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Item 1. | Security and Issuer. |
This Amendment No. 28 to Schedule 13D (“Amendment No. 28”) amends the Schedule 13D originally filed on April 1, 2009 (the “Original 13D”), as previously amended on May 21, 2009 by Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D, on December 8, 2009 by Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D, on March 4, 2011 by Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13D, on May 3, 2012 by Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D, on June 20, 2012 by Amendment No. 5 to Schedule 13D, on June 27, 2012 by Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 13D, on July 11, 2012 by Amendment No. 7 to Schedule 13D, on May 1, 2013 by Amendment No. 8 to Schedule 13D, on May 10, 2013 by Amendment No. 9 to Schedule 13D, on May 17, 2013 by Amendment No. 10 to Schedule 13D, on June 24, 2013 by Amendment No. 11 to Schedule 13D, on June 28, 2013 by Amendment No. 12 to Schedule 13D, on March 7, 2014 by Amendment No. 13 to Schedule 13D, on March 28, 2014 by Amendment No. 14 to Schedule 13D, on May 7, 2014 by Amendment No. 15 to Schedule 13D, on November 20, 2014 by Amendment No. 16 to Schedule 13D, on October 7, 2015 by Amendment No. 17 to Schedule 13D, on November 17, 2015 by Amendment No. 18 to Schedule 13D, on February 29, 2016 by Amendment No. 19 to Schedule 13D, on April 26, 2016 by Amendment No. 20 to Schedule 13D, on May 11, 2016 by Amendment No. 21 to Schedule 13D, on March 16, 2017 by Amendment No. 22 to Schedule 13D, on February 14, 2018 by Amendment No. 23 to Schedule 13D, on May 10, 2018 by Amendment No. 24 to Schedule 13D (“Amendment No. 24”), on June 14, 2018 by Amendment No. 25 to Schedule 13D, on March 27, 2019 by Amendment No. 26 to Schedule 13D and on May 7, 2019 by Amendment No. 27 to Schedule 13D (the Original 13D as so amended, the “Schedule 13D”), filed by Time Warner Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Time Warner”), TW Media Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and subsidiary of Time Warner whose interests are held by Time Warner and another subsidiary of Time Warner (“TW Media”), and Time Warner Media Holdings B.V., abesloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid or a private limited company, organized under the laws of the Netherlands, and direct, wholly owned subsidiary of TW Media (“TW Holdings B.V.” and, together with Time Warner and TW Media, the “TW Reporting Persons”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Schedule 13D.
This Amendment No. 28 relates to the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.08 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), of Central European Media Enterprises Ltd., a Bermuda company (the “Issuer”) with its principal executive offices at O’Hara House, 3 Bermudiana Road, Hamilton, Bermuda. As provided in the Joint Filing Agreement filed as Exhibit No. 99.55 hereto, the Reporting Persons have agreed pursuant to Rule13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”), to file one Statement on Schedule 13D with respect to their ownership of the Class A Common Stock of the Issuer.
Item 4. | Purpose of Transaction |
Item 4 is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:
As disclosed by the Issuer on October 27, 2019, on October 27, 2019 the Issuer entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with TV Bidco B.V., a Netherlands private limited liability company (“Parent”), and TV Bermuda Ltd., a Bermuda exempted company limited by shares and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which Merger Sub and the Issuer will merge and their undertaking, property and liabilities will vest in the Issuer as the surviving company of such merger (the “Merger”) and Issuer will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent. Consummation of the Merger is subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of regulatory and stockholder approval.
Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, Time Warner and TW Holdings B.V. (the “Shareholders”) entered into a Voting Agreement (the “Voting Agreement”) with Parent and the Issuer whereby the Shareholders agreed, among other things, to vote (or cause to be voted), in person or by proxy, all Covered Shares (as defined below) (i) in favor of any proposal to adopt the Merger Agreement and the Statutory Merger Agreement and approve the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger, (ii) in favor of any proposal that (A) is required pursuant to applicable law for the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and the Statutory Merger Agreement, including the Merger, to become effective and (B) requires consent from the Issuer’s shareholders to be validly approved, (iii) in favor of any “say on pay” vote regarding executive compensation, (iv) subject to notice, against any action or agreement likely to result in a material breach of any covenant or agreement of the Issuer contained in the Merger Agreement or the Statutory Merger Agreement, or of the Shareholders