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) August 6, 2007
Mediavest,
Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New
Jersey
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00-10039
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22-2267658
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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of
Incorporation)
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Identification
No.)
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2121
Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2550
Los
Angeles, CA 90067
(Address
of principal executive
offices
including zip code)
(310)
601-2500
(Registrant’s
telephone number,
including
area code)
N.A.
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item
5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers.
On
August
6, 2007, the board of directors (the “Board”)
of
Mediavest, Inc. (the “Company”)
increased the size of the Board to six members and elected (i) Peter Guber
as
Co-Chairman of the Board and a director of the Company, and (ii) Paul Schaeffer
as Vice-Chairman of the Board and a director of the Company.
Peter
Guber is a 30 year veteran of the entertainment industry. His positions
previously held include: Former Studio Chief, Columbia Pictures; Founder of
Casablanca Record and Filmworks; Founder, and Former Chairman/CEO, PolyGram
Filmed Entertainment; Founder and Former Co-owner, Guber-Peters Entertainment
Company; Former Chairman and CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). Films
directly produced and executive produced by Guber have received more than 50
Academy Award nominations, including four times for Best Picture. Among his
personal producing credits are Witches of Eastwick, The Deep, Color Purple,
Midnight Express, The Jacket, Missing, Batman and Rain Man which won the Oscar
for best picture. During Guber's tenure at SPE, the Motion Picture Group
achieved, over four years, an industry-best domestic box office market share
averaging 17%. During the same period, Sony Pictures led all competitors with
a
remarkable total of 120 Academy Award nominations, the highest four-year total
ever for a single company. After leaving Sony in 1995, Guber formed Mandalay
as
a multimedia entertainment vehicle in motion pictures, television, sports
entertainment and new media. Guber is a full professor at the UCLA School of
Theater, Film and Television and has been a member of the faculty for over
30
years. He also can be seen every Sunday morning on the American Movie Channel
(AMC), as the co-host of the critically acclaimed show, Sunday Morning Shootout.
He received his BA from Syracuse University, and both a Masters and Juris Doctor
degree in law from New York University and was recruited by Columbia Pictures
Corporation from NYU where he pursued an MBA degree. He is a member of the
New
York and California Bars.
Paul
Schaeffer is Vice Chairman, COO and Co-Founder of the Mandalay Entertainment
Group. Along with Peter Guber (CEO), Mr. Schaeffer is responsible for all
aspects of the motion picture and television business, focusing primarily on
the
corporate and business operations of those entities. Prior to forming Mandalay,
Mr. Schaeffer was the EVP of Sony Pictures Entertainment, overseeing the
worldwide corporate operations for SPE including Worldwide Administration,
Financial Affairs, Human Resources, Corporate Affairs, Legal Affairs and
Corporate Communications. During his tenure, Mr. Schaeffer also had supervisory
responsibility for the $105 million rebuilding and renovation of Sony Pictures
Studios. Mr. Schaeffer is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts,
& Sciences. A veteran of 20 years of private law practice, Mr. Schaeffer
joined SPE from Armstrong, Hirsch and Levine, where he was a senior partner
working with corporate entertainment clients. He spent two years as an
accountant with Arthur Young & Company in Philadelphia. He graduated from
the University of Pennsylvania Law School and received his accounting degree
from Pennsylvania State University.
On
July
24, 2007, Mr. Guber entered into a Subscription Agreement with the Company
and
subscribed for 4,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.0001 par value
per share (the “Common
Stock”).
Each
share of Common Stock was sold for a purchase price of $0.50 for a total
purchase price of $2,250,000.
On
July
24, 2007, Mr. Schaeffer entered into a Subscription Agreement with the Company
and subscribed for 500,000 shares of Common Stock. Each share of Common Stock
was sold for a purchase price of $0.50 for a total purchase price of
$250,000.
SIGNATURES
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.
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Mediavest,
Inc.
(Registrant)
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Date: August
10, 2007 |
By: |
/s/ Robert
Ellin |
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Robert
Ellin |
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Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer |