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) – April 29, 2010

 

 

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)

 

 

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 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

To the extent required by Item 3.03 of Form 8-K, the information contained in Item 5.03 of this Current Report is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On April 29, 2010, the stockholders of Central European Distribution Corporation (the “Company”) approved an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, effective immediately, increasing the number of authorized shares of common stock of the Company from 80 million to 120 million. A copy of the Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On April 29, 2010, the Company held its annual meeting of stockholders to (i) elect the eight members of the board of directors, (ii) ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Company’s independent public auditors for the year ending December 31, 2010, and (iii) amend the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 80,000,000 to 120,000,000.

The following is a summary of the voting results for each matter presented to our stockholders:

Proposal 1: Our stockholders elected William V. Carey, David Bailey, N. Scott Fine, Marek Forysiak, Robert P. Koch, William Shanahan, Markus Sieger, and Sergey Kupriyanov to be directors of the Company.

 

Names

   For    Withheld    Abstain    Broker
Non-Vote

William V. Carey

   46,304,914    960,732    2,999,211    0

David Bailey

   45,401,696    1,863,950    2,999,211    0

N. Scott Fine

   45,591,521    1,674,125    2,999,211    0

Marek Forysiak

   45,462,892    1,802,754    2,999,211    0

Robert P. Koch

   45,452,816    1,812,830    2,999,211    0

William Shanahan

   45,603,680    1,661,966    2,999,211    0

Markus Sieger

   45,424,122    1,841,524    2,999,211    0

Sergey Kupriyanov

   45,582,393    1,683,253    2,999,211    0

Proposal 2: Our stockholders ratified the appointment of PriceWaterhouseCoopers as our independent public auditor for the year ending December 31, 2010.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Vote

50,121,434

  79,737   31,402   32,284


Proposal 3: Our stockholders approved the amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 80,000,000 to 120,000,000.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Vote

47,301,500

  2,878,936   52,133   32,288

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

3.1    Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation.


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, Chief Financial Officer

Date: April 30, 2010


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

3.1   Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation.