SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
July 7, 1999
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
@ Entertainment, Inc.
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(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware 000-22877 06-1487156
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(State or Other Juris. of (Commission (IRS Employer
Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
One Commercial Plaza
Hartford, Connecticut 06103-3585
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(Address of Principal
Executive Offices)
(860) 549-1674
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(Registrant's telephone number,
including area code)
Item 5. Other Events.
This disclosure amends and supplements @ Entertainment, Inc.'s disclosure
with respect to the tender offer (the "Offer") by Bison Acquisition Corp., a
Delaware corporation (the "Purchaser") and wholly owned subsidiary of United
Pan-Europe Communications N.V., a public company with limited liability
incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands (the "Parent"), to purchase
all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, value $.01 per
share (the "Common Stock"), of @ Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), at a price of $19.00 per share, net to the seller in cash,
without interest thereon, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in the Offer to Purchase dated June 8, 1999 and the related Letter of
Transmittal, as they may be amended from time to time.
On July 7, 1999, the Purchaser and Parent together issued a press release
announcing the extension of the Expiration Date of the Offer until Midnight,
New York City time, on Thursday, August 5, 1999, unless further extended. A
copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99 and is
incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
(a) Financial statements of businesses acquired.
Not applicable.
(b) Pro forma financial information.
Not applicable.
(c) Exhibits.
Number Description
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99 Press Release of United Pan-Europe
Communications, N.V. and Bison Acquisition
Corp. dated July 7, 1999.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
@ Entertainment, Inc.
Date: July 7, 1999 By: /s/ Donald Miller-Jones
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By: Donald Miller-Jones
Its: Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT INDEX
NUMBER DESCRIPTION PAGE
99. Press Release of United Pan-Europe Communications, N.V. and Bison
Acquisition Corp. dated July 7, 1999.