SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1934
DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): October 11, 2000
VOICENET, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 333-12979 13-3896031
(State of incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
1040 First Avenue
Suite 101
New York, New York 10022
(Address of principal executive offices)
(212) 642-5476
(Issuer's telephone number)
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Item 5. Other Events
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On October 11, 2000, Voicenet, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company") issued a press release announcing that Mr. Frank Carr, the Company's
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, has tendered his resignation
from both positions effective October 31, 2000. Mr. Alan Dawson, a Director of
the Company and the Managing Director of Voicenet (Aust.), Ltd, which own's
approximately 80% of the Company's outstanding common stock, will become Chief
Executive Officer of the Company effective November 1, 2000.
Item 7. Financial statements, pro forma financial information and exhibits.
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(c) Exhibits.
The following are filed as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K:
1. Press Release dated October 11, 2000.
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.
Dated October 20, 2000
VOICENET, INC.
By: /s/ Howard J. Messer
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Name: Howard J. Messer
Title: Chief Financial Officer
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description
99.1 Press Release dated October 11, 2000.
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Exhibit 99.1
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Press Release
Alan Dawson Appointed CEO of
Voicenet, Inc.
CEO of Voicenet - Aust - Ltd. to Assume U.S. CEO Role
Move Is Part Of Plan to Increase Presence In U.S. Market
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 2000-- Voicenet, Inc., (AMEX: VTC - news), a
voice technology company, announced today that Alan Dawson, Managing Director
and CEO of Voicenet (Aust) Ltd., will assume the additional responsibility of
President and Chief Executive Officer of Voicenet, Inc., effective November 1,
2000.
Mr. Dawson will replace Frank Carr, who has tendered his resignation as Chairman
and CEO of the U.S. Company, effective October 31, 2000. Mr. Dawson is a
qualified lawyer and holds an M.B.A and a Bachelor's degree in Business. He has
been CEO of Voicenet (Aust) Ltd. since January 1999.
In announcing the management change, Mr. Carr said, "We believe that the time is
right and the Australian company now has a better ability to deploy more of its
human and technological resources to the all important American market and this
management change is the first step in that direction."
About Voicenet, Inc.
Voicenet is a voice technology company, which has developed speech-based
applications and a voice operating system (VOS) platform that enables cellular
and land-based telephone users to create e-mail as well as access e-mail and
other services on a real-time interactive basis. The VOS architecture utilizes
best-of-breed structure employing licensed technology where appropriate from
leaders in speech-to-text and text-to-speech software, including that developed
by Voicenet's parent company's licensing and marketing associate, Lernout &
Hauspie, the world's leading voice recognition software company.
Certain statements contained in this news release which are not based on
historical facts are forward-looking statements, as the term is defined in the
Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995, and are subject to uncertainties and
risks that may cause actual results to materially differ from projections.
Although Voicenet, Inc. believes that its expectations are reasonable
assumptions within the bounds of its knowledge of its business operations; there
can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially from its
expectations.
This release is available on the KCSA Public Relations Worldwide website at
www.kcsa.com.
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Contact:
KCSA Public Relations Worldwide, New York
Robert Giordano, 212/896-1289
[email protected]
or
Joseph A. Mansi, 212/896-1205
[email protected]
www.kcsa.com