8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

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) – March 7, 2008

 

 

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

DELAWARE   0-24341   54-1865271

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

Two Bala Plaza, Suite 300

Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania

  19004
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(610) 660-7817

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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Item 1.01. Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On March 3, 2008, Central European Distribution Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (the “Underwriter”) to issue and sell $310 million aggregate principal amount of 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013 (the “Convertible Notes”) in a public offering pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) and a related prospectus (the “Prospectus”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company estimates that the net proceeds from the offering will be approximately $305.0 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses. The Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

The Underwriter and its affiliates have provided in the past to the Company and the Company’s affiliates and may provide from time to time in the future certain commercial banking, financial advisory, investment banking and other services for the Company and such affiliates in the ordinary course of its business, for which they have received and may continue to receive customary fees and commissions.

In addition, on March 7, 2008, the Company entered into a Supplemental Indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture”), between the Company, as Issuer, and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the “Trustee”). The Supplemental Indenture is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. In connection with the Supplemental Indenture, the Company issued and sold the Convertible Notes referred to above. The closing of the sale occurred on March 7, 2008.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

1.1   Underwriting Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2008, by and between Central European Distribution Corporation and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
4.1   Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 7, 2008, by and between Central European Distribution Corporation, as Issuer and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.
5.1   Opinion of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP regarding the legality of the Convertible Notes.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Central European Distribution Corporation has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Christopher Biedermann

  Christopher Biedermann
 

Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

Date: March 7, 2008


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

1.1   Underwriting Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2008, by and between Central European Distribution Corporation and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
4.1   Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 7, 2008, by and between Central European Distribution Corporation, as Issuer and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.
5.1   Opinion of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP regarding the legality of the Convertible Notes.