CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC
8-K, 1999-01-20
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    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) JANUARY 19, 1999
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                  CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


   Delaware                     0-19363                           13-3221852
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(State or Other               (Commission                       (IRS Employer
Jurisdiction of               File Number)                   Identification No.)
Incorporation)


110 East 59th Street, New York, New York                              10022
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                            (Zip Code)

Registrant's Telephone Number, including area code (212) 906-8480
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.  Other Events.

     On January 19, 1999, Cellular Communications  International,  Inc. ("CCIL")
announced  that it was  extending the  expiration  date for its tender offer and
consent  solicitation for its Euro 235,000,000  9-1/2% Senior Discount Notes Due
2005 until 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on February 2, 1999.

     Approximately Euro 234,000,000 of Notes (representing  approximately 99% of
the  outstanding  Notes) have already been  tendered and CCIL has entered into a
Supplemental  Indenture  that  provides  that the  amendments  to the  Indenture
relating  to  the  Notes   described  in  the  Offer  to  Purchase  and  Consent
Solicitation  Statement dated December 18, 1998 will become operative only upon,
and  simultaneously  with,  the  satisfaction  of all of the  conditions  to the
acceptance of validly  tendered  Notes and the  acceptance  thereof for payment.
Kensington Acquisition Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Mannesmann AG and
Olivetti S.p.A., concurrently extended the expiration date to acquire a majority
of the outstanding shares of common stock of CCIL.

     The tender offer and consent solicitation  (including,  but not limited to,
the payment of the purchase  price for the Notes and the consent  fees)  remains
conditioned upon, among other things,  the consummation of the Kensington tender
offer to acquire CCIL's common stock.  The tender offer to acquire CCIL's common
stock has been extended  through 12:00 midnight,  New York City time, on Monday,
February 1, 1999.

     A copy of the press release  issued by the Company  announcing the above is
attached hereto as an exhibit and incorporated herein by reference.


Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

         Exhibits

         99       Press Release issued January 19, 1999

 

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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 thereunto duly authorized.



                                   CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                                                 (Registrant)


                                    By: \s\ Richard J. Lubasch          
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                                    Name: Richard J. Lubasch
                                    Title: Senior Vice President, Treasurer, 
                                            Secretary and General Counsel


Dated: January 20, 1999

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit                                                                   Page


   99       Press Release issued January 19, 1999



                                                                      EXHIBIT 99


                 CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCES
                    EXTENSION OF TENDER OFFER RELATING TO ITS
             EURO 235,000,000 9-1/2% SENIOR DISCOUNT NOTES DUE 2005
                     ISIN NOS. X30087309976 AND XS0085495082
                   
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK, JANUARY 19, 1999 -- Cellular  Communications  International,
Inc. (NASDAQ: CCIL) today announced that it is extending the expiration date for
its tender offer and consent solicitation for its Euro 235,000,000 9-1/2% Senior
Discount  Notes Due 2005 until 5:00 p.m.,  New York City time,  on  February  2,
1999.

Approximately Euro 234,000,000 of Notes  (representing  approximately 99% of the
outstanding  Notes) have  already  been  tendered  and CCIL has  entered  into a
Supplemental  Indenture  that  provides  that the  amendments  to the  Indenture
relating  to  the  Notes   described  in  the  Offer  to  Purchase  and  Consent
Solicitation  Statement dated December 18, 1998 will become operative only upon,
and  simultaneously  with,  the  satisfaction  of all of the  conditions  to the
acceptance of validly  tendered  Notes and the  acceptance  thereof for payment.
Kensington Acquisition Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Mannesmann AG and
Olivetti S.p.A., concurrently extended the expiration date to acquire a majority
of the outstanding shares of common stock of CCIL.

The tender offer and consent  solicitation  (including,  but not limited to, the
payment  of the  purchase  price  for the Notes and the  consent  fees)  remains
conditioned upon, among other things,  the consummation of the Kensington tender
offer to acquire CCIL's common stock.  The tender offer to acquire CCIL's common
stock has been extended  through 12:00 midnight,  New York City time, on Monday,
February 1, 1999.

Goldman Sachs  International  and Lehman  Brothers are acting as Dealer Managers
for the tender offer. The Information Agent is MacKenzie Partners,  Inc. and the
Depositary is The Chase Manhattan Bank.

This press  release is neither an offer to  purchase  nor a  solicitation  of an
offer to sell the Notes.  The tender  offer is made only by an Offer to Purchase
and  Consent  Solicitation  Statement  dated  December 18,  1998.  Persons  with
questions  regarding the tender offer should  contact the  Information  Agent at
800-322-2885 or Goldman Sachs at 877-686-5059.

CONTACT:  MacKenzie Partners, Inc., Jeanne Carr (212) 929-5916



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