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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~August~~September 1418, 2013

AMERICAN STANDARD ENERGY CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	333-132948		20-2791397
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

4800 North Scottsdale Road
Suite 1400
Scottsdale, Arizona		85251
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (480) 371-1929

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

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Item 51.~~02Departure~~01Entry ofinto ~~Directors~~a orMaterial ~~Certain~~Definitive ~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Agreement.

Effective ~~August~~September 1413, 2013 (the “Effective Date”), MrAmerican Standard Energy Corp. ~~Scott~~(the ~~Feldhacker~~“Company”) ~~retired~~and aseach ~~Chief~~of ~~Executive~~Pentwater ~~Officer~~Capital Management, LMA SPC for and behalf of ~~American~~the ~~Standard~~MAP ~~Energy~~98 ~~Corp~~Segregated Portfolio, Oceana Master Fund Ltd., Pentwater Equity Opportunities Master Fund Ltd. and PWCM Master Fund Ltd. (~~the~~collectively, ~~"Company"~~“Pentwater”) entered into a Warrant Modification, Release and Forbearance Agreement (the “Forbearance Agreement”) pursuant to which the ~~terms~~Company ~~and~~agreed ~~conditions~~to reduce the exercise price of ~~that~~outstanding ~~certain~~warrants ~~Separation~~to ~~Agreement,~~purchase ~~dated~~an ~~April~~aggregate 16of 8,410,144 ~~2013~~shares of the Company’s common stock held by Pentwater (the ~~"Agreement"~~“Pentwater Warrants”) to $0.01 per share. In consideration for the reduction of the exercise price of the Pentwater Warrants, asPentwater ~~amended~~agreed byto ~~that~~forbear receipt of certain ~~Amendment~~interest ~~No.~~payments 1under tothat ~~Separation~~certain Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated February 9, 2012 (as ofamended, ~~April~~amended 30and restated, ~~2013~~supplemented ~~(the~~or ~~"Amendment"~~otherwise modified from time to time) and, ~~with~~subject to certain conditions, terminate any rights it holds pursuant to, and release the Company~~. The~~ ~~Agreement~~from, ~~was~~its ~~filed~~obligations under each of the following registration rights agreements, as ~~Exhibit~~each ~~10.1~~may tohave ~~the~~been ~~Current~~amended: ~~Report~~(i) onRegistration ~~Form~~Rights ~~8-K~~Agreement, ondated ~~April~~January 2226, ~~2013~~2011; (ii) Registration Rights Agreement, dated March 31, 2011; (iii) Registration Rights Agreement, dated July 13, 2011; and ~~the~~(iv) ~~Amendment~~Registration ~~was~~Rights ~~filed~~Agreement, asdated ~~Exhibit~~February 109, 2012 (collectively, the “Registration Rights Agreements”).1 Pentwater also agreed to ~~the~~waive ~~Current~~all ~~Report~~prior ondefaults ~~Form~~under ~~8-K~~any onof ~~May~~the 6,Registration ~~2013~~Rights Agreements prior to the Effective Date.

On August 12, 2013, the board of directors (the "Board") of the Company appointed Mr. J. Steven Person as the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer, effective as of August 14, 2013. Mr. Person will hold these positions until he resigns or is replaced by the Board.

Mr. Person is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Cibolo Creek Partners, an energy and real estate investment company, and Vice President - Finance of Saber Oil & Gas Ventures, an E&P oil and gas company. Mr. Person served as the Vice President, Finance and Vice President, Marketing of Southwest Royalties from 1989 until May 2004 when Southwest Royalties merged with and into Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. Mr. Person currently sits on the board of Globe Energy Services, LLC. Mr. Person has extensive experience in capital formation and development both in the public and private sectors. Mr. Person was one of the original founders of Basic Energy Services. Mr. Person received a B.B.A. degree from Baylor University and an M.B.A. from Houston Baptist University.

The Company and Mr. Person are not entering into an employment agreement at this time. Mr. Person does not have any family relationship with any director or executive officer of the Company. Mr. Person has not had, and does not have, any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction or currently proposed transaction in which the Company was, is or is to be a party in which the amount involved exceeded or exceeds $120,000.

SIGNATURE

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.

Date: ~~August~~September 1418, 2013

AMERICAN STANDARD ENERGY CORP.

By: /s/ Josh Haislip Josh Haislip, Chief Financial Officer

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