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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Central European Media Enterprises Ltd.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Bermuda Not Applicable
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(State of Incorporation or Organization) (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
18 D'Arblay Street, London W1V 3FP England Not Applicable
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(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)
If this Form relates to the If the Form relates to the
registration of a class of debt registration of a class of
securities and is effective upon filing debt securities and is to
pursuant to General become effective
Instruction A(c)(1) please check simultaneously with the
the following box. / / effectiveness of a
concurrent registration
statement under the
Securities Act of 1993
pursuant to General
Instruction A(c)(2) please
check the following
box. / /
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class Name of Each Exchange on Which
to be so Registered Each Class is to be Registered
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None
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Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
% Convertible Subordinated Notes Due 2004
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(Title of class)
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Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.
The securities of Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (the "Registant")
to be registered hereunder are ___% Convertible Subordinated Notes due ____,
2004 (collectively, the "Notes").
Reference is made to the description of the Notes to be registered hereby
contained on pages 60 through 75 of the Prospectus contained in the Registrant's
Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 1997
(File No. 333-24365) dated April 2, 1997, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the
Form S-3 filed on April 18, 1997 and dated April 18, 1997 (the "S-3 Registration
Statement"), and such description is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2. Exhibits.
The exhibits in parenthesis below, on file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as exhibits hereto.
Exhibit 4.1. Specimen form of Notes (included as Exhibit A to Form of
Indenture).
Exhibit 4.2. Form of Indenture, between Central European Media Enterprises Ltd.
and IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company, as Trustee (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company's
S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-24365, filed April 18, 1997).
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly
authorized.
CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD.
By: /s/ John Schwallie
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John Schwallie
Vice President-Finance and Chief
Financial Officer
Dated: April 21, 1997
