-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, A9RDupQG37OrKkG7OqgQDJlQ2eodKMn+OJ2ZkFDvhVl1JywiEqkzUksPQi0d75Xs XZYfV7nlsYYgKJZRmU+iFA== 0001016843-98-000272.txt : 19980504 0001016843-98-000272.hdr.sgml : 19980504 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001016843-98-000272 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19980427 ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 19980430 SROS: NASD FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001022701 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN [7373] IRS NUMBER: 363680347 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-21743 FILM NUMBER: 98604786 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2201 SECOND ST STE 600 STREET 2: STE 600 CITY: FORT MYERS STATE: FL ZIP: 33901 BUSINESS PHONE: 6303554404 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2201 SECOND STREET STREET 2: SUITE 600 CITY: FORT MYERS STATE: FL ZIP: 33901 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DEVSYS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960911 8-K 1 U. S. 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): APRIL 27, 1998 NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ------------------------------------------------------ (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 0-21743 36-3680347 - --------------- ----------- ------------------- (State or other (Commission (IRS Employer jurisdiction of File Number) Identification No.) incorporation) 2201 SECOND STREET, SUITE 600, FORT MYERS, FLORIDA 33901 - -------------------------------------------------- ---------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS. On April 27, 1998, NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. ("NeoMedia") announced that it invested approximately $1 million through a combination of NeoMedia common stock and cash to acquire a customer list of Ernestine Technology, LLC. In addition, NeoMedia hired four employees of Ernestine Technology, LLC. 2 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. NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Registrant) Date: APRIL 29, 1998 By: /s/ CHARLES T. JENSEN --------------------------- Charles T. Jensen, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Director 3 EXHIBIT INDEX SEQUENTIAL PAGE EXHIBIT NUMBER NUMBER DOCUMENT - ---------- ------- -------- 5 99.1 News release dated April 27, 1998 and entitled "NeoMedia Acquires IDOCs Contracts, Marketing Partners Through Strategic Asset Purchase" 4 EX-99.1 2 EXHIBIT 99.1 NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. Exhibit 99.1 News release dated April 27, 1998 and entitled "NeoMedia Acquires IDOCs Contracts, Marketing Partners Through Strategic Asset Purchase" 5 NEWS RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION Chuck Jensen NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. 941-337-3434 Robert Kneeley RKC Communications 954-351-1976 email: rkccomm@safari.net FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEOMEDIA ACQUIRES IDOCS CONTRACTS, MARKETING PARTNERS THROUGH STRATEGIC ASSET PURCHASE FORT MYERS, FLORIDA -- April 27, 1998--NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ Small Cap: NEOM) has accelerated its IDOCs' marketing efforts as a result of a strategic purchase that has resulted in a marketing alliance with a national advertising agency and financial printers Scott Printing Corporation. NeoMedia has invested approximately $1 million through a combination of its common stock and cash to acquire a customer list that includes one of the nation's 10 largest banks, a large insurance and financial services company, a large multi-level marketing company, and one of the Western Hemisphere's most popular tourism destinations. These customers are in various stages of implementing pilot projects that will incorporate NeoMedia's IDOCs technology, which is marketed as NeoLink(TM). The pilot projects currently under way include a large commercial bank that has linked its paper-based investment research products to its website for more current analysis. In addition, a large financial services company is testing the technology to cross-market between its brokerage and insurance units. Other pilot projects include linking a comparison pricing database to support a multi-level marketing distribution channel, and inclusion of an IDOCs bar code in tourism brochures to link travel agents and consumers to current pricing and availability information for specific destinations. In addition to purchasing the customer list of Ernestine Technology, LLC, NeoMedia has hired Ernestine's key employees, including its two founders. NeoMedia anticipates that the purchase will be accretive to NeoMedia Technologies' 1998 earnings. 6 "We are taking a leap forward in making our technology the standard for linking paper and physical objects to the World Wide Web," said Charles Fritz, President and Chief Executive Officer of NeoMedia Technologies. We look forward to developing additional IDOCs applications for our new client relationships and for our new marketing partners, which include one of the nation's largest advertising agencies, a large financial printer as well as partners in Asia and South America." NeoMedia's patent-pending process greatly reduces the complexity of navigating the World Wide Web by creating a simple, logic-based symbology for cumbersome URL streams to link paper and physical objects to specific sites on the World Wide Web. The proprietary process compresses computer code into one- or two-dimensional bar codes to create a "hot link" directly from the printed page to a website or a specific page within a website. The links are activated either by scanning the bar code or by entering a numeric code. The code also contains information regarding the user, which can help to tailor the providers' response to individual interests in a customized format. NeoMedia was founded in 1989. Its common stock trades on the NASDAQ Small Cap Market under the symbol NEOM. NeoMedia provides proprietary software for document management and production systems, the migration of programs and databases from closed system to open system platforms, Year 2000 conversions and IDOCs solutions: Linking the Worlds of Print and Electronic Media(SM). # # # 7 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----