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 FILED PURSUANT TO

§ 240.13d-2(a)

(Amendment No. 18)*

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:

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person

Authorized to Receive Notices of Communication)

February 11, 2013

(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)

 

Explanatory Note

This Amendment No. 18 to Schedule 13D (this “Amendment No. 18”) 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. 18 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, Amendment No. 8 to Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with the SEC on June 6, 2012, Amendment No. 9 to Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with the SEC on June 15, 2012, Amendment No. 10 to Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with the SEC on July 12, 2012, Amendment No. 11 to Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with the SEC on August 2, 2012, Amendment No. 12 to Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with the SEC on November 14, 2012, Amendment No. 13 to Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with the SEC on November 19, 2012, Amendment No. 14 to Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with the SEC on November 27, 2012, Amendment No. 15 to Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with the SEC on January 16, 2013, Amendment No. 16 to Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with the SEC on January 25, 2013 and Amendment  No. 17 filed by the Reporting Persons with the SEC on January 28, 2013 (as so amended, the “Existing Schedule 13D”). Capitalized terms used in this Amendment No. 18 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 4 of the Existing Schedule 13D is amended and supplemented by adding between the seventeenth and eighteenth paragraphs thereof the following new paragraph:

On February 11, 2013, pursuant to and in accordance with the Bylaws, Kaufman notified the Issuer of his nomination of William V. Carey, Tom Wilen, Philippe Leopold and himself as candidates for election as directors of the Issuer to be voted on at the forthcoming annual meeting of shareholders of the Issuer (the “February 11 Notices”). The February 11 Notices contained all information required by the Bylaws, including the required biographical and other information as well as the completed questionnaire provided for therein. As previously disclosed, in February 2012, Kaufman had notified the Issuer of his nomination of himself for election as a director of the Issuer to be voted on at the forthcoming annual meeting of shareholders of the Issuer. The Reporting Persons have no present intention of soliciting proxies in connection with the forthcoming annual meeting of shareholders of the Issuer, including these nominations, other than solicitations conducted in reliance upon the “ten or fewer” exemption provided by Rule 14a-2(b)(2) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. This Schedule 13D is not a solicitation of any proxy, vote or action by any shareholder of the Issuer or any other person.  

The Reporting Persons have not agreed to act together with any of Messrs. Carey, Wilen or Leopold for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of any equity or other securities of the Issuer, or otherwise agreed with any of them to act as a group for any purpose in connection with the Issuer or any of its securities, and the Reporting Persons disclaim beneficial ownership of any equity or other securities of the Issuer beneficially owned by any of Messrs. Carey, Wilen or Leopold. 

 

Item 7 of the Existing Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

The following are filed as exhibits to this statement on Schedule 13D:

 

 

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: February 11, 2013

 

 

 

 

*********** Previously filed with the Statement on Schedule 13D, dated January 25, 2013 (File no. 005-56061)

************ Previously filed with the Statement on Schedule 13D, dated January 28, 2013 (File no. 005-56061)