved, by non-binding advisory vote, the 2011 compensation of our named executive officers; and (4) approved the Second Amendment to the Company’s 2003 Outside Directors Stock Plan, which increases the number of shares of the Company’s common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan from 2 million to 3 million.  As of the record date for the Meeting, 56,140,017 shares of the Common Stock were outstanding, each entitled to one vote per share.

The results of the stockholder vote on the election of the directors were as follows:

Nominee
 
Votes For
 
Votes
Withheld
 
Broker
Non-Votes
             
Dr. Louis F. Centofanti
 
19,883,726
 
9,518,436
 
13,825,134
Jack Lahav
 
28,029,753
 
1,372,409
 
13,825,134
Joe Reeder
 
28,040,153
 
1,362,009
 
13,825,134
Larry M. Shelton
 
28,040,153
 
1,362,009
 
13,825,134
Dr. Charles E. Young
 
28,051,255
 
1,350,907
 
13,825,134
Mark A. Zwecker
 
28,058,753
 
1,343,409
 
13,825,134

The results ratifying the appointment of BDO Seidman, LLP, as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s 2012 fiscal year, were as follows.

Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Votes Abstained
   
42,193,968
 
834,437
 
198,891
   

The results approving, by non-binding advisory vote, the 2011 compensation of our named executive officer were as follows:

Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Votes
Abstained
 
Broker
Non-Votes
27,967,378
 
1,121,711
 
313,073
 
13,825,134
 
The results approving the Second Amendment to the 2003 Outside Directors Stock Plan were as follows:

Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Votes Abstained
 
Broker
Non-Votes
25,908,424   3,163,452   330,286   13,825,134

 
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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 18, 2012
     
       
  PERMA-FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.  
       
 
By:
/s/ Ben Naccarato
 
   
Ben Naccarato
 
   
Vice President and
 
   
Chief Financial Officer
 

 
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