0000898822-12-000634.txt : 20121127 0000898822-12-000634.hdr.sgml : 20121127 20121127111337 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000898822-12-000634 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20121127 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121127 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Kaufman Mark CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001457829 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: THE WHITEHALL GROUP STREET 2: 26, PRAVDY STR. CITY: MOSCOW STATE: 1Z ZIP: 127137 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Kaoufman Mark DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20090305 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001046880 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-BEER, WINE & DISTILLED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES [5180] IRS NUMBER: 541865271 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-56061 FILM NUMBER: 121225776 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3000 ATRIUM WAY STREET 2: SUITE 265 CITY: MT LAUREL STATE: NJ ZIP: 08054 BUSINESS PHONE: 8562736970 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3000 ATRIUM WAY STREET 2: SUITE 265 CITY: MT LAUREL STATE: NJ ZIP: 08054 SC 13D 1 amendmentno14to13d.htm amendmentno14to13d.htm - Generated by SEC Publisher for SEC Filing  

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

[Rule 13d-101]

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT

TO § 240.13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILES PURSUANT TO

§ 240.13d-2(a)

(Amendment No. 14)*

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

153435102

(CUSIP Number)

Mark Kaufman

16, boulevard de la Princesse Charlotte

98000 Monaco

+ 7 495 786 7601

With copies to:

     

Ben Burman

 

Adam O. Emmerich

Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier AARPI

 

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

69, avenue Victor Hugo

 

51 West 52nd Street

75116 Paris, France

 

New York, NY 10019

+ 33 1 45 02 19 19

 

(212) 403 1000

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person

Authorized to Receive Notices of Communication)

November 27, 2012

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. ¨  

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the Schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

(Continued on following pages)

 


 

  Explanatory Note

This Amendment No. 14 to Schedule 13D (this “Amendment No. 14”) is being filed by Mr. Mark Kaufman (“Kaufman”) and W & L Enterprises Ltd (“W&L”, and together with Kaufman, the “Reporting Persons”) and relates to the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Shares”), of Central European Distribution Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Issuer”).  This Amendment No. 14 amends the Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 29, 2011, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with the SEC on September 12, 2011, Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with the SEC on December 9, 2011, Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with the SEC on February 21, 2012, Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with the SEC on March 14, 2012, Amendment No. 5 to Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with the SEC on April 13, 2012, Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with the SEC on May 10, 2012, Amendment No. 7 to Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with the SEC on May 30, 2012, Amendment No. 8 to Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with the SEC on June 6, 2012, Amendment No. 9 to Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with the SEC on June 15, 2012, Amendment No. 10 to Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with the SEC on July 12, 2012, Amendment No. 11 to Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with the SEC on August 2, 2012, Amendment No. 12 to Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with the SEC on November 14, 2012 and Amendment No. 13 to Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with the SEC on November 19, 2012 (as so amended, the “Existing Schedule 13D”). Capitalized terms used in this Amendment No. 14 but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Existing Schedule 13D. Except as specifically amended hereby, items in the Existing Schedule 13D remain unchanged.

Item 4.

Purpose of Transaction

Item 4 of the Existing Schedule 13D is amended and supplemented by adding between the thirteenth and fourteenth paragraphs thereof the following new paragraph:

The Reporting Persons note the letter (the “November 21 Letter”) dated November 21, 2012 from the Special Committee of the Issuer’s Board of Directors in response to Kaufman’s November 19 Letter.  The Reporting Persons will not have any response to the November 21 Letter, despite its numerous inaccuracies and misstatements.  The Reporting Persons stand by the November 19 Letter, and continue to urge the Issuer and its Board of Directors to engage actively with the Issuer’s stockholders and other stakeholders, and with Russian Standard and all other financial and strategic partners available to the Issuer. 

 

 


 
 

 

Signature

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Date: November 27, 2012

     

/s/ Mark Kaufman

Mark Kaufman

 

W & L ENTERPRISES LTD

   

By:

/s/ Mark Kaufman                                                               

Name:

 

Mark Kaufman

Title:

 

Director

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Olga Kuritsyna                                                               

Name:

 

Olga Kuritsyna

Title:

 

Director

 

 

 

 


 
 

 

 Exhibit No.    Description                                                                            

Exhibit 99.1

 

Joint Filing Agreement, dated as of August 28, 2011, by and between Mark Kaufman and W & L Enterprises Ltd.*

Exhibit 99.2

 

Letter, dated September 12, 2011, from Mark Kaufman to William V. Carey, Chief Executive Officer of the Issuer, David Bailey, Lead Director of the Issuer, and the other members of the Board of Directors of the Issuer.**

Exhibit 99.3

 

Letter, dated December 9, 2011, from Mark Kaufman to the members of the Board of Directors of the Issuer.***

Exhibit 99.4

 

Letter, dated February 21, 2012, from Mark Kaufman to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Issuer.****

Exhibit 99.5

 

Letter, dated March 12, 2012, from William V. Carey, Chief Executive Officer of the Issuer and David Bailey, Lead Director of the Issuer, to Mark Kaufman (filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Current Report on Form 8–K filed by the Issuer with the SEC (File no. 001–35293) on March 13, 2012, and incorporated herein by reference).

Exhibit 99.6

 

Letter, dated May 10, 2012, from Mark Kaufman to the Chairman of the Board of Directors and other members of the Board of Directors of the Issuer.*****

Exhibit 99.7

 

Letter, dated July 12, 2012, from Mark Kaufman to the members of the Board of Directors of the Issuer.******

Exhibit 99.8

 

Letter, dated August 2, 2012, from Mark Kaufman to Roustam Tariko, Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Issuer, and N. Scott Fine, Lead Director of the Issuer.*******

Exhibit 99.9

 

Letter, dated November 14, 2012, from Mark Kaufman to the members of the Board of Directors of the Issuer.********

Exhibit 99.10

 

Letter, dated November 19, 2012, from Mark Kaufman to the members of the Board of Directors and the Special Committee of the Issuer.*********

*

Previously filed with the Statement on Schedule 13D, dated August 29, 2011 (File no. 005-56061)

**

Previously filed with the Statement on Schedule 13D, dated September 12, 2011 (File no. 005-56061)

***

Previously filed with the Statement on Schedule 13D, dated December 9, 2011 (File no. 005-56061)

****

Previously filed with the Statement on Schedule 13D, dated February 21, 2012 (File no. 005-56061)

*****

Previously filed with the Statement on Schedule 13D, dated May 10, 2012 (File no. 005-56061)

******

Previously filed with the Statement on Schedule 13D, dated July 12, 2012 (File no. 005-56061)

*******

Previously filed with the Statement on Schedule 13D, dated August 2, 2012 (File no. 005-56061)

********

Previously filed with the Statement on Schedule 13D, dated November 14, 2012 (File no. 005-56061)

*********

Previously filed with the Statement on Schedule 13D, dated November 19, 2012 (File no. 005-56061)