-----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, ESs8/VW8d0sSOEctBG7UKhFqjHNbPX7/O+qWso7KMOXCam2vWKHrn0rileabcA9Y jHATtfk/lI6OKmIvcuj7Fw== 0001144204-05-012447.txt : 20050422 0001144204-05-012447.hdr.sgml : 20050422 20050421185549 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-05-012447 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20050418 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20050422 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050421 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: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-21743 FILM NUMBER: 05765756 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 v016611_8k.txt 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 18, 2005 NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. --------------------------- (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) Delaware 0-21743 36-3680347 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (State or Other (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Jurisdiction of Incorporation) Identification No.) 2201 Second Street, Suite 402, Fort Myers, Florida 33901 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) (239) - 337-3434 ---------------------------------------------------- (Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code) Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below): |_| Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |_| Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |_| Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |_| Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) ITEM 5.02. DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS. On April 18, 2005, NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. ("NeoMedia") announced that is has named Martin N. Copus, a global and interactive marketing executive who has worked with many of the world's leading brands, as its COO and to the newly-created position of chief executive of its PaperClick wireless business unit. Mr. Copus will report to Charles T. Jensen, President and CEO of NeoMedia. Mr. Jensen also previously also held the COO title. Prior to joining NeoMedia, Mr. Copus was Managing Director of 12Snap UK, an internationally-acclaimed, award-winning mobile marketing company focusing on wireless channels, where he led development and implementation of interactive marketing programs for major blue-chip companies including McDonald's(R), Kellogg(R), Procter & Gamble(R), Coca-Cola(R), Safeway(R), Budweiser(R), and 20th Century Fox(R). Prior to running the U.K. operations of 12Snap, Mr. Copus's background included assignments as executive director of Huntsworth PLC, a marketing services group listed on the main board of the London Stock Exchange; Worldwide Board Director of Interpublic Group's Ammirati Puris Lintas advertising unit; and senior vice president of Leo Burnett Company Inc., Chicago, responsible for its Marlboro(R) USA advertising and marketing services account. Mr. Copus holds a B.A. and an M.A. in modern languages, both from Oxford University. Subject to authorization, Mr. Copus will relocate to Fort Myers from London, where he will be responsible for NeoMedia's worldwide PaperClick(R) business, overseeing the sales, technical, and marketing staffs in Chicago, Fort Myers and London, together with the company's international network of value-added resellers. NeoMedia's press release with respect to Mr. Copus' hiring is attached hereto as exhibit 16.1. 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 18, 2005 By: /s/ Charles T. Jensen ----------------------------------- Charles T. Jensen, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Document ------- -------- 16.1 Press release dated April 18, 2005 EX-16.1 2 v016611_ex16-1.txt EXHIBIT 16.1 For Immediate Release Press Contacts: Charles T. Jensen David A. Kaminer NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. The Kaminer Group +(239) 337-3434 +(914) 684-1934 cjensen@neom.com dkaminer@kamgrp.com NeoMedia Names Martin N. Copus To Lead Worldwide PaperClick Business -- Global Marketing Expert and Mobile Marketing Pioneer Named COO and Head of Wireless Business Unit FT. MYERS, Fla., April 18, 2005 - NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB: NEOM), an innovator in wireless services and patented technologies that provide automatic links to Internet-based information, today named Martin N. Copus, a global and interactive marketing executive who has worked with many of the world's leading brands, as its COO and to the newly-created position of chief executive of its PaperClick wireless business unit. The announcement was made by Charles T. Jensen, President and CEO of NeoMedia, to whom Mr. Copus will report and who previously also held the COO title. As U.K. managing director of 12Snap, an internationally-acclaimed, award-winning mobile marketing company focusing on wireless channels, Mr. Copus led development and implementation of interactive marketing programs for major blue-chip companies including McDonald's(R) (NYSE: MCD), Kellogg(R) (NYSE: K), Procter & Gamble(R) (NYSE: PG), Coca-Cola(R) (NYSE: KO), Safeway(R) (NYSE: SWY), Budweiser(R) (NYSE: BUD), and 20th Century Fox(R). He also supervised the world's largest text-and-win promotion for Walkers(R) (Frito-Lay(R)), which was featured on more than a quarter-billion packs and which delivered text credits over-the-air directly into consumers' accounts. Subject to authorization, Mr. Copus will relocate to Fort Myers from London, where he will be responsible for NeoMedia's worldwide PaperClick(R) business, overseeing the sales, technical, and marketing staffs in Chicago, Fort Myers and London, together with the company's international network of value-added resellers. NeoMedia's patented PaperClick applications turn cell phones into bar code-scanning marketing tools, connecting global marketers' consumers directly to customized content on the mobile Web via mobile phones and other Web-enabled mobile wireless devices including Blackberry's(R) and other PDA's. 'A Highly-Experienced Executive' "Martin Copus is a highly-experienced executive with an impressive marketing services resume spanning nearly 25 years," said Mr. Jensen. "He has led successful product launches and marketing efforts in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and is known as someone who achieves goals across international borders. We welcome him to NeoMedia and to leading the drive to develop and market our PaperClick wireless services worldwide." Prior to running the U.K. operations of 12Snap, Mr. Copus's background included assignments as executive director of Huntsworth PLC, a marketing services group listed on the main board of the London Stock Exchange; Worldwide Board Director of Interpublic Group's Ammirati Puris Lintas advertising unit; and senior vice president of Leo Burnett Company Inc., Chicago, responsible for its Marlboro(R) USA advertising and marketing services account. 'PaperClick - a Groundbreaking Technology' "I am very excited about helping realize the global promise of NeoMedia's PaperClick suite of wireless applications," said Mr. Copus. "This is a groundbreaking technology that can change how we live." "Through the partnership agreement with 12Snap, I've worked for more than a year with NeoMedia's management - CEO Chuck Jensen, and company founder and Chairman Chas Fritz - and am looking forward to joining them full time to help make PaperClick the go-to component of the mobile marketing and CRM (Customer Relationship Marketing) boom in the U.S. as well as the mobile-mature markets of Europe," he said. PaperClick Wireless Technology The patented PaperClick mobile marketing applications provide one-click links from popular mobile/cell phones to mobile Internet content: - PaperClick Mobile Go-Window(TM), which links consumers to the mobile web via brand names and tag lines (registered in the PaperClick WordRegistry(TM)) entered in a horizontal text-entry bar on the screen of a wireless device, and - PaperClick for Camera Phones(TM) which provides mobile Internet connection by the handset camera clicking on a barcode - either already-in-the-market one-dimensional UPC, EAN, JAN and ISBN codes, or two-dimensional codes created and placed on packaging, literature, ads, posters, etc. About NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. (www.neom.com) is a developer and international marketer of software and patented technologies, including PaperClick (www.PaperClick.com) for Camera Phones(TM) and the PaperClick Mobile Go-Window, which link products, print and physical objects directly to targeted online data. NeoMedia also offers expertise in homeland security and e-authentication applications, and its Systems Integration Group specializes in providing expert-based IT consulting, hardware, and software solutions. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. With the exception of historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release involve risk and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. PaperClick is a registered trademark, and PaperClick For Camera Phones, PaperClick Mobile Go-Window and PaperClick WordRegistry are trademarks of NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. Other trademarks are properties of their respective owners. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----