EXHIBIT 4.10
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AMENDMENT AGREEMENT TO TERMINATION AGREEMENT
AMONG
NETIA HOLDINGS, S.A.,
TELIA AB (PUBL.),
AND
WARBURG, XXXXXX EQUITY PARTNERS, L.P.,
WARBURG, XXXXXX VENTURES INTERNATIONAL, L.P.,
WARBURG, XXXXXX NETHERLANDS EQUITY PARTNERS I, C.V.,
WARBURG, XXXXXX NETHERLANDS EQUITY PARTNERS II, C.V.,
WARBURG, XXXXXX NETHERLANDS EQUITY PARTNERS III, C.V.,
XXXXXXX XXXXX HOLDING LIMITED
Dated as of November 14, 2002
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AMENDMENT AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of November 14, 2002 (this
"Agreement"), among the Parties to the Termination Agreement dated as of March
5, 2002 (the "Termination Agreement"), collectively the "Parties" and each
individually a "Party".
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Parties entered on March 5, 2002, into the Termination
Agreement under which, inter alia, they agreed to terminate the Shareholders'
Agreements;
WHEREAS, the Parties as well as the Company Group, JPMorgan and the
Consenting Noteholders entered on March 5, 2002, into the Restructuring
Agreement under which they generally agreed to support the Restructuring of the
Company;
WHEREAS, at the time of signing the Termination Agreement and the
Restructuring Agreement, the Parties provided that the Agreed Capital
Restructuring would be completed prior to December 31, 2002;
WHEREAS, the Parties foresee at the date hereof that due to certain
legal constraints and circumstances involved, the Agreed Capital Restructuring
may not be completed prior to December 31, 2002;
WHEREAS, on November 14, 2002, the Company delivered to Telia and the
WP Entities a letter in the form as attached hereto (the "Letter").
WHEREAS, the Parties agree that they wish to further implement the
Agreed Capital Restructuring, so that the issue of the Restructuring Shares be
completed by December 31, 2002, while the Warrants be transferred to the
Existing Shareholders within the next 90 days immediately following the issue of
the Restructuring Shares;
NOW THEREFORE, the Parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
COVENANTS
1.1 The Company hereby agrees towards each of Telia and WP Entities
that: (a) it shall use its commercial best efforts so that the Restructuring
Shares and the New Notes will be made available for receipt by each of the
Consenting Noteholders and JPMorgan by December 31, 2002; and that (b) its
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Management Board shall submit to the Company's General Meeting convened for
November 14, 2002 a proposal of resolution on the issue of the Restructuring
Shares in the wording as attached hereto.
1.2 If, as may happen, the Restructuring Shares and the New Notes are
not made available for receipt by each of the Consenting Noteholders and
JPMorgan by December 31, 2002, the Company hereby waives towards each of the
other Parties its right to terminate, and agrees not to terminate, the
Restructuring Agreement pursuant to clause 2.1(b) of the Restructuring Agreement
prior to July 31, 2003.
1.3 Irrespective of any potential termination of the Restructuring
Agreement, the Company hereby covenants towards each of the other Parties that
the Warrants will be transferred to the Existing Shareholders within the next
150 days immediately following the completion of issue of the Restructuring
Shares. Additionally, the Company will use its commercial best efforts so that
the Warrants are transferred to the Existing Shareholders within the next 90
days immediately following the completion of issue of the Restructuring Shares.
1.4 The dates of "December 31, 2002" in clauses 7.10.1 and 7.10.2 of
the Termination Agreement shall be replaced with "October 31, 2003".
1.5 The obligations of the Company pursuant to this Agreement, except
for the Company's obligation pursuant to the clause 1.1 (b) of this Agreement,
shall be conditional upon the pertinent approval issued by the Company's
Supervisory Board no later than on December 10, 2002. The Company's Management
Board shall convene the Supervisory Board meeting to be held prior to December
10, 2002 and put a respective item on the agenda of such meeting concerning
obtaining the approval of the Supervisory Board for the Agreement.
ARTICLE II
MISCELLANEOUS
2.1 Capitalised terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Termination Agreement or, as the case may be, in the
Restructuring Agreement.
2.2 This Agreement has been executed in the English and Polish
language versions. One counterpart of each language version shall be delivered
to each of the Parties hereto. In the event of any discrepancy between the two
language versions, the English version shall prevail.
2.3 The Company's covenants set forth in this Agreement shall replace
the corresponding covenants assumed in the Letter.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed
by their respective officers thereunto duly authorised, as of the date first
written above.
NETIA HOLDINGS, S.A.
By: /S/ XXXXXXXX MADALSKI
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Madalski
Title: Chief Executive Officer
By: /S/ AVRAHAM_HOCHMAN
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer
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[AMENDMENT AGREEMENT SIGNATURE PAGE]
TELIA AB (publ.)
By: /S/ XXXXXX XXXX
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxx
Title: President and CEO
WARBURG, XXXXXX EQUITY PARTNERS, L.P.
By: /S/ XXXXXX XXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
WARBURG, XXXXXX VENTURES INTERNATIONAL, L.P.
By: /S/ XXXXXX XXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
WARBURG, XXXXXX NETHERLANDS EQUITY PARTNERS I, C.V.
By: /S/ XXXXXX XXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
WARBURG, XXXXXX NETHERLANDS EQUITY PARTNERS II, C.V.
By: /S/ XXXXXX XXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
WARBURG, XXXXXX NETHERLANDS EQUITY PARTNERS III, C.V.
By: /S/ XXXXXX XXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
XXXXXXX XXXXX HOLDING LIMITED
By: /S/ XXXXXX XXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
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