f10k2013_magnegascorp.htm


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K
 
(Mark One)
 
x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013
 
or

o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the transition period from ______________ to ______________
 
Commission file number: 001-35586
 
MagneGas Corporation
( Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter )
 
Delaware
 
26-0250418
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
  150 Rainville Rd Tarpon Springs, FL
 
34689
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code :  (727) 934-3448
 
Securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Act:
   
Title of each class:
Name of each exchange on which registered:
Common Stock, par value $0.001
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
 
Securities registered under Section 12(g) of the Act:
 (Title of class)
None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 the Securities Act.  Yes o    No þ
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.  Yes o    No þ

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes  þ    No  o
 
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§ 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. o
  
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.

Large accelerated filer.         o
Accelerated filer.                       o
Non-accelerated filer.           o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company.     þ
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).  Yes  o   No þ

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, June 30, 2013: $41,770,000

Number of the issuer’s common stock outstanding as of:  March 24, 2014 - 28,449,859
 
Documents incorporated by reference: None.
 


 
 

 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
   
Page
Part I
 
     
Item 1.
Business.
3
Item 1A.
Risk Factors.
8
Item 1B.
Unresolved Staff Comments.
16
Item 2.
Properties.
16
Item 3.
Legal Proceedings.
16
Item 4.
Mine Safety Disclosures.
16
     
Part II
 
   
Item 5.
Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
16
Item 6.
Selected Financial Data.
17
Item 7.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation.
17
Item 7A.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.
19
Item 8.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
F-1
Item 9.
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
20
Item 9A.
Controls and Procedures.
20
Item 9B.
Other Information.
20
     
Part III
 
     
Item 10.
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
20
Item 11.
Executive Compensation.
26
Item 12.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.
27
Item 13.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
29
Item 14.
Principal Accounting Fees and Services.
30
     
Part IV
 
   
Item 15.
Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.
31
Signatures 
  33
 
 
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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Annual Report on Form 10-K (this “Report”) contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Forward-looking statements discuss matters that are not historical facts. Because they discuss future events or conditions, forward-looking statements may include words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “intend,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “may,” “seek,” “plan,” “might,” “will,” “expect,” “predict,” “project,” “forecast,” “potential,” “continue” negatives thereof or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are found at various places throughout this Report and include information concerning possible or assumed future results of our operations; business strategies; future cash flows; financing plans; plans and objectives of management; any other statements regarding future operations, future cash needs, business plans and future financial results, and any other statements that are not historical facts.

From time to time, forward-looking statements also are included in our other periodic reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K, in our press releases, in our presentations, on our website and in other materials released to the public.  Any or all of the forward-looking statements included in this Report and in any other reports or public statements made by us are not guarantees of future performance and may turn out to be inaccurate. These forward-looking statements represent our intentions, plans, expectations, assumptions and beliefs about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors.  Many of those factors are outside of our control and could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or implied by those forward-looking statements. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the events described in the forward-looking statements might not occur or might occur to a different extent or at a different time than we have described. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Report. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements concerning other matters addressed in this Report and attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this Report.

Except to the extent required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, a change in events, conditions, circumstances or assumptions underlying such statements, or otherwise.

For discussion of factors that we believe could cause our actual results to differ materially from expected and historical results see “Item 1A — Risk Factors” below.

CERTAIN TERMS USED IN THIS REPORT

When this report uses the words “we,” “us,” “our,” and the “Company,” they refer to MagneGas Corporation and our wholly-owned subsidiaries.  “SEC” refers to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
PART I

Item 1.       Business.

Our Company
 
We are an alternative energy company that creates a system that produces hydrogen based fuel through the gasification of liquid and liquid waste. We have developed a process which gasifies various types of liquid waste through a proprietary plasma arc system. A byproduct of this process is an alternative to natural gas currently sold in the metalworking market as a cutting fuel. We produce gas bottled in cylinders for the purpose of distribution to the metalworking market as an alternative to acetylene. Additionally, we market, for sale or licensure, our proprietary plasma arc technology for the processing of liquid waste (the “Plasma Arc Flow” or “Plasma Arc Flow System”) and for the production of MagneGas for co-combustion with hydrocarbon fuels to reduce emissions. Through the course of our business development, we have established a retail platform to sell our fuel for use in the metalworking and manufacturing industries. We reported a net loss of $6,318,724 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 as compared to a net loss of $7,136,942 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. Our operating results have recognized losses in the amount of $1,185,818 and $1,724,955 for the three months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.  We currently use approximately $330,000 per month to fund operations.

History
 
MagneGas Corporation was organized in the state of Delaware on December 9, 2005. We were originally organized under the name 4307, Inc., for the purpose of locating and negotiating with a business entity for a combination. On April 2, 2007 all the issued and outstanding shares of 4307, Inc. were purchased by Clean Energies Tech Co., a private company owned by Dr. Ruggero Santilli, the inventor of the Plasma Arc Flow™ technology. Following this stock purchase, our name was changed to MagneGas Corporation.
 
 
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Recent Developments

The Company has spent the last several months developing its strategy for increasing revenue and reducing costs.  To that end, it has identified three major market segments which it will pursue for generating revenue:
 
·
Industrial Gas Sales
·
Equipment Sales for Liquid Waste Processing
·
Use of MagneGas™ for the Co-Combustion of Hydro-Carbon Fuels to Reduce Emissions
 
The Company has also embarked on a cost cutting strategy which includes the elimination of non-essential personnel, closing of locations that are not producing sufficient revenue to cover expenses and improving margins on both equipment and fuel sales. The Company has launched a new Research and Development initiative with the following focus:
 
·
High volume processing of oil
·
Combustion of MagneGas with Hydrocarbon fuels, such as coal, to reduce emission
·
Third party verification of fuel and equipment safety and performance results
 
To that end we have made the following progress:

Sales

Industrial Gas Sales

The Company has signed several new fuel distributors for the metal working market, including Accugas and GTW Welding in Michigan, AWISCO in New York, Lake Welding in Florida and Welders Services Incorporated in Indiana.  It also continues to sell fuel through existing distributors in Michigan, Florida and Pennsylvania.  In addition, the Company is in various stages of negotiation with several other distributors and large end users in the Industrial Gas industry.

The Company has received approval by both the Clearwater Florida and New York City Fire Departments for the use of its fuel as a replacement for Acetylene in metal cutting for extractions and demolitions.  Both cities have placed their initial order for fuel and the Company has been in extensive training with fire fighters from both locations for its proper use. These relationships further validate the safety and effectiveness of the MagneGas fuel for metal cutting. In addition, the Company is currently conducting early stage due diligence for the acquisition of a regional gas distributor located in Florida to further expand its revenue base for this market, however no offer has been made.
 
Equipment Sales
 
On August 23, 2013, we entered into a definitive agreement with a group from the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan to supply them with a mini-refinery for $499,000 which they plan to use to test various liquid wastes.  Based on the results of these tests, they anticipate purchasing an industrial size unit in 2014 or 2015.   Completion and shipment is scheduled for May 2014 and the revenue is being recognized on a percentage of completion basis. As of January 15, 2014, they have paid $499,000 and have paid the equipment in full.

On August 19, 2013, the Company entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with “EAWC Technologies” of Florida and “Swiss Water Tech” of Switzerland to promote the sale of the MagneGas™ refineries through their network of clean energy and clean water distribution platforms.  EAWC Technologies has continued its efforts to sell the technology in Switzerland, Hungary and Pakistan.

The Company has started a new marketing campaign aimed at pursuing international equipment sales in strategic areas of the world through social media, industry events and a network of independent brokers. It is in the process of launching a new platform of brochures and other related media to promote international sales in this market.  The Company is in various stages of negotiation and testing for the sale of equipment.
 
On March 20, 2013, we entered into definitive agreements with Clear Sky Energy S.A. de C.V. (“CSE”) pursuant to which CSE will purchase a Plasma Arc Flow™ refinery. The $765,000 progress payment under this agreement has not been received as the business needs and objectives of the customer have changed and the next steps of the agreement are under negotiation. These negotiations will still include certain exclusive distribution rights for Mexico as further outlined in our 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K.. The Company can make no assurances as to the outcome of these negotiations or receipt of progress payments.
 
 
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MagneGas for the Co-Combustion of Hydro-Carbon Fuels to Reduce Emissions

On October 8, 2013, the Company signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a confidential, unrelated group from the United States to enter into a joint venture arrangement for the testing, development and pursuit of the Co-Combustion of MagneGas™ with Coal Fired Power Plants to reduce the stack emissions and increase heat extraction (the “Joint Venture”). This Joint Venture included a $100,000 deposit which has been paid to the Company. The Joint Venture includes the creation of a New Company which will hold the exclusive rights for this market for the United States and Canada.  A major research center in the United States associated with a large utility company is currently conducting third party testing and validation. The Company has completed internal testing both in the United States and Australia and has demonstrated reduced hydrocarbon emission and increased heat with the Co-Combustion of Coal and MagneGas™.  The third party testing is anticipated to also include an analysis of the volume of gas needed to achieve lowered emission results and the economic impact of this solution. Once third party testing is complete, the Company will work through the new Joint Venture to sell equipment, fuel and byproducts to end user coal power plants in this market. On January 16, 2014, the Company established a subsidiary company, Supplemental Energy Solutions, LLC, to pursue this market.  The Company owns 50% of Supplemental Energy Solutions, LLC with the balance owned by confidential partners from the United States and additional partners to be added as warranted.

The Company conducted the initial testing of Co-Combustion with Future Energy LLC of Australia, who has since filed a provisional patent for the combustion system used for these tests. The Company entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Future Energy LLC on September 14, 2013 to share in ownership of this Intellectual Property. The Company is currently negotiating an extended version of this agreement to include other Intellectual Property and is working towards signing definitive agreements.
 
Research and Development

The Company held a world summit in July at its headquarters in Tarpon Springs, Florida.  MagneGas partners from around the world including Australia, Europe, China and the United States attended to share and collaborate on a variety of strategic technical advancements made by the partners for the MagneGas™ systems and fuels.  MagneGas Italy presented their results on the sterilization of water based waste, MagneGas Australia presented their results on the Co-Combustion of MagneGas™ with Hydro-Carbon fuels and MagneGas China presented their advancements for the processing of sludge.  Since that time, the Company has continued to collaborate closely with its partners to further the equipment and fuel sales through advanced research and development.  Approximately $400,000 was spent on Research and Development activities during 2012 and 2013.
  
High Volume Processing of Oil

The Company has historically processed oil through the addition of water or other dilution, which limits the volume of oil processed and decreases the flame temperature.  There are several customers that have requested larger volume processing of oil based waste.  The Company has spent considerable effort to achieve lower dilution levels and higher volume processing and has made significant progress to date.  It anticipates the oil processing system will be completed in 2014.

Smaller Scale Recycler

The MagneGas Research and Development team has focused on developing smaller units at lower cost and shorter turnaround times allowing the rapid testing of a variety of liquids. The Company has created a new 20kW micro-unit for the testing of various liquid waste. This unit expedites the testing process for customers and includes a new venturi design which is expected to be the next generation of MagneGas™ refineries. The creation of this new unit has substantially increased the speed and efficiency of the testing process for new customers. A new provisional patent application has been filed on this design.
 
Third Party Validation of Fuel and Equipment
 
·
The Company received independent test results from a laboratory in Europe that demonstrated that sewage, swine blood and leachates, when passed through the MagneGas™ system, results in full sterilization of bio-contaminates suspended in the liquid.
·
MagneGas Australia (an unrelated MagneGas distributor) completed testing of MagneGas™ combusted with coal and found that the emissions from the coal were reduced and the heat output was increased.
·
An independent laboratory in the United States provided certified results that cutting metal with MagneGas does not impact the metal or impede the strength of the weld.
·
An independent laboratory in the United States provided certified results that MagneGas™ made from a proprietary blend of liquid does not contain Carbon Dioxide.
·
An independent laboratory completed shock testing and rapid high compression testing of MagneGas and certified its safety under those conditions.
 
Our Industry

Metalworking

We produce fuel for the metalworking fuel market. This market is currently dominated by acetylene. Acetylene is a gas that is considered toxic, unstable, emits soot when it burns and can be volatile. In recent years, several acetylene production plants have exploded, raising prices. MagneGas™ on the other hand, emits oxygen when it burns and independent users have rated MagneGas™ as a cleaner alternative to acetylene.
 
 
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Liquid Waste Processing

Water-based liquid waste such as sewage, sludge and manures, are traditionally sterilized through the use of anaerobic digestion systems or the addition of chemical sterilization agents.  Independent chemical analysis shows that the Company’s patented Plasma Arc Flow System sterilizes water based waste, without the use of chemical additives or anaerobic digestion, while producing a fuel for use as a natural gas alternative.  The byproduct of this process is to produce a sterilized liquid that is under development for use as a liquid fertilizer or irrigation water.

Co-Combustion
 
The Company has tested in the United States and Australia the co-combustion of MagneGas with hydrocarbon fuels to reduce toxic emissions. The results of the tests included a reduction in carbon dioxide and other particulates and an increase in heat output. The power industry traditionally uses external filtration “scrubbing” systems to reduce emissions of hydrocarbon fuels in the production of electricity. It is the Company’s opinion that MagneGas can be used to better reduce emissions at a lower cost. It is currently conducting third party testing to confirm the results and determine the volume of gas needed to analyze the economic viability of this solution.
 
Our Products
 
We currently have two products: the fuel called MagneGas™ and the machines that produce that gas known as, Plasma Arc Flow refineries.
 
Fuel
 
In the United States, we currently produce MagneGas™, which is comprised primarily of hydrogen. The fuel can be used as an alternative to natural gas to power industrial equipment, automobiles and for metal cutting.  The fuel is stored in hydrogen cylinders which are then sold to market on a rotating basis.  However, the Company has found that its current feedstock creates a fuel that has a flow rate which is difficult to control without repeated training of the user.  As a result, we are in the process of developing a new version of MagneGas with a slower flow rate. The Company anticipates that it will introduce this new fuel in the 2nd Quarter of 2014. The new fuel has a lower cost feedstock, which we believe can not only compete against acetylene but also all other cutting gases such as propane.
 
Equipment
 
The Plasma Arc Flow System can gasify many forms of liquid waste such as ethylene glycol and sterilize sewage and sludge. Plasma Arc Flow refineries have been configured in various sizes ranging from 50kw to 500kw depending on the application. Plasma Arc Flow refineries range in price from $500,000 to $5 Million. A 200Kw refinery was sold in 2010 to a customer in China for $1.855 Million. We signed an agreement on August 23, 2013 with a group from Central Asia for $499,000 which has been paid in full.
 
Manufacturing
 
Equipment

MagneGas™ systems are produced by us at our facility in Tarpon Springs, Florida. The proprietary components of the system are manufactured on location, while commercially available components such as generators and compressors are purchased from existing suppliers and assembled in Tarpon Springs.  A new facility was purchased in 2012, located in Tarpon Springs, which will allow the production of up to 30 systems at any one time to allow for rapid growth of the Company.

Fuel

MagneGas™  currently has the ability to produce fuel in Florida and Michigan. The fuel is compressed into standard industrial gas cylinders and delivered directly to local retail customers and distributors. The Company is conducting a strategic review of the metal working segment in early 2014 to determine the next steps for this business line.
 
Current MagneGas™ production is temporarily from a feedstock of virgin ethylene glycol (anti-freeze). We are currently working to enhance our ability to process and compress fuels produced from waste oils on a high volume basis.  Jointly, our plan includes provisions to secure the feedstock supplies, relationships and logistical abilities to process post-consumer waste oils such as used motor oils and/or anti-freeze. We estimate that the cost of using post-consumer waste steam feedstock, including related costs such as permitting and waste disposal, will be least 50% lower than the cost of virgin feedstock furthering MagneGas’s advantage over acetylene and allowing us to effectively compete in the propane market.
 
 
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Customers
 
We distribute products through several industrial gas companies in Michigan, Florida, New York, Indiana and Pennsylvania. In addition, we have direct retail customers in both Michigan and Florida.  In order to become a full service supplier of metal cutting fuel and hard goods, we have entered into an agreement with Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. to purchase oxygen, argon, nitrogen and other gases at wholesale prices.  In addition, we have now started distributing hard goods such as tips, torches, and regulators through Nasco, Inc. a national company that distributes welding supplies.  The Company is also in early state due diligence for the acquisition of a regional gas distributor from Florida.
 
Strategic Relationships
 
We recently entered into commercial testing and discussion with a select group of leading U.S. strategic industrial companies and military contractors which, after conducting preliminary reviews of MagneGas™, are now seeking further testing or have agreed to purchase MagneGas™.  These types of relationships inherently have a long sales cycle and have been under development for several years.
 
Navy
 
The U. S. Navy has been working with us to explore both the use of MagneGas™ for metal working and the use of the Plasma Arc Flow system for liquid waste processing. The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, a testing contractor for the U.S. Navy, completed testing of MagneGas™ as an environmentally-friendly alternative for major metal cutting projects, particularly to reduce emissions during the breakup and recycling of retiring vessels. The final written report compared seven methods and gases for metal cutting to find the lowest opacity and showed MagneGas™ as one of the only two methods with positive results.  The Company has developed a gas without Carbon Monoxide to meet the Navy standards for this project.  On November 1, 2013 the Navy accepted the specifications of this gas and requested onsite testing which occurred in December 2013.  The Company is now working with the Navy on MagneGas pricing for a ship demolition project in Washington.
 
Fire Department Initiatives
 
We are working with two metropolitan fire departments to test MagneGas as a replacement to acetylene and other cutting systems used by firefighters. Most vehicles used by fire departments in the United States are equipped with acetylene gas to use with demolition and extraction emergencies. MagneGas is stored in cylinders that are much lighter than acetylene, making it easier to handle. In addition, MagneGas has a much smaller heat affected zone, which can be critical to prevent further injury in the event of human extraction from a vehicle or dwelling.
 
General Motors
 
The Company has been working with General Motors since 2012 to test various liquids for processing.  It is also exploring the use of MagneGas for heating or smelting metal and for metal cutting.  This relationship is ongoing.
 
Regulation
 
We are subject to several state, federal and local laws and oversight by several agencies, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Florida Department of Transportation, Florida Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) and the Occupational Safety and Health Act in addition to local city and state zoning, fire and other regulations.
 
We have obtained a hazardous material transportation permit from the Department of Transportation to allow the transport of MagneGas throughout the state of Florida. We use licensed hazardous waste transporters to deliver fuel to the rest of the country.
 
We currently use virgin ethylene glycol to produce fuel and thereby are not subject to the DEP permit required to process liquid waste. However, we are currently exploring the application process to obtain a hazardous and non hazardous liquid waste processing permit.
 
Internationally, we recently obtained a compliance certification that confirms that the manufacturing and operation of our equipment is in conformance with the mechanical and electrical safety requirements of the European Community laws.

We and our customers may be required to comply with a number of federal, state and local laws and regulations in the areas of safety, health and environmental controls. In as much as we intend to market the Plasma Arc Flow System internationally, we will be required to comply with laws and regulations and, when applicable, obtain permits in those other countries.
 
We cannot be certain that required permits and approvals will be obtained; that new environmental regulations will not be enacted or that if they are our customers and we can meet stricter standards of operation or obtain additional operating permits or approvals.
 
 
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Facilities
 
We presently lease 5,000 square feet for our principal offices at 150 Rainville Rd, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689 on a month-to-month basis. The property is a commercial property for our production facility with an attached office. In addition, we have purchased a manufacturing facility adjacent to our current offices, which will allow the construction of up to 30 refineries at a time.  This manufacturing facility consists of 2.7 acres of land, a structure to be converted to future office space and a structure currently used to manufacture refineries.
 
Intellectual Property
 
The Plasma Arc Flow refinery forces a high volume flow of liquid waste through an electric arc between carbon electrodes. The benefit of this from a competitive perspective is that it sterilizes the bio-contaminants within the waste without the need to add any chemical disinfecting agents. In addition, while sterilizing the liquid, a clean burning fuel is produced. In addition to the patents list below, the Company has several patents pending.
 
MagneGas Corporation has patent ownership on the technology in the United States and is exploring filing patents under the Patent Cooperation Treaty in other areas of the world as needed. MagneGas Corporation has a 20% ownership interest in MagneGas entities that control the intellectual property in Europe, Africa and China. MagneGas Corporation owns the following U.S. patents:
 
U.S. Patent No. 6,926,872 – issued on August 9, 2005 entitled Apparatus and Method for Producing a Clean Burning Combustible Gas With Long Life Electrodes and Multiple Plasma-Arc-Flows;
 
U.S. Patent No. 6,972,118 – issued on December 6, 2005 entitled Apparatus and Method for Processing Hydrogen, Oxygen and Other Gases;
 
U.S. Patent No. 7,780,924 – issued August 24, 2010 entitled Operating Under High Power, Pressure and Temperature Conditions to Produce A Combustible Gas.
 
U.S. Patent No. 8,236,150 – issued on August 20, 2012 entitled, "Plasma-Arc-Through Apparatus and Process for Submerged Electric Arcs."

We also own the United States and Mexico Trademark for "MAGNEGAS."
 
Employees
 
We presently have twenty four full-time employees. We have leased employees and independent technicians perform production and other duties, as required. We consider our relationship with our employees to be excellent.
 
 
Item 1A.   Risk Factors.

RISK FACTORS

An investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks described below, together with all of the other information included in this annual report, before making an investment decision. If any of the following risks actually occurs, our business, financial condition or results of operations could suffer. In that case, the trading price of our shares of common stock could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment. You should read the section entitled “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” for a discussion of what types of statements are forward-looking statements, as well as the significance of such statements in the context of this annual report.
 
 
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Risks Relating to Our Business
 
We have a limited operating history and there can be no assurance that we can achieve or maintain profitability.
 
We have a limited operating history that can be used to evaluate us, and the likelihood of our success must be considered in light of the problems, expenses, difficulties, complications and delays that we may encounter because we are a small business. As a result, we may not be profitable and we may not be able to generate sufficient revenue to develop as we have planned.
 
Our ability to achieve and maintain profitability and positive cash flow will be dependent upon:
 
management’s ability to maintain the technology and skills necessary for our fuel conversion services;
our ability to keep abreast of changes by government agencies and in the law, particularly in the areas of intellectual property and environmental regulation;
our ability to attract customers who require the products and services we offer;
our ability to generate revenues through the sale of our products and services to potential clients; and
our ability to manage the logistics and operations of  our company and the distribution of our products and services.

We have had operating losses since formation and expect to incur net losses for the near term.
 
We reported a net loss of $6,318,724 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 as compared to a net loss of $7,136,942 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. Our operating results have recognized losses in the amount of $1,185,818 and $1,724,955 for the three months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.  We currently use approximately $330,000 per month to fund operations.  We anticipate that we will lose money in the near term and we may not be able to achieve profitable operations. In order to achieve profitable operations we need to secure sales of fuel and Plasma Arc Flow System.  We anticipate the need to raise additional capital in the near term to satisfy our plan of operations.
 
We may need additional funding to continue operations, which may not be available to us on favorable terms or at all.
 
To date, we have generated only limited revenue from our products and have not achieved positive cash flows or profitability.  We expect to continue to incur significant operating losses for the foreseeable future as we incur costs associated with the continuation of our research and development programs, expand our sales and marketing capabilities, increase manufacturing of our products and comply with the requirements related to being a U.S. public company listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Additional funding may be needed and it may not be available on terms favorable to us, or at all. If we raise additional funding through the issuance of equity securities, our stockholders may suffer dilution and our ability to use our net operating losses to offset future income may be limited. If we raise additional funding through debt financing, we may be required to accept terms that restrict our ability to incur additional indebtedness, require us to use our cash to make payments under such indebtedness, force us to maintain specified liquidity or other ratios or restrict our ability to pay dividends or make acquisitions. If we are unable to secure additional funding, our development programs and our commercialization efforts would be delayed, reduced or eliminated, our relationships with our suppliers and customers may be harmed, and we may not be able to continue our operations.
 
The growth of our business depends upon the development and successful commercial acceptance of our products.
 
We depend upon a variety of factors to ensure that our MagneGas and Plasma Arc Flow System are successfully commercialized, including timely and efficient completion of design and development, implementation of manufacturing processes, and effective sales, marketing, and customer service. Because of the complexity of our products, significant delays may occur between development, introduction to the market and volume production phases.
 
The development and commercialization of MagneGas and Plasma Arc Flow System involves many difficulties, including:
 
retention and hiring of appropriate operational, research and development personnel;
determination of the products’ technical specifications;
successful completion of the development process;
successful marketing of MagneGas and Plasma Arc Flow System and achieving customer acceptance;
managing inventory levels, logistics and operations; and
additional customer service and warranty costs associated with supporting product modifications and/or subsequent potential field upgrades.
 
We must expend significant financial and management resources to develop and market our MagneGas and Plasma Arc Flow System. We cannot assure that we will receive meaningful revenue from these investments. If we are unable to continue to successfully develop or modify our products in response to customer requirements or technological changes, or our products are not commercially successful, our business may be harmed.
 
 
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The possibility of a global financial crisis may significantly impact our business and financial condition and our ability to attract customers to our relatively new technology for the foreseeable future.
 
The turmoil in the global financial system may adversely impact our ability to raise capital, invest in the development and refinement of our technology and to successfully market it to new customers. We may face increasing challenges if conditions in the financial markets do not improve over time. Our ability to access the capital markets may be restricted at a time when we would like, or need, to raise financing, which could have a material negative impact on our flexibility to react to changing economic and business conditions. The economic situation could have a material negative impact on our ability to attract new customers willing to try our alternative fuel products or purchase our technology.
 
Failure to comply with government regulations will severely limit our sales opportunities and future revenue.
 
Failure to obtain operating permits, or otherwise to comply with federal and state regulatory and environmental requirements, could affect our abilities to market and sell MagneGas and the Plasma Arc Flow System and could have a material adverse affect on our business and operations.
 
We and our customers may be required to comply with a number of federal, state and local laws and regulations in the areas of safety, health and environmental controls. To the extent we intend to market the Plasma Arc Flow System internationally, we will be required to comply with laws and regulations and, when applicable, obtain permits in those other countries.
 
We cannot be certain that we will be able to obtain or maintain, required permits and approvals, that new or more stringent environmental regulations will not be enacted or that if they are, that we will be able to meet the stricter standards.
 
Our technology is unproven on a large-scale industrial basis and could fail to perform in an industrial production environment.
 
The Plasma Arc Flow System has never been utilized on a large-scale industrial basis. All of the tests that we have conducted to date with respect to our technology have been performed on limited quantities of liquid waste, and we cannot assure you that the same or similar results could be obtained on a large-scale industrial basis. We cannot predict all of the difficulties that may arise when the technology is utilized on a large-scale industrial basis. In addition, our technology has never operated at a volume level required to be profitable. As our product is an alternative to acetylene, the unstable price of acetylene will impact our ability to become profitable and to sell cost competitive fuel. It is possible that the technology may require further research, development, design and testing prior to implementation of a larger-scale commercial application. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that this technology will perform successfully on a large-scale commercial basis, that it will be profitable to us or that our MagneGas will be cost competitive in the market.

Our future success is dependent, in part, on the performance and continued service of Ermanno Santilli, Terry Vernille, and other key personnel. Without their continued service, we may be forced to interrupt our operations.
 
We are presently dependent to a great extent upon the experience, abilities and continued services of Ermanno Santilli, our President and CEO and Terry Vernille, our Senior Vice President of Industrial Gas Sales. Ermanno has several years of experience regarding the technical operation and deployment of our refineries and Terry Vernille has over 20 years of experience in the industrial gas market. The loss of any of their services would delay our business operations substantially.
 
Our related party transactions may cause conflicts of interests that may adversely affect our business.

Our intellectual property was purchased through a related party transaction with Hyfuels, Inc, a company which our former Chairman of our board of directors, Dr. Santilli, serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer, who through the transaction became a stockholder of our company. We currently lease our building through a related party transaction with a company wholly-owned by Dr. Santilli and his spouse and director of our company, Carla Santilli. We own a 20% interest in MagneGas Europe, a company whose major stockholder is Ermanno Santilli, our Chief Executive Officer. In addition, Dr. Santilli has personally contributed a small refinery for our use and we have received various small notes and loans from related parties, all of which have been paid in full.
 
We believe that these transactions and agreements that we have entered into with these affiliates are on terms that are at least as favorable as could reasonably have been obtained at such time from third parties. However, these relationships could create, or appear to create, potential conflicts of interest when our board of directors is faced with decisions that could have different implications for us and these affiliates. The appearance of conflicts, even if such conflicts do not materialize, might adversely affect the public’s perception of us, as well as our relationship with other companies and our ability to enter into new relationships in the future, which could have a material adverse effect on our ability to raise capital or to do business.
 
We have the potential risk of product liability, which may subject us to litigation and related costs.
 
Our Plasma Arc Flow System may be utilized in a variety of industrial and other settings, and may be used to handle materials resulting from the user's generation of liquid waste and the creation of a compressed hydrogen based fuel for distribution to end customers. The equipment, cylinders and gas will therefore be subject to risks of breakdowns and malfunctions. There is also inherent risk in the compression, transportation and use of MagneGas. It is possible that claims for personal injury and business losses arising out of these risks, breakdowns and malfunctions will occur. Our insurance may be insufficient to provide coverage against all claims, and claims may be made against us even if covered by our insurance policy for amounts substantially in excess of applicable policy limits. Such an event could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
 
 
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Because we are smaller and have fewer financial and other resources than many alternative fuel companies, we may not be able to successfully compete in the very competitive alternative fuel industry.

Fuel is a commodity. There is significant competition among existing alternative fuel producers. Our business faces competition from a number of producers that can produce significantly greater volumes of fuel than we can or expect to produce, producers that can produce a wider range of fuel products than we can, and producers that have the financial and other resources that would enable them to expand their production rapidly if they chose to. These producers may be able to achieve substantial economies of scale and scope, thereby substantially reducing their fixed production costs and their marginal productions costs. If these producers are able to substantially reduce their marginal production costs, the market price of fuel may decline and we may be not be able to produce biogas at a cost that allows us to compete economically. Even if we are able to operate profitably, these other producers may be substantially more profitable than us, which may make it more difficult for us to raise any financing necessary for us to achieve our business plan and may have a materially adverse effect on the market price of our common stock.

Costs of compliance with burdensome or changing environmental and operational safety regulations could cause our focus to be diverted away from our business and our results of operations may suffer.

Liquid waste disposal and fuel production involves the discharge of potential contaminants into the water and air and is subject to various regulatory and safety requirements. As a result, we are subject to complicated environmental regulations of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and regulations and permitting requirements of the various states. These regulations are subject to change and such changes may require additional capital expenditures or increased operating costs. Consequently, considerable resources may be required to comply with future environmental regulations. In addition, our production plants could be subject to environmental nuisance or related claims by employees, property owners or residents near the plants arising from air or water discharges. Environmental and public nuisance claims, or tort claims based on emissions, or increased environmental compliance costs resulting therefrom could significantly increase our operating costs.
 
Because MagneGas is new to the metalworking market, it may take time for the industry to adapt to it. In addition, the economy may adversely impact consumption of fuel in the metalworking market making it more difficult for us to sell our product.

MagneGas is a replacement for acetylene for the metalworking market. Because MagneGas is a new product in the industry, it may take time for end users to consider changing from acetylene to MagneGas and as such this may adversely impact our sales. In addition, consumption for fuel in the metalworking market is highly dependent on the economic conditions of the manufacturing industry and as such adverse conditions in the economy may also negatively impact our ability to sell our fuel to market.

Mergers or other strategic transactions involving our competitors could weaken our competitive position, which could harm our operating results.

There is significant competition among existing alternative fuel producers.  Some of our competitors may enter into new alliances with each other or may establish or strengthen cooperative relationships with systems integrators, third-party consulting firms or other parties. Any such consolidation, acquisition, alliance or cooperative relationship could lead to pricing pressure and our loss of market share and could result in a competitor with greater financial, technical, marketing, service and other resources, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.

Because our long-term plan depends, in part, on our ability to expand the sales of our solutions to customers located outside of the United States, our business will be susceptible to risks associated with international operations.

We have limited experience operating in foreign jurisdictions. We continue to explore opportunities for joint ventures internationally.  Our inexperience in operating our business outside of North America increases the risk that our current and any future international expansion efforts will not be successful. Conducting international operations subjects us to new risks that, generally, we have not faced in the United States, including:
 
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fluctuations in currency exchange rates;
unexpected changes in foreign regulatory requirements;
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longer accounts receivable payment cycles and difficulties in collecting accounts receivable;
difficulties in managing and staffing international operations;
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potentially adverse tax consequences, including the complexities of foreign value added tax systems and restrictions on the repatriation of earnings;
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localization of our solutions, including translation into foreign languages and associated expenses;
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the burdens of complying with a wide variety of foreign laws and different legal standards, including laws and regulations related to privacy;
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increased financial accounting and reporting burdens and complexities;
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political, social and economic instability abroad, terrorist attacks and security concerns in general; and
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reduced or varied protection for intellectual property rights in some countries.
 
 
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Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property

The success of our business depends, in part, upon proprietary technologies and information that may be difficult to protect and may be perceived to infringe on the intellectual property rights of third parties.

We believe that the identification, acquisition and development of proprietary technologies are key drivers of our business. Our success depends, in part, on our ability to obtain patents, maintain the secrecy of our proprietary technology and information, and operate without infringing on the proprietary rights of third parties. We cannot assure you that the patents of others will not have an adverse effect on our ability to conduct our business, that the patents that provide us with competitive advantages will not be challenged by third parties, that we will develop additional proprietary technology that is patentable or that any patents issued to us will provide us with competitive advantages. Further, we cannot assure you that others will not independently develop similar or superior technologies, duplicate elements of our biomass technology or design around it.
 
To successfully commercialize our proprietary technologies, we may need to acquire licenses to use, or to contest the validity of, issued or pending patents. We cannot assure you that any license acquired under such patents would be made available to us on acceptable terms, if at all, or that we would prevail in any such contest. In addition, we could incur substantial costs in defending ourselves in suits brought against us for alleged infringement of another party's patents or in defending the validity or enforceability of our patents, or in bringing patent infringement suits against other parties based on our patents.

In addition to the protection afforded by patents, we also rely on trade secrets, proprietary know-how and technology that we seek to protect, in part, by confidentiality agreements with our prospective joint venture partners, employees and consultants. We cannot assure you that these agreements will not be breached, that we will have adequate remedies for any such breach, or that our trade secrets and proprietary know-how will not otherwise become known or be independently discovered by others.
 
We cannot assure you that we will obtain any patent protection that we seek, that any protection we do obtain will be found valid and enforceable if challenged or that it will confer any significant commercial advantage. U.S. patents and patent applications may be subject to interference proceedings, U.S. patents may be subject to re-examination proceedings in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and foreign patents may be subject to opposition or comparable proceedings in the corresponding foreign patent offices, which proceedings could result in either loss of the patent or denial of the patent application, or loss or reduction in the scope of one or more of the claims of, the patent or patent application. In addition, such interference, re-examination and opposition proceedings may be costly. Moreover, the U.S. patent laws may change, possibly making it easier to challenge patents. Some of our technology was, and continues to be, developed in conjunction with third parties, and thus there is a risk that such third parties may claim rights in our intellectual property. Thus, any patents that we own or license from others may provide limited or no protection against competitors. Our pending patent applications, those we may file in the future, or those we may license from third parties, may not result in patents being issued. If issued, they may not provide us with proprietary protection or competitive advantages against competitors with similar technology.
 
Many of our competitors have significant resources and incentives to apply for and obtain intellectual property rights that could limit or prevent our ability to commercialize our current or future products in the United States or abroad.

Many of our potential competitors who have significant resources and have made substantial investments in competing technologies may seek to apply for and obtain patents that will prevent, limit or interfere with our ability to make, use or sell our products either in the United States or in international markets. Our current or future U.S. or foreign patents may be challenged, circumvented by competitors or others or may be found to be invalid, unenforceable or insufficient. Since patent applications are confidential until patents are issued in the United States, or in most cases, until after 18 months from filing of the application, or corresponding applications are published in other countries, and since publication of discoveries in the scientific or patent literature often lags behind actual discoveries, we cannot be certain that we were the first to make the inventions covered by each of our pending patent applications, or that we were the first to file patent applications for such inventions.

If we are unable to protect the confidentiality of our proprietary information and know-how, the value of our technology and products could be adversely affected.

In addition to patented technology, we rely on our unpatented proprietary technology, trade secrets, processes and know-how. We generally seek to protect this information by confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants, scientific advisors and third parties. These agreements may be breached, and we may not have adequate remedies for any such breach. In addition, our trade secrets may otherwise become known or be independently developed by competitors. To the extent that our employees, consultants or contractors use intellectual property owned by others in their work for us, disputes may arise as to the rights in related or resulting know-how and inventions.
 
 
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Risks Related to Our Securities

The market price for our common stock is particularly volatile given our status as a relatively unknown company with a small and thinly traded public float, limited operating history and lack of profits, which could lead to wide fluctuations in our share price. You may be unable to sell your common stock at or above your purchase price, which may result in substantial losses to you.

The market for our common stock is characterized by significant price volatility when compared to the shares of larger, more established companies that trade on a national securities exchange and have large public floats, and we expect that our share price will continue to be more volatile than the shares of such larger, more established companies for the indefinite future. The volatility in our share price is attributable to a number of factors. First, as noted above, our common stock is, compared to the shares of such larger, more established companies, sporadically and thinly traded. The price for our shares could, for example, decline precipitously in the event that a large number of our common stock is sold on the market without commensurate demand. Secondly, we are a speculative or “risky” investment due to our limited operating history, lack of profits to date, and uncertainty of future market acceptance for our potential products. As a consequence of this enhanced risk, more risk-adverse investors may, under the fear of losing all or most of their investment in the event of negative news or lack of progress, be more inclined to sell their shares on the market more quickly and at greater discounts than would be the case with the stock of a larger, more established company that trades on a national securities exchange and has a large public float. Many of these factors are beyond our control and may decrease the market price of our common stock, regardless of our operating performance.

Future sales of our common stocks in the public market by management or our large stockholders could lower our stock price.

Our largest stockholders, together with the other members of our board of directors and our executive officers, collectively beneficially own approximately 37.5% of our outstanding common stock. If our officers, directors and current stockholders sell, or indicate intent to sell, substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market, the trading price of our common stock may decline significantly.
 
We have a significant number of warrants outstanding, and while these warrants are outstanding, it may be more difficult to raise additional equity capital. Additionally, certain of these warrants contain price-protection provisions that may result in the reduction of their exercise prices if certain transactions occur in the future.
 
As of March 1, 2014, we had outstanding warrants to purchase 6,129,044 shares of common stock. The holders of these warrants are given the opportunity to profit from a rise in the market price of our common stock. We may find it more difficult to raise additional equity capital while these warrants are outstanding. At any time during which these warrants are likely to be exercised, we may be unable to obtain additional equity capital on more favorable terms from other sources. Furthermore, the majority of these warrants contain price-protection provisions under which, if we were to issue securities in conjunction with a merger, tender offer, sale of assets or reclassification of our common stock at a price lower than the exercise price of such warrants, the exercise price of the warrants would be reduced, with certain exceptions, to the lower price. Additionally, the exercise of these warrants will cause the increase of our outstanding shares of our common stock, which could have the effect of substantially diluting the interests of our current stockholders.

We are an emerging growth company within the meaning of the Securities Act, and if we decide to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to emerging growth companies, our common stock could be less attractive to investors.
 
We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or the JOBS Act. For as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We could be an emerging growth company for up to five years, although we could lose that status sooner if our revenues exceed $1 billion, if we issue more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt in a three year period, or if the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter, in which case we would no longer be an emerging growth company as of the following December 31. We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile.
 
 
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Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies may also delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards apply to private companies. We have irrevocably elected not to avail ourselves of this exemption from new or revised accounting standards and, therefore, will be subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies.
 
Our shares of common stock are very thinly traded, and the price may not reflect our value and there can be no assurance that there will be an active market for our shares of common stock now or in the future.
 
Our common stock only began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market on August 15, 2012, before which it was quoted on the OTCBB.  Our stock has limited liquidity, as our common stock has historically been sporadically and thinly traded.  The price of our common stock, when traded, may not reflect our value. There can be no assurance that there will be an active market for our shares of common stock either now or in the future. Market liquidity will depend on the perception of our operating business and any steps that our management might take to bring us to the awareness of investors. There can be no assurance given that there will be any awareness generated. Consequently, investors may not be able to liquidate their investment or liquidate it at a price that reflects the value of the business. As a result, holders of our securities may have difficulty finding purchasers for our shares should they attempt to sell shares held by them. Even if a more active market should develop, the price of our shares of common stock may be highly volatile.  Our shares should be purchased only by investors having no need for liquidity in their investment and who can hold our shares for an indefinite period of time.

On July 15, 2013, the Company received a written notification from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Capital Market notifying the Company that it had failed to comply with Nasdaq’s Marketplace Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Rule”) because the bid price for the Company’s common stock over a period of 30 consecutive business days prior to such date had closed below the minimum $1.00 per share requirement for continued listing.

In accordance with Nasdaq’s Marketplace Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company had a period of 180 calendar days, or until January 14, 2014, to regain compliance with the Rule.  At the beginning of January 2014, the Company determined that it would not be in compliant with the Rule by January 13, 2014, which would subject the Company’s common stock to delisting from The Nasdaq Capital Market.  As a result, the Company notified Nasdaq Capital Market and applied for an extension of the cure period, as permitted under the original notification.  In the application, the Company indicated that it met all other continuing listing requirements for the Nasdaq Capital Market and provided written notice of its intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period of an additional 180 days, by various plans, including effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary.

On January 14, 2014, the Company received a written notification from Nasdaq Capital Market that the Company was granted an additional 180 calendar days, or until July 14, 2014, to regain compliance with the minimum $1.00 bid price per share requirement of the Rule.
 
If at any time before July 14, 2014, the bid price of the Company’s common stock closes at or above $1.00 per share for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days, Nasdaq Capital Market will provide written notification that the Company has achieved compliance with the Rule.
 
While we believe we have complied with the Nasdaq Capital Market requirements as of January 22, 2014, the Nasdaq Capital Market has not provided written notification that the Company has achieved compliance.  As a result, no assurances can be made that our common stock will remain listed on Nasdaq Capital Market. If we are not able to comply with the Nasdaq Capital requirements, our common stock will be delisted from Nasdaq and our common stock would likely be quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board or on the OTC Pink Sheets. As a consequence of any such delisting, a stockholder would likely find it more difficult to dispose of, or to obtain accurate quotations as to the prices of our common stock. Also, a delisting of our common stock would adversely affect our ability to obtain financing for the continuation of our operations and harm our business.

If compliance with the Rule cannot be demonstrated by July 14, 2014, Nasdaq will provide written notification that the Company’s common stock will be delisted.  At that time, the Company may appeal Nasdaq’s determination to a Hearings Panel.
 
The Company will continue to monitor the bid price for its common stock and consider various options available to it if its common stock does not trade at a level that is likely to regain compliance.  These options include effecting a reverse stock split.
  
Certain members of our board of directors, their affiliates and our executive officers, as stockholders, control our company.
 
Our largest stockholders together with the other members of our board of directors and our executive officers, as stockholders, collectively beneficially own approximately 34.3% of our outstanding common stock. As a result of this ownership, they have the ability to significantly influence all matters requiring approval by stockholders of our company, including the election of directors. In particular, Dr. Santilli, the former Chairman of our board of directors, beneficially owns 28.3% of our outstanding common stock. In addition to ownership of our common stock, Dr. Santilli and his spouse Carla Santilli, together with their children, Ermanno Santilli, our Chief Executive Officer, and Luisa Ingargiola, our Chief Financial Officer (the “Santilli Family”), beneficially maintain voting control over 100% of our outstanding 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, which entitles the Santilli Family to voting rights in the aggregate of 100,000,000,000 votes.  As a result, the Santilli Family has the ability to significantly influence all matters requiring approval by stockholders of our company. This concentration of ownership also may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of our company that may be favored by other stockholders. This could prevent transactions in which stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares over current market prices.
 
 
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If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or reports about us, or publish negative reports about our business, our share price could decline.

Securities analysts from Northland Capital Markets currently cover our common stock but may not do so in the future. Our lack of analyst coverage might depress the price of our common stock and result in limited trading volume. If we do receive analyst coverage in the future, any negative reports published by such analysts could have similar effects.
 
Future issuance of our common stock could dilute the interests of existing stockholders.

We may issue additional shares of our common stock in the future. The issuance of a substantial amount of common stock could have the effect of substantially diluting the interests of our current stockholders. In addition, the sale of a substantial amount of common stock in the public market, either in the initial issuance or in a subsequent resale by the target company in an acquisition which received such common stock as consideration or by investors who acquired such common stock in a private placement could have an adverse affect on the market price of our common stock.
 
The application of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s “penny stock” rules to our common stock could limit trading activity in the market, and our stockholders may find it more difficult to sell their stock.

Our common stock trades at less than $5.00 per share and is therefore subject to the SEC’s penny stock rules. Penny stocks generally are equity securities with a price of less than $5.00. Penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from the rules, to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document that provides information about penny stocks and the risks in the penny stock market. The broker-dealer also must provide the customer with current bid and offer quotations for the penny stock, the compensation of the broker-dealer and its salesperson in the transaction, and monthly account statements showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customer’s account. The broker-dealer must also make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive the purchaser’s written agreement to the transaction. These requirements may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity, if any, in the secondary market for a security that becomes subject to the penny stock rules. The additional burdens imposed upon broker-dealers by such requirements may discourage broker-dealers from effecting transactions in our securities, which could severely limit their market price and liquidity. These requirements may restrict the ability of broker-dealers to sell our common stock and may affect your ability to resell our common stock.
 
We do not intend to pay dividends for the foreseeable future, and you must rely on increases in the market price of our common stock for returns on equity investment.

For the foreseeable future, we intend to retain any earnings to finance the development and expansion of our business, and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock. Accordingly, investors must be prepared to rely on sales of their common stock after price appreciation to earn an investment return, which may never occur. Investors seeking cash dividends should not purchase our common stock. Any determination to pay dividends in the future will be made at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on our results of operations, financial condition, contractual restrictions, restrictions imposed by applicable law and other factors our board of directors deems relevant.

Our certificate of incorporation, bylaws and the Delaware General Corporation Law may delay or deter a change of control transaction.
 
Certain provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may have the effect of deterring takeovers, such as those provisions authorizing our board of directors to issue, from time to time, any series of preferred stock and fix the designation, powers, preferences and rights of the shares of such series of preferred stock; prohibiting stockholders from acting by written consent in lieu of a meeting; requiring advance notice of stockholder intention to put forth director nominees or bring up other business at a stockholders’ meeting; prohibiting stockholders from calling a special meeting of stockholders; requiring a 66 2/3% majority stockholder approval in order for stockholders to amend certain provisions of our certificate of incorporation or bylaws or adopt new bylaws; providing that, subject to the rights of preferred shares, the directors will be divided into three classes and the number of directors is to be fixed exclusively by our board of directors; and providing that none of our directors may be removed without cause. Section 203 of the DGCL, from which we did not elect to opt out, provides that if a holder acquires 15% or more of our stock without prior approval of our board of directors, that holder will be subject to certain restrictions on its ability to acquire us within three years. These provisions may delay or deter a change of control of us, and could limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our common stock.
 
 
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Item 1B.   Unresolved Staff Comments.

This information is not required for smaller reporting companies.
 
Item 2.      Properties.
 
We presently lease on a month-to-month basis our principal offices at 150 Rainville Road, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689 and the telephone number is (727) 934-3448. The property is a commercial property for our production facility with an attached office.  In addition, we have purchased adjacent land and manufacturing facilities. This manufacturing facility consists of 2.7 acres of land, a structure to be converted to future office space and a structure currently used to manufacture refineries.
 
Item 3.      Legal Proceedings.
 
We are currently not involved in any litigation that we believe could have a materially adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the executive officers of our company or any of our subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting our company, our common stock, any of our subsidiaries or of our company’s or our company’s subsidiaries’ officers or directors in their capacities as such, in which an adverse decision could have a material adverse effect.

Item 4.      Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not Applicable.
 
PART II

Item 5.      Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Market Information

Our common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Capital Markets under the symbol “MNGA,” and prior to that we traded on the OTCBB under the symbol “MNGA”.
 
Price Range of Common Stock

The following table sets forth the high and low sales price per share of common stock as reported by Nasdaq Capital Market for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012:
 
   
High
   
Low
 
Fiscal Year 2012
           
   First quarter ended March 31, 2012
 
$
2.70
   
$
1.90
 
   Second quarter ended June 30, 2012
 
$
7.10
   
$
2.70
 
   Third quarter ended September 30, 2012
 
$
5.85
   
$
2.62
 
   Fourth quarter ended December 31, 2012
 
$
2.85
   
$
1.32
 
 
Fiscal Year 2013
           
   First quarter ended March 31, 2013
  $ 1.74     $ 1.12  
   Second quarter ended June 30, 2013
  $ 1.67     $ 0.75  
   Third quarter ended September 30, 2013
  $ 0.89     $ 0.53  
   Fourth quarter ended December 31, 2013
  $ 0.73     $ 0.44  

Approximate Number of Equity Security Holders
 
As of December 31, 2013, there were approximately 249 stockholders of record. Because shares of our common stock are held by depositaries, brokers and other nominees, the number of beneficial holders of our shares is substantially larger than the number of stockholders of record.
 
Dividends
 
We have not declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock, and we do not anticipate declaring or paying cash dividends for the foreseeable future. We are not subject to any legal restrictions respecting the payment of dividends, except that we may not pay dividends if the payment would render us insolvent. Any future determination as to the payment of cash dividends on our common stock will be at our board of directors’ discretion and will depend on our financial condition, operating results, capital requirements and other factors that our board of directors considers to be relevant.
 
 
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Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans

As of December 31, 2013, we do not have in effect any compensation plans under which our equity securities are authorized for issuance.
 
Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

From January 1, 2013 through and including December 31, 2013, there were no purchases of equity securities by the issuer and affiliated purchasers.

Item 6.      Selected Financial Data
 
We are not required to provide the information required by this Item because we are a smaller reporting company.
  
Item 7.      Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

The following discussion and analysis of the results of operations and financial condition for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 should be read in conjunction with our financial statements, and the notes to those financial statements that are included elsewhere in this Report.
 
Overview
 
Our operating plan and mission is to create a hydrogen based fuel through the gasification of liquid and liquid waste. A process has been developed which transforms various types of liquid waste through a proprietary plasma arc system. A byproduct of this process is to produce an alternative to natural gas currently sold in the metalworking market. The patented proprietary technology is owned by our company. We are putting the majority of our efforts in launching fuel sales to the metalworking market and selling equipment internationally as we feel these are the best opportunities to generate revenue in the near term. The Company is also selling equipment for the processing of liquid waste and developing the market for the use of MagneGas to co-combust with fossil fuels to reduce hydrocarbon emissions.
 
Business Continuation and Succession
 
We have developed and trained a team of engineers and consultants to become knowledgeable with the MagneGas product and the Plasma Arc Flow technology.
 
Recent Financings

2012 Private Placement
 
On March 28, 2012, we entered into a definitive agreement with investors to sell in a private placement an aggregate of 1,941,250 shares of our common stock and warrants to purchase 970,625 shares of our common stock at a purchase price of $2.00 per unit, resulting in gross proceeds to us of $3,882,500, before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses. The warrants are exercisable at an exercise price of $4.00 per share and expire five years from the initial closing date, which was March 29, 2012.

2012 Public Offering

On August 16, 2012, the Company completed a public offering of 2,850,000 shares of common stock at a price to the public of$3.00 per share. Of the 2,850,000 shares of common stock, an aggregate 652,173 shares were offered by three stockholders of the Company.  The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to further develop its products and operations, for working capital, and general corporate purposes.  The Company did not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of shares by the selling stockholders.  The offering resulted in the net issuance of 2,197,827 shares of common stock (2,850,000, less 652,173 shares of common stock of the selling shareholders) for gross proceeds of $6,593,481 less offering and closing costs of $758,477, resulting in net proceeds of $5,835,004.

2013 Public Offering

On June 5, 2013, the Company closed its previously-announced underwritten public offering of 2,728,139 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 2,728,139 warrants to purchase 682,035 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $1.35 per share, which includes the full exercise of the over-allotment option by the underwriter to purchase an additional 355,844 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 88,961 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $1.35, at a combined price to the public of $0.90, for gross proceeds to the company of $2,455,325. The Company intends to use the proceeds from the offering for working capital and general corporate purposes. Northland Securities, Inc. acted as underwriter for the offering
 
 
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January 2014 Public and Private Offering
 
On January 21, 2014, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with an institutional investor (the “Investor”) providing for the issuance and sale by the Company (the “Offering”) of 2,323,584 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, for a purchase price of $1,858,867.20 (the “Registered Stock”) and 2,141.13280 shares of the Company's Series B Preferred Stock, which are convertible into a total of 2,676,416 shares of common stock (the “Conversion Shares”).  In connection with the purchase of shares of Series B Preferred Stock in the Offering, the Investor received warrants to purchase 2,676,416 shares of common stock at an exercise price equal to $1.11 (the “Warrants”).  Each Warrant shall be initially exercisable on the six (6) month anniversary of the issuance date and have a term of exercise equal to five (5) years from the date on which first exercisable.  The closing of the sale of these securities took place on January 27, 2014 (the “Closing”). The Company intends to use the proceeds from the offering for working capital and general corporate purposes. Northland Securities, Inc. acted as the placement agent for the offering.
 
Management Consideration of Alternative Business Strategies

In order to continue to protect and increase shareholder value management believes that it may, from time to time, consider alternative management strategies to create value for the company or additional revenues.  Strategies to be reviewed may include acquisitions; roll-ups; strategic alliances; joint ventures on large projects; and/or mergers.

Management will only consider these options where it believes the result would be to increase shareholder value while continuing the viability of the company.

As of the date of the annual report, the Company has had preliminary discussions surrounding the acquisition of a regional gas distribution company in Florida. Basic due diligence has been initiated but no formal offer has been made. 

Results of Operations

Comparison of the year ended December 31, 2013 and 2012

Revenues

For the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 we generated revenues of $988,986 and $677,529, respectively.  We generated revenues of $435,996 and $584,197 from our metal cutting fuel sales operations for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The decrease was due to the aligning a new market strategy to build our expansion through reputable distributors and focus was concentrated on building those relationships.  We have now secured viable channels for the distribution of our metal cutting fuel. We have fulfilled initial orders and are receiving repeat orders from multiple customers and distributors. To attract and attain new customers we have performed demonstrations and sent samples to prospective accounts. Our aligning our resources for a growth in demand for future anticipated orders.

During the second half of 2010 we received a contract for our technology licensing. We have recognized revenues in the amount of $93,332 and $93,332 for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively from these licensing fees. These license fees are ratably earned over the terms of the licensing agreement.
 
Operating Expenses
 
Operating costs were incurred in the amount of $6,087,749 and $6,812,518 for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. We found operating efficiencies needed to reduce expenses significantly as we realigned operations consistent with our new market strategy. During 2013 we redesigned our units to be able to be customized towards specific solutions to the end users objectives. In addition, we have focused on expanding our R&D focus on future generations of equipment designs and alternative gases while maintaining tight controls focusing on cost efficiencies. Investor relation expenses decreased $16,574 in 2013 even with the costs associated with our funding and for the increase in regulatory compliance and the promotion of the public awareness.  We were able to reduce selling costs approximately $380,000 in 2013 as compared to 2012, resulting from our increased efforts to expand expense controls and focusing on strategies to better market our metal cutting business as well as our unit sale efforts. There was a significant decrease in the issuance of common stock for services valued in the amount of $1,465,888 in 2013 compared to $2,053,090, in 2012.  
 
We use common stock as a method of payment for certain services, primarily the advertising and investor relations to increase market awareness and as incentive to our key employees and consultants. We expect to control these arrangements.
 
 
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Net Income and Loss before Provision for Income Taxes

The Company had a net loss, before taxes, in the amount of $6,318,724 for the year ended December 31, 2013, compared to a net loss before income taxes of $6,680,442 for the year ended December 31, 2012.  Our general and administrative expenses and stock based compensation, as described above in the operating expense discussion, decreased, resulting in the improved results for 2013.   Investments through sales of common stock and private placements have allowed our expansion of infrastructure and the manufacturing of additional units available for sale and available for production.  We believe that our investment in our infrastructure will have future benefits, as potential sales will be fulfilled by our improved designs as well as expanding metal cutting fuel opportunities that  will generate consistent revenue streams.
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
Completion of our plan of operation is subject to attaining adequate and continued revenue. We cannot assure investors that adequate revenues will be generated. In the absence of our projected revenue, which includes the sale of equipment, additional capital will be needed. The Company completed additional funding in January 2014, as described in “Recent Financings” above, which will allow us to continue the development of our long term strategic plan.
 
As reflected in the audited financial statements, we have an accumulated deficit and have negative cash flows from operations in the amount of $12.2 million. We have used $3.6 million in operations. However, we have had a significant equity investment, which has given the Company positive working capital which allowed the Company to manufacture additional recyclers and for future growth. Our investment in our product has positioned us well to meet our revitalized strategic plan. The Company anticipates the sale of a refinery for $2.7 million in mid-2014 that will be able to cover cash for operations through the balance of the year. As of the year end, we have four recyclers available or near completion.
 
At December 31, 2013, the Company had $.2 million in cash resources to meet current obligations. We went back to the market for capital in January 2014 and the Company projects that this combination of additional capital raises, cash flows from current recurring revenue sales and the equipment sale mid-year, will be sufficient to support the on-going business. The realization of proceeds from the sale of recycler units is essential to our business plan. Our initial recycler sales contract, and realization of cash from the contract, as well as our positive acceptance from sales and marketing efforts, gives management belief that future earnings are probable and will continue.
 
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements.

Critical Accounting Policies
 
The Company’s significant accounting policies are presented in the Company’s notes to financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2013 which are contained in this filing, the Company’s 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K. The significant accounting policies that are most critical and aid in fully understanding and evaluating the reported financial results include the following:

The Company prepares its financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America. These principals require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Management believes that these estimates are reasonable and have been discussed with the Board of Directors; however, actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
The Company issues restricted stock to consultants for various services.  Cost for these transactions are measured at the fair value of the consideration received or the fair value of the equity instruments issued, whichever is measurable more reliably measurable.  The value of the common stock is measured at the earlier of (i) the date at which a firm commitment for performance by the counterparty to earn the equity instruments is reached or (ii) the date at which the counterparty's performance is complete.  
 
Long-lived assets such as property, equipment and identifiable intangibles are reviewed for impairment whenever facts and circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable.  When required impairment losses on assets to be held and used are recognized based on the fair value of the asset.  The fair value is determined based on estimates of future cash flows, market value of similar assets, if available, or independent appraisals, if required.  If the carrying amount of the long-lived asset is not recoverable from its undiscounted cash flows, an impairment loss is recognized for the difference between the carrying amount and fair value of the asset.  When fair values are not available, the Company estimates fair value using the expected future cash flows discounted at a rate commensurate with the risk associated with the recovery of the assets.  We did not recognize any impairment losses for any periods presented.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

We have reviewed accounting pronouncements and interpretations thereof that have effectiveness dates during the periods reported and in future periods. The Company has carefully considered the new pronouncements that alter previous generally accepted accounting principles and does not believe that any new or modified principles will have a material impact on the corporation’s reported financial position or operations in the near term.  The applicability of any standard is subject to the formal review of our financial management and certain standards are under consideration.  Those standards have been addressed in the notes to the audited financial statement and in this, our Annual Report, filed on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2013.
 
Item 7A.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

We do not hold any derivative instruments and do not engage in any hedging activities.
 
 
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Item 8.      Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
 
Audited Financial Statements
 
MagneGas Corporation
(Previously a Development Stage Enterprise)
 
As of December 31, 2013 and 2012
And for the Years Ended December 31, 2013 and 2012
 
Contents
 
Financial Statements:
 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
F-2
Balance Sheets
F-3
Statements of Operations
F-4
Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity
F-5
Statements of Cash Flows
F-6
Notes to Financial Statements
F-7 through F-18
 
 
F-1

 
 
 
2451 N. McMullen Booth Road
Suite. 308
Clearwater, FL 33759

Toll fee: 855.334.0934

Fax: 800.581.1908
 
 
 
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Of Magnegas Corporation
 
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Magnegas Corporation as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the related statement of operations, stockholders’ deficiency, and cash flows for the years then.  These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.  The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.  Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.  Accordingly, we express no such opinion.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Magnegas Corporation as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
/s/ DKM Certified Public Accountants
 
DKM Certified Public Accountants
f/k/a Drake & Klein CPAs
Clearwater, Florida
March 24, 2014
 
 
F-2

 
 
MagneGas Corporation
 
Audited Balance Sheets
 
             
   
December 31,
 
   
2013
   
2012
 
Assets
           
Current Assets
           
Cash
 
$
216,523
   
$
1,470,642
 
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $83,069 and $61,792 , respectively
   
125,930
     
119,207
 
Inventory (including units for resale), at cost
   
1,710,066
     
961,984
 
Prepaid and other current assets
   
46,473
     
106,600
 
Total Current Assets
   
2,098,992
     
2,658,433
 
                 
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $661,744 and $448,302 , respectively
   
5,306,152
     
7,193,371
 
                 
Deferred tax asset
   
0
     
0
 
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $248,446 and $199,978 , respectively
   
482,824
     
527,022
 
Investment in joint ventures
   
490,410
     
490,410
 
Security Deposits
   
8,568
     
2,151
 
Total Assets
 
$
8,386,946
   
$
10,871,387
 
                 
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
               
Current Liabilities
               
Accounts payable
 
$
231,008
   
$
483,841
 
Accrued expenses
   
341,579
     
95,704
 
Deferred revenue and customer deposits
   
179,339
     
233,330
 
Total Current Liabilities
   
751,926
     
966,822
 
                 
Stockholders' Equity
               
Preferred stock: $0.001 par;  10,000,000 authorized; 1,000,000  issued and outstanding, respectively
   
1,000
     
1,000
 
Common stock: $0.001 par;  90,000,000 authorized;23,259,109 and  20,042,616 issued and outstanding, respectively
   
23,259
     
20,043
 
Additional paid-in capital
   
26,163,522
     
22,284,841
 
Issued and unearned stock compensation
   
0
     
(13,333
)
Accumulated deficit
   
(18,552,761
)
   
(12,234,039
)
Total Stockholders' Equity
   
7,635,020
     
10,058,512
 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
 
$
8,386,946
   
$
10,871,387
 
 
The audit report and accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
 
F-3

 
 
MagneGas Corporation
 
Audited Statements of Operations
 
       
   
Year Ended December 31,
 
   
2013
   
2012
 
             
Revenue
 
$
988,986
   
$
677,529
 
Direct Costs
   
548,478
     
545,737
 
Gross Profit
   
440,508
     
131,792
 
                 
Operating Expenses:
               
Selling, General, and Administration
   
3,718,461
     
3,803,033
 
Net loss on of settlement contracts and Revaluation of assets
   
622,103
     
0
 
Investor  Relations
   
287,401
     
303,975
 
Stock-based compensation
   
1,465,888
     
2,053,090
 
Research and Development
   
179,559
     
200,225
 
Depreciation and Amortization
   
484,907
     
452,231
 
Total Operating Expenses
   
6,758,319
     
6,812,554
 
                 
Operating Income (Loss)
   
(6,317,811
)
   
(6,680,762
)
                 
Other Income and (Expense)
   
0
     
 
                 
Interest income/(expense)
   
(913
)    
320
 
Total Other Income(Expense)
   
(913
)    
320
 
                 
Net Income (Loss) before tax provision
   
(6,318,724
   
(6,680,442
)
Provision for Income Taxes
     
 
   
(456,500
)
Net Income (Loss)
 
$
(6,318,724
)
 
$
(7,136,942
)
Basic
 
$
(0.29
)
 
$
(0.32
)
Diluted
 
$
(0.29
)
 
$
(0.32
)
Weighted average common shares:
               
Basic and Diluted
   
21,781,076
     
17,410,423
 
 
 
The audit report and accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
 
F-4

 
 
MagneGas Corporation
Audited Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity
 
                           
Additional
   
Unearned
             
   
Preferred
   
Common
   
Paid in
   
Stock
   
Accumulated
   
Total
 
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Capital
   
Comp
   
Deficit
   
Equity
 
                                                                 
Balance at December 31, 2011
   
2,000
     
2
     
15,438,930
     
15.439
     
10,334,904
     
(28,333
)
   
(5,097,097
)
   
5,224,915
 
Compensation recognized under consult agreement (May 31, 2008)
                                           
15,000
             
15,000
 
Issued per resolution
   
998,000
     
998
                                             
998
 
Issued for services
                   
334,220
     
334
     
988,990
                     
989,324
 
Options issued
                                   
1,039,500
                     
1,039,500
 
Options exer. for cash
                   
88,887
     
89
     
262,286
                     
262,375
 
Previous exercised
                   
37,500
     
38
     
(38
                   
-
 
Private placement
                   
4,139,077
     
4,139
     
10,471,842
                     
10,475,981
 
Offerings costs
                                   
(824,039
)
                   
(824,039
)
Sale of share for cash
                   
4,000
     
4
     
11,396
                     
11,400
 
Net Income (Loss)
                                                   
(7,136,942
)
   
(7,136,942
)
                                                                 
Balance at December 31, 2012
   
1,000,000
   
$
1,000
     
20,042,614
   
$
20,043
   
$
22,284,841
   
$
(13,333
)
 
$
(12,234,039
)
 
$
10,058,512
 
Compensation recognized under consult agreement (May 31, 2008)
                                           
13,333
   
 
 
 
 
 
13,333  
Common Shares Issued
                     2,821,889       2,821      
2,508,754
                     
2,511.575
 
Offering Cost
                                   
(125,981
)                    
(125,981
)
Issued in Exchange for Services
                    394,606       395      
1,495,908
                     
1,496,303
 
Net Income (Loss)
                                                    (6,318,722 )     (6,318,722 )
                                                                 
Balance at December 31, 2013
   
1,000,000
    $
1,000
      23,259,109     $ 23,259     $ 26,163,522               (18,552,761 )     7,635,020  
 
The audit report and accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
 
F-5

 
 
MagneGas Corporation
Audited Statement of Cash Flows
   
   
December 31,
 
   
2013
   
2012
 
Cash Flows from Operations
           
Net income (loss)
 
$
(6,318,724
)
 
$
(7,136,942
)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash used in operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
   
484,907
     
452,231
 
Stock compensation
   
1,465,888
     
2,053,090
 
Revaluation of Assets
   
922,754
 
    -  
Gain on Settlement
   
(43,750)
      -  
Deferred income taxes
    -      
456,500
 
Changes in operating assets:
               
Accounts receivable
   
(6,723
)
   
(100,158
)
Inventory
   
(64,088
)
   
(304,992
)
Prepaid and other current assets
   
2,793
     
(104,100
)
Security deposits
   
(6,417
)
   
(2,151
)
Accounts payable
   
(252,681
)
   
207,178
 
Accrued expenses
   
245,723
     
(43,893
 
Deferred revenue and customer deposits
   
(53,991
   
(93,332
)
Total adjustments to net income
   
2,694,415
     
2,520,373
 
Net cash (used in) operating activities
   
(3,624,309
)
   
(4,616,569
                 
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
               
Acquisition of property, plant & equipment
   
(15,404
)
   
(5,035,750
)
Net cash flows (used in) investing activities
   
(15,404
)
   
(5,035,750
)
                 
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
               
Advance from affiliate
           
(13,400
Advances from related party
           
(210,500
)
     
-
     
-
 
     
-
     
-
 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
   
2,385,594
     
9,917,449
 
Net cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities
   
2,385,594
     
9,693,549
 
                 
Net increase (decrease) in cash
   
(1,254,119
)
   
41,230
 
Cash balance, beginning
   
1,470,642
     
1,429,412
 
Cash balance, ending
 
$
216,523
   
$
1,470,642
 
                 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information and non cash investing and financing activities:
               
Interest paid
 
$
1,269
   
$
2,813
 
Taxes paid
 
$
-
   
$
-
 
                 
Non-cash transactions:
               
Capitalized construction cost for units placed in service
 
$
549,772
   
$
2,955,509
 
                 
The audit report and accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
 
F-6

 
 
MagneGas Corporation
Notes to the Audited Financial Statements
For the Years Ended December 31, 2013 and 2012
 
1.         Background Information
 
MagneGas Corporation (the “Company”) was organized in the state of Delaware on December 9, 2005. The Company was originally organized under the name 4307, Inc., for the purpose of locating and negotiating with a business entity for a combination. On April 2, 2007 all the issued and outstanding shares of 4307, Inc. were purchased and the Company name was changed to MagneGas Corporation.
 
MagneGas Corporation is an alternative energy company that creates and produces hydrogen based alternative fuel through the gasification of carbon-rich liquids including certain liquids and liquid wastes. We have developed a process which transforms various types of liquid waste through a proprietary plasma arc machine. A byproduct of this process is to produce an alternative to natural gas currently sold in the metalworking market. We produce gas bottled in cylinders for the purpose of distribution to the metalworking market as an alternative to acetylene. Additionally, we market, for sale or licensure, our proprietary plasma arc technology. Through the course of our business development, we have established retail and wholesale platforms to sell our fuel for use in the metalworking and manufacturing industries. In 2010, we recognized our initial sale of a Plasma Arc Flow unit and are continuing efforts to sell or lease additional equipment to end users.

2.         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
The significant accounting policies followed are:
 
Basis of Presentation
 
The Company prepares its financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America. These principals require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Management believes that these estimates are reasonable and have been discussed with the Board of Directors; however, actual results could differ from those estimates.

Use of Estimates
 
The Company prepares its financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America. These principals require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Management believes that these estimates are reasonable and have been discussed with the Board of Directors; however, actual results could differ from those estimates. The financial statements presented include estimates for patent life, recoverability of deferred tax assets and collections on our receivables.  Our estimates include consideration of the useful lives of our intellectual property, allocations to research and development costs and recognition of deferred tax assets.
 
 
F-7

 
 
Variable Interest Entities
 
The Company considers the consolidation of entities to which the usual condition (ownership of a majority voting interest) of consolidation does not apply, focusing on controlling financial interests that may be achieved through arrangements that do not involve voting interest.  If an enterprise holds a majority of the variable interests of an entity, it would be considered the primary beneficiary.  The primary beneficiary is generally required to consolidate assets, liabilities and non-controlling interests at fair value (or at historical cost if the entity is a related party) and subsequently account for the variable interest as if it were consolidated based on a majority voting interest.   The Company has investments in joint ventures that are in development of the MagneGas technology, however the Company is not identified as a primary beneficiary; therefore no consolidation is required and the investments are listed at their cost.
 
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
 
In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) introduced a framework for measuring fair value and expanded required disclosure about fair value measurements of assets and liabilities.  The Company adopted the standard for those financial assets and liabilities as of the beginning of the 2008 fiscal year and the impact of adoption was not significant. FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 820 “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” (ASC 820) defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. ASC 820 also establishes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between (1) market participant assumptions developed based on market data obtained from independent sources (observable inputs) and (2) an entity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs). The fair value hierarchy consists of three broad levels, which gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:
 
●    
Level 1 - Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities.
●    
Level 2 - Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (e.g., interest rates); and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.
●    
Level 3 - Inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.

Fair value estimates discussed herein are based upon certain market assumptions and pertinent information available to management as of December 31, 2013. The respective carrying value of certain on-balance-sheet financial instruments approximated their fair values due to the short-term nature of these instruments. These financial instruments include accounts receivable, other current assets, accounts payable, accrued compensation and accrued expenses. The fair value of the Company’s notes payable is estimated based on current rates that would be available for debt of similar terms which is not significantly different from its stated value.

The Company applied ASC 820 for all non-financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis. The adoption of ASC 820 for non-financial assets and liabilities did not have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.

Cash and Cash Equivalents
 
The majority of cash is maintained with a major financial institution in the United States.  Deposits with this bank may exceed the amount of insurance provided on such deposits.  At December 31, 2013, nothing exceeded the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) limits. Generally, these deposits may be redeemed on demand and, therefore, bear minimal risk.  The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
 
Accounts Receivable, Credit
 
Accounts receivable consist of amounts due for the delivery of MagneGas sales to customers.    An allowance for doubtful accounts is considered to be established for any amounts that may not be recoverable, which is based on an analysis of the Company’s customer credit worthiness, and current economic trends.  Based on management’s review of accounts receivable, allowances for doubtful accounts were established as deemed necessary.   Receivables are determined to be past due, based on payment terms of original invoices.  Reserves for uncollectible accounts were $83,069 for 2013 as compared to $61,792 in 2012. The Company does not typically charge interest on past due receivables.
 
 
F-8

 

Revenue Recognition

The Company generates revenue through two processes: (1) Sale of MagneGas fuel for metal cutting and (2) Sale of its Plasma Arc Flow units.  Additionally we also recognize revenue from territorial license arrangements.
 
Revenue for metalworking fuel is recognized when shipments are made to customers. The Company recognizes a sale when the product has been shipped and risk of loss has passed to the customer.
Revenue generated from sales of its production unit is recognized on a percentage of completion, based on the progress during manufacturing of the unit.  Our machine is a significant investment and generally requires a 6 to 9 month production cycle.  During the course of building a unit the actual costs are tracked to our cost estimates and revenue is proportionately recognized during the process.   Significant deposits are required before production.  These deposits are classified as customer deposits.
Licenses are issued, per contractual agreement, for distribution rights within certain geographic territories.  We recognize revenue ratably, based on the amounts paid or values received, over the term of the licensing agreement.
 
Inventories
 
Inventories are stated at the lower of standard cost or market, which approximates actual cost. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out method.  Inventory is comprised of filled cylinders of MagneGas and accessories (regulators and tips) available for sale and accumulated costs incurred in the manufacturing process of units held for future sales.

The Company is manufacturing additional units for sale.  Each unit is assigned a project number and the costs, including labor, are accumulated in the carrying value as inventory.  Upon delivery, the accumulated cost for the unit will be charged to cost of sales.  Units are reclassified to capitalized assets when shipped to location for the production of metal cutting gas for the purpose of resale.
  
Long-Lived Assets

Property and equipment is stated at cost.  Depreciation is computed by the straight-line method over estimated useful lives (3-7 years).  Intellectual property assets are stated at their fair value acquisition cost. Amortization of intellectual property assets is calculated by the straight line method over their estimated useful lives (15 years).  Historical costs are reviewed and evaluated for their net realizable value of the assets.  The carrying amount of all long-lived assets is evaluated periodically to determine if adjustment to the depreciation and amortization period or the unamortized balance is warranted. Based upon its most recent analysis, the Company believes that no impairment of property and equipment existed at December 31, 2013.

Long-lived assets such as property, equipment and identifiable intangibles are reviewed for impairment whenever facts and circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable.  When required impairment losses on assets to be held and used are recognized based on the fair value of the asset.  The fair value is determined based on estimates of future cash flows, market value of similar assets, if available, or independent appraisals, if required.  If the carrying amount of the long-lived asset is not recoverable from its undiscounted cash flows, an impairment loss is recognized for the difference between the carrying amount and fair value of the asset.  When fair values are not available, the Company estimates fair value using the expected future cash flows discounted at a rate commensurate with the risk associated with the recovery of the assets.  We did not recognize any impairment losses for any periods presented.
 
 
F-9

 
 
Stock Based Compensation

The Company issues restricted stock to consultants for various services Cost for these transactions are measured at the fair value of the consideration received or the fair value of the equity instruments issued, whichever is more reliably measurable.  The value of the common stock is measured at the earlier of (i) the date at which a firm commitment for performance by the counterparty to earn the equity instruments is reached or (ii) the date at which the counterparty's performance is complete.   The Company recognized consulting expenses and a corresponding increase to additional paid-in-capital related to stock issued for services.  Stock compensation for the periods presented were issued to consultants for past services provided, accordingly, all shares issued are fully vested, and there is no unrecognized compensation associated with these transactions.  
 
Shipping Costs
 
The Company includes shipping costs and freight-in costs in cost of goods sold.  Total freight-in included in cost of goods sold expense was $36,304 and $62,467 for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
 
Advertising Costs
 
The costs of advertising are expensed as incurred.  Advertising expenses are included in the Company’s operating expenses.  Advertising expense was $116,260 and $102,901 for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively
 
Research and Development
 
The Company expenses research and development costs when incurred.  Research and development costs include engineering and laboratory testing of product and outputs.   
 
Income Taxes
 
The Company accounts for income taxes under the liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recorded based on the differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts for financial reporting purpose, referred to as temporary differences. Deferred tax assets and liabilities at the end of each period are determined using the currently enacted tax rates applied to taxable income in the periods in which the deferred tax assets and liabilities are expected to be settled or realized.
 
Earnings (Loss) Per Share
 
Basic earnings (loss) per share calculations are determined by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the year. Diluted earnings (loss) per share calculations are determined by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares.  The Company has issued options to several investors, upon their purchase of shares.  Options, whose strike price is less than the current market value, are considered common stock equivalents and are included in dilutive earnings per share.
  
   
December 31,
 
   
2013
   
2012
 
 Net Income (Loss)
  $ (6,318,724 )   $ (7,136,942  
                 
 Weighted Average Shares
               
    Common Stock
    (.29 )     (.32 )
    Common stock equivalents (Options)
    (.29 )*     (.32 )
 
* Net loss for the period, at December 31, 2013, 6,909,121 options and other dilutive common stock equivalents were considered anti-dilutive.
 
 
F-10

 
 
3.         Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

The Company reviews new accounting standards as issued.  No new standards had any material effect on these financial statements.  The accounting pronouncements issued subsequent to the date of these financial statements that were considered significant by management were evaluated for the potential effect on these consolidated financial statements.  Management does not believe any of the subsequent pronouncements will have a material effect on these consolidated financial statements as presented and does not anticipate the need for any future restatement of these consolidated financial statements because of the retro-active application of any accounting pronouncements issued subsequent to December 31, 2011 through the date these financial statements were issued.
 
4.         Inventory

Inventory primarily consists of: 
 
   
December 31,
 
   
2013
 
2012
 
Metal cutting fuel
 
$
255,497
   
$
57,187
 
Units for resale, Construction in process
   
1,454,569
     
904,797
 
   
$
1,710,066
   
$
961,984
 
 
5.         Long Lived Assets

Property and equipment consists of:
 
   
December 31,
 
   
2013
   
2012
 
Machinery and equipment
 
$
230,563
   
$
465,358
 
Furniture and office equipment
   
52,115
     
49,884
 
Transportation
   
211,908
     
220,336
 
Production units & cylinders
   
3,935,020
     
5,388,423
 
Land and buildings
   
1,517,672
     
1,517,672
 
 
   
5,967,896
     
7,641,673
 
Less accumulated depreciation
   
661,744
     
448,302
 
 
 
$
5,306,152
   
$
7,193,371
 

Depreciation of fixed assets was $436,440 and $403,764  for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Intellectual property:
 
The Company owns intellectual property, which it is amortizing on a straight-line basis over the assets useful life.  The Company assesses fair market value for any impairment to the carrying values.  As of December 31, 2013 management concluded that there was no impairment to the intangible assets.
 
   
December 31,
 
   
2013
   
2012
 
Intellectual property
 
$
731,270
   
$
727,000
 
Less accumulated amortization
   
248,446
     
199,978
 
   
$
482,824
   
$
527,022
 
                 
Future amortization through December 31,:
               
2014
 
$
48,467
         
2015
   
48,467
         
2016
   
48,467
         
2017
   
48,467
         
2018
   
48,467
         
2019 and thereafter
   
242,489
         
   
$
482,824
         

Amortization of the intangible assets was $48,468 and $48,467 for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
 
 
F-11

 
 
Management periodically reviews the valuation of this asset for potential impairments.  Consideration of various risks to the valuation and potential impairment includes, but is not limited to:  (a) the technology’s acceptance in the marketplace and our ability to attain projected forecasts of revenue (discounted cash flow of projections); (b) competition of alternative solutions; and (c) federal and state laws which may prohibit the use of our production machinery as currently designed.   Management has not impaired this asset, to date, and does not anticipate any negative impact from known current business developments. Management continuously measures the marketplace, potential revenue developments and competitive developments in the scientific industry.

6.         Investment in Joint Ventures
 
On June 25, 2010, the Company entered into agreement with a Belgium company, whereby 250,000 shares of MagneGas Corporation’s common stock and territorial license rights were exchanged for a 20% interest in MagneGas Europe.  The Company valued the investment in the Joint Venture at the fair market value of the shares issued ($23,750).   The Company does not have effective or beneficial control over the European entity and is to account for the investment under the Equity Method.  Current year activity for the joint venture was immaterial.
  
On June 28, 2010, the Company entered into agreement with DDI Industries, a China company, in formation of MagneGas China.  The Company is to provide mechanical drawings (for complete construction), computer programs, license of patents (Greater China Region), trademarks, etc. of the Plasma Arc Flow Recyclers to the new entity in exchange for a $2 million investment in MagneGas Corporation (received as of September 30, 2011; subscription at a share price of $0.135 or 14,814,814 common shares) and 20% share in MagneGas China.  The Company’s investment has been valued at $466,660, a mutually agreed amount for the technology license.  The MagneGas China entity has been funded in cash for an amount which reflects the intellectual property’s value. The Company does not have effective or beneficial control over the China entity and is to account for the investment under the Cost Method.  Current year activity for the joint venture was immaterial.

Our investments in joint ventures are considered as Level 3, as defined in FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 820 “ Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures ” (ASC 820), and management considers alternative methods for valuing these investments to determine if there would be impairment to the current carrying value, currently our cost basis.   As of December 31, 2011, management does not believe any impairment exists with regard to the investments in joint ventures.
 
7.         Deferred Revenue and Customer Deposits

The Company has received deposits on production units and fees for exclusive territorial license.  The Company has deferred the associated revenues until such time that production order is placed and produced (recognition under percentage of completion method) or through the passage of time (recognition over the life of the license term).

   
December 31,
   
December 31,
 
   
2013
   
2012
 
Mexico territory license, non-refundable payment from a company for a six-month period ending February 28, 2011
  $ 150,000     $ 150,000  
China territory license, exclusive 5 year license, expiring June 28, 2015
    466,660       466,660  
Philippines, deposit on production unit
    100,000       100,000  
Mexican down payment on equipment
    100,000          
Installment Payments from Kazakhstan for equipment purchase
    499,000          
      1,315,660       716,660  
Portion recognized
    1,136,321       483,330  
Deferred revenue and customer deposits
  $ 179,339     $ 233,330  
 
The amount recognized as revenue under licensing arrangements was, $93,332 and $93,332 for years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

8.         Income Tax
 
Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes
 
The Company has not recognized a provision for income tax benefit during the periods presented, due to the net operating losses incurred.  The Company may recognize benefits in future periods when management believes that any benefit will be recognized.
 
Deferred Income Taxes
 
Deferred income taxes are the result of timing differences between book and tax basis of certain assets and liabilities, timing of income and expense recognition of certain items and net operating loss carry-forwards.
 
 
F-12

 
 
The Company assesses temporary differences resulting from different treatments of items for tax and accounting purposes. These differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which are recorded in our balance sheets. The Company evaluates the reliability of its deferred tax assets and assesses the need for a valuation allowance on an ongoing basis. In evaluating its deferred tax assets, the Company considers whether it is more likely than not that the deferred income tax assets will be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets depends upon generating sufficient future taxable income prior to the expiration of the tax attributes.  In assessing the need for a valuation allowance the Company must project future levels of taxable income. This assessment requires significant judgment. The Company examined the evidence related to a recent history of tax losses, the economic conditions in which it operates recent organizational changes, its forecasts and projections.  The Company will continue to evaluate its deferred tax assets to determine whether any changes in circumstances could affect the realization of their future benefit.
 
The Company had not previously recognized an income tax benefit for its operating losses generated since inception through December 31, 2009 based on uncertainties concerning its ability to generate taxable income in future periods of which, at the time, the realization could not be considered more likely than not.  Based on events subsequent to the balance sheet date, management has re-assessed the valuation allowance and the recognition of its deferred tax losses, however, based on the Company’s history of losses and other negative evidence resulting in the allowance, no income tax benefit will be recognized for prior periods.  The tax benefit for the prior periods, in the amount of $348,800, arising from operating losses as a start-up company and other temporary differences, has been off-set by an equal valuation allowance.
 
The following is a schedule of the deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:
 
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
 
  
 
2013
   
2012
 
Deferred Tax Assets
           
Net Operating Loss Carry Forwards
 
$
-
   
$
456,500
 
 Valuation Allowance
       
$
(456,000
Deferred Tax Liabilities
             
Total Deferred Tax Assets (Liabilities)
 
$
-
   
$
   
                 
Net Deferred Tax Asset (Liabilities)
 
$
-
   
$
-
 

For balance sheet presentation the Company nets its current deferred tax assets and liabilities and non-current deferred tax assets and liabilities.
 
Under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, these losses can be carried forward twenty years.  As of December 31, 2013 the Company has net operating loss carry forwards remaining from the following years:
 
   
Net
   
   
Operating
 
Year
Year Generated
 
Loss
 
Expires
2007-2013 approx
 
$
18,000,000
   
By 2033
 
The adoption of provisions, required by Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) No. 740, did not result in any adjustments.
 
The Company is currently open to audit under the statute of limitations by the Internal Revenue Service for the years ending December 31, 2008 through 2013. The Company state income tax returns are open to audit under the statute of limitations for the years ending December 31, 2006 through 2013.
 
The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to income taxes in income tax expense. The Company had incurred no penalties and interest for the three months ended December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012.

 
F-13

 
 
9.         Equity

The Company has three classifications of stock:
 
Common stock includes 90,000,000 shares authorized at a par value of $0.001.

Our certificate of incorporation provides that we are authorized to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.001 per share. Our board of directors has the authority, without further action by the stockholders, to issue from time to time the preferred stock in one or more series for such consideration and with such relative rights, privileges, preferences and restrictions that the board may determine. The preferences, powers, rights and restrictions of different series of preferred stock may differ with respect to dividend rates, amounts payable on liquidation, voting rights, conversion rights, redemption provisions, sinking fund provisions and purchase funds and other matters. The issuance of preferred stock could adversely affect the voting power or other rights of the holders of common stock.

Of the 10,000,000 shares authorized of Preferred stock at a par value of $0.001, 1,000,000 shares and 2,141.1328 shares of preferred stock have been designated and issued as Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, respectively.

Series A Preferred Stock has liquidation and dividend rights over common stock, which is not in excess of its par value. The preferred stock has no conversion rights or mandatory redemption features. There have been 1,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock issued to an entity controlled by Dr. Ruggero Santilli, Ermanno Santilli, President and CEO, Luisa Ingargiola, CFO and Carla Santilli, Director. Ermanno Santilli and Luisa Ingargiola have no equity interest, only voting control. Each share of Preferred Stock is entitled to 100,000 votes.

Series B Preferred Stock has a liquidation preference equal to the stated value of each share of Series B Preferred Stock or $1,000 per share. The shares of Series B Preferred Stock do not have any voting rights other than if the Company seeks to alter or adversely affect the rights of the Series B Preferred Stock. Subject to certain ownership limitations as described below, shares of Series B Preferred Stock are convertible at any time at the option of the holder into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price of $0.80 per share.  The conversion price is subject to adjustment in the case of stock splits, stock dividends, combinations of shares and similar recapitalization transactions and any issuances of securities below $0.80. Subject to limited exceptions, holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock will not have the right to convert any portion of their Preferred Stock if the holder, together with its affiliates, would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the number of shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to its conversion.

The holders of common stock and the equivalent Series A Preferred Stock, voting together, shall appoint the members of the Board of the Directors. Each share of common stock is entitled to one vote.
 
Reverse Stock Split
 
On June 26, 2012 we effected a ten-for-one reverse split of common shares.  All share amounts have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the post-split shares
 
Common Stock Issuances
 
 
F-14

 
 
On June 1, 2011, the Company executed agreements for two private offerings of its common stock (each an “Offering”).  In connection with the Offerings, the Company entered into two securities purchase agreements (each a “Securities Purchase Agreement”) with DDI Industry International (Beijing) Co., Ltd (the “Investor”).  Pursuant to the first Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company issued an aggregate of 384,625 shares of its common stock (the “Shares”) to the Investor for a purchase price of $500,000, at $1.30 per share.  Pursuant to the second Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company issued an aggregate of 333,333 Shares to the Investor for a purchase price of $561,248, at $1.68 per share.  The Company has received the proceeds from both offerings. The second offering, in the amount of $561,248 was received in August 2011.
 
Prior to this Offering, the Company and the Investor did have a material relationship.  In June 2010, the Company entered into an agreement with the Investor to form a Chinese joint venture (“MagneGas China”).  Pursuant to the agreement, the Investor acquired exclusive MagneGas™ Technology and manufacturing rights for the Greater China Market.  The Investor also acquired 1,481,482 shares of the Company’s common stock at a purchase price of $2 million and purchased a 300Kw Plasma Arc Refinery at a purchase price of $1.855 million.  The Company owns 20% of the equity in MagneGas China and the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Ruggero Santilli, is a member of the board of directors. The Company is working with MagneGas China to replace Dr. Ruggero Santilli with Ermanno Santilli in this position. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company appointed Allen Feng, the Chief Executive Officer of the Investor, to its board of directors.
 
In October and November 2011, the Company entered into a definitive agreement with investors to sell in a private placement 1,966,250 shares of its common stock at a purchase price of $1.60 per unit, including warrants to purchase 1,966,250 shares of its common stock at an exercise price of $3.00, resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of $3.2 million, before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses. The warrants are exercisable at a price of $3.00 per share and expire five years from the initial closing date.  During the quarter ended September 30, 2012, 84,125 options were exercised at the  option price of $3.00, for proceeds of $252,375, included in proceeds from sale of stock in financing activities of the statement of cash flows.
 
In the quarter ended March 31, 2012 the Company entered into a definitive agreement with investors to sell in a private placement an aggregate 1,941,250 shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase 970,625 shares of its common stock at a purchase price of $2.00 per unit, resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of $3,882,500, before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses.  The warrants are exercisable at an exercise price of $4.00 per share and expire five years from the initial closing date. Pursuant to the terms of the definitive agreement, the Company conducted two closings with parties to the definitive agreement.  The initial closing occurred on March 29, 2012, for gross proceeds of $3,117,500 in exchange for 1,558,750 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase an additional 779,375 shares of common stock.  The second closing was completed on April 3, 2012 for gross proceeds of $765,000 in exchange for 382,500 shares of common stock and warrants for an additional 191,250 shares of common stock.  No warrants have been exercised during the nine month period ending September 30, 2013.

On August 16, 2012 the Company completed a public offering of 2,850,000 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $3.00 per share. Of the 2,850,000 shares of common stock, an aggregate 652,173 shares were offered by three stockholders of the Company.  In addition, the Company and the selling stockholders granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 427,500 shares of common stock solely to cover over-allotments, if any.  The Company used the net proceeds from the offering to further develop its products and operations, for working capital, and general corporate purposes.  The Company did not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of shares by the selling stockholders.  The offering resulted in the net issuance of 2,197,827 shares of common stock (2,850,000, less 652,173 common shares of the selling shareholders) for gross proceeds of $6,593,481 less offering and closing costs of $758,477, resulting in net proceeds of $5,835,004.

On June 5, 2013, the Company closed its previously-announced underwritten public offering of 2,728,139 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 2,728,139 warrants to purchase 682,035 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $1.35 per share, which includes the full exercise of the over-allotment option by the underwriter to purchase an additional 355,844 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 88,961 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $1.35, at a combined price to the public of $0.90, for gross proceeds to the company of $2,455,325. The Company intends to use the proceeds from the offering for working capital and general corporate purposes. Northland Securities, Inc. acted as underwriter for the offering.

On September 27, 2013, the company settled a dispute with GreenPlanet Aid C.V. of Mexico (GreenPlanet) to which GreenPlanet was requesting a refund of a non-refundable deposit and as settlement of this dispute the Company offered 93,750 shares of common stock. This resulted in a $43,750 gain which is recognized as Other Income.  This is an unrelated entity to Clear Sky Energy S.A. de C.V. of Mexico, who have a current active contract with the Company.
 
Throughout 2013, the company issued 394,606 shares of common stock as payments for services.
 
Options and Warrants

In the period ending March 31, 2011, the Company issued 50,000 warrants to a consultant with an exercise term of 5 years and a strike price of $1.50.  The Company calculated the value of these shares at $68,500, based on using Black Sholes model.  Assumptions used in the calculation were volatility of 151.7%, estimated life of 2.5 years, 0% forfeiture and risk free interest rate of 1.8%.  On June 28, 2012, these warrants were exercised on a cashless basis, resulting in the issuance of 37,500 common shares.
 
 
F-15

 
 
During 2011, the Company also issued options attached to the purchase of shares at a 1:1 ratio, resulting in the issuance of 2,079,563 options.  Value for these attached options was included in the original capitalized transactions.  These options are exercisable within 3 years at a price of $3.00 per share. During the quarter ended September 30, 2012, 84,125 options were exercised for proceeds of $252,375.
 
In the period ending March 31, 2012, the Company issued 60,000 options to a consultant with an exercise term of 5 years, vesting over a one year period, and a strike price of $1.50.  The Company calculated the value of these shares at $19,300, based on using Black Sholes model.  Assumptions used in the calculation were volatility of 31.6%, estimated life of 1.5 years, 0% forfeiture and risk free interest rate of 1.8%.  On June 28, 2012 these warrants were exercised on a cashless basis, resulting in the issuance of 37,500 common shares.

On March 31, 2012 the Company issued 2,910,000 options to executives, in connection with employment agreements, at an exercise price of $1.50, vesting over a 3 year period.   The Company calculated the value of these shares at $3,921,900, based on using Black-Sholes model.  Assumptions used in the calculation were: volatility of 31.6%; estimated life of 2.5 years; 0% forfeiture; and risk free interest rate of .39%.  The Company recognized stock-based compensation, on a straight-line basis over the ratable vesting period, in the amount of $1,465,888 for the year ended December 31, 2013. 
 
During the nine month period ended September 30, 2012, in association with the private placement stated above, there were 1,067,687 warrants issued with the $3,882,500 raise.  These warrants are for a five year period with an exercise price of $4.00 per share.   

During the nine month period ended September 30, 2013, in association with the public offering stated above, there were 770,996 warrants issued with the $2,455,325 raise. These warrants are for a 5 year period with an exercise price of $1.35 per share.     
 
The following is a summary of outstanding options and warrants:
 
               
Weighted Average
   
Options
   
Options
   
Intrinsic
   
Exercise
 
Remaining
   
Outstanding
   
Vested
   
Value
   
Price
 
Term
                                   
Options, December 31, 2011
   
2,215,039
     
2,215,039
                 
    
Granted
   
3,977,687
     
1,320,187
   
$
3.43
   
$
2.17
 
4.8 years
Exercised
   
  (88,887
)  
   
(88,887
               
    
Forfeited
   
(130,714
   
(130,714
)
               
2.3 years
December 31, 2012
   
5,973,125
     
3,315,625
                 
    
Granted
   
1,485,996
                           
Exercised
   
-
                           
Forfeited
   
550,000
                           
December 31, 2013
   
6,909,121
     
4,553,922
   
 $
 2.44
   
1.43
 
 2.9 years

 
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10.       Related Party Transactions
 
In February 2008, we entered into a five-year consulting agreement with Dr. Santilli, whose knowledge and expertise of the technology is essential in the development of the MagneGas product. The terms of the consulting agreement consist of issuance of common stock (10,000 shares) and payment of $5,000 per month to Dr. Santilli, upon the determination by the board of directors of MagneGas Corporation of achieving adequate funding. The board of directors has since determined that Dr. Santilli’s consulting agreement would be replaced with an employment agreement with a monthly salary of$15,000 per month.  On April 30, 2013, Dr. Santilli resigned and payments ceased.
 
Beginning in April 2008, we entered into a month-to-month lease, at a monthly rate of $2,500 per month for facilities to occupy approximately 3,000 square feet of a 6,000 square foot building and the use of certain equipment and utilities, as needed. In January 2011, the Company expanded to occupy 5,000 square feet of the building and as a result, the rent was increased to $4,000 per month. The facility allows for expansion needs. The lease is held by EcoPlus, Inc., a company that is effectively controlled by Dr. Santilli.
 
On June, 25, 2010, we entered into an agreement to acquire a 20% ownership of MagneGas Europe (MagneGas Arc Applied Solutions, Belgium). In exchange, we issued to MagneGas Arc Applied Solutions 25,000 shares of common shares, which were valued at the fair market price at the date of grant, June 25, 2010, at $0.95 per share for an aggregate of $23,750.  Dr. Santilli and Ermanno Santilli are stockholders of MagneGas Arc Applied Solutions, and at the time of the agreement, Ermanno Santilli, our current Chief Executive Officer, was the Chief Executive Officer of MagneGas Arc Applied Solutions and Vice President of MagneGas Corporation.

Employment Agreements

On March 31, 2012 we entered into employment agreements with our key employees.  A summary of these agreements are as follows:
 
Executive Title
 
Term*
 
Annual
Salary**
 
Options***
Dr. Ruggero Santilli,
Chairman and Chief Scientist (resigned April 30, 2013)
 
March 31, 2014
 
$
180,000
 
37,500 vesting per quarter,
exercisable at $1.50
Ermanno Santilli,
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
March 31, 2014
 
$
144,000
 
37,500 vesting per quarter,
exercisable at $1.50
Luisa Ingargiola,
Chief Financial Officer
 
March 31, 2014
 
$
120,000
 
25,000 vesting per quarter,
exercisable at $1.50
Scott Wainwright,
President (resigned June 9, 2013)
 
March 31, 2014
 
$
120,000
 
37,500 vesting per quarter,
exercisable at $1.50
Carla Santilli,
Director
 
March 31, 2014
 
$
60,000
 
25,000 vesting per quarter,
exercisable at $1.50
 
*        Term is extendable at mutual consent.
**      Annual salaries also stipulate performance bonuses, to be determined and approved by Board of Directors.
***   Options, valued to be $3,921,900, using Black-Scholes method, The Company recognizes stock-based compensation, on a straight-line basis over the ratable vesting period.  Assumptions used in the calculation were: volatility of 31.6%; estimated life of 2.5 years; 0% forfeiture; and risk free interest rate of .39%.  The Company recognized stock based compensation in the amount of $1,039,500 for the year ending December 31, 2012.
 
Director Compensation

The three MagneGas independent board members receive $20,000 each in quarterly compensation for their services rendered on the Board of Directors. For 2012, this compensation was paid in the form of common stock equivalent shares, calculated based on the average common share price during the last 10 business days of each calendar quarter. Beginning in 2013, this compensation will be in the form of a combination of common stock and cash for services rendered.
 
 
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11.        Product Line   Information

The following information is the results of our operating Product Line Revenues:
 
   
Revenue
   
Costs
   
Margin
 
                   
December 31, 2012
                 
Segments:
                 
Unit Sales
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
 
License Fees
   
93,332
     
-
     
93,332
 
Metal Cutting
   
584,197
     
545,737
     
38,460
 
    $
677,529
    $
545,737
    $
131,792
 
December 31, 2013
                       
Segments:
                       
Unit Sales
 
$
459,659
   
$
203,551
   
$
256,108
 
License Fees
   
93,332
     
-
     
93,332
 
Metal Cutting
   
435,995
     
344,927
     
91,068
 
   
$
988,986
   
$
548,478
   
$
440,508
 
 
12.       Contingencies
 
From time to time the Company may be a party to litigation matters involving claims against the Company.  The Company operates with waste, hazardous material and within a highly regulated industry, which may lend itself to legal matters.  Management believes that there are no current matters that would have a material effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.
 
13.       Subsequent events
 
Stock Issuances

On January 21, 2014, MagneGas Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with an institutional investor (the “Investor”) providing for the issuance and sale by the Company (the “January 2014 Offering”) of  2,323,584 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, for a purchase price of $1,858,867 (the “Registered Stock”) and 2,141,133 million shares of the Company's Series B convertible preferred stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock”) which are convertible into a total of 2,676,416 shares of common stock (the “Conversion Shares”).  In connection with the purchase of shares of Series B Preferred Stock in the January 2014 Offering, the Investor will receive warrants to purchase a number of shares of common stock equal to 100% of the number of Conversion Shares at an exercise price equal to $1.11 (the “Warrants”).  Each Warrant shall be initially exercisable on the six (6) month anniversary of the issuance date and have a term of exercise equal to five (5) years from the date on which first exercisable.  The closing of the sale of these securities occurred on January 27, 2014.
 
In February 2014 190,750 shares of common stock were granted to various consultants for services rendered for a total cost of $145,800.
 
The Preferred Stock and the Warrants will be issued and sold without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in reliance on the exemptions provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder and in reliance on similar exemptions under applicable state laws.  All potential investors in the January 2014 Offering, including the private placement, were solicited by means of direct contact by Northland Securities, Inc. (the “Placement Agent”). The Placement Agent had a substantive pre-existing relationship with the institutional investor and the Placement Agent and the Company did not engage in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D under the Securities Act) in connection with the offer or sale of the Series B Preferred Stock or the Warrants. Accordingly, the Investor may exercise those warrants and sell the underlying shares only pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the resale of those shares, an exemption under Rule 144 under the Securities Act or another applicable exemption under the Securities Act.  Pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 21, 2014, by and between the Company and the Investor (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), the Company agreed to file one or more registration statements, this prospectus forms a part of the initial registration statement, with the SEC covering the resale of the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock and upon exercise of the Warrants.

Moreover, Northland Securities, Inc. acted as placement agent in connection with the January 2014 Offering and cash compensation equal to 7% of the total amount raised and received two warrants to purchase an aggregate amount of 250,001 shares of the Company’s common stock (“Agent Warrants”).
 
On February 28, 2014, the Board of Directors approved an Option Plan for Employees for a total amount of 185,000 common shares at a strike price of $1.49 determined based on the terms of the Employee Incentive Plan.  The Options are a 5 year term, with a three year vesting cycle of 50% vesting in 12 months, 25% in 24 months and 25% in 36 months.
 
 
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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

There have been no disagreements with our auditor regarding accounting and financial disclosure.

On January 1, 2012, the audit firm of Randall N. Drake CPA, P.A. changed its name to Drake & Klein CPAs.  The change was reported to the PCAOB as a change of name.  This is not a change of auditors for the Company.

On December 17, 2012, the audit firm of Drake & Klein CPAs changed its name to DKM Certified Public Accountants.  The change was reported to the PCAOB as a change of name.  This is not a change of auditors for the Company.

Item 9A.  Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
 
Pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), the Company carried out an evaluation, with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) (the Company’s principal executive officer) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) (the Company’s principal financial and accounting officer), of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined under Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, the Company’s CEO and CFO concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the Company’s CEO and CFO, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Management's Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.

The management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting for the Company.  Our internal control system was designed to, in general, provide reasonable assurance to the Company’s management and board regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements, but because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.  Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Our management assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013.  The framework used by management in making that assessment was the criteria set forth in the document entitled “ Internal Control – Integrated Framework” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on that assessment, our management has determined that as of December 31, 2013, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective for the purposes for which it is intended.

This annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management's report was not subject to attestation by the Company's registered public accounting firm as we are a smaller reporting company and not required to provide the report.
 
Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the  fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting
 
Item 9B. Other Information.
 
On March 25, 2014, the Company entered into definitive agreements with an institutional investor for a financing of $5 million in gross proceeds.  Under the terms of the agreements and pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement, the Company will issue 2,000,000 shares of its common stock and Series C Convertible Preferred Stock convertible into 1,448,276 shares of common stock.  The per share purchase price for the common stock and the conversion price of the preferred stock is $1.45, resulting in gross proceeds of $5 million.  The transaction also provides for the issuance by the Company of unregistered warrants to purchase up to 1,724,138 shares of common stock of the Company with an initial exercise price of $2.15.  A press release published on March 25, 2014 is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
 
 PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
 
Our directors, executive officers and key employees are listed below. The number of directors is determined by our board of directors. All directors hold office until the next annual meeting of the board or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Officers are elected by the board of directors and their terms of office are, except to the extent governed by employment contract, at the discretion of the board of directors.
 
NAME
 
AGE
 
POSITION
         
Ermanno P. Santilli
 
42
 
Chief Executive Officer, Director
Luisa Ingargiola
 
45
 
Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, Director
Carla Santilli
 
72
 
Director
Christopher Huntington
 
52
 
Director
Jacques  Kerrest
 
65
 
Director
Kevin Pollack
 
41
 
Director
Joe Stone
 
47
 
Director
William Staunton   65   Director
Bob Dingess
  67  
Chairman of the Board of Directors
                                                                                                
Set forth below is a brief description of the background and business experience of our executive officers and directors for the past five years.
 
 
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Ermanno P. Santilli has served as a Director since June 21, 2012 and has been our Chief Executive Officer since June of 2012 and is the son of Dr. Santilli. Prior to his role as CEO, Mr. Santilli was Executive Vice President of International Relations since 2009.  Mr. Santilli was employed by Ingersoll Rand Company from March 2008 to April 2009 where he served as Vice President of Climate Control Business, Global Rail and Aftermarket. In this capacity he oversaw a department that generated over $270 million in sales and $80 million in operating income. He managed sales, business development, product management, and warehousing and dealer development with indirect procurement, manufacturing and engineering. Mr. Santilli also drove development of new business and rail markets in Australia and India.
 
From March 2006 to February 2008 Mr. Santilli served as Vice-President of Climate Control Aftermarket EMEA, he led a department that generated total sale of $150 million and operating income of $50 million. He was responsible for business development, product management, warehousing, procurement, engineering and dealer development with indirect sales. From December 2003 to February 2006 Mr. Santilli served as Vice-President of Customer Relations for Climate Control EMEA. He had operational responsibility for customer satisfaction for customers with total sales aggregating over 1 billion dollars. Mr. Santilli had direct responsibility for order management, credit and collections, warranty, business intelligence and dealer development.

Mr. Santilli’s qualifications to serve on our board of directors include his financial and management experience.

Luisa Ingargiola has served as our Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Director since May 2007 and is the daughter of Dr. Santilli. Luisa Ingargiola graduated in 1989 from Boston University with a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration and a concentration in Finance.  In 1996 she received her MBA in Health Administration from the University of South Florida.  In 1990 she joined Boston Capital Partners as an Investment Advisor in their Limited Partnership Division.  In this capacity, she worked with investors and partners to report investment results, file tax forms, and recommend investments.
 
In 1992 she joined MetLife Insurance Company as a Budget and Expense Manager.  In this capacity she managed a $30 million dollar annual budget.  Her responsibilities included budget implementation, expense and variance analysis and financial reporting.  In 2007 she began work on the MagneGas Corporation business plan in preparation for her new role as CFO.

Ms. Ingargiola’s qualifications to serve on our board of directors include her financial management and reporting experience.

Carla Santilli has been a Director since May 2007 and is the spouse of Dr. Santilli and mother of Luisa Ingargiola and Ermanno Santilli.  Carla Santilli holds a Master Degree in Human Services Administration from the School of Social Work of Boston University. She held positions of Clinical Social Worker and Community Programs Coordinator for the State of Massachusetts.  Since the late 1980's, Mrs. Santilli has been employed as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Hadronic Press, Inc, a physics and mathematics academic publishing company.  In this capacity, Mrs. Santilli has directed the growth of this company from start-up to become one of the world's leading physics and mathematics publishing companies. Books and journals published by Hadronic Press can be found in all of the leading University libraries across the world.  Mrs. Santilli has been involved in the private sector as grant administrator and public relations specialist in the fields of academic publishing and environmental sciences.

Mrs. Santilli’s qualifications to serve on our board of directors include her thirty years of experience as President and Chief Executive Officer of Hadronic Press, Inc. and her experience in the environmental sciences field.

Christopher Huntington has served as a Director since August 14, 2012. In 2013 he was appointed at Principal with Encap Development LLC, a leading U. S. renewable energy project developer.  In 2010, Mr. Huntington co-founded the strategic consulting firm, New Energy Fund Advisors, LLC.  In 2007, Mr. Huntington co-founded Skyfuel, Inc, a solar thermal power technology company, where he was the Vice President of Business Development from 2007 until 2010. In 2006, Mr. Huntington founded Redhook Renewable Energy Ventures, LLC, a consulting firm advising renewable energy and clean-tech companies on fund-raising, marketing and media strategies, which he was a principal until 2007.  Mr. Huntington worked at the Cable News Network (CNN) from 1989 to 2006 as a financial news producer and correspondent.  Prior to his employment at CNN, Mr. Huntington worked at Pacific Securities/Robert C. Brown & Co. as an assistant bond trader.  Mr. Huntington attended the University of California, Berkley and was awarded a B.A. in Rhetoric and a special diploma in Social Studies from Oxford University.
 
Mr. Huntington’s qualifications to serve on our board of directors include his financial and management experience.
 
 
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Jacques Kerrest has served as a Director since June 21, 2012.  Since 2011, he has served on the board of privately-held DPC Data Inc., an aggregator of data in the municipal bond market. From 2011 to 2012, Mr. Kerrest has served on the board of directors of Elephant Talk Communications Corp., a NYSE-listed international provider of mobile networking software and services. From 2010 to 2011, he served on the board of CKX, Inc., a media and entertainment company that was bought by Apollo Management in 2011. From 2008 to 2010, Mr. Kerrest acted as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of NASDAQ-listed ActiveIdentity, a company that provides identity assurance and authentication solutions, where he helped navigate the company’s turnaround and sale. From 2004 to 2008, Mr. Kerrest was Chief Financial Officer of NASDAQ-listed Virgin Media, the second largest communications company in the U.K. where he negotiated, executed and financed a merger with the second largest U.K. cable company and helped with the acquisition of Virgin Mobile. Prior to Virgin Media, he served as Chief Financial Officer of NYSE-listed Equant, Inc., a global enterprise communications infrastructure company, NYSE-listed Harte-Hanks, Inc., a direct marketing and publishing company and NASDAQ-listed Chancellor Broadcasting Corp, a major radio broadcasting company in the USA. Mr. Kerrest received his M.B.A. from the American Graduate School of International Management.
 
Mr. Kerrest’s qualifications to serve on our board of directors include his financial and management experience, including his experience with other exchange-listed companies.
 
Kevin Pollack has served as a Director since June 21, 2012. Mr. Pollack serves as President of Short Hills Capital LLC, where he provides a range of advisory services to investors, asset management firms, institutions and companies.  He also serves as CFO and Director of Lightlake Therapeutics, Inc. (LLPT), He is also a member of the board of directors and chair of the audit committee of Pressure BioSciences, Inc., a life sciences company involved in pressure cycling technology. Previously, Mr. Pollack worked in asset management at Paragon Capital, focusing primarily on U.S.-listed companies, and as an investment banker at Banc of America Securities LLC, focusing on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Pollack started his career at Sidley Austin LLP (formerly Brown & Wood LLP) as a securities attorney focusing on corporate finance and on mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Pollack graduated magna cum laude from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and received a dual J.D./M.B.A. from Vanderbilt University, where he graduated with Beta Gamma Sigma honors.
 
Mr. Robert L. Dingess,  has served as a Director and as Chairman of our Board of Directors since April 30, 2013.  He has been the Chief Executive Officer of Ideal Management Services, Inc., d/b/a Ideal Image Central Florida, a laser hair removal company, since April, 2004. From 1992 to 2002, Mr. Dingess served as the Chief Executive and owner of Dingess & Associates, Inc., a healthcare consulting and management company.  From 1986 to 1992, Mr. Dingess was a partner in Ernst & Young’s Southeast Region Healthcare Operations Business Officer Practice, where he advised over 200 healthcare clients.  Mr. Dingess holds a Master of Business Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Marshall University.
 
Mr. Dingess’s extensive experience in managing franchise operations, advising companies and more than twenty-five years of executive management give him the qualifications and skills to serve as a director of our Company.  
 
Mr. William W. Staunton III, has served as a Director since April 30, 2013.  He has been the President of Accel–RF Corporation, a provider of RF Reliability Test Systems for compound semiconductor devices since 2012.  In 2011, Mr. Staunton founded Kokua Executives, LLC, which provides guidance and interim executive level-leadership to companies.  From 2000 to 2011, Mr. Staunton served as the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Ramtron International Corporation, which designs, develops and markets specialized semiconductor memory, microcontroller, and integrated semiconductor solutions.  From March 1999 until December 2000, Mr. Staunton served as Chief Operating Officer of Maxwell Technologies, which designs and manufactures multi-chip modules and board products for commercial satellite applications. Previously, Mr. Staunton was executive vice president of Valor Electronics Inc. from April 1996 until February 1999.  Mr. Staunton holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Utah State University.
 
Mr. Staunton's extensive experience in the semi-conductor industry, with specific background in Military and Space Contracting, give him the qualifications and skills to serve as a director of our Company.  
 
Mr. Joe C. Stone, has served as a Director since April 30, 2013.  He has been a partner at Pace Petroleum, LLC since 2006, a private oil and natural gas company. From 2000 to 2006, In 2013 he was appointed ad Managing Director at Blackhill Partners, LLC. Mr. Stone was also Senior Vice President of Global Mergers and Acquisitions at the financial services firm of Lehman Brothers.  From 1996 until 2000, Mr. Stone was a Vice President in Investment Banking at Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown.  Additionally, Mr. Stone was a Manager in Audit and Business Advisory Services at Price Waterhouse from 1991 until 1996.  Mr. Stone holds a Master of Business Administration from McCombs School of Business, University of Texas, and a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting from Baylor University.
 
Mr. Stone’s experience in the oil and gas industry gives him the qualifications and skills to serve as a director of our Company.  

Controlled Company
 
The Board of Directors has determined that the Company meets the definition of a “Controlled Company” as defined by Rule 5615(c) of the NASDAQ Listing Rules.  A “Controlled Company” is defined in Rule 5615(c) as a company of which more than 50% of the voting power for the election of directors is held by an individual, group or another company.  Certain NASDAQ requirements do not apply to a “Controlled Company”, including requirements that: (i) a majority of its Board of Directors must be comprised of “independent” directors as defined in NASDAQ’s rules; and (ii) the compensation of officers and the nomination of directors be determined in accordance with specific rules, generally requiring determinations by committees comprised solely of independent directors or in meetings at which only the independent directors are present.
 
 
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Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
 
To the best of our knowledge, none of our directors or executive officers has, during the past ten years:
 
been convicted in a criminal proceeding or been subject to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);
had any bankruptcy petition filed by or against the business or property of the person, or of any partnership, corporation or business association of which he was a general partner or executive officer, either at the time of the bankruptcy filing or within two years prior to that time;
been subject to any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction or federal or state authority, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting, his involvement in any type of business, securities, futures, commodities, investment, banking, savings and loan, or insurance activities, or to be associated with persons engaged in any such activity;
been found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law, and the judgment has not been reversed, suspended, or vacated;
been the subject of, or a party to, any federal or state judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated (not including any settlement of a civil proceeding among private litigants), relating to an alleged violation of any federal or state securities or commodities law or regulation, any law or regulation respecting financial institutions or insurance companies including, but not limited to, a temporary or permanent injunction, order of disgorgement or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary or permanent cease-and-desist order, or removal or prohibition order, or any law or regulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity; or
been the subject of, or a party to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(26) of the Exchange Act), any registered entity (as defined in Section 1(a)(29) of the Commodity Exchange Act), or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons associated with a member.
 
Except as set forth in our discussion below in “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions,” none of our directors or executive officers has been involved in any transactions with us or any of our directors, executive officers, affiliates or associates which are required to be disclosed pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Commission.

Term of Office
 
Our directors are appointed for a one-year term to hold office until the next annual general meeting of our shareholders or until removed from office in accordance with our bylaws. Our officers are appointed by our board of directors and hold office until removed by the board.
 
Code of Ethics
  
We have adopted a code of ethics as of April 4, 2008 that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, and principal accounting officer as well as our employees.  Our standards are in writing and are to be posted on our website at a future time.   The following is a summation of the key points of the Code of Ethics we adopted:
 
Honest and ethical conduct, including ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;
Full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure reports and documents that a small business issuer files with, or submits to, the Commission and in other public communications made by our Company;
Full compliance with applicable government laws, rules and regulations;
The prompt internal reporting of violations of the code to an appropriate person or persons identified in the code; and
Accountability for adherence to the code.
 
Corporate Governance
 
The business and affairs of the company are managed under the direction of our board. We have conducted board of director meetings almost every month since inception. In 2013, we held six special board meetings. Each of our directors has attended all meetings either in person or via telephone conference. In addition to the contact information in this annual report, each stockholder will be given specific information on how he/she can direct communications to the officers and directors of the corporation at our annual stockholders meetings. All communications from stockholders are relayed to the members of the board of directors.
 
 
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Board Leadership Structure and Role in Risk Oversight
 
Our board of directors is primarily responsible for overseeing our risk management processes. The board of directors receives and reviews periodic reports from management, auditors, legal counsel, and others, as considered appropriate regarding our company’s assessment of risks. The board of directors focuses on the most significant risks facing our company and our company’s general risk management strategy, and also ensures that risks undertaken by our company are consistent with the board’s appetite for risk. While the board oversees our company’s risk management, management is responsible for day-to-day risk management processes. We believe this division of responsibilities is the most effective approach for addressing the risks facing our company and that our board leadership structure supports this approach.
 
The audit committee, which was formed on June 21, 2012, assists our board of directors in its general oversight of, among other things, the company’s policies, guidelines and related practices regarding risk assessment and risk management, including the risk of fraud. As part of this endeavor, the audit committee reviews and assesses the company’s major financial, legal, regulatory, environmental and similar risk exposures and the steps that management has taken to monitor and control such exposures. The audit committee also reviews and assesses the quality and integrity of the company’s public reporting, the company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, the performance and independence of the company’s independent auditors, the performance of the company’s internal audit department, the effectiveness of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures, and the adequacy and effectiveness of the company’s risk management policies and related practices.
 
Committees of the Board of Directors
 
On June 21, 2012, our board of directors formed three standing committees: audit, compensation, and corporate governance and nominating. Actions taken by our committees are reported to the full board. The board has determined that all members of each of the audit and compensation committees are independent under the current listing standards of NASDAQ. Our corporate governance and nominating committee is made up of two independent directors and one employee director. Each of our committees has a charter and each charter is posted on our website.
 
 Audit Committee
 
Compensation Committee
 
Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
Jacques Kerrest*
 
Jacques Kerrest
 
Luisa Ingargiola
Kevin Pollack
 
Kevin Pollack
 
Jacques Kerrest
Christopher Huntington 
 
Joe Stone
 
Kevin Pollack
   
William Staunton
   
* Indicates committee chair
 
Audit Committee

Our audit committee, which currently consists of three directors, provides assistance to our board in fulfilling its legal and fiduciary obligations with respect to matters involving the accounting, financial reporting, internal control and compliance functions of the company. Our audit committee employs an independent registered public accounting firm to audit the financial statements of the company and perform other assigned duties. Further, our audit committee provides general oversight with respect to the accounting principles employed in financial reporting and the adequacy of our internal controls. In discharging its responsibilities, our audit committee may rely on the reports, findings and representations of the company’s auditors, legal counsel, and responsible officers. Our board has determined that all members of the audit committee are financially literate within the meaning of SEC rules and under the current listing standards of NASDAQ. Our board has also determined that Mr. Kerrest qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert.” The audit committee met three times since its formation on June 21, 2012.

Compensation Committee

Our compensation committee, which currently consists of two directors, establishes executive compensation policies consistent with the company’s objectives and stockholder interests. Our compensation committee also reviews the performance of our executive officers and establishes, adjusts and awards compensation, including incentive-based compensation, as more fully discussed below. In addition, our compensation committee generally is responsible for:
 
●  
establishing and periodically reviewing our compensation philosophy and the adequacy of compensation plans and programs for our directors, executive officers and other employees;

●  
overseeing our compensation plans, including the establishment of performance goals under the company’s incentive compensation arrangements and the review of performance against those goals in determining incentive award payouts;

●  
overseeing our executive employment contracts, special retirement benefits, severance, change in control arrangements and/or similar plans;

●  
acting as administrator of any company stock option plans; and

●  
overseeing the outside consultant, if any, engaged by the compensation committee.
 
 
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Our compensation committee periodically reviews the compensation paid to our non-employee directors and the principles upon which their compensation is determined. The compensation committee also periodically reports to the board on how our non-employee director compensation practices compare with those of other similarly situated public corporations and, if the compensation committee deems it appropriate, recommends changes to our director compensation practices to our board for approval. Joe Stone and William Staunton were appointed to the compensation committee on October 4, 2013.

Outside consulting firms retained by our compensation committee and management also will, if requested, provide assistance to the compensation committee in making its compensation-related decisions.

Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee

Our corporate governance and nominating committee, which currently consists of three directors, monitors our corporate governance system, assesses board membership needs, makes recommendations to the board regarding potential director candidates for election at the annual meetings of stockholders or in the event of any director vacancy, and performs any other functions or duties deemed appropriate by the board. The corporate governance and nominating committee has not met since its formation on June 21, 2012.

Director candidates must have experience in positions with a high degree of responsibility and leadership experience in the companies or institutions with which they are or have been affiliated. Directors are selected based upon contributions that they can make to the company. The company does not maintain a separate policy regarding the diversity of its board members. However, consistent with its charter, the corporate governance and nominating committee, and ultimately the board, seeks directors (including nominees for director) with diverse personal and professional backgrounds, experience and perspectives that, when combined, provide a diverse portfolio of experience and knowledge that will well serve the company’s governance and strategic needs.
 
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, our directors and certain of our officers, and persons holding more than 10 percent of our common stock are required to file forms reporting their beneficial ownership of our common stock and subsequent changes in that ownership with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.  

Based solely upon a review of copies of such forms filed on Forms 3, 4, and 5, and amendments thereto furnished to us, we believe that as of the date of this Report, our executive officers, directors and greater than 10 percent beneficial owners have complied on a timely basis with all Section 16(a) filing requirements, with the exception of our officers, directors and greater than 10 percent beneficial owners listed in the table below:
 
Name
 
Number of Late Reports
 
Number and Description of Transactions Not Reported on a Timely Basis
         
Scott Wainwright
 
1
 
10 transactions were not reported on a timely basis following the acquisition (6 transactions) and disposition (4 transactions) of shares.
Ermanno Santilli
 
1
 
5 transactions were not reported on a timely basis following the acquisition of shares.
Jacques Kerrest
 
1
 
3 transactions were not reported on a timely basis following the acquisition of shares.
Christopher Huntington
 
1
 
3 transactions were not reported on a timely basis following the acquisition of shares.
Kevin Pollack
 
1
 
4 transactions were not reported on a timely basis following the acquisition of shares.
Joe Stone
 
2
 
3 transactions were not reported on a timely basis (1 upon being appointed a Director and 2 upon the acquisition of shares).
William Staunton
 
2
 
3 transactions were not reported on a timely basis (1 upon being appointed a Director and 2 upon the acquisition of shares).
Robert Dingess
 
2
 
14 transactions were not reported on a timely basis (1 upon being appointed a Director, 9 upon the acquisition of shares, and 4 upon the acquisition of warrants).
 
 
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Item 11. Executive Compensation.

Summary Compensation Table
 
The following summary compensation table sets forth all compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid to the named executive officers paid by us during the years ended December 31, 2013, and 2012 in all capacities for the accounts of our executives, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.. On June 15, 2012, Dr. Santilli stepped down as Chief Executive Officer. Ermanno Santilli was appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer. On April 30, 2013, Dr. Santilli resigned from his positions as Chairman of the Board and Chief Scientist. On June 10, 2013, Mr. Wainwright resigned from his position as President of the Company. On the same day, Ermanno Santilli was appointed as the Company’s president.
 
 
Name and Principal Position
 
Year
   
Salary
   
Bonus
   
Stock
Awards
($)
   
Option
Awards
   
Non-Qualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
   
All Other
Compensation
 
Totals
($)
                                             
Dr. Ruggero Maria Santilli,
Former Chairman of the Board (4)
   
2013
2012
   
$
 
83,077
180,000
   
$
 
0
0
   
$
 
0
0
   
$
 
0
0
   
$
 
0
0
   
$
 
0
 
 
$
 
83,077
180,000
                                                             
Ermanno Santilli,
CEO (1)
   
2013
2012
   
$
 
144,000
122,730
   
$
 
0
0
   
$
 
0
0
   
$
 
0
0
   
$
 
0
0
   
$
 
0
0
 
$
 
144,000
122,730
                                                             
Luisa Ingargiola,
CFO (2)
   
2013
 2012
   
$
 
112,269
115,692
   
$
 
 
50,000
   
$
 
0
0
   
$
 
0
0
   
$
 
0
0
   
$
 
0
0
 
$
 
112,269
165,692
                                                             
T. Scott Wainwright,
President (5)
   
2013
2012
   
$
 
59,664
105,122
   
$
 
10,000
   
$
 
0
0
   
$
 
0
0
   
$
 
0
0
   
$
 
45,790
 
$
 
59,664
119,701
                                                             
Carla Santilli,
Director (3)
   
2013
2012
   
$
 
32,769
60,000
   
$
 
0
0
   
$
 
0
0
   
$
 
0
0
   
$
 
0
0
   
$
 
0
0
 
$
 
32,769
60,000
   
(1)
Ermanno Santilli’s compensation includes 37,500 shares of common stock options per calendar quarter, with a strike price of $1.50, expiring in 2017.

(2)
Luisa Ingargiola received a performance bonus of $50,000 in 2012.  Compensation also includes 25,000 common stock options per calendar quarter, with a strike price of $1.50, expiring in 2017.

(3)
Carla Santilli’s compensation includes 25,000 shares of common stock options per calendar quarter, with a strike price of $1.50, expiring in 2017.

(4)
Dr. Ruggero Santilli resigned effective April 30, 2013.  His compensation included 37,500 common stock options per calendar quarter, with a strike price of $1.50 expiring in 2017 with a settlement payment of 500,000 common share options granted on May 1, 2013, vesting 125,000 shares every 90 days, expiring 2018 with a strike price of 1.04 cents.
 
(5)
Scott Wainwright’s compensation included 37,500 common share options per calendar quarter with a strike price of $1.50, expiring in 2017.  As part of the settlement for his termination, these grants will continue through March 31, 2014.
 
Employment Agreements
 
We have an employment agreement with Ermanno Santilli, our Chief Executive Officer. His employment agreement provides for a salary of $12,000 per month plus 3% of gross fuel sales and 2% of equipment sales. Pursuant to his employment agreement, we issued options to Mr. Santilli in the amount of 450,000 shares at an exercise price of $1.50 per share. The options vest over a three-year period at 37,500 shares per quarter. The employment agreement has a two year term and can be renewed by mutual agreement. Should Mr. Santilli be terminated without cause, as described in his employment agreement, or if there is a change in control, as defined in his employment agreement, he would receive a severance benefit of two years total salary plus benefits payable within 30 days and all options will vest automatically.  This employment agreement expires on March 31, 2014 and the Board of Directors is currently negotiating an extension of this agreement with amendments.
 
 
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We have an employment agreement with Luisa Ingargiola, our Chief Financial Officer. Her employment agreement provides for a salary of $10,000 per month plus 2% of gross fuel sales and 1% of equipment and license sales. Ms. Ingargiola is also eligible to receive a quarterly bonus based on performance, as determined by the Board. Pursuant to her employment agreement, we issued options to Ms. Ingargiola in the amount of 300,000 shares at an exercise price of $1.50 per share. The options vest over a three-year period at 25,000 shares per quarter. The employment agreement has a two year term and can be renewed by mutual agreement. Should Ms. Ingargiola be terminated without cause, as described in her employment agreement, or if there is a change in control, as defined in her employment agreement, she would receive a severance benefit of two years total salary plus benefits payable within 30 days and all options will vest automatically.  This employment agreement expires on March 31, 2014 and the Board of Directors is currently negotiating an extension of this agreement with amendments.

Director Compensation
 
We have provided Compensation to the Directors in the form of common stock equivalent.  Each non-employee Director receives $20,000 per calendar quarter in common stock equivalent compensation.  For 2013 this has been changed to be a combination of common stock and cash for a total of $20,000 per quarter in compensation.

The following table provides information for 2013 regarding all compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to each person who served as a non-employee director for some portion or all of 2013ther than as set forth in the table, to date we have not paid any fees to or, except for reasonable expenses for attending Board and committee meetings, reimbursed any expenses of our directors, made any equity or non-equity awards to directors, or paid any other compensation to directors.

Name
 
Fees
Earned or
Paid in
Cash($)
   
Stock
Awards ($)
   
Option
Awards ($)
   
Non-Equity
Incentive Plan Compensation ($)
   
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings ($)
   
All Other
Compensation ($)
   
Total ($)
 
Jacques Kerrest (1)
 
$
20,000
   
$
60,000
     
  —
     
     
     
   
$
80,000
 
Chris Huntington (2)
 
$
25,000
   
$
55,000
     
  —
     
     
     
   
$
80,000
 
Kevin Pollack (3)
 
$
25,000
   
$
55,000
     
     
     
     
   
$
80,000
 
Bob Dingess (4)
 
$
0
   
$
53,333
     
     
     
     
   
$
53,333
 
Joe Stone (5)
 
$
0
   
$
53,333
     
     
     
     
   
$
53,333
 
William Staunton III (6)
 
$
10,000
   
$
43,333
     
     
     
     
   
$
53,333
 
 
(1)
Jacques Kerrest was appointed as Director on June 21, 2012

(2)
Chris Huntington was appointed as Director on August 14, 2012

(3)
Kevin Pollack was appointed as Director on June 21, 2012

(4)
Bob Dingess was appointed as Chairman of the Board on April 30, 2013

(5)
 
(6)
Joe Stone was appointed as Director on April 30, 2013
 
William Staunton III was appointed as Director on April 30, 2013

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

The following table sets forth certain information regarding our shares of common stock beneficially owned as of March 24, 2014, for (i) each stockholder known to be the beneficial owner of 5% or more of our outstanding shares of common stock, (ii) each named executive officer and director, and (iii) all executive officers and directors as a group. A person is considered to beneficially own any shares: (i) over which such person, directly or indirectly, exercises sole or shared voting or investment power, or (ii) of which such person has the right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time within 60 days through an exercise of stock options or warrants. Unless otherwise indicated, voting and investment power relating to the shares shown in the table for our directors and executive officers is exercised solely by the beneficial owner or shared by the owner and the owner’s spouse or children.

For purposes of this table, a person or group of persons is deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of any shares of common stock that such person has the right to acquire within 60 days of February 21, 2014. For purposes of computing the percentage of outstanding shares of our common stock held by each person or group of persons named above, any shares that such person or persons has the right to acquire within 60 days of March 24, 2014, is deemed to be outstanding, but is not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. The inclusion herein of any shares listed as beneficially owned does not constitute an admission of beneficial ownership. Unless otherwise specified, the address of each of the persons set forth below is care of the company at the address of: 150 Rainville Road, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689.
 
 
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Name of Beneficial Owner and Address
 
Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership of
Common
Stock
   
Percent of
Common
Stock (1)
   
Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership of
Preferred Stock
   
Percent of
Preferred
Stock (2)
 
5% Shareholders
                       
Global Alpha, LLC (3)
35246 US 19 #311
Palm Harbor, FL 34684
   
4,417,829
     
15.5
%
   
1,000,000
     
100
%
                                 
DDI Industry International
Rm.B-1613 Peking Times Square, Huizhongli #103, Chaoyang Dis.
Beijing China 100101
   
2,199,441
     
7.7
%
               
                                 
Dr. Ruggero Maria Santilli
90 Eastwinds Ct
Palm Harbor FL 34683
   
6,123,829
(4)
   
21.5
%
   
1,000,000
(8)
   
100
%
Directors and
Executive Officers
                               
Carla Santilli
90 Eastwinds Ct
Palm Harbor FL 34683
   
6,123,829
(5)
   
21.5
%
   
1,000,000
(8)
   
100
%
                                 
Luisa Ingargiola
930 Florida Ave
Palm Harbor FL 34683
   
617,404
(6)
   
2.2
%
               
                                 
Ermanno Santilli
1855 Venetian Point
Clearwater, Florida 33755
   
942,554
(7)
   
3.3
%
               
                                 
Joe Stone
   
28,854
     
*
                 
                                 
William Staunton
   
15,609
     
*
                 
                                 
Robert Dingess
   
706,140
     
2.5
%
               
                                 
Christopher Huntington
   
39,668
     
*
                 
                                 
Jacques Kerrest
   
52,991
     
*
                 
                                 
Kevin Pollack
   
44,756
     
*
                 
                                 
All directors and officers as a group (9 people)
   
8,583,555
     
30
%
   
1,000,000
     
100
%
 
* Less than 1%.
 
(1)
Based on 28,449,859 shares of common stock outstanding as of March 24, 2014  Shares of common stock subject to options or warrants currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days, are deemed outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage of the person holding such options or warrants, but are not deemed outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage of any other person. On June 26, we effected a 10-for-1 reverse stock split of our common stock.

(2)
Based on 1,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued and outstanding as of October 22, 2013. Each share of Series A Preferred Stock has voting rights of 100,000 votes per share. The total aggregate number of votes for the Series A Preferred Stock is 100 billion.

(3)
Global Alpha, LLC is a privately owned company in which Dr. Ruggero Maria Santilli and Carla Santilli each own 50% of the company.  Ermanno Santilli and Luisa Ingargiola are voting members of Global Alpha, LLC but have no equity interest.
 
 
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(4)
Includes 4,417,829 shares of Global Alpha, LLC, in which Dr. Ruggero Maria Santilli and his wife, Carla Santilli, each own 50% of the company; 701,000 shares held by Global Beta, LLC, in which Dr. Ruggero Maria Santilli and his wife, Carla Santilli, each own 50% of the company; 313,000 shares held by Clean Energies Tech, in which Dr. Ruggero Maria Santilli owns 50% of the company; 270,000 shares held by RM Santilli Foundation in which Dr. Ruggero Maria Santilli beneficially, through his wife Carla Santilli, owns 50% of the company; 525,000 shares of common stock underlying options held by Dr. Santilli that are presently exercisable; and 175,000 shares of common stock underlying options held by his wife, Carla Santilli, that are presently exercisable. The principal address of Clean Energies Tech is 90 Eastwinds Ct., Palm Harbor, FL, 34683. The principal address of RM Santilli Foundation is 90 Eastwinds Ct., Palm Harbor, FL, 34683. The principal address of Global Beta, LLC is 35246 US 19 #311, Palm Harbor, FL, 34684.
 
(5)
Includes 4,417,829 held by Global Alpha, LLC, in which Ermanno Santilli, Luisa Ingargiola, and Carla Santilli and her husband, Dr. Ruggero Maria Santilli, each have equal voting control, with Dr. Ruggero Santilli and Carla Santilli each owning 50% equity in the company; 701,000 shares held by Global Beta, LLC, in which Carla Santilli and her husband, Dr. Ruggero Maria Santilli, each own 50% of the company; 313,000 shares held by Clean Energies Tech, in which Carla Santilli beneficially through her husband, Dr. Ruggero Maria Santilli, owns 50% of the company; 20,000 shares held by RM Santilli Foundation in which Carla Santilli, owns 50% of the company; 10,000 shares which Carla Santilli beneficially, through her husband Dr. Ruggero Maria Santilli, holds; 475,000 shares of common stock underlying options held by her husband, Dr. Santilli, that are presently exercisable; and 175,000 shares of common stock underlying options held by Carla Santilli that are presently exercisable. The principal address of Clean Energies Tech is 90 Eastwinds Ct., Palm Harbor, FL, 34683. The principal address of RM Santilli Foundation is 90 Eastwinds Ct., Palm Harbor, FL, 34683. The principal address of Global Beta, LLC is 35246 US 19 #311, Palm Harbor, FL, 34684.

(6)
Includes 2,000 shares which Luisa Ingargiola beneficially owns through related family members; and175,000 shares of common stock underlying options held by Luisa Ingargiola that are presently exercisable.

(7)
Includes 270,000 shares held by RM Santilli Foundation in which Ermanno Santilli owns 50% of the company; and 262,500 shares of common stock underlying options held by Ermanno Santilli that are presently exercisable.

(8)
These shares are held by Global Alpha, LLC, which is owned 50% by Dr. Ruggero Santilli and 50% by Carla Santilli.
 
Item 13.    Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

Transactions with Related Persons

Since January 1, 2012, there have been no related party transactions in which the amount involved exceeded the lesser of $120,000 or one percent of the average of our total assets at year end for the last two completed fiscal years.

Director Independence
 
NASDAQ Listing Rule 5605(a)(2) provides that an “independent director” is a person other than an officer or employee of the Company or any other individual having a relationship which, in the opinion of the Company’s board of directors, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. The NASDAQ listing rules provide that a director cannot be considered independent if:
 
the director is, or at any time during the past three years was, an employee of the company;
the director or a family member of the director accepted any compensation from the company in excess of $120,000 during any period of 12 consecutive months within the three years preceding the independence determination (subject to certain exclusions, including, among other things, compensation for board or board committee service);
a family member of the director is, or at any time during the past three years was, an executive officer of the company;
the director or a family member of the director is a partner in, controlling stockholder of, or an executive officer of an entity to which the company made, or from which the company received, payments in the current or any of the past three fiscal years that exceed 5% of the recipient’s consolidated gross revenue for that year or $200,000, whichever is greater (subject to certain exclusions);
the director or a family member of the director is employed as an executive officer of an entity where, at any time during the past three years, any of the executive officers of the company served on the compensation committee of such other entity; or the director or a family member of the director is a current partner of the company’s outside auditor, or at any time during the past three years was a partner or employee of the company’s outside auditor, and who worked on the company’s audit.
 
 
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As of March 24, 2014, our board of directors is composed of nine members, of which six directors are independent directors. The six independent directors are Christopher Huntington, Jacques Kerrest, Kevin Pollack, William Staunton, Robert Dingess and Joe C. Stone. In addition, as indicated above, each of our audit committee and compensation committee, described above in “Committees of the Board of Directors,” is composed entirely of independent directors, including the chairperson of the audit committee. Our corporate governance and nominating committee is made up of two independent directors and one employee director, Luisa Ingargiola.  We have not yet appointed chairpersons for the compensation committee and the corporate governance and nominating committee. We believe that the number of independent directors that make up our board benefits the company, as well as our stockholders.
 
Item 14.     Principal Accounting Fees and Services.

On January 1, 2012, the audit firm of Randall N. Drake CPA, P.A. changed its name to Drake & Klein CPAs.  The change was reported to the PCAOB as a change of name.  This is not a change of auditors for the Company.

On December 17, 2012, the audit firm of Drake & Klein CPAs changed its name to DKM Certified Public Accountants.  The change was reported to the PCAOB as a change of name.  This is not a change of auditors for the Company.
 
Audit Fees
 
The aggregate fees billed by  DKM Certified Public Accountants for professional services rendered for the audit of the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and for the review of the Company’s financial statements for the periods ended March 31, 2013, June 30, 2013 and September 30, 2013 was $55,500.   
 
Audit Related Fees

There were no fees for audit related services for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2013.
  
Tax Fees
 
For the Company’s fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, we were not billed for professional services rendered for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning.
 
All Other Fees
 
Effective May 6, 2003, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rules that require that before our auditor is engaged by us to render any auditing or permitted non-audit related service, the engagement be:

-approved by our audit committee; or

-entered into pursuant to pre-approval policies and procedures established by the audit committee, provided the policies and procedures are detailed as to the particular  service,  the  audit committee is informed of each service, and such policies and procedures do not include delegation of the audit committee's responsibilities to management.
 
The pre-approval process has just been implemented in response to the new rules. Therefore, our board of directors does not have records of what percentage of the above fees were pre-approved.  However, all of the above services and fees were reviewed and approved by the entire board of directors either before or after the respective services were rendered.

 
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PART IV

Item 15.     Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.
 
Exhibit
Number
 
Description
 
Filing Method
3.1(a)
 
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended March 26, 2007, February 3, 2009 and June 22, 2012. (1)
 
Incorporated by reference
         
3.1(b)
 
Certificate of Designation for Series A Preferred Stock (2)
 
Incorporated by reference
         
3.1(c)
 
Certificate of Designation for Series B Preferred Stock
 
Filed herewith
         
3.2
 
Bylaws (3)
 
Incorporated by reference
         
4.1
 
Form of Class A Warrant (4)
 
Incorporated by reference
         
4.2
 
Form of Class A Agent Warrant (5)
 
Incorporated by reference
         
4.3
 
Engagement Warrant, issued August 4, 2011 by the Company, as amended December 23, 2011 (6)
 
Incorporated by reference
         
4.4
 
Form of Class B Warrant (7)
 
Incorporated by reference
         
4.5
 
Form of Class B Agent Warrant (7)
 
Incorporated by reference
 
4.6
 
Form of Underwriters Warrant (8)
 
Incorporated by reference
         
10.1
 
Employment Agreement with Dr. Santilli (9)*
 
Incorporated by reference
         
10.2
 
Employment Agreement with Scott Wainwright (8)*
 
Incorporated by reference
         
10.3
 
Employment Agreement with Ermanno Santilli (8)*
 
Incorporated by reference
         
10.4
 
Employment Agreement with Luisa Ingargiola (9)*
 
Incorporated by reference
         
10.5
 
Form of Option Agreement (9)*
 
Incorporated by reference
         
10.6
 
Securities Purchase Agreement by and between MagneGas Corporation and DDI Industry International (Beijing) Co., Ltd., for the principal amount of $500,000, dated June 1, 2011 (10)
 
Incorporated by reference
         
10.7
 
Securities Purchase Agreement by and between MagneGas Corporation and DDI Industry International (Beijing) Co., Ltd., for the principal amount of $561,248, dated June 1, 2011 (10)
 
Incorporated by reference
 
 
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10.8
 
Form of Common Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated October 28, 2011 (4)
 
Incorporated by reference
         
10.9
 
Form of Common Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated March 28, 2012 (7)
 
Incorporated by reference
         
10.10
 
Gasifier Purchase Agreement, dated March 20, 2013, by and between MagneGas Corporation and Clear Sky Energy S.A. de C.V. (11)
 
Incorporated by reference
         
10.11
 
Distribution Agreement, dated March 20, 2013, by and between MagneGas Corporation and Clear Sky Energy S.A. de C.V. (11)
 
Incorporated by reference
         
10.12
 
License Agreement, dated March 20, 2013, by and between MagneGas Corporation and Clear Sky Energy S.A. de C.V.(11)
 
Incorporated by reference
         
14.1
 
Code of Ethics (12)
 
Incorporated by reference
         
31.1
 
Certification of Principal Executive Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
Filed herewith
         
31.2
 
Certification of Principal Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
Filed herewith
         
32.1
 
Certification of Principal Executive Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
Furnished herewith
         
32.2
 
Certification of Principal Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
Furnished herewith
         
99.1
 
Press Release dated March 25, 2014
 
Filed herewith
         
101.INS
 
XBRL Instance Document
 
Filed herewith
  
       
101.SCH
 
XBRL Taxonomy Schema
 
Filed herewith
         
101.CAL
 
XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase
 
Filed herewith
         
101.DEF
 
XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase
 
Filed herewith
         
101.LAB
 
XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase
 
Filed herewith
         
101.PRE
 
XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase
 
Filed herewith
 
In accordance with SEC Release 33-8238, Exhibit 32.1 and 32.2 are being furnished and not filed.
 
* Exhibit identified as a management contract or compensatory plan. 
 
(1) 
Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report to Form 8-K with the SEC on June 25, 2012.
(2) 
Filed as an Exhibit on Form S-1 with the SEC on May 30, 2012.
(3) 
Filed as an Exhibit on Form 10SB with the SEC on April 3, 2006.
(4)
Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report to Form 8-K with the SEC on October 28, 2011.
(5)
Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report to Form 8-K with the SEC on November 8, 2011.
(6)
Filed as an Exhibit on Form S-1/A with the SEC on January 25, 2012.
(7)
Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report to Form 8-K with the SEC on April 3, 2012.
(8)
Filed as an Exhibit on Form S-1/A with the SEC on June 19, 2012.
(9)
Filed as an Exhibit on Form S-1/A with the SEC on July 24, 2012.
(10)
Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report to Form 8-K with the SEC on June 3, 2011.
(11)
Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report to Form 8-K with the SEC on March 21, 2013.
(12)
Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report to Form 8-K with the SEC on June 25, 2012.
 
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
MagneGas Corporation
 
       
Dated:  March 26, 2014
By:
/s/  Ermanno Santilli
 
   
Ermanno Santilli
 
   
Chief Executive Officer
(Duly Authorized, Principal Executive Officer)
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature
 
Title
 
Date
         
/s/ Robert L. Dingess
 
Chairman of the Board
 
March 26, 2014
Robert L. Dingess
       
         
/s/ Ermanno Santilli
 
Chief Executive Officer and Director
 
March 26, 2014
Ermanno Santilli
 
(principal executive officer)
   
         
/s/ Luisa Ingargiola
 
Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Director
 
March 26, 2014
Luisa Ingargiola
 
(principal financial and accounting officer)
   
         
/s/ Carla Santilli
 
Director
 
March 26, 2014
Carla Santilli
       
         
/s/ Christopher Huntington
 
Director
 
March 26, 2014
Christopher Huntington
       
         
/s/ Jacques Kerrest
 
Director
 
March 26, 2014
Jacques Kerrest
       
         
/s/ Kevin Pollack
 
Director
 
March 26, 2014
Kevin Pollack
       
         
/s/ William W. Staunton III
 
Director
 
March 26, 2014
William W. Staunton III
       
         
/s/ Joe C. Stone
 
Director
 
March 26, 2014
Joe C. Stone
 
 
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