UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON D.C. 20549

Amendment No. 1 to

FORM S-1/A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

ACE MARKETING & PROMOTIONS, INC.

(Name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Copies to:

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 check the following box. S

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The purpose of this Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Report on Form S-1, File No. 333-187362, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 2013 (the “Form S-1”), is solely to furnish Exhibit 101 to the Form S-1 in accordance with Rule 405 of Regulation S-T. Exhibit 101 to this report provides the consolidated financial statements and related notes from the Form 10-K formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language).

No other changes have been made to the Form S-1.  This Amendment No. 1 to the Form S-1 speaks as of the original filing date of the Form S-1, does not reflect events that may have occurred subsequent to the original filing date, and does not modify or update in any way disclosures made in the original Form S-1.

Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the interactive data files on Exhibit 101 hereto are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under those sections.

Item 16. Exhibits

* filed herewith

SIGNATURES

In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements of filing on Form S-1/A and authorizes this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, in the Garden City, New York, on March 22, 2013.