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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): August 18, 2010 (August 12, 2010)
 
Augme Technologies, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in Charter)
 
Delaware
333-57818
20-0122076
(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation)
(Commission
File
No.)
(IRS Employer
Identification
No.)

43 West 24th Street, Suite 11B
New York, NY 10010
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(800) 825-8135
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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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.

(c)           Appointment of Chief Operating Officer

On August 12, 2010, Phillip Charles Rapp, Jr. was appointed as the Registrant’s Chief Operating Officer.

Mr. Rapp, age 66, served as the Chief Operating Officer of NextLife from July 2009 to August 2010. Prior to that position, he was a business consultant from October 2007 to October 2009.  During May 2002 through September 2007, Mr. Rapp was Managing Director responsible for Sales and Marketing for the Institutional Execution Group (IEG) of Labranche & Co.

(e)           Compensatory Arrangements

In connection with his appointment as the Registrant’s Chief Operating Officer, the Registrant entered into an Employment Agreement with Mr. Rapp on August 12, 2010 (the “Employment Agreement”).

For his services as Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Rapp will receive compensation in the form of a base annual salary of $150,000 and reimbursement for living costs of $3,000 per month.  Mr. Rapp will receive bonus compensation as outlined below upon meeting the following performance goals and objectives during the first year of his employment:

 
(i)
bonus of $50,000 upon the Registrant reaching $5,000,000 in gross revenues (“First Performance Goal”), and
 
(ii)
bonus of $50,000 upon the Registrant reaching $5,000,000 in gross revenues in addition to the First Performance Goal.

Mr. Rapp is also entitled to a grant of five-year options to purchase 500,000 shares of the Registrant’s common stock at an exercise price of the greater of (i) $1.30 per share and (ii) the fair market value of the Registrant’s common stock on the grant date.  Vesting of these options will occur as follows: one-third (1/3) of the options will vest after each one (1) year anniversary following the grant date.

Either Mr. Rapp or the Registrant may terminate the Employment Agreement at any time with or without cause.

A copy of the Employment Agreement is filed with this report as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.  The foregoing description of the Employment Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Employment Agreement.

Item 9.01             Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)            Exhibits
     
Exhibit No.
 
Exhibit Description
     
10.1
 
Employment Agreement between Augme Technologies, Inc. and Phillip Rapp, Jr., dated August 12, 2010
     
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
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.


 
Augme Technologies, Inc.
(Registrant)
     
Date: August 18, 2010 
By:
/s/ Paul R. Arena                        
   
Paul R. Arena
Chief Executive Officer