UNITED
STATES
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): January 1,
2008
MANDALAY
MEDIA, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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00-10039
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22-2267658
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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2121
Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2550
Los
Angeles, CA 90067
(Address
of principal executive offices and zip code)
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (310) 601-2500
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):
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Item
5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(b)
On
January 1, 2008, Jay A. Wolf resigned as Chief Operating Officer of Mandalay
Media, Inc. (the “Company”), effective immediately. Mr. Wolf will continue to
serve as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Company and as a member
of
the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”).
(c)
On
January 1, 2008, pursuant to an employment letter between the Company and Bruce
Stein (the “Employment Letter”), as previously disclosed in our Current Report
on Form 8-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”) on November 14, 2007, Mr. Stein became the Chief Operating Officer
of the Company for a term of two years (unless terminated earlier as set forth
in the Employment Letter). In accordance with the Employment Letter, effective
as of November 7, 2007 (the “Commencement Date”), Mr. Stein became a member of
the Board. Pursuant to the Employment Letter, Mr. Stein shall receive an initial
base salary of $250,000 per year, beginning on January 1, 2008. In addition,
the
Company granted Mr. Stein an option to purchase 550,000 shares (the “Options”)
pursuant to the Company’s 2007 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan,
500,000 shares of which were granted on the Commencement Date at an exercise
price of $2.65 per share and 50,000 shares of which were granted to Mr. Stein
on
January 2, 2008 at an exercise price of $4.65 per share. One-third of the
Options were immediately exercisable upon grant, one-third of the Options will
vest on the first anniversary of the Commencement Date and the remaining
one-third will vest on the second anniversary of the Commencement Date. The
foregoing description of the Employment Letter does not purport to be complete
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Employment Letter, a copy
of which was previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on
Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on November 14, 2007.
Prior
to
joining the Company, Mr.
Stein
was founder and since September 2003 had been Co-Chief Executive Officer of
The
Hatchery LLC (“The Hatchery”), a company specializing in intellectual property
development and entertainment production of kids and family franchises. Since
2003, he has also served on the board of directors of ViewSonic, Inc. and as
chairman of the compensation committee. Prior to joining The Hatchery, Mr.
Stein
held various executive titles at Mattel, Inc. including Worldwide President,
Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of Directors from August
1996
through March 1999. From August 1995 through August 1996, Mr. Stein was Chief
Executive Officer of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Sony
Computer Entertainment America Inc. At various times between January 1995 and
June 1998, Mr. Stein served as a consultant to DreamWorks SKG, Warner Bros.
Entertainment and Mandalay Entertainment. From 1987 through 1994, Mr. Stein
served as President of Kenner Products, Inc. Mr. Stein received a BA from Pitzer
College and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
There
are
no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Stein and any other person
pursuant to which he was appointed as a director or as Chief Operating Officer
of the Company. There are no transactions to which the Company is a party and
in
which Mr. Stein has a material interest that is required to be disclosed under
Item 404(a) of Regulation S-B. Except for his position as director since
November 7, 2007, Mr. Stein has not previously held any position at the Company
and does not have family relations with any directors or executive officers
of
the Company.
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.
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MANDALAY
MEDIA, INC.
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Date: January
7, 2008 |
By: |
/s/ James
Lefkowitz |
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James
Lefkowitz |
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President
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