UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 15, 2017

 

MAGNEGAS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-35586   26-0250418
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employee
Identification No.)

 

11885 44th Street North

Clearwater, FL 33762

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (727) 934-3448

 

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company [X]

 

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

 

On December 15, 2017, MagneGas Corporation (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Meeting”). At the Meeting, the stockholders voted on the following two (2) proposals described in detail in the Company’s definitive information statement for the Meeting (the “Information Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 1, 2017. As of the record date for the Meeting, there were approximately 17,043,709 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, issued and outstanding and entitled to one vote for each share held. As of the record date for the Meeting there were 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, held by Global Alpha LLC (the “Majority Holder”) issued and outstanding and entitled to 100,000,000,000 votes. The Majority Holder was present at the Meeting. No other shareholders voted at the Meeting. As a result, there were 1,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock present and the aggregate number of votes was 100,000,000,000, constituting a quorum.

 

Proposal 1 — To elect the nominees named in the Information Statement to the Board of Directors (the “Board”).

 

Nominee   For   Against   Withhold   Broker Non-Votes
                 
Ermanno P. Santilli   100,000,000,000   0   0   0
Luisa Ingargiola   100,000,000,000   0   0   0
Carla Santilli   100,000,000,000   0   0   0
Christopher Huntington   100,000,000,000   0   0   0
Kevin Pollack   100,000,000,000   0   0   0
Robert L. Dingess   100,000,000,000   0   0   0
William W. Staunton III   100,000,000,000   0   0   0
Joseph C. Stone   100,000,000,000   0   0   0

 

Based on the votes set forth above, the above-named individuals were duly elected to serve as directors of the Company for a term expiring until the next annual meeting or until their successors shall have been elected and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

Proposal 2 — To ratify the appointment of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2017.

 

The stockholders ratified the appointment of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017 with the following votes:

 

Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
             
100,000,000,000   0   0  

 

   
 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: December 15, 2017

 

  MAGNEGAS CORPORATION
   
  /s/ Ermanno Santilli
  By: Ermanno Santilli
  Its: Chief Executive Officer