AMENDMENTNO. 3 TONOTE EXCHANGE AND OPTION AGREEMENT

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Exhibit 10.23



AMENDMENT NO. 3
 
TO NOTE EXCHANGE AND OPTION AGREEMENT

This AMENDMENT NO. 3 to the NOTE EXCHANGE AND OPTION AGREEMENT is entered into as of January 1, 2010 (this "Amendment"), by and among KEYWIN HOLDINGS LIMITED, a British Virgin Islands company ("Keywin"), and NETWORK CN INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"). Each of the parties hereto is referred to as a "Party" and collectively as the "Parties." Capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined, herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Original Agreement (as defined below).

BACKGROUND
 
The Parties entered into a Note Exchange and Option Agreement, dated as of April 2, 2009, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Note Exchange and Option Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2009, and Amendment No. 2 to Note Exchange and Option Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2009 (together, the "Original Agreement"), pursuant to which the Company (a) issued 307,035,463 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share in exchange for certain notes payable by the Company held by Keywin and (b) agreed to grant Keywin an option (the "Option") to purchase from the Company an aggregate of 122,814,185 shares of the Common Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $2,000,000, exercisable within 9 months after April 2, 2009. The Parties now desire to enter into this Amendment to modify the terms of the Original Agreement as more specifically set forth herein.

AGREEMENT
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises of the Parties, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:
 
1.          Amendment to Exercise Period: Subsection (a) of Section 2, of the Original Agreement is deleted in its entirety and in lieu thereof the following provision is inserted:

(a)         For an eighteen (18) month period commencing on the Closing Date (the "Exercise Period"), the Noteholder shall have the right to purchase from the Company an aggregate of 122,814,185 shares of the Common Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $2,000,000 (the "Purchase Price"). The Option may be exercised by the Noteholder at any time during the Exercise Period by giving written notice to the Company.

2.           Amendment to Termination Provision: Subsection (c) of Section 2, of the Original Agreement is deleted in its entirety and in lieu thereof the following provision is inserted:

(c)        If the Noteholder fails to exercise the Option during the Exercise Period pursuant to this Section 2, the Option shall terminate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have the right, at its sole discretion, to terminate the Option by providing the Noteholder with thirty (30) days' advance written notice of such termination.
 

 
3.           Agreement. In all other respects, the Original Agreement shall remain in fullforce and effect.
 
4.           Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.
 
 
   NETWORK CN INC.
   
  By /s/ Godfrey Hui           
  Name: Godfrey Hui
  Title: Director and Deputy CEO
 
 
 
   KEYWIN HOLDINGS LIMITED
   
  By /s/ Earnest Leung
  Name: Earnest Leung
  Title: Director
 
 
 
Amendment No. 3 Note Exchange and Option Agreement