-----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, BJ/d15TX109Ex2lvkxSWAyBodrOtKe8vVDRgsOARFhFA+LQfHnThfBMpsQv06kCl Venjbu4Ez+UxhwJeuHD0Hg== 0000890163-06-000519.txt : 20060808 0000890163-06-000519.hdr.sgml : 20060808 20060808062040 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000890163-06-000519 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060726 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20060808 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060808 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NEW FRONTIER MEDIA INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000847383 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MOTION PICTURE & VIDEO TAPE DISTRIBUTION [7822] IRS NUMBER: 841084061 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CO FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-23697 FILM NUMBER: 061010877 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7007 WINCHESTER CIRCLE STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: BOULDER STATE: CO ZIP: 80301 BUSINESS PHONE: 3037868700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7007 WINCHESTER CIRCLE STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: BOULDER STATE: CO ZIP: 80301 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NEW FRONTIER MEDIA INC /CO/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970627 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NATIONAL SECURITIES HOLDING CORPORATION DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: STRATEGIC ACQUISITIONS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19600201 8-K 1 s11-6531_8k.htm 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K/A

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 26, 2006

 

New Frontier Media, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Colorado

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

000-23697

84-1084061

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification Number)

 

7007 Winchester Circle, Suite 200, Boulder, Colorado 80301

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(303) 444-0900

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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 240.14-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13-e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

                

Item 5.02(b) of the Company’s Form 8-K Report dated July 26, 2006 is amended as follows:

 

Subsequent to the date of his formal resignation from the Company’s Board of Directors, Dr. Skender Fani sent an email to the Company’s Board of Directors setting forth disagreements with the Company. The email is filed as an exhibit to this amended Report, together with the Company’s response.

 

Dr. Fani’s disagreement primarily relates to his objection to the terms of proposed raises for the President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company for fiscal 2007 being discussed among the independent members of the Board of Directors and the Company’s proxy statement for its Annual Meeting to the extent it does not describe proposed future compensation and contract terms.

 

 

Item 8.

Exhibits.

17.1

Letter from Hank Gracin, Esq., dated August 1, 2006.

17.2

Email from Dr. Skender Fani, dated July 27, 2006.

 

 

SIGNATURE

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

 

NEW FRONTIER MEDIA, INC.

 

Dated: August 7, 2006

By:/s/ Michael Weiner

 

Michael Weiner

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

EX-17 2 s11-6531_ex171.txt EX-171 Lehman & Eilen ----LLP---- ATTORNEYS AT LAW MISSION BAY OFFICE PLAZA SUITE 300 20283 STATE ROAD 7 BOCA RATON, FL 33498 www.securitiesattys.com ---------- TEL: (561) 237-0804 FAX: (561) 237-0803 BOB E. LEHMAN+ HOWARD S. EILEN+ HANK GRACIN++ --------- COUNSEL SCOTT D. STECHMAN+ LAWRENCE S. LEIBOWITZ+ --------- STEPHANIE G. SENZER+ STEVEN J. PAPPAS KENNETH A. ADAMS LANCE P. CHABUS DANIEL J. REISER BATYA GOODMAN NEW YORK OFFICE: - ---------------- SUITE 505 50 CHARLES LINDERGH BLVD. UNIONDALE, NY 11553-3612 + ADMITTED IN NEW YORK ONLY ++ ADMITTED IN NEW YORK & FLORIDA August 1, 2006 WRITER'S E-MAIL ADDRESS: hgracin@lehmaneilen.com VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL Dr. Skender Fani Walfischgasse 14 A-1010 Vienna Austria Re: New Frontier Media, Inc. Dear Skender: Your email of July 27, 2006, addressed to Michael Weiner and copied to the Board of Directors, has been referred to me for reply. In your letter of July 27, you state the following: "I was not in favor of raises for 2007. I also am against the proxy filed where it states compensation. After the board meeting June 2, 2006 there are higher salaries and longer terms and I feel this is misleading to the investors who are voting." Michael, Ken, and Karyn have employment agreements expiring March 31, 2007, the end of the 2007 fiscal year. They continue to be paid in accordance with these agreements. The Board has discussed extending the employment agreements, for an additional two years, through March 31, 2009. Upon signing extension agreements, Ken and Karyn would receive signing bonuses, payable in installments through the end of the 2007 fiscal year. Michael has not been offered a signing bonus. For Ken and Karyn, no signing bonus would be paid unless and until written extension agreements were executed. 1 Dr. Skender Fani August 1, 2006 Page 2 To date, no such agreements have even been presented to Ken, Karyn, or Michael, let alone executed by any of them. Until new agreements are executed, it would be premature to announce their existence or their expected terms. Your letter further states that "Ken threatened to leave if he did not get his way at the June meeting and that would be a material event had he done so and would have had to be reported immediately so why not the new terms and amounts?" Ken did not threaten to leave if he did not get his way. Ken said that he was unhappy with the initial compensation proposed by the Board in connection with the Board's offer to extend the term of Ken's employment beyond March 31, 2007. Ken indicated that in the event that the Board did not offer a more attractive compensation package, Ken would likely not agree to extend his employment with the company beyond the March 31, 2007 expiration of his current agreement. The Board considered Ken's comments and elected to offer increased fixed compensation to him. At no time did Ken threaten to leave the company before the expiration of his current agreement. Ken continues to perform under the terms of his existing agreement. Hopefully, the Board and Michael, Ken, and Karyn will conclude written agreements for extended terms of employment for Michael, Ken, and Karyn, respectively. At that time, it will be appropriate to disclose the existence of extended employment agreements. Your letter additionally refers to email from, and a phone conversation with, Melissa regarding amendments to the current employment agreements and " . .. . numerous seemingly serious issues that may arise . . . ." You express that you did not want to have "any involvement with these negotiations." I am not aware of the serious issues to which you refer. As you said not long ago, it should not be difficult to draft extensions to the existing employment agreements. Your election not to be involved in the negotiation of the new employment terms was, of course, a matter for you to decide. However, your concern about "numerous seemingly serious issues" appears to be unfounded. Likewise, your conclusion that you cannot be effective in compensation matters, apparently based on your belief that the Board is inclined to make compensation decisions without your input, is misplaced. You participated by telephone in the last Board meeting until approximately the last hour or so of the meeting, when, as you later stated, your cell phone battery expired. Undoubtedly, the Board would have preferred that you continued your participation by land-line phone service, but, perhaps, that was not feasible because of the lateness of the hour at your European location. In your absence, the Board continued its deliberations and reached a strong consensus on the compensation and other issues remaining to be decided by the Board. 2 Dr. Skender Fani August 1, 2006 Page 3 It is regrettable that you have not been able to attend in person any of the last three Board meetings. Perhaps, your absence has contributed to your feeling of ineffectiveness as a Board member. I must say that whenever we were in attendance together at Board meetings, I observed that your comments were treated with utmost seriousness. Even at the last Board meeting, until your phone disconnected, you and the other Board members appeared to be reaching consensus through the Board's deliberations. Unfortunately, your premature disconnection prevented your continued participation in the Board's deliberations and its ultimate decisions. Your sense of pride at the accomplishments of the Board and management over recent years is well-deserved. I submit, however, that your apprehension that the focus of the company and its management has undergone a negative change is attributable to your substantially reduced involvement with the company in recent times. For example, your observation that ". . . some people are mainly interested in new contracts with `platinum parachute provisions', extensions and better terms in the event of a change in control," bears little relationship to the issues which were the subject of recent Board discussions concerning the extension of employment agreements. Indeed, to my knowledge, the term "platinum parachute" is not a term that has been mentioned by anyone connected with the Board's discussions. Moreover, while the consequences of a change in control would be an understandable concern for senior management, it is not anticipated that the amendments extending the terms of employment will have the net effect of providing substantially increased benefits to management in the event of a change of control. Finally, I know that your fellow Board members appreciate your service to the company during your years as a director. The company is especially grateful for your generous offer to assist the company in the future. The Board and its management are committed to doing all that they can in order to continue the company's successes. Thank you for your continued support and good wishes. Kind regards, /s/ Hank Gracin Hank Gracin cc: New Frontier Media, Inc. 3 EX-17 3 s11-6531_ex172.txt EX-17.2 From: Dr. Skender Fani [mailto:skenderfani@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 12:34 PM To: mweiner@noof.com Cc: Alan Isaacman; melissa4hubbard@aol.com; dnicholas@xtendnetworks.com; hiramwoo@yahoo.com; Hank Gracin; CPV33@aol.com Subject: NOOF Dear Michael, 1) I am referring to our telephone conversation Sunday, July 23, 2006. In this conversation I officially resigned from the Board of Directors of New Frontier Media . As I told you, I am uncomfortable remaining on the board of the company for various reasons, several of which are mentioned below. One reason is that I was not in favor of raises for 2007. I also am against the proxy filed where it states compensation. After the board meeting June 2, 2006 there are higher salaries and longer terms and I feel this is misleading to the investors who are voting. The investors are voting the proxy for the Future, not the past. Ken threatened to leave if he did not get his way at the June meeting and that would be a material event had he done so and would have had to be reported immediately so why not the new terms and amounts? I have checked, as has Melissa, with several U.S. attorneys and they all agree in my thinking. Another area for concern includes the upcoming new contracts and amendments to current contracts. After receiving the recent detailed email from Melissa on the 14th regarding her talks with outside counsel and numerous seemingly serious issues that may arise, along with my phone call with her last week, I must say that I did not want to have any involvement with these negotiations. After the board went ahead and made compensation decisions without me in the last meeting, I believe I can not be effective in representing the shareholders best interests in matters, especially compensation issues, as my one vote does not count against the other six. It seems management is determined to get what it wants and as I am against their position. It does not serve neither the company nor myself if I remain on the board. 2) When I came on board the company was in a bad, dysfunctional condition with countless lawsuits, in a proxy battle, in debt, with a share price under $1.00 and a CEO that needed to be replaced. Legal bills alone were in the millions a year . Together with you, the board and management, we all worked diligently to turn this around. Lawsuits were settled and legal expenses lowered; new channels and substantially more new network households were added; the European road show took place which ignited the share price to over $10.00 per share in the end from under $1.00 as positive results were achieved; new investors became involved worldwide; debt was reduced to zero with tens of millions in the bank; insiders were holding shares and not constantly selling ; institutional holdings were increasing to approx 70% of the shares outstanding up from a minimal amount ; and now a major hedge fund owns about 14.8% of the shares outstanding. I must say that this is an accomplishment that all involved can be extremely proud of. However I feel now that something has changed . The company's as well as managements focus and attitudes are not as they were when this past success was achieved and I find this to be a negative. It also seems to me that some people are mainly interested in new contracts with " platinum parachute provisions", extensions and better terms in the event of a change in control. As I have always said, if this change were to happen it should be the new owners choice to keep on those they desire and if executives are doing a good job then they should have no worries! I have tried to share some of my other opinions and ideas , (the last meeting and compensation committee calls are just one example), but I seem to no longer be effective . Therefore I made my decision to resign. 3) I have read the form 8 filed with the SEC yesterday and it says that my letter " did not state any disagreements with the company". This is incorrect. In my official resignation letter yesterday I stated that I would address some of my concerns and thoughts in a separate letter. 4) I will say that you are my friend, and as we discussed, I will assist you in any way, especially with regards to the prospects in Europe you mentioned in the past. I sincerely wish the best for New Frontier and all involved and , as a shareholder, route for your success in finding new ways to grow the company in unique and exciting areas along with continuing to build on what has been already achieved. Thank you and all the board-members. It was great working with you for many years. Kind regards, Skender - -- Dr. Skender Fani Walfischgasse 14 1010 Vienna Austria 43.1.512.3838 43.1.513.7797 fax
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