Note 13 - Related Party Transactions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Notes

Note 13 - Related Party Transactions

NOTE 13 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Minority Interest Fund (II), LLC (“MIF”) is party to certain convertible debentures issued by the Company (see Note 9, Debt Obligations, above). The managing member of MIF is a relative of the Company’s chairman.

Viridis Capital LLC (“Viridis”) is party to certain convertible debentures issued by the Company (see Note 9, Debt Obligations, above). The managing member of Viridis is the Company’s chairman, Kevin Kreisler.

The Company entered into agreements with MIF and Viridis to amend and restate the terms of the MIF Debenture and Viridis Debenture effective September 30, 2011 to extend the maturity date to June 30, 2013; to eliminate and contribute $502,086 in accrued interest and $1,065,308 of principal; to reduce the applicable interest rate to 6% per annum; to eliminate MIF’s and Viridis’ right to convert amounts due at a discount to the market price of the Company’s common stock; and to reverse various non-cash assignments of debt involving related parties (see Note 9, Debt Obligations, above). The restated balances due to MIF and Viridis at September 30, 2011, were $3,017,061 and $237,939, respectively. No interest was payable to either MIF or Viridis after these amendments. In addition, the balances of convertible debt due to Acutus Capital, LLC (“Acutus”) and family members of the Company’s chairman were amended and restated at September 30, 2011, to $1,090,000 and $351,000, respectively, in connection with cash investments previously provided to the Company. The terms of these debentures provide for interest at 6% per annum, a maturity date of June 30, 2013, and the right to convert amounts due into Company common stock at 100% of the market price for the Company’s common stock at the time of conversion. MIF received 62,500 shares of Series D Preferred Stock in partial consideration of the contribution of principal and accrued interest and the various other modified terms of MIF’s agreements with the Company. The foregoing debentures are subject to conditions which limit the transfer of shares issued upon conversion to 5% of the average monthly volume for the Company’s common stock.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, MIF forgave $5,793 of the amount due from the Company for no additional consideration. During the year ended December 31, 2012, MIF forgave $187,500 of the amount due from the Company for no additional consideration. Also during the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company’s chairman transferred approximately $146,000 in deferred salaries owed to him by the Company to Viridis Capital, LLC in the form of additional principal under a debenture held by Viridis. On the same date, all principal and interest owed to Viridis by the Company were assigned to MIF.  During the year ended December 31, 2012, various other related party employees waived an aggregate of $637,111 in deferred compensation from prior years.

Between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2010, Viridis, MIF, Acutus, and management personnel provided the Company with the cash resources we needed for our overhead needs, including all legal expenses incurred in the prosecution of infringing use of our patented technologies. Viridis is owned by our chairman, MIF is owned by a family member of our chairman, and Acutus is owned by our chairman's attorney. In addition, Viridis has guaranteed all of the Company’s debt due to YA Global and all amounts due to Cantrell Winsness Technologies, LLC, in connection with the acquisition by the Company’s subsidiary of its patented and patent-pending extraction technologies (see Note 10, Guaranty Agreements, above). The Company has separately agreed to indemnify and hold Viridis and its affiliates harmless from any and all losses, costs and expenses incurred by Viridis and its affiliates in connection with its and their various investments with the Company as well as Viridis’ guarantees of Company’s obligations. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company paid an indemnification obligation to Viridis of $450,000, $250,000 of which was paid in the form of a debenture (see Note 9, Debt Obligations, above). These amounts are shown as other expense in the accompanying financial statements. The Company has agreed to indemnify and hold Viridis harmless from any and all losses, costs and expenses incurred by Viridis in connection with its guaranty of the Company’s obligations and its investments with the Company.

Effective January 1, 2010, GS CleanTech Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, executed an Amended and Restated Technology Acquisition Agreement (“TAA”) with Cantrell Winsness Technologies, LLC (“CWT”), David F. Cantrell, David Winsness, Gregory P. Barlage and John W. Davis (the “Sellers”) pursuant to which the parties amended and restated the method of calculating the purchase price for the Company’s corn oil extraction technology (the “Technology”). The TAA provides for the payment by the Company of royalties in connection with the Company’s corn oil extraction technologies, the reduction of those royalties as the Sellers receive payment, and a mechanism for conversion of accrued or prepaid royalties into Company common stock. To achieve this latter mechanism, the Company agreed to issue to the Sellers a one-time prepayment in the form of 1,000,000 shares of redeemable Series F Preferred Stock (“CWT Preferred Shares”) with a face value of $10 per preferred share (see Note 11, Shareholders’ Equity, above). The CWT Preferred Shares are redeemable at face value and a rate equal to the amount royalties paid or prepaid under the TAA. In addition, the Sellers have the right to convert the CWT Preferred Shares to pay or prepay royalties at a rate equal to the cash proceeds received by the Sellers upon sale of the common shares issued upon conversion CWT Preferred Shares. The TAA provides for the payment to the Sellers of an initial royalty fee equal to the lesser of $0.10 per gallon or a percentage of net cash flows, both of which are reduced ratably to $0.025 per gallon upon payment, prepayment or conversion as described above. The Company’s obligations under the TAA are guaranteed by Viridis Capital, LLC, which guarantee was subordinated by the Sellers to the rights of YA Global under its guaranty agreement with Viridis Capital (see Note 10, Guaranty Agreement, above).