-----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, UaY6IpQ/F8YkGEv9h1KSQbXL8CJ7vm+ZxbBAhLfAMGtx3YgH6GtszO6TbBeQSE7T WFL3CvCIvPjBiYnp/uw4UA== 0001193125-08-188733.txt : 20080903 0001193125-08-188733.hdr.sgml : 20080903 20080902215050 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-08-188733 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080902 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20080903 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080902 FILER: 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: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-24341 FILM NUMBER: 081052595 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO BALA PLAZA STREET 2: SUITE 300 CITY: BALA CYNWYD STATE: PA ZIP: 19004 BUSINESS PHONE: 6106607817 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO BALA PLAZA STREET 2: SUITE 300 CITY: BALA CYNWYD STATE: PA ZIP: 19004 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) – September 2, 2008

 

 

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

DELAWARE   0-24341   54-18652710

(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)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

Members of the management team of Central European Distribution Corporation (the “Company”) are scheduled to participate in an investor conference call on September 3, 2008 at 11:00 a.m., Eastern Time. During the investor call, the Company expects to reaffirm its net sales and earnings per share guidance as well as discuss current operations of the business. This guidance is consistent with that issued in the Company’s earnings press release for the period ended June 30, 2008 and furnished as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K, dated August 4, 2008.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1   Press Release issued by Central European Distribution Corporation on September 2, 2008.


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/ Chris Biedermann

  Chris Biedermann
  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: September 2, 2008


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1   Press Release issued by Central European Distribution Corporation on September 2, 2008.
EX-99.1 2 dex991.htm PRESS RELEASE Press Release

Exhibit 99.1

Central European Distribution Corporation to Participate in

Investor Conference Call; Re-Confirm Guidance

BALA CYNWYD, Pa., September 2, 2008 — Central European Distribution Corporation (Nasdaq: CEDC) will participate in an investor conference call, hosted by Jefferies & Co., on September 3, 2008 at 11:00 a.m., Eastern Time. William Carey, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Chris Biedermann, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, invite you to listen to their discussion. During the investor call, CEDC expects to re-affirm the net sales and earnings per share guidance it provided in its earnings press release for the period ended June 30, 2008, dated August 4, 2008, as well as discuss current operations of the business.

To listen to the call live, you must use the following dial-in instructions: For US callers (877) 606-5624, For International Callers: (706) 643-3801. All callers should use the following password: Jefferies Call.

For those who cannot listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be available approximately 2 hours after the call. To listen to the replay, you must use the following dialing instructions: For US callers (800) 642-1687; for International Callers +1 (706) 645-9291. The password for the replay is 62574256.

CEDC is the largest vodka producer in Poland and produces the Absolwent, Zubrowka, Bols and Soplica brands, among others. CEDC currently exports Zubrowka to many markets around the world, including the United States, England, France and Japan. CEDC also produces and distributes Royal Vodka, the top selling vodka in Hungary, and produces Parliament Vodka, the leading premium vodka in Russia.

CEDC also is the leading national distributor of alcoholic beverages in Poland by value, and a leading importer of alcoholic beverages in Poland and Hungary. In Poland, CEDC imports many of the world’s leading brands, including brands such as Carlo Rossi Wines, Concha y Toro wines, Metaxa Brandy, Remy Martin Cognac, Guinness, Sutter Home wines, Grant’s Whisky, Jagermeister, E&J Gallo, Jim Beam Bourbon, Sierra Tequila, Teacher’s Whisky, Campari, Cinzano, Skyy Vodka and Old Smuggler.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of CEDC to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. CEDC undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements or to make any other forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless required to do so by the securities laws. Investors are referred to the full discussion of risks and uncertainties included in CEDC’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, and in other documents filed by CEDC with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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