-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, KL2Xcbqo1efEjflgfm+j4AHvEbsAFmDuebdMbyliAT2tvbzmHIkx0DxqTzNlaUMT ZUBOZLcr70f7rES+mm6pCg== 0000922423-98-000245.txt : 19980219 0000922423-98-000245.hdr.sgml : 19980219 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000922423-98-000245 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19980218 SROS: NYSE SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CENTRAL EUROPEAN EQUITY FUND INC /MD/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000860489 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] IRS NUMBER: 133556099 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-49273 FILM NUMBER: 98544360 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 31 WEST 52ND ST STREET 2: C/O DEUTSCHE BANK CAPITAL CORP CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 BUSINESS PHONE: 2124747000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 31 WEST 52ND STREET STREET 2: C/O DEUTSCHE BANK CAPITAL CORP CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FUTURE GERMANY FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: UNITED GERMANY FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19900219 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LAZARD FRERES & CO LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000732892 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 30 ROCKFELLER PLZ CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10020 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 30 ROCKEFELLER PLZ CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10020 SC 13G 1 SCHEDULE 13G SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ----------- SCHEDULE 13G INFORMATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO RULES 13d-1 AND 13d-2 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Central European Equity Fund, Inc. ---------------------------------- (Name of Issuer) Common ------------------------------ (Title of Class of Securities) 153436-10-0 -------------- (CUSIP Number) Page 1 of 5 Pages SCHEDULE 13G CUSIP No. 153436-10-0 - ---------------------- 1) NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Lazard Freres & Co. LLC - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) |_| (b) |_| - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) SEC USE ONLY - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION New York - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER 631,128 ----------------------------------------------------- OF 6) SHARED VOTING POWER SHARES BENEFICIALLY None ----------------------------------------------------- OWNED BY 7) SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER EACH REPORTING 633,314 ----------------------------------------------------- PERSON 8) SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH None - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 633,314 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES |_| - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 5.21% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IA - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Schedule 13G ------------ Item 1(a). Name of Issuer: Central European Equity Fund, Inc. Item 1(b). Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 31 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing: Lazard Freres & Co. LLC Item 2(b). Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence: 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, New York 10020 Item 2(c). Citizenship: New York Limited Liability Company Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock Item 2(e). CUSIP Number: 153436-10-0 Item 3. If this statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b), check whether the person filing is a: |_| (a) Broker or Dealer Registered Under Section 15 of the Act |_| (e) Investment Adviser registered under section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 Item 4. Ownership. (a) Amount beneficially owned: 633,314 (b) percent of class: 5.21% (c) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 631,128 (ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: None (iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 633,314 (iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: None Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. Not applicable Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. Clients of the Reporting Person have the right to receive dividends and proceeds of sale of the securities reported on this Schedule. To the knowledge of the Reporting Person, no such person has an interest relating to more than five percent of the class of such securities. Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company. Not applicable Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. Not applicable Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group. Not applicable Item 10. Certification. By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purposes or effect. SIGNATURE --------- After reasonable inquiry and to the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this Statement is true, complete and correct. Date: February 13, 1998 /s/ Donald E. Klein ------------------------------------ Donald E. Klein Vice President -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----