Amendment No. 1 to Framework Agreement, dated April 10, 2018, between CME Media Enterprises B.V. and Slovenia Broadband S. r.l
EX-10.1 2 ex101cetv8-kapr2018.htm EXHIBIT 10.1 Wdesk | Exhibit
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT AGREEMENT is made on 10 April 2018
AMONG:
(1) | CME MEDIA ENTERPRISES B.V., a company organised and existing under the laws of the Netherlands, with its registered office situated at Piet Heinkade 55, Unit G-J, 1019GM, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, registered with company registration number 33246826 (the “Seller”); and |
(2) | SLOVENIA BROADBAND S.À R.L., a company organised and existing under the laws of Luxembourg, with its registered office situated at 61, rue de Rollingergrund L-2440 Luxembourg, registered with the Trade and Companies Registry of Luxembourg under number B 145882 (the “Purchaser”, and together with the Seller, the “Parties”). |
WHEREAS
(A) | The Parties executed a framework agreement on 9 July 2017 in relation to the sale and purchase of all of the shares and capital stock owned by the Seller in Nova TV d.d. and Produkcija Plus storitveno podjetje d.o.o. (the “Framework Agreement”). |
(B) | The Parties have agreed to amend the Framework Agreement. |
IT IS AGREED as follows:
1. | Unless otherwise defined in this amendment agreement, terms and definitions will have the same meaning as those contained or defined in the Framework Agreement. |
2. | The Framework Agreement shall be amended as follows, such amendment to have retrospective effect from and including 9 July 2017: |
a. | The definition of “Competition Authorities” in Clause 1.1 shall be deleted and replaced with the following: |
“Competition Authorities” means the Croatian Competition Agency, Slovenian Competition Protection Agency, Serbian Commission for Protection of Competition, Montenegrin Agency for Protection of Competition, Macedonian Commission for Protection of Competition and the Austrian Federal Competition Authority;
b. | A new definition of “Seller’s Lawyers” shall be added in Clause 1.1 in correct alphabetical order as follows: |
“Seller’s Lawyers” means Covington & Burling LLP, 265 Strand, London WC2R 1BH, United Kingdom;
c. | Clause 3.3 shall be amended to add the words in bold and underlined "text-align:justify;padding-left:85px;">The sale and purchase of the Target Companies’ Shares is conditional on: (a) the SMC either granting its unconditional approval in a final and legally binding decision, declining jurisdiction or rejecting the relevant application based on Article 129 of the General 2 Administrative Procedure Act in respect of the proposed acquisition by the Purchaser of the Slovenian Target and (b) Competition Approvals having been granted or deemed as having been granted under applicable law (collectively, the “Purchaser Regulatory Approvals”) to the Purchaser.
3.7 The Purchaser shall use its best endeavours to procure (so far as it is so able to procure) that the Purchaser Regulatory Approvals are received on or before 30 June 2018 (the “Long Stop Date”). If the Purchaser Regulatory Approvals are not obtained by the Long Stop Date, either Party may terminate the Agreement in accordance with Clause 12 (and Clause 12.4 shall apply) and, the Purchaser shall pay to the Seller by wire transfer within five (5) Business Days of the termination date a fee equal to EUR 7,000,000 (save that such fee shall not be payable: (i) if the Purchaser Regulatory Approvals are not obtained as a result of the Purchaser being required prior to, or still being required as at, the date of the Long Stop Date to offer any Material Remedy and failing to do so; or (ii) where the Purchaser has made the Notifications pursuant to Clause 3.4 and one or more of the Competition Authorities have failed to declare the Notification complete).
|