UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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) SEPTEMBER 30, 2004
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MAILKEY CORPORATION
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
NEVADA
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
000-29331 76-0270295
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(Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
130 SHAFTESBURY AVENUE
LONDON, ENGLAND W1D 5EU
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
011-44-2070-310821
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(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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SECTION 5 - CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF
DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS
(b) On September 30, 2004, Graham Norton-Standen resigned as the
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MailKey Corporation, a Nevada
corporation (the "Company").
(c) On September 30, 2004, Tim Dean-Smith, the Company's Deputy
Chairman, was appointed as the successor Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
the Company. Tim Dean-Smith, age 38, had been our Deputy Chairman since March
25, 2004. Mr. Dean-Smith founded MK Secure Solutions Limited, our wholly-owned
subsidiary, and served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from its
inception in March 2003 until February 2004. Mr. Dean-Smith has been providing
venture capital and/or management and fund-raising services to the following
companies since the dates specified: (i) Polestar Space Applications, an
internet/GPS asset tracking business specializing in the commercial shipping and
yachting markets, since October 1998; (ii) Nextbus, a San Francisco based
company that provides real time bus arrival information to passengers via the
internet and mobile phone networks, since March 1996; (iii) ByBox, a logistics
solutions company that produces locker banks that can be remotely programmed to
enable the secure delivery of letters and parcels by couriers for consumers and
businesses, since August 1999; (iv) Siam Supper Club, a restaurant and jazz bar
located in Phuket, Thailand, since November 2002; and (v) Power Pacific, a real
estate brokerage firm located in Phuket, Thailand that engages in the
acquisition, disposition and leasing of residential and non-residential real
estate, since November 2002. In November 1998, Mr. Dean-Smith was an early
investor in Valuad, a financial analysis software company that was acquired in
July 2001, and in April 1999 was an early investor in Ibidlive, a technology
company that enabled real time bidding in auctions via the internet, fixed phone
lines and mobile phones and in which QXL PLC acquired a controlling stake in
December 1999. Mr Dean-Smith was a founding investor and Chairman of Cube8
Group, an internet investment company, from August 1999 until its merger with
Room Service Deliveries (UK) Limited in January 2002. From 1992 to 1996, Mr.
Dean-Smith engaged in the purchase, investment and development or refurbishment
of commercial property and residential properties in London, England. Mr.
Dean-Smith studied for an MBA at London Business School and the Haas School of
Business (University of California, Berkeley), receiving his MBA in 1995, and
studied law at King's College in London, graduating with an LLB with Honors in
1997.
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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.
MailKey Corporation
Date: October 6, 2004 By: /s/ Tim Dean-Smith
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Tim Dean-Smith
Chief Executive Officer
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