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): December 23, 2002
United Pan-Europe Communications N.V.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
The Netherlands
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
000-25365
(Commission File Number)
98-0191997
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
Boeing Avenue 53
1119 PE, Schiphol Rijk
The Netherlands
(Address and zip code of principal executive offices)
(31) 20-778-9840
(Registrant's telephone number,
including area code)
Item 3. Bankruptcy and Receivership.
On December 23, 2002, United Pan-Europe Communications N.V. (the
"Company") announced that (i) together with New UPC, Inc., a newly formed
Delaware corporation that will become the holding company for the Company upon
consummation of the Company's recapitalization, it has filed a first amended
plan of reorganization and a related first amended disclosure statement with the
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the "U.S.
Bankruptcy Court") in connection with the Company's pending case filed on
December 3, 2002 under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (Case No.
02-16020) and (ii) it has submitted a revision to the draft plan of compulsory
composition (Akkoord) to the Amsterdam Court (Rechtbank) under the Dutch
Faillissementswet (Dutch Bankruptcy Code).
A copy of the Company's press release and the first amended disclosure
statement (including the first amended plan of reorganization and the Akkoord
(as revised) filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court are attached hereto as
Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, and are incorporated in their entirety
herein by reference.
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Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits.
Exhibit Number Description
99.1 Press release of United Pan-Europe
Communications N.V. announcing filing of
its first amended disclosure statement
(including its first amended plan of
reorganization under Chapter 11 of the
U.S. Bankruptcy Code).
99.2 Form of first amended disclosure
statement filed by United Pan-Europe
Communications N.V. and New UPC, Inc.,
together with Annex A (first amended
plan of reorganization under Chapter 11
of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code) and Annex B
(Akkoord (as revised)).
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
UNITED PAN-EUROPE COMMUNICATIONS N.V.
By: /s/ Anton A.M. Tuijten
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Name: Anton A.M. Tuijten
Title: Member of the Board of Management and
General Counsel
Dated: December 23, 2002
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