0001193125-12-272492.txt : 20120615 0001193125-12-272492.hdr.sgml : 20120615 20120615163333 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-12-272492 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120615 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120615 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Kaufman Mark CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001457829 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A 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/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-56061 FILM NUMBER: 12910494 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/A 1 d367926dsc13da.htm SCHEDULE 13-D AMENDMENT NO.9 Schedule 13-D Amendment No.9

 

 

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. 9)*

 

 

 

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)

 

 

 

June 14, 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)

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CUSIP No.  153435102   13D   (Page 2 of 6 Pages)

 

  1   

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 

Mark Kaufman

  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (see instructions)

(a)  ¨        (b)  ¨

 

  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

  4  

SOURCE OF FUNDS (see instructions)

 

    PF

  5  

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or
2(e)
    ¨

 

  6  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

    Dual citizen of Russian Federation and Israel

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

WITH

     7    

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

    6,439,103

     8   

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

    1,078,446

     9   

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

    6,439,103

   10   

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

    1,078,446

11

 

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

    7,517,549

12

 

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (see instructions)    ¨

 

13

 

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

    9.5% *

14

 

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (see instructions)

 

    IN

 

* This calculation is based on 78,842,022 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, outstanding as of May 8, 2012, as reported by the Issuer on its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2012, filed on May 10, 2012.


CUSIP No. 153435102   13D   (Page 3 of 6 Pages)

 

  1   

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 

W & L Enterprises Ltd

  2   

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (see instructions)

(a)  ¨        (b)  ¨

 

  3   

SEC USE ONLY

 

  4   

SOURCE OF FUNDS (see instructions)

 

    AF

  5   

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or

2(e)    ¨

 

  6   

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

    British Virgin Islands

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

     7    

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

     8   

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

    1,078,446

     9   

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

   10     

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

    1,078,446

11

 

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

    1,078,446

12

 

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (see instructions)    ¨

 

13

 

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

    1.4%*

14  

 

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (see instructions)

 

    CO

 

* This calculation is based on 78,842,022 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, outstanding as of May 8, 2012, as reported by the Issuer on its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2012, filed on May 10, 2012.


Explanatory Note

This Amendment No. 9 to Schedule 13D (this “Amendment No. 9”) 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. 9 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 and Amendment No. 8 to Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with the SEC on June 6, 2012 (as so amended, the “Existing Schedule 13D”). Capitalized terms used in this Amendment No. 9 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 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

Item 3 of the Existing Schedule 13D is amended and supplemented by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph:

As set forth under Item 5, on June 11, 2012, Kaufman acquired an aggregate of 100,000 Common Shares in open market purchases effected by broker-dealers for an aggregate consideration of $294,765, including brokers’ commissions and fees. The source of funding for such market purchases was the personal funds of Kaufman.

 

Item 4. Purpose of Transaction

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

On June 8, 2012, Kaufman purchased through his broker-dealer €750,000 in principal value of the Issuer’s 8.875% Senior Secured Notes due December, 2016 (“Euro Senior Secured Notes”) for a total price of €454,094. On June 13, 2012, W&L purchased through its broker-dealer €1,000,000 in principal value of the Issuer’s Euro Senior Secured Notes for a total price of €615,441. On June 14, 2012, W&L purchased through its broker-dealer $5,750,000 in principal value of the Issuer’s 9.125% Senior Secured Notes due December 1, 2016 (“Dollar Senior Secured Notes” and together with the Euro Senior Secured Notes, the “Senior Secured Notes”) for a total price of $3,540,922. Kaufman and W&L acquired the foregoing Senior Secured Notes for investment purposes.

 

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Item 5. Interests in Securities of the Issuer

Item 5 of the Existing Schedule 13D is amended and supplemented by replacing the first four paragraphs thereof with the following:

(a), (b)

Based on the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2012, filed with the SEC on May 10, 2012, there were 78,842,022 Common Shares outstanding as of May 8, 2012.

Based on the foregoing, the 7,517,549 Common Shares beneficially held by the Reporting Persons represent approximately 9.5% of the Common Shares issued and outstanding.

Kaufman holds sole power to vote, or to direct the vote, and sole power to dispose, or to direct the disposition, with respect to 6,439,103 Common Shares, representing approximately 8.2% of the Common Shares issued and outstanding. As shareholder and director of W&L Kaufman may be deemed to have shared power to vote, or direct the vote, and shared power to dispose, or to direct the disposition, with respect to 1,078,446 Common Shares held by W&L.

W&L holds shared power to vote, or to direct the vote, and shared power to dispose, or to direct the disposition, with respect to 1,078,446 Common Shares, representing approximately 1.4% of the Common Shares issued and outstanding.

Item 5 of the Existing Schedule 13D is further amended and supplemented by adding the following disclosure to paragraph (c) thereof:

(c) Except for the transactions set forth below, all of which were effected for the account of the respective Reporting Person by broker-dealers in the open market, no Reporting Person has effected any transaction with respect to the Common Shares since the Reporting Persons filed Amendment No. 8 to Schedule 13D with the SEC on June 6, 2012:

 

Reporting Person

   Trade Date      Buy or Sell    Number of Shares      Price per Share  

Kaufman

     June 11, 2012       Buy      100,000       $ 2.9476   

 

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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: June 15, 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

 

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