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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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