UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

T            QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2010

o            TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from __________ to __________

Commission File Number: 0-24796

CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

BERMUDA
 
98-0438382
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation and organization)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
Mintflower Place, 4th floor
8 Par-La-Ville Rd, Hamilton, Bermuda
 
HM 08
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: +1-(441)-296-1431

Indicate by check mark whether registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for each shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes T No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  Yes o No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company.  See definition of “accelerated filer”, “large accelerated filer” or “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer T
Accelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer o
Smaller reporting company o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) Yes o No T

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Class
 
Outstanding as of May 3, 2010
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.08
 
56,046,176
Class B Common Stock, par value $0.08
 
7,490,936
 


 
 

 

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CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD.

FORM 10-Q

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2010

INDEX

     
Page
Part I. Financial information
 
   
   
1
   
3
   
5
   
6
   
7
 
37
 
58
 
60
Part II. Other Information
 
 
60
 
61
 
69
 
69
70
71

 
 


Part I.  Financial Information

Item 1.  Financial Statements

CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

   
March 31, 2010
   
December 31, 2009
 
ASSETS
           
Current assets
           
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 463,375     $ 445,954  
Restricted cash (Note 17)
    30,985       1,046  
Accounts receivable, net (Note 5)
    156,041       180,983  
Program rights, net
    70,912       73,922  
Asset held for sale
    93,458       86,349  
Other current assets (Note 6)
    88,402       93,207  
Total current assets
    903,173       881,461  
Non-current assets
               
Property, plant and equipment, net (Note 7)
    256,066       274,710  
Program rights, net
    199,911       182,601  
Goodwill (Note 3)
    1,101,868       1,136,273  
Broadcast licenses and other intangible assets, net (Note 3)
    335,437       353,243  
Other non-current assets (Note 6)
    34,068       44,499  
Total non-current assets
    1,927,350       1,991,326  
Total assets
  $ 2,830,523     $ 2,872,787  


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 
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CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (continued)
(US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

   
March 31, 2010
   
December 31, 2009
 
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
           
Current liabilities
           
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (Note 8)
  $ 177,789     $ 199,175  
Credit facilities and obligations under capital leases (Note 9)
    56,482       117,910  
Liability held for sale
    29,488       22,193  
Other current liabilities (Note 10)
    50,614       12,840  
Total current liabilities
    314,373       352,118  
Non-current liabilities
               
Credit facilities and obligations under capital leases (Note 9)
    131,596       6,030  
Senior Debt (Note 4)
    1,203,718       1,253,928  
Other non-current liabilities (Note 10)
    83,719       88,871  
Total non-current liabilities
    1,419,033       1,348,829  
Commitments and contingencies (Note 18)
               
                 
EQUITY
               
CME Ltd. shareholders’ equity:
               
Nil shares of Preferred Stock of $0.08 each (December 31, 2009 – nil)
    -       -  
56,046,176 shares of Class A Common Stock of $0.08 each (December 31, 2009 –56,046,176)
    4,484       4,484  
7,490,936 shares of Class B Common Stock of $0.08 each (December 31, 2009 – 7,490,936)
    599       599  
Additional paid-in capital
    1,412,278       1,410,587  
Accumulated deficit
    (376,287 )     (333,993 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    64,808       95,912  
Total CME Ltd. shareholders’ equity
    1,105,882       1,177,589  
Noncontrolling interests
    (8,765 )     (5,749 )
Total equity
    1,097,117       1,171,840  
Total liabilities and equity
  $ 2,830,523     $ 2,872,787  


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 
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CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)
 
   
For the Three Months Ended March 31,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
Net revenues
  $ 143,641     $ 136,320  
Operating expenses:
               
Operating costs
    27,280       25,273  
Cost of programming
    87,786       64,448  
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
    14,114       11,112  
Amortization of broadcast licenses and other intangibles (Note 3)
    5,149       5,687  
Cost of revenues
    134,329       106,520  
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    28,445       19,241  
Impairment charge (Note 3)
    -       81,843  
Operating loss
    (19,133 )     (71,284 )
Interest income
    653       736  
Interest expense (Note 15)
    (31,528 )     (21,428 )
Foreign currency exchange gain, net
    9,557       37,054  
Change in fair value of derivatives (Note 11)
    (3,656 )     6,130  
Other (expense) / income
    (270 )     104  
Loss from continuing operations before tax
    (44,377 )     (48,688 )
Credit for income taxes
    2,391       10,583  
Loss from continuing operations
    (41,986 )     (38,105 )
Discontinued operations, net of tax (Note 17)
    (3,922 )     (8,835 )
Net Loss
    (45,908 )     (46,940 )
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
    3,614       2,502  
Net Loss attributable to CME Ltd.
  $ (42,294 )   $ (44,438 )
                 
Net loss
    (45,908 )     (46,940 )
Currency translation adjustment
    (30,333 )     (192,860 )
Comprehensive loss
  $ (76,241 )   $ (239,800 )
Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
    2,843       2,629  
Comprehensive loss attributable to CME Ltd.
  $ (73,398 )   $ (237,171 )

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 
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CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (continued)
(US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)
 
   
For the Three Months Ended March 31,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
PER SHARE DATA (Note 14):
           
Net loss  per share:
           
Continuing operations - Basic
  $ (0.61 )   $ (0.84 )
Continuing operations - Diluted
    (0.61 )     (0.84 )
Discontinued operations – Basic
    (0.06 )     (0.21 )
Discontinued operations - Diluted
    (0.06 )     (0.21 )
Net loss attributable to CME Ltd. – Basic
    (0.67 )     (1.05 )
Net loss attributable to CME Ltd. – Diluted
  $ (0.67 )   $ (1.05 )
                 
Weighted average common shares used in computing per share amounts (000’s):
               
Basic
    63,537       42,337  
Diluted
    63,537       42,337  


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 
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CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY
(US$ 000’s)
(Unaudited)
                           
CME Ltd.
             
   
Class A
Common Stock
   
Class B
Common Stock
   
Additional Paid-In Capital
   
Accumulated deficit
   
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
   
Noncontrolling Interest
   
Total Equity
 
   
Number of shares
   
Par value
   
Number of shares
   
Par value
 
BALANCE, December 31, 2009
 
    56,046,176     $ 4,484       7,490,936     $ 599     $ 1,410,587     $ (333,993 )   $ 95,912     $ (5,749 )   $ 1,171,840  
Stock-based compensation
    -       -       -       -       1,691       -       -       -       1,691  
Dividends
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       (173 )     (173 )
Net loss
    -       -       -       -       -       (42,294 )     -       (3,614 )     (45,908 )
Currency translation adjustment
    -       -       -       -       -       -       (31,104 )     771       (30,333 )
BALANCE, March 31, 2010
    56,046,176     $ 4,484       7,490,936     $ 599     $ 1,412,278     $ (376,287 )   $ 64,808     $ (8,765 )   $ 1,097,117  



CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY (continued)
(US$ 000’s)
(Unaudited)

                           
CME Ltd.
             
   
Class A
Common Stock
   
Class B
Common Stock
   
Additional Paid-In Capital
   
Accumulated deficit
   
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
   
Noncontrolling Interest
   
Total Equity
 
   
Number of shares
   
Par value
   
Number of shares
   
Par value
 
BALANCE, December 31, 2008
    36,024,273     $ 2,882       6,312,839     $ 505     $ 1,126,617     $ (236,836 )   $ 202,090     $ 3,187     $ 1,098,445  
Stock-based compensation
    -       -       -       -       1,663       -       -       -       1,663  
Acquisition of noncontrolling interests
    -       -       -       -       (23,173 )     -       -       -       (23,173 )
Net loss
    -       -       -       -       -       (44,438 )     -       (2,502 )     (46,940 )
Currency translation adjustment
    -       -       -       -       -       -       (192,733 )     (127 )     (192,860 )
BALANCE, March 31, 2009
    36,024,273     $ 2,882       6,312,839     $ 505     $ 1,105,107     $ (281,274 )   $ 9,357     $ 558     $ 837,135  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 
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CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(US$ 000’s)
(Unaudited)
 
   
For the Three Months Ended March 31,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
           
Net loss
  $ (45,908 )   $ (46,940 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) / generated from operating activities:
               
Loss from discontinued operations (Note 17)
    3,922       8,835  
Depreciation and amortization
    80,764       55,337  
Impairment charge (Note 3)
    -       81,843  
Loss on disposal of fixed assets
    103       258  
Stock-based compensation (Note 13)
    1,573       1,547  
    Change in fair value of derivatives (Note 11)
    3,656       (6,130 )
Foreign currency exchange gain, net
    (9,557 )     (37,054 )
Net change in (net of effects of acquisitions and disposals of businesses):
               
Accounts receivable
    17,060       45,769  
Program rights
    (50,304 )     (50,665 )
Other assets
    9,024       (21,137 )
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    (32,290 )     26,226  
Income taxes payable
    (3,472 )     (3,900 )
Deferred taxes
    (3,275 )     (10,823 )
VAT and other taxes payable
    2,930       (8,738 )
Net cash (used in) / generated from continuing operating activities
    (25,774 )     34,428  
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
               
Purchase of property, plant and equipment
    (7,785 )     (7,438 )
Disposal of property, plant and equipment
    -       661  
Investments in subsidiaries and unconsolidated affiliates
    (142 )     (22,776 )
Net cash used in continuing investing activities
    (7,927 )     (29,553 )
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
               
Proceeds from credit facilities
    148,331       260,806  
Payment of credit facilities and capital leases
    (81,928 )     (36,316 )
Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements
    177       116  
Net cash received from continuing financing activities
    66,580       224,606  
                 
NET CASH USED IN DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS – OPERATING ACTIVITIES
    (5,692 )     (9,614 )
NET CASH USED IN DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS – INVESTING ACTIVITIES
    (201 )     (380 )
NET CASH USED IN DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS – FINANCING ACTIVITIES
    -       164  
Impact of exchange rate fluctuations on cash
    (9,565 )     (15,725 )
                 
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
    17,421       203,926  
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period
    445,954       94,423  
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period
  $ 463,375     $ 298,349  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 
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CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)
 
1.  ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS

Central European Media Enterprises Ltd., a Bermuda corporation, was formed in June 1994.  Our assets are held through a series of Dutch and Netherlands Antilles holding companies. We are a vertically integrated media company operating leading broadcasting, internet and TV content businesses in Central and Eastern Europe. At March 31, 2010, we had operations in Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Ukraine. On April 7, 2010, we disposed of our operations in Ukraine (see Note 17, “Discontinued Operations” and Note 21, “Subsequent Events”).
 

 
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CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

We are a vertically integrated media and entertainment company with three operating segments: Broadcast, New Media and Content (Media Pro Entertainment).

Broadcast

Bulgaria

As at March 31, 2010, we operated one national television channel in Bulgaria, PRO.BG, and the cable sports channel RING.BG. We owned 80.0% of Pro.BG Media EOOD (“Pro.BG”), which holds the broadcast license for PRO.BG, and 80.0% of Ring TV EAD (“Ring TV”), which operates RING.BG. On April 19, 2010, we completed the acquisition of the bTV group including the bTV, bTV Cinema and bTV Comedy channels and several radio channels, and on April 22, 2010 restructured the ownership of Pro.BG and Ring TV, thereby increasing our ownership in Pro.BG and Ring TV to 100.0% (see Note 21, “Subsequent Events”).

Croatia

We operate one national television channel in Croatia, NOVA TV (Croatia). We own 100.0% of Nova TV d.d. (“Nova TV”) which holds the broadcast license for NOVA TV (Croatia).
 
Czech Republic

We operate two national television channels in the Czech Republic: TV NOVA (Czech Republic) and NOVA CINEMA, and two cable/satellite channels: NOVA SPORT and MTV CZECH. We own 100.0% of CET 21   spol. s r.o., (“CET 21”) which holds the broadcast licenses for TV NOVA (Czech Republic), NOVA CINEMA, NOVA SPORT and MTV CZECH.

Romania

We operate six television channels in Romania: PRO TV, ACASA, PRO CINEMA, SPORT.RO, MTV ROMANIA and PRO TV INTERNATIONAL, a channel distributed by satellite outside the country featuring programs re-broadcast from other Romanian channels. We also operate two radio channels in Romania, PRO FM, a pop music channel, and INFO PRO, a national infotainment channel.

We own a 95.0% interest in each of Pro TV S.A. (“Pro TV”) and Media Pro International S.A. (“MPI”). The remaining shares of these companies are owned by Adrian Sarbu, our President, Chief Executive Officer and member of our Board of Directors.  Pro TV holds the licenses for the PRO TV, ACASA, PRO TV INTERNATIONAL, PRO CINEMA, SPORT.RO and MTV ROMANIA channels.
 
Slovak Republic

We operate a national television channel in the Slovak Republic, TV MARKIZA, and a female-orientated cable channel, DOMA. We own 100.0% of MARKÍZA-SLOVAKIA, spol. s r.o., (“Markiza”), which holds the broadcast license for TV MARKIZA and operates DOMA.

Slovenia

We operate two national television channels in Slovenia, POP TV and KANAL A, and one regional television channel, TV PIKA. We own 100.0% of Produkcija Plus d.o.o.(“Pro Plus”), the operating company for our Slovenia broadcast operations.  Pro Plus has a 100.0% interest in each of Pop TV, which holds the licenses for the POP TV channel, Kanal A d.o.o., which holds the licenses for the KANAL A channel, and Televideo d.o.o., which holds the licenses for the TV PIKA channel.

 
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CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

Ukraine
 
As at March 31, 2010, we operated one national television channel in Ukraine, STUDIO 1+1, and KINO, a network of regional channels. On April 7, 2010, we completed the sale of 100% of our interests in our Ukraine operations to Igor Kolomoisky, a shareholder and a member of our Board of Directors, for total consideration of US$ 308.0 million (see Note 17, “Discontinued Operations” and Note 21, “Subsequent Events”).
 

New Media

We operate an integrated internet business in each of our markets, cross promoted and supported by the audience of our broadcast operations. We currently have over 40 internet sites generating over 2.0 million average daily unique visitors. These internet sites are organized into three major categories: Online TV, Sites & Portals and User Generated Content.

Serving as a second marketing platform for our broadcast operations, the New Media segment focuses on improving the user experience and the quality of the content on existing internet sites as well as launching targeted services. We continue to move our content online with multiple distribution (video-on-demand, simulcast with TV, catch-up) and services to attract all types of media audience, generating revenues from display and video advertising, paid premium content and subscriptions.


Content (Media Pro Entertainment)

We created the Media Pro Entertainment segment on January 1, 2010 by combining the existing production operations of our broadcasting stations with the operations of the Media Pro Entertainment business that we acquired on December 9, 2009. Media Pro Entertainment focuses on the development, production and distribution of television and feature film content for our television channels and to third parties, both within our region and globally.

Media Pro Entertainment is organized into three subdivisions:

Fiction and Reality and Entertainment Production (“Fiction”) : This subdivision produces a range of fiction, reality and entertainment programming and films, using both purchased formats and developing our original formats.

Production Services : This subdivision provides assets and expertise to both our production operations and to third parties, including studio spaces, set design and construction, camera, lighting, grip equipment, visual effects, costumes and post production services. Its primary operations are currently based at our studios in Romania.

Distribution and Exhibition : This subdivision, also currently based in Romania, acquires rights to international film and television content across our region and distributes them both to third party clients and to our broadcast operations. Our distribution and exhibition operations are also able to generate third-party revenue from non-television rights acquired, either by distributing them directly through its cinema and home video operations or selling them throughout the region. Media Pro Entertainment owns and operates 16 cinema screens in Romania, including Romania’s first multiplex operation. In addition, a home video distribution business sells DVD and Blu Ray discs to wholesale and retail clients in Romania and Hungary. Since January 1, 2010, our distribution and exhibition operations have also been responsible for selling finished content and formats developed by our fiction and reality and entertainment production operations.

Media Pro Entertainment currently generates revenues primarily from satisfying the demand of our broadcasters. For that reason, the financial results of the division are largely dependent on the performance of the television advertising market, although the long-term nature of the production process is such that it will take time for significant market changes to be reflected in the segment‘s results.

 
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CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

2.  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and do not include all of the information and note disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles. Amounts as of December 31, 2009, included in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been derived from audited consolidated financial statements as of that date. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2010 should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. Our significant accounting policies have not changed since December 31, 2009, except as noted below.

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring items, necessary for their fair presentation in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”).  The consolidated results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for a full year.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting year.  Actual results could differ from those estimates and assumptions.

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (“CME Ltd.”) and our subsidiaries, after the elimination of intercompany accounts and transactions.  Entities in which we hold less than a majority voting interest but over which we have the ability to exercise significant influence are accounted for using the equity method.  Other investments are accounted for using the cost method.

The terms the “Company”, “we”, “us”, and “our” are used in this Form 10-Q to refer collectively to the parent company, CME Ltd., and our subsidiaries through which our various businesses are actually conducted.  Unless otherwise noted, all statistical and financial information presented in this report has been converted into US dollars using appropriate exchange rates.  All references to “US$”, “USD” or “dollars” are to US dollars, all references to “BGN” are to Bulgarian leva, all references to “HRK” are to Croatian kuna, all references to “CZK” are to Czech korunas, all references to “RON” are to the New Romanian lei, all references to “UAH” are to Ukrainian hryvna and all references to “Euro” or “EUR” are to the European Union Euro.

Discontinued Operations

On April 7, 2010, we completed the sale of our operations in the Ukraine to Harley Trading Limited, a company beneficially owned by Igor Kolomoisky, a CME shareholder and a member of our Board of Directors, for total consideration of $308.0 million. The results of our Ukraine operations have therefore been accounted for as discontinued operations for all periods presented in accordance with Accounting Standard Codification ("ASC") Topic 360, “Property, Plant and Equipment” (see Note 17, “Discontinued Operations”). We have also reclassified the assets and liabilities held for sale as at December 31, 2009 for comparative purposes.


Consolidation

On January 1, 2010, we adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2010-02, “Accounting and Reporting for Decreases in Ownership of a Subsidiary – a Scope Clarification”. The update is to Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) 810, “Consolidation”. The ASU clarifies that the decrease-in-ownership provisions of ASC 810-10 and related guidance apply to (1) a subsidiary or group of assets that is a business or nonprofit activity, (2) a subsidiary or group of assets that is a business or nonprofit activity that is transferred to an equity method investee or joint venture, and (3) an exchange of a group of assets that constitutes a business or nonprofit activity for a noncontrolling interest in an entity (including an equity method investee or joint venture). In addition, the ASU expands the information an entity is required to disclose upon deconsolidation of a subsidiary. The adoption of this ASU had no material impact on our financial position or results of operations.

 
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CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

On January 1, 2010, we adopted ASU 2009-17, “Improvements to Financial Reporting by Enterprises Involved with Variable Interest Entities” that was issued in December 2009. The update is to ASC 810. This standard amends ASC 810-10-25 by requiring consolidation of certain special purpose entities that were previously exempted from consolidation. The revised criteria will define a controlling financial interest for requiring consolidation as: the power to direct the activities that most significantly affect the entity’s performance, and (1) the obligation to absorb losses of the entity or (2) the right to receive benefits from the entity. The adoption of this ASU had no material impact on our financial position or results of operations

Derivative Disclosure

We adopted ASU 2010-6, “Improving Disclosures on Fair Value Measurements” on January 1, 2010. There was no impact on the carrying value of any asset or liability recognized or results of operations and the relevant disclosure of inputs and valuation techniques is provided in Note 11, “Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements” to comply with the disclosure requirements of this ASU.

Subsequent Events

We adopted ASU 2010-9, “Subsequent Events (Topic 855): Amendments to Certain Recognition and Disclosure Requirements” in February 2010 which no longer requires SEC filers to disclose the date through which subsequent events have been evaluated. The adoption of this ASU had no impact on our financial position or results of operations.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In April 2010, ASU 2010-13, “Effect of Denominating the Exercise Price of a Share-Based Payment Award in the Currency of the Market in Which the Underlying Equity Security Trades” was issued. This ASU amends ASC 718, “Compensation – Stock Compensation”, to clarify that an employee share-based payment award with an exercise price denominated in the currency of a market in which a substantial portion of the entity’s equity securities trades should not be considered to contain a condition that is not a market, performance, or service condition. Therefore, an entity would not classify such an award as a liability if it otherwise qualifies as equity. The amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2010. We do not expect this ASU to have any impact on our financial position and results of operations.

3. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Our goodwill and intangible assets are the result of acquisitions in Croatia, the Czech Republic, Romania, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia.  No goodwill is expected to be deductible for tax purposes.

 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

Goodwill:

Goodwill by reporting unit as at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 is summarized as follows:

   
Gross balance, December 31, 2009
   
Accumulated impairment losses
   
Balance, December 31, 2009
   
 
Additions/
Adjustments
   
 
Foreign currency
   
Balance, March 31, 2010
   
Accumulated impairment losses
   
Gross balance, March 31, 2010
 
Broadcast segment:
                                               
Bulgaria
  $ 64,044     $ (64,044 )   $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ (64,044 )   $ 64,044  
Croatia
    11,211       (10,454 )     757       -       (42 )     715       (10,454 )     11,169  
Czech Republic
    936,268       -       936,268       -       (24,811 )     911,457       -       911,457  
Romania
    69,825       -       69,825       -       (2,435 )     67,390       -       67,390  
Slovak Republic
    62,990       -       62,990       -       (4,053 )     58,937       -       58,937  
Slovenia
    20,398       -       20,398       -       (1,313 )     19,085       -       19,085  
Media Pro
Entertainment segment:
                                                               
Fiction (1)
    18,537       -       18,537       (128 )     (629 )     17,780       -       17,780  
Production services (1)
    9,950       -       9,950       -       (360 )     9,590       -       9,590  
Distribution and Exhibition (1)
    17,548       -       17,548       -       (634 )     16,914       -       16,914  
Total
  $ 1,210,771     $ (74,498 )   $ 1,136,273     $ (128 )   $ (34,277 )   $ 1 101,868     $ (74,498 )   $ 1,176,366  

(1) The carrying amount of goodwill was adjusted as at March 31, 2010 due to resolution of certain tax positions. However, we are still reviewing certain other tax positions and we expect to finalize the purchase price allocation exercise for the acquisition of the Media Pro Entertainment business acquired December 2009 in the second quarter of 2010.

Broadcast licenses and other intangible assets:

The net book value of our broadcast licenses and other intangible assets as at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 is summarized as follows:

   
Indefinite-Lived Broadcast Licenses
   
Amortized Broadcast Licenses
   
Trademarks
   
Customer Relationships
   
 
 
Other
   
Total
 
Balance, December 31, 2009
  $ 58,506     $ 152,488     $ 74,580     $ 61,377     $ 6,292     $ 353,243  
Additions
    -       -       -       -       -       -  
Amortization
    -       (2,584 )     (385 )     (1,895 )     (285 )     (5,149 )
Foreign currency movements
    (2,288 )     (4,383 )     (2,584 )     (3,225 )     (177 )     (12,657 )
Balance, March 31, 2010
 
  $ 56,218     $ 145,521     $ 71,611     $ 56,257     $ 5,830     $ 335,437  

Our broadcast licenses in Croatia, Romania and Slovenia have indefinite lives because we expect the cash flows generated by those assets to continue indefinitely.  These licenses are subject to annual impairment reviews. Licenses in the Czech Republic have an economic useful life of, and are amortized on a straight-line basis over, twenty years.  The license in the Slovak Republic has an economic useful life of, and is amortized on a straight-line basis over, thirteen years.

 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

Customer relationships are deemed to have an economic useful life of, and are amortized on a straight-line basis over, five to fourteen years.  Trademarks have an indefinite life.

The gross value and accumulated amortization of broadcast licenses and other intangible assets was as follows at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009:

   
March 31, 2010
   
December 31, 2009
 
Gross value
  $ 391,019     $ 405,140  
Accumulated amortization
    (111,800 )     (110,403 )
Net book value of amortized intangible assets
  $ 279,219     $ 294,737  
Indefinite-lived broadcast licenses
    56,218       58,506  
Total broadcast licenses and other intangible assets, net
  $ 335,437     $ 353,243  

Impairment of goodwill, indefinite-lived intangible assets and long-lived assets:

Summary

We did not recognize impairment charges in respect of goodwill, indefinite-lived intangible assets or long-lived assets in the three months ended March 31, 2010. As we have been able to capitalize on our competitive position and the global economy has slowly been recovering, we concluded that there were no indicators of impairment and it was not necessary to perform a new impairment review after performing our annual impairment review in the fourth quarter of 2009.

Impairment reviews during 2009

Various macro economic indicators, a reduction in the short and medium term economic projections for our markets by external analysts and a significant drop in the price of shares of our Class A common stock during the first quarter of 2009 caused us to perform an impairment review in the first quarter of 2009. Upon reviewing all of our long-lived assets, indefinite-lived intangible assets and goodwill in the 2009 first quarter impairment review, we concluded that a charge was required to write down the long-lived assets in the PRO.BG asset group in our existing Bulgaria operations to US$ nil.

We recognized the following impairment charges in the three months ended March 31, 2009:

   
Amortized Trademarks
   
Amortized Broadcast Licenses
   
Other Intangible Assets
   
Other Assets
   
Total
 
Bulgaria
  $ 76     $ 75,788     $ 4,882     $ 1,097     $ 81,843  

4.  SENIOR DEBT

Our senior debt comprised the following as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009:

   
Carrying Value
   
Fair Value
 
   
March 31, 2010
   
December 31, 2009
   
March 31, 2010
   
December 31, 2009
 
                         
EUR 440.0 million 11.625% Senior Notes
  $ 598,212     $ 639,515     $ 646,453     $ 608,510  
EUR 150.0 million Floating Rate Senior Notes
    202,185       216,090       169,835       153,424  
USD 475.0 million 3.50% Senior Convertible Notes
    403,321       398,323       409,094       369,883  
    $ 1,203,718     $ 1,253,928     $ 1,225,382     $ 1,131,817  

On September 17, 2009, we issued EUR 200.0 million (approximately US$ 269.6 million) of 11.625% senior notes at an issue price of 98.261%, and on September 29, 2009, we issued an additional EUR 240.0 million tranche of 11.625% senior notes (approximately US$ 323.5 million) at an issue price of 102.75% (collectively the “2009 Fixed Rate Notes”). The 2009 Fixed Rate Notes mature on September 15, 2016.

 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

On May 16, 2007, we issued EUR 150.0 million (approximately US$ 202.2 million) of floating rate senior notes (the “Floating Rate Notes”, and collectively with the 2009 Fixed Rate Notes, the “Senior Notes”) which bear interest at the six-month Euro Inter Bank Offered Rate (“EURIBOR”) plus 1.625% (the applicable rate at March 31, 2010 was 2.616%). The Floating Rate Notes mature on May 15, 2014.

On March 10, 2008, we issued US$ 475.0 million of 3.50% senior convertible notes (the “Convertible Notes”). The Convertible Notes mature on March 15, 2013.

Fixed Rate Notes

2009 Fixed Rate Notes

Interest on the 2009 Fixed Rate Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on each March 15 and September 15.  The fair value of the 2009 Fixed Rate Notes as at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 was calculated by multiplying the outstanding debt by the traded market price.

The 2009 Fixed Rate Notes are secured senior obligations and rank pari passu with all existing and future senior indebtedness and are effectively subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness of our subsidiaries.  The amounts outstanding are guaranteed by two subsidiary holding companies and are secured by a pledge of shares of those subsidiaries as well as an assignment of certain contractual rights.  The terms of our 2009 Fixed Rate Notes restrict the manner in which our business is conducted, including the incurrence of additional interest obligations, the making of investments, the payment of dividends or the making of other distributions, entering into certain affiliate transactions and the sale of assets (see Note 20, “Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries”).

In the event that (A) there is a change in control by which (i) any party other than certain of our present shareholders becomes the beneficial owner of more than 35.0% of our total voting power; (ii) we agree to sell substantially all of our operating assets; or (iii) there is a change in the composition of a majority of our Board of Directors; and (B) on the 60th   day following any such change of control the rating of the 2009 Fixed Rate Notes is either withdrawn or downgraded from the rating in effect prior to the announcement of such change of control, we can be required to repurchase the 2009 Fixed Rate Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101.0% of the principal amount of the 2009 Fixed Rate Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase.

The 2009 Fixed Rate Notes are redeemable at our option, in whole or in part, at the redemption prices set forth below:

From:
 
Fixed Rate Notes
Redemption Price
 
       
September 15, 2013 to September  14, 2014
    105.813 %
September 15, 2014 to September  14, 2015
    102.906 %
September 15, 2015 and thereafter
    100.000 %


Certain derivative instruments, including redemption call options and change of control and asset disposition put options, have been identified as being embedded in the 2009 Fixed Rate Notes but as they are considered clearly and closely related to the 2009 Fixed Rate Notes, they are not accounted for separately. We have included the net issuance premium within the carrying value of the 2009 Fixed Rate Notes and are amortizing it through interest expense using the effective yield method.

 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

Floating Rate Notes

Interest on the Floating Rate Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on each May 15 and November 15.  The fair value of the Floating Rate Notes as at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 was equal to the outstanding debt multiplied by the traded market price.

The Floating Rate Notes are secured senior obligations and rank pari passu with all existing and future senior indebtedness and are effectively subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness of our subsidiaries.  The amounts outstanding are guaranteed by two subsidiary holding companies and are secured by a pledge of shares of those subsidiaries as well as an assignment of certain contractual rights.  The terms of our Floating Rate Notes restrict the manner in which our business is conducted, including the incurrence of additional indebtedness, the making of investments, the payment of dividends or the making of other distributions, entering into certain affiliate transactions and the sale of assets (see Note 20, “Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries”).

In the event that (A) there is a change in control by which (i) any party other than certain of our present shareholders becomes the beneficial owner of more than 35.0% of our total voting power; (ii) we agree to sell substantially all of our operating assets; or (iii) there is a change in the composition of a majority of our Board of Directors; and (B) on the 60th   day following any such change of control the rating of the Floating Rate Notes is either withdrawn or downgraded from the rating in effect prior to the announcement of such change of control, we can be required to repurchase the Floating Rate Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101.0% of the principal amount of the Floating Rate Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase.

The Floating Rate Notes are redeemable at our option for the remainder of their life, in whole or in part, at 100.0% of their face value.

Certain derivative instruments, including redemption call options and change of control and asset disposition put options, have been identified as being embedded in the Floating Rate Notes but as they are considered clearly and closely related to the Floating Rate Notes, they are not accounted for separately.


Convertible Notes

Interest on the Convertible Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on each March 15 and September 15.  The fair value of the Convertible Notes as at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 was calculated by multiplying the outstanding debt by the traded market price because we considered the value of the embedded conversion option to be zero since the market price of our shares was so far below the conversion price.

The Convertible Notes are secured senior obligations and rank pari passu with all existing and future senior indebtedness and are effectively subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness of our subsidiaries.  The amounts outstanding are guaranteed by two subsidiary holding companies and are secured by a pledge of shares of those subsidiaries as well as an assignment of certain contractual rights.

Prior to December 15, 2012, the Convertible Notes are convertible following certain events and from that date, at any time, based on an initial conversion rate of 9.5238 shares of our Class A common stock per US$ 1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes (which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately US$ 105.00, or a 25% conversion premium based on the closing sale price of US$ 84.00 per share of our Class A common stock on March 4, 2008). The conversion rate is subject to adjustment if we make certain distributions to the holders of our Class A common stock, undergo certain corporate transactions or a fundamental change, and in other circumstances specified in the Convertible Notes.   From time to time up to and including December 15, 2012, we will have the right to elect  to deliver (i) shares of our Class A common stock or (ii) cash and, if applicable, shares of our Class A common stock upon conversion of the Convertible Notes. At present, we have elected to deliver cash and, if applicable, shares of our Class A common stock. As at March 31, 2010, the Convertible Notes could not be converted.  In addition, the holders of the Convertible Notes have the right to put the Convertible Notes to us for cash equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes plus accrued but unpaid interest thereon following the occurrence of certain specified fundamental changes (including a change of control, certain mergers, insolvency and a delisting).

 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

In order to increase the effective conversion price of our Convertible Notes, on March 4, 2008 we purchased, for aggregate consideration of US$ 63.3 million, capped call options over 4,523,809 shares of our Class A common stock from Lehman Brothers OTC Derivatives Inc. (“Lehman OTC”), 1,583,333 shares, from BNP Paribas (“BNP”), 1,583,333 shares and from Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (“DB”), 1,357,144 shares. The amount of shares corresponds to the number of shares of our Class A common stock that would be issuable on a conversion of the Convertible Notes at the initial conversion price if we elected to settle the Convertible Notes solely in shares of Class A common stock. The options entitle us to receive, at our election, cash or shares of Class A common stock with a value equal approximately to the difference between the trading price of our shares at the time the option is exercised and US$ 105.00, up to a maximum trading price of US$ 151.20. These options expire on March 15, 2013. At present, we have elected to receive shares of our Class A common stock on exercise of the capped call options.

At the date of purchase, we determined that all of these capped call options met the definition of an equity instrument within the scope of ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging”, and consequently recognized them on issuance at fair value within additional paid-in capital. We believe that this classification is still correct with respect to the BNP and DB capped call options and have continued to recognize them within Equity. Subsequent changes in fair value have not been, and will not be, recognized as long as the instruments continue to be classified in Equity.

The bankruptcy filing of Lehman Holdings, as guarantor, in September 2008 was an event of default that gave us the right to early termination and effectively extinguished the capped call option agreement with Lehman OTC. On March 3, 2009, we assigned our claim in the bankruptcy proceedings of Lehman Holdings and Lehman OTC to an unrelated third party for cash consideration of US$ 3.4 million, or 17% of the claim value, which was recognized as other income within selling, general and administrative expenses in our Consolidated Statement of Operations. See Note 18, “Commitments and Contingencies: Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy Claim”.

Prior to the termination of the capped call options with Lehman OTC, we noted that no dilution would occur prior to the trading price of our Class A common stock reaching US$ 151.20.  This conclusion was based on a number of assumptions, including that we would exercise all capped call options simultaneously, we would continue with our election to receive shares of our Class A common stock on the exercise of the capped call options, and no event that would result in an adjustment to the conversion rate of value of the options would have occurred.

Following the termination of the Lehman OTC capped call options, which represented 35% of the total number of capped call options we acquired on March 4, 2008, limited dilution will occur following the exercise of the remaining BNP and DB capped call options if the price of shares of our Class A common stock is between US$ 105.00 per share and US$ 151.20 per share when the Convertible Notes are converted. The table below shows how many shares of our Class A common stock we would issue following a conversion of the Convertible Notes and the exercise of the remaining DB and BNP capped call options for a variety of share price scenarios. This table assumes the currently selected settlement methods continue to apply and no event that would result in an adjustment to the conversion rate or the value of the option has occurred:

 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

Stock price
   
Shares issued on conversion of Convertible Notes
   
Shares received on exercise of capped call options
   
Net shares issued
   
Value of shares issued (US$ ‘000)
 
$105.00 and below
    $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -  
110.00       (205,628 )     133,658       (71,970 )     (7,917 )
120.00       (565,476 )     367,559       (197,917 )     (23,750 )
130.00       (869,963 )     565,475       (304,488 )     (39,583 )
140.00       (1,130,951 )     735,118       (395,833 )     (55,417 )
151.20       (1,382,274 )     898,478       (483,796 )     (73,150 )
$ 200.00       (2,148,807 )     679,248       (1,469,559 )   $ (293,912 )

At March 31, 2010, the options could not be exercised because no conversion of any Convertible Notes had occurred. In the event any Convertible Notes had been converted at March 31, 2010, no shares of our Class A common stock would have been issuable because the closing price of our shares was below US$ 105.00 per share. The aggregate fair value of the capped call options with DB and BNP at March 31, 2010 was US$ (0.3) million.

In accordance with ASC 470, “Debt”, we calculated the value of the conversion option embedded in the Convertible Notes and account for it separately.

   
Principal amount of liability component
   
Unamortized discount
   
Net carrying value
   
Equity Component
 
BALANCE, December 31, 2009
  $ (475,000 )   $ 76,677     $ (398,323 )   $ 110,752  
Amortization of debt issuance discount for the three months ended March 31, 2010
    -       (4,998 )     (4,998 )     -  
BALANCE, March 31, 2010
  $ (475,000 )   $ 71,679     $ (403,321 )   $ 110,752  

The debt issuance discount is being amortized using the effective interest method over the life of the Convertible Notes, which mature on March 15, 2013.  The effective interest rate on the liability component for all periods presented was 10.3%.

Certain other derivative instruments have been identified as being embedded in the Convertible Notes, but as they are considered to be clearly and closely related to the Convertible Notes they are not accounted for separately.

 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

5.  ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

Accounts receivable comprised the following at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009:

   
March 31, 2010
   
December 31, 2009
 
Third-party customers
  $ 167,329     $ 192,906  
Less allowance for bad debts and credit notes
    (12,526 )     (13,201 )
Related parties
    2,317       2,170  
Less allowance for bad debts and credit notes
    (1,079 )     (892 )
Total accounts receivable
  $ 156,041     $ 180,983  

At March 31, 2010, CZK 537.7 million (approximately US$ 28.5 million) of receivables were pledged as collateral subject to a facility agreement with Erste Group Bank A.G. (see Note 9 (b), “Credit Facilities and Obligations under Capital Leases”).

6.  OTHER ASSETS

Other current and non-current assets comprised the following at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009:

   
March 31, 2010
   
December 31, 2009
 
Current:
           
Prepaid program rights
  $ 42,713     $ 44,219  
Productions in progress
    6,945       12,234  
Other prepaid expenses
    9,835       9,431  
Income taxes recoverable
    10,434       7,426  
Deferred tax
    6,607       4,948  
Capitalized debt costs
    5,636       5,591  
VAT recoverable
    3,633       6,625  
Inventory
    1,609       1,555  
Other
    990       1,178  
Total other current assets
  $ 88,402     $ 93,207  
                 
   
March 31, 2010
   
December 31, 2009
 
Non-current:
               
Capitalized debt costs
  $ 21,571     $ 22,816  
Deferred tax
    7,473       10,977  
Productions in progress
    2,233       7,737  
Other
    2,791       2,969  
Total other non-current assets
  $ 34,068     $ 44,499  

Capitalized debt costs primarily comprise the costs incurred in connection with the issuance of our Senior Notes and Convertible Notes (see Note 4, “Senior Debt”), and are being amortized over the term of the Senior Notes and Convertible Notes using the effective interest method.

 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

7.  PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment comprised the following at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009:

   
March 31, 2010
   
December 31, 2009
 
             
Land and buildings
  $ 163,964     $ 169,568  
Machinery, fixtures and equipment
    199,573       206,954  
Other equipment
    32,295       33,260  
Software licenses
    37,194       37,176  
Construction in progress
    12,271       13,211  
Total cost
  $ 445,297     $ 460,169  
Less:  Accumulated depreciation
    (189,231 )     (185,459 )
Total net book value
  $ 256,066     $ 274,710  
Assets held under capital leases (included in the above)
               
Land and buildings
  $ 5,688     $ 6,079  
Machinery, fixtures and equipment
    2,923       3,927  
Total cost
    8,611       10,006  
Less:  Accumulated depreciation
    (1,882 )     (2,180 )
Net book value
  $ 6,729     $ 7,826  

8.  ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities comprised the following at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009:

   
March 31, 2010
   
December 31, 2009
 
Accounts payable
  $ 35,983     $ 42,854  
Programming liabilities
    65,426       58,807  
Duties and other taxes payable
    18,504       18,927  
Accrued staff costs
    13,347       17,356  
Accrued interest payable
    5,584       26,686  
Income taxes payable
    3,996       3,895  
Accrued production costs
    6,563       7,439  
Accrued legal contingencies
    1,683       625  
Accrued legal and professional fees
    808       964  
Authors’ rights
    7,114       4,751  
Other accrued liabilities
    18,781       16,871  
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities
  $ 177,789     $ 199,175  

 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

9.  CREDIT FACILITIES AND OBLIGATIONS UNDER CAPITAL LEASES

Group loan obligations and overdraft facilities comprised the following at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009:

     
March 31, 2010
   
December 31, 2009
 
Credit facilities
(a) – (g)
  $ 182,812     $ 117,991  
Capital leases
      5,266       5,949  
Total credit facilities and capital leases
    $ 188,078     $ 123,940  
Less current maturities
      (56,482 )     (117,910 )
Total non-current credit facilities and capital leases
    $ 131,596     $ 6,030  


(a) We have an uncommitted multicurrency overdraft facility for EUR 5.0 million (approximately US$ 6.7 million) from Bank Mendes Gans (“BMG”), a subsidiary of ING Bank N.V. (“ING”), as part of a cash pooling arrangement. The cash pooling arrangement with BMG enables us to receive credit across the group in respect of cash balances which our subsidiaries in The Netherlands, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Romania, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia deposit with BMG. Cash deposited by our subsidiaries with BMG is pledged as security against the drawings of other subsidiaries up to the amount deposited.  As at March 31, 2010, the full EUR 5.0 million (approximately US$ 6.7 million) facility was available to be drawn. Interest is payable at the relevant money market rate plus 2.0%.

As at March 31, 2010, we had net deposits of US$ 17.3 million and net drawings of US$ 2.7 million in the BMG cash pool.

(b) On December 21, 2009, CET 21, one of our wholly owned subsidiaries in the Czech Republic, entered into a Facility Agreement (the “Erste Facility”) with Erste Group Bank A.G. as arrang er, Česká Spořitelna, a.s. (“CSAS”) as facility agent and security agent, and each of CSAS, UniCredit Bank Czech Republic, a.s. (“UniCredit”) and BNP Paribas as original lenders. As of March 31, 2010, an aggregate amount of CZK 2.8 billion (approximately U S$ 148.4 million) was available and had been drawn. Drawings under the facility were used to refinance certain existing indebtedness of CET 21 to CSAS and to repay certain intra-group indebtedness of CET 21. The facility matures on April 30, 2012, subject to a potential extension of one year. Interest under the facility is calculated at a rate per annum of 4.90% (floating rate) above the Prague interbank offered rate (“PRIBOR”). The applicable rate at March 31, 2010 was 6.34%. As of March 31, 2010, CET 21 had hedged the interest rate exposure on CZK 1.5 billion (approximately US$ 79.5 million) principal outstanding under the Erste Facility (see Note 11, “Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements”).

The repayment of the loan will commence on December 21, 2010 and will be in four semi-annual installments of 15% each and one installment of 40% on the maturity date (assuming no extension). CET 21 may be required to prepay amounts drawn in the event of specified changes of control. As security for the facility, CET 21 has pledged substantially all of its assets, including its 100% ownership interest in CME Slovak Holdings B.V. (which in turn has an ownership interest, directly or indirectly, in 100% of the registered capital of Markiza) and its ownership interest in 100% of the registered capital of Jyxo, s.r.o. and BLOG Internet, s.r.o. In addition, CME Investments B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of CME Ltd., has granted security over the receivables under inter-group loans made to CET 21 and Markiza, respectively. The Erste Facility contains customary representations, warranties, covenants and events of default. The covenants include limitations on CET 21’s ability to carry out certain types of transactions, incur additional indebtedness, make disposals and create liens.

(c) As at March 31, 2010, there were no drawings under a CZK 300.0 million (approximately US$ 15.9 million) factoring facility with Factoring Ceska Sporitelna (“FCS”) available until September 30, 2011.  The facility bears interest at one-month PRIBOR plus 1.40% for the period that actively assigned accounts receivable are outstanding.

 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

(d) The CZK 1.2 billion (approximately US$ 64.6 million at the date of repayment) credit facility of CET 21 with CSAS, was repaid in full with the drawings under the Erste Facility on January 22, 2010 and was subsequently cancelled.

(e) The CZK 250.0 million (approximately US$ 13.5 million at date of repayment) working capital facility of CET 21 with CSAS was repaid in full with the drawings under the Erste Facility on January 22, 2010 and was subsequently cancelled.

(f) At March 31, 2010, Media Pro Entertainment had an aggregate principal amount of RON 8.2 million (approximately US$ 2.7 million) of loans outstanding to Central National al Cinematografei ("CNC"), a state body which provides financing for qualifying filmmaking projects. Upon acceptance of a particular project, the CNC awards an agreed level of funding to each project in the form of an interest-free loan. Loans from the CNC are typically advanced for a period of ten years and are repaid through the proceeds from the distribution of the film content. At March 31, 2010, we had 11 loans outstanding to the CNC with maturity dates ranging from 2011 to 2020. The carrying amounts at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 are shown net of a fair value adjustment to reflect the interest free nature of the loans arising on acquisition.

(g) On July 29, 2005, Pro Plus entered into a revolving facility agreement for up to EUR 37.5 million (approximately US$ 50.5 million) in aggregate principal amount with ING, Nova Ljubljanska Banka d.d., Ljubljana and Bank Austria Creditanstalt d.d., Ljubljana.  The facility amortizes by 10.0% each year for four years commencing one year after signing, with the remaining 60.0% repayable after five years.  This facility was secured by a pledge of the bank accounts of Pro Plus, the assignment of certain receivables, a pledge of our interest in Pro Plus and a guarantee of our wholly owned subsidiary, CME Media Enterprises B.V. (“CME BV”).  Loans drawn under this facility bear interest at a rate of EURIBOR for the period of drawing plus a margin of between 2.1% and 3.6% that varies according to the ratio of consolidated net debt to consolidated broadcasting cash flow for Pro Plus. A rate of 3.52% applied at March 31, 2010.  As of March 31, 2010, EUR 22.5 million (approximately US$ 30.3 million) of the revolving facility had been drawn. This facility was fully repaid on April 30, 2010.

Total Group

At March 31, 2010, the maturity of our debt (including the carrying value of our Senior Notes and Convertible Notes) was as follows:

2010
  $ 55,279  
2011
    44,729  
2012
    81,620  
2013
    403,321  
2014
    202,646  
2015 and thereafter
    598,935  
Total
  $ 1,386,530  

Capital Lease Commitments

We lease certain of our office and broadcast facilities as well as machinery and equipment under various leasing arrangements.  The future minimum lease payments from continuing operations, by year and in the aggregate, under capital leases with initial or remaining non-cancelable lease terms in excess of one year, consisted of the following at March 31, 2010:

 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

2010
  $ 974  
2011
    1,211  
2012
    842  
2013
    550  
2014
    1,862  
2015 and thereafter
    579  
    $ 6,018  
Less: amount representing interest
    (752 )
Present value of net minimum lease payments
  $ 5,266  

10.  OTHER LIABILITIES

Other current and non-current liabilities comprised the following as at March 31, 2010   and December 31, 2009:

   
March 31, 2010
   
December 31, 2009
 
Current:
           
Payment on account - Ukraine sale
  $ 30,000     $ -  
Deferred revenue
    15,999       7,765  
Consideration payable
    1,431       1,614  
Deferred tax
    2,872       3,319  
Other
    312       142  
Total other current liabilities
  $ 50,614     $ 12,840  
                 
   
March 31, 2010
   
December 31, 2009
 
Non-current:
               
Deferred tax
  $ 65,738     $ 72,715  
Program rights
    5,325       6,876  
Fair value of derivatives
    12,231       8,567  
Income taxes payable
    234       507  
Other
    191       206  
Total other non-current liabilities
  $ 83,719     $ 88,871  

11.  FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure”, establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to those valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy established in ASC 820-10-35 are:

Basis of Fair Value Measurement

Level 1
Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted instruments.

Level 2
Quoted prices in markets that are not considered to be active or financial instruments for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly.

 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

Level 3
Prices or valuations that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.

A financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

We evaluate the position of each financial instrument measured at fair value in the hierarchy individually based on the valuation methodology we apply. At March 31, 2010, we had no material financial assets or liabilities carried at fair value using significant level 1 or level 3 inputs and the only instruments we value using level 2 inputs are the following currency swaps and interest rate swap agreements:

Currency Swaps

On April 27, 2006, we entered into currency swap agreements with two counterparties whereby we swapped a fixed annual coupon interest rate (of 9.0%) on notional principal of CZK 10.7 billion (approximately US$ 567.1 million), payable on each July 15, October 15, January 15, and April 15 up to the termination date of April 15, 2012, for a fixed annual coupon interest rate (of 9.0%) on notional principal of EUR 375.9 million (approximately US$ 506.7 million) receivable on each July 15, October 15, January 15, and April 15 up to the termination date of April 15, 2012.

These currency swap agreements reduce our exposure to movements in foreign exchange rates on a part of the CZK-denominated cash flows generated by our Czech Republic operations that is approximately equivalent in value to the Euro-denominated interest payments on our Senior Notes (see Note 4, “Senior Debt”). These financial instruments are used to minimize currency risk and are considered an economic hedge of foreign exchange rates.  These instruments have not been designated as hedging instruments as defined under ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging”, and so changes in their fair value are recorded in the condensed consolidated statement of operations and in the condensed consolidated balance sheet in other non-current liabilities.

We value these currency swap agreements using an industry-standard currency swap pricing model which calculates the fair value on the basis of the net present value of the estimated future cash flows receivable or payable. These instruments are allocated to level 2 of the fair value hierarchy because the critical inputs to this model, including the relevant yield curves and the known contractual terms of the instrument, are readily observable.

The fair value of these instruments as at March 31, 2010, was a US$ 11.1 million liability, which represented an increase of US$ 2.5 million from the US$ 8.6 million liability as at December 31, 2009. This was recognized as a derivative loss in the condensed consolidated statement of operations.
 
Interest Rate Swap

On February 9, 2010, we entered into an interest rate swap agreement with UniCredit and CSAS expiring in 2013 to convert CZK 1.5 billion (approximately US$ 79.5 million) of the Erste Facility from a floating rate of the three month PRIBOR (plus a margin) to a fixed interest rate of 2.73% per annum (plus a margin).  The notional amounts swapped decline in line with the planned amortization of the loan and the extension option. The interest rate swap is a financial instrument that is used to minimize interest rate risk and is considered an economic hedge. The interest rate swap has not been designated as a hedging instrument so changes in the fair value of the derivative are recorded in the condensed consolidated statement of operations and in the condensed consolidated balance sheet in other non-current liabilities.

We value the interest rate swap agreement using a valuation model which calculates the fair value on the basis of the net present value of the estimated future cash flows. The most significant input used in the valuation model is the expected PRIBOR based yield curve. This instrument is allocated to level 2 of the fair value hierarchy because the critical inputs to this model, including current interest rates, relevant yield curves and the known contractual terms of the instrument, are readily observable.

 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

The fair value of the interest rate swap as at March 31, 2010, was a US$ 1.2 million liability, which is recorded in other non-current liabilities and recognized as a derivative loss in the condensed consolidated statement of operations.


12.  EQUITY

Preferred Stock

5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, with a US$ 0.08 par value, were authorized as at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.  None were issued and outstanding as at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.

Class A and B Common Stock

100,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, with a US$ 0.08 par value, and 15,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, with a US$ 0.08 par value, were authorized as at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.  The rights of the holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock are identical except for voting rights.  The shares of Class A common stock are entitled to one vote per share and the shares of Class B common stock are entitled to ten votes per share.  Shares of Class B common stock are convertible into share of Class A common stock for no additional consideration on a one-for-one basis.  Holders of each class of shares are entitled to receive dividends and upon liquidation or dissolution are entitled to receive all assets available for distribution to shareholders.  The holders of each class have no preemptive or other subscription rights and there are no redemption or sinking fund provisions with respect to such shares.

There were 7,490,936 shares of Class B common stock and 56,046,176 shares of Class A common stock outstanding at March 31, 2010.

Warrants

In connection with the acquisition of Media Pro Entertainment in December 2009, we issued warrants to purchase 850,000 shares of our Class A common stock at an exercise price of US$ 21.75 per share (valued at US$ 13.8 million at the date of issuance) to Alerria Management S.A. (formerly known as Media Pro Management S.A.) (“Alerria”) and Metrodome B.V. (formerly known as Media Pro B.V.) (“Metrodome”). Adrian Sarbu is the controlling shareholder of Alerria and Metrodome.  The warrants were exercisable in whole or in part from December 9, 2009 and have a six-year life.

At the date of the acquisition, we determined that the warrants met the definition of an equity instrument within the scope of ASC 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity”, and consequently recognized them on issuance at fair value within Additional Paid-In Capital.  Subsequent changes in fair value have not been, and will not be, recognized as long as the instruments continue to be classified within Equity.

 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

13.  STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

The charge for stock-based compensation in our condensed consolidated statements of operations was as follows:

   
For the Three Months Ended March 31,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
             
Stock-based compensation charged
  $ 1,573     $ 1,547  
Income tax benefit recognized
    81       113  


Under the provisions of ASC 718, “Compensation – Stock Compensation”, the fair value of stock options is estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model and recognized ratably over the requisite service period.

2010 Option Grants

Pursuant to our Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors awarded options to members of executive management during the three months ended March 31, 2010.

The fair value of these option grants was estimated on the date of the grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, with the following assumptions used:

Date of Option Grant
 
Number of Options Granted
   
Risk-free interest rate (%)
   
Expected term (years)
   
Expected volatility
(%)
   
Fair value (US$/share)
   
Exercise Price (US$/share)
 
March 1, 2010
    125,000       2.28       5.25       54.6       13.41       26.80  
March 16, 2010
    150,000       2.37       5.25       54.6       14.91       29.73  

The expected stock price volatility was calculated based on an analysis of the historical stock price volatility of our shares and those of our peers for the relevant preceding period.  We consider this basis to represent the best indicator of expected volatility over the life of the option. We do not expect to pay dividends in the future; therefore we have assumed a dividend yield of nil%. The weighted average fair value of all the grants made in the three months ended March 31, 2010 was US$ 14.11 per option.  The fair value of the option grants made in the three months ended March 31, 2010 (less expected forfeitures) of US$ 3.8 million is being recognized as an expense in the condensed consolidated statement of operations over the requisite service period of the awards.

 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

A summary of option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2010 is presented below:

   
Shares
   
Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share
   
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (years)
   
Aggregate Intrinsic Value
(US$)
 
                         
Outstanding at January 1, 2010
    2,000,750     $ 39.59       5.24     $ 5,645  
Granted
    275,000       28.40       -       -  
Forfeited
    (53,750 )     44.23       -       -  
Outstanding at March 31, 2010
    2,222,000     $ 38.09       5.36     $ 12,764  
Vested or expected to vest
    2,125,544       38.42       5.33       12,004  
Exercisable at March 31, 2010
    1,072,375     $ 47.42       4.30     $ 5,018  

The exercise of stock options has generated a net operating loss brought forward in our Delaware subsidiary of US$ 7.0 million at January 1, 2010.  In the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, tax benefits of US$ 0.2 million were recognized in respect of the utilization of part of this loss, and were recorded as additional paid-in capital, net of US$ 0.1 million of transfers related to the write-off of deferred tax assets arising upon forfeitures. The losses are subject to examination by the tax authorities and to restriction on their utilization.

The aggregate intrinsic value (the difference between the stock price on the last day of trading of the first quarter of 2010 and the exercise prices multiplied by the number of in-the-money options) represents the total intrinsic value that would have been received by the option holders had they exercised all in-the-money options as of March 31, 2010. This amount changes based on the fair value of our common stock.

As of March 31, 2010, there was US$ 11.0 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to options.  The expense is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.4 years.


14.  EARNINGS PER SHARE

The components of basic and diluted earnings per share are as follows:

   
For the Three Months Ended March 31,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
Loss from continuing operations attributable to CME Ltd.
  $ (38,372 )   $ (35,603 )
Loss from discontinued operations
    (3,922 )     (8,835 )
Net loss attributable to CME Ltd.
  $ (42,294 )   $ (44,438 )
                 
Weighted average outstanding shares of common stock (basic and diluted) (000’s)
    63,537       42,337  
                 
Net loss per share:
               
Basic
  $ (0.67 )   $ (1.05 )
Diluted
  $ (0.67 )   $ (1.05 )

 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

At March 31, 2010, 980,692 (December 31, 2009: 1,328,052) stock options and warrants were antidilutive to income from continuing operations and excluded from the calculation of earnings per share. These may become dilutive in the future. Shares of Class A common stock potentially issuable under our Convertible Notes may also become dilutive in the future, although they were antidilutive to income at March 31, 2010.

15.  INTEREST EXPENSE

Interest expense comprised the following for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009:

   
For the Three Months Ended March 31,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
             
Interest on Senior Notes
  $ 18,824     $ 9,408  
Interest on Convertible Notes
    4,156       4,156  
Interest on capital leases
    65       85  
Other interest and fees
    2,104       2,091  
    $ 25,149     $ 15,740  
                 
Amortization of capitalized debt issuance costs
    1,381       1,130  
Amortization of issuance discount on Convertible Notes
    4,998       4,558  
    $ 6,379     $ 5,688  
Total interest expense
  $ 31,528     $ 21,428  

16.  SEGMENT DATA

Since January 1, 2010, we have managed our business on a divisional basis, with three operating segments: Broadcast, New Media and Content (Media Pro Entertainment) and all historic financial information has been presented on this basis.  The new business segments reflect how the Company’s operations are managed, how operating performance within the Company is evaluated by senior management and the structure of our internal financial reporting.

We evaluate the performance of our segments based on Net Revenues and EBITDA. Our key performance measure of the efficiency of our segments is EBITDA margin.  We define EBITDA margin as the ratio of EBITDA to Net Revenues.  We believe EBITDA is useful to investors because it provides a more meaningful representation of our performance as it excludes certain items that either do not impact our cash flows or the operating results of our operations.  EBITDA is also used as a component in determining management bonuses. Intersegment revenues and profits have been eliminated in consolidation.

EBITDA is determined as net income/(loss), which includes program rights amortization costs, before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of intangible assets.  Items that are not allocated to our segments for purposes of evaluating their performance, and therefore are not included in divisional EBITDA, include:

foreign currency exchange gains and losses;

change in fair value of derivatives;

stock-based compensation; and

certain unusual or infrequent items (e.g. impairments of assets or investments).

EBITDA may not be comparable to similar measures reported by other companies. 

 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

Below are tables showing our Net Revenues and EBITDA by segment for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009.

   
For the Three Months Ended March 31,
 
Net Revenues
 
2010
   
2009
 
Broadcast:
           
Bulgaria
  $ 940     $ 595  
Croatia
    11,725       10,080  
Czech Republic
    54,300       55,456  
Romania
    36,547       35,521  
Slovak Republic
    18,090       20,462  
Slovenia
    13,823       12,411  
Total Broadcast
  $ 135,425     $ 134,525  
New Media
  $ 2,021     $ 1,757  
Media Pro Entertainment
  $ 28,043     $ 14,411  
Central
    -       -  
Elimination
    (21,848 )     (14,373 )
Total Net Revenues
  $ 143,641     $ 136,320  

   
For the Three Months Ended March 31,
 
EBITDA
 
2010
   
2009
 
Broadcast:
           
Bulgaria
  $ (9,070 )   $ (6,415 )
Croatia
    881       132  
Czech Republic
    22,184       25,287  
Romania
    4,529       9,774  
Slovak Republic
    (3,305 )     5,899  
Slovenia
    3,084       3,011  
Divisional costs
    (486 )     -  
Total Broadcast
  $ 17,817     $ 37,688  
New Media
  $ (3,384 )   $ (1,564 )
Media Pro Entertainment
  $ (2,033 )   $ (1,437 )
Central
    (10,812 )     (4,259 )
Elimination
    (747 )     (2,682 )
Total EBITDA
  $ 841     $ 27,746  
   

 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

Reconciliation to Consolidated Statement of Operations:
 
           
Loss from continuing operations
  $ (41,986 )   $ (38,105 )
Income tax credit
    (2,391 )     (10,583 )
Other expense / (income)
    270       (104 )
Change in fair value of derivatives
    3,656       (6,130 )
Foreign currency exchange gain, net
    (9,557 )     (37,054 )
Interest expense, net
    30,875       20,692  
Operating loss
  $ (19,133 )   $ (71,284 )
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
    14,825       11,500  
Amortization of intangible assets
    5,149       5,687  
Impairment
    -       81,843  
    $ 841     $ 27,746  

We do not rely on any single major customer or group of major customers.


17.  DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

On January 20, 2010, we entered into an agreement to sell 100% of our operations in Ukraine to Harley Trading Limited, a company beneficially owned by Igor Kolomoisky, a CME Ltd. shareholder and a member of our Board of Directors, for US$ 300.0 million in cash plus the reimbursement of US$ 8.0 million of cash operating expenses incurred between signing and closing.

We received an initial payment of US$ 30.0 million on February 1, 2010, which has been included as restricted cash in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as at March 31, 2010. The remaining US$ 278.0 million was received and the restricted cash was subsequently classified as unrestricted cash on April 7, 2010, when the sale was completed.

We have determined that the operations in Ukraine represent a disposal group consistent with the provisions of ASC 360, “Property, Plant and Equipment”. As a result, we have classified the assets and liabilities of our operations in Ukraine as held for sale at March 31, 2010 and depreciation and amortization associated with the assets was discontinued accordingly from January 20, 2010 (the date when the held for sale criteria of ASC 360 was met). All goodwill related to the Ukraine disposal group had been written off in prior periods. The assets classified as held for sale are measured at the lower of carrying value and fair value less costs to sell.

The results of operations have been classified as discontinued operations for all periods presented.

 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

Summarized Financial Information of Discontinued Operations

Summarized operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 for the Ukraine disposal group are as follows:

   
March 31, 2010
   
March 31, 2009
 
Revenues
  $ 16,888     $ 4,951  
Cost of Revenues
    (19,473 )     (15,812 )
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    (2,223 )     (2,603 )
Operating loss
    (4,808 )     (13,464 )
Foreign exchange gain
    891       2,211  
Other income / (expense)
    25       (2 )
Loss before tax
    (3,892 )     (11,255 )
(Provision) / credit for income tax
    (30 )     2,420  
Loss from discontinued operations
  $ (3,922 )   $ (8,835 )


18.  COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Commitments

a)  Programming Rights Agreements

At March 31, 2010, we had total commitments of US$ 452.0 million (December 31, 2009: US$ 436.8 million) in respect of our broadcast operations for future programming, including contracts signed with license periods starting after the balance sheet date. The amounts are payable as follows:

       
   
Total
   
Less than 1 year
   
1-3 years
   
3-5 years
   
More than 5 years
 
Programming Rights
  $
452,028
    $
110,158
    $
268,565
    $
69,956
    $
3,349
 

b) Operating Lease Commitments

For the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, we incurred aggregate rent on all facilities of US$ 1.6 million and US$ 2.2 million, respectively.  Future minimum operating lease payments at March 31, 2010 for non-cancellable operating leases with remaining terms in excess of one year (net of amounts to be recharged to third parties) are payable as follows:

   
March 31, 2010
 
2010
  $ 4,740  
2011
    5,749  
2012
    5,391  
2013
    6,468  
2014
    3,999  
2015 and thereafter
    11,549  
Total
  $ 37,896  

 
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CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

c) Acquisition of Minority Shareholdings in Romania

Adrian Sarbu has the right to sell to us his remaining shareholdings in Pro TV and MPI under a put option agreement entered into in July 2004 at a price to be determined by an independent valuation, subject to a floor price of US$ 1.45 million for each 1.0% interest sold. As at March 31, 2010, we considered the fair value of the put option of Mr. Sarbu to be approximately US$ nil.

d) Ukraine Transaction

On January 20, 2010, we entered into an agreement with Mr. Kolomoisky and a company beneficially owned by him to sell our 100% interest in our Ukraine operations. The sale was completed on April 7, 2010 (see Note 17, “Discontinued Operations” and Note 21, “Subsequent Events”).

e)   Acquisition of the bTV group

On February 18, 2010, we entered into a deed whereby we agreed to acquire (i) 100% of Balkan News Corporation EAD (“BNC”), which owns a 74% interest in Radio Company C.J. OOD (“RCJ”) and a 23% interest in Balkan Media Group AD, and (ii) 100% of TV Europe B.V., which owns 100% of Triada Communications EOOD (“Triada”), from News Corporation and News Netherlands B.V. BNC and Triada operate and broadcast the bTV, bTV Cinema and bTV Comedy television channels and RCJ operates several radio stations in Bulgaria (collectively, the “bTV group”).  The acquisition closed on April 19, 2010 for total cash consideration of US$ 400.0 million plus a payment of US$13.1 million for a working capital adjustment (see Note 21, “Subsequent Events”).
  
On February 18, 2010, we entered into a sale and purchase agreement (“SPA”), which was subsequently amended and restated on April 19, 2010, with Top Tone Media Holdings Limited (“Top Tone Holdings”) and Mr. Krassimir Guergov to restructure Pro.BG and Ring TV (the “Pro.BG business”). As at March 31, 2010, we owned 80% of the Pro.BG business, which operates PRO.BG and RING.BG, our legacy channels in Bulgaria. Mr. Guergov is entitled by contract to the economic benefits that accrue to Top Tone Holdings.  Under the SPA, Top Tone Holdings agreed to transfer to us its 20% interest in each of Top Tone Media S.A. and Zopal S.A., which together own 20% of the Pro.BG business, in consideration of (i) receiving a 6% interest in the subsidiary formed to acquire the bTV group and (ii) the termination of the existing agreements with Top Tone Holdings and Mr. Guergov in respect of the Pro.BG business. We completed this transaction on April 22, 2010 (see Note 21, “Subsequent Events”).

f) Czech Republic - Factoring of Trade Receivables

The Erste Facility is secured by a pledge of receivables under a factoring agreement. At March 31, 2010, CZK 537.7 million (approximately US$ 28.5 million) of receivables in the Czech Republic were pledged as collateral under this agreement (see Note 9 (b), “Credit Facilities and Obligations under Capital Leases”).

The transfer of the receivables is accounted for as a secured borrowing under ASC 860, “Transfers and Servicing”, with the proceeds received recorded in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as a liability and included in current credit facilities and obligations under capital leases. The corresponding receivables are a part of accounts receivable, as we retain the risks of ownership.

Contingencies
 
a) Litigation
 
We are, from time to time, a party to litigation or arbitration proceedings arising in the normal course of our business operations. Other than the claim discussed below, we are not presently a party to any such litigation or arbitration which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on our business or operations.

 
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CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

Video International Termination

On March 18, 2009, Video International Company Group, CGSC (“VI”), a Russian legal entity, filed a claim in the London Court of International Arbitration (“LCIA”) against CME BV, which at the time the claim was filed, was the principal holding company of our Ukrainian subsidiaries. The claim relates to the termination of an agreement between VI and CME BV dated November 30, 2006 (the “parent agreement”). The parent agreement was one of four related contracts by which VI subsidiaries, including LLC Video International-Prioritet (“Prioritet”), supplied advertising and marketing services to Studio 1+1 in Ukraine and another subsidiary of the Company. Among these four contracts were the advertising services agreement and the marketing services agreements both between Prioritet and Studio 1+1. The parent agreement provides that it automatically terminates upon termination of the advertising services agreement. On December 24, 2008, each of CME BV, Studio 1+1 and the other CME subsidiary provided notices of termination to their respective contract counterparties, following which each of the four contracts terminated on March 24, 2010. On January 9, 2009, in response to a VI demand, CME revised its termination notice and noted that the parent agreement would expire of its own accord with the termination of the advertising services agreement. In connection with these terminations, Studio 1+1 is required under the advertising and marketing services agreements to pay a termination penalty equal to (i) 12% of the average monthly advertising revenues, and (ii) 6% of the average monthly sponsorship revenues, in each case for advertising and sponsorship sold by Prioritet for the six months prior to the termination date, multiplied by six. We determined the termination penalty to be UAH 37.7 million (approximately US$ 4.5 million) and made a provision for this amount in our financial statements in the fourth quarter of 2008. On June 1, 2009, we paid UAH 13.5 million (approximately US$ 1.6 million) to Prioritet and set off UAH 7.4 million (approximately US$ 0.9 million) against amounts owing to Studio 1+1 under the advertising and marketing services agreements. In its arbitration claim, VI is seeking payment of a separate indemnity under the parent agreement equal to the aggregate amount of Studio 1+1’s advertising revenues for the six months ended December 31, 2008. The aggregate amount of relief sought is US$ 58.5 million. We believe that VI has no grounds for receiving such separate indemnity and are vigorously defending the arbitration proceedings. We do not believe it is probable that we will be required to make any payment and accordingly have made no provision for it.

b) Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy Claim

On March 4, 2008, we purchased for cash consideration of US$ 22.2 million, capped call options from Lehman OTC (See Note 4, “Senior Debt: Convertible Notes”) over 1,583,333 shares of our Class A common stock which, together with purchases of similar options from other counterparties, entitled us to receive, at our election following a conversion under the Convertible Notes, cash or shares of Class A common stock with a value equal to the difference between the trading price of our shares at the time the option is exercised and US$ 105.00, up to a maximum trading price of US$ 151.20.

Following Lehman Holdings, the guarantor of the obligations of Lehman OTC under the capped call agreement, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in September 2008, we assigned our claim in the bankruptcy proceedings to an unrelated third party on March 3, 2009 for cash consideration of US$ 3.4 million and recorded the amount as other income in the three months ended March 31, 2009.
 
c) Restrictions on dividends from Consolidated Subsidiaries and Unconsolidated Affiliates
 
Corporate law in the Central and Eastern European countries in which we have operations stipulates generally that dividends may be declared by shareholders, out of yearly profits, subject to the maintenance of registered capital and required reserves after the recovery of accumulated losses. The reserve requirement restriction generally provides that before dividends may be distributed, a portion of annual net profits (typically 5%) be allocated to a reserve, which reserve is capped at a proportion of the registered capital of a company (ranging from 5% to 25%).  The restricted net assets of our consolidated subsidiaries and equity in earnings of investments accounted for under the equity method together are less than 25% of consolidated net assets.

 
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CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

19. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Overview
 
There is a limited local market for many specialist broadcasting and production services in the countries in which we operate; many of these services are provided by parties known to be connected to our local shareholders, members of our management and board of directors or our equity investees.  As stated in ASC 850, “Related Party Disclosures”, transactions involving related parties cannot be presumed to be carried out on an arm’s-length basis, as the requisite conditions of competitive, free-market dealings may not exist.  We continue to review all of these arrangements.
 
Related Party Groups
 
We consider our related parties to be those shareholders who have direct control and/or influence and other parties that can significantly influence management as well as our executive officers and directors; a “connected” party is one in relation to whom we are aware of the existence of a family or business connection to a shareholder, executive officer or director. We have identified transactions with individuals or entities associated with the following individuals or entities as related party transactions: Adrian Sarbu, our President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board of Directors; Time Warner Inc., beneficial owners of approximately 31.0% of our outstanding shares of Class A and Class B common stock; and Igor Kolomoisky, beneficial owner of approximately 2.6% of our outstanding shares of Class A common stock and a member of our Board of Directors.
 
Related Party Transactions
 
Adrian Sarbu
             
   
Three months ended March 31, 2010
   
Three months ended March 31, 2009
 
   
(US$ 000’s)
 
Purchases of programming and services
  $ 1,292     $ 9,058  
Sales
  $ 333     $ 370  

 
             
   
As at March 31, 2010
   
As at December 31, 2009
 
   
(US$ 000’s)
 
Accounts payable
  $ 886     $ 403  
Accounts receivable
  $ 1,447     $ 1,533  

 
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CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

Time Warner
 
             
   
Three months ended March 31, 2010
   
Three months ended March 31, 2009
 
   
(US$ 000’s)
 
Purchases of programming
  $ 2,285     $ -  

             
   
As at March 31, 2010
   
As at December 31, 2009
 
Accounts payable
  $ 40,116     $ 39,085  

Igor Kolomoisky

On January 20, 2010 we entered into an agreement to sell 100% of our operations in Ukraine to Harley Trading Limited, a company owned beneficially by Igor Kolomoisky.  The sale was completed on April 7, 2010 (see Note 21, “Subsequent Events”).

20. RESTRICTED AND UNRESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES

Under the terms of the indentures governing the Floating Rate Notes and the 2009 Fixed Rate Notes (the “2007 Indenture” and the “2009 Indenture” respectively), we are largely restricted from raising debt at the corporate level if the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense (both as defined in the 2007 Indenture and 2009 Indenture) (the “Coverage Ratio”) is less than 2.0 times. For the purposes of the 2007 Indenture and the 2009 Indenture, the calculation of the Coverage Ratio includes CME Ltd. and its subsidiaries that are “Restricted Subsidiaries.” Subsidiaries may be designated as “Unrestricted Subsidiaries” and excluded from the calculation of Coverage Ratio by our Board of Directors. As of March 31, 2010, those subsidiaries that comprised our Ukraine and Bulgaria operations at March 31, 2010 and CME Development Financing B.V. (the “Development Financing Holding Company”), the entity that funds these operations, were designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

Our Coverage Ratio is currently below 2.0 times, therefore our Restricted Subsidiaries are restricted from making payments or investments in total of more than approximately EUR 80.0 million (approximately US$ 107.8 million) to our Unrestricted Subsidiaries or to any other operations that are not restricted subsidiaries. We have made US$ 32.5 million of such payments since we issued our Floating Rate Notes in 2007 and as at March 31, 2010 we have capacity for approximately US$ 75.3 million of additional payments or investments by CME Ltd. or the Restricted Subsidiaries in the Unrestricted Subsidiaries while our Coverage Ratio remains below 2.0 times.

There is no requirement to maintain a minimum cash balance in the Development Financing Holding Company and the remaining US$ 177.1 million cash balance remains available to our Restricted Subsidiaries at any time. The Development Financing Holding Company may choose to return any unrequired portion of the $ 177.1 million that it holds to a Restricted Subsidiary. We intend to maintain sufficient amounts to fund our developing operations, which currently consists only of the Pro.BG business in Bulgaria, to a break-even cash position, which we estimate will occur by 2013.

If the Unrestricted Subsidiaries exhaust all available cash, it may be possible to re-designate them as Restricted Subsidiaries provided that our Coverage Ratio is not below 2.0 times on a pro-forma basis. Our Restricted Subsidiaries are not restricted in the manner or amount of funding support they may provide to the Unrestricted Subsidiaries if they are so re-designated. Such a re-designation could have adverse consequences for our Coverage Ratio. If a funding need arises for our Unrestricted Subsidiaries, and we are prevented from re-designating our operations as Restricted Subsidiaries, those operations would be required to raise debt on a stand-alone basis, attract additional equity funding, divest some or all of their assets or enter bankruptcy proceedings.

 
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CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

Selected financial information for CME Ltd. and its Restricted Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries as required by the 2009 Indenture was as follows:

   
Issuer and Restricted subsidiaries
   
Unrestricted Subsidiaries
   
Inter-group eliminations
   
Total
 
Consolidated Statement of Operations:
     
   
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010
 
Net revenues
  $ 143,123     $ 954     $ (436 )   $ 143,641  
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
    13,220       894       -       14,114  
Amortization of broadcast licenses and other intangibles
    5,149       -       -       5,149  
Operating (loss)
    (9,083 )     (10,035 )     (15 )     (19,133 )
Net (loss) attributable to CME Ltd.
  $ (26,937 )   $ (15,342 )   $ (15 )   $ (42,294 )
   
Consolidated Balance Sheet:
     
   
As at March 31, 2010
 
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 252,311     $ 211,064     $ -     $ 463,375  
Third Party Debt (1)
    1,391,203       593       -       1,391,796  
Total assets
    3,345,534       319,966       (834,977 )     2,830,523  
Total CME Ltd. Equity
  $ 1,635,216     $ 182,887     $ (712,221 )   $ 1,105,882  
(1) Third party debt is defined as credit facilities and capital leases or Senior Debt with entities that are not part of the CME Ltd. consolidated group.
 
 
   
Issuer and Restricted subsidiaries
   
Unrestricted Subsidiaries
   
Inter-group eliminations
   
Total
 
Consolidated Statement of Operations:
     
   
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2009
 
Net revenues
  $ 135,722     $ 598     $ -     $ 136,320  
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
    10,577       535       -       11,112  
Amortization of broadcast licenses and other intangibles
    4,141       1,546       -       5,687  
Operating income / (loss)
    19,414       (90,698 )     -       (71,284 )
Net income / (loss) attributable to CME Ltd.
  $ 45,371     $ (89,809 )   $ -     $ (44,438 )
                                 
Consolidated Balance Sheet:
     
   
As at December 31, 2009
 
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 243,314     $ 202,640     $ -     $ 445,954  
Third Party Debt (1)
    1,377,194       674       -       1,377,868  
Total assets
    3,365,435       335,623       (828,271 )     2,872,787  
Total CME Ltd. Equity
  $ 1,683,789     $ 195,459     $ (701,659 )   $ 1,177,589  
(1) Third party debt is defined as credit facilities and capital leases or Senior Debt with entities that are not part of the CME Ltd consolidated group.
 
 
 
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CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in US$ 000’s, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

21.  SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Ukraine Transaction

On April 7, 2010, we completed the disposal of 100% of our Ukraine operations to Harley Trading Limited, a company beneficially owned by Igor Kolomoisky, a CME Ltd. shareholder and a member of our Board of Directors, for US$ 300.0 million in cash plus the reimbursement of cash operating expenses between signing and closing of US$ 8.0 million. On the closing date, the initial payment to us of US$ 30.0 million that was made on February 1, 2010 was released into unrestricted cash.

Acquisition of the bTV group

On April 19, 2010, we completed the acquisition of the bTV group from News Corporation and News Netherlands B.V. through our wholly owned subsidiary CME Bulgaria B.V. (“CME Bulgaria”) for total cash consideration of US$ 400.0 million and a payment of US$ 13.1 million for a working capital adjustment.
  
On April 19, 2010, we entered into an amended and restated sale and purchase agreement (the “SPA”) with Top Tone Media Holdings Limited (“Top Tone Holdings”) and Mr. Krassimir Guergov to restructure the ownership of the Pro.BG business.

On April 22, 2010, pursuant to the SPA, Top Tone Holdings transferred to us its 20.0% interest in each of Top Tone Media S.A. and Zopal S.A., and pursuant to a deed of termination, we terminated our existing agreements in respect of the Pro.BG business with Top Tone Holdings and Mr. Krassimir Guergov for total consideration of approximately $18.0 million. In addition, Top Tone Holdings purchased a 6.0% interest in CME Bulgaria from us for $17.7 million. Following the restructuring of our Pro.BG business, we own 100% of Pro.BG and Ring TV and 94% of the bTV group. It is expected that Mr. Guergov, who has provided expertise and advice for the Pro.BG business, will continue to provide advice to our operations in Bulgaria.
 
On April 22, 2010, Top Tone Holdings also entered into an investment agreement with us pursuant to which it will have the right to acquire up to an additional 4% of CME Bulgaria (i) for a one-year period from closing for $2.95 million for each 1% interest acquired (up to an aggregate amount of $11.8 million) and (ii) from the first anniversary of the closing until the third anniversary of the closing, at a price determined by an independent valuation. From the third anniversary of the closing, Top Tone Holdings will have the right to put its entire interest to us and we will have the right to call from Top Tone Holdings its entire interest, in each case at a price determined by an independent valuation.
 
Credit Facilities

On April 30, 2010, Pro Plus repaid its outstanding credit facility of EUR 22.5 million (approximately US$ 29.8 million at the date of repayment) and we are negotiating a new credit facility.
 
 
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Item 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Contents

I.
Forward-looking Statements
II.
Overview
III.
Our Business
IV.
Analysis of the Results of Operations and Financial Position
V.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
VI.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
 
I. Forward-looking Statements
 
This report contains forward-looking statements, including those relating to our capital needs, business strategy, expectations and intentions. Statements that use the terms “believe”, “anticipate”, “expect”, “plan”, “estimate”, “intend” and similar expressions of a future or forward-looking nature identify forward-looking statements for purposes of the U.S. federal securities laws or otherwise. For these statements and all other forward-looking statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which cannot be predicted with accuracy or are otherwise beyond our control and some of which might not even be anticipated.  Forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and because our business is subject to such risks and uncertainties, actual results, our strategic plan, our financial position, results of operations and cash flows could differ materially from those described in or contemplated by the forward-looking statements contained in this report.

Important factors that contribute to such risks include, but are not limited to, those factors set forth under “Risk Factors” as well as the following: the effect of the economic downturn in our markets; decreases in television advertising spending and the rate of development of the advertising markets and the pace of any related recovery in the countries in which we operate; our ability to make future investments in television broadcast operations; our ability to develop and  implement strategies regarding sales and multi-channel distribution; the successful integration of the bTV group and Media Pro Entertainment; changes in the political and regulatory environments where we operate and application of relevant laws and regulations; the timely renewal of broadcasting licenses and our ability to obtain additional frequencies and licenses; and our ability to acquire necessary programming and attract audiences. The foregoing review of important factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with other cautionary statements that are included in this report. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes included elsewhere in this report.

 
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II. Overview


CME Ltd. is a vertically integrated media and entertainment company operating broadcasting, new media and content businesses in six Central and Eastern European countries.  We completed the disposal of our operations in Ukraine on April 7, 2010 and, accordingly, those operations are treated as discontinued for all periods presented.

The following table provides a summary of our results for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009:
       
   
For the Three Months Ended March 31,
(US$ 000's)
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
Movement
 
Net revenues
  $ 143,641     $ 136,320       5.4 %
Cost of revenues
    (134,329 )     (106,520 )     26.1 %
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    (28, 445 )     (19,241 )     47.8 %
Impairment charge
    -       (81,843 )  
Nm (3)
 
Operating loss
    (19,133 )     (71,284 )     73.2 %
Net loss
  $ (45,908 )   $ (46,940 )     (2.2 )%
Net cash (used in) / generated by continuing operating activities
  $ (25,774 )   $ 34,428       (174.9 )%

 
III. Our Business

Since January 1, 2010, we have managed our business on a divisional basis, with three operating segments: Broadcast, New Media and Content (Media Pro Entertainment) and all historic financial information has been presented on this basis.  The new business segments reflect how the Company’s operations are managed, how operating performance within the Company is evaluated by senior management and the structure of our internal financial reporting.

We evaluate the performance of our segments based on Net Revenues and EBITDA. Our key performance measure of the efficiency of our segments is EBITDA margin.  We define EBITDA margin as the ratio of EBITDA to Net Revenues.  We believe EBITDA is useful to investors because it provides a more meaningful representation of our performance as it excludes certain items that either do not impact our cash flows or the operating results of our operations.  EBITDA is also used as a component in determining management bonuses. Intersegment revenues and profits have been eliminated in consolidation.

EBITDA is determined as net income/(loss), which includes program rights amortization costs, before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of intangible assets.  Items that are not allocated to our segments for purposes of evaluating their performance, and therefore are not included in divisional EBITDA, include:

foreign currency exchange gains and losses;

change in fair value of derivatives;

stock-based compensation; and

certain unusual or infrequent items (e.g. impairments of assets or investments).

EBITDA may not be comparable to similar measures reported by other companies.  Non-GAAP measures should be evaluated in conjunction with, and are not a substitute for, US GAAP financial measures.  For additional information regarding our business segments, see Item 1, Note 16, “Segment Data”.

 
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The following analysis contains references to like-for-like (“% Lfl”) or constant currency percentage movements. These references reflect the impact of applying the current period average exchange rates to the prior period revenues and costs. Given the significant movement of the currencies in the markets in which we operate against the dollar, we believe that it is useful to provide percentage movements based on like-for-like or constant currency percentage movements as well as actual (“% Act”) percentage movements (which includes the effect of foreign exchange). Unless otherwise stated, all percentage increases or decreases in the following analysis refer to year-on-year percentage changes, i.e. changes between the first quarter of 2010 and the first quarter of 2009.

A summary of our total Net Revenues and EBITDA is as follows:

   
NET REVENUES
 
   
For the Three Months Ended March 31, (US$ 000's)
 
               
Movement
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
% Act (1)
   
% Lfl (2)
 
Broadcast:
                       
Bulgaria
  $ 940     $ 595       58.0 %     51.1 %
Croatia
    11,725       10,080       16.3 %     9.0 %
Czech Republic
    54,300       55,456       (2.1 ) %     (13.1 )%
Romania
    36,547       35,521       2.9 %     (5.5 )%
Slovak Republic
    18,090       20,462       (11.6 ) %     (15.2 )%
Slovenia
    13,823       12,411       11.4 %     6.9 %
Total Broadcast
  $ 135,425     $ 134,525       0.7 %     (7.7 )%
                                 
New Media
  $ 2,021     $ 1,757       15.0 %     5.8 %
Media Pro Entertainment
  $ 28,043     $ 14,411       94.6 %     77.8 %
Elimination
    (21,848 )     (14,373 )     (52.0 )%     (40.8 )%
Total Net Revenues
  $ 143,641     $ 136,320       5.4 %     (3.6 )%
(1) Actual (“%Act”) reflects the percentage change between two periods.
 
(2) Like for Like (“%Lfl”) or constant currency reflects the impact of applying the current period average exchange rates to the prior period revenues and costs.
 

 
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EBITDA
 
   
For the Three Months Ended March 31, (US$ 000's)
 
               
Movement
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
% Act (1)
   
% Lfl (2)
 
Broadcast:
                       
Bulgaria
  $ (9,070 )   $ (6,415 )     (41.4 )%    
(35.8
)%
Croatia
    881       132    
Nm (3)
   
Nm (3)
 
Czech Republic
    22,184       25,287       (12.3 ) %     (22.2 )%
Romania
    4,529       9,774       (53.7 ) %     (57.9 )%
Slovak Republic
    (3,305 )     5,899       (156.0 ) %     (153.7 )%
Slovenia
    3,084      
3,011
     
2.4
%    
(1.8
)%
Divisional Operating Costs
    (486 )     -    
Nm (3)
   
Nm (3)
 
Total Broadcast
  $ 17,817     $
37,688
     
(52.7
) %    
(57.6
)%
                                 
New Media
    (3,384 )     (1,564 )     (116.4 )%     (99.5 )%
Media Pro Entertainment
    (2,033 )     (1,437 )     (41.5 )%     (47.8 )%
Central
    (10,812 )     (4,259 )     (153.9 )%     (151.4 )%
Elimination
    (747 )     (2,682 )     (72.1 )%     (72.5 )%
Consolidated EBITDA
  $ 841     $ 27,746       (97.0 ) %    
(97.4
)%
(1) Actual (“%Act”) reflects the percentage change between two periods.
 
(2) Like for Like (“%Lfl”) or constant currency reflects the impact of applying the current period average exchange rates to the prior period revenues and costs.
 
(3) Number is not meaningful.
 


Broadcast
 
Our Broadcast segment comprises our broadcast channel operations in Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Romania, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia.
 
The Broadcast segment reported net revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2010 of US$ 135.4 million, compared to US$ 134.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009, an increase of 1%. We generated EBITDA of US$ 17.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2010, compared to US$ 37.7 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009, a decrease of 53%. In constant currency terms, this represents a decline in net revenues and EBITDA of 8% and 58%, respectively.
 
We took decisive actions during the first quarter to deliver increased audience share and we maintained or increased market leadership in all our Broadcast operations other than Bulgaria. In particular, we entered into agreements to dispose of our loss making operations in Ukraine and acquire the market leader in Bulgaria.
 
Revenues increased by 1% in the quarter compared to 2009 due to the appreciation of our local currencies against the dollar. In constant currency terms, television advertising spending in our markets on average was 12 % lower than the first quarter of 2009, with variances ranging from between positive 3% and negative 18%. This market decline was more severe than the decline in our revenues of 8% on a constant currency basis. We managed to maintain or increase our market shares by up to three percentage points during the first quarter of 2010 by adjusting our sales policies to meet the needs of our advertisers.
 
Costs increased by 21% in the quarter compared to 2009 due to a combination of the appreciation of our local currencies against the dollar, new channel investments made in the second half of 2009 and accelerated programming amortization in Bulgaria.  We strengthened our prime time audience shares while limiting comparable year-on-year costs increase in constant currency terms. These steps included pay constraints, the deferral of certain expenditures and managing our broadcast schedules to reduce the rate of programming cost growth. Our goal continues to be to maintain the high audience shares and the strength of our brands, as we believe this is essential to the value of our operations. We will continue to allocate sufficient investment in programming to protect these strengths.
 
 
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We anticipate the second quarter will show, on average, a low single digit decline in the local currency television advertising spending in our operating territories when compared to the same period in 2009, with variances ranging from between positive 3% and negative 10%.  We expect recovery to begin in all of our countries in the second half of 2010, with significant variation among countries in the timing and pace of the recovery. We currently expect that there will be low single digit growth in GDP in 2010 and that local currency TV advertising spending in our operating territories will on average be flat for the full year. After 2010, we currently believe that we will see a return to higher levels of nominal GDP growth and that the local currency television advertising spending will return to the levels experienced in 2008 during 2012. Accordingly, we expect growth rates in our markets will be higher than in Western European or U.S. markets.

We are confident that we will continue to maintain or increase our audience and market leadership, whilst continuing to control our costs.  Once market recovery starts, we will be best positioned to take advantage of the increased TV advertising spending and return to the high levels of EBITDA growth that we enjoyed in the years before the current economic crisis hit.

New Media
 
Our New Media segment has operations in Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Romania, Slovak Republic and Slovenia.
 
The New Media segment reported net revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2010 of US$ 2.0 million, compared to US$ 1.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009, an increase of 15%. We incurred EBITDA losses of US$ 3.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2010, compared to US$ 1.6 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009, an increase of 116%. In constant currency terms, we have seen an increase in net revenues, and EBITDA losses of 6% and 100%, respectively.
 
We operate a diversified internet business in each of our markets, cross promoted and supported by the large audience of our Broadcast operations and will continue to launch targeted products and services in order to achieve leading positions (in terms of unique visitors and page impressions, and video downloads). Internet broadband penetration remains low in most of our markets in comparison to Western European and U.S. markets. We anticipate broadband penetration and internet usage will increase significantly over the medium term and will foster the development of significant new opportunities for generating advertising and other revenues in new media. We intend to continue to develop our new media activities by moving our content online with multiple distribution (video on demand, simulcast and catch-up TV) and services to attract all types of new media audience in order to generate multiple revenue streams including video advertising and paid premium content.
 
We believe that we will benefit from the shift of advertising spending from print and other media to our New Media and Broadcast operations. This will drive the future growth of our New Media segment.
 
Content (Media Pro Entertainment)
 
The acquisition of Media Pro Entertainment in December 2009 provided us with a unique opportunity to become a significant player in the content business. We have integrated the acquired assets with our existing production assets in each country to create a dedicated content segment with operations in all our countries, which has been branded Media Pro Entertainment.  The results of Media Pro Entertainment for the three months ended March 31, 2009 reflect only those production activities previously combined within our Broadcast operations, and therefore are not comparable in scale to the current Media Pro Entertainment operation.

Media Pro Entertainment focuses on the development, production and distribution of television and film content which is intended to be shown on our television channels and sold to third parties within our region and globally. Media Pro Entertainment also generates additional third party revenues through the sale of production services to independent film-makers and extracts additional value from our own library of produced content through the sale of international broadcast rights to third parties outside the countries in which we currently operate. In addition, the distribution and exhibition activities of Media Pro Entertainment generate revenues from the distribution of rights to film content to third party clients, from the exhibition of films in its theaters and from the sale of DVD and Blu Ray discs to wholesale and retail clients.

 
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Operating Media Pro Entertainment across all countries in which we have broadcast operations enables us to share production resources, equipment and facilities in the most efficient way possible in order to lower the unit cost of production at a time when we are seeing increasing competition for popular content leading to high levels of price inflation.

The Media Pro Entertainment segment reported net revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2010 of US$ 28.0 million, compared to US$ 14.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009, an increase of 95%. We incurred EBITDA losses of US$ 2.0 million in the three months ended March 31, 2010, compared to US$ 1.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009, an increase of 42%. In constant currency terms, net revenues and EBITDA decreased by 78% and 48%, respectively.
 
The creation of the Media Pro Entertainment segment reflects the increasing importance of locally generated content in our markets. As distribution platforms become more fragmented the importance of controlling popular local content becomes more important as it both safeguards market share and allows us to diversify our revenue streams. We also believe that sharing our expertise in production development and management will bring significant benefits. We will seek to leverage the creative talent across Media Pro Entertainment to develop high-quality original formats that can be adapted in multiple countries, to extract more value from our existing library of formats and to pool the expertise of our production professionals in each market.


Recent Developments

·
On April 7, 2010, we completed the disposal of 100.0% of our Ukraine operations to Harley Trading Limited, a company beneficially owned by Igor Kolomoisky. We received cash consideration of US$ 300.0 million plus the reimbursement of US$ 8.0 million of cash operating expenses incurred between signing and closing (see Part I, Note 17, “Discontinued Operations” and Note 21, “Subsequent Events”).

·
On April 19, 2010, we acquired the bTV group in Bulgaria from News Corporation. The total cash consideration was US$ 400.0 million plus a payment of US$ 13.1 million for a working capital adjustment (see Part I, Note 21, “Subsequent Events”).

·
On February 23, 2010, David Sach was appointed as our Chief Financial Officer, effective March 1, 2010. Mr. Sach succeeds Charles Frank, who served as interim Chief Financial Officer from July 2009.

·
Ratings for our outstanding debt instruments and our corporate credit were upgraded as at April 26, 2010 (see V (d) “Cash Outlook”).

 
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IV. Analysis of the Results of  Operations and Financial Position

IV (a) Net Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009

   
NET REVENUES
 
   
For the Three Months Ended March 31, (US$ 000's)
 
               
Movement
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
% Act (1)
   
% Lfl (2)
 
Broadcast:
                       
Bulgaria
  $ 940     $ 595       58.0 %     51.1 %
Croatia
    11,725       10,080       16.3 %     9.0 %
Czech Republic
    54,300       55,456       (2.1 ) %     (13.1 )%
Romania
    36,547       35,521       2.9 %     (5.5 )%
Slovak Republic
    18,090       20,462       (11.6 ) %     (15.2 )%
Slovenia
    13,823       12,411       11.4 %     6.9 %
Total Broadcast
  $ 135,425     $ 134,525       0.7 %     (7.7 )%
New Media
  $ 2,021     $ 1,757       15.0 %     5.8 %
Media Pro Entertainment
  $ 28,043     $ 14,411       94.6 %     77.8 %
Elimination
    (21,848 )     (14,373 )     (52.0 )%     (40.8 )%
Total Net Revenues
  $ 143,641     $ 136,320       5.4 %     (3.6 )%
(1) Actual (“%Act”) reflects the percentage change between two periods.
 
(2) Like for Like (“%Lfl”) or constant currency reflects the impact of applying the current period average exchange rates to the prior period revenues and costs.
 

Our net revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2010 increased by US$ 7.3 million, or 5%, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009, of which 9% reflects the impact of movements in foreign exchange rates.

Our broadcast segment reported revenues of US$ 135.4 million in the first quarter of 2010, an increase of 1% compared to the same period in 2009 due to the appreciation of our local currencies against the dollar. In constant currency terms, we experienced an 8% decline in revenues due to continued low demand for television advertising, particularly in the Czech and Slovak Republics and Romania. Although demand in each of these markets continued to decline compared to the same period in 2009, the rate of decline has slowed. These declines in revenues have been partially offset by a 7% increase in revenues in Slovenia, reflecting a 3% increase in the television advertising market in the first quarter of 2010 and a 9% increase in revenues in Croatia, despite a 5% decline in the local television advertising market.

Our new media segment reported revenues of US$ 2.0 million in the first quarter of 2010, an increase of 15% compared to the same period in 2009, of which 9% was due to the appreciation of our local currencies against the dollar. In constant currency terms, we experienced a 6% increase in revenues driven by growth in the number of unique visitors and video downloads.

In the three months ended March 31, 2009, Media Pro Entertainment included only those content activities previously embedded within our broadcast operations. 

 
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IV (b) Cost of Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009

   
Cost of Revenues
 
   
For the Three Months Ended March 31, (US$ 000's)
 
               
Movement
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
% Act (1)
   
% Lfl (2)
 
                         
Operating Costs
  $ 27,280     $ 25,273       7.9 %     (0.7 )%
Cost of Programming
    87,786       64,448       36.2 %     26.1 %
Depreciation of  property, plant and equipment
    14,114       11,112       27.0 %    
16.0
%
Amortization of broadcast licenses and other intangibles
    5,149       5,687       (9.5 ) %     (17.3 )%
Total Cost of Revenues
  $ 134,329     $ 106,520       26.1 %     15.9 %
(1) Actual (“%Act”) reflects the percentage change between two periods.
 
(2) Like for Like (“%Lfl”) or constant currency reflects the impact of applying the current period average exchange rates to the prior period revenues and costs.
 

Our Cost of Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2010 increased by US$ 27.8 million, or 26%, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009, of which 10% reflects the impact of movements in foreign exchange rates.

Operating costs:   Total operating costs (excluding programming costs, depreciation of property, plant and equipment, amortization of broadcast licenses and other intangibles as well as station selling, general and administrative expenses) for the three months ended March 31, 2010 increased by US$ 2.0 million, or 8%, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009 ; on a constant currency basis, operating costs fell by 1% as we continued to optimize the cost of our operations.
 
   
OPERATING COSTS
 
   
For the Three Months Ended March 31, (US$ 000's)
 
               
Movement
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
% Act (1)
   
% Lfl (2)
 
Broadcast:
                       
Bulgaria
  $ 1,324     $ 1,262       4.9 %     0.7 %
Croatia
    2,344       2,430       (3.5 ) %     (9.6 )%
Czech Republic
    7,384       7,268       1.6 %     (9.8 )%
Romania
    5,655       5,170       9.4 %     0.8 %
Slovak Republic
    4,159       4,329       (3.9 ) %     (7.8 )%
Slovenia
    2,619       2,716       (3.6 ) %     (7.0 )%
Total Broadcast
  $ 23,485     $ 23,175       1.3 %     (6.2 )%
New Media
  $ 1,206     $ 1,668       (27.7 )%     (35.4 )%
Media Pro Entertainment
  $ 2,589     $ 430    
Nm (3)
   
Nm (3)
 
Total Operating Costs
  $ 27,280     $ 25,273       7.9 %     (0.7 )%
(1) Actual (“%Act”) reflects the percentage change between two periods.
 
(2) Like for Like (“%Lfl”) or constant currency reflects the impact of applying the current period average exchange rates to the prior period revenues and costs.
 
(3) Number is not meaningful.
 

 
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Cost of programming:  Programming costs (including production costs and amortization of programming rights) for the three months ended March 31, 2010 increased by US$ 23.3 million, or 36%, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009, of which 10% was due to the appreciation of our local currencies against the dollar.  In constant currency, our cost of programming increased US$ 18.2 million, reflecting the cost of launching new channels such as MTV Czech in November 2009, DOMA in August 2009 and TV Pika in September 2009, further accelerated amortization of programming on Pro.BG and Ring.BG and the impact of increased competition for high quality programming on the cost of acquired programming in our markets.

   
COST OF PROGRAMMING
 
   
For the Three Months Ended March 31, (US$ 000's)
 
               
Movement
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
% Act (1)
   
% Lfl (2)
 
                         
Production Costs
  $ 33,219     $ 27,055       22.8 %     13.9 %
Programming Amortization
    54,567       37,393       45.9 %     34.9 %
Total Cost of Programming
  $ 87,786     $ 64,448       36.2 %     26.1 %
(1) Actual (“%Act”) reflects the percentage change between two periods.
 
(2) Like for Like (“%Lfl”) or constant currency reflects the impact of applying the current period average exchange rates to the prior period revenues and costs.
 

Production Costs for each of our operations for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 are set out in the table below.

   
PRODUCTION COSTS
 
   
For the Three Months Ended March 31, (US$ 000's)
 
               
Movement
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
% Act (1)
   
% Lfl (2)
 
Broadcast:
                       
Bulgaria
  $ 3,122     $ 2,096       49.0 %     42.9 %
Croatia
    2,154       2,467       (12.7 )%     (18.1 )%
Czech Republic
    7,145       6,266       14.0 %     1.3 %
Romania
    7,178       8,005       (10.3 )%     (17.2 ) %
Slovak Republic
    3,784       2,009       88.3 %     80.7 %
Slovenia
    2,948       2,377       24.0 %     19.0 %
Total Broadcast
  $ 26,331     $ 23,220       13.4 %     4.8 %
New Media
  $ 2,975     $ 730    
Nm (3)
      283.9 %
Media Pro Entertainment
  $ 23,799     $ 14,793       60.9 %     48.0 %
Elimination
    (19,886 )     (11,689 )     (70.1 )%     (55.4 ) %
Total Production Costs
  $ 33,219     $ 27,055       22.8 %     13.9 %
(1) Actual (“%Act”) reflects the percentage change between two periods.
 
(2) Like for Like (“%Lfl”) or constant currency reflects the impact of applying the current period average exchange rates to the prior period revenues and costs.
 
(3) Number is not meaningful.
 

 
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Amortization of acquired programming for each of our operations for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 is set out in the table below.

   
AMORTIZATION OF PROGRAMMING RIGHTS
 
   
For the Three Months Ended March 31, (US$ 000's)
 
               
Movement
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
% Act (1)
   
% Lfl (2)
 
Broadcast:
                       
Bulgaria
  $ 4,457     $ 2,406       85.2 %     77.7 %
Croatia
    5,114       4,191       22.0 %     14.4 %
Czech Republic
    13,542       11,565       17.1 %     4.0 %
Romania
    16,014       9,774       63.8 %     50.9 %
Slovak Republic
    11,014       5,792       90.2 %     82.7 %
Slovenia
    4,554       3,665       24.3 %     19.2 %
Total Broadcast
  $ 54,695     $ 37,393       46.3 %     35.2 %
New Media
  $ -     $ -       -       -  
Media Pro Entertainment
  $ 1,087     $ -    
Nm (3
)  
Nm (3
)
Elimination
    (1,215 )     -    
Nm (3
)  
Nm (3
)
Total Amortization of Programming Rights
  $ 54,567     $ 37,393       45.9 %     34.9 %
(1) Actual (“%Act”) reflects the percentage change between two periods.
 
(2) Like for Like (“%Lfl”) or constant currency reflects the impact of applying the current period average exchange rates to the prior period revenues and costs.
 
(3) Number is not meaningful.
 

 
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The cash paid for acquired programming by each of our operations for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 is set out in the table below.  The cash paid for programming by our broadcast operations (with the exception of our operations in Ukraine), our New Media  segment and our Media Pro Entertainment segment is reflected within net cash provided by continuing operating activities in our condensed consolidated statement of cash flows.  The cash paid for programming by our former operations in Ukraine is reflected within net cash used in discontinued operating activities in our condensed consolidated statement of cash flows.

   
CASH PAID FOR ACQUIRED PROGRAMMING
 
   
For the Three Months Ended March 31, (US$ 000's)
 
               
Movement
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
% Act (1)
   
% Lfl (2)
 
Broadcast:
                       
Bulgaria
  $ 10,127     $ 3,492       190.0 %     175.2 %
Croatia
    1,628       4,205       (61.3 ) %     (63.7 )%
Czech Republic
    8,427       9,347       (9.8 ) %     (19.9 )%
Romania
    21,560       26,617       (19.0 ) %     (24.9 )%
Slovak Republic
    5,473       6,098       (10.2 ) %     (16.1 )%
Slovenia
    1,437       2,348       (38.8 ) %     (41.8 )%
Total Broadcast
  $ 48,652     $ 52,107       (6.6 )%     (13.7 )%
New Media
  $ -     $ -       -       -  
Media Pro Entertainment
  $ 1,899     $ -    
Nm (3)
   
Nm (3)
 
Total Cash paid for acquired programming
  $ 50,551     $ 52,107       (3.0 ) %     (10.3 )%
(1) Actual (“%Act”) reflects the percentage change between two periods.
 
(2) Like for Like (“%Lfl”) or constant currency reflects the impact of applying the current period average exchange rates to the prior period revenues and costs.
 
(3) Number is not meaningful.
 

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment:   Total depreciation of property, plant and equipment for the three months ended March 31, 2010 increased by US$ 3.0 million, or 27%, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009, primarily due to the impact of the appreciation of the dollar.  In constant currency, depreciation increased by 16% reflecting the impact of recent investments in production equipment assets across all of our broadcast operations, particularly in Bulgaria and Romania.

Amortization of broadcast licenses and other intangibles: Total amortization of broadcast licenses and other intangibles for the three months ended March 31, 2010 decreased by US$ 0.5 million, or 9%, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009, reflecting the impairment of our PRO.BG and RING.BG operations in the first quarter of 2009.
 
 
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IV (c) Selling, General and Administrative Expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009

   
SELLING, GENERAL and ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
 
   
For the Three Months Ended March 31, (US$ 000's)
 
               
Movement
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
% Act (1)
   
% Lfl (2)
 
Broadcast:
                       
Bulgaria
  $ 1,150     $ 1,246       (7.7 )%     (10.9 )%
Croatia
    1,284       860       49.3 %     40.2 %
Czech Republic
    4,233       5,070       (16.5 )%     (25.8 )%
Romania
    3,171       2,798       13.3 %     4.5 %
Slovak Republic
    2,505       2,433       3.0 %     (1.4 )%
Slovenia
    632       642       (1.6 )%     (6.9 )%
Divisional overheads
    486       -       -       -  
Total Broadcast
  $ 13,461       13,049       3.2 %     (5.0 )%
New Media
  $ 1,224     $ 923       32.6 %     27.0 %
Media Pro Entertainment
  $ 2,805     $ 623    
Nm (3)
   
Nm (3)
 
Central
  $ 10,955     $ 4,646       135.8 %     133.7 %
Total Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
  $ 28,445     $ 19,241       47.8 %     39.7 %
(1) Actual (“%Act”) reflects the percentage change between two periods.
 
(2) Like for Like (“%Lfl”) or constant currency reflects the impact of applying the current period average exchange rates to the prior period revenues and costs.
 
(3) Number is not meaningful.
 
 
Selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2010 increased by US$ 9.2 million, or 48%, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009, of which 8% reflects the impact of movements in foreign exchange rates. Selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2010 include costs relating to Media Pro Entertainment which we acquired in December 2009.

Selling, general and administrative expenses of our Broadcast segment fell by 5% at constant currency, reflecting our continued focus on operational efficiency.

Central costs for the three months ended March 31, 2009 are stated net of other income of US$ 3.4 million arising on the assignment of our claim in the bankruptcy proceedings of Lehman Holdings and Lehman OTC to an unrelated third party; excluding that transaction, central costs increased by 36% primarily due to an increase in staff and related costs.  Central costs for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 include a charge of US$ 1.5 million in respect of non-cash stock-based compensation (see Item 1, Note 13, “Stock-Based Compensation”). 
 
IV (d) Impairment Charge

   
Impairment Charge
   
For the Three Months Ended March 31, (US$ 000's)
   
2010
   
2009
 
% Act (1)
               
Impairment charge
  $ -     $ 81,483  
Nm (2)
(1) Actual (“%Act”) reflects the percentage change between two years.
(2) Number is not meaningful.

 
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We did not recognize impairment charges in respect of goodwill, indefinite-lived intangible assets or long-lived assets in the three months ended March 31, 2010. As we have been able to capitalize on our competitive position and the global economy has slowly been recovering, we have concluded that there were no indicators of impairment and it was not necessary to perform a new impairment review after performing our annual impairment review in the fourth quarter of 2009.

Various macro economic indicators, a reduction in the short and medium economic projections for our markets by external analysts and a significant drop in the price of shares of our Class A common stock during the first quarter of 2009 caused us to perform an impairment review in the first quarter of 2009. Upon reviewing all of our long-lived assets, indefinite-lived intangible assets and goodwill in the 2009 first quarter impairment review, we concluded that a charge was required to write down the long-lived assets in the Pro.BG asset group in our existing Bulgaria operations to US$ nil.

IV (e) Operating Loss for the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009

   
Operating Loss
 
   
For the Three Months Ended March 31, (US$ 000's)
 
               
Movement
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
% Act (1)
   
% Lfl (2)
 
Operating Loss
  $ (19,133 )   $ (71,284 )     73.2 %    
73.5
%
(1) Actual (“%Act”) reflects the percentage change between two years.
(2) Like for Like (“%Lfl”) or constant currency reflects the impact of applying the current period average exchange rates to the prior period revenues and costs.
 

Operating loss for the three months ended March 31, 2010 decreased by US$ 52.2 million compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009, primarily due to the absence of impairment charges.

Operating margin was (13.3)% for the three months ended March 31, 2010, compared to (52.3)% for the three months ended March 31, 2009.
 
IV (f) Other income / (expense) items for the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009
 
       
   
Other Income / (Expense)
 
   
For the Three Months Ended March 31, (US$ 000's)
 
               
Movement
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
% Act (1)
   
% Lfl (2)
 
                         
Interest income
  $ 653     $ 736       (11.3 )%     (15.2 )%
Interest expense
    (31,528 )     (21,428 )     47.1 %     35.3 %
Foreign currency exchange gain, net
    9,557       37,054       (74.2 )%     (73.0 )%
Change in fair value of derivatives
    (3,656 )     6,130       (159.6 )%     (159.6 )%
Other (expense) / income
    (270 )     104    
Nm (3)
      (81.6 )%
Credit for income taxes
    2,391       10,583       (77.4 )%     (78.2 )%
Discontinued operations, net of tax
    (3,922 )     (8,835 )     55.6 %     54.7 %
Noncontrolling interest in loss of consolidated subsidiaries
    3,614       2,502       44.4 %     44.4 %
Currency translation adjustment, net
    (30,333 )     (192,860 )     84.3 %     84.3 %
(1) Actual (“%Act”) reflects the percentage change between two years.
(2) Like for Like (“%Lfl”) or constant currency reflects the impact of applying the current period average exchange rates to the prior period revenues and costs.
(3) Number is not meaningful.
 

 
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Interest income for the three months ended March 31, 2010 decreased by US$ 0.1 million compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009, primarily as a result of a reduction in interest rates.

Interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2010 increased by US$ 10.1 million compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009, primarily as a result of an increase in our average borrowings and the interest rate applicable thereon as well as movements in foreign exchange rates.

Foreign currency exchange gain, net:   We are exposed to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates on the revaluation of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the local functional currency of the relevant subsidiary.  This includes third party receivables and payables, including our Senior Notes, which are denominated in Euros, as well as our intercompany loans.  Our subsidiaries generally receive funding via loans that are denominated in currencies other than the dollar, and any change in the relevant exchange rate will require us to recognize a transaction gain or loss on revaluation.

During the three months ended March 31, 2010, we recognized a net gain of US$ 9.6 million comprising: transaction losses of US$ 37.2 million relating to the revaluation of intercompany loans; a transaction gain of approximately US$ 54.7 million on the Senior Notes due to the strengthening of the dollar against the Euro between December 31, 2009 and March 31, 2010 and transaction losses of US$ 7.9 million relating to the revaluation of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the local functional currency of the relevant subsidiary.

During the three months ended March 31, 2009, we recognized a net gain of US$ 37.1 million comprised of: transaction gains of US$ 30.5 million relating to the revaluation of intercompany loans; a transaction gain of approximately US$ 24.1 million on the Senior Notes due to the strengthening of the dollar against the Euro between December 31, 2008 and March 31, 2009; and transaction losses of US$ 17.5 million relating to the revaluation of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the local functional currency of the relevant subsidiary.

Change in fair value of derivatives : For the three months ended March 31, 2010, we recognized a loss of US$ 1.2 million as a result of the change in the fair value of the interest rate swap entered into on February 9, 2010. We also recognized a loss of US$ 2.5 million as a result of the change in fair value of the currency swaps entered into on April 27, 2006 compared to income of US$ 6.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2009 (see Item 1, Note 11, “Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements”).
 
Other (expense) / income:    For the three months ended March 31, 2010, we recognized other expense of US$ 0.3 million, compared to other income of US$ 0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2009.

Credit for income taxes:   The net credit for income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2010 was US$ 2.4 million.   The net credit for income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2009 was US$ 10.6 million, which included a benefit of US$ 7.1 million from the impairment of assets in Bulgaria.

Our operating subsidiaries are subject to income taxes at statutory rates ranging from 10% in Bulgaria to 20% in Slovenia.

Discontinued operations, net of tax :   On January 20, 2010 we entered into an agreement with Igor Kolomoisky, a shareholder and member of our Board of Directors, to sell 100% of our operations in Ukraine. The results of the Ukraine operations have therefore been treated as discontinued operations for each period presented. The sale was completed on April 7, 2010.  See Item 1, Note 17, “Discontinued Operations” and Note 21, “Subsequent Events” for additional information.

Noncontrolling interest in loss of consolidated subsidiaries:   For the three months ended March 31, 2010, we recognized income of US$ 3.6 million in respect of the noncontrolling interest in the loss of consolidated subsidiaries, compared to income of US$ 2.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2009 reflecting additional losses of our existing Bulgaria operations.

 
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Currency translation adjustment, net:   The underlying equity value of our investments (which are denominated in the functional currency of the relevant country) are converted into dollars at each balance sheet date, with any change in value of the underlying assets and liabilities being recorded as a currency translation adjustment to the balance sheet rather than the statement of operations.
 
The dollar appreciated against all functional currencies of our operations during the three months ended March 31, 2010. In the three months ended March 31, 2010, we recognized a loss of US$ 30.3 million on the revaluation of our net investments in subsidiaries compared to a loss of US$ 192.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009, which included a loss of US$ 95.1 million on the revaluation of an intercompany loan to our Czech Republic operations that was previously considered to be long term in nature.  Since February 19, 2009, any exchange difference arising on the revaluation of that loan has been recognized in the statement of operations.
 
The following table illustrates the change in the exchange rates between the dollar and the functional currencies of our operations between January 1 and March 31 in 2010 and 2009, respectively:
 
   
Three months ended March 31,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
             
Bulgarian Lev
    6 %     5 %
Croatian Kuna
    6 %     8 %
Czech Koruna
    3 %     6 %
Euro
    7 %     5 %
New Romanian Lei
    4 %     12 %

 
To the extent that our subsidiaries incur transaction losses in their local functional currency income statement on the revaluation of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in dollars, we recognize a gain of the same amount as a currency translation adjustment within equity when we retranslate our net investment in that subsidiary into dollars. Similarly, any exchange gain or loss arising on the retranslation of intercompany loans in the functional currency of the relevant subsidiary or the dollar will be offset by an equivalent loss or gain on consolidation.
 
IV (g) Condensed consolidated balance sheet as at March 31, 2010 compared to December 31, 2009
 
       
   
Summarized Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (US$ 000’s)
 
   
March 31, 2010
   
December 31, 2009
   
Movement
 
                   
Current assets
  $ 903,173     $ 881,461       2.5 %
Non-current assets
    1,927,350       1,991,326       (3.2 )%
Current liabilities
    314,373       352,118       (10.7 )%
Non-current liabilities
    1,419,033       1,348,829       5.2 %
CME Ltd. shareholders’ equity
    1,105,882       1,177,589       (6.1 )%
Noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries
  $ (8,765 )   $ (5,749 )     52.5 %


Current assets:   Current assets at March 31, 2010 increased US$ 21.7 million compared to December 31, 2009, primarily as a result of an increase in restricted cash following receipt of the initial payment of US$ 30.0 million pursuant to our agreement with Igor Kolomoisky to sell our Ukraine operations (see Part 1, Note 17, “Discontinued Operations” and Note 21, “Subsequent Events”).
 
 
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Non-current assets:   Non-current assets at March 31, 2010 decreased US$ 64.0 million compared to December 31, 2009, primarily as a result of the impact of the strengthening dollar on the value of our non-current assets denominated in foreign currencies.

Current liabilities:    Current liabilities at March 31, 2010 decreased US$ 37.7 million compared to December 31, 2009 as a result of the repayment of amounts outstanding under terminated credit facilities in the Czech Republic.
 
Non-current liabilities:   Non-current liabilities at March 31, 2010 increased US$ 70.2 million compared to December 31, 2009, primarily as a result of additional borrowings under the Erste Facility. The movement also reflects a US$ 54.7 million decrease in the carrying value of our Senior Notes as a result of the movement in the spot rate between December 31, 2009 and March 31, 2010, a US$ 2.5 million increase in the fair value of our liabilities under currency swaps and the fair value of the interest rate swap of US$ 1.2 million on the Erste Facility entered into on February 9, 2010.

CME Ltd. shareholders’ equity: CME Ltd. shareholders’ equity decreased US$ 71.7 million compared to December 31, 2009.  We recognized a net loss of US$ 42.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010, as well as a reduction in other comprehensive income of US$ 31.1 million due to the impact of the strengthening dollar on our foreign currency denominated assets.  We also recognized  a stock-based compensation charge of US$ 1.7 million.
 
Noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries:   Noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries at March 31, 2010 increased US$ 3.0 million compared to December 31, 2009, primarily due to the losses of our Bulgaria broadcast operations.
 
V. Liquidity and Capital Resources

V (a) Summary of cash flows

Cash and cash equivalents increased by US$ 17.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2010.  The change in cash and cash equivalents is summarized as follows:
       
   
For the Three Months Ended March 31, (US$ 000's)
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
Net cash (used in) / generated from continuing operating activities
  $ (25,774 )   $ 34,428  
Net cash used in continuing investing activities
    (7,927 )     (29,553 )
Net cash received from continuing  financing activities
   
66,580
      224,606  
Net cash used in discontinued operations – operating activities
    (5,692 )     (9,614 )
Net cash used in discontinued operations – investing activities
    (201 )     (380 )
Net cash generated in discontinued operations – financing activities
    -       164  
Impact of exchange rate fluctuations on cash
    (9,565 )     (15,725 )
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
  $ 17,421     $ 203,926  

Operating Activities

Cash generated from continuing operations in the three months ended March 31, 2010 decreased from an inflow of US$ 34.4 million to an outflow of US$ 25.8 million, reflecting the continued impact of the market slowdown on the level of cash generated by our operations .  We continued to generate positive cash flow in our broadcast and new media operations in the Czech Republic, Romania, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia, which was partially offset by the negative cash flows of our broadcast operations in Bulgaria and Croatia. We also paid interest of US$ 42.7 million on our 2009 Fixed Rate Notes and Convertible Notes in the three months ended March 31, 2010  compared to US$ 8.3 million on our Convertible Notes in the three months ended March 31, 2009.

 
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Investing Activities

Cash used in investing activities in the three months ended March 31, 2010 decreased from US$ 29.6 million to US$ 7.9 million. Our investing cash flows in the three months ended March 31, 2010 primarily comprised US$ 7.8 million for capital expenditures. Our investing cash flows in the three months ended March 31, 2009 primarily comprised US$ 22.0 million paid in connection with the KINO buyout in Ukraine and capital expenditure of US$ 7.4 million.

Financing Activities

Net cash received from financing activities in the three months ended March 31, 2010 was US$ 66.6 million compared to US$ 224.6 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009.  The amount of net cash received in the three months ended March 31, 2010 reflects the draw down of the CZK 2.8 billion (approximately US$ 150.4 million) Erste Facility and the repayment of CZK 1.45 billion (approximately US$ 78.1 million) credit facilities.
 
Discontinued Operations

Our Ukraine operations incurred an operating cash outflow of US$ 5.7 million in the three months ended March 31, 2010, compared to US$ 8.6 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009.

Our Ukraine operations used US$ 0.2 million of cash in investing activities in the three months ended March 31, 2010, compared to US$ 0.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009.

We paid taxes of US$ 1.0 million to the Dutch tax authorities pursuant to the agreement we entered into with them on February 9, 2004 in the three months ended March 31, 2009.
 
 
V (b) Sources and Uses of Cash

We believe that our current cash resources are sufficient to allow us to continue operating for at least the next twelve months and we do not anticipate additional cash requirements in the near future, subject to the matters disclosed under “Contractual Obligations, Commitments and Off-balance Sheet Arrangements” and “Cash Outlook” below.

Our ongoing source of cash at the operating stations is primarily the receipt of payments from advertisers and advertising agencies. This may be supplemented from time to time by local borrowing. Surplus cash generated in this manner, after funding the ongoing station operations, may be remitted to us or to other shareholders where appropriate.  Surplus cash is remitted to us in the form of debt interest payments and capital repayments, dividends, and other distributions and loans from our subsidiaries.

Corporate law in the Central and Eastern European countries in which we operate stipulates generally that dividends may be declared by the partners or shareholders out of yearly profits subject to the maintenance of registered capital, required reserves and after the recovery of accumulated losses. The reserve requirement restriction generally provides that before dividends may be distributed, a portion of annual net profits (typically 5%) be allocated to a reserve, which is capped at a proportion of the registered capital of a company (ranging from 5% to 25%).  The restricted net assets of our consolidated subsidiaries and equity in earnings of investments accounted for under the equity method together are less than 25%  of consolidated net assets.

 
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V (c) Contractual Obligations, Commitments and Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Our future contractual obligations as of March 31, 2010 are as follows:

   
Payments due by period (US$ 000’s)
 
   
Total
   
Less than 1 year
   
1-3 years
   
3-5 years
   
More than 5 years
 
Long-Term Debt – principal
  $ 1,454,377     $ 55,279     $ 601,349     $ 202,646     $ 595,103  
Long-Term Debt – interest (1)
    482,036       86,267       190,735       150,452       54,582  
Unconditional Purchase Obligations
    468,397       124,413       269,622       71,013       3,349  
Operating Leases
    37,358       6,191       8,901       8,324       13,942  
Capital Lease Obligations
    6,018       1,145       2,067       923       1,883  
Other Long-Term Obligations
    460       460       -       -       -  
ASC 740 Obligations
    551       19       532       -       -  
Consideration payable
    1,431       1,431       -       -       -  
Total Contractual Obligations
  $ 2,450,628     $ 275,205     $ 1,073,206     $ 433,358     $ 668,859  
(1) Interest obligations on variable rate debt are calculated using the rate applicable at the balance sheet date.


Long-Term Debt

For more information on our Long-Term Debt, see Item 1, Note 4, “Senior Debt” and Note 9, “Credit Facilities and Obligations Under Capital Leases”.  Interest payable on our Long-Term Debt is calculated using interest rates and exchange rates as at March 31, 2010.

Unconditional Purchase Obligations

Unconditional purchase obligations largely comprise future programming commitments.  At March 31, 2010, we had commitments in respect of future programming of US$ 452.0 million (December 31, 2009: US$ 438.6 million).  This includes contracts signed with license periods starting after March 31, 2010.
 
Operating Leases

For more information on our operating lease commitments see Item 1, Note 18, “Commitments and Contingencies”.

Capital Lease Obligations

Capital lease obligations include future interest payments of  US$ 0.8 million (see Item 1, Note 9, “Credit Facilities and Obligations Under Capital Leases”).

Other Long-Term Obligations

In addition to the amounts disclosed above, Adrian Sarbu has the right to sell his 5.0% shareholdings in each of Pro TV and MPI to us under a put option agreement entered into in July 2004 at a price to be determined by an independent valuation, subject to a floor price of US$ 1.45 million for each 1.0% interest sold.  As of March 31, 2010, we considered the fair value of the put option of Mr. Sarbu to be approximately US$ nil.

V (d) Cash Outlook

Since 2005, our broadcast operations in the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Romania have generated positive cash flows sufficient, in conjunction with new equity and debt, to fund our operations, the launch of new channels, the acquisition of non-controlling interests in our existing channels and expansion into new territories. During the difficult economic conditions that we have experienced since the beginning of 2009, cash flows in the aggregate have declined, yet remain positive. However, we still expect our advertising markets to continue to generate sufficient cash and, in conjunction with our current cash and available facilities, to fund our operations for the next twelve months, as well as meet our other external financial obligations. As at March 31, 2010 we had US$ 486.0 million available in cash and credit facilities (including uncommitted overdraft facilities).

 
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We continue to take steps to conserve cash to ensure that we have a sufficiently strong liquidity position to enable us to meet our debt service and other existing financial obligations and to ensure we are well placed to take advantage of the economic recovery. These steps have included targeted reductions to our operating cost base through headcount reductions and widespread cost optimization programs, the deferral of capital expenditure, the rescheduling of expansion plans, limiting the amount of cash spent on our Unrestricted Subsidiaries and increasing our cash resources, both through additional debt facilities, refinancing of existing credit facilities and the issuance of equity.

Unrestricted Subsidiaries

In 2009, our Unrestricted Subsidiaries required significant cash support. We have taken two strategic actions to substantially reduce this need for cash support.

On April 7, 2010, we completed the sale of our Ukraine operations to Igor Kolomoisky for US$ 300.0 million plus the reimbursement of US$ 8.0 million of cash operating costs that we incurred between signing and closing. We received an initial installment of US$ 30.0 million on February 1, 2010, which was included as restricted cash as at March 31, 2010. The balance of US$ 278.0 million was received on the closing date and the restricted cash was released into unrestricted cash at completion. For more information, see Item 1, Note 17, “Discontinued Operations” and Note 21, “Subsequent Events”.

On April 19, 2010, we completed the acquisition of the bTV group in Bulgaria from News Corporation  for total cash consideration of US$ 400.0 million and a payment of US$ 13.1 million for a working capital adjustment. For more information, see Item 1, Note 21, “Subsequent Events”.

We currently estimate that the disposal of our Ukraine operations and the acquisition of the bTV group will improve our cash flows significantly.
 
Improving our liquidity position and extending the maturity of our debt

As of March 31, 2010, the principal amount of our Senior Notes and Convertible Notes together represented 86.0% of the total principal amount of our total debt outstanding and none of this debt matures before March 2013. Our scheduled repayments of debt before 2013 consist of CZK 2.8 billion (approximately US$ 149.1 million) which matures in 2012 (with a possible one year extension), RON 0.6 million (approximately US$ 0.2 million) due to be repaid in 2011, and EUR 22.5 million (approximately US$ 29.8 million at the date of repayment) which was repaid on April 30, 2010.  We are in the process of negotiating new credit facilities for our operations in Slovenia and Romania to ensure we maintain high levels of liquidity across the group.

We do not have maintenance covenants in any of our senior holding company debt, which means that there is no event of default if we fail to meet a minimum level of EBITDA, leverage or any other EBITDA-related ratio. The 2009 Indenture and the 2007 Indenture each contain a covenant which restricts the incurrence of additional debt if our Coverage Ratio is less than 2.0 times, or if the raising of new debt would cause us to fall below this ratio. As of March 31, 2010, our Coverage Ratio was 1.2 times. Notwithstanding this restriction, we are able to incur debt at either the Restricted Subsidiary or holding company level of up to EUR 250.0 million (approximately US$ 337.0 million) pursuant to “baskets” set out in the 2009 Indenture and the 2007 Indenture. At March 31, 2010, our credit facilities in the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Romania accounted for US$ 200.0 million of this amount. This leaves approximately US$ 137.0 million of additional borrowing capacity available to us as at March 31, 2010. Irrespective of the restrictions noted above, there are no significant constraints on our ability to refinance existing debt.

On February 9, 2010, we entered into an interest rate swap agreement with Unicredit and CS, expiring in 2013, to convert CZK 1.5 billion (approximately US$ 79.5 million) of the Erste Facility from a floating rate of three-month PRIBOR (plus a margin) to a fixed interest rate of 2.730% per annum (plus a margin). The notional amounts swapped decline in line with the planned amortization of the loan and extension option. This reduces the risk of interest rate volatility affecting our future cash flows, but incurs an additional expense while the three-month PRIBOR remains below 2.73% (1.44% at March 31, 2010). Czech National bank forecast for three-month PRIBOR is 2.5% for 2011.  

 
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Increasing our financing flexibility

For the purposes of the 2009 Indenture and the 2007 Indenture, the calculation of the Coverage Ratio includes only entities that are “Restricted Subsidiaries.” Subsidiaries may be designated as “Unrestricted Subsidiaries” and excluded from the calculation of Coverage Ratio. Prior to the quarter ended June 30, 2009, all of our operations were Restricted Subsidiaries. During the quarter ended June 30, 2009, our Board of Directors designated those subsidiaries that comprised our Ukraine and Bulgaria operations as Unrestricted Subsidiaries. This change in designation was immediately beneficial to us because it resulted in the exclusion of the negative EBITDA of the Ukraine and Bulgaria operations for  purposes of determining our capacity to incur indebtedness under our Senior Notes. Similarly, as the cash flows of our Restricted Subsidiaries recover, our ability to raise additional debt financing should improve commensurately, unimpeded by any continuing negative results in our Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

Under the covenants in the 2009 Indenture and the 2007 Indenture, we are restricted from making payments or investments from our Restricted Subsidiaries in total of more than EUR 80.0 million (approximately US$ 107.8 million)  to our Unrestricted Subsidiaries or to any other operations outside our Restricted Subsidiaries if our Coverage Ratio is below 2.0 times. We have made US$ 32.5 million of such payments since we issued our Floating Rate Notes in 2007 and as of April 30, 2010 we have capacity for approximately EUR 55.9 million (approximately US$ 75.3 million) of additional payments to or investments in the Unrestricted Subsidiaries in the event our Coverage Ratio continues to be below 2.0 times.

If the Unrestricted Subsidiaries exhaust all available cash, it may be possible to redesignate them as Restricted Subsidiaries provided that our Coverage Ratio is not below 2.0 times on a pro forma basis. Our Restricted Subsidiaries are not restricted in the manner or amount of funding support they provide to the Unrestricted Subsidiaries if they are redesignated as Restricted Subsidiaries. Such a re-designation could have adverse consequences on our Coverage Ratio. If a funding need arises for our Unrestricted Subsidiaries, and we are prevented from re-designating our Unrestricted Subsidiaries as Restricted Subsidiaries, those operations would be required to raise debt on a stand-alone basis, attract additional equity funding, divest some or all of their assets or enter bankruptcy proceedings.
 
Following the sale of our Ukraine operations to Mr Kolomoisky, only the Pro.BG asset group in Bulgaria remain as Unrestricted Subsidiaries. Their funding needs are expected to be reduced substantially as a result of our acquisition of bTV group (see Item 1, Note 21, “Subsequent Events”). We expect that the cash balance remaining in the Development Financing Holding Company (US$ 177.1 million at March 31, 2010) will be more than required by the Unrestricted Subsidiaries. Following the completion of the disposal of our Ukraine operations, we are able, if necessary, to return a portion of the cash in the Development Financing Holding Company to a Restricted Subsidiary.

Credit ratings and future debt issuances

Our ratings were upgraded following the closing of the acquisition of the bTV group and the sale of the Ukraine operations. We expect to maintain these new ratings. Ratings agencies have indicated that retention of these ratings is dependent on maintaining an adequate liquidity profile including at least maintaining $100.0 million of cash in our Restricted Subsidiaries. We intend to stay within this liquidity parameter.

The availability of additional liquidity is dependent upon the overall status of the debt and equity capital markets as well as on our continued financial performance, operating performance and credit ratings. We are currently able to raise limited additional debt and we believe that we can still access the debt capital markets in order to refinance any combination of our existing debt.

 
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S&P and Moody’s have rated our outstanding debt instruments and our corporate credit as follows as of April 26, 2010:

 
Senior and Convertible Notes
Corporate
Outlook
S&P
B
B
stable
Moody’s
B3
B2
stable


Credit rating agencies now monitor companies much more closely and have made liquidity and the key ratios associated with it a particular priority. One of the key indicators used by the ratings agencies in assigning credit ratings to us is our gross leverage ratio, which was 14.8 times at March 31, 2010 and is calculated as our gross debt divided by our trailing twelve-month EBITDA (excluding stock based compensation and the Ukraine operations). As of March 31, 2010, our total gross debt of US$ 1,471.9 million was the sum of our credit facilities and obligations under capital leases and the liability under our swap agreements as disclosed in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. Our trailing twelve-month EBITDA (excluding stock-based compensation and the Ukraine operations) was US$ 99.3 million. We expect that the acquisition of the bTV group will improve this ratio substantially.

At March 31, 2010, the ratio of Net Debt/EBITDA is 10.2. This ratio will improve significantly after the sale of our Ukraine operations and the acquisition of the bTV group.


Credit risk of financial counterparties

We have entered into a number of significant contracts with financial counterparties as follows:
 
Cross Currency Swap

On April 27, 2006, we entered into cross currency swap agreements with JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Morgan Stanley Capital Services Inc. (see Item 1, Note 11, “Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements”) under which we periodically exchange Czech koruna for Euro with the intention of reducing our exposure to movements in foreign exchange rates. We do not consider that there is any risk to our liquidity if either of our counterparties were unable to meet their respective rights under the swap agreements because we would be able to convert the CZK we receive from our subsidiary into Euros at the prevailing exchange rate rather than the rate included in the swap.

Interest Rate Swap

On February 9, 2010, we entered into an interest rate swap agreement with UniCredit and CSAS expiring in 2013, to convert CZK 1.5 billion (approximately US$ 79.5 million) of the Erste Facility from a floating rate of 3 month PRIBOR (plus margin) to a fixed interest rate of 2.730% per annum (plus margin) (see Item 1, Note 11, “Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements”). The notional amounts swapped decline in line with the planned amortization of the loan and extension option. This reduces the risk of interest rate volatility affecting our future cash flows. We do not consider that there is any risk to our liquidity if our counterparties were unable to meet their respective rights under the interest swap agreement.

Capped Call Options

On September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, (“Lehman Holdings”, and collectively with Lehman Brothers OTC Derivatives Inc., “Lehman Brothers”), filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. The bankruptcy filing of Lehman Holding, as guarantor, was an event of default that gave us the right to early termination of capped call options we had purchased from Lehman Brothers to increase the effective conversion price of our Convertible Notes. We exercised this right and have claimed an amount of US$ 19.9 million. We subsequently assigned our claim to an unrelated third party for cash consideration of US$ 3.4 million.

 
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We had purchased similar capped call options from BNP Paribas (“BNP”) and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc (“DB”), however we consider the likelihood of similar loss on the BNP or DB capped calls to be significantly less following the coordinated response of Europe’s central banks to the global liquidity crisis and the pivotal positions that each of these banks occupies in its respective country. In the event of any similar default, there would be no impact on our current liquidity since the purchase price of the options has already been paid and we have no further obligation under the terms of the capped calls to deliver cash or other assets to the counterparties.  Any default would increase the dilutive effect to our existing shareholders resulting from the issuance of shares of Class A common stock upon any conversion of the Convertible Notes.


Cash Deposits

We deposit cash in the global money markets with a range of bank counterparties and review the counterparties we choose weekly.  The maximum period of deposit is three months but we have more recently held amounts on deposit for shorter periods, from overnight to one month. The credit rating of a bank is a critical factor in determining the size of cash deposits and we will only deposit cash with banks of an investment grade of A or A2 or higher. In addition we also closely monitor the credit default swap spreads and other market information for each of the banks with which we consider depositing or have deposited funds.


V (e) Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

None.
 
 
VI. Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our accounting policies affecting our financial condition and results of operations are more fully described in Part II, Item 8 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.  The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make judgments in selecting appropriate assumptions for calculating financial estimates, which inherently contain some degree of uncertainty.  We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis of making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources.  Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

We believe our critical accounting policies are as follows: program rights, goodwill and intangible assets, impairment or disposal of long-lived assets, revenue recognition, income taxes, foreign exchange and contingencies.  These critical accounting policies affect our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements.

See Item 1, Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” for a discussion of accounting standards adopted since December 31, 2009 and recently issued accounting standards not yet adopted.

Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

We engage in activities that expose us to various market risks, including the effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates.  We do not regularly engage in speculative transactions, nor do we regularly hold or issue financial instruments for trading purposes.


Foreign Currency Exchange Risk Management

We conduct business in a number of foreign currencies and our Senior Notes are denominated in Euros.  As a result, we are subject to foreign currency exchange rate risk due to the effects that foreign exchange rate movements of these currencies have on our costs and on the cash flows we receive from certain subsidiaries.  In limited instances, we enter into forward foreign exchange contracts to minimize foreign currency exchange rate risk.

 
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We have not attempted to hedge the Senior Notes and therefore may continue to experience significant gains and losses on the translation of the Senior Notes into US dollars due to movements in exchange rates between the Euro and the US dollar.

We have entered into currency swap agreements with two counterparties to reduce our exposure to movements in certain foreign exchange rates (see Item 1, Note 11, “Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements”).


Interest Rate Risk Management

We have entered into an interest rate swap agreement to reduce our exposure to interest rate movements with regards to the Erste Facility (see Item 1, Note 11, “Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements”).
 
As of March 31, 2010, approximately 26% of the carrying value of our debt provides for interest at a spread above a base rate of EURIBOR or PRIBOR, which mitigates the impact of an increase in interbank rates on our overall debt.
 
Interest Rate Table as at March 31, 2010

Expected Maturity Dates
 
2010
   
2011
   
2012
   
2013
   
2014
   
Thereafter
 
                                     
Total debt in Euro (000's)
                                   
Fixed rate
    -       -       -       -       -       440,000  
Average interest rate (%)
    -       -       -       -       -       11.63 %
Variable rate
    22,520       -       -       -       150,000       -  
Average interest rate (%)
    3.54 %     -       -       -       2.62 %     -  
                                                 
Total debt in US$ (000's)
                                               
Fixed rate
    -       -       -       475,000       -       -  
Average interest rate (%)
    -       -       -       3.50 %     -       -  
                                                 
Total debt in CZK (000's)
                                               
Fixed rate
    -       -       -       -       -       -  
Average interest rate (%)
    -       -       -       -       -       -  
Variable rate
    420,000       840,000       1,540,000       -       -       -  
Average interest rate (%)
    6.34 %     6.34 %     6.34 %     -       -       -  


Variable Interest Rate Sensitivity as at March 31, 2010

               
Yearly interest charge if interest rates increase by (US$ 000s):
 
Value of Debt as at March 31, 2010
(US$ 000's)
 
Interest Rate as at March 31, 2010
   
Yearly Interest Charge
(US$ 000’s)
      1 %     2 %     3 %     4 %     5 %
                                                     
23,254
(EUR 172.5 million)
    2.73 %     6,358       8,683       11,009       13,334       15,659       17,985  
148,399
(CZK 2,800 million)
 
   
6.34
%    
9,409
     
10,893
     
12,377
     
13,861
     
15,344
     
16,828
 
Total
           
15,767
     
19,576
     
23,386
     
27,195
     
31,003
     
34,813
 
 
 
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I tem 4.  Controls and Procedures

Our President and Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon this evaluation, the President and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures are effective.  There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 31, 2010 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
 
PART II
 
OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.  Legal Proceedings

We are, from time to time, a party to litigation that arises in the normal course of our business operations. Other than the claim discussed below, we are not presently a party to any such litigation which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on our business or operations.

On March 18, 2009, Video International Company Group, CGSC (“VI”), a Russian legal entity, filed a claim in the London Court of International Arbitration (“LCIA”) against our wholly-owned subsidiary CME Media Enterprises B.V. (“CME BV”), which was, at the time the claim was filed, the principal holding company of our Ukrainian subsidiaries. The claim relates to the termination of an agreement between VI and CME BV dated November 30, 2006 (the “parent agreement”). The parent agreement was one of four related contracts by which VI subsidiaries, including LLC Video International-Prioritet (“Prioritet”), supplied advertising and marketing services to Studio 1+1 in Ukraine and another subsidiary of the Company. Among these four contracts were the advertising services agreement and the marketing services agreements both between Prioritet and Studio 1+1. The parent agreement provides that it automatically terminates upon termination of the advertising services agreement. On December 24, 2008, each of CME BV, Studio 1+1 and the other CME subsidiary provided notices of termination to their respective contract counterparties, following which each of the four contracts terminated on March 24, 2009. On January 9, 2009, in response to a VI demand, CME revised its termination notice and noted that the parent agreement would expire of its own accord with the termination of the advertising services agreement. In connection with these terminations, Studio 1+1 is required under the advertising and marketing services agreements to pay a termination penalty equal to (i) 12% of the average monthly advertising revenues, and (ii) 6% of the average monthly sponsorship revenues, in each case for advertising and sponsorship sold by Prioritet for the six months prior to the termination date, multiplied by six. We determined the termination penalty to be UAH 37.7 million (approximately US$ 4.7 million) and made a provision for this amount in our financial statements in the fourth quarter of 2008. On June 1, 2009, we paid UAH 13.5 million (approximately US$ 1.7 million) to Prioritet and set off UAH 7.4 million (approximately US$ 0.9 million) against amounts owing to Studio 1+1 under the advertising and marketing services agreements. In its arbitration claim, VI is seeking payment of a separate indemnity under the parent agreement equal to the aggregate amount of Studio 1+1’s advertising revenues for the six months ended December 31, 2008. The aggregate amount of relief sought is US$ 58.5 million. We believe that VI has no grounds for receiving such separate indemnity and are vigorously defending the arbitration proceedings. We do not believe it is probable that we will be required to make any payment and accordingly have made no provision for it.

 
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Ite m 1A.  Risk Factors
 
This report and the following discussion of risk factors contain forward-looking statements as discussed in Part 1, Item 2, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including the risks and uncertainties described below and elsewhere in this report. These risks and uncertainties are not the only ones we may face. Additional risks and uncertainties of which we are not aware, or that we currently deem immaterial, may also become important factors that affect our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
 
Risks Relating to our Financial Position
 
The global recession and credit crisis has adversely affected our financial position and results of operations; we cannot predict if or when economic conditions in the countries in which we operate will recover, and a failure to recover promptly will continue to adversely affect our results of operations.
 
The results of our operations rely heavily on advertising revenue, and demand for advertising is affected by prevailing general and regional economic conditions. The economic uncertainty affecting the global financial markets and banking system in 2009 has had an adverse impact on economic growth in our operating countries across Central and Eastern Europe, some of which are in recession. There has been a widespread withdrawal of investment funding from the Central and Eastern European markets and companies with investments in them, particularly in Bulgaria and Romania. Furthermore, the economic downturn has adversely affected consumer and business spending, access to credit, liquidity, investments, asset values and employment rates. These adverse economic conditions have had a material negative impact on the advertising industries in our markets, leading our customers to reduce the amounts they spend on advertising. This has resulted in a decrease in demand for advertising airtime and a severe, negative impact on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows. While there are some indications that the decline in economic growth rates in some of our operating countries has reached the bottom, there are early indications that any economic recovery in many of our markets will lag behind Western Europe. We cannot predict the sustainability of any such recovery should it occur. The absence of a recovery or a weak recovery will continue to adversely affect our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
 
Our operating results will be adversely affected if we cannot generate strong advertising sales.

We generate almost all of our revenues from the sale of advertising airtime on our television channels. In addition to general economic conditions, other factors that may affect our advertising sales are the pricing of our advertising time as well as audience ratings, changes in our programming strategy, changes in audience preferences, our channels’ technical reach, technological developments relating to media and broadcasting, competition from other broadcasters and operators of other media platforms, seasonal trends in the advertising market, increased competition for the leisure time of audiences and shifts in population and other demographics. In addition, the occurrence of disasters, acts of terrorism, civil or military conflicts or general political instability may create further economic uncertainty that reduces advertising spending. A reduction in advertising spending in our markets has had a negative effect on the prices at which we sell television advertising because of pressure to reduce prices from advertisers and discounting by competitors. Reduced advertising spending, discounting of the price of television advertising in our markets and competition from broadcasters seeking to attract similar audiences have had and may continue to have an adverse impact on our ability to maintain our advertising sales. Our ability to maintain audience ratings and to generate gross rating points, our main unit of sales, depends in part on our maintaining investments in television programming and productions at a sufficient level to continue to attract these audiences. Significant or sustained reductions in investments in programming, production or other operating costs in response to reduced advertising spending in our markets have had and may continue to have an adverse impact on our television viewing levels. The significant decline in advertising sales has had and could continue to have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Our debt service obligations relating to our Senior Notes, Convertible Notes and the Erste Facility (each as defined below) may restrict our ability to fund our operations.

 
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We currently have significant debt service obligations under our 11.625% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “2009 Fixed Rate Notes”), our Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2014 (the “Floating Rate Notes” and together with the 2009 Fixed Rate Notes, the “Senior Notes”) and our 3.50% Senior Convertible Notes due 2013 (the “Convertible Notes”). In addition, CME and certain of our wholly-owned subsidiaries serve as guarantors under the facility agreement among our wholly-owned subsidiary CET 21, Erste Group Bank A.G. as arranger, Ceska Sporitelna, a.s. as facility agent and security agent and certain other financial institutions (the “Erste Facility”). As a result of these obligations we are restricted in the manner in which our business is conducted, including but not limited to our ability to obtain additional financing to fund future working capital, capital expenditures, business opportunities and other corporate requirements (see Part I, Item 1, Note 4, “Senior Debt” and Note 9, “Credit Facilities and Obligations under Capital Leases”).  In addition, the covenants contained in the indentures governing the Senior Notes and the Erste Facility restrict the manner and extent to which we can provide financial support to our Unrestricted Subsidiaries (see Part I, Item 1, Note 20, “Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries”). Furthermore, we may have a proportionally higher level of debt than our competitors, which can put us at a competitive disadvantage. Servicing our high level of debt may limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business, economic conditions and our industry.
 
We may require additional external sources of capital for future debt service and other obligations, which may not be available or may not be available on acceptable terms.

Our ability to meet our future capital requirements is based on our expected cash resources, including our debt facilities, as well as estimates of future operating results. These factors are derived from a variety of assumptions, such as those regarding general economic, competitive and regulatory conditions, which may prove to be inaccurate. If economic conditions in our markets do not improve, if our assumptions regarding future operating results prove to be inaccurate, if our costs increase due to competitive pressures or other unanticipated developments or if our investment plans change, we may need to obtain additional financing to fund our operations or acquisitions, and to repay or refinance the Senior Notes, the Convertible Notes and the Erste Facility. Furthermore, our cash flow from operations is not sufficient to cover operating expenses and interest payments, and if our cash flow together with other capital resources, including proceeds received from offerings of debt or equity and the disposition of assets were to prove insufficient to fund our debt service obligations as they became due, we would face substantial liquidity problems.  The tightness of the credit markets and the impact of a slow economic recovery on our operations may constrain our ability to obtain financing, whether through public or private debt or equity offerings, proceeds from the sale of assets or other financing arrangements. It is not possible to ensure that additional debt financings will be available within the limitations on the incurrence of additional indebtedness contained in the indenture governing the 2009 Fixed Rate Notes (the “2009 Indenture”) and the indenture governing the Floating Rate Notes (the “2007 Indenture”). Moreover, such financings, if available at all, may not be available on acceptable terms. Our inability to obtain financing as it is needed would mean that we may be obliged to reduce or delay capital or other material expenditures at our channels or dispose of material assets or businesses. If we cannot obtain adequate capital or obtain it on acceptable terms, this would have an adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

We may be unable to refinance our existing debt financings or obtain favorable refinancing terms.

We are subject to the normal risks associated with debt financings, including the risk that our cash flow will continue to be insufficient to meet required payments of interest on debt and the risk that indebtedness will not be able to be renewed, repaid or refinanced when due, or that the terms of any renewal or refinancing will not be as favorable as the terms of such indebtedness. This risk is exacerbated by the current volatility in the capital markets, which has resulted in tightened lending requirements and in some cases the inability to refinance indebtedness. If we were unable to refinance indebtedness on acceptable terms or at all, we might be forced to dispose of assets on disadvantageous terms or reduce or suspend operations, any of which would materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

A downgrading of our ratings may adversely affect our ability to raise additional financing.

Moody’s Investors Services has rated our corporate credit as B2 with a stable outlook and our Floating Rate Notes as B3. Our Senior Notes and our Convertible Notes are rated B and our corporate credit is rated B with a stable outlook by Standard & Poor’s. These ratings reflect each agency’s opinion of our financial strength, operating performance and ability to meet our debt obligations as they become due. Credit rating agencies have begun to monitor companies much more closely and have made liquidity, and the key ratios associated with it, such as gross leverage ratio, a particular priority. We intend to operate with sufficient liquidity to maintain our current ratings. However, this is dependent on a variety of factors, some of which may be beyond our control. If we fail to maintain adequate levels of liquidity we may be downgraded in the course of 2010 (see Part I, Item 2, Section V (d) “Cash Outlook”). In the event our debt or corporate credit ratings are lowered by the ratings agencies, it will be more difficult for us to raise additional indebtedness and we will have to pay higher interest rates, which may have an adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

 
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If more of our goodwill, indefinite lived intangible assets and long-lived assets become impaired we may be required to record additional significant charges to earnings.

We review our long-lived assets for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable. Goodwill and indefinite lived intangible assets are required to be tested for impairment at least annually. Factors that may be considered a change in circumstances indicating that the carrying value of our goodwill, indefinite-lived intangible assets or long-lived assets may not be recoverable include slower growth rate in our markets, future cash flows and a decline in our stock price and market capitalization. We consider available current information in respect of calculating our impairment charge. If there are indicators of impairment, our long term cash flow forecasts for our operations deteriorate, or discount   rates increase, we may be required to recognize impairment charges in later periods.

Fluctuations in exchange rates may adversely affect our results of operations.

Our reporting currency is the dollar but our consolidated revenues and costs, including programming rights expenses and interest on debt, are divided across a range of currencies. The strengthening of the dollar against these currencies has had an adverse impact on reported earnings in the three month period ended March 31, 2010 compared to the prior year. In addition, our Senior Notes are denominated in Euros and the Erste Facility is denominated in Czech korunas. We have not attempted to hedge the foreign exchange exposure on the principal amount of the Senior Notes or the Erste Facility. We may continue to experience significant gains and losses on the translation of our revenues or the Senior Notes and the Erste Facility into dollars due to movements in exchange rates between the Euro, the currencies of our local operations and the dollar.

A default on our obligations under the Senior Notes, the Convertible Notes or the Erste Facility could result in our inability to continue to conduct our business.

Pursuant to the terms of the 2007 Indenture, 2009 Indenture and the indenture governing the Convertible Notes (the “2008 Indenture”), we have pledged shares in our two principal subsidiary holding companies, which own substantially all of our interests in our operating companies, including the TV Nova (Czech Republic) group, Pro TV, Markiza and Pro Plus. As security for the Erste Facility, CET 21 has pledged substantially all of its assets and trade receivables and has pledged its ownership interests in its material holding and operating subsidiaries. If we were to default under the terms of any of the 2007 Indenture, the 2008 Indenture, the 2009 Indenture or the Erste Facility, the trustees under the 2007 Indenture, the 2008 Indenture and the 2009 Indenture and the security agent under the Erste Facility would have the ability to sell all or a portion of the assets pledged to it in order to pay amounts outstanding under such debt instruments.
 
 
Risks Relating to our Operations
 
Our operating results are dependent on the importance of television as an advertising medium.

We generate almost all of our revenues from the sale of advertising airtime on television channels in our markets. Television competes with various other media, such as print, radio, the internet and outdoor advertising, for advertising spending. In all of the countries in which we operate, television constitutes the single largest component of all advertising spending. There can be no assurances that the television advertising market will maintain its current position among advertising media in our markets. Furthermore, there can be no assurances that changes in the regulatory environment or improvements in technology will not favor other advertising media or other television broadcasters. Increases in competition among advertising media arising from the development of new forms of advertising media and distribution could result in a decline in the appeal of television as an advertising medium generally or of our channels specifically. A decline in television advertising spending in any period or in specific markets would have an adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

 
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We may seek to make acquisitions of other channels, networks, content providers or other companies in the future, and we may fail to acquire them on acceptable terms or successfully integrate them or we may fail to identify suitable targets .

Our business and operations have grown in part through acquisitions, including the acquisition of Media Pro Entertainment in December 2009 and the acquisition of the bTV group in Bulgaria in April 2010. We continue to explore acquisition opportunities, however, prospective competitors may have greater financial resources than we do, and increased competition for target broadcasters or other media businesses may reduce the number of potential acquisitions that are available on acceptable terms.

As we succeed in acquiring new businesses, their integration into our existing operations pose significant risks, including:

• additional demands placed on our senior management, who are also responsible for managing our existing operations;

• increased overall operating complexity of our business, requiring greater personnel and other resources;

• difficulties of expanding beyond our core expertise in the event that we acquire ancillary businesses;

• significant initial cash expenditures to acquire and integrate new businesses; and

• in the event that debt is incurred to finance acquisitions, additional debt service costs related thereto as well as limitations that may arise under to the indentures governing our Senior Notes.

To manage our growth effectively and achieve pre-acquisition performance objectives, we will need to integrate Media Pro Entertainment and the bTV group, as well as any other new acquisitions into our existing businesses, implement financial and management controls and produce required financial statements in those operations. The integration of new businesses may also be difficult due to differing cultures, languages or management styles, poor internal controls and an inability to establish control over cash flows. If any acquisition and integration is not implemented successfully, our ability to manage our growth will be impaired and we may have to make significant additional expenditures to address these issues, which could harm our financial position, results of operations and cash flows. Furthermore, even if we are successful in integrating new businesses, expected synergies and cost savings may not materialize, resulting in lower than expected cash flows and profit margins.

Our programming content may become more expensive to produce or acquire or we may not be able to develop or acquire content that is attractive to our audiences.

Television programming is one of the most significant components of our operating costs.  The ability of programming to generate advertising revenues depends substantially on our ability to develop, produce or acquire programming that matches audience tastes and attracts high audience shares, which is difficult to predict. The commercial success of a program depends on several tangible and intangible factors, including the impact of competing programs, the availability of alternate forms of entertainment and leisure time activities and general economic conditions. Furthermore, the costs of acquiring content attractive to our viewers, such as feature films and popular television series and formats, has increased as a result of greater competition from existing and new television broadcasting channels. Our expenditure in respect of locally produced programming may also increase due to the implementation of new laws and regulations mandating the broadcast of a greater number of locally produced programs, changes in audience tastes in our markets in favor of locally produced content, and competition for talent.  In addition, we typically acquire syndicated programming rights under multi-year commitments before we can predict whether such programming will perform well in our markets.  In the event any such programming does not attract adequate audience share, it may be necessary to increase our expenditures by investing in additional programming as well as to write down the value of such underperforming programming.  Any increase in programming costs or write-downs could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

 
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The transition to digital broadcasting may require substantial additional investments and the timing of such investments is uncertain.

Countries in which we have operations are migrating from analog terrestrial broadcasting to digital terrestrial broadcasting.  Each country has independent plans with its own timeframe and regulatory and investment regime.  The specific timing and approach to implementing such plans is subject to change. We cannot predict the effect of the migration on our existing operations or predict the likelihood of our receiving any additional rights or licenses to broadcast for our existing channels or any additional channels if such additional rights or licenses should be required under any relevant regulatory regime.  Furthermore, we may be required to make substantial additional capital investment and commit substantial other resources to implement digital terrestrial broadcasting, and the availability of competing alternative distribution systems, such as direct-to-home platforms, may require us to acquire additional distribution and content rights. We may not have access to resources sufficient to make such investments when required.

Our business is vulnerable to significant changes in technology that could adversely affect us.

The television broadcasting industry is affected by rapid innovations in technology.  The implementation of new technologies and the introduction of broadcasting distribution systems other than analog terrestrial broadcasting, such as digital terrestrial broadcasting, direct-to-home cable and satellite distribution systems, the internet, video-on-demand, user-generated content sites and the availability of television programming on portable digital devices, have changed consumer behavior by increasing the number of entertainment choices available to audiences. This has fragmented television audiences in more developed markets and could adversely affect our ability to retain audience share and attract advertisers as such technologies penetrate our markets. New technologies that enable viewers to choose when and what content to watch, as well as to fast-forward or skip advertisements, may cause changes in consumer behavior that could impact our business. In addition, compression techniques and other technological developments allow for an increase in the number of channels that may be broadcast in our markets and expanded programming offerings that may be offered to highly targeted audiences.  Reductions in the cost of launching additional channels could lower entry barriers for new channels and encourage the development of increasingly targeted niche programming on various distribution platforms.  Our television broadcasting operations may be required to expend substantial financial and managerial resources on the implementation of new broadcasting technologies or distribution systems.  In addition, an expansion in competition due to technological innovation may increase competition for audiences and advertising revenue as well as the competitive demand for programming.  Any requirement for substantial further investment to address competition that arises on account of technological innovations in broadcasting may have an adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

We may not be aware of all related party transactions, which may involve risks of conflicts of interest that result in concluding transactions on less favorable terms than could be obtained in arms-length transactions.

In certain of our markets, Adrian Sarbu, our President and Chief Executive Officer and member of our Board of Directors (who is a shareholder in CME Ltd. and in our Romania operations), general directors or other members of the management of our operating companies have other business interests in their respective countries, including interests in television and other media related companies. For example, following the completion of acquisition of Media Pro Entertainment, Mr. Sarbu continues to own or control entities involved in print media, internet services and news syndication services, among others. We may not be aware of all business interests or relationships that exist with respect to entities with which our operating companies enter into transactions. Transactions with companies, whether or not we are aware of any business relationship between our employees and third parties, may present conflicts of interest which may in turn result in the conclusion of transactions on terms that are not arms-length. It is likely that our subsidiaries will continue to enter into related party transactions in the future. In the event there are transactions with persons who subsequently are determined to be related parties, we may be required to make additional disclosure and, if such contracts are material, may not be in compliance with certain covenants under the indentures governing the Senior Notes. Any related party transaction that is entered into on terms that are not arms-length may result in a negative impact on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

 
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We may not be able to prevent the management of our operating companies from entering into transactions that are outside their authority and not in the best interests of shareholders.

The general directors of our operating companies have significant management authority on a local level, subject to the overall supervision by the corresponding company board of directors and a central operating committee. In addition, we typically grant authority to other members of management through delegated authorities. Internal controls may not be able to prevent an employee from acting outside his authority. There is therefore a risk that employees with delegated authorities may act outside their authority and that our operating companies will enter into transactions that are not duly authorized. Unauthorized transactions may not be in the best interests of our shareholders and may create the risk of fraud or the breach of applicable law, which may result in transactions or sanctions that may   have an adverse impact on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Our broadcasting licenses may not be renewed and may be subject to revocation.

We require broadcasting and, in some cases, other operating licenses as well as other authorizations from national regulatory authorities in our markets, in order to conduct our broadcasting business. Our analog broadcasting licenses expire at various times between July 2012 and April 2025. While we expect that our material licenses and authorizations will be renewed or extended as required to continue to operate our business, we cannot guarantee that this will occur or that they will not be subject to revocation, particularly in markets where there is relatively greater political risk as a result of less developed political and legal institutions. The failure to comply in all material respects with the terms of broadcasting licenses or other authorizations or with applications filed in respect thereto may result in such licenses or other authorizations not being renewed or otherwise being terminated. Furthermore, no assurances can be given that renewals or extensions of existing licenses will be issued on the same terms as existing licenses or that further restrictions or conditions will not be imposed in the future. Any non-renewal or termination of any other broadcasting or operating licenses or other authorizations or material modification of the terms of any renewed licenses may have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Our operations are in developing markets where there is a risk of economic uncertainty, biased treatment and loss of business.

Our revenue generating operations are located in Central and Eastern Europe. These markets pose different risks to those posed by investments in more developed markets and the impact in our markets of unforeseen circumstances on economic, political or social life is greater. The economic and political systems, legal and tax regimes, standards of corporate governance and business practices of countries in this region continue to develop. Government policies may be subject to significant adjustments, especially in the event of a change in leadership. This may result in social or political instability or disruptions, potential political influence on the media, inconsistent application of tax and legal regulations, arbitrary treatment before judicial or other regulatory authorities and other general business risks, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows. Other potential risks inherent in markets with evolving economic and political environments include exchange controls, higher tariffs and other levies as well as longer payment cycles. The relative level of development of our markets and the influence of local political parties also present a potential for biased treatment of CME before regulators or courts in the event of disputes involving our investments. If such a dispute occurs, those regulators or courts might favor local interests over our interests. Ultimately, this could lead to the loss of our business operations. The loss of a material business would have an adverse impact on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Our success depends on attracting and retaining key personnel.

Our success depends partly upon the efforts and abilities of our key personnel and our ability to attract and retain key personnel. Our management teams have significant experience in the media industry and have made an important contribution to our growth and success. Although we have been successful in attracting and retaining such people in the past, competition for highly skilled individuals is intense. There can be no assurance that we will continue to be successful in attracting and retaining such individuals in the future. The loss of the services of any of these individuals could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations and cash flows.

 
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Risks Relating to Enforcement Rights
 
We are a Bermuda company and enforcement of civil liabilities and judgments may be difficult.

Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. is a Bermuda company; substantially all of our assets and all of our operations are located, and all of our revenues are derived, outside the United States.  In addition, several of our directors and officers are non-residents of the United States, and all or a substantial portion of the assets of such persons are or may be located outside the United States.  As a result, investors may be unable to affect service of process within the United States upon such persons, or to enforce against them judgments obtained in the United States courts, including judgments predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the United States federal and state securities laws.  There is uncertainty as to whether the courts of Bermuda and the countries in which we operate would enforce (i) judgments of United States courts obtained against us or such persons predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the United States federal and state securities laws or (ii) in original actions brought in such countries, liabilities against us or such persons predicated upon the United States federal and state securities laws.

Our bye-laws restrict shareholders from bringing legal action against our officers and directors.

Our bye-laws contain a broad waiver by our shareholders of any claim or right of action in Bermuda, both individually and on our behalf, against any of our officers or directors. The waiver applies to any action taken by an officer or director, or the failure of an officer or director to take any action, in the performance of his or her duties, except with respect to any matter involving any fraud or dishonesty on the part of the officer or director. This waiver limits the right of shareholders to assert claims against our officers and directors unless the act or failure to act involves fraud or dishonesty.
 
Risks Relating to our Common Stock
 
The holders of shares of our Class B stock are in a position to decide corporate actions that require shareholder approval and may have interests that differ from those of other shareholders

Shares of our Class B common stock carry ten votes per share and shares of our Class A common stock carry one vote per share. As of March 31, 2010, Ronald Lauder, our founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors, owns or has voting control over approximately 68.27% of our outstanding common stock. A portion of this voting power is attributable to a voting agreement among the Company, Mr. Lauder, RSL Savannah LLC, a company wholly owned by Mr. Lauder, and Time Warner Media Holdings B.V., an affilitate of Time Warner Inc. (“Time Warner”), whereby Mr. Lauder is entitled to vote all 14,500,000 shares of Class A common stock and 4,500,000 shares of Class B common stock owned by Time Warner, as well as any other CME shares acquired by Time Warner during the term of the voting agreement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Time Warner reserves the right to vote certain shares in any transaction that would result in a change of control of the Company.

Because of this voting power, Mr. Lauder is in a position to control the outcome of corporate actions requiring shareholder approval, such as the election of directors or certain transactions, including issuances of common stock of the Company that may result in a dilution of the holders of shares of Class A common stock or in a change of control. The interests of Mr. Lauder may not be the same as those of other shareholders, and such shareholders will be unable to affect the outcome of such corporate actions for so long as Mr. Lauder retains voting control.

The price of our Class A common stock is likely to remain volatile.

The market price of shares of our Class A common stock may be influenced by many factors, some of which are beyond our control, including those described above under “Risks Relating to our Operations” as well as the following: general economic and business trends, variations in quarterly operating results, license renewals, regulatory developments in our operating countries and the European Union, the condition of the media industry in our operating countries, the volume of trading in shares of our Class A common stock, future issuances of shares of our Class A common stock and investors’ and securities analysts’ perception of us and other companies that investors or securities analysts deem comparable in the television broadcasting industry.  In addition, stock markets in general have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated to and disproportionate to the operating performance of broadcasting companies.  These broad market and industry factors may materially reduce the market price of shares of our Class A common stock, regardless of our operating performance.

 
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Our share price may be adversely affected by future issuances and sales of our shares.

As at May 3, 2010, we have a total of 2.1 million options to purchase Class A common stock outstanding and 0.1 million options to purchase shares of Class B common stock outstanding.  An affiliate of PPF a.s., from whom we acquired the TV Nova (Czech Republic) group , holds 3,500,000 unregistered shares of Class A common stock that were issued in 2005 and in 2007 we issued 1,275,227 unregistered shares of Class A common stock to Igor Kolomoisky, a member of our Board of Directors, for which he has registration rights. Entities controlled by Adrian Sarbu hold 2,200,000 unregistered shares of Class A common stock and warrants to purchase an additional 850,000 unregistered shares of Class A common stock following the acquisition of Media Pro Entertainment. An affiliate of Apax Partners holds 3,168,575 unrestricted shares of Class A common stock. An affiliate of Time Warner holds 14,500,000 unregistered shares of Class A common stock and 4,500,000 unregistered shares of Class B common stock.  Time Warner has registration rights with respect to the shares of Class A common stock.

In addition, the Convertible Notes are convertible into shares of our Class A common stock and mature on March 15, 2013. Holders of the Convertible Notes have registration rights with respect to the shares of Class A common stock underlying the Convertible Notes. Prior to December 15, 2012, the Convertible Notes will be convertible following certain events and from that date, at any time through March 15, 2013. From time to time up to and including December 15, 2012, we will have the right to elect  to deliver (i) shares of our Class A common stock or (ii) cash and, if applicable, shares of our Class A common stock upon conversion of the Convertible Notes. At present, we have elected to deliver cash and, if applicable, shares of our Class A common stock. To mitigate the potentially dilutive effect of a conversion of the Convertible Notes on our Class A common stock, we have entered into two capped call transactions with respect to a certain number of shares of our Class A common stock that are exercisable in the event of a conversion of the Convertible Notes or at maturity on March 15, 2013.   We may receive cash or shares of our Class A common stock upon the exercise of the calls.

We cannot predict what effect, if any, an issuance of shares of our common stock, including the Class A common stock underlying options or the Convertible Notes or into which outstanding Class B common stock may be converted and in connection with future financings, or the entry into trading of previously issued unregistered or restricted shares of our Class A common stock, will have on the market price of our shares.  If more shares of common stock are issued, the economic interest of current shareholders may be diluted and the price of our shares may be adversely affected.

 
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Item 5.  Other Information

On May 1, 2010, CME Media Services Limited (“CME MS”) entered into an employment agreement that expires on June 30, 2013, with Mr. Petr Dvorak, who serves as Head of Broadcasting and is a Senior Vice President. Pursuant to the employment agreement, Mr. Dvorak shall be entitled to receive an annual salary of EUR 580,000 (approximately US$ 781,782). At January 1, 2012, such salary shall be increased to EUR 730,000 (approximately US$ 983,967). Mr. Dvorak is also entitled to a one-off payment of CZK 3,191,899 (approximately US$ 169,170). Mr. Dvorak shall be entitled to earn a bonus in the amount of 75% of his annual base salary during the term of his appointment pursuant to our incentive plan for senior management and is also entitled to receive certain health insurance benefits.

On May 3, 2010, CME MS, our wholly owned subsidiary, entered into an employment agreement for an indefinite term with Mr. Andrei Boncea, who serves as Head of Media Pro Entertainment and is a Senior Vice President. Pursuant to the employment agreement, Mr. Boncea shall be entitled to receive an annual salary of EUR 488,000 (approximately US$ 657,775) with effect from April 1, 2010. Mr. Boncea is also entitled to a one-off payment of EUR 58,282 (approximately US$ 78,558). Mr. Boncea shall be entitled to earn a bonus in the amount of 75% of his annual base salary during the term of his appointment pursuant to our incentive plan for senior management and is also entitled to receive certain health insurance benefits.
 
Item 6.  Exhibits

a) The following exhibits are attached:

10.1
 
Deed relating to the Sale and Purchase of Certain Media Interests in Bulgaria by and among News Netherlands B.V., News Corporation, CME Media Enterprises B.V. and Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. dated February 18, 2010.
10.2+
 
Contract of Employment between CME Media Services Limited and David Sach, dated February 26, 2010.
10.3+
 
Contract of Employment between CME Media Services Limited and Andrei Boncea, dated May 3, 2010.
10.4
 
Amended and Restated Sale and Purchase Agreement between CME Media Enterprises B.V., CME Development Financing B.V., Top Tone Media Holdings Limited and Krassimir Guergov, dated April 19, 2010.
10.5
 
Investment Agreement between CME Media Enterprises B.V. and Top Tone Media Holdings Limited, dated April 22, 2010.
10.6
 
Deed of Termination and Release between CME Media Enterprises B.V., Top Tone Media Holdings Limited and Krassimir Guergov, dated April 22, 2010.
10.7+
 
Contract of Employment between CME Media Services Limited and Petr Dvorak, dated May 1, 2010.
31.01
 
Certification of Principal  Executive Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.02
 
Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.01
 
Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished only).


+ exhibit is a management contract or compensatory plan

 
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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.

Date: May 5, 2010
 
/s/ David Sach
   
David Sach
   
Chief Financial Officer
   
(Principal Financial Officer)

 
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EXHIBIT INDEX

 
Deed relating to the Sale and Purchase of Certain Media Interests in Bulgaria by and among News Netherlands B.V., News Corporation, CME Media Enterprises B.V. and Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. dated February 18, 2010.
 
Contract of Employment between CME Media Services Limited and David Sach, dated February 26, 2010.
 
Contract of Employment between CME Media Services Limited and Andrei Boncea, dated May 3, 2010.
 
Amended and Restated Sale and Purchase Agreement between CME Media Enterprises B.V., CME Development Financing B.V., Top Tone Media Holdings Limited and Krassimir Guergov, dated April 19, 2010.
 
Investment Agreement between CME Media Enterprises B.V. and Top Tone Media Holdings Limited, dated April 22, 2010.
 
Deed of Termination and Release between CME Media Enterprises B.V., Top Tone Media Holdings Limited and Krassimir Guergov, dated April 22, 2010.
 
Contract of Employment between CME Media Services Limited and Petr Dvorak, dated May 1, 2010.
 
Certification of Principal  Executive Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished only).


+ exhibit is a management contract or compensatory plan
 
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Exhibit 10.1

DEED RELATING TO THE SALE AND PURCHASE
OF CERTAIN MEDIA INTERESTS IN BULGARIA
 
DATED 18 February 2010

 
NEWS NETHERLANDS B.V.

NEWS CORPORATION

AND

CME MEDIA ENTERPRISES B.V.

CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD.
 
 
 

 
 
 
CONTENTS
 
Clause
Page
     
1.
Interpretation
1
2.
Sale and Purchase of the Shares
2
3.
Conditions Precedent
2
4.
Pre-Completion Covenants
4
5.
Completion
7
6.
Consideration
7
7.
Adjustment to Consideration
7
8.
Post-Completion Covenants
9
9.
Protective Covenants
9
10.
Guarantees and Indemnities
10
11.
Seller's Warranties and Indemnities
10
12.
Purchaser's and Purchaser's Guarantor's Warranties
14
13.
Announcements and Confidentiality
15
14.
Guarantee by Purchaser's Guarantor
16
15.
Guarantee by Seller's Guarantor
17
16.
Bulgaria SPV
18
17.
Notices
18
18.
Assignments
20
19.
Gross Up and Withholding
20
20.
Payments
20
21.
General
21
22.
Whole Agreement
21
23.
Governing Law and Arbitration
22
24.
Language
22
     
Schedules
 
     
1.
The Companies
 
2.
The Subsidiaries
 
3.
Seller's Warranties
 
4.
Warranty Claims
 
5.
Completion
 
 
Part 1     Seller's Obligations
 
 
Part 2     Purchaser's Obligations
 
6.
Completion Statement
 
 
Part 1     Completion Statement
 
 
Part 2     Net Debt
 
 
Part 3     Working Capital
 
 
Part 4     Specific Policies to be used in preparing the Completion Statement
 
7.
Independent Accountants
 
8.
Interpretation
 
9.
Form of Deed of Adherence
 
     
Signatories
 
     
Appendix
   
1.
Agreed Form Documents
 
2.
Programming Schedule
 
3.
Monthly Estimate and Aggregate Costs and Expenses of the Target Companies (Excluding the Balkan Media Group)
 
 
 
 

 

 
THIS DEED is made on 18 February 2010
 
BETWEEN :
 
(1)
NEWS NETHERLANDS B.V. a company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands entered into the Commercial register at the Chamber of Commerce of Amsterdam under company number 32055414 and whose registered address is at Pilotenstraat 39, 1059 CH Amsterdam, the Netherlands (the Seller );
 
(2)
NEWS CORPORATION , a company incorporated under the laws of Delaware with its principal place of business at 1211 Avenue of Americas, New York, New York 10036, United States of America (the Seller's Guarantor );
 
(3)
CME MEDIA ENTERPRISES B.V. ,   a company organised under the laws of the Netherlands, registered under number 34349555 with the Trade Register and having its registered office at Dam 5B, Amsterdam JS, 1012, the Netherlands (the Purchaser ); and
 
(4)
CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD. , a company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda whose registered office is at Mintflower Place, 4th floor, Par-La-Ville Rd, Hamilton, Bermuda (the Purchaser's Guarantor ),
 
(each, a Party , and together, the Parties ).
 
BACKGROUND :
 
(A)
The Seller is legally and beneficially entitled to all the issued share capital of Balkan News Corporation and to 75 per cent. of the issued share capital of TV Europe. The Seller is also able to procure the sale of the remaining 25 per cent. of the issued share capital of TV Europe. Further details of each company are set out at Schedule 1.
 
(B)
The Seller wishes to sell, or procure the sale of, and the Purchaser wishes to purchase all the issued share capital of Balkan News Corporation and TV Europe, in each case on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this Agreement.
 
(C)
The Seller's Guarantor is the ultimate holding company of the Seller and is willing to guarantee the obligations of the Seller under this Agreement.
 
(D)
The Purchaser's Guarantor is the ultimate holding company of the Purchaser and is willing to guarantee the obligations of the Purchaser under this Agreement.
 
IT IS AGREED as follows:
 
1.
INTERPRETATION
 
1.1
In addition to terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, the definitions and other provisions in Schedule 8 apply throughout this Agreement, unless the contrary intention appears.
 
1.2
In this Agreement, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a clause, subclause, schedule or paragraph is a reference to a clause, subclause, schedule or paragraph of or to this Agreement. The schedules form part of this Agreement.
 
1.3
References to this Agreement shall be construed as references to this Deed.

 
 

 
 
1.4
The headings in this Agreement do not affect its interpretation.
 
2.
SALE AND PURCHASE OF THE SHARES
 
2.1
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Seller agrees to sell, or in the case of the Shares being sold by Novacorp Limited, procure the sale of, the Shares to the Purchaser and the Purchaser relying on the Seller's Warranties and indemnities contained in this Agreement and the Tax Deed, agrees to purchase the Shares.
 
2.2
The Shares shall be sold with full title guarantee free from Encumbrances and together with all rights attaching to them as at the date of this Agreement (including, without limitation, the right to receive all dividends and distributions declared, made or paid after Completion).
 
2.3
The Seller shall procure that on or prior to Completion any and all rights of pre-emption over the Shares are waived irrevocably by the persons entitled thereto.
 
2.4
The Purchaser shall not be obliged to complete the purchase of any of the Shares unless the purchase of all Shares is completed simultaneously.
 
2.5
The Consideration for the sale of the Shares shall be determined in accordance with clauses 6 and 7 of this Agreement.
 
3.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
 
3.1
The sale and purchase of the Shares is conditional upon (i) satisfaction or waiver of the condition set out in (a) below on or prior to the Long Stop Date; and (ii) that no event set out in (b) or (c) below has occurred of which the Purchaser has notified the Seller in writing and which remains outstanding or has not been remedied by the earlier of the Effective Time and the Long Stop Date (the Conditions ):
 
 
(a)
the entry into effect of the written approval by the BCPC for the purchase of the Shares by the Purchaser;
 
 
(b)
no injunction, judgment, decision, order, decree or ruling of any nature of any court or by any Governmental Authority being outstanding or change in Applicable Law that prohibits the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and
 
 
(c)
no event has occurred which has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect which has not been remedied by the Seller within thirty (30) days of such event first occurring.
 
3.2
The Purchaser shall use all reasonable endeavours to ensure the satisfaction of the Condition set out in subclause 3.1(a).
 
3.3
Without prejudice to subclause 3.2, the Purchaser shall with the reasonable cooperation of the Seller procure that all Initial Notifications made to the BCPC shall be submitted not later than ten (10) Business Days following the date of this Agreement and shall further procure that all additional information and documents requested by the BCPC or any other relevant authority shall be provided and complied with promptly throughout the relevant notification process. Subject to Applicable Law, the Seller shall reasonably co-operate with and promptly provide such information regarding the businesses and affairs of any member of the Target Group as the Purchaser or the BCPC may require in connection with the notifications which the Purchaser is required to make to the BCPC and any supplementary information requested by the BCPC or the Purchaser (except in the case of information provided to the Purchaser, that in relation to any such information, business secrets and other confidential information may be redacted so long as the Seller acts reasonably in identifying such material for redaction). Save as required by the BCPC or Applicable Law, the Seller shall not without the prior written approval of the Purchaser communicate with the BCPC or make any filing, submission or notification to the BCPC in each case, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Purchaser undertakes to include a request in the Initial Notifications made to the BCPC for the BCPC to permit immediate implementation of its written approval (to the extent that such approval is given).

 
 

 
 
3.4
For the purposes of subclause 3.3, each Party agrees to:
 
 
(a)
keep all other Parties promptly informed of communications with the BCPC (including with respect to the complaint filed by Balkan News Corporation with respect to CableTEL and Eurocom on 27 January 2010) by arranging and participating in a call which shall take place at least weekly from the date of this Agreement until satisfaction of the Condition set out in subclause 3.1(a) between representatives of the Seller and the Purchaser to provide information about any meetings or phone calls with the BCPC or any members of its administration;
 
 
(b)
give the other Parties reasonable notice of all material meetings and, where practicable to do so, all material telephone calls with the BCPC such that the other Parties (or the other Parties' advisers) may elect to participate in them (except to the extent that the BCPC expressly requests that a Party should not be present at the meeting); and
 
 
(c)
provide the other Parties with drafts of all material written communications intended to be sent to the BCPC, give the other Parties a reasonable opportunity where practicable to comment on them and provide the other Parties with final copies of all such communications (except that in relation to all disclosure under this subclause, business secrets and other confidential material may be redacted so long as the other Parties act reasonably in identifying such material for redaction).
 
3.5
Each Party shall use all reasonable endeavours to procure (so far as it is so able to procure) that the condition in subclause 3.1(a) is satisfied as soon as possible, but no later than 10 July 2010 (the Long Stop Date ).  If the Condition in subclause 3.1(a) is not satisfied on or before the Long Stop Date:
 
 
(a)
except for this subclause 3.5, clauses 1, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24 and the provisions of Schedule 8, all the provisions of this Agreement shall lapse and cease to have effect;
 
 
(b)
neither the lapsing of these provisions nor their ceasing to have effect shall affect any accrued rights or liabilities of any of the Parties in respect of damages for non performance of any obligation under this Agreement falling due for performance prior to such lapse or cessation; and
 
 
(c)
in the event that only the Condition in subclause 3.1(a) remains unsatisfied at the Long Stop Date, the Purchaser shall promptly pay to the Seller the sum of US$20,000,000.
 
3.6
The exclusive remedy of the Seller in respect of any claims of the Seller against the Purchaser pursuant to clauses 3.2, 3.3 or 3.4 of this Agreement shall be the payment of the sum of US$20,000,000 under subclause 3.5(c).
 
3.7
The maximum liability of the Purchaser in respect  of any and all claims arising under this Agreement shall be limited to, in the aggregate, forty (40)% of the Consideration including any amount that may be available under subclauses 3.5(c) and 3.6 above.

 
 

 
 
3.8
The Purchaser shall keep the Seller fully informed and up to date with respect to its progress towards satisfaction of the Condition in subclause 3.1(a) and the Purchaser shall give written notice to the Seller of the satisfaction of the Condition in subclause 3.1(a) promptly on becoming aware of the same.
 
3.9
The Purchaser may at any time waive in whole or in part and conditionally or unconditionally the Condition set out in subclause 3.1(c) by notice in writing to the Seller.
 
4.
PRE-COMPLETION COVENANTS
 
4.1
Subject to subclause 4.2, until Completion, the Seller shall, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law (including but not limited to any competition law) procure that, except with the written consent of the Purchaser (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), no member of the Target Group shall depart in any material respect from the ordinary and usual course of its day-to-day business.
 
4.2
Without prejudice to the generality of subclause 4.1, the Seller undertakes to procure that between the date of this Agreement and Completion each Target Group Company (other than Balkan Media Group):
 
 
(a)
shall take all reasonable steps to preserve and protect the assets necessary for the operation of the business of the Target Group Companies including preserving the validity of all Intellectual Property Rights owned or used by the Target Group in the operation of their businesses;
 
 
(b)
shall make all insurance claims in relation to the Target Group Company (other than Balkan Media Group) (i) as soon as reasonably practicable and (ii) in accordance with the requirements of the relevant policy;
 
 
(c)
shall not without the prior written consent of the Purchaser (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed):
 
 
(i)
subject to subclause 4.2(ix)(E), enter into, or exercise an option in relation to, or amend, any agreement or series of related agreements, or incur any commitment unless any such new agreement or series of related agreements, amendment or exercise of an option (A) is capable of being terminated on six months notice or less and (B) involves or may involve an amount of less than US$500,000;
 
 
(ii)
acquire or agree to acquire any share, shares or other interest in any company, partnership or other venture;
 
 
(iii)
except as contemplated by subclause 4.6(a), incur any additional borrowings or incur any other financial indebtedness other than those in the ordinary course of business;
 
 
(iv)
create, allot or issue any share capital or, other than as permitted by subclause 4.6(a), loan capital of any Target Group Company or any option to subscribe for the same;
 
 
(v)
repay, redeem or repurchase any share capital or, other than as permitted by subclause 4.6(a), loan capital of any Target Group Company (other than Balkan Media Group);
 
 
(vi)
except as contemplated by subclauses 4.6(b) and 4.6(c) declare, make or pay any dividend or other distribution to shareholders of any Target Group Company;

 
 

 
   
 
(vii)
take steps to procure payment by any debtor which is materially inconsistent with past practice;
 
 
(viii)
delay making payment to any trade creditors which is materially inconsistent with past practice;
 
 
(ix)
in relation to any Property:
 
 
(A)
carry out any material structural alteration or addition to, or materially effect any change of use of, such Property that would require the permission, approval or consent of a Governmental Authority in Bulgaria or a material amendment to an existing permission, approval or consent other than any protocol or act that is issued in the normal course of construction and is required by Applicable Law in Bulgaria other than where an alteration or addition or material change of use of any Property has been Fairly Disclosed in the Disclosure Letter;
 
 
(B)
terminate or serve any notice to terminate, surrender or accept any surrender of or waive the terms of any lease, tenancy or licence which is material in the context of the relevant Target Group Company;
 
 
(C)
enter into or vary any agreement, lease, tenancy, licence or other commitment which is material in the context of the relevant Target Group Company;
 
 
(D)
sell, convey, transfer, assign or charge any Property or grant any rights or easements over any Property or enter into any covenants or other Encumbrance affecting any Property or agree to do any of the foregoing;
 
 
(E)
incur any commitment with respect to any Property in excess of US$100,000.
 
 
(x)
save as required by Applicable Law:
 
 
(A)
make any material amendment to the terms and conditions of employment (including, without limitation, remuneration, pension entitlements and other benefits) of any Senior Employee (other than minor increases in the ordinary and usual course of business which the Seller shall notify to the Purchaser as soon as reasonably possible); or
 
 
(B)
engage or appoint any additional Senior Employee;
 
 
(xi)
enter into any guarantee, indemnity or other agreement to secure any obligation of a third party or create any Encumbrance over any of its assets or undertaking in any such case other than in the ordinary and usual course of business;
 
 
(xii)
other than in relation to (A) any amount which becomes due following any audit with respect to Tax, or (B) any amount which falls due, up to an aggregate amount equal to US$100,000, with respect to Tax which relates to the period prior to Completion and except as required by Applicable Law, make, change or rescind any material claim or election relating to Tax; settle or compromise any material claim, action, litigation, proceeding, arbitration, investigation or audit with respect to Tax; make any material change to any of its methods, policies, principles or practices of Tax accounting or methods of reporting or claiming income, losses, or deductions for Tax purposes (including, without limitation, with respect to depreciation or amortisation); or amend any Tax Return in any material respect; request any ruling or clearance in relation to any Tax matter from any Tax Authority; enter into any agreement with any Tax Authority, or terminate or rescind any agreement with a Tax Authority that is in effect on the date of this Agreement; or prepare, file or submit, any Tax Return that is materially inconsistent with past practice; in each case to the extent that any of the foregoing could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Purchaser, or any Target Group Company in a material manner following Completion.

 
 

 
 
4.3
Without prejudice to the generality of subclause 4.1, the Seller undertakes to procure that between the date of this Agreement and Completion, the Target Companies (other than Balkan Media Group):
 
 
(a)
shall not incur costs and expenses in an amount which is more than 20 per cent. greater than (i) the relevant monthly estimate; or (ii) the aggregate costs and expenses, both as set out in Appendix 3, without first consulting the Purchaser; and
 
 
(b)
other than in respect of Radiocompany C.J., shall use all reasonable endeavours to operate in accordance with the programming schedule appended to this Agreement.
 
4.4
The Seller shall procure that, between the date of this Agreement and Completion, the Escrow Account shall be established and that the Escrow Amount shall be paid into the Escrow Account.
 
In the event that Balkan News Corporation does not have sufficient funds to meet its obligations pursuant to this subclause 4.4, the Seller undertakes to transfer such funds to Balkan News Corporation prior to Completion. After Completion, the Seller shall take, and the Purchaser shall procure that Balkan News Corporation shall take, all steps necessary to (i) pay the aggregate amount due in respect of the Sale and Retention Bonus from the Escrow Account in accordance with the terms of the Sale and Retention Bonus; and (ii) return any portion of the Escrow Amount to the Seller which is not required to satisfy the Sale and Retention Bonus on the dates on which payments are due to the relevant employees of the Target Group Companies in accordance with the terms of the Sale and Retention Bonus.
 
4.5
Without prejudice to the generality of subclause 4.1 and to the extent permitted by Applicable Law (including but not limited to any competition law), prior to Completion the Seller shall procure that the Target Group Companies (excluding the Balkan Media Group) shall provide the Purchaser's auditors with the information that the Purchaser's auditors reasonably require for the purposes of preparing audited financial statements of the Target Group that are required under certain reporting regulations to which the Purchaser's Group is subject, provided that the obligations of the Seller under this subclause 4.5 shall not extend to providing information which is reasonably regarded as confidential to the activities of the Seller otherwise than in relation to the Target Group Companies.
 
4.6
Prior to Completion, the Seller or any member of the Seller's Group shall:
 
 
(a)
be entitled to enter into an inter-company loan with any member of the Target Group, provided that any such loan be repaid or settled prior to Completion (except any loan from Balkan News Corporation to Triada to fund the ordinary and usual course of Triada's day-to-day business);
 
 
(b)
be entitled to procure that Balkan News Corporation declares aggregate dividends payable in cash of no more than BGN 42,000,000, provided that any such dividends shall be paid in full prior to Completion;

 
 

 
 
 
(c)
procure that Balkan News Corporation declares dividends in specie to the Seller of the Consultant Loan and the RCJ Loan respectively, provided that any such dividends shall be made in full prior to Completion; and
 
 
(d)
procure that the Amendment Agreement shall be entered into by Balkan News Corporation and Twentieth Century Fox International Television, Inc.
 
4.7
Prior to Completion the Purchaser undertakes that, subject to subclause 4.5, no member of the Purchaser's Group or any of their employees, officers, directors, agents or advisors shall contact or approach any employee of any Target Group Company without the prior consent of the Seller.
 
4.8
The Seller agrees to provide the Purchaser's Guarantor or the Purchaser, as applicable, with such information as the Purchaser's Guarantor or the Purchaser determines to be reasonably necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable anti-money laundering laws, rules and regulations of the applicable jurisdictions, to respond to requests for information concerning the identity of the Purchaser's shareholders from any Governmental Authority within the applicable jurisdictions in connection with its anti-money laundering compliance procedures, or to update such information.
 
5.
COMPLETION
 
5.1
Except for execution of the Deed of Transfer which shall occur simultaneously in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Completion shall take place at the offices of the Seller's Solicitors at 11 a.m. (London time) on the fourth Business Day after which the Condition in subclause 3.1(a) is satisfied or waived or at such other place, at such other time and/or on such other date as the Seller and the Purchaser may agree, provided that:
 
 
(a)
neither the Seller has notified the Purchaser nor the Purchaser has notified the Seller that any event has occurred as set out in subclause 3.1(b) which remains outstanding at the Effective Time; or
 
 
(b)
the Purchaser has not notified the Seller of any event which has a Material Adverse Effect (which has not been remedied in accordance with subclause 3.1(c) before the Effective Time).
 
5.2
At Completion:
 
 
(a)
the Seller shall observe and perform the provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 5; and
 
 
(b)
the Purchaser shall observe and perform the provisions of Part 2 of Schedule 5.
 
5.3
The Seller may waive some or all of the obligations of the Purchaser set out in Part 2 of Schedule 5 and the Purchaser may waive some or all of the obligations of the Seller set out in Part 1 of Schedule 5.
 
6.
CONSIDERATION
 
6.1
The consideration for the sale of the Shares and the covenants given by the Seller to the Purchaser in clause 9 of this Agreement shall be US$400 million in cash subject to any adjustments in clause 7 (the Consideration ).

 
 

 
 
7.
ADJUSTMENT TO CONSIDERATION
 
7.1
The Seller shall give notice to the Purchaser not less than four (4) Business Days before Completion of the Estimated Net Debt (setting out the indebtedness of which it is constituted) presented in the format shown in Part 2 of Schedule 6 and Estimated Working Capital presented in the format shown in Part 3 of Schedule 6.
 
7.2
The amount of the Consideration payable at Completion (the Closing Payment ) shall be adjusted as follows:
 
 
(a)
if the Estimated Net Debt exceeds zero, the amount of the Consideration shall be reduced by the amount by which the Estimated Net Debt exceeds zero;
 
 
(b)
if the Estimated Net Debt is less than zero, the Consideration shall be increased by the amount by which the Estimated Net Debt is less than zero;
 
 
(c)
if the Estimated Working Capital is less than the Normalised Working Capital, the Consideration shall be reduced by the amount by which the Estimated Working Capital is less than the Normalised Working Capital; and
 
 
(d)
if the Estimated Working Capital is more than the Normalised Working Capital, the Consideration shall be increased by the amount by which the Estimated Working Capital is more than the Normalised Working Capital.
 
7.3
The Closing Payment shall be adjusted (if necessary) after Completion within ten (10) Business Days of the Completion Statement being agreed in accordance with Schedule 6 and Schedule 7 as follows:
 
 
(a)
if the Actual Net Debt exceeds the Estimated Net Debt, the Closing Payment shall be reduced by the amount by which the Actual Net Debt exceeds the Estimated Net Debt;
 
 
(b)
if the Actual Net Debt is less than the Estimated Net Debt, the Closing Payment shall be increased by the amount by which the Actual Net Debt is less than the Estimated Net Debt;
 
 
(c)
if the Actual Working Capital is less than the Estimated Working Capital, the Closing Payment shall be reduced by the amount by which the Actual Working Capital is less than the Estimated Working Capital; and
 
 
(d)
if the Actual Working Capital exceeds the Estimated Working Capital, the Closing Payment shall be increased by the amount by which the Actual Working Capital exceeds the Estimated Working Capital.
 
7.4
Any reduction to be made to the Consideration under subclause 7.2 shall be offset against any increase in the Consideration under such subclause and any reduction to be made to the Closing Payment under subclause 7.3 shall be offset against any increase in the Closing Payment under such subclause.
 
7.5
Within two (2) Business Days of the last of the adjustments contemplated in subclauses 7.3 and 7.4 above being finalised, either the Seller shall repay to the Purchaser an amount equal to any decrease in the Closing Payment or the Purchaser shall pay to the Seller an amount equal to any increase in the Closing Payment as appropriate.
 
7.6
Any portions of the Closing Payment (including in relation to subclauses 7.2 and 7.3 above) which are calculated in BGN or any currencies other than US$ shall, prior to any payment being made, be converted into US$ using the closing mid-point rate as set out in the Financial Times first published on the Business Day prior to Completion (the Converted Amount ), and shall be paid in accordance with this clause 7.

 
 

 
 
8.
POST-COMPLETION COVENANTS
 
8.1
Immediately following Completion, and no later than two (2) months after Completion, the Purchaser shall procure that no member of the Target Group:
 
 
(a)
uses or displays (including on or in its business stationery, documents, signs, promotional materials or website) any name, mark or logo which is the same as or similar to and is likely to be confused or associated with, any name, mark or logo which is valid and subsisting at Completion and which is owned by a member of the Seller's Group other than pursuant to a valid license or other approval by the Seller or any other member of the Seller's Group; or
 
 
(b)
represents that the Seller or any other member of the Seller's Group retains any connection with such member of the Target Group,
 
except that this subclause shall not prevent the Purchaser or the Target Group Companies from using or displaying any names, marks or logos which are owned by any of them, or which are licensed to any of them from a third party that has a valid right to use such mark, at the date of Completion.
 
8.2
As soon as reasonably practicable (and, in any event, within fifteen (15) Business Days) after Completion, the Purchaser shall deliver to the Seller a certified copy of the articles of association of Balkan News Corporation and a certificate from the Bulgarian commercial register, reflecting the change of name of that Target Group Company so that there is no longer a reference to "News" or any other inference of any kind to the Seller.
 
9.
PROTECTIVE COVENANTS
 
9.1
In consideration for the agreement by the Purchaser to acquire the Shares, the Seller covenants with the Purchaser and each member of the Target Group that neither the Seller nor any member of the Seller's Group shall, for a period of 24 months after Completion:
 
 
(a)
carry on, be engaged in or hold any shares, partnership, consortium or joint venture interests, voting securities, equity linked securities or other economic participation rights or debt securities ( Economic Interests ) (or any interest in any Economic Interests) in any business which is of the same or similar type to the Target Group Companies now carried on and which is or is likely to be in competition with any part of the business of the Target Group Companies in Bulgaria;
 
 
(b)
induce or attempt to induce any person who is a Senior Employee of a member of the Target Group to leave the employment of that company or hire any person who is a Senior Employee of a member of the Target Group.
 
9.2
The restrictions in subclause 9.1(a) shall not:
 
 
(a)
prevent the Seller or any subsidiary of the Seller from holding shares or debentures in a listed company which confer not more than 5 per cent. of the votes which could normally be cast at a general meeting of that company;
 
 
(b)
apply (or as the case may be shall cease to apply) to the extent that the Seller or any subsidiary of the Seller after Completion acquires any company or business and, as a result of that acquisition, acquires a company or business which falls within the terms of subclause 9.1(a) (the Relevant Interest ) provided that the Relevant Interest does not generate more than 10 per cent. of the revenues of the company or business acquired according to the latest financial statements of that company or business. If however the Relevant Interest generates more than 10 per cent. of the revenues of the company or business acquired according to the latest financial statements of that company or business, then the Seller or its relevant subsidiary shall divest the Relevant Interest within six months as from the date of the acquisition;

 
 

 
 
 
(c)
prevent (i) the continued operation of existing cable and pay television business of the Seller's Group or the operation of new cable or pay television channels owned or operated by the Seller's Group (provided that any such channel is based on a format distributed internationally); (ii) the continued operation of existing outdoor advertising business of the Seller's Group; (iii) the delivery of content to any other television provider in Bulgaria by the Seller's Group; (iv) the Seller or any member of the Seller' Group from operating a pay TV platform within Bulgaria; or (v) the Seller or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Seller from carrying on any other business or range of business carried on by it (other than the businesses of the Target Group Companies) at the date of this Agreement; or
 
 
(d)
prevent the Seller or any subsidiary of the Seller from publishing any general recruitment advertisement in any local or national newspaper or other publication or on any website, or from negotiating with any person who replies to any such advertisement or who initiates any contact with the Seller or any subsidiary of the Seller provided no member of the Seller's Group encourages any such person to initiate contact.
 
9.3
Subclause 9.1 may be enforced by each member of the Target Group against the Seller or any subsidiary of the Seller under the Contract (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999. The provisions of subclause 9.1 may be varied by agreement between the Seller and the Purchaser (and the Purchaser may also release or compromise in whole or in part any liability in respect of rights or claims contemplated by subclause 9.1) without the consent of any subsidiary of the Seller or any member of the Target Group.
 
9.4
The Seller agrees that the restrictions contained in this clause 9 are no greater than is reasonable and necessary for the protection of the interests of the Purchaser and the Target Group but if any such restriction shall be held to be void but would be valid if deleted in part or reduced in application, such restriction shall apply with such deletion or modification as may be necessary to make it valid and enforceable.
 
10.
GUARANTEES AND INDEMNITIES
 
10.1
The Seller shall procure that on Completion each member of the Target Group is released in full from all guarantees and indemnities given by or binding upon that company in respect of any liability or obligation of any member of the Seller's Group and pending such release, the Seller shall indemnify the Target Group member against all liabilities under those guarantees and indemnities.
 
10.2
The Purchaser shall procure that as from Completion each member of the Seller's Group is released in full from all guarantees and indemnities which have been given by that member in respect of any liability or obligation of any member of the Target Group and pending such release the Purchaser shall indemnify that member against all liabilities under those guarantees and indemnities.
 
11.
SELLER'S WARRANTIES AND INDEMNITIES
 
11.1
The Seller warrants to the Purchaser that, except as Fairly Disclosed to the Purchaser in the Disclosure Letter, each of the statements set out in Schedule 3 is, subject to subclause 11.2, true and accurate at the date of this Agreement and will be true and accurate at Completion.

 
 

 
 
11.2
Subclause 11.1 shall apply as if:
 
 
(a)
none of the Seller's Warranties, other than those set out in paragraphs 1.15, 1.19 and 1.30 of Schedule 3, relate in any way to Intellectual Property Rights;
 
 
(b)
none of the Seller's Warranties, other than those set out in paragraphs 1.16, 1.19 and 1.30 of Schedule 3, relate in any way to IT Systems;
 
 
(c)
none of the Seller's Warranties, other than those set out in paragraphs 1.12, 1.13 and 1.19 of Schedule 3, relate in any way to the Properties or any of them;
 
 
(d)
none of the Seller's Warranties, other than those set out in paragraph 1.14 of Schedule 3, relate in any way to Environmental Matters; and
 
 
(e)
none of the Seller's Warranties, other than those set out in paragraphs 1.23 to 1.29 of Schedule 3, relate in any way to Taxation
 
11.3
The Seller's Warranties and any Warranty Claim shall be subject to the limitations and other provisions set out in subclauses 11.2 to 11.8 (inclusive), 11.10 to 11.14 (inclusive) and Schedule 4 (including for the avoidance of doubt, the limitations and other provisions incorporated by reference to the Tax Deed).
 
11.4
If after the signing of this Agreement:
 
 
(a)
the Seller shall become aware that any of the Seller's Warranties was untrue, inaccurate or misleading in any material respect as of the signing of this Agreement; or
 
 
(b)
any event shall occur or matter shall arise of which the Seller becomes aware which results or may result in any of the Seller's Warranties being untrue, inaccurate or misleading in any material aspect at Completion,
 
the Seller shall notify the Purchaser in writing as soon as practicable setting out full details of the matter.
 
11.5
Any notification pursuant to subclause 11.4(a) shall not operate as a disclosure pursuant to subclause 11.1 of this Agreement and the Seller's Warranties shall not be subject to such notification.
 
11.6
Save in the case of dishonesty or fraud, the Seller undertakes to the Purchaser and to the Target Group Companies and their respective directors, officers and agents to waive any rights, remedies or claims which it may have in respect of any misrepresentation, inaccuracy or omission in or from any information or advice supplied or given by the Target Group Companies or their respective directors, officers or agents in connection with assisting the Seller in the giving of any Warranty or the preparation of the Disclosure Letter and the Tax Deed.

 
 

 
 
11.7
The Seller shall indemnify and keep indemnified the Purchaser from and against all costs, claims, demands, damages, expenses, penalties, fines, liabilities and losses, including a reduction in the cash generated by the Target Group Companies (other than Balkan Media Group) (collectively, Losses ) whatsoever arising out of or in connection with any of the Target Broadcasting Licenses not having been validly issued or not being in full force and effect at Completion. The Purchaser and the Purchaser's Guarantor acknowledge and agree that the Purchaser shall only be entitled to bring a claim with respect to any of the Target Broadcasting Licenses not having been validly issued or not being in full force and effect at Completion pursuant to this subclause 11.7 and shall not be entitled to bring a Warranty Claim in respect of such matter.
 
11.8
The Purchaser shall not be entitled to bring any claim for Losses in respect of the indemnity set out in subclause 11.7 nor any Warranty Claim in respect of the matters referred to in subclause 11.7 following Completion if the Purchaser has actual knowledge on or before Completion that (i) the Target Broadcasting Licences have not been validly issued or are not in full force and effect at Completion or that the Target Broadcasting Licenses will not be or are not reasonably likely to be validly issued and in full force and effect at Completion (including, without limitation, to the extent the Purchaser receives notice of such event from the Seller); (ii) such fact or circumstance has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) the Purchaser elected not to serve a notice on the Seller in accordance with subclause 5.1(b) of this Agreement in connection with such event.
 
11.9
The Seller shall indemnify and keep indemnified the Purchaser from and against all Losses whatsoever arising out of or in connection with the Consultant or any person connected with the Consultant:
 
 
(a)
having any legal or beneficial ownership interest in, or any Encumbrance, voting or other rights over, any shares in the share capital of any Target Group Company (excluding Balkan Media Group and the shares in Radiocompany C.J. held by R1 OOD) which does not terminate on Completion;
 
 
(b)
having any legal or beneficial ownership interest in, any Encumbrance over or possession or control of any of the assets included in the Accounts or acquired by any of the Target Group Companies since the Accounts Date which does not cease or terminate as a result of Completion (excluding Balkan Media Group and the shares in Radiocompany C.J. held by R1 OOD);
 
 
(c)
being engaged in any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceeding involving any Target Group Company (excluding Balkan Media Group) which is in progress and which is material in relation to the Target Group (other than in relation to matters which are in the normal course of business of the Target Group Companies or matters which cease or terminate as a result of Completion);
 
 
(d)
so far as the Seller is aware, having any past, present or future charges, complaints, causes of action, demands or other claims of any nature whatsoever arising out of or relating to any contract or agreement between any Target Group Company (excluding Balkan Media Group) and the Consultant or any person connected with the Consultant (other than in relation to matters which are in the normal course of business of the Target Group Companies or will terminate with all outstanding liabilities and obligations fully settled at Completion);
 
 
(e)
being a party to any contract with any Target Group Company (other than Balkan Media Group) that:

 
 

 
 
 
(i)
is not on an arm's length basis;
 
 
(ii)
is of a long term nature that is unlikely to have been fully performed in accordance with its terms more than 12 months after the date on which it was entered into or undertaken (other than any such contract which is in the normal course of business of the Target Group Companies); and
 
 
(iii)
restricts the freedom of any Target Group Company to carry on its business from Completion in Bulgaria other than in respect of any contract or agreement which in the normal course of business between Balkan News Corporation and Piero 97 MA AD, the shareholders' agreement entered into between Balkan News Corporation and R1 OOD in respect of Radiocompany C.J. or the shareholders' agreement entered into between Balkan News Corporation and the other shareholders of Balkan Media Group in respect of Balkan Media Group.
 
11.10
The Purchaser and the Purchaser's Guarantor acknowledge and agree that the Purchaser shall only be entitled to bring a claim with respect to any of the matters referred to in subclause 11.9 pursuant to subclause 11.9 of this Agreement and shall not be entitled to bring any Warranty Claim in respect of any such matters.
 
11.11
The liability of the Seller in respect of the indemnities set out in subclauses 11.7 and 11.9 shall terminate on the first anniversary after Completion except in respect of any claim of which written notice is given to the Seller specifying the matter or circumstances in reasonable detail (including, without limitation, the Purchaser's estimate, on a without prejudice basis, of the amount of such  indemnity claim) as soon as reasonably practicable (and in any event within 30 days) after it becomes aware of that matter or circumstance. Failure to give notice within such period shall not affect the rights of the Purchaser in respect of subclauses 11.7 or 11.9 except to the extent that the Seller shall not be liable for any Losses in respect of a claim to the extent that any such Losses are increased as a result of such failure to give notice. Following receipt by the Seller of the Purchaser's notice in accordance with this subclause 11.1, the Seller shall promptly provide written notice to the Purchaser as to whether it is accepting or disputing any such indemnity claim. The liability of the Seller in respect of any claim under subclause 11.7 or 11.9 shall in any event terminate if arbitration proceedings contemplated in clause 23 in respect of it have not been commenced in accordance with clause 23 within nine months after the giving of written notice by the Seller to the Purchaser that it is disputing any claim under subclause 11.7 or 11.9.
 
11.12
The provisions of paragraphs 1.2, 3 (other than 3.4), 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 of Schedule 4 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the indemnities set out in subclauses 11.7 and 11.9. The provisions of paragraph 14 of Schedule 4 shall also apply mutatis mutandis to the indemnity set out in subclause 11.9.
 
11.13
The Purchaser agrees to take all reasonable steps and provide all reasonable assistance to avoid or mitigate any Losses which in the absence of mitigation might arise as a result of any breach by the Seller of subclauses 11.7 and 11.9 subject to the Seller indemnifying the Purchaser for all Losses in respect of any such mitigation.
 
11.14
The liability of the Seller in respect of:
 
 
(a)
subclause 11.7 shall be limited to one hundred (100) per cent. of the Consideration less the aggregate amount of any and all Warranty Claims, claims under the Tax Deed or any claim under the indemnity set out in subclause 11.9 which have been paid to the Purchaser; and

 
 

 
 
 
(b)
subclause 11.9 shall be limited to forty (40) per cent. of the Consideration less the aggregate amount of any and all Warranty Claims, claims under the Tax Deed or any claim under the indemnity set out in subclause 11.7 which have been paid to the Purchaser.
 
11.15
The Seller's Guarantor warrants to the Purchaser that each of the statements set out below is true and accurate as at the date of this Agreement and will be true and accurate immediately prior to and at Completion:
 
 
(a)
it has the power to execute and deliver this Agreement, and each of the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party, and to perform its obligations under each of them and has taken all action necessary to authorise such execution and delivery and the performance of such obligations;
 
 
(b)
this Agreement constitutes, and each of the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party will, when executed, constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Seller's Guarantor, as the case may be, in accordance with its terms;
 
 
(c)
the execution and delivery by the Seller's Guarantor, as the case may be, of this Agreement and the execution and delivery by the Seller's Guarantor of each of the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party and the performance of the obligations of the Seller's Guarantor under it and each of them do not and will not conflict with or constitute a default under any provision of:
 
 
(i)
any agreement or instrument to which the Seller's Guarantor is a party; or
 
 
(ii)
the constitutional documents of the Seller 's Guarantor; or
 
 
(iii)
any law, lien, lease, order, judgment, award, injunction, decree, ordinance or regulation or any other restriction of any kind or character by which the Seller's Guarantor is bound; or
 
 
(iv)
so far as it is aware, any Applicable Law;
 
 
(d)
save for those authorisations and approvals set out in subclause 3.1 of this Agreement, all authorisations from, and notices or filings with, any governmental or other authority that are necessary to enable the Seller's Guarantor, as the case may be to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party have been obtained or made (as the case may be) and are in full force and effect and all conditions of each such authorisation have been complied with;
 
 
(e)
it is a corporation validly existing under the laws of Delaware;
 
 
(f)
it is not actually aware of any matter or circumstance which is inconsistent with any of the Seller's Warranties or makes any of them untrue or inaccurate.
 
12.
PURCHASER'S AND PURCHASER'S GUARANTOR'S WARRANTIES
 
12.1
Each of the Purchaser and the Purchaser's Guarantor warrants to the Seller that each of the statements set out below is true and accurate as at the date of this Agreement and will be true and accurate immediately prior to and at Completion:
 
 
(a)
it has the power to execute and deliver this Agreement, and each of the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party, and to perform its obligations under each of them and has taken all action necessary to authorise such execution and delivery and the performance of such obligations;

 
 

 
 
 
(b)
this Agreement constitutes, and each of the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party will, when executed, constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Purchaser and the Purchaser's Guarantor, as the case may be, in accordance with its terms;
 
 
(c)
the execution and delivery by the Purchaser or the Purchaser's Guarantor, as the case may be, of this Agreement and the execution and delivery by the Purchaser, the Purchaser's Guarantor or any Bulgaria SPV, as the case may be, of each of the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party and the performance of the obligations of the Purchaser, the Purchaser's Guarantor or any Bulgaria SPV, as the case may be, under it and each of them do not and will not conflict with or constitute a default under any provision of:
 
 
(i)
any agreement or instrument to which Purchaser, the Purchaser's Guarantor or any Bulgaria SPV is a party; or
 
 
(ii)
the constitutional documents of the Purchaser, the Purchaser's Guarantor or any Bulgaria SPV; or
 
 
(iii)
any law, lien, lease, order, judgment, award, injunction, decree, ordinance or regulation or any other restriction of any kind or character by which the Purchaser, the Purchaser's Guarantor or any Bulgaria SPV is bound; or
 
 
(iv)
so far as it is aware, any Applicable Law;
 
 
(d)
save for those authorisations and approvals set out in subclause 3.1 of this Agreement, all authorisations from, and notices or filings with, any governmental or other authority that are necessary to enable the Purchaser, the Purchaser's Guarantor or any Bulgaria SPV, as the case may be to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party have been obtained or made (as the case may be) and are in full force and effect and all conditions of each such authorisation have been complied with;
 
 
(e)
it is a corporation validly existing under the laws of the Netherlands (in the case of the Purchaser) and Bermuda (in the case of the Purchaser's Guarantor); and
 
 
(f)
the Purchaser has (and at Completion will have) immediately available on an unconditional basis (subject only to Completion) the necessary cash resources to meet its obligations under this Agreement, and each of the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party.
 
13.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CONFIDENTIALITY
 
13.1
The Purchaser shall procure that no member of the Purchaser's Group for the time being, and no adviser or other person connected with any such member, shall make any announcement, other than the Purchaser's Announcement, concerning the sale or purchase of the Shares or any related or ancillary matter before, on or after Completion. The Purchaser shall also procure that no member of the Target Group and no adviser or other person connected with any such member of the Target Group shall make any announcement concerning the sale or purchase of the Shares or any related or ancillary matter on or after Completion.
 
13.2
The Seller shall procure that no member of the Seller's Group for the time being, and no adviser or other person connected with any such member, shall make any announcement, other than the Seller's Announcement, concerning the sale or purchase of the Shares or any related or ancillary matter before, on or after Completion. The Seller shall also procure that no member of the Target Group and no adviser or other person connected with any such member of the Target Group shall make any announcement concerning the sale or purchase of the Shares or any related or ancillary matter before Completion.

 
 

 
 
13.3
Except as required by Applicable Law, the Purchaser:
 
 
(a)
shall, and shall procure that each other member of the Purchaser's Group for the time being shall, keep confidential all information provided to any member of the Purchaser's Group by or on behalf of the Seller or otherwise obtained by any member of the Purchaser's Group in connection with this Agreement which relates to the Seller or any other member of the Seller's Group except to the extent the information is in or comes into the public domain other than as a result of a breach of any undertaking or duty of confidentiality by the Purchaser; and
 
 
(b)
shall procure that, if after Completion any member of the Target Group holds confidential information relating to the Seller or any other member of the Seller's Group, that company shall after Completion keep that information confidential and shall return that information to the Seller or destroy it, in either case without retaining copies except to the extent the information is in or comes into the public domain other than as a result of a breach of any undertaking or duty of confidentiality by such company.
 
13.4
Except as required by Applicable Law, the Seller:
 
 
(a)
shall, and shall procure that each other member of the Seller's Group for the time being shall, keep confidential all information provided to any member of the Seller's Group by or on behalf of the Purchaser or otherwise obtained by any member of the Seller's Group in connection with this Agreement which relates to the Purchaser or any other member of the Purchaser's Group except to the extent the information is in or comes into the public domain other than as a result of a breach of any undertaking or duty of confidentiality by the Seller; and
 
 
(b)
shall procure that, no member of the Seller's Group disclose or divulge to any third party any information of a secret or confidential nature relating exclusively to the business or affairs of any member of the Target Group, except to the extent the information is in or comes into the public domain other than as a result of a breach of any undertaking or duty of confidentiality by the Seller or any other subsidiary of the Seller.
 
13.5
Nothing in this subclause prevents any announcement being made or any confidential information being disclosed (or being retained and not returned or destroyed):
 
 
(a)
where such announcement contains, or the confidential information disclosed and/or retained comprises, only information set out in the Seller's Announcement or Purchaser's Announcement; or
 
 
(b)
to the extent required by Applicable Law, any court of competent jurisdiction or any competent regulatory body or stock exchange, but if a person is so required to make any announcement or to disclose any confidential information, the relevant Party shall promptly notify the other Party, where practicable and lawful to do so, before the announcement is made or disclosure occurs (as the case may be) and shall co-operate with the other Party regarding the timing and content of such announcement or disclosure (as the case may be) or any action which the other Party may reasonably elect to take to challenge the validity of such requirement.

 
 

 
 
14.
GUARANTEE BY PURCHASER'S GUARANTOR
 
14.1
In consideration of the Seller entering into this Agreement, the Purchaser's Guarantor, as primary obligor for the Purchaser, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, by way of continuing guarantee to the Seller, the payment and performance by the Purchaser, when due, of all amounts and obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.  This guarantee shall remain in full force and effect until all such amounts and obligations have been irrevocably paid and discharged in full.
 
14.2
The Purchaser's Guarantor's obligations under this clause 14:
 
 
(a)
constitute direct, primary and unconditional obligations to pay on demand by the Seller any sum which the Purchaser is liable to pay under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document and to perform on demand any obligation of the Purchaser under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document without requiring the Seller first to take any steps against the Purchaser or any other person; and
 
 
(b)
shall not be affected by any matter or thing which but for this provision might operate to affect or prejudice those obligations, including:
 
 
(i)
any time or indulgence granted to, or composition with, the Purchaser or any other person; or
 
 
(ii)
any amendment of this Agreement; or
 
 
(iii)
the taking, variation, renewal or release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect or enforce, any right, remedy or security against the Purchaser or any other person; or
 
 
(iv)
any legal limitation, disability or other circumstance relating to the Purchaser or any unenforceability or invalidity of any obligation of the Purchaser under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.
 
15.
GUARANTEE BY SELLER'S GUARANTOR
 
15.1
In consideration of the Purchaser entering into this Agreement, the Seller's Guarantor, as primary obligor for the Seller, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, by way of continuing guarantee to the Purchaser, the payment and performance by the Seller, when due, of all amounts and obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.  This guarantee shall remain in full force and effect until all such amounts and obligations have been irrevocably paid and discharged in full.
 
15.2
The Seller's Guarantor's obligations under this clause 15:
 
 
(a)
constitute direct, primary and unconditional obligations to pay on demand by the Purchaser any sum which the Seller is liable to pay under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document and to perform on demand any obligation of the Seller under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document without requiring the Purchaser first to take any steps against the Seller or any other person; and
 
 
(b)
shall not be affected by any matter or thing which but for this provision might operate to affect or prejudice those obligations, including:

 
 

 
 
 
(i)
any time or indulgence granted to, or composition with, the Seller or any other person; or
 
 
(ii)
any amendment of this Agreement; or
 
 
(iii)
the taking, variation, renewal or release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect or enforce, any right, remedy or security against the Seller or any other person; or
 
 
(iv)
any legal limitation, disability or other circumstance relating to the Seller or any unenforceability or invalidity of any obligation of the Seller under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.
 
16.
BULGARIA SPV
 
16.1
The Parties acknowledge and agree that at any time during the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending on the date of Completion, the Purchaser shall, subject to subclause 16.2 and the provisions of clause 18, have the right to designate one or more Wholly-Owned CME Companies (each, a Bulgaria SPV ) in the Purchaser's place as the purchaser of the Shares under this Agreement and in respect of the Transaction Documents (the Designation ) by at least five (5) Business Days' advance notice in writing to the Seller of its wish to effect the Designation (the Designation Notice ).  For the avoidance of doubt, following such Designation, the Seller shall have duly discharged its obligation under the Agreement to transfer or procure the transfer of the Shares, by the Shares being transferred to such Bulgaria SPV.
 
16.2
Prior to and as a condition to the Designation taking effect each Bulgaria SPV shall enter into a deed of adherence in the form set out in Schedule 9 (the Deed of Adherence ).
 
17.
NOTICES
 
17.1
Any notice or other communication to be given under this Agreement must be in writing (which includes fax, but not any other form of Electronic Communication) and must be delivered or sent by post or fax to the Party to whom it is to be given as follows:
 
 
(a)
to the Seller at:
 
News Netherlands B.V.
Pilotenstraat 39
1059 CH Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Fax:  +31205106991
marked for the attention of Alida van der Jagt,
 
with a copy to:
 
Jeff Palker
General Counsel, Europe & Asia
News Corporation
c/o 1 Virginia Street
London, E98 1XY
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 207 782 4808
Facsimile: +44 207 782 4810

 
 

 
 
 
(b)
to the Seller's Guarantor at:

General Counsel, Europe & Asia
News Corporation
c/o 1 Virginia Street
London, E98 1XY
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 207 782 4808
Facsimile: +44 207 782 4810
marked for the attention of Jeff Palker
 
with a copy to:

News Corporation
c/o 1211 Avenue of Americas
New York
New York 10036
United States of America
marked for the attention of the General Counsel
 
 
(c)
to the Purchaser at:
 
CME Media Enterprises B.V.
Dam 5b
Amsterdam JS 1012
The Netherlands
Tel.: +31 20 626 8867
Facsimile: +31 20 423 1404
marked for the attention of a Director

with a copy to:
 
Central European Media Enterprises Ltd.
c/o CME Development Corporation
52 Charles Street
London W1J 5EU
Fax:  +44 20 7127 5801
marked for the attention of General Counsel
 
 
(d)
to the Purchaser's Guarantor at:
 
Central European Media Enterprises Ltd.
c/o CME Development Corporation
52 Charles Street
London W1J 5EU
Fax:  +44 20 7127 5801
marked for the attention of General Counsel
 
or at any such other address or fax number of which it shall have given notice for this purpose to the other Party under this clause.  Any notice or other communication sent by post shall be sent by prepaid recorded delivery post (if the country of destination is the same as the country of origin) or by prepaid airmail (if the country of destination is not the same as the country of origin).

 
 

 
 
17.2
Any notice or other communication shall be deemed to have been given:
 
 
(a)
if delivered, on the date of delivery; or
 
 
(b)
if sent by post, on the second Business Day after it was put into the post; or
 
 
(c)
if sent by fax, on the date of transmission, if transmitted before 3.00 p.m. (local time at the country of destination) on any Business Day, and in any other case on the Business Day following the date of transmission.
 
17.3
In proving the giving of a notice or other communication, it shall be sufficient to prove that delivery was made or that the envelope containing the communication was properly addressed and posted by prepaid recorded delivery post or by prepaid airmail or that the fax was properly addressed and transmitted, as the case may be.
 
17.4
This clause shall not apply in relation to the service of any claim form, notice, order, judgment or other document relating to or in connection with any proceedings, suit or action arising out of or in connection with this Agreement.
 
18.
ASSIGNMENTS
 
18.1
None of the rights or obligations under this Agreement may be assigned or transferred without the prior written consent of all the Parties and any such purported assignment or transfer shall be void provided however, that the Purchaser may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any other member of the Purchaser's Group in accordance with clause 16 and if it does so:
 
 
(a)
the Purchaser must give prior notice in writing to the Seller of this assignment;
 
 
(b)
as between the Seller, the Purchaser and the Purchaser's Guarantor, the Seller may nevertheless enforce this Agreement and the Tax Deed against the Purchaser and the Purchaser's Guarantor as if the assignment had not occurred;
 
 
(c)
the assignment shall be without cost to the Seller and shall not in any way operate so as to increase the liability or reduce the rights of any of the parties under this Agreement or the Tax Deed; and
 
 
(d)
prior to the assignee ceasing to be a member of the Purchaser's Group for the time being, the Purchaser shall procure that the benefit of this Agreement and the Tax Deed is re-assigned to the Purchaser or assigned to another member of the Purchaser's Group.
 
19.
GROSS UP AND WITHHOLDING
 
19.1
All sums payable by any person (the Payer ) to another person (the Recipient ) under this Agreement shall be paid free of all deductions and withholdings, except those required by Applicable Law.
 
19.2
If any deduction or withholding is required by Applicable Law to be made from a sum payable under this Agreement, or if the Recipient incurs Tax on a sum (other than the Consideration) paid to it under this Agreement (or would have incurred Tax on such sum, but for the use of any Relief, as that term is defined in the Tax Deed), the Payer shall pay the Recipient a sum which will leave the Recipient in the same after tax position as it would have been in, had no tax been imposed, or no deduction or withholding required.

 
 

 
 
20.
PAYMENTS
 
20.1
Unless otherwise expressly stated (or as otherwise agreed in the case of a given payment), each payment to be made to the Seller or the Purchaser under this Agreement shall be made in US$ by transfer of the relevant amount into the relevant account on or before the date the payment is due for value on that date. The relevant account for a given payment shall be provided by the applicable Party to the other not less than three (3) Business Days before the date that payment is due.
 
20.2
If a Party defaults in making any payment when due of any sum payable under this Agreement, it shall pay interest on that sum from (and including) the date on which payment is due until (but excluding) the date of actual payment (after as well as before judgment) at an annual rate of two per cent. above the base rate from time to time of Barclays Bank PLC, which interest shall accrue from day to day and be compounded monthly.
 
21.
GENERAL
 
21.1
Each of the obligations, warranties and undertakings in respect of the Shares set out in this Agreement (excluding any obligation which is fully performed at Completion) shall continue in force after Completion.
 
21.2
Time is not of the essence in relation to any obligation under this Agreement unless:
 
 
(a)
time is expressly stated to be of the essence in relation to that obligation; or
 
 
(b)
one Party fails to perform an obligation by the time specified in this Agreement and another Party serves a notice on the defaulting Party requiring it to perform the obligation by a specified time and stating that time is of the essence in relation to that obligation.
 
21.3
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, each Party shall pay the costs and expenses incurred by it in connection with the entering into and completion of this Agreement, save that the Purchaser alone shall be responsible for any stamp duty or similar tax imposed in connection with the transfer of any of the Shares.
 
21.4
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement, and any Party (including any duly authorised representative of a Party) may enter into this Agreement by executing a counterpart.  Facsimile signatures shall be valid and binding to the same extent as original signatures.
 
21.5
The rights of each Party under this Agreement:
 
 
(a)
may be exercised as often as necessary;
 
 
(b)
except as otherwise expressly provided by this Agreement, are cumulative and not exclusive of rights and remedies provided by law; and
 
 
(c)
may be waived only in writing and specifically.
 
Delay in exercising or non-exercise of any such right is not a waiver of that right.
 
21.6
Except as expressly stated in this Agreement, a person who is not a Party to this Agreement may not enforce any of its terms under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.

 
 

 
 
22.
WHOLE AGREEMENT
 
22.1
This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents contain the whole agreement between the Parties relating to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and supersede all previous agreements, whether oral or in writing, between the Parties relating to these transactions.  Except as required by statute, no terms shall be implied (whether by custom, usage or otherwise) into this Agreement.
 
22.2
Each Party acknowledges that in agreeing to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents it has not relied on any express or implied representation, warranty, collateral contract or other assurance (except those repeated in the Transaction Documents) made by or on behalf of any other Party before the entering into of this Agreement.  Each Party waives all rights and remedies which, but for this subclause 22.2, might otherwise be available to it in respect of any such representation, warranty, collateral contract or other assurance.
 
22.3
Nothing in this clause limits or excludes any liability for fraud.
 
23.
GOVERNING LAW AND ARBITRATION
 
23.1
This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it shall be governed by English law.
 
23.2
Any disputes, claims or controversy arising out of or related to this Agreement, (other than any dispute to be determined by the Independent Accountant in accordance with Schedules 6 and 7) including any question as to its formation, validity, interpretation or termination, which cannot be resolved by negotiations between the Parties shall be settled by arbitration on an ad hoc basis in accordance with the Rules of the London Court of International Arbitration, which are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this clause, except to the extent modified by this clause.  The tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators. The Purchaser and the Seller shall each nominate one (1) arbitrator and the third (3 rd ) arbitrator shall be appointed by the two (2) arbitrators nominated by the Parties.  Either of the Purchaser or the Seller shall have the right to initiate the proceedings. Any party wishing to commence an arbitration shall deliver a document requesting the commencement of an arbitration (a Request for Arbitration ) in accordance with clause 17 of this Agreement.  The arbitration shall be treated as commenced for all purposes on the date the Request for Arbitration is deemed to have been given in accordance with clause 17  of this Agreement.
 
23.3
The seat of the arbitration shall be London, England.  The language of the arbitration shall be English, except that any party to the arbitration may submit testimony or documentary evidence in Bulgarian, whereupon it shall also furnish a certified translation or interpretation of any such evidence into English.
 
23.4
If any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement (hereinafter referred to as a Related Dispute ) raises issues which are substantially the same as or connected with issues raised in another dispute which has already been referred to arbitration under this Agreement or another Transaction Document (an Existing Dispute ), the tribunal appointed or to be appointed in respect of any such Existing Dispute shall also be appointed as the tribunal in respect of any such Related Dispute.  Where, pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the same tribunal has been appointed in relation to two or more disputes, the tribunal may, with the agreement of all the parties concerned or upon the application of one of the parties, being a party to each of the disputes, order that the whole or part of the matters at issue shall be heard together upon such terms or conditions as the tribunal thinks fit.  The tribunal shall have power to make such directions and any interim or partial award as it considers just and desirable.

 
 

 
 
24.
LANGUAGE
 
The language of this Agreement and the transactions envisaged by it is English and all notices to be given in connection with this Agreement must be in English. All demands, requests, statements, certificates or other documents or communications to be provided in connection with this Agreement and the transactions envisaged by it must be in English or accompanied by a certified English translation; in this case the English translation prevails unless the document or communication is a statutory or other official document or communication.
 
IN WITNESS of which this deed has been executed and has been delivered on the date which appears first on page 1.

 
 

 
 
SCHEDULE 8
 
INTERPRETATION
 
1.
In this Agreement:
 
Accounts means the audited balance sheet of Balkan News Corporation as at the Accounts Date and audited profit and loss accounts of Balkan News Corporation for the year ended on the Accounts Date;
 
Accounts Date means 31 December 2008;
 
Actual Net Debt means the actual amount of Net Debt at Completion, as calculated after Completion in accordance with Part 1 of Schedule 6 and on the basis of the line items in Part 2 of Schedule 6;
 
Actual Working Capital means the actual amount of Working Capital at Completion, as calculated after Completion in accordance with Part 1 of Schedule 6 and on the basis of the line items in Part 3 of Schedule 6;
 
Agreed Form means, in relation to any document, the form of that document which has been initialled for the purpose of identification by or on behalf of the Seller and the Purchaser with such changes as the Seller and the Purchaser may agree in writing before Completion;
 
Amendment Agreement means the amendment agreement to be entered into on or prior to Completion by Balkan News Corporation and Twentieth Century Fox International Television, Inc. in the form attached in Part 2 of Appendix 1 hereto;
 
Applicable Law means all laws, ordinances, regulations, judgments, decrees, decisions, writs, awards, orders or, directives of any Governmental Authority, and international treaties or any other agreements to which an Governmental Authority is a party, to the extent applicable to the Parties, this Agreement, the Target Group Companies, the business of the Target Group Companies or the subject matter thereof;
 
Balkan Media Group means Balkan Media Group AD, a company incorporated under the laws of Bulgaria, further particulars of which are set out in Schedule 2 to this Agreement;
 
Balkan News Corporation means Balkan News Corporation EAD, a company incorporated under the laws of Bulgaria, further particulars of which are set out in Schedule 1 to this Agreement;
 
BCPC means the Bulgarian Commission for the Protection of Competition;
 
BGN means Bulgarian leva, being the lawful currency of Bulgaria;
 
bTV Logos means the logos identified in lines 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Schedule 7 and 19 and 20 under the heading "Pending Application" in Schedule 7 of the Disclosure Letter, along with all variations of such logos that are currently displayed on bTV's website, http://www.btv.bg;
 
Bulgaria SPV shall have meaning set out in subclause 16.1;

 
 

 
 
Bulgarian Law means all Bulgarian laws, ordinances, regulations, judgments, decrees, decisions, writs, awards, orders and directives;
 
Business Day means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are generally open in Bulgaria, London and New York for normal business;
 
Closing Payment shall have the meaning set out in subclause 7.2;
 
Completion means completion of the sale and purchase of the Shares in accordance with this Agreement;
 
Completion Statement means the statement of Actual Net Debt and Actual Working Capital to be prepared in accordance with, and in the form set out in, Schedule 6;
 
Condition means the condition precedent to the sale and purchase of the Shares set out in clause 3;
 
Consideration shall have the meaning set out in subclause 6.1;
 
Consultant shall have the meaning set out in the Accounts.
 
Consultant Loan means the loan between Balkan News Corporation and K Consulting EAD with a maximum aggregate value of BGN13.66 million;
 
Data Room means the electronic data site containing documents and information relating to the Target Group, the contents of which are referred to in the index of electronic data site documents available on the data site;
 
Deed of Transfer means the notarial deed of sale and transfer pursuant to which the shares held by the Seller and Novacorp Limited in the share capital of TV Europe B.V. will be transferred to the Purchaser or Bulgaria SPV, as applicable, at Completion in the Agreed Form
 
Disclosure Letter means the letter of the same date as this Agreement from the Seller to the Purchaser;
 
Effective Time means immediately prior to Completion;
 
Electronic Communication means an electronic communication as defined in the Electronic Communications Act 2000;
 
Encumbrance means any claim, option, right to acquire, mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, equity, power of sale, hypothecation, usufruct ( vruchtgebruik), attachment ( beslag) , retention of title, right of pre-emption, right of first refusal or other form of third party rights or security or encumbrance and any agreement, arrangement or obligation to create any of the foregoing;
 
Escrow Account means the US$ escrow account to be jointly established by the Seller and Balkan News Corporation in accordance with subclause 4.4 of this Agreement for receipt of the Escrow Amount;
 
Escrow Amount means an amount which represents all unpaid obligations of Balkan News Corporation and Radiocompany C.J in respect of the Sale and Retention Bonus as at Completion to be placed in the Escrow Account in accordance with subclause   4.4 of this Agreement;

 
 

 
 
Estimated Net Debt means the projected Net Debt of Balkan News Corporation, TV Europe, Triada and Radiocompany C.J. at Completion as estimated in good faith by the Seller and calculated on the basis of the line items in Part 2 of Schedule 6;
 
Estimated Working Capital means the projected Working Capital of Balkan News Corporation, TV Europe, Triada and Radiocompany C.J. at Completion as estimated in good faith by the Seller and calculated on the basis of the line items in Part 3 of Schedule 6;
 
Existing Dispute has the meaning set out in subclause 23.4;
 
Fairly Disclosed means disclosed in sufficient detail to enable the Purchaser to identify the nature and scope of the matter disclosed and to enable the Purchaser to form a view on the matter disclosed;
 
Governmental Authority means any national, supranational, regional or local government or governmental, judicial or government owned body, department, commission, authority, tribunal, agency or entity;
 
IFRS means the International Financial Reporting Standards;
 
Independent Accountants means such firm of accountants as may be appointed under Schedule 7;
 
Initial Notifications means the notification under Art. 24 of the Bulgarian Protection of Competition Act of 2008, along with any accompanying documents, necessary or expedient for such notification to be declared complete and proceedings in respect of it to be initiated by the BCPC;
 
Intellectual Property Rights means all intellectual property rights throughout the world, in all media for all versions and elements and for the entire duration of such rights, whether arising under statutory or common law, contract, or otherwise, and whether or not registered, registerable or perfected, including (a) rights in all inventions, discoveries, utility models, patents, reissues of and, re-examined patents, and patent applications (wherever filed and wherever issued, including continuations, continuations-in-part, substitutes, and divisions of such applications and all priority rights resulting from such applications) now existing, hereafter filed, issued or acquired; (b) rights associated with works of authorship, including database rights, copyrights, copyright applications, copyright registrations, synchronization rights, mask work rights, mask work applications and mask work registrations; (c) rights in computer software and programs, source codes, business methods, specifications; (d) rights relating to the protection of trade secrets, know-how and other confidential information; (f) design rights; (g) rights associated with trade marks, service marks, trade names, Internet domain names, logos, trade dress and the application for registration and the registrations thereof; and (h) rights analogous to those in this definition and any and all other intellectual property rights or rights of a similar nature or having similar effect;
 
IP Licences means all current, unexpired (and not due to expire within 12 months prior to Completion) written agreements, authorizations, licences, other arrangements (in whatever form and whether express or implied), through which any Target Group Company (other than Balkan Media Group) has been licensed, or otherwise permitted, to use any Intellectual Property Rights and which are, in each case, material to the business of the Target Group (other than Balkan Media Group);
 
IT Systems means the computer programmes described in paragraph 63 of the Disclosure Letter (but excluding for the avoidance of doubt the Intellectual Property Rights in those computer programmes);
 
Long Stop Date has the meaning set out in subclause 3.5;

 
 

 
 
Loss has the meaning set out in subclause 11.7;
 
Management Accounts means the unaudited monthly profit and loss account of Balkan News Corporation in respect of the period starting on the day after the Accounts Date and ending on 30 September 2009 and the unaudited monthly balance sheet of Balkan News Corporation as at the date to which the relevant Management Accounts have been drawn up;
 
Material Adverse Effect means an effect or change (except for something arising from an act or omission of the Purchaser) that, individually or collectively in the aggregate, is or is reasonably likely to be materially adverse to the business (as carried out at the date of this Agreement), results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), assets or liabilities of the Target Group Companies (other than Balkan Media Group) that:
 
 
a.
gives or is reasonably likely to give rise in the aggregate to costs, claims, demands, damages, expenses, penalties, fines, liabilities and losses, including a reduction in the cash generated by the Target Group Companies (other than Balkan Media Group), in excess of US$70 million (or equivalent amount); and
 
 
b.
is not caused by:
 
 
(i)
a change in interest rates, exchange rates or securities or commodity prices or in economic, business, capital market, financial, market or political conditions generally, or in the industries in which the Target Group Companies (other than Balkan Media Group) operate;
 
 
(ii)
changes in Applicable Law (other than any change in Bulgarian Law which results in or is reasonably likely to result in   the loss or surrender of any Operating Licences held by Balkan News Corporation), generally accepted accounting principles or official interpretations of the foregoing;
 
 
(iii)
matters to the extent Fairly Disclosed in the Disclosure Letter or set out in paragraph 3 of Schedule 4; or
 
 
(iv)
any change which also affects businesses that compete with the business of any of the Target Group Companies;
 
in each case with respect to subclauses (i), (ii) and (iv), unless such changes have an adverse effect on the business of any of the Target Group Companies (other than Balkan Media Group) which is disproportionate to a material extent relative to other businesses competing with the business of any of the Target Group Companies (other than Balkan Media Group) save for any such disproportionate effect which is caused or results from a change in Applicable Law in respect to the percentage of programming which must be produced in Bulgaria.
 
Net Debt means the aggregate net indebtedness calculated in accordance with Schedule 6 of Balkan News Corporation, TV Europe, Triada and Radiocompany C.J. (whether or not then presently payable) being:
 
 
(a)
the aggregate amount of external financial indebtedness (other than Trade Debts) owing by such companies, including overdrafts, bank loans, notes, debentures, bonds and amounts owing under finance leases together with accrued interest thereon; plus
 
 
(b)
the Net Inter-Company Debt; less

 
 

 
 
 
(c)
the aggregate amount of cash in hand or at bank and cash equivalents held by such companies (excluding advances to employees and the Escrow Amount) together with accrued interest thereon,
 
in each case calculated by reference to the nominal ledger and in accordance with Schedule 6;
 
Net Inter-Company Debt means (i) the aggregate amount of financial indebtedness (other than Trade Debts) owing by any members of the Target Group (other than Balkan Media Group) to any members of the Seller's Group, together with any accrued interest thereon, at Completion; less (ii) the aggregate amount of accounts receivable due to any members of the Target Group (other than Balkan Media Group) and owed by any members of the Seller's Group (other than Trade Debts), together with any accrued interest thereon, at Completion;
 
Normalised Working Capital means BGN 24.4 million;
 
Notary means G.M. Portier or any other civil law notary (or his authorized substitute) of Loyens & Loeff N.V.
 
Novacorp Limited means a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Isle of Man entered into in the Companies Registry Isle of Man under number 115549C;
 
Operating Licences shall have the meaning set out in Schedule 3;
 
Person means any physical person, corporation, general partnership, simple partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, proprietorship, other business organization, trust, union, association or Governmental Authority, whether incorporated or unincorporated;
 
person connected and connected person   have the meanings given in section 252 of the Companies Act 2006;
 
Property means the properties listed in the Disclosure Letter;
 
Purchaser's Announcement means the announcement to be made on or around the date of this Agreement by the Purchaser, in the Agreed Form;
 
Purchaser's Group means the Purchaser, all its subsidiary undertakings and parent undertakings and all the other subsidiary undertakings of each of its parent undertakings (other than Balkan News Corporation or TV Europe or any of their respective subsidiary undertakings);
 
Radiocompany C.J. means Radiocompany C.J. OOD, a company incorporated under the laws of Bulgaria, further particulars of which are set out in Schedule 2 to this Agreement, being a Subsidiary of Balkan News Corporation;
 
RCJ Loan means the loan between Balkan News Corporation and Piero 97 MA AD with a maximum aggregate value of BGN2.2 million;
 
Related Dispute has the meaning set out in subclause 23.4;
 
Relevant Date means, in relation to Balkan News Corporation, TV Europe, Triada and Radiocompany C.J. (as appropriate), the later of (i) 1 January 2008, (ii) the date of incorporation of Balkan News Corporation, TV Europe, Triada or Radiocompany C.J. (as appropriate); and (iii) the date that Balkan News Corporation, TV Europe, Triada or Radiocompany C.J. (as appropriate) became a subsidiary of the Seller;

 
 

 
 
Sale and Retention Bonus means the sale and retention bonuses due to certain employees of the Target Group Companies as set out in the document initialled for the purposes of identification by the Purchaser and the Seller on the date of this Agreement;
 
Seller's Announcement means the announcement to be made on or around the date of this Agreement by the Seller, in the Agreed Form;
 
Seller's Group means the Seller, all its subsidiary undertakings and parent undertakings and all the other subsidiary undertakings of each of its parent undertakings (other than members of the Target Group);
 
Seller's Solicitors means Allen & Overy LLP of One Bishops Square, London E1 6AD, United Kingdom;
 
Seller's Warranties means the warranties on the part of the Seller contained in subclause 11.1;
 
Senior Employee means any of Vicky Politova, Janet Zaharieva, Apostol Pentchev, Vessela Dimova, Vera Stoyanova and Boian Kalchev and any employee employed or engaged in relation to a Target Group Company at the date of this Agreement on an annual base salary (on the basis of full time employment) (excluding bonus) in excess of BGN 135,000;
 
Shares means all of the issued shares in the share capital of Balkan News Corporation and all of the issued shares in the share capital of TV Europe, as set out in Schedule 1;
 
Subsidiaries means all the companies mentioned in Schedule 2 and Subsidiary means any one of them;
 
subsidiary undertaking and parent undertaking have the meanings given in section 1162 of the Companies Act 2006;
 
Target Broadcasting Licenses means Broadcasting Permit 0757/21.07.2008, Licence No. 321 – 00001/17.02.2000 (as amended and extended by Decision No. 106/28.04.2009 of the Council on Electronic Media) and Digital Terrestrial Programming Licence No. 03-001/13.07.2009;
 
Target Group means Balkan News Corporation, TV Europe, Triada, Radiocompany C.J. and Balkan Media Group and Target Group Company means any one of them;
 
Target Group Intellectual Property Rights means the Intellectual Property Rights owned by any Target Group Company (other than Balkan Media Group) and includes the registered Intellectual Property Rights (including applications for registration) set out at in Schedules 5, 6 and 7 of the Disclosure Letter;
 
Tax or Taxation has the meaning given to that expression in the Tax Deed;
 
Tax Authority has the meaning given to that expression in the Tax Deed;
 
Tax Deed means the Tax Deed to be entered into at Completion by the Seller and the Purchaser in the form attached in Part 1 of Appendix 1 hereto;

 
 

 
 
Tax Return means any return or amended return required to be made to any Tax Authority of income, profits or gains (as that expression is interpreted for the purposes of the Tax Deed) or of any other amounts or information which are relevant for the purposes of Tax, including any related accounts, computations and attachments;
 
Tax Warranties means the Seller's warranties set out in paragraphs 1.23 to 1.29 of Schedule 3;
 
Trade Debts means amounts owing by way of trade credit in the ordinary course of trading as a result of goods or services supplied;
 
Transaction Documents means this Agreement, the Tax Deed and the documents referred to in it and any other agreements executed or to be executed by the Parties on the date of this Agreement;
 
Triada means Triada Communications EOOD, a company incorporated under the laws of Bulgaria, further particulars of which are set out in Schedule 2 to this Agreement;
 
TV Europe means TV Europe B.V., a company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands, further particulars of which are set out in Schedule 1 to this Agreement, being the immediate holding company of Triada;
 
TV Europe Accounts means the balance sheet of TV Europe as at the TV Europe Accounts Date and the consolidated profit and loss accounts of TV Europe for the year ended on the TV Europe Accounts Date;
 
TV Europe Accounts Date means 30 June 2009;
 
US$ means United States Dollars, being the lawful currency of the United States of America;
 
Warranty Claim means a claim by the Purchaser where the basis of which is that a Warranty is, or is alleged to be, untrue or inaccurate;
 
Wholly-Owned CME Company means a wholly-owned subsidiary (within the meaning of section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006), wherever incorporated, but one in which Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (whether directly or indirectly) holds and controls all of the shares and voting rights (including the sole right to appoint or remove its board of directors); and
 
Working Capital means   the aggregate working capital calculated in accordance with Schedule 6 of Balkan News Corporation, TV Europe, Triada and Radiocompany C.J. as determined in accordance with the items identified in the column headed "Allocation" as "WC" as detailed in Part 3 of Schedule 6.
 
2.
Where any statement in Schedule 3 or in the Disclosure Letter is qualified by the expression so far as the Seller is aware or to the best of the Seller's knowledge, information and belief or any similar expression, that statement shall be deemed to refer to the actual knowledge of the Seller after due and careful enquiry of the following individuals: Gary Davey, Vessela Dimova, Marc Heller, Boian Kalchev, Thomas Mockridge, Liza Newnham, Apostol Pentchev, Vicky Valerieva Politova, Emma Young, Vera Stoyanova and Janet Zaharieva.
 
3.
In this Agreement any reference, express or implied, to an enactment (which includes any legislation in any jurisdiction) includes:
 
 
(a)
that enactment as amended, extended or applied by or under any other enactment (before or after signature of this Agreement);

 
 

 
 
 
(b)
any enactment which that enactment re-enacts (with or without modification); and
 
 
(c)
any subordinate legislation made (before or after signature of this Agreement) under that enactment, including (where applicable) that enactment as amended, extended or applied as described in subparagraph (a), or under any enactment which it re-enacts as described in subparagraph (b),
 
except to the extent that any legislation or subordinate legislation made or enacted after the date of this Agreement would create or increase the liability of the Seller under this Agreement.
 
4.
In this Agreement:
 
 
(a)
words denoting persons include bodies corporate and unincorporated associations of persons;
 
 
(b)
references to an individual or a natural person include his estate and personal representatives; and
 
 
(c)
subject to clause 18, references to a Party to this Agreement include the successors or assigns (immediate or otherwise) of that Party.
 
 
 

 
 
SIGNATORIES
 
EXECUTED as a deed by
NEWS CORPORATION
acting by Tom Mockridge, its officer,                                       
in the presence of:
)
)
)
 
/s/ Thomas Mockridge
 
       
Witness's Signature
/s/ Marc Heller
   
       
Name:
Marc Heller
   
       
Address:
     
       
       
       
       
       
EXECUTED as a deed by
NEWS NETHERLANDS B.V.
acting by Jeffrey Palker,                                                                         
its attorney in the presence of:
)
)
)
 
/s/ Jeffrey Palker
 
       
Witness's Signature
/s/ Angelina Elliott
   
       
Name:
Angelina Elliott
   
       
Address:
     
       
       
       
       
       
EXECUTED as a deed by
CME MEDIA ENTERPRISES B.V.
acting by Alphons van Spaendonck and
Pan-Invest B.V., represented by G. van den
Berg each a managing director
in the presence of:
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)
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/s/ Gerben van den Berg
Managing Director
       
Witness's Signature 
 
/s/ MA van den Berg-van Wijlen
/s/ N.T. van Spaendonck- Hesselink
   
       
Name:
 
MA van den Berg-van Wijlen
N.T. van Spaendonck- Hesselink
 
/s/ Alphons van Spaendonck
Managing Director
       
Address:
     
       
       
       
       

 
 

 


EXECUTED as a deed by
CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD.
acting by ADRIAN SARBU,                          
i ts Chief Executive Officer in the presence of:
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/s/ Adrian Sarbu
Chief Executive Officer
       
Witness's Signature
/s/ Costinela Rosu
   
       
Name:
Costinela Rosu
   
       
Address:
     
       
       
       
       
 
 


Exhibit 10.2


DATED
February 26, 2010


CME Media Services Limited
 

- and -
 
 
David Sach
 
     
     
 
CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT
 
     
 
 
 

 

CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT AND STATEMENT OF PARTICULARS PURSUANT TO SECTION 1 OF THE EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT 1996 (the “Contract”)
 

Name and Address of Employer:
 
CME Media Services Limited, Krizeneckeho nam. 1078/5, 15200 Prague 5 – Barrandov, Czech Republic (the “ Company ”)
     
Name and Address of Employee:
 
David Sach, residing at [address redacted].
     
Date this Contract takes effect:
 
February 26, 2010

 
1
COMMENCEMENT OF AND CONDITIONS TO EMPLOYMENT
 
1.1
Your employment with the Company shall commence on February 26, 2010, or such other date as agreed between you and the President and Chief Executive Officer of the CME Group, subject to compliance with clause 1.2 below (the “ Commencement Date ”). No previous period of employment shall count as continuous employment.
 
1.2
You shall establish to the Company’s satisfaction (through production of original documents reasonably requested by us) that you are entitled to live and work in the Czech Republic without any additional approvals. You will notify the Company immediately if you cease to be so entitled at any time during your employment with the Company.
 
1.3
You represent and warrant that you are not bound by or subject to any contract, court order, agreement, arrangement or undertaking which in any way restricts or prohibits you from entering into this Contract or performing your duties under it.
 
 
2
JOB TITLE AND DUTIES
 
2.1
Your job title is Chief Financial Officer, reporting directly to the President and Chief Executive Officer of the CME Group.  For purposes of this Contract, the “ CME Group ” shall mean Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (“ CME Ltd. ”) and/or any Associated Company (as defined below).
 
2.1.1
You will perform such functions and undertake such responsibilities as are customarily associated with such a position as your main duties.
 
2.2
You shall use your best endeavours to promote and protect the interests of the CME Group and shall not do anything that is harmful to those interests.
 
2.3
You shall devote the whole of your working time (unless prevented by ill-health or accident or otherwise directed by the Company) to the duties of this Contract and you shall not be directly or indirectly interested or concerned in any manner in any other business (other than holding as a bona-fide personal investment equity in any company whose shares are listed on any recognised exchange or does not otherwise contravene clause 18) except with the Company’s prior written consent. If such consent is given, you must provide the Company with the number of hours worked for any other employer each month.
 
 
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3
PLACE OF WORK
 
3.1
You will be based in the Company’s branch office in Prague, Czech Republic. However, it is agreed that your position will require that you spend extensive time travelling for the proper performance of your duties.
 
 
4
REMUNERATION
 
4.1
From the Commencement Date, your basic salary is EUR 450,000 per year, payable monthly in arrears by credit transfer into your bank account after all necessary deductions for relevant taxes and social security payments.  Your salary shall be payable in Czech koruna (CZK) based on the EUR-CZK exchange rate in effect on the Commencement Date in respect of the period through December 31, 2010 and on each January 1 in respect of each year thereafter. In the event the amount of salary you would have been entitled to receive in Czech korunas in any calendar year, following conversion of such amount using the average CZK-EUR exchange rate for such calendar year, is greater than the amount you did receive, the difference will be added to your salary payable in the first month of the following calendar year. In the event the amount of salary you would have been entitled to receive in Czech korunas in any calendar year, following conversion of such amount using the average CZK-EUR exchange rate for such calendar year, is less than the amount you did receive, the difference will be withheld from your basic salary payable in the first month of the following calendar year.
 
4.2
Your salary will be reviewed on an annual basis.  The first review will take place on or about the first anniversary of your Commencement Date.  Any increase is entirely at the Company’s discretion.
 
4.3
You shall be entitled to participate in the CME Management Compensation Policy in effect from time to time (the “ Policy ”). The amount, if any, of any bonus awarded pursuant to the Policy will accrue from the Commencement Date and shall be determined by the President and Chief Executive Officer of the CME Group, pursuant to the rules of the Policy. Any bonus awarded will be based on a figure representing 100% of your gross annual salary.
 
 
5
OTHER BENEFITS
 
5.1
You are entitled to membership of such insurance schemes (each referred to below as an “ insurance scheme ”) provided by the Company from time to time, including:
 
 
5.1.1
a medical and dental expenses insurance scheme providing such cover for you and your spouse/partner and any children under the age of eighteen (18) as the Company may from time to time notify to you;
 
 
5.1.2
a salary continuance on long-term disability insurance scheme providing such cover for you as the Company may from time to time notify to you; and
 
 
5.1.3
a life insurance scheme providing such cover for you as the Company may from time to time notify to you.
 
5.2
Benefits shall be subject to the terms of any applicable insurance policy and are conditional upon your complying with and satisfying any applicable requirements of the insurers or other benefits provider.  Copies of these rules and policies and particulars of the requirements shall be provided to you on request.  The Company shall not have any liability to pay any benefit to you under any insurance scheme unless it receives payment of the benefit from the insurer under the scheme.
 
 
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5.3
Any insurance scheme which is provided for you is also subject to the Company’s right to alter the cover provided or any term of the scheme or to cease to provide (without replacement) the scheme at any time if in the reasonable opinion of the Company your state of health is or becomes such that the Company is unable to insure the benefits under the scheme at the normal premiums applicable.
 
5.4
The provision of any insurance scheme or any benefits hereunder does not in any way prevent the Company from lawfully terminating this Contract in accordance with the provisions in clause 9 even if to do so would deprive you of membership of or cover under any such scheme or benefit.
 
5.5
For a period of three years from the Commencement Date, provided you continue to be employed by the Company throughout such period, the Company shall pay you a monthly rental allowance of the Czech koruna equivalent of EUR 4,705.88   to be payable in monthly instalments at the same time and by the same method as your salary is paid (the “ Monthly Allowance ”).  Such payment is subject to the same foreign exchange adjustment calculation as set out in clause 4.1 above.
 
5.6
The Company agrees to use reasonable efforts to cause CME Ltd. to grant you 125,000 options to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock of CME Ltd. on or about the Commencement Date in accordance with CME Ltd.’s Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”).  The exercise price for such options shall be the closing price of the shares of Class A Common Stock of CME Ltd. on the NASDAQ Stock Market on the date of grant. Such grant of options shall vest in four equal instalments over a period of four years and shall otherwise be subject to the Plan.

5.7
The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that you are qualified as an officer under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy taken out by the CME group.
 
 
6
EXPENSES
 
The Company shall reimburse you for all reasonable expenses incurred by you in the proper performance of your duties under this Contract on production of appropriate receipts in accordance with the CME Group Expense Policy.
 
 
7
HOURS OF WORK
 
Your normal working hours are 40 hours per week Monday to Friday together with such additional hours as may be necessary for the proper performance of your duties. This may include working in the evenings, outside normal office hours, at weekends or on public holidays.  No additional pay or time off will be permitted.
 
 
8
HOLIDAYS
 
8.1
You are entitled to 25 days’ holiday per annum (in addition to public holidays).
 
 
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8.2
Your entitlement to holiday accrues pro rata on an annual basis as calculated from 1 April until 31 March (inclusive) each year (the “ Holiday Year ”).
 
8.3
On termination, you will be paid only for accrued vacation in the relevant Holiday Year and not for vacation carried over from the previous year.
 
8.4
The Company may refuse to allow you to take holiday in circumstances where it would be inconvenient to the business of the Company. If, in exceptional circumstances, the Company is forced to cancel holiday previously booked by you, all reasonable and properly documented accommodation, reservation and travel expenses incurred by you in connection therewith up to the date of cancellation that are not otherwise refundable will be reimbursed by the Company.
 
 
9
TERMINATION
 
9.1
You may terminate this Contract at any time on giving the Company twelve months’ notice in writing. The Company is required to give you twelve months’ notice in writing.
 
9.2
In the event you give notice of termination pursuant to this clause 9, the Company may elect to provide you with payment in lieu of notice. This payment will be comprised solely of your basic salary (at the rate payable when this option is exercised) in respect of the portion of the notice period remaining at the time the Company exercises this option and any earned but unpaid bonus awarded in accordance with clause 4.2 hereof. All payments made pursuant to this clause 9.2 shall be subject to deductions for income tax and social security contributions as appropriate. You will not, under any circumstances, have any right to payment in lieu of notice unless the Company has exercised its option to pay in lieu of notice.
 
9.3
If the Company gives notice of termination (other than Termination for Cause (as defined below)), the Contract will terminate with immediate effect and the Company will make a payment in lieu of notice.  In the event of any such termination without cause by the Company,  payment will be comprised of your basic salary (at the rate payable when this option is exercised), target bonus, Monthly Allowance and holiday in respect of the notice period, together with any accrued bonus as of the notice date and any earned but unpaid bonus awarded in accordance with clause 4.2 hereof. In addition, you shall be entitled to medical and dental insurance as provided in clause 5.1.1 for a period of twelve months following the date on which this Contract is terminated pursuant to this clause 9.3. All payments made pursuant to this clause 9.3 shall be subject to deductions for income tax and social security contributions as appropriate.  At the election of the Company, such payments will be made at the times the Company would have made payments to you had notice not been given.
 
9.4
The Company may terminate this Contract due to Termination for Cause without notice, payment in lieu of notice or any other payment whatsoever. “Termination for Cause” means  your (i) conviction of a felony or entering a plea of nolo contendere (or its equivalent) with respect to a charged felony; (ii) gross negligence, recklessness, dishonesty, fraud, wilful malfeasance or wilful misconduct in the performance of your duties under this Contract; (iii) wilful misrepresentation to the shareholders or directors of CME Ltd. that is injurious to CME Ltd.; (iv) wilful failure without reasonable justification to comply with a reasonable written instruction or resolution of the Board of Directors of CME Ltd.; or (v) a material breach of your duties or obligations under this Contract. The Company may, in its reasonable judgment, suspend you on full pay during any investigation that the Company may undertake into any fact or circumstance which could lead to your Termination for Cause. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a termination shall not be treated as Termination for Cause unless the Company has delivered a written notice to you stating that it intends to terminate your employment due to Termination for Cause and specifying the basis for such termination.
 
 
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9.5
On (i) the date of termination of this Contract pursuant to clause 9.3, or (ii) the effective date of a Change of Control (as defined in Annex 1 hereto), all options and restricted stock units granted to you pursuant to the Plan shall become automatically exercisable for a period of twelve months from such date, after which they shall expire.
 
9.6
Upon the termination by whatever means of this Contract you shall immediately return to the Company all documents, computer media and hardware, credit cards, mobile phones and communication devices, keys and all other property belonging to or relating to the business of the Company which is in your possession or under your power or control and you must not retain copies of any of the above.
 
 
10
SUSPENSION
 
10.1
The Company may suspend you from your duties on full pay to allow the Company to investigate any bona-fide complaint made against you in relation to your employment with the Company.
 
10.2
Provided you continue to enjoy your full contractual benefits and receive your pay in accordance with this Contract, the Company may in its absolute discretion do all or any of the following during the notice period or any part of the notice period, after you or the Company have given notice of termination to the other, without breaching this Contract or incurring any liability or giving rise to any claim against it:
 
 
10.2.1
exclude you from the premises of any company of the CME Group;
 
 
10.2.2
require you to carry out only specified duties (consistent with your status, role and experience) or to carry out no duties;
 
 
10.2.3
announce to any of its employees, suppliers, customers and business partners that you have been given notice of termination or have resigned (as the case may be);
 
 
10.2.4
prohibit you from communicating in any way with any or all of the suppliers, customers, business partners, employees, agents or representatives of the CME Group until your employment has terminated except to the extent that you are authorised by the General Counsel of CME Ltd. in writing; and
 
 
10.2.5
require you to comply with any other reasonable conditions imposed by the Company.
 
10.3
You will continue to be bound by all obligations owed to the Company under this Contract until termination of this Contract in accordance with clause 9 or such later date as provided herein.
 
 
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11
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
 
11.1
You agree during and after the termination of your employment not to use or disclose to any person (and shall use your best endeavours to prevent the use, publication or disclosure of ) any confidential information:
 
 
11.1.1
concerning the business of the CME Group and which comes to your knowledge during the course of or in connection with your employment or your holding office with the Company; or
 
 
11.1.2
concerning the business of any client or person having dealings with the CME Group and which is obtained directly or indirectly in circumstances where the CME Group is subject to a duty of confidentiality.
 
11.2
For the purposes of clause 11.1.1 above, information of a confidential or secret nature includes but is not limited to information disclosed to you or known, learned, created or observed by you as a consequence of or through your employment with the Company, not generally known in the relevant trade or industry about the Company or any member of the CME Group’s business activities, services and processes, including but not limited to information concerning advertising, sales promotion, publicity, sales data, research, programming and plans for programming, finances, accounting, methods, processes, business plans (including prospective or pending licence applications or investments in licence holders or applicants), client or supplier lists and records, potential client or supplier lists, and client or supplier billing.
 
11.3
This clause shall not apply to information which is:
 
 
11.3.1
used or disclosed in the proper performance of your duties or with the consent of the Company;
 
 
11.3.2
ordered to be disclosed by a court of competent jurisdiction or otherwise required to be disclosed by law or pursuant to the rules of any applicable stock exchange; or
 
 
11.3.3
in or comes into the public domain (otherwise than due to a default by you).
 
 
12
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
 
12.1
You shall assign with full title your entire interest in any Intellectual Property Right (as defined below) to the Company to hold as absolute owner.
 
12.2
You shall communicate to the Company full particulars of any Intellectual Property Right in any work or thing created by you and you shall not use, license, assign, purport to license or assign or disclose to any person or exploit any Intellectual Property Right without the prior written consent of the Company.
 
12.3
In addition to and without derogation of the covenants imposed by the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994, you shall prepare and execute such instruments and do such other acts and things as may be necessary or desirable (at the request and expense of the Company) to enable the Company (or its nominee) to obtain protection of any Intellectual Property Right vested in the Company in such parts of the world as may be specified by the Company (or its nominee) and to enable the Company to exploit any Intellectual Property Right vested in it to its best advantage.
 
 
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12.4
You hereby irrevocably appoint the Company to be your attorney in your name and on your behalf to sign, execute or do any instrument or thing and generally to use your name for the purpose of giving to the Company (or its nominee) the full benefit of the provisions of this clause and a certificate in writing signed by any director or the secretary of the Company that any instrument or act relating to such Intellectual Property Right falls within the authority conferred by this clause shall be conclusive evidence that such is the case in favour of any third party.
 
12.5
You hereby waive all of your moral rights (as defined in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988) in respect of any act by the Company and any act of a third party done with the Company’s authority in relation to any Intellectual Property Right which is or becomes the property of the Company.
 
12.6
Intellectual Property Right ” means a copyright, know-how, trade secret and any other intellectual property right of any nature whatsoever throughout the world (whether registered or unregistered and including all applications and rights to apply for the same) which:
 
 
12.6.1
relates to the business or any product or service of the Company; and
 
 
12.6.2
is invented, developed, created or acquired by you (whether alone or jointly with any other person) during the period of your employment with the Company;
 
and for these purposes and for the purposes of the other provisions of this clause 12, references to the Company shall be deemed to include references to any Associated Company (as defined in clause 18.10 below).
 
 
13
INDEMNITY
 
13.1
The Company will indemnify you and pay on your behalf all Expenses (as defined below) incurred by you in any Proceeding (as defined below), whether the Proceeding which gave rise to the right of indemnification pursuant to this Contract occurred prior to or after the date of this Contract provided that you shall promptly notify the Company of such Proceeding and the Company shall be entitled to participate in such Proceeding and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with you, assume the defence thereof with counsel of its choice.  This indemnification shall not apply if it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a Proceeding that any losses, claims, damages or liabilities arose primarily out of your gross negligence, wilful misconduct or bad faith.
 
13.2
The term “ Proceeding ” shall include any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, or any inquiry or investigation, whether brought in the name of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative nature, including, but not limited to, actions, suits or proceedings brought under or predicated upon any securities laws, in which you may be or may have been involved as a party or otherwise, and any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding or any inquiry or investigation that you in good faith believe might lead to the institution of any such action, suit or proceeding or any such inquiry or investigation, in each case by reason of the fact that you are or were serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or manager of any other Associated Company, whether or not you are serving in such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification or reimbursement can be provided under this Contract.
 
 
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13.3
The term " Expenses ” shall include, without limitation thereto, expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys fees and expenses) of investigations, judicial or administrative proceedings or appeals, damages, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of you and any expenses of establishing a right to indemnification under this Contract.
 
13.4
The Expenses incurred by you in any Proceeding shall be paid by the Company as incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding at your written request.  You hereby agree and undertake to repay such amounts if it shall ultimately be decided in a Proceeding that you are not entitled to be indemnified by the Company pursuant to this Contract or otherwise.
 
13.5
The indemnification and advancement of Expenses provided by this Contract shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which you may be entitled under the Company’s Articles of Association or the constituent documents of any other Associated Company for which you are serving as a director, officer or manager at the request of the Company, the laws under which the Company was formed, or otherwise, and may be exercised in any order you elect and prior to, concurrently with or following the exercise of any other such rights to which you may be entitled, including pursuant to directors’ and officers’ insurance maintained by the Company, both as to action in official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and the exercise of such rights shall not be deemed a waiver of any of the provisions of this Contract.  To the extent that a change in law (whether by statute or judicial decision) permits greater indemnification by agreement than would be afforded under this Contract, it is the intent of the parties hereto that you shall enjoy by this Contract the greater benefit so afforded by such change.  The provisions of this clause shall survive the expiration or termination, for any reason, of this Contract and shall be separately enforceable.
 
 
14
COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS/WORKFORCE AGREEMENTS
 
There are no collective agreements or workforce agreements applicable to you or which affect your terms of employment.
 
 
15
DATA PROTECTION
 
15.1
You acknowledge that the Company will hold personal data relating to you.  Such data will include your employment application, address, references, bank details, performance appraisals, work, holiday and sickness records, next of kin, salary reviews, remuneration details and other records (which may, where necessary, include sensitive data relating to your health and data held for equal opportunities purposes).  The Company will hold such personal data for personnel administration and management purposes and to comply with its obligations regarding the retention of your records.  Your right of access to such data is as prescribed by law.
 
15.2
By signing this Contract, you agree that the Company may process personal data relating to you for personnel administration and management purposes and may, when necessary for those purposes, make such data available to its advisors, to third parties providing products and/or services to the Company and as required by law.
 
 
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16
CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999
 
Unless the right of enforcement is expressly granted, it is not intended that a third party should have the right to enforce the provisions of this Contract pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.
 
 
17
MONITORING OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS
 
17.1
The Company will monitor messages sent and received via the email and voicemail system to ensure that employees are complying with the Company’s Information Technology policy.
 
17.2
The Company reserves the right to retrieve the contents of messages for the purpose of monitoring whether the use of the email system is in accordance with the Company’s best practice, whether use of the computer system is legitimate, to find lost messages or to retrieve messages lost due to computer failure, to assist in the investigations of wrongful acts or to comply with any legal obligation.
 
17.3
You should be aware that no email or voicemail sent or received through the Company’s system is private.  The Company reserves and intends to exercise its right to review, audit, intercept, access and disclose on a random basis all messages created from it or sent over its computer system for any purpose.  The contents of email or voicemail so obtained by the Company in the proper exercise of these powers may be disclosed without your permission.  You should be aware that the emails or voicemails or any document created on the Company’s computer system, however confidential or damaging, may have to be disclosed in court or other proceedings.  An email which has been trashed or deleted can still be retrieved.
 
17.4
The Company further reserves and intends to exercise its right to monitor all use of the internet through its information technology systems, to the extent authorised by law.  By your signature to this Contract, you consent to any such monitoring.
 
 
18
POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS
 
18.1
For the duration of your employment with the Company and for a period of twelve (12) months after the termination thereof for any cause, you shall not:
 
18.2
either on your own account or on behalf of any other person, firm or company, directly or indirectly, carry on or be engaged, concerned or interested in any business the same as that of the CME Group or which is competitive with any business in which the CME Group is engaged (including, without limitation, securing broadcasting licenses, operating television stations and other broadcasting, the production of programming and other content, other programming services or distribution services) and with which you were actively involved at any time in the twelve months preceding the termination of your employment within the territories in which the CME Group operates or is considering to operate (the “ Territory ”);
 
18.3
seek to do business and/or do business, perform any services or supply any goods or seek to do so, in competition with any company of the CME Group with any person, firm or company who at any time during the twelve months preceding the termination of your employment was a client, customer or supplier of any company of the CME Group and with whom during that period you or another person on your behalf had contact or dealings in the ordinary course of business or were aware of in the course of your employment;
 
 
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18.4
interfere or seek to interfere or take such steps as may or are calculated to interfere with the continuance of supplies (whether services or goods) or any rights of purchase, sale, import, distribution or agency enjoyed by or supplied to any company of the CME Group, or the terms on which they are so supplied or enjoyed, from any person, firm or company supplying or offering rights to any company of the CME Group at any time during the period of twelve months prior to such termination;
 
18.5
solicit, entice or procure or endeavour to solicit, entice or procure any employee of the CME Group to breach his contract of employment or any person to breach his contract for services with the Company or any Associated Company;
 
18.6
in relation to a business the same as or competitive with the CME Group in the Territory, solicit, employ, engage or offer or cause to be employed or engaged, whether directly or indirectly, any employee, director or consultant of any company of the CME Group engaged or employed at the date of termination of your employment or at any time during the twelve months preceding such termination who has knowledge of confidential aspects of the business of the CME Group, and with whom, at any time during the period of twelve months prior to such termination, you had material dealings and/or
 
18.7
you shall not at any time falsely represent yourself as being connected with or interested in the Company or any Associated Company or in the business of the CME Group.
 
18.8
Each of the restrictions in this clause shall be enforceable independently of each other and its validity shall not be affected if any of the others is invalid.  If any of the restrictions is void but would be valid if some part of the restriction were deleted, the restriction in question shall apply with such modification as may be necessary to make it valid.
 
18.9
The restrictions set forth in this clause 18 shall not apply if the Company is in breach of this Contract.
 
18.10
For the purposes of this Contract, “ Associated Company ” shall mean a subsidiary (as defined by the Companies Act 1985 as amended) and any other company which is for the time being a holding company (as defined by the Companies Act 1985 as amended) of the Company or another subsidiary of such holding company.
 
 
19
GENERAL
 
19.1
You hereby authorise the Company to deduct from any salary payable to you any sums owing by you to the Company.
 
19.2
This Contract shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. The parties agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts in respect of any dispute hereunder.
 
The Company and David Sach agree to the terms set out above.
 
 
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Signed as a Deed by CME Media Services Limited acting by:
     
       
Daniel Penn, Director
 
/s/ Daniel Penn
 
       
Dave Sturgeon, Director
 
/s/ Dave Sturgeon
 
       
Signed as a Deed by David Sach
 
/s/ David Sach
 
       
       
in the presence of:
     
       
Witness signature:
 
/s/ Omega Minus
 
       
Name:
     
       
Address:
     
       
       
       
Occupation:
 
Sanctuary Business Center
 

 
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ANNEX 1

CHANGE OF CONTROL

In this Contract, the following terms shall bear the following meanings:

Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(i)
any “person” or “group” of related persons (as defined in Section 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than one or more Permitted Holders, is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities of CME Ltd. entitled to vote generally in the election of directors;

(ii)
the date on which the majority of the members of the Board of Directors of CME Ltd. are not Incumbent Directors;

(iii)
a reorganization, merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving CME Ltd., unless securities representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of CME Ltd. or the company resulting from  such transaction (or the parent of such company) are held subsequent to such transaction by the person or persons who were the beneficial holders of the outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of CME Ltd. immediately prior to such transaction; or

(iv)
the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of CME Ltd.
 
" Incumbent Directors " means (a) directors  who constitute the Board of Directors of CME Ltd. as of the Commencement Date or (b) directors who are elected, or nominated for election, to the Board of Directors of CME Ltd. by an affirmative vote of the majority of (i) the directors in clause (a) and (ii) directors previously elected or nominated for election pursuant to this clause (b)  (but shall not include an individual whose election or nomination is in connection with an actual or threatened proxy contest relating to the election of directors to the Board of Directors CME Ltd.).

Permitted Holders ” means (a) RSL Investments Corporation, RAJ Family Partners, L.P.  and each beneficial owner of the shares of Class B Common Stock of CME Ltd. held by RSL Investments Corporation and RAJ Family Partners L.P.; (b) family members of any beneficial owner described in clause (a) above; (c) trusts, the only beneficiaries of which are persons or entities described in clauses (a) and (b) above; (d) the partners, shareholders or members of any entity described in clause (a) above that is a partnership, corporation or limited liability company; and (e) partnerships, corporations, or limited liability companies which are controlled by or under common control with the persons or entities described in clauses (a) or (b) above.  
 
 
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Exhibit 10.3

DATED
3 May 2010


CME Media Services Limited

- and -

Andrei Boncea


 
 
CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT
 
 


 
 

 

CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT AND STATEMENT OF PARTICULARS PURSUANT TO SECTION 1 OF THE EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT 1996 (the “Contract”)
 

Name and Address of Employer:
 
CME Media Services Limited, 5 Fleet Place, London EC4M 7RD, United Kingdom (the “ Company ”)
     
Name and Address of Employee:
 
Andrei Boncea [address redacted]
     
Date this Contract takes effect:
 
3 May 2010

 
1
COMMENCEMENT OF AND CONDITIONS TO EMPLOYMENT
 
1.1
Your employment with the Company shall commence on 3 May 2010 or such other date as agreed between you and the President and Chief Executive Officer of the CME group, subject to compliance with clause 1.2 below (the “ Commencement Date ”). No previous period of employment shall count as continuous employment.
 
1.2
You shall establish to the Company’s satisfaction (through production of original documents reasonably requested by us) that you are entitled to live and work in the Czech Republic without any additional approvals. You will notify the Company immediately if you cease to be so entitled at any time during your employment with the Company.
 
1.3
You represent and warrant that you are not bound by or subject to any contract, court order, agreement, arrangement or undertaking which in any way restricts or prohibits you from entering into this Contract or performing your duties under it.
 
 
2
JOB TITLE AND DUTIES
 
2.1
Your job title is Head of Media Pro Entertainment reporting to the President and Chief Executive Officer of the CME group.
 
2.2
Your main duties are:
 
 
2.2.1
managing the operations of Media Pro Entertainment;
 
 
2.2.2
acting as statutory director of such entities of the CME group as may be determined from time to time;
 
 
2.2.3
undertaking such additional tasks in respect of the business of the CME group as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the CME group directs from time to time; and
 
 
2.2.4
travel to such countries as directed by the President and Chief Executive Officer of the CME group to undertake tasks specified by the President and Chief Executive Officer of the CME group.  In addition to your main duties you will be required to carry out such other duties consistent with your position as the Company may from time to time reasonably require.
 
2.3
You shall use your best endeavours to promote and protect the interests of the CME group and shall not do anything that is harmful to those interests.

 
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2.4
You shall devote the whole of your working time (unless prevented by ill-health or accident or otherwise directed by the Company) to the duties of this Contract and you shall not be directly or indirectly interested or concerned in any manner in any other business (other than holding as a bona-fide personal investment equity in any company whose shares are listed on any recognised exchange or does not otherwise contravene clause 17) except with the Company’s prior written consent. If such consent is given, you must provide the Company with the number of hours worked for any other employer each month.
 
 
3
PLACE OF WORK
 
3.1
You will be based in the Company’s Prague branch office or at such other location as the Company may from time to time reasonably require.  However, it is agreed that your position will require that you spend extensive time travelling for the proper performance of your duties.
 
3.2
The duties of this appointment shall relate primarily to the countries in which the CME group operates.  You may also be required to travel to other destinations from time to time as reasonably required by the Company for the proper performance of your duties.
 
 
4
REMUNERATION
 
4.1
Your basic salary is EUR 488,000 per year, payable monthly in arrears from the period commencing April 1, 2010 by credit transfer into your bank account after all necessary deductions for relevant taxes and social security payments. Your salary will be reviewed on an annual basis.  The first review will take place on or about the first anniversary of your Commencement Date.  Any increase is entirely at the Company’s discretion.
 
4.2
You shall also be entitled to a one-off payment in the amount of EUR 58,282. Such amount shall be paid at the same time and by the same method as your first salary payment is paid and shall be subject to all necessary deductions for relevant taxes and social security payments.
 
4.3
You shall be entitled to participate in the CME Management Compensation Policy in effect from time to time (the “ Policy ”). The amount, if any, of any bonus awarded pursuant to the Policy shall be determined by the President and Chief Executive Officer of the CME group, pursuant to the rules of the Policy. Any bonus awarded will be based on a figure representing 75% of your gross annual salary.
 
 
5
OTHER BENEFITS
 
5.1
You are entitled to membership of such insurance schemes (each referred to below as an “ insurance scheme ”) provided by the Company from time to time, including a medical and dental expenses insurance scheme providing such cover for you and your spouse/partner and any children under the age of eighteen (18) as the Company may from time to time notify to you.
 
5.2
Benefits shall be subject to the terms of any applicable insurance policy and are conditional upon your complying with and satisfying any applicable requirements of the insurers or other benefits provider.  Copies of these rules and policies and particulars of the requirements shall be provided to you on request.  The Company shall not have any liability to pay any benefit to you under any insurance scheme unless it receives payment of the benefit from the insurer under the scheme.

 
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5.3
Any insurance scheme which is provided for you is also subject to the Company’s right to alter the cover provided or any term of the scheme or to cease to provide (without replacement) the scheme at any time if in the reasonable opinion of the Company your state of health is or becomes such that the Company is unable to insure the benefits under the scheme at the normal premiums applicable.
 
5.4
The provision of any insurance scheme or any benefits hereunder does not in any way prevent the Company from lawfully terminating this Contract in accordance with the provisions in clause 9 even if to do so would deprive you of membership of or cover under any such scheme or benefit.
 
 
6
EXPENSES
 
 
The Company shall reimburse you for all reasonable expenses incurred by you in the proper performance of your duties under this Contract on production of appropriate receipts in accordance with the CME Group Expenses Policy in effect from time to time.
 
 
7
HOURS OF WORK
 
 
Your normal working hours are 40 hours per week Monday to Friday together with such additional hours as may be necessary for the proper performance of your duties. This may include working in the evenings, outside normal office hours, at weekends or on public holidays.  No additional pay or time off will be permitted.
 
 
8
HOLIDAYS
 
8.1
You are entitled to 25 days’ holiday per annum (in addition to public holidays).
 
8.2
Your entitlement to holiday accrues pro rata on an annual basis as calculated from 1 April until 31 March (inclusive) each year (the “ Holiday Year ”).
 
8.3
On termination, you will be paid only for accrued vacation in the relevant Holiday Year and not for vacation carried over from the previous year.
 
8.4
The Company may also refuse to allow you to take holiday in circumstances where it would be inconvenient to the business of the Company.  If, in exceptional circumstances, the Company is forced to cancel holiday previously booked by you, all reasonable and properly documented accommodation, reservation and travel expenses incurred by you in connection therewith up to the date of cancellation that are not otherwise refundable will be reimbursed by the Company.

 
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9
TERMINATION
 
9.1
The Company may terminate this Contract on giving you 12 months’ notice in writing to expire at any time. You are required to give the Company the same period of notice, to expire at any time.
 
9.2
The Company may at any time and in its absolute discretion (whether or not any notice of termination has been given under clause 9.1 above) terminate this Contract with immediate effect and make a payment in lieu of notice.  This payment will be  comprised solely of your basic salary (at the rate payable when this option is exercised) in respect of the portion of the notice period remaining at the time the Company exercises this option and shall be subject to deductions for income tax and social security as appropriate.  You will not, under any circumstances, have any right to payment in lieu unless the Company has exercised its option to pay in lieu of notice.
 
9.3
At the election of the Company, the payment in lieu of notice will be made at the times the Company would have made payments to you had notice not been given or on expiry of the remainder of the period of notice.
 
9.4
Your employment may be terminated by the Company for Cause at any time without notice or payment in lieu of notice. For purposes of this Contract, “ Cause ” shall mean (i) the commission by you of any act or omission that would constitute a felony or an indictable offence under United States federal, state or equivalent foreign law; (ii) your gross negligence, recklessness, dishonesty, fraud, disclosure of trade secrets,or confidential information, willful malfeasance or willful misconduct in the performance of services to the Company; (iii) willful misrepresentation by you which is injurious to the Company; (iv) your willful failure without reasonable justification to comply with reasonable directions of the President and Chief Executive Officer of the CME group; or (v) a willful and material breach of your duties or obligations under this Contract.
 
9.5
Upon the termination by whatever means of this Contract you shall immediately return to the Company all documents, computer media and hardware, credit cards, mobile phones and communication devices, keys and all other property belonging to or relating to the business of the Company which is in your possession or under your power or control and you must not retain copies of any of the above.
 
 
10
SUSPENSION
 
10.1
The Company may suspend you from your duties on full pay to allow the Company to investigate any bona-fide complaint made against you in relation to your employment with the Company.
 
10.2
Provided you continue to enjoy your full contractual benefits and receive your pay in accordance with this Contract, the Company may in its absolute discretion do all or any of the following during the notice period or any part of the notice period, after you or the Company have given notice of termination to the other, without breaching this Contract or incurring any liability or giving rise to any claim against it:
 
 
10.2.1
exclude you from the premises of any company of the CME group;
 
 
10.2.2
require you to carry out only specified duties (consistent with your status, role and experience) or to carry out no duties;

 
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10.2.3
announce to any of its employees, suppliers, customers and business partners that you have been given notice of termination or have resigned (as the case may be);
 
 
10.2.4
prohibit you from communicating in any way with any or all of the suppliers, customers, business partners, employees, agents or representatives of the CME group until your employment has terminated except to the extent that you are authorised by the General Counsel of the CME group in writing; and
 
 
10.2.5
require you to comply with any other reasonable conditions imposed by the Company.
 
10.3
You will continue to be bound by all obligations owed to the Company under this Contract until termination of this Contract in accordance with clause 9 or such later date as provided herein.
 
 
11
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
 
11.1
You agree during and after the termination of your employment not to use or disclose to any person (and shall use your best endeavours to prevent the use, publication or disclosure of) any confidential information:
 
 
11.1.1
concerning the business of the CME group and which comes to your knowledge during the course of or in connection with your employment or your holding office with the CME group; or
 
 
11.1.2
concerning the business of any client or person having dealings with the CME group and which is obtained directly or indirectly in circumstances where the CME group is subject to a duty of confidentiality.
 
11.2
For the purposes of clause 11.1.1 above, information of a confidential or secret nature includes but is not limited to information disclosed to you or known, learned, created or observed by you as a consequence of or through your employment with the Company, not generally known in the relevant trade or industry about the Company or any member of the CME group’s business activities, services and processes, including but not limited to information concerning advertising, sales promotion, publicity, sales data, research, programming and plans for programming, finances, accounting, methods, processes, business plans (including prospective or pending licence applications or investments in licence holders or applicants), client or supplier lists and records, potential client or supplier lists, and client or supplier billing.
 
11.3
This clause shall not apply to information which is:
 
 
11.3.1
used or disclosed in the proper performance of your duties or with the consent of the Company;
 
 
11.3.2
ordered to be disclosed by a court of competent jurisdiction or otherwise required to be disclosed by law or pursuant to the rules of any applicable stock exchange; or
 
 
11.3.3
in or comes into the public domain (otherwise than due to a default by you).

 
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12
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
 
12.1
You shall assign with full title your entire interest in any Intellectual Property Right (as defined below) to the Company to hold as absolute owner.
 
12.2
You shall communicate to the Company full particulars of any Intellectual Property Right in any work or thing created by you and you shall not use, license, assign, purport to license or assign or disclose to any person or exploit any Intellectual Property Right without the prior written consent of the Company.
 
12.3
In addition to and without derogation of the covenants imposed by the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994, you shall prepare and execute such instruments and do such other acts and things as may be necessary or desirable (at the request and expense of the Company) to enable the Company (or its nominee) to obtain protection of any Intellectual Property Right vested in the Company in such parts of the world as may be specified by the Company (or its nominee) and to enable the Company to exploit any Intellectual Property Right vested in it to its best advantage.
 
12.4
You hereby irrevocably appoint the Company to be your attorney in your name and on your behalf to sign, execute or do any instrument or thing and generally to use your name for the purpose of giving to the Company (or its nominee) the full benefit of the provisions of this clause and a certificate in writing signed by any director or the secretary of the Company that any instrument or act relating to such Intellectual Property Right falls within the authority conferred by this clause shall be conclusive evidence that such is the case in favour of any third party.
 
12.5
You hereby waive all of your moral rights (as defined in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988) in respect of any act by the Company and any act of a third party done with the Company’s authority in relation to any Intellectual Property Right which is or becomes the property of the Company.
 
12.6
Intellectual Property Right ” means a copyright, know-how, trade secret and any other intellectual property right of any nature whatsoever throughout the world (whether registered or unregistered and including all applications and rights to apply for the same) which:
 
 
12.6.1
relates to the business or any product or service of the Company; and
 
 
12.6.2
is invented, developed, created or acquired by you (whether alone or jointly with any other person) during the period of your employment with the Company;
 
 
and for these purposes and for the purposes of the other provisions of this clause 13, references to the Company shall be deemed to include references to any Associated Company (as defined in clause 17.11 below).
 
 
13
COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS/WORKFORCE AGREEMENTS
 
 
There are no collective agreements or workforce agreements applicable to you or which affect your terms of employment.

 
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14
DATA PROTECTION
 
14.1
You acknowledge that the Company will hold personal data relating to you.  Such data will include your employment application, address, references, bank details, performance appraisals, work, holiday and sickness records, next of kin, salary reviews, remuneration details and other records (which may, where necessary, include sensitive data relating to your health and data held for equal opportunities purposes).  The Company will hold such personal data for personnel administration and management purposes and to comply with its obligations regarding the retention of your records.  Your right of access to such data is as prescribed by law.
 
14.2
By signing this Contract, you agree that the Company may process personal data relating to you for personnel administration and management purposes and may, when necessary for those purposes, make such data available to its advisors, to third parties providing products and/or services to the Company and as required by law.
 
 
15
CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999
 
 
Unless the right of enforcement is expressly granted, it is not intended that a third party should have the right to enforce the provisions of this Contract pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.
 
 
16
MONITORING OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS
 
16.1
The Company will monitor messages sent and received via the email and voicemail system to ensure that employees are complying with the CME group’s Information Technology policy in effect from time to time.
 
16.2
The Company reserves the right to retrieve the contents of messages for the purpose of monitoring whether the use of the email system is in accordance with the Company’s best practice, whether use of the computer system is legitimate, to find lost messages or to retrieve messages lost due to computer failure, to assist in the investigations of wrongful acts or to comply with any legal obligation.
 
16.3
You should be aware that no email or voicemail sent or received through the Company’s system is private.  The Company reserves and intends to exercise its right to review, audit, intercept, access and disclose on a random basis all messages created from it or sent over its computer system for any purpose.  The contents of email or voicemail so obtained by the Company in the proper exercise of these powers may be disclosed without your permission.  You should be aware that the emails or voicemails or any document created on the Company’s computer system, however confidential or damaging, may have to be disclosed in court or other proceedings.  An email which has been trashed or deleted can still be retrieved.
 
16.4
The Company further reserves and intends to exercise its right to monitor all use of the internet through its information technology systems, to the extent authorised by law.  By your signature to this Contract, you consent to any such monitoring.
 
 
17
POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS
 
17.1
For the duration of your employment with the Company and for a period of six (6) months after the termination thereof for any cause, you shall not:

 
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17.2
either on your own account or on behalf of any other person, firm or company, directly or indirectly, carry on or be engaged, concerned or interested in any business the same as that of the CME group or which is competitive with any CME Business (as hereinafter defined)   and with which you were actively involved at any time in the twelve months preceding the termination of your employment within the territories in which the CME group operates or is considering to operate (the “ Territory ”);
 
17.3
seek to do business and/or do business, perform any services or supply any goods or seek to do so, in competition with any company of the CME group with any person, firm or company who at any time during the twelve months preceding the termination of your employment was a client, customer or supplier of any company of the CME group and with whom during that period you or another person on your behalf had contact or dealings in the ordinary course of business or were aware of in the course of your employment;
 
17.4
interfere or seek to interfere or take such steps as may or are calculated to interfere with the continuance of supplies (whether services or goods) or any rights of purchase, sale, import, distribution or agency enjoyed by or supplied to any company of the CME group, or the terms on which they are so supplied or enjoyed, from any person, firm or company supplying or offering rights to any company of the CME group at any time during the period of twelve months prior to such termination;
 
17.5
solicit, entice or procure or endeavour to solicit, entice or procure any employee of the CME group to breach his contract of employment or any person to breach his contract for services with the Company or any Associated Company;
 
17.6
in relation to any CME Business in the Territory, solicit, employ, engage or offer or cause to be employed or engaged, whether directly or indirectly, any employee, director or consultant of any company of the CME group engaged or employed at the date of termination of your employment or at any time during the twelve months preceding such termination who has knowledge of confidential aspects of the business of the CME group, and with whom, at any time during the period of twelve months prior to such termination, you had material dealings and/or
 
17.7
you shall not at any time falsely represent yourself as being connected with or interested in the Company or any Associated Company or in the business of the CME group.
 
17.8
For the duration of your employment with the Company, you shall not, either on your own account or through any other person, firm or company, directly or indirectly,  carry on, accept or be engaged, concerned or interested in, any opportunity (a “ Corporate Opportunity ”) in Central and Eastern Europe and any other country that Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (“ CME Ltd. ”) has identified from time to time (i) which is in the line of business of any company of the CME group from time to time (including, without limitation, securing broadcasting licenses, operating television stations, broadcasting on any distribution platform, selling advertising on any platform, developing and operating internet sites, providing production services, producing programming and other content for broadcast on any platform or for exhibition, distributing or licensing content for exhibition, home entertainment or otherwise, providing other programming services, owning and operating cinemas) (each a “ CME Business ”) or in any Ancillary Business (ii) which arises or becomes known to you as a result of your employment by the Company, or (iii) in which it can reasonably be expected that the CME group has an interest or expectancy (including any Ancillary Business) unless (a) you have presented the Corporate Opportunity to the Board of Directors of CME Ltd. in reasonable detail and (b) the Board of Directors has decide not to pursue such Corporate Opportunity after such presentation by you.

 
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For purposes of this clause, “ Ancillary Business ” means any business or opportunity that is related to any CME Business, can reasonably be expected to a customer or supplier of goods or services of any such CME Business in the usual and ordinary course of business, or is otherwise necessary to support the primary activities of any CME Business.
 
17.9
Each of the restrictions in this clause shall be enforceable independently of each other and its validity shall not be affected if any of the others is invalid.  If any of the restrictions is void but would be valid if some part of the restriction were deleted, the restriction in question shall apply with such modification as may be necessary to make it valid.
 
17.10
The restrictions set forth in this clause 17 shall not apply if the Company is in breach of this Contract.
 
17.11
For the purposes of this Contract, “ Associated Company ” shall mean a subsidiary (as defined by the Companies Act 1985 as amended) and any other company which is for the time being a holding company (as defined by the Companies Act 1985 as amended) of the Company or another subsidiary of such holding company.
 
 
18
INDEMNITY
 
18.1
The Company will indemnify you and pay on your behalf all Expenses (as defined below) incurred by you in any Proceeding (as defined below), whether the Proceeding which gave rise to the right of indemnification pursuant to this Contract occurred prior to or after the date of this Contract provided that you shall promptly notify the Company of such Proceeding and the Company shall be entitled to participate in such Proceeding and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with you, assume the defence thereof with counsel of its choice.  This indemnification shall not apply if it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a Proceeding that any losses, claims, damages or liabilities arose primarily out of your gross negligence, wilful misconduct or bad faith.
 
18.2
The term “ Proceeding ” shall include any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, or any inquiry or investigation, whether brought in the name of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative nature, including, but not limited to, actions, suits or proceedings brought under or predicated upon any securities laws, in which you may be or may have been involved as a party or otherwise, and any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding or any inquiry or investigation that you in good faith believe might lead to the institution of any such action, suit or proceeding or any such inquiry or investigation, in each case by reason of the fact that you are or were serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or manager of any other Associated Company, whether or not you are serving in such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification or reimbursement can be provided under this Contract.
 
18.3
The term “ Expenses ” shall include, without limitation thereto, expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys fees and expenses) of investigations, judicial or administrative proceedings or appeals, damages, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of you and any expenses of establishing a right to indemnification under this Contract.

 
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18.4
The Expenses incurred by you in any Proceeding shall be paid by the Company as incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding at your written request.  You hereby agree and undertake to repay such amounts if it shall ultimately be decided in a Proceeding that you are not entitled to be indemnified by the Company pursuant to this Contract or otherwise.
 
18.5
The indemnification and advancement of Expenses provided by this Contract shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which you may be entitled under the Company’s Articles of Association or the constituent documents of any other Associated Company for which you are serving as a director, officer or manager at the request of the Company, the laws under which the Company was formed, or otherwise, and may be exercised in any order you elect and prior to, concurrently with or following the exercise of any other such rights to which you may be entitled, including pursuant to directors’ and officers’ insurance maintained by the Company, both as to action in official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and the exercise of such rights shall not be deemed a waiver of any of the provisions of this Contract.  To the extent that a change in law (whether by statute or judicial decision) permits greater indemnification by agreement than would be afforded under this Contract, it is the intent of the parties hereto that you shall enjoy by this Contract the greater benefit so afforded by such change.  The provisions of this clause shall survive the expiration or termination, for any reason, of this Contract and shall be separately enforceable.

 
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19
GENERAL
 
19.1
You hereby authorise the Company to deduct from any salary payable to you any sums owing by you to the Company.
 
19.2
As from the effective date of this Contract, all other agreements or arrangements between you and the Company shall cease to have effect.
 
19.3
This Contract shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. The parties agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts in respect of any dispute hereunder.
 
 
The Company and Andrei Boncea agree to the terms set out above.
 
 
Signed as a Deed by CME Media Services Limited acting by:
   
     
     
Daniel Penn, Director
/s/ Daniel Penn
 
     
     
Dave Sturgeon, Director
/s/ Dave Sturgeon
 
     
     
Signed as a Deed by Andrei Boncea
/s/ Andrei Boncea
 
     
     
in the presence of:
   
     
Witness signature:
/s/ Velciu Gilda Valentina
 
     
Name:
Velciu Gilda Valentina
 
     
Address:
   
     
     
     
Occupation:
Business Administration Director
 


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Exhibit 10.4

 
CME MEDIA ENTERPRISES B.V.
 
 
and
 
 
CME DEVELOPMENT FINANCING B.V.
 
 
and
 
 
TOP TONE MEDIA HOLDINGS LIMITED

 
and
 
 
KRASSIMIR GUERGOV
 
 
_________________________________________________
 
 
AMENDED AND RESTATED
 
SALE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT
 
_________________________________________________
 
 
19 April 2010
   
 
 

 

CONTENTS
 

   
Page
     
1
Definitions and Interpretation
4
     
2
Transaction and Consideration
8
     
3
Conditions to Obligations at Closing
9
     
4
Closing
10
     
5
Obligations Prior to Closing
12
     
6
Representations and Warranties
12
     
7
Further Undertakings
14
     
8
Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Corruption
15
     
9
Status of Agreement and Effect
15
     
10
Confidentiality
16
     
11
Trade Restrictions
16
     
12
Notices
17
     
13
Set-Off
19
     
14
Entire Agreement
19
     
15
Third Party Rights
19
     
16
Amendments
20
     
17
Waiver
20
     
18
Costs and Expenses
20
     
19
Joint and Several Liability
20
     
20
Assignment
20
     
21
No Partnership
20
     
22
Severability
20
     
23
Further Assurance
21
     
24
Counterparts
21
     
25
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
21
     
26
Dispute Resolution
21
     
Schedule 1 Deed of Termination
Sch 1-1
   
Schedule 2 Investment Agreement
Sch 2-1

 
 

 

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED SALE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this " Agreement ") is made as of 19 April 2010
 
BETWEEN :
 
(1)
CME MEDIA ENTERPRISES B.V., a company organized under the laws of the Netherlands, and having its seat at Dam 5b, JS 1012 Amsterdam, the Netherlands (" CME ME ");
 
(2)
CME DEVELOPMENT FINANCING B.V., a company organized under the laws of the Netherlands, and having its seat at Dam 5b, JS 1012 Amsterdam, the Netherlands (" CME DF ");
 
(3)
TOP TONE MEDIA HOLDINGS LIMITED , a BVI Business company organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands with registered number 1381053 and having its registered office at 3 rd Floor, Omar Hodge Building, Wickhams Cay I, P.O. Box 362, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands (" Top Tone Holdings "); and
 
(4)
KRASSIMIR GUERGOV , a citizen of the Republic of Bulgaria, residing at 19, Oborishte Str., 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria, holder of identity card no. 184961630 issued by the Republic of Bulgaria (the " Consultant ");
 
the " Parties " and each a " Party ".
 
WHEREAS :
 
(A)
CME ME owns 80% of the issued share capital of Top Tone Media (as defined below) and 80% of the issued share capital of Zopal (as defined below), Top Tone Holdings own 20% of the issued share capital of Top Tone Media and 20% of the issued share capital of Zopal;
 
(B)
CME ME has entered into a Shareholders Agreement with Top Tone Holdings and Equip (as defined below) (the " Top Tone Parties ") dated 1 August 2008 (the " Pro.BG Shareholders Agreement ") to regulate the business and affairs of the Pro.BG Group (as defined below);
 
(C)
CME ME has entered into a Master Share Purchase Agreement dated 28 July 2008 with Top Tone Holdings (the " MSPA ");
 
(D)
CME ME has entered into a Consultancy Deed with the Consultant dated 1 August 2008 (the " Consultancy Deed ");
 
(E)
CME ME has entered into a Letter Agreement with the Top Tone Parties and the Consultant dated 1 August 2008 (the " Letter Agreement " and together with the Pro.BG Shareholders Agreement, the MSPA and the Consultancy Deed, the " Pro.BG Agreements ");
 
(F)
CME ME intends that its wholly-owned subsidiary CME Bulgaria B.V., a company organized in the Netherlands (" CME BG "), acquire 100% of the issued share capital of Balkan News Corporation and 100% of the issued share capital of TV Europe (the " bTV Transaction ") pursuant to a Deed relating to the Sale and Purchase of Certain Media Interests in Bulgaria among CME ME, Central European Media Enterprises Ltd., News Netherlands B.V. and News Corporation dated 18 February 2010 (" bTV SPA "), as adhered to by CME BG pursuant to a deed of adherence dated 14 April 2010 by and among CME BG, CME ME, News Netherlands B.V. and News Corporation;

 
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(G)
CME DF is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CME ME;
 
(H)
In connection with and subject to the completion of the bTV Transaction:
 
 
(i)
Top Tone Holdings wishes to sell and CME DF wishes to purchase the Shares (as defined below) on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this Agreement;
 
 
(ii)
CME ME, Top Tone Holdings and the Consultant wish to amend certain agreements reached between themselves by terminating certain provisions of the Pro.BG Agreements; and
 
 
(iii)
CME ME wishes to sell and Top Tone Holdings wishes to purchase the CME BG Shares (as defined below) on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this Agreement,
 
(the " Transaction ");
 
(I)
CME ME, Top Tone Holdings and the Consultant entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement on 18 February 2010 (the " SPA "); and
 
(J)
The Parties wish to amend and restate the SPA on the terms set out in this Agreement.
 
IT IS AGREED as follows:
 
1
Definitions and Interpretation
 
1.1
In this Agreement:
 
" Affiliate "
of a person means, in relation to any corporate entity, any person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such person and in relation to any individual, any family member of such individual;
 
" Agreed Form "
means, in relation to a document, the form of that document which has been initialed for the purposes of identification only by either CME ME or CME DF, on the one hand, and Top Tone Holdings on the other with such alterations as may be agreed from time to time between the Parties for any reason;
 
" Anti-Money
Laundering Laws "
has the meaning set forth in Clause 6.3.1;
 
" Applicable Law "
means all laws, ordinances, regulations, judgments, decrees, decisions, writs, awards, orders or, directives of any governmental authority, and international treaties or any other agreements to which a governmental authority is a party, to the extent applicable to the Parties, this Agreement, the Investment Agreement or the business of the Parties;
 
" Balkan Media
Group "
means Balkan Media Group AD, a company incorporated under the laws of Bulgaria;

 
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" Balkan News
Corporation "
means Balkan News Corporation EAD, a company organized under the laws of Bulgaria, which is to be renamed bTV Media Group EAD;
 
" BCPC "
means the Bulgarian Commission for the Protection of Competition;
 
" bTV SPA "
has the meaning set forth in the Recitals;
 
" bTV Transaction "
has the meaning set forth in the Recitals;
 
" Business Day "
means a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which commercial banks are open for general business in, Sofia, New York and London (other than solely for services via the internet);
 
" Call "
has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement;
 
" Closing "
means the completion of the sale and purchase of the Shares as described in Clause 4;
 
" Closing Date "
has the meaning set forth in Clause 4.2.1;
 
" CME BG "
has the meaning set forth in the Recitals;
 
" CME BG Shares "
has the meaning set forth in Clause 2.3(i);
 
" CME Group "
means Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. and its subsidiaries;
 
" Consultancy Deed "
has the meaning set forth in the Recitals;
 
" Control "
means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policy of any Person, directly or indirectly, through family relationship (if a natural person), the holding of securities or other participation interests, by virtue of an agreement, arrangement or understanding or on other grounds, and " Controlling " and " Controlled " shall have the correlative meanings proceeding from this term;
 
" Deed of Termination "
means the deed of termination to be entered into between CME ME, Top Tone Holdings and KG in substantially the form set out in Schedule 1;
 
" Drag Along Right "
has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement;
 
" Encumbrances "
means any claim, charge, mortgage, security, lien, option, equity, power of sale, hypothecation or other third party right, retention of title, right of pre-emption, right of first refusal or security interest of any kind;
 
" Equip "
means Equip Limited a BVI Business company incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands;
 
" Execution Date "
means the date hereof;
 
" Existing Dispute "
has the meaning set forth in Clause 26.3;
 
" Investment Agreement "
means the investment agreement to be entered into between the Parties in respect of their Ownership Interests and in accordance with Clause 2.4;

 
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" Letter Agreement "
has the meaning set forth in the Recitals;
 
" Long Stop Date "
has the meaning set forth in the bTV SPA;
 
" MSPA "
has the meaning set forth in the Recitals;
 
" Ownership Interests "
has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement;
 
" Put "
has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement;
 
" Pro.BG Agreements "
has the meaning set forth in the Recitals;
 
" Pro.BG Business "
means the broadcasting operations of the Pro.BG Group;
 
" Pro.BG Group "
means Top Tone Media and Zopal and their respective subsidiaries;
 
" Pro.BG Shareholders
Agreement "
has the meaning set forth in the Recitals;
 
" Radiocompany C.J. "
means Radiocompany C.J OOD, a company incorporated under the laws of Bulgaria;
 
" Related Dispute "
has the meaning set forth in Clause 26.3;
 
" Share Option "
has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement;
 
" Shares "
means the Top Tone Media Shares and the Zopal Shares;
 
" Tag-Along Right "
has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement;
 
" Top Tone Media "
means Top Tone Media S.A., a public limited liability company (société anonyme) organized under the laws of Luxembourg with registered number B 124257 and having its registered office at 13- 15 Avenue de la Liberté, L-1931 Luxembourg;
 
" Top Tone Media Shares "
means the 620 ordinary shares in Top Tone Media with a par value of EUR10 per share in the share capital of Top Tone Media held by Top Tone Holdings;
 
" Top Tone Parties "
has the meaning set forth in the Recitals;
 
" Transaction "
has the meaning set forth in the Recitals;
 
" Transaction Documents "
means this Agreement, the Deed of Termination, the Investment Agreement and any other document or agreement which the Parties designate as such;
 
" Triada "
means Triada Communications EOOD, a company incorporated under the laws of Bulgaria;

 
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" TV Europe "
means TV Europe B.V., a company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands;
 
" US Dollars " or " US$ "
means the official currency for the time being of the United States of America;
 
" Warranties "
means the representations and warranties contained in Clause 6 and each statement identified as a representation and warranty in any other Transaction Document;
 
" Working Hours "
means the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on a Business Day;
 
" Zopal "
means Zopal S.A., a public limited liability company (société anonyme) organized under the laws of Luxembourg with registered number B 139431 and having its registered office at 13- 15 Avenue de la Liberté, L-1931 Luxembourg; and
 
" Zopal Shares "
means the 20 ordinary shares in Zopal with a par value of EUR310 per share in the share capital of Zopal held by Top Tone Holdings.
 
1.2
In construing this Agreement, unless otherwise specified:
 
 
(a)
references to Clauses and Schedules are to clauses of, and schedules to, this Agreement;
 
 
(b)
references to a " person " shall be construed so as to include any physical or legal person, firm, company or other body corporate, government, state or agency of a state, local or municipal authority or government body or any joint venture, association or partnership (whether or not having separate legal personality);
 
 
(c)
a reference to any law, regulation, statute or statutory provision shall be construed as a reference to the same as it may have been, or may from time to time be, amended, modified or re-enacted;
 
 
(d)
any reference to a " day " (including within the phrase " Business Day ") shall mean a period of 24 hours running from midnight to midnight (except for the days of time change lasting 25 or 23 hours which days shall be 25 or 23 hours respectively);
 
 
(e)
references to time are to Central European Time;
 
 
(f)
a reference to any other document referred to in this Agreement is a reference to that other document as amended, varied, novated or supplemented (other than in breach of the provisions of this Agreement) at any time;
 
 
(g)
headings, recitals and titles are for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of this Agreement;
 
 
(h)
general words shall not be given a restrictive meaning by reason of the fact that they are followed by particular examples intended to be embraced by the general words; and
 
 
(i)
references to a " Party " or the " Parties " shall be construed as to include and each of its or their permitted successors and permitted assignees.

 
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2
Transaction and Consideration
 
2.1
Purchase of the Shares
 
 
(i)
Subject to the terms and conditions herein, including the satisfaction of the conditions set out in Clause 3, Top Tone Holdings agrees to sell the Shares and CME DF, relying on the Warranties and undertakings contained in this Agreement, agrees to purchase the Shares.
 
 
(ii)
The Shares shall be sold with full title guarantee free from all Encumbrances and together with all rights attaching to them as at the date of this Agreement.
 
 
(iii)
Top Tone Holdings shall procure that on or prior to Closing any and all rights of pre-emption over the Shares (other than any pre-emption rights held by CME ME) are waived irrevocably by the persons entitled thereto.
 
 
(iv)
CME DF shall not be obliged to complete the purchase of any of the Shares unless the purchase of all of the Shares is completed simultaneously.
 
 
(v)
The consideration payable to Top Tone Holdings for the sale of the Shares shall be €1.
 
2.2
Deed of Termination
 
Subject to the terms and conditions herein (including the sale and purchase of the Shares by CME DF set out in Clause 2.1) and in consideration of the payment by CME ME to Top Tone Holdings of US$17,980,000, CME ME, Top Tone Holdings and the Consultant shall enter in the Deed of Termination on the Closing Date.
 
2.3
Purchase of CME BG Shares
 
 
(i)
Subject to the terms and conditions herein, CME ME shall sell to Top Tone Holdings 1,200 ordinary shares in CME BG representing 6% of the issued share capital in CME BG on the Closing Date (the " CME BG Shares ").
 
 
(ii)
The consideration payable to CME ME for the sale of the CME BG Shares shall be US$17,700,000.
 
2.4
CME ME and Top Tone Holdings undertake to enter into the Investment Agreement at Closing. The Investment Agreement shall be in the Agreed Form as attached in Schedule 2 of this Agreement.
 
3
Conditions to Obligations at Closing
 
3.1
The Closing is conditional on the satisfaction or waiver by CME ME pursuant to Clause 3.2 of all of the following conditions on or prior to the Long Stop Date:
 
 
3.1.1
Completion (as defined in the bTV SPA) of the bTV Transaction having occurred;
 
 
3.1.2
Top Tone Holdings shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all covenants and agreements required by this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents to be performed or complied with by Top Tone Holdings;

 
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3.1.3
the Warranties given by Top Tone Holdings and the Consultant shall be true and accurate in all material respects as of the Closing Date, or, if not true, shall have been remedied to the reasonable satisfaction of  CME ME;
 
 
3.1.4
CME ME, Top Tone Holdings and the Consultant hereto shall have entered into the Deed of Termination with respect to the termination of rights and obligations in the Pro.BG Shareholders Agreement and the Consultancy Deed as set forth therein;
 
 
3.1.5
there shall not be any injunction, decision, order or decree of any nature of any court or governmental entity, or any proceeding pending or threatened that could result in such an injunction, decision, order or decree, restraining, prohibiting or preventing any aspect of the Transaction;
 
 
3.1.6
there shall not have been any action, or any statute, law or regulation enacted, by any governmental authority which would cause any Party to be unable to consummate the transactions contemplated herein or make the transactions contemplated herein illegal or prohibit, restrict or delay the consummation of any aspect of the Transaction; and
 
 
3.1.7
the receipt by CME ME of a waiver in the Agreed Form from the Consultant in respect of all past, present or future charges, complaints, causes of action, demands or other claims of any nature whatsoever it or any of its Affiliates may have with respect to or against Balkan News Corporation, TV Europe, Triada, Balkan Media Group, Radiocompany C.J. relating to or arising under the provision of any consultancy, advisory or similar services by the Consultant or any of its Affiliates to such entities or the legal and beneficial ownership in or any Encumbrance over any share capital in any such entity prior to the Closing.
 
3.2
CME ME may at any time waive, in whole or in part, conditionally or unconditionally, any condition set out in Clause 3.1 above by notice in writing to Top Tone Holdings.
 
3.3
If any condition specified in Clause 3.1 is not satisfied (or has not been waived by CME ME pursuant to Clause 3.2) on or before the Long Stop Date, except for this Clause 3.3 and Clauses 1, 10, 12 to 26, all of the provisions of this Agreement shall, unless otherwise agreed by the Parties in writing, lapse and cease to have effect and neither the lapsing of these provisions nor their ceasing to have effect shall affect any accrued rights or liabilities of the Parties in respect of damages for non-performance of any obligation under this Agreement falling due for performance prior to such lapse or cessation.
 
4
Closing
 
4.1
The Closing shall take place in London at the offices of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP at 1 Minister Court, Mincing Lane, London EC3R 7YL, or at such other location as agreed by the Parties following the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set out in Clause 3.1.
 
4.2
The Parties shall cause:
 
 
4.2.1
the Closing to occur promptly after the date on which the conditions in Clause 3.1 have been satisfied or waived (the " Closing Date "); and

 
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4.3
On the Closing Date,
 
 
4.3.1
CME DF shall pay to Top Tone Holdings €1.
 
 
4.3.2
CME ME shall:
 
 
(i)
pay to Top Tone Holdings US$17,980,000 as set out in the Deed of Termination;
 
 
(ii)
cause the CME BG Shares to be transferred to Top Tone Holdings;
 
 
(iii)
deliver to the Consultant on behalf of Top Tone Holdings and the Consultant the Deed of Termination duly executed by CME ME;
 
 
(iv)
deliver to Top Tone Holdings the Investment Agreement duly executed by CME ME; and
 
 
(v)
deliver to Top Tone Holdings a closing certificate in a form to be agreed by the Parties.
 
 
4.3.3
Top Tone Holdings shall:
 
 
(i)
deliver to CME DF instruments of transfer in respect of the Shares, duly executed and completed in favour of CME DF;
 
 
(ii)
deliver to CME DF any and all duly executed powers of attorney or other authorities under which any of the transfers have been executed;
 
 
(iii)
deliver to CME DF certified copies of the minutes recording the resolution of the board of directors of Top Tone Holdings authorizing the sale of the Shares and the execution of the transfers in respect of them;
 
 
(iv)
deliver to CME DF a closing certificate a form to be agreed by the Parties and, if reasonably requested by CME DF, other confirmations of the satisfaction of the conditions set out in Clause 3.1;
 
 
(v)
deliver to CME DF any share certificates representing the Shares duly endorsed in the Agreed Form;
 
 
(vi)
pay to CME ME US$17,700,000 as set out in Clause 2.3(ii);
 
 
(vii)
deliver to CME ME the Deed of Termination duly executed by Top Tone Holdings;
 
 
(viii)
deliver to CME ME the Investment Agreement duly executed by Top Tone Holdings; and
 
 
(ix)
deliver to CME ME any other Transaction Documents required to be executed by Top Tone Holdings.
 
 
4.3.4
The Consultant shall deliver to CME ME:
 
 
(i)
the Deed of Termination duly executed by the Consultant; and

 
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(ii)
any other Transaction Documents required to be executed by the Consultant so executed, as applicable.
 
4.4
All deliveries of documents and actions contemplated by this Clause 4 to take place at Closing shall be deemed to have taken place simultaneously as part of a single transaction, none of which shall be considered to have taken place unless and until all such actions shall have taken place.
 
5
Obligations Prior to Closing
 
5.1
From and including the Execution Date and up to and including the earlier of the Closing Date and the Long Stop Date, each of the Parties shall (on its own behalf and on behalf of any Affiliate):
 
 
5.1.1
take all reasonable steps or provide reasonable support, and not fail to take any actions, in respect of any proposed change in Applicable Law that is reasonably likely to have a detrimental effect on the Pro.BG Business;
 
 
5.1.2
not cause or do any act or thing, the commission of which would constitute a breach of any Warranty given by that Party or any of its Affiliates contained herein or which would make any such Warranty inaccurate at the Closing Date; and
 
 
5.1.3
to take such other actions as are required in order for such Party to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to give full effect to this Agreement.
 
6
Representations and Warranties
 
6.1
Top Tone Holdings hereby represents and warrants to CME ME and CME DF as of the Execution Date and as of the Closing Date that:
 
 
6.1.1
it is a corporation validly existing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands and  it has the full power, authority and right to enter into and carry out its obligations hereunder;
 
 
6.1.2
the Transaction Documents to which it is a party constitute its valid and legally binding obligations;
 
 
6.1.3
the entry into and performance by it of each Transaction Document to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated by such Transaction Document do not and will not conflict with:
 
 
(i)
any law or regulation or judicial or other order;
 
 
(ii)
its constitutional documents; or
 
 
(iii)
any document which is binding on it or on any of its assets;
 
 
6.1.4
the Shares constitute the whole of the issued, allotted and paid up share capital in Top Tone Media and Zopal owned by Top Tone Holdings;

 
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6.1.5
Top Tone Holdings is entitled to sell and transfer to CME ME the full legal and beneficial ownership of the Shares on the terms of this Agreement and has the right to exercise all voting rights in respect of the Holding Shares;
 
 
6.1.6
the Shares are free from all Encumbrances;
 
 
6.1.7
Top Tone Holdings is not aware of any notice of any request to correct or rectify the shareholders registers of Top Tone Media or Zopal;
 
 
6.1.8
no person is entitled to receive from Top Tone Media, Zopal or any of their respective subsidiaries any finders fee brokerage or commission in connection with the sale of Shares under this Agreement;
 
 
6.1.9
there are no outstanding agreements, arrangements or other understandings (whether by contract or otherwise) with any third parties granting them the right to acquire any of the Shares; and
 
 
6.1.10
all consents for the transfer of the Shares have been obtained.
 
6.2
The Consultant hereby represents and warrants to CME ME and CME DF as of the Execution Date and as of the Closing Date that:
 
 
6.2.1
it has the full power, authority and right to enter into and carry out its obligations hereunder;
 
 
6.2.2
the Transaction Documents to which it is a party constitute its valid and legally binding obligations;
 
 
6.2.3
the entry into and performance by it of each Transaction Document to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated by such Transaction Document do not and will not conflict with:
 
 
(i)
any law or regulation or judicial or other order; or
 
 
(ii)
any document which is binding on it or on any of its assets.
 
6.3
Each of Top Tone Holdings and the Consultant hereby represents and warrants to CME ME and CME DF as of the Execution Date and as of the Closing Date that:
 
 
6.3.1
the Shares did not derive from, are not related to, and were not purchased with funds deriving from any activity that is deemed criminal under U.K. Law, U.S. Law, Bermuda Law, Dutch Law, Bulgarian Law or the Applicable Law of the jurisdiction in which such activity takes place. Transfer to CME ME of the Shares shall not cause CME to be in violation of any applicable laws against money laundering ( Anti-Money Laundering Laws ); and
 
 
6.3.2
Top Tone Holdings and the Consultant have since January 1, 2005 been in compliance with the requirements of U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the requirements of all applicable anti-corruption law.  Since January 1, 2005, Top Tone Holdings and the Consultant have not, directly or indirectly, offered, promised, authorized or made any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee, or any political party, party official, political candidate or official of any public international organization.  The Consultant is not and has not since January 1, 2005 been an official, officer, director or employee of and does not act and has not since January 1, 2005 acted in an official capacity for or on behalf of any foreign or domestic government or government-owned or controlled entity.

 
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6.4
Each of CME ME and CME DF hereby represents and warrants to Top Tone Holdings and the Consultant as of the Execution Date and as of the Closing Date that:
 
 
6.4.1
it is a corporation validly existing under the laws of the Netherlands and  it has the full power, authority and right to enter into and carry out its obligations hereunder;
 
 
6.4.2
the Transaction Documents to which it is a party constitute its valid and legally binding obligations;
 
 
6.4.3
the entry into and performance by it of each Transaction Document to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated by such Transaction Document do not and will not conflict with:
 
 
(i)
any law or regulation or judicial or other order;
 
 
(ii)
its constitutional documents; or
 
 
(iii)
any document which is binding on it or on any of its assets; and
 
6.5
At Closing the CME BG Shares (if not newly issued) shall be transferred with full title guarantee free from all Encumbrances.
 
6.6
Each of the warranties set out in Clauses 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.3 and 6.2.1, 6.2.2 and 6.2.3 above are deemed to be repeated by Top Tone Holdings and the Consultant, as applicable, upon the exercise and upon the completion of the Share Option, the Drag Along Right the Tag Along Right, the Put or the Call.
 
7
Further Undertakings
 
7.1
In connection with the implementation of the bTV Transaction, Top Tone Holdings hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives any rights, remedies or claims which it may have against CME ME or any other member of the CME Group in respect of the Pro.BG Shareholders Agreement including but not limited to clauses 9.1, 9.2 and 10 of the Pro.BG Shareholders Agreement.
 
7.2
Without prejudice to Clause 7.1 above, in connection with the implementation of the bTV Transaction Top Tone Holdings and the Consultant hereby agrees to (i) fully cooperate with and promptly provide CME ME with such information regarding the businesses and affairs of Top Tone Holdings as CME ME or the BCPC may require in connection with the bTV Transaction and (ii) accept all such undertakings, conditions or obligations adopted or imposed by the BCPC in order to address any serious competition concern which is notified to CME ME by the BCPC in relation to the bTV Transaction.
 
7.3
The Parties agree that if CME ME reasonably determines that an alternative acquisition structure to that set out in Clause 2 provides preferable tax and accounting treatment, the Parties shall cooperate in good faith to agree on and implement an alternative structure or make any appropriate changes to the existing structure and accordingly this Agreement and any of the relevant Transaction Documents.  All such changes shall in all material respects result in maintaining the same balance of commercial and economic interests of the Parties as existed before making any such changes.

 
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8
Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Corruption
 
8.1
Top Tone Holdings and the Consultant acknowledge that Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. and each member of the CME Group have since 1 August 2008 complied and will continue to comply with the Anti-Money Laundering Laws, including taking any action necessary to do so.
 
8.2
Top Tone Holdings and the Consultant agree not to offer, promise, authorize or make, directly or indirectly, any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee, or any political party, party official, political candidate or official of any public international organization.
 
8.3
Top Tone Holdings agrees to provide CME ME with such information as CME determines to be necessary or appropriate to comply with the Anti-Money Laundering Laws or to respond to requests for information concerning the identity of CME's shareholders from any governmental authority, self-regulatory organization or financial institution in connection with its anti-money laundering compliance procedures, or to update such information. In addition, each of Top Tone Holdings and the Consultant and their respective Affiliates is not and has not since 1 August 2008 been a Person identified as a terrorist organization or otherwise as a sanctioned Person on any relevant lists maintained by a governmental authority, including the U.S. Department of the Treasury's List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons.
 
9
Status of Agreement and Effect
 
 
Each Party shall, to the extent that it is able to do so, exercise all its voting rights and other powers in relation to Top Tone Media and Zopal to procure that the provisions of this Agreement are properly and promptly observed and given full force and effect.
 
10
Confidentiality
 
10.1
No Party shall divulge or communicate to any person (other than those of its shareholders, directors, employees and professional advisers whose province it is to know the same) or use or exploit for any reason whatsoever this Agreement or the matters contemplated hereby or the information disclosed by either Party to the other Party, and shall use its reasonable endeavours to prevent its employees from so acting.
 
10.2
Notwithstanding the provisions of Clause 10.1, any Party may make an announcement or disclosure concerning this Agreement:
 
 
(a)
if required by law or any requirement of any securities exchange or regulatory or governmental body to which that Party is subject, wherever situated, whether or not the requirement has the force of law, or
 
 
(b)
to a Party's or its Affiliates' directors, officers, employees, professional advisers, counsel, rating agencies, and lenders or other providers of funds (a) who are directly concerned with this Agreement or any related arrangements or transactions, (b) whose knowledge of such information is reasonably necessary; and (c) who by its position or otherwise is under a duty to observe confidentiality in dealing with this Agreement and such related arrangements or otherwise must comply with the provisions of this Agreement in respect of confidentiality.

 
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10.3
The restrictions contained in this Clause 10 shall continue to apply for a period of three (3) years following the expiration or termination of this Agreement.
 
11
Trade Restrictions
 
11.1
Each of Top Tone Holdings and the Consultant hereby jointly and severally undertakes and covenants with CME ME that it shall not, and shall procure that its Affiliates shall not, for a period of two years after the termination of the Investment Agreement, either on its own behalf or in any other capacity whatsoever directly or indirectly carry on or be concerned or engaged or interested directly or indirectly (whether as principal, shareholder, partner, employee, officer, agent or otherwise) in any part of any trade or business competing with any part of any the trade or business of the Pro.BG Group (save for any interest in the shares or other securities of a company traded on a securities market so long as such interest does not extend to more than 3% of the issued share capital of the company or the class of securities concerned or as disclosed in writing to CME ME on the Execution Date).
 
11.2
Each of Top Tone Holdings and the Consultant hereby jointly and severally undertakes and covenants with CME ME that it shall not, and shall procure that its Affiliates shall not, for a period of two years after the termination of the Investment Agreement, either on its own behalf or in any other capacity whatsoever directly or indirectly:
 
 
11.2.1
deal with, solicit, approach or offer goods or services to, for purposes of enticing away from CME ME and/or the Pro.BG Group, any person, firm or company who is or was a client, customer, supplier, agent or distributor of CME ME, its Affiliates and/or the Pro.BG Group during the term of this Agreement or in the twelve (12) months prior to the termination of the Investment Agreement; or
 
 
11.2.2
approach, solicit, entice away or endeavour to entice away, employ, offer employment to or procure the employment of any person who is or was an employee of CME ME, its Affiliates or Pro.BG Group whether or not such person would commit any breach of his contract of employment by reason of so leaving the service of CME ME or the Pro.BG Group or otherwise; or
 
 
11.2.3
interfere or seek to interfere with the continuance, or any of the terms, of the supply of goods or services to CME ME, its Affiliates or the Pro.BG Group; or
 
 
11.2.4
represent itself as being in any way connected with or interested in the business of CME ME, its Affiliates and/or the Pro.BG Group (other than as a consultant if such be the case) or use any name which is identical or similar to or likely to be confused with the name of CME ME, its Affiliates and/or the Pro.BG Group or any product or service produced or provided by CME ME, its Affiliates and/or the Pro.BG Group or which might suggest a connection with CME ME, its Affiliates and/or the Pro.BG Group.

 
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11.3
Each of the restrictions contained in Clauses 11.1, 11.2.1, 11.2.2, 11.2.3 and 11.2.4 is separate and distinct and is to be construed separately from the other such restrictions.  Each of Top Tone Holdings and the Consultant hereby jointly and severally acknowledges (having received professional advice) that it considers such restrictions to be reasonable both individually and in the aggregate and that the duration, extent and application of each of such restrictions is no greater than is necessary for the protection of the goodwill of the businesses of the Pro.BG Group and the CME Group.
 
12
Notices
 
12.1
Any notice or other communication to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing, in the English language, and shall be deemed to have been duly given to a Party:
 
 
(a)
on receipt, when delivered personally;
 
 
(b)
on the next following Business Day following being transmitted by facsimile with suitable proof of transmission; or
 
 
(c)
three Business Days following being sent by an international courier service.
 
12.2
For purposes of this Clause, the authorized address and facsimile details of the Parties shall be as follows:
 
if to CME ME or CME DF:

Dam 5B
Royal Dam Center
2nd Floor
JS 1012 Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Attn: Managing Director

Tel.: + 31 20 626 8867
Fax: + 31 20 423 1404

with a copy to:

CME Development Corporation
52 Charles Street
London W1J 5EU
United Kingdom

Attn: General Counsel

Tel.: + 44 207 127 5834
Fax: + 44 207 127 5801

if to Top Tone Holdings:

OCRA (Isle of Man) Limited
Grosvenor Court
Tower Street

 
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Ramsey
Isle of Man IM8 1JA
British Isles

Attn: Mr. Richard Dixon

Tel.: +44 1624 811000
Fax: +44 1624 811001

with a copy to:

Mrs. Rossitsa Filipova
20, Fr. Joliot Curie Str.
1113 Sofia
Bulgaria

Tel.: + 359 2 963 0077
Fax: + 359 2 963 0077

if to the Consultant:

Krassimir Guergov
19, Oborishte Str.,
1504 Sofia,
Bulgaria

Tel.: +359 2 943 0610
Fax: +359 2 946 3740
 
or such other address as such Party may notify to the other in writing from time to time in accordance with the requirements of this Section, such notice to be effective five Business Days after the date of such notice or following such longer period as may be set out in such notice.
 
12.3
Any notice given under this Agreement outside Working Hours of the place to which it is addressed shall be deemed not to have been given until the start of the next period of Working Hours in such place.
 
13
Set-Off
 
 
The Parties agree that CME ME shall be entitled to set-off any and all amounts due to Top Tone Holdings under or in connection with this Agreement from any and all amounts due from Top Tone Holdings to CME ME in connection with this Agreement.
 
14
Entire Agreement
 
14.1
This Agreement together with the other Transaction Documents constitute the whole agreement between the Parties and supersedes any arrangements, understanding or previous agreement between them relating to the subject matter to which they relate.
 
14.2
Each Party acknowledges that in entering into this Agreement, it does not rely on, and shall have no remedy in respect of, any statement, representation, assurance or warranty of any person other than as expressly set out in this Agreement.

 
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14.3
Nothing in this Clause 14 operates to limit or exclude any liability for fraud.
 
15
Third Party Rights
 
No person who is not a Party to this Agreement shall have any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce a term of this Agreement.
 
16
Amendments
 
This Agreement may be amended or modified only if in writing (including a written document evidenced by a facsimile transmission) and signed by each of the Parties.
 
17
Waiver
 
17.1
The single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy provided by law or under this Agreement shall not preclude any other or further exercise of it or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.
 
17.2
None of the terms of this Agreement may be waived except by an instrument in writing duly executed by the waiving Party.
 
18
Costs and Expenses
 
Except as specified herein, each Party shall be liable for its own costs and expenses in relation to the negotiation, preparation, execution and carrying into effect of this Agreement.
 
19
Joint and Several Liability
 
19.1
Unless expressly provided otherwise in this agreement, Top Tone Holdings and the Consultant shall be jointly and severally liable for their respective obligations and liabilities arising under this Agreement.
 
19.2
CME ME or CME DF may take action against, or release or compromise the liability of, any of Top Tone Holdings or the Consultant, or grant time or other indulgence, without affecting the liability of Top Tone Holdings or the Consultant, as applicable.
 
20
Assignment
 
The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.  No Party may assign its rights (or, for the avoidance of doubt, its obligations) under this Agreement without the express written consent of the other Party, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
 
21
No Partnership
 
This Agreement does not create or imply any partnership between the Parties and there is no relationship of principal and agent between them.
 
22
Severability
 
If any provision of this Agreement (or of any document referred to herein) is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (or such other document) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.  If any provision or part of this Agreement (or any document referred to herein) is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, then the Parties shall use reasonable endeavours to the fullest extent permitted by law to amend the terms of this Agreement (or such other document) to give effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and if any invalid, unenforceable or illegal provision would be valid, enforceable or legal if some part of it were deleted or modified, the provision shall apply with whatever modification is necessary to give effect to the commercial intention of the Parties.

 
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23
Further Assurance
 
Each of the Parties shall, at the request of any other Party, do or, so far as each is able procure, the doing of all such acts and/or execute or procure the execution of all such documents in a form satisfactory to such other Party concerned as they may reasonably consider necessary for giving full effect to this Agreement and securing to such other Party the full benefit of the rights, powers and remedies conferred upon them in this Agreement.
 
24
Counterparts
 
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which is an original and which together have the same effect as if each Party had signed the same document, provided that each Party executes at least one counterpart.
 
25
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
 
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England.
 
26
Dispute Resolution
 
26.1
Any disputes, claims or controversy arising out of or related to this Agreement, including any question as to its formation, validity, interpretation or termination, which cannot be resolved by negotiations between the Parties shall be settled by arbitration on an ad hoc basis in accordance with the Rules of the London Court of International Arbitration, which are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Clause 26, except to the extent modified by this Clause 26.  The tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators. CME ME and CME DF shall nominate one arbitrator, Top Tone Holdings and the Consultant shall jointly nominate one arbitrator and the third arbitrator shall be appointed by the two arbitrators nominated by the Parties.  Any Party shall have the right to initiate the proceedings.
 
26.2
The seat of the arbitration shall be London, England.  The language of the arbitration shall be English, except that any party to the arbitration may submit testimony or documentary evidence in Bulgarian, whereupon it shall also furnish a certified translation or interpretation of any such evidence into English.
 
26.3
If any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement (hereinafter referred to as a " Related Dispute ") raises issues which are substantially the same as or connected with issues raised in another dispute which has already been referred to arbitration under this Agreement or another Transaction Document (an " Existing Dispute "), the tribunal appointed or to be appointed in respect of any such Existing Dispute shall also be appointed as the tribunal in respect of any such Related Dispute.  Where, pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the same tribunal has been appointed in relation to two or more disputes, the tribunal may, with the agreement of all the parties concerned or upon the application of one of the Parties, being a Party to each of the disputes, order that the whole or part of the matters at issue shall be heard together upon such terms or conditions as the tribunal thinks fit.  The tribunal shall have power to make such directions and any interim or partial award as it considers just and desirable.

 
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26.4
The Parties agree that money damages would not be a sufficient remedy for any breach of this Agreement by Top Tone Holdings or the Consultant and that in addition to all other remedies, CME ME and CME DF shall be entitled to specific performance and to injunctive or other equitable relief as remedies for any such breach or threatened breach of this Agreement by Top Tone Holdings or the Consultant without proof of actual damages.  The Parties agree not to oppose the granting of such relief, and to waive, and to use their best efforts to cause any Affiliate to waive, any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with such remedy

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Parties have duly executed and delivered this Amended and Restated Sale and Purchase Agreement as a deed on the date first written above.
 

EXECUTED and DELIVERED as a DEED
)
 
by
)
 
CME MEDIA ENTERPRISES B.V.
)
 
acting by Pan Invest B.V, represented by
)
 
G. v. d. Berg
)
/s/ Gerben van den Berg
in the presence of:
)
 
     
   
/s/ M.C. Peters – v. Spaendonck
   
Signature of Witness
Name of Witness: M.C. Peters-v. Spaendonck
   
Occupation of Witness: Acc. Manager
   
Address of Witness:
   
     
and Alphons van Spaendonck
)
/s/ Alphons van Spaendonck
in the presence of:
)
 
     
   
/s/ M.C. Peters – v. Spaendonck
   
Signature of Witness
     
Name of Witness: M.C. Peters-v. Spaendonck
   
Occupation of Witness: Acc. Manager
   
Address of Witness:
   
     
     
EXECUTED and DELIVERED as a DEED
)
 
by
)
 
CME DEVELOPMENT FINANCING B.V.
)
 
acting by Pan Invest B.V, represented by
)
 
G. v. d. Berg
)
/s/ Gerben van den Berg
in the presence of:
)
 
     
   
/s/ M.C. Peters – v. Spaendonck
   
Signature of Witness
Name of Witness: M.C. Peters-v. Spaendonck
   
Occupation of Witness: Acc. Manager
   
Address of Witness:
   
     
and Alphons van Spaendonck
)
/s/ Alphons van Spaendonck
in the presence of:
)
 
     
   
/s/ M.C. Peters – v. Spaendonck
   
Signature of Witness
     
Name of Witness: M.C. Peters-v. Spaendonck
   
Occupation of Witness: Acc. Manager
   
Address of Witness:
   

 
 

 
 
EXECUTED and DELIVERED as a DEED by
)
 
VLADIMIR KRASTEV BROUSSARSKI
)
 
acting as attorney for
)
 
TOP TONE MEDIA HOLDINGS LIMITED
)
/s/ Vladimir Krastev Broussarski
under a power of attorney dated 16 February 2010
)
 
in the presence of:
   
     
   
/s/ Ivanka Gogova
Name of Witness: Ivanka Gogova
 
Signature of Witness
Occupation of Witness: Head of Office
   
Address of Witness:
   
     
     
EXECUTED and DELIVERED as a DEED by
)
 
ROSSITSA PENCHEVA FILIPOVA
)
 
acting as attorney for
)
 
TOP TONE MEDIA HOLDINGS LIMITED
)
/s/ Rossitsa Pencheva Filipova
under a power of attorney dated 16 February 2010
)
 
in the presence of:
   
     
   
/s/ Ivanka Gogova
Name of Witness: Ivanka Gogova
 
Signature of Witness
Occupation of Witness: Head of Office
   
Address of Witness:
   
     
     
EXECUTED and DELIVERED as a DEED by
)
 
KRASSIMIR GUERGOV
)
 
in the presence of:
)
/s/ Krassimir Guergov
     
     
   
/s/ Elitsa Menkova
Name of Witness: Elitsa Menkova
 
Signature of Witness
Occupation of Witness: Personal Assistant
   
Address of Witness:
   

 


Exhibit 10.5



CME MEDIA ENTERPRISES B.V.


and


TOP TONE MEDIA HOLDINGS LIMITED


_________________________________________________


INVESTMENT AGREEMENT

_________________________________________________


22 April 2010

 
 

 
 
CONTENTS

Page

1.
 
Definitions
3
2.
 
Transfer of Ownership Interests
6
3.
 
Share Option
8
4.
 
Tag Along Right
9
5.
 
Drag Along Right
9
6.
 
Put Option
10
7.
 
Call Option
11
8.
 
Provision Relating to Transfers
12
9.
 
Events of Default
12
10.
 
Provisions Relating to Valuation
13
11.
 
Additional Undertakings
14
12.
 
Trade Restrictions
15
13.
 
Confidentiality
16
14.
 
Termination and Consequences of Termination
17
15.
 
Notices
17
16.
 
Entire Agreement
18
17.
 
Third Party Rights
18
18.
 
Amendments
19
19.
 
Waiver
19
20.
 
Costs and Expenses
19
21.
 
Assignment
19
22.
 
No Partnership
19
23.
 
Severability
19
24.
 
Further Assurance
19
25.
 
Counterparts
20
26.
 
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
20
27.
 
Dispute Resolution
20
       
Schedule 1 Deed of Adherence
22

 
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THIS INVESTMENT AGREEMENT (the " Agreement ") is made on 22 April 2010

BETWEEN:
 
(1)
CME MEDIA ENTERPRISES B.V., a company organized under the laws of the Netherlands, and having its seat at Dam 5b, JS 1012 Amsterdam, the Netherlands (" CME ME "); and

(2)
TOP TONE MEDIA HOLDINGS LIMITED , a BVI Business company organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands with registered number 1381053 and having its registered office at 3 rd Floor, Omar Hodge Building, Wickhams Cay I, P.O. Box 362, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands (" Top Tone Holdings "),

the " Parties " and each a " Party " .

WHEREAS:

(A)
CME ME entered into an Amended and Restated Sale and Purchase Agreement as of 19 April 2010 (the " SPA ") with CME Development Financing B.V., Top Tone Holdings and Guergov (as such term is defined below);

(B)
Pursuant to the SPA, Top Tone Holdings will purchase a six per cent. (6%) interest in CME Bulgaria;

(C)
As of the date hereof, CME Bulgaria has a capital structure comprised of US$295,000,000 in equity and the CME Bulgaria Loan; and

(D)
In connection with the SPA the Parties thereto have agreed to enter into this Agreement for the purpose of defining their respective rights and obligations with regards to their Ownership Interests.

IT IS AGREED as follows:
 
1.
Definitions

1.1  
In this Agreement:
 
" Affiliate "
 
of a person means, in relation to any corporate entity, any person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such person and in relation to any individual, any family member of such individual;
     
" Applicable Law "
 
means all laws, ordinances, regulations, judgments, decrees, decisions, writs, awards, orders or, directives of any governmental authority, and international treaties or any other agreements to which any governmental authority is a party, to the extent applicable to the Parties, this Investment Agreement, the SPA or the business of the Parties;
     
" Balkan News Corporation "
 
means Balkan News Corporation EAD, a company organized under the laws of Bulgaria, which is to be renamed bTV Media Group EAD;

 
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" bTV Group "
 
means Balkan News Corporation, TV Europe, Triada and Radiocompany C.J.;
     
" bTV SPA "
 
means the deed relating to the sale and purchase of certain media interests in Bulgaria dated 18 February 2010 between (amongst others) CME ME and News Netherlands B.V.;
     
" Business Day "
 
means a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which commercial banks are open for general business in Sofia, New York and London (other than solely for services via the internet);
     
" Call "
 
has the meaning given thereto in Clause 7.1;
     
" Call Closing Date "
 
has the meaning given thereto in Clause 7.3(c);
     
" Call Notice "
 
has the meaning given thereto in Clause 7.3;
     
" Call Price "
 
means an amount equal to the Relevant Percentage of the Valuation;
     
" Closing "
 
has the meaning given thereto in the SPA;
     
" Combined Business "
 
has the meaning given thereto in Clause 2.5;
     
" Control "
 
means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policy of any Person, directly or indirectly, through family relationship (if a natural person), the holding of securities or other participation interests, by virtue of an agreement, arrangement or understanding or on other grounds, and " Controlling " and " Controlled " shall have the correlative meanings proceeding from this term;
     
" CME Bulgaria "
 
CME Bulgaria B.V., a company organized under the laws of the Netherlands, and having its seat at Dam 5B 1012JS Amsterdam;
     
" CME Bulgaria Loan "
 
means the loan to CME Bulgaria in the aggregate principal amount of Euro 87,000,000 (equivalent to approximately US$118,000,000) on the date hereof and interest thereon;
     
" CME Group "
 
means Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. and its subsidiaries;
     
" CME Investment Bank "
 
means an Investment Bank appointed by CME ME for the purposes of determining a Valuation;
     
" CME ME "
 
has the meaning given thereto in the Recitals;
     
" CME Valuation "
 
has the meaning given thereto in Clause 10.1(a);

 
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" Disposal Notice "
 
has the meaning given thereto in Clause 4.1;
     
" Distributable Reserves "
 
means the sum of (i) "accumulated profit/(loss) brought forward" and (ii) "profit/(loss) for the year" as reported in the statutory accounts of CME Bulgaria as of any relevant reference date;
     
" Drag Along Notice "
 
has the meaning given thereto in Clause 5.1;
     
" Drag Along Right "
 
has the meaning given thereto in Clause 5.1;
     
" Encumbrance "
 
has the meaning given thereto in the SPA;
     
" Event of Default "
 
has the meaning given thereto in Clause 9.1;
     
" Execution Date "
 
means the date hereof;
     
" Existing Dispute "
 
has the meaning given thereto in Clause 27.3;
     
" Guergov "
 
means Krassimir Guergov, a citizen of the Republic of Bulgaria, residing at 19, Oborishte Str., 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria, holder of identity card no. 184961630 issued by the Republic of Bulgaria;
     
" Independent Investment Bank "
 
has the meaning given thereto in Clause 10.5;
     
" Investment Bank "
 
means an international investment bank of recognised international standing with experience conducting valuations of broadcasting assets;
     
" Ownership Interests "
 
means the shares, participation rights or other equity ownership interest of CME ME, any of its Affiliates or Top Tone Holdings in CME Bulgaria;
     
" Person "
 
has the meaning given thereto in the SPA;
     
" Pro.BG Business "
 
has the meaning given thereto in the SPA;
     
" Pro.BG Group "
 
has the meaning given thereto in the SPA;
     
" Pro.BG Loans "
 
means the loans outstanding to the Pro.BG Group from time to time;
     
" Purchaser "
 
has the meaning given thereto in Clause 4.1;
     
" Put "
 
has the meaning given thereto in Clause 6.1;
     
" Put Closing Date "
 
has the meaning given thereto in Clause 6.4(c);
     
" Put Notice "
 
has the meaning given thereto in Clause 6.4;
     
" Put Objection Notice "
 
has the meaning given thereto in Clause 6.6;
     
" Put Price "
 
means an amount equal to Relevant Percentage of the Valuation;

 
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" Radiocompany C.J. "
 
means Radiocompany C.J OOD, a company organized under the laws of Bulgaria;
     
" Related Dispute "
 
has the meaning given thereto in Clause 27.3;
     
" Relevant Percentage "
 
means the percentage of the issued share capital of CME Bulgaria over which the Share Option is exercised pursuant to Clause 3, the Put is exercised pursuant to Clause 6 or the Call is exercised pursuant to Clause 7;
     
" Share Option "
 
has the meaning given thereto in Clause 3.1;
     
" Share Option Notice "
 
has the meaning given thereto in Clause 3.5;
     
" Share Option Objection Notice "
 
has the meaning given thereto in Clause 3.6;
     
" Share Option Price "
 
has the meaning given thereto in Clause 3.3;
     
" SPA "
 
has the meaning given thereto in the Recitals;
     
" Tag Along Notice "
 
has the meaning given thereto in Clause 4.3;
     
" Tag Along Right "
 
has the meaning given thereto in Clause 4.2;
     
" Top Tone Holdings "
 
has the meaning given thereto in the Recitals;
     
" Top Tone Holdings Investment Bank "
 
means an Investment Bank appointed by Top Tone Holdings for the purposes of determining a Valuation;
     
" Top Tone Holdings Valuation "
 
has the meaning given thereto in Clause 10.1(b);
     
" Top Tone Transferee "
 
has the meaning given thereto in Clause 2.3;
     
" Transaction Documents "
 
means this Agreement, the SPA, the Deed of Termination and  any other document or agreement which the Parties execute to implement the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and designate as such;
     
" Triada "
 
means Triada Communications EOOD, a company organized under the laws of Bulgaria;
     
" TV Europe "
 
means TV Europe B.V., a company organized under the laws of the Netherlands;
     
" US Dollars " or " US$ "
 
means the official currency for the time being of the United States of America;
     
" Valuation "
 
has the meaning set forth in Clause 10; and
     
"Working Hours"
 
means the hours of 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. on a Business Day.
 
2.
Transfer of Ownership Interests

 
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2.1
CME ME or any Affiliate(s) to whom its Ownership Interests have been directly or indirectly transferred may sell, transfer, grant any security interest over or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its Ownership Interest in CME Bulgaria at any time and on any terms.

2.2
Save under and pursuant to Clause 2.3, the Tag Along Right, the Drag Along Right, the Put, or the Call, Top Tone Holdings may not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of, grant any option over or create or permit any Encumbrance on or over all or any part of its Ownership Interest in respect of CME Bulgaria or any other rights or privileges it may have in connection with its Ownership Interest in respect of CME Bulgaria without the prior written consent of CME ME.

2.3
Top Tone Holdings shall be permitted to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of such Ownership Interests to an Affiliate of Top Tone Holdings which is Controlled and 100% beneficially owned by Guergov (" Top Tone Transferee ") without the need to obtain prior written consent from CME ME, provided that Top Tone Holdings shall procure that such Top Tone Transferee:

 
(a)
enters into a deed of adherence in the agreed form set out in Schedule 1 hereto at the time of sale, transfer or disposition of such Ownership Interests agreeing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement in place of Top Tone Holdings;

 
(b)
shall not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of such Ownership Interests to a person that is not an Affiliate of Top Tone Holdings which is Controlled and 100% beneficially owned by Guergov; and

 
(c)
immediately transfers back to Top Tone Holdings (or, if Top Tone Holdings is no longer Controlled and 100% beneficially owned by Guergov, an entity Controlled and 100% beneficially owned by Guergov) its Ownership Interests in the event that the Top Tone Transferee ceases to Controlled and 100% beneficially owned by Guergov.

2.4
CME ME (or any of its Affiliates to whom its Ownership Interests have been directly or indirectly transferred) may create or permit any Encumbrance on or over all or any part of its Ownership Interest or its voting rights or any other rights or privileges they may have in connection with its Ownership Interest. CME ME or its Affiliates, as applicable shall provide notice to Top Tone Holdings of any such Encumbrance.

2.5
Following the Closing, to the extent permitted under Applicable Law and any agreement or instrument to which CME ME or any member of the CME Group is a party, CME ME intends to:

 
(a)
operate the Pro.BG Business and the bTV Group on a combined basis (the " Combined Business "); and

 
(b)
use its reasonable endeavours to cause the Pro.BG Business to be transferred to CME Bulgaria by 31 December 2010.

2.6
CME ME undertakes to procure that CME Bulgaria causes a supervisory board to be created at Balkan News Corporation consisting of up to five (5) members. Top Tone Holdings shall be entitled to nominate one (1) member to such supervisory board. The Parties agree to consult with one another on the nominees to the supervisory board to ensure that members with appropriate qualifications are appointed. Any of the members of the supervisory board can nominate a candidate to be a news director.

 
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3.
Share Option
 
3.1
For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Top Tone Holdings shall, subject to the provisions of this Clause 3, have the irrevocable and unconditional right to acquire up to 4% of the issued share capital of CME Bulgaria (the " Share Option ").

3.2
The Share Option shall be exercisable at any time from the Execution Date to the third anniversary of the Closing.

3.3
The price to be paid for the CME Bulgaria shares subject to the Share Option shall be (i) US$2,950,000 for each 1% interest acquired, up to an aggregate of US$11,800,000, if the Share Option is exercised on or before the first anniversary of the Closing or (ii) the Relevant Percentage of the Valuation if the Share Option is exercised at any time immediately following the first anniversary of the Closing to the third anniversary of the Closing (the " Share Option Price ").
 
3.4
The right of Top Tone Holdings to exercise the Share Option is conditional upon the following:

 
(a)
neither Top Tone Holdings nor any of its Affiliates being in material breach of any of the Transaction Documents;

 
(b)
Top Tone Holdings having full unencumbered right and title to its entire Ownership Interest in CME Bulgaria at the date of consummation of the Share Option pursuant to Clause 3.7; and

 
(c)
no Event of Default having occurred and be continuing.
 
3.5
Top Tone Holdings may only exercise the Share Option once and by giving a written exercise notice (a " Share Option Notice ") to CME ME and CME Bulgaria.  Once given, a Share Option Notice shall be irrevocable.

3.6
If CME ME receives a Share Option Notice, CME ME may give written notice (a " Share Option Objection Notice ") to Top Tone Holdings within ten (10) Business Days of the receipt of such Share Option Notice of any objections to the exercise of the Share Option. If such Share Option Objection Notice contains valid grounds for objection, the Share Option shall not be exercisable.  If the grounds for objection specified in the Share Option Objection Notice are capable of remedy, Top Tone Holdings may remedy any such grounds for objection. If, following such a remedy, Top Tone Holdings wishes to exercise the Share Option, it shall recommence the process outlined in this Clause 3.
 
3.7
The consummation of the Share Option shall take place at such time and place as may be specified in the Share Option Notice in accordance with the foregoing but not less than ten (10) Business Days after the receipt of the Share Option Notice by CME ME or otherwise agreed among the Parties. CME ME shall have no obligation to transfer the shares in CME Bulgaria under the Share Option unless all conditions to the exercise of the Share Option are satisfied and remain satisfied on the date of transfer of the shares in CME Bulgaria.  Top Tone Holdings shall pay the full amount of the Share Option Price to such bank account as is nominated in writing for such purpose by CME ME.

3.8
The Parties agree that if they determine that the transfer and payment arrangements described in this Clause 3 are not structured properly to optimize the tax and accounting treatment to the level intended by the Parties, they shall cooperate in good faith to agree on and implement an alternative structure or make any appropriate changes to the existing structure and accordingly this Agreement.  All such changes shall in all material respects result in maintaining the same balance of commercial and economic interests of the Parties as existed before making any such changes.

 
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4.
Tag Along Right
 
4.1
If CME ME proposes to effect a sale, transfer or other disposal of all or a majority of its Ownership Interest in CME Bulgaria other than to an Affiliate, it shall serve a notice of such proposed sale, transfer or other disposal (a " Disposal Notice ") on  Top Tone Holdings which shall state:

 
(a)
what percentage of its relevant Ownership Interest is to be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of;

 
(b)
the identity of the third party purchaser (the " Purchaser "); and

 
(c)
the price per share and any other material terms and conditions of such proposed sale, transfer or other disposal.
 
4.2
If CME ME serves a Disposal Notice pursuant to Clause 4.1 above, Top Tone Holdings shall have the right (subject to Clause 4.5 below) to sell its entire   Ownership Interests in CME Bulgaria to the Purchaser at the price per share and otherwise on the terms and conditions specified in the Disposal Notice (the " Tag Along Right ").
 
4.3
Top Tone Holdings may exercise the Tag Along Right within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of the Disposal Notice by delivering a written notice stating the exercise of such right to CME ME (the " Tag Along Notice ").

4.4
By delivery of the Tag Along Notice, Top Tone Holdings agrees to sell the relevant portion of its Ownership Interest at the price per share and otherwise on the terms and conditions specified in, and concurrently with the proposed transaction described in, the Disposal Notice.  Once delivered, such Tag Along Notice shall be irrevocable and Top Tone Holdings shall be obligated to deliver and sell the relevant portion of its Ownership Interest pursuant thereto and on the terms thereof.
 
4.5
In the event that Top Tone Holdings so exercises the Tag Along Right and that the Purchaser wishes to purchase some but not all of the Ownership Interests offered by CME ME and Top Tone Holdings, each of CME ME and Top Tone Holdings shall be entitled to sell to the Purchaser such portion of their respective Ownership Interests pro rata to the entire Ownership Interests in CME Bulgaria that are offered by CME ME and Top Tone Holdings in connection herewith.

4.6
Upon the delivery of a Put Notice, Top Tone Holdings shall be deemed to have irrevocably waived its Tag Along Right in respect of such Ownership Interest in CME Bulgaria.
 
5.
Drag Along Right
 
5.1
In addition to serving a Disposal Notice pursuant to Clause 4.1 above, CME ME shall have the right (subject to Clause 5.4 below) to require Top Tone Holdings to sell its Ownership Interest in CME Bulgaria to the Purchaser at the price per share and otherwise on the terms and conditions specified in the Disposal Notice (the " Drag Along Right "). CME ME may exercise the Drag Along Right by delivering a written notice stating the exercise of such right to Top Tone Holdings concurrently with or within the Disposal Notice (the " Drag Along Notice ").

 
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5.2
Once delivered, such Drag Along Notice shall be irrevocable. However, a Drag Along Notice shall lapse if, for any reason, CME ME has not sold its Ownership Interest by the transaction date set out in the Disposal Notice. CME ME may serve further Drag Along Notices following the lapse of any particular Drag Along Notice and Top Tone Holdings shall be obligated to deliver and sell its Ownership Interest pursuant thereto and on the terms thereof.

5.3
The Ownership Interest of Top Tone Holdings sold under this Clause 5 shall be sold at the price per share and otherwise on the terms and conditions specified in, and concurrently with the proposed transaction described in, the Disposal Notice.
 
5.4
In the event that CME ME so exercises the Drag Along Right and that the Purchaser wishes to purchase some but not all of the Ownership Interests offered by CME ME and Top Tone Holdings, each of CME ME and Top Tone Holdings shall be entitled to sell to the Purchaser such portion of their respective Ownership Interests pro rata to the entire Ownership Interest in CME Bulgaria that are offered by CME ME and Top Tone Holdings in connection herewith.

5.5
In the event that the Drag Along Notice is delivered prior to the first anniversary of Closing, Top Tone Holdings may exercise the Share Option at the applicable Share Option Price and the Ownership Interests acquired as a result thereof shall be included in the Ownership Interests referred to in this Clause 5.
 
6.
Put Option
 
6.1
For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Top Tone Holdings shall, subject to the provisions of this Clause 6, have the irrevocable and unconditional right to require CME ME to purchase its entire Ownership Interest in CME Bulgaria at the Put Price (the " Put ").
 
6.2
Subject to Clause 9.3, the Put shall be exercisable at any time following the third anniversary of the date of this Agreement.

6.3
The right of Top Tone Holdings to exercise the Put is conditional upon the following:

 
(a)
neither Top Tone Holdings nor any of its respective Affiliates being in material breach of any of the Transaction Documents;

 
(b)
Top Tone Holdings having full unencumbered right and title to its entire Ownership Interest in CME Bulgaria at the Put Closing Date; and

 
(c)
no Event of Default having occurred and be continuing.
 
6.4
Top Tone Holdings may only exercise the Put by giving a written exercise notice (a " Put Notice ") to CME ME.  The Put Notice shall:

 
(a)
state that Top Tone Holdings is exercising the Put;

 
(b)
request CME ME nominate the CME Investment Bank for purposes of the Valuation; and

 
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(c)
state the anticipated time and place on which CME ME shall be obliged, subject to the completion of the Valuation, to acquire the entire Ownership Interest of Top Tone Holdings in exchange of payment by CME ME of the Put Price, which (subject to such terms and conditions) shall occur on a date falling not more than twenty (20) Business Days after the date on which such Valuation is completed (or, in each case, such later date as is necessary to obtain all required governmental and regulatory approvals and consents) (the " Put Closing Date ").

6.5
Once given, a Put Notice shall be irrevocable.
 
6.6
If CME ME receives a Put Notice, CME ME may give written notice (a " Put Objection Notice ") to Top Tone Holdings within ten (10) Business Days of the receipt of such Put Notice of any objections to the exercise of the Put. If such Put Objection Notice contains valid grounds for objection, the Put shall not be exercisable.  If the grounds for objection specified in the Put Objection Notice are capable of remedy, Top Tone Holdings may remedy any such grounds for objection. If, following such a remedy, Top Tone Holdings wish to exercise the Put, they shall recommence the process outlined in this Clause 6.

6.7
Within twenty (20) Business Days of receipt of a Put Notice (provided that no Put Objection Notice containing valid grounds for objection has been served), each of CME ME and Top Tone Holdings shall appoint the CME Investment Bank and Top Tone Holdings Investment Bank for the purposes of determining the Valuation.

6.8
The consummation of the Put shall take place at such time and place as may be specified in the Put Notice in accordance with the foregoing or otherwise agreed among the Parties. CME ME shall have no obligation to pay any portion of the Put Price unless all conditions to the exercise of the Put are satisfied and remain satisfied on the Put Closing Date.  CME ME shall pay the full amount of the Put Price to such bank account as is nominated in writing for such purpose by Top Tone Holdings.

6.9
The Parties agree that if they determine that the transfer and payment arrangements described in this Clause 6 are not structured properly to optimize the tax and accounting treatment to the level intended by the Parties, they shall cooperate in good faith to agree on and implement an alternative structure or make any appropriate changes to the existing structure and accordingly this Agreement.  All such changes shall in all material respects result in maintaining the same balance of commercial and economic interests of the Parties as existed before making any such changes.
 
7.
Call Option
 
7.1
For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, CME ME shall, subject to the provisions of this Clause 7, have the irrevocable and unconditional right to require Top Tone Holdings to sell to CME ME at the Call Price (the " Call ") its entire Ownership Interest in CME Bulgaria.
 
7.2
Subject to Clause 9.3, the CME Call shall be exercisable at any time following the third anniversary of the date of this Agreement.
 
7.3
CME ME may only exercise the Call by giving a written exercise notice (a " Call Notice ") to Top Tone Holdings.  The Call Notice shall:

 
(a)
state that CME ME is exercising the Call;

 
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(b)
request that Top Tone Holdings nominate Top Tone Holdings Investment Bank for purposes of the Valuation; and
 
 
(c)
state the anticipated time and place on which Top Tone Holdings shall be obliged, subject to the completion of the Valuation, to sell its entire Ownership Interests in exchange of payment by CME ME of the Call Price, which (subject to such terms and conditions) shall occur on a date falling not more than twenty (20) Business Days after the date on which such Valuation is completed (or, in each case, such later date as is necessary to obtain all required governmental and regulatory approvals and consents) (the " Call Closing Date ").

7.4
Once given, a Call Notice shall be irrevocable.

7.5
Within twenty (20) Business Days of receipt of a Call Notice, each of CME ME and Top Tone Holdings shall appoint the CME Investment Bank and Top Tone Holdings Investment Bank for the purposes of determining the Valuation.

7.6
The consummation of the Call shall take place at such time and place as may be specified in the Call Notice in accordance with the foregoing or otherwise agreed among the Parties.  Top Tone Holdings shall have no obligation to sell its Ownership Interest unless all conditions to the exercise of the Call are satisfied and remain satisfied on the Call Closing Date.  CME ME shall pay the full amount of the Call Price to such bank account as is nominated in writing for such purpose by Top Tone Holdings.

7.7
The Parties agree that if they determine that the transfer and payment arrangements described in this Clause 7 are not structured properly to optimize the tax and accounting treatment to the level intended by the Parties, they shall cooperate in good faith to agree on and implement an alternative structure or make any appropriate changes to the existing structure.  All such changes shall in all material respects result in maintaining the same balance of commercial and economic interests of the Parties as existed before making any such changes.
 
8.
Provision Relating to Transfers

Transfers of Ownership Interests where required under the provisions of this Agreement shall be effected with full title guarantee and be made free of all Encumbrances.
 
9.
Event s of Default
 
9.1
The occurrence of any of the following shall constitute an event of default with respect to a Party (an " Event of Default "):

 
(a)
the liquidation, administration or entry into receivership of such Party;

 
(b)
a material breach of any Transaction Documents by such Party, which remains unremedied thirty (30) Business Days after a notice by the non-defaulting Party to remedy the same; and

 
(c)
if, at any time while Top Tone Holdings holds Ownership Interests in CME Bulgaria, Guergov ceases to Control and beneficially own 100% of Top Tone Holdings.

 
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9.2
Each Party shall notify the others of any material breach of this Agreement that it has committed, together with short details of the same.
 
9.3
Notwithstanding Clause 6.2 and Clause 7.2:

 
(a)
if there occurs at any time an Event of Default by CME ME, Top Tone Holdings may exercise the Put as if the Event of Default occurred after the third anniversary of the date of this Agreement;

 
(b)
if there occurs at any time an Event of Default by Top Tone Holdings, CME ME may exercise the Call as if the Event of Default occurred after the third anniversary of the date of this Agreement;

 
(c)
if there occurs at any time an Event of Default (or any material breach of this Agreement which would constitute an Event of Default with the passing of time and/or the giving of notice) by Top Tone Holdings, the Put shall not be exercisable until such time as the Event of Default has been remedied to the reasonable satisfaction of CME ME (acting reasonably); and

 
(d)
if there occurs at any time an Event of Default (or any material breach of this Agreement which would constitute an Event of Default with the passing of time and/or the giving of notice) by CME ME, the Call shall not be exercisable until such time as the Event of Default has been remedied to the reasonable satisfaction of Top Tone Holdings (acting reasonably).
 
10.
Provisions Relating to Valuation

10.1
For the purposes of this Agreement, Valuation of CME Bulgaria (including the bTV Group and the Pro.BG Business) shall mean the amount expressed in U.S. Dollars or, in the event CME Bulgaria reports in Euros, Euros equal to the average of:

 
(a)
the valuation of the Ownership Interest in CME Bulgaria, calculated with reference to 100% of the equity value of CME Bulgaria provided by the CME Investment Bank (the " CME Valuation "); and

 
(b)
the valuation of the Ownership Interest in CME Bulgaria, calculated with reference to 100% of the equity value of CME Bulgaria provided by Top Tone Holdings Investment Bank (the " Top Tone Holdings Valuation "),

 
(c)
provided that the difference between the CME Valuation and Top Tone Holdings Valuation is not more than 5%.

10.2
For purposes of the Valuation, the Pro.BG Loans shall be excluded from the total equity value of CME Bulgaria. For the avoidance of doubt, any amount of the Pro.BG Loans that is included in determining the value of the equity shall be added back for purposes of establishing the Valuation of CME Bulgaria.

10.3
For the purposes of the Valuation, the value of the Pro.BG Group shall never be less than zero and any such Valuation less than zero shall be deemed to be zero.

10.4
The Parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to procure that the CME Investment Bank and Top Tone Holdings Investment Bank shall:

 
(a)
agree on common valuation parameters within fifteen (15) Business Days of their respective appointments (which shall be limited to considerations of equity value only, on a "debt-free, cash-free" basis viewed as a passive investment without regard for any governance rights or any share transfer restrictions);

 
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(b)
provide their valuations of the Ownership Interest within thirty (30) Business Days of their appointment,

 
(c)
conduct their respective valuations on the basis of (i) there being a willing buyer and a willing seller, (ii) a sale as a going concern (without premium or penalty on account of the relative size of the Ownership Interest to be transferred) and (iii) the conditions set out in Clauses 10.2 and 10.3,

 
(d)
act as experts and not as arbitrators, and

 
(e)
each Party shall afford to each Investment Bank all information reasonably requested by any of them for the purpose of determining their valuation as required hereunder.

10.5
In the event that the difference between the CME Valuation and Top Tone Holdings Valuation determined pursuant to Clause 10.1 is more than 5%, a third valuation from an Investment Bank jointly appointed by the CME Investment Bank and Top Tone Holdings Investment Bank (the " Independent Investment Bank "), shall be conducted, and the Valuation shall be the average of the middle valuation and the valuation that is nearest to it (with the third valuation being disregarded).

10.6
The Independent Investment Bank shall not have a material relationship with either CME ME or Top Tone Holdings (or any of their respective Affiliates) nor be the CME Investment Bank or Top Tone Holdings Investment Bank.

10.7
The cost of the Independent Investment Bank shall be shared equally by Top Tone Holdings on the one hand and CME ME on the other hand.

10.8
The Parties shall procure that in the event that an Independent Investment Bank is jointly appointed, CME ME and Top Tone Holdings shall each use its commercially reasonable efforts to procure that the Independent Investment Bank provide its valuation of the Ownership Interest within twenty (20) Business Days of its appointment based on the same valuation principles as referred to in Clause 10.4.
 
11.
Additional Undertakings

11.1
In the event CME ME invests or intends to invest in broadcasting assets in Bulgaria outside of the Combined Business and does not intend to hold such investments through CME Bulgaria or its subsidiaries, it shall notify Top Tone Holdings of such investment or intended investment. Top Tone Holdings may offer to participate in such investment either directly or through an Affiliate on such terms as may be agreed by the Parties. Any such participation shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement. CME ME may in its sole discretion decline such offer (or accept it subject to such terms and conditions as it may deem appropriate) but it shall consider such offers as are made acting reasonably.

11.2
In the event Top Tone Holdings invests or intends to invest in broadcasting assets in Bulgaria outside of the Combined Business, it shall notify CME ME of such investment or intended investment. CME ME shall have the right of first refusal with respect to any such investment and may offer to participate in such investment either directly or through an Affiliate on such terms as may be agreed by the Parties.

 
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11.3
CME ME undertakes to procure, so far as it is able, that CME Bulgaria shall declare annually a dividend of fifty (50) per cent. of the Distributable Reserves of CME Bulgaria; provided that any dividends payable to Top Tone Holdings pursuant to this Clause 11.3 shall be subject to:

 
(a)
there being available cash (as determined by the board of directors of CME Bulgaria) in CME Bulgaria in the amount of the proposed dividend;

 
(b)
repayment of the CME Bulgaria Loan; and

 
(c)
no Event of Default of Top Tone Holdings being outstanding.

11.4
CME ME undertakes to procure, so far as it is able, that Balkan News Corporation shall declare annual dividends to CME Bulgaria of Distributable Reserves of Balkan News Corporation; provided that any dividends payable to CME Bulgaria pursuant to this Clause 11.4 shall be subject to:

 
(a)
there being available cash (as determined by the directors of Balkan News Corporation) in Balkan News Corporation in the amount of the proposed dividend; and

 
(b)
compliance with any restrictions contained in any financing agreement or other material contract to which Balkan News Corporation is a party.

11.5
Pursuant to Clause 6.6 of the SPA, Top Tone Holdings shall repeat the warranties contained in Clauses 6.1.1, 6.1.2 and 6.1.3 of the SPA and procure that Guergov repeats the warranties contained in 6.2.1 and 6.2.3 of the SPA upon the exercise and upon the completion of the Share Option, the Drag Along Right the Tag Along Right, the Put or the Call.
 
12.
Trade Restrictions

12.1
Top Tone Holdings undertakes and covenants with CME ME that it shall not, and shall procure that its Affiliates shall not, for the duration of this Agreement and for a period of two years after the termination of this Agreement, either on its own behalf or in any other capacity whatsoever directly or indirectly carry on or be concerned or engaged or interested directly or indirectly (whether as principal, shareholder, partner, employee, officer, agent or otherwise) in any part of any trade or business competing with any part of any the trade or business of the Pro.BG Group or the bTV Group (save for any interest in the shares or other securities of a company traded on a securities market so long as such interest does not extend to more than 3% of the issued share capital of the company or the class of securities concerned or as disclosed in writing to CME ME on Execution Date).

12.2
Top Tone Holdings hereby undertakes and covenants with CME ME that it shall not, and shall procure that its Affiliates shall not, for the duration of this Agreement and for a period of two years after the termination of this Agreement, either on its own behalf or in any other capacity whatsoever directly or indirectly:

 
(a)
deal with, solicit, approach or offer goods or services to, for purposes of enticing away from CME ME and/or the Pro.BG Group and/or the bTV Group, any person, firm or company who is or was a client, customer, supplier, agent or distributor of CME ME, its Affiliates and/or the Pro.BG Group and/or the bTV Group; or

 
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(b)
approach, solicit, entice away or endeavour to entice away, employ, offer employment to or procure the employment of any person who is or was an employee of CME ME, its Affiliates, the Pro.BG Group or the bTV Group whether or not such person would commit any breach of his contract of employment by reason of so leaving the service of CME ME, the Pro.BG Group, the bTV Group or otherwise; or

 
(c)
interfere or seek to interfere with the continuance, or any of the terms, of the supply of goods or services to CME ME, its Affiliates, the Pro.BG Group or the bTV Group; or

 
(d)
represent itself as being in any way connected with or interested in  the business of CME ME, its Affiliates and/or the Pro.BG Group and/or the bTV Group (other than as a shareholder) or use any name which is identical or similar to or likely to be confused with the name of CME ME, its Affiliates and/or the Pro.BG Group and/or the bTV Group or any product or service produced or provided by CME ME, its Affiliates and/or the Pro.BG Group and/or the bTV Group or which might suggest a connection with CME ME, its Affiliates and/or the Pro.BG Group and/or the bTV Group.

12.3
Each of the restrictions contained in Clauses 12.1, 12.2(a), 12.2(b), 12.2(c) and 12.2(d) is separate and distinct and is to be construed separately from the other such restrictions.  Top Tone Holdings acknowledges (having received professional advice) that it considers such restrictions to be reasonable both individually and in the aggregate and that the duration, extent and application of each of such restrictions is no greater than is necessary for the protection of the goodwill of the businesses of the Pro.BG Group and the bTV Group.
 
13.
Confidentiality
 
13.1
No Party shall divulge or communicate to any person (other than those of its shareholders, directors, employees and professional advisers whose province it is to know the same) or use or exploit for any reason whatsoever this Agreement or the matters contemplated hereby or the information disclosed by either Party to the other Party, and shall use its reasonable endeavours to prevent its employees from so acting.

13.2
Notwithstanding the provisions of Clause 13.1, any Party may make an announcement or disclosure concerning this Agreement:

 
(a)
if required by law or any requirement of any securities exchange or regulatory or governmental body to which that Party is subject, wherever situated, whether or not the requirement has the force of law, or

 
(b)
to a Party's or its Affiliates' directors, officers, employees, professional advisers, counsel, rating agencies, and lenders or other providers of funds (a) who are directly concerned with this Agreement or any related arrangements or transactions, (b) whose knowledge of such information is reasonably necessary; and (c) who by its position or otherwise is under a duty to observe confidentiality in dealing with this Agreement and such related arrangements or otherwise must comply with the provisions of this Agreement in respect of confidentiality.

13.3
The restrictions contained in this Clause 13 shall continue to apply for a period of three (3) years following the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

 
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14.
Termination and Consequences of Termination

14.1
Except for the provisions which this Clause 14.1 states shall continue in full force after termination, this Agreement shall terminate:

 
(a)
in respect of any Party, when such Party ceases to hold any Ownership Interest; or

 
(b)
when a resolution is passed by shareholders or creditors or an order made by a court or other competent body or person instituting a process that shall lead to CME Bulgaria being wound up and its assets being distributed among the creditors, shareholders or other contributors of CME Bulgaria.

14.2
This Clause 14 and the rights of the Parties in respect of antecedent breaches, shall survive termination of this Agreement.
 
15.
Notices

15.1
Any notice or other communication to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing, in the English language, and shall be deemed to have been duly given to a Party:

 
(a)
on receipt, when delivered personally;

 
(b)
on the next following Business Day following being transmitted by facsimile with suitable proof of transmission; or

 
(c)
three Business Days following being sent by an international courier service.

15.2
For purposes of this Clause, the authorized address and facsimile details of the Parties shall be as follows:

if to CME ME:

Dam 5B
Royal Dam Center
2nd Floor
JS 1012 Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Attn: Managing Director

Tel.: + 31 20 626 8867
Fax: + 31 20 423 1404

with a copy to:

CME Development Corporation
52 Charles Street
London W1J 5EU
United Kingdom

Attn: General Counsel

 
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Tel.: + 44 207 127 5834
Fax: + 44 207 127 5801

if to Top Tone Holdings:

OCRA (Isle of Man) Limited
Grosvenor Court
Tower Street
Ramsey
Isle of Man IM8 1JA
British Isles

Attn: Mr. Richard Dixon
Tel.: +44 1624 811000
Fax: +44 1624 811001

with a copy to:

Mrs. Rossitsa Filipova
20, Fr. Joliot Curie Str.
1113 Sofia
Bulgaria

Tel.: + 359 2 963 0077
Fax: + 359 2 963 0077

or such other address as such Party may notify to the other in writing from time to time in accordance with the requirements of this Clause, such notice to be effective five Business Days after the date of such notice or following such longer period as may be set out in such notice.

15.3
Any notice given under this Agreement outside Working Hours of the place to which it is addressed shall be deemed not to have been given until the start of the next period of Working Hours in such place.
 
16.
Entire Agreement

16.1
This Agreement together with the other Transaction Documents constitute the whole agreement between the Parties and supersedes any arrangements, understanding or previous agreement between them relating to the subject matter to which they relate.

16.2
Each Party acknowledges that in entering into this Agreement, it does not rely on, and shall have no remedy in respect of, any statement, representation, assurance or warranty of any person other than as expressly set out in this Agreement.

16.3
Nothing in this Clause 16 operates to limit or exclude any liability for fraud.
 
17.
Third Party Rights

No person who is not a Party to this Agreement shall have any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce a term of this Agreement.

 
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18.
Amendments

This Agreement may be amended or modified only if in writing (including a written document evidenced by a facsimile transmission) and signed by each of the Parties.
 
19.
Waiver

19.1
The single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy provided by law or under this Agreement shall not preclude any other or further exercise of it or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.

19.2
None of the terms of this Agreement may be waived except by an instrument in writing duly executed by the waiving Party.
 
20.
Costs and Expenses

Except as specified herein, each Party shall be liable for its own costs and expenses in relation to the negotiation, preparation, execution and carrying into effect of this Agreement.
 
21.
Assignment

The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Top Tone Holdings may not assign its rights (or, for the avoidance of doubt, its obligations) under this Agreement without the express written consent of CME ME.
 
22.
No Partnership

This Agreement does not create or imply any partnership between the Parties and there is no relationship of principal and agent between them.
 
23.
Severability

If any provision of this Agreement (or of any document referred to herein) is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (or such other document) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.  If any provision or part of this Agreement (or any document referred to herein) is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, then the Parties shall use reasonable endeavours to the fullest extent permitted by law to amend the terms of this Agreement (or such other document) to give effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and if any invalid, unenforceable or illegal provision would be valid, enforceable or legal if some part of it were deleted or modified, the provision shall apply with whatever modification is necessary to give effect to the commercial intention of the Parties.
 
24.
Further Assurance

Each of the Parties shall, at the request of any other Party, do or, so far as each is able procure, the doing of all such acts and/or execute or procure the execution of all such documents in a form satisfactory to such other Party concerned as they may reasonably consider necessary for giving full effect to this Agreement and securing to such other Party the full benefit of the rights, powers and remedies conferred upon them in this Agreement.

 
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25.
Counterparts

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which is an original and which together have the same effect as if each Party had signed the same document, provided that each Party executes at least one counterpart.
 
26.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England.
 
27.
Dispute Resolution
 
27.1
Any disputes, claims or controversy arising out of or related to this Agreement, including any question as to its formation, validity, interpretation or termination, which cannot be resolved by negotiations between the Parties shall be settled by arbitration on an ad hoc basis in accordance with the Rules of the London Court of International Arbitration, which are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Clause 27, except to the extent modified by this Clause 26.  The tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators. CME ME shall nominate one arbitrator, Top Tone Holdings shall nominate one arbitrator and the third arbitrator shall be appointed by the two arbitrators nominated by the Parties.  Any Party shall have the right to initiate the proceedings.

27.2
The seat of the arbitration shall be London, England.  The language of the arbitration shall be English, except that any party to the arbitration may submit testimony or documentary evidence in Bulgarian, whereupon it shall also furnish a certified translation or interpretation of any such evidence into English.
 
27.3
If any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement (hereinafter referred to as a " Related Dispute ") raises issues which are substantially the same as or connected with issues raised in another dispute which has already been referred to arbitration under this Agreement or another Transaction Document (an " Existing Dispute "), the tribunal appointed or to be appointed in respect of any such Existing Dispute shall also be appointed as the tribunal in respect of any such Related Dispute.  Where, pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the same tribunal has been appointed in relation to two or more disputes, the tribunal may, with the agreement of all the parties concerned or upon the application of one of the Parties, being a Party to each of the disputes, order that the whole or part of the matters at issue shall be heard together upon such terms or conditions as the tribunal thinks fit.  The tribunal shall have power to make such directions and any interim or partial award as it considers just and desirable.

27.4
The Parties agree that money damages would not be a sufficient remedy for any breach of this Agreement by Top Tone Holdings and that in addition to all other remedies, CME ME shall be entitled to specific performance and to injunctive or other equitable relief as remedies for any such breach or threatened breach of this Agreement by Top Tone Holdings without proof of actual damages.  The Parties agree not to oppose the granting of such relief, and to waive, and to use their best efforts to cause any Affiliate to waive, any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with such remedy.

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Parties have duly executed and delivered this Investment Agreement as a deed on the date first written above.


EXECUTED and DELIVERED as a DEED
  )  
 
 
by
   
 
 
CME MEDIA ENTERPRISES B.V.
   
 
 
acting by Pan Invest B.V, represented by
   
 
 
G. v. d. Berg
    /s/ Gerben van den Berg
in the presence of:
   
 
 
           
        /s/ M.C. Peters – v. Spaendonck
 
     
Signature of Witness
Name of Witness: M.C. Peters-v. Spaendonck
         
Occupation of Witness: Account Manager
         
Address of Witness:
         
           
and Alphons van Spaendonck
    /s/ Alphons van Spaendonck
in the presence of:
  )  
 
 
           
        /s/ M.C. Peters – v. Spaendonck
 
     
Signature of Witness
           
Name of Witness: M.C. Peters-v. Spaendonck
         
Occupation of Witness: Account Manager
         
Address of Witness:
         
           
EXECUTED and DELIVERED as a DEED by
 
)
     
VLADIMIR KRASTEV BROUSSARSKI
 
)
     
acting as attorney for
 
)
     
TOP TONE MEDIA HOLDINGS LIMITED
 
)
     
under a power of attorney dated 16 February 2010
 
)
  /s/ Vladimir Krastev Broussarski
in the presence of:
 
)
     
           
       
/s/ Elitsa Menkova
Name of Witness: Elitsa Menkova
     
Signature of Witness
Occupation of Witness: Personal Assistant
       
Address of Witness:
         
           
           
           
EXECUTED and DELIVERED as a DEED by
 
)
     
ROSSITSA PENCHEVA FILIPOVA
 
)
     
acting as attorney for
 
)
     
TOP TONE MEDIA HOLDINGS LIMITED
 
)
     
under a power of attorney dated 16 February 2010
 
)
  /s/ Rossitsa Pencheva Filipova
in the presence of:
 
)
     
           
       
/s/ Elitsa Menkova
Name of Witness: Elitsa Menkova
     
Signature of Witness
Occupation of Witness: Personal Assistant
       
Address of Witness:
         
 
 
 

 
 
SCHEDULE 1

DEED OF ADHERENCE


THIS DEED OF ADHERENCE is made on [●] 2010 and is supplemental to the Investment Agreement made between CME Media Enterprises B.V. and Top Tone Media Holdings Limited (" Top Tone Holdings ") dated [●] April 2010 (the " Investment Agreement "), as amended from time to time.

WHEREAS:

(A)
The parties entered into the Investment Agreement for the purpose of defining their respective rights and obligations with regards to their shares, participation rights or other equity ownership interest CME Bulgaria B.V., a company organized under the laws of the Netherlands, and having its seat at Dam 5b, JS 1012 Amsterdam, the Netherlands (" CME Bulgaria ").

(B)
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 2 of the Investment Agreement, on [●] Top Tone Holdings transferred its shareholding in CME Bulgaria to [●], an Affiliate (as such term is defined in the Investment Agreement) of Top Tone Holdings.

(C)
This Deed is entered into in compliance with the terms of Clause 2.3 of the Investment Agreement.

NOW THIS DEED WITNESSES AS FOLLOWS:

1.
[●], a company organized under the laws of [●] with registered number [●] and having its registered office at [●] (" Top Tone Affiliate ") hereby confirms that it is an Affiliate that is Controlled by and 100% beneficially owned by Guergov and has been supplied with a copy of the Investment Agreement and covenants to observe, perform and be bound by all the terms of the Investment Agreement applicable to Top Tone Holdings to the intent and effect that Top Tone Affiliate shall be deemed with effect from the date of this Deed to be a party to the Investment Agreement in place and to the exclusion of Top Tone Holdings.

2.
For the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to Clause 2.3 of the Investment Agreement, the Top Tone Affiliate agrees that it shall not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of, grant any option over or create or permit any Encumbrance on or over all or any part of its Ownership Interest in respect of CME Bulgaria to any Affiliate that is not an Affiliate of Top Tone Holdings which is Controlled and 100% beneficially owned by Guergov.

3.
Top Tone Affiliate hereby agrees that it shall immediately transfer its Ownership Interest in CME Bulgaria to Top Tone Holdings (or, if no longer Controlled and 100% beneficially owned by Guergov, to an entity Controlled and 100% beneficially owned by Guergov) upon the Top Tone Affiliate ceasing to be Controlled and 100% beneficially owned by Guergov.

4.
This Deed is made for the benefit of the parties to the Investment Agreement and any other person or persons who after the date of the Investment Agreement (and whether or not prior to or after the date of this Deed) adhere to the Investment Agreement.

5.
Save where the context otherwise requires, words and expressions defined in the Investment Agreement have the same meanings when used herein.

 
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6.
The provisions of Clauses 13 and 16 to 27 (inclusive) shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Deed as if set out herein.

7.
For the purposes of Clause 15 of the Investment Agreement, the name and address of Top Tone Affiliate are as set out in this Deed.

8.
This Deed may be executed in counterparts, each of which will be an original, but all of which will constitute but one and the same instrument.

 
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Exhibit 10.6
 

CME MEDIA ENTERPRISES B.V.


and


TOP TONE MEDIA HOLDINGS LIMITED


and


KRASSIMIR GUERGOV


__________________________________

DEED OF TERMINATION AND RELEASE
__________________________________


22 April 2010
 
 
 

 

This DEED OF TERMINATION AND RELEASE (this " Deed ")   is made as a deed on 22 April 2010:

BETWEEN:
 
(1)
CME MEDIA ENTERPRISES B.V., a company organized under the laws of the Netherlands, and having its seat at Dam 5b, JS 1012 Amsterdam, the Netherlands (" CME ME ");

(2)
TOP TONE MEDIA HOLDINGS LIMITED , a BVI Business company organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands with registered number 1381053 and having its registered office at 3 rd Floor, Omar Hodge Building, Wickhams Cay I, P.O. Box 362, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands (" Top Tone Holdings "); and

(3)
KRASSIMIR GUERGOV , a citizen of the Republic of Bulgaria, residing at 19, Oborishte Str., 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria, holder of identity card no. 184961630 issued by the Republic of Bulgaria (the " Consultant "),

the " Parties " and each a " Party ".

WHEREAS:

(A)
On 1 August 2008 CME ME, Top Tone Holdings and Equip Limited entered into a shareholders’ agreement to regulate the business and affairs of Top Tone Media S.A. and Zopal S.A. and its subsidiaries (the " Pro.BG Group ") and the rights among themselves as shareholders in Top Tone Media S.A. and Zopal S.A. (the " Shareholders' Agreement ").

(B)
On 1 August 2008 CME ME and the Consultant executed a consultancy deed under which the Consultant provided certain consultancy services to CME ME and the Pro.BG Group (the " Consultancy Deed ").

(C)
In connection with the Amended and Restated Sale and Purchase Agreement entered into by and among the Parties as of 19 April 2010 (the " Sale and Purchase Agreement "), the Parties have agreed to terminate the Shareholders’ Agreement and the Consultancy Deed and waive any claims arising under such agreements from and after the date hereof.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED AS FOLLOWS :

1.
TERMINATION OF THE SHAREHOLDER'S AGREEMENT AND RELEASE

1.1
Each of CME ME and Top Tone Holdings hereby agrees with each other that:

 
1.1.1
subject to Clause 1.1.3 below, the Shareholders' Agreement (including, without limitation, all provisions thereof which by the terms thereof are stated or intended to survive termination and all rights, authorities and liabilities arising under the Shareholders' Agreement) shall be terminated for all purposes effective upon and from the date hereof (the " Effective Date ") and shall be of no further force and effect effective upon and from the Effective Date;

 
1.1.2
any requirement of notice of termination or delivery of any other document or the doing of any other action or thing by any person required in connection with such termination of the Shareholders' Agreement is hereby waived; and

 
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1.1.3
the confidentiality obligations set out in Clause 21 of the Shareholders' Agreement shall continue to bind  CME ME and Top Tone Holdings for a period of two years after the date of this Deed.
 
1.2
Save in the case of fraud or any other criminal acts under applicable law, effective upon and from the Effective Date, each of CME ME and Top Tone Holdings irrevocably and unconditionally:

 
1.2.1
releases, waives and discharges each other from any and all past, present and future claims, defences, liabilities, demands, indebtedness, losses, damages, deficiencies, obligations or responsibilities, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, known or unknown, absolute, contingent or otherwise, whether or not accrued (" Liabilities ") arising under, by reference to or in connection with the Shareholders' Agreement; and

 
1.2.2
undertakes to and covenants with each other not to make any claims or demands in respect of such Liabilities arising under, by reference to or in connection with the Shareholders' Agreement or otherwise.

2.
TERMINATION OF THE CONSULTANCY DEED AND RELEASE

2.1
Each of CME ME and the Consultant hereby agrees with each other that:

 
2.1.1
subject to Clause 2.1.3 below, the Consultancy Deed (including, without limitation, all provisions thereof which by the terms thereof are stated or intended to survive termination and all rights, authorities and liabilities arising under the Consultancy Deed) shall be terminated for all purposes effective upon and from the Effective Date and shall be of no further force and effect effective upon and from the Effective Date;

 
2.1.2
any requirement of notice of termination or delivery of any other document or the doing of any other action or thing by any person required in connection with such termination of the Consultancy Deed is hereby waived; and
 
 
2.1.3
the confidentiality obligations set out in Clause 5 of the Consultancy Deed shall continue to bind CME ME and the Consultant for a period of two years after the date of this Deed.

2.2
Save in the case of fraud or any other criminal acts under applicable law, effective upon and from the Effective Date, each of CME ME and the Consultant irrevocably and unconditionally:

 
2.2.1
releases, waives and discharges each other from any and all past, present and future Liabilities arising under, by reference to or in connection with the Consultancy Deed; and

 
2.2.2
undertakes to and covenants with each other not to make any claims or demands in respect of such Liabilities arising under, by reference to or in connection with the Consultancy Deed or otherwise.

3.
FURTHER UNDERTAKINGS

3.1
CME ME hereby agrees to pay to Top Tone Holdings on the Effective Date the sum of US$17,980,000 in full and final settlement of all of its obligations arising under the Shareholders' Agreement, the Consultancy Deed and this Deed (the " Termination Payment "). Top Tone Holdings and the Consultant hereby acknowledge that the Termination Payment represents good and valuable consideration for the purposes of this Deed.

 
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3.2
Each of the Parties to this Deed agrees to perform (or procure the performance of) all further acts and things, and execute and deliver (or procure the execution and delivery of) such further documents, as may be required by law or as may be necessary or reasonably desirable to implement and/or give effect to this Deed.

3.3
Each of the Parties hereby represents and warrants to each other Party that it has not assigned or otherwise transferred any of the Liabilities in respect of the Shareholders Agreement or the Consultancy Deed to any third party.

4.
COUNTERPARTS

This Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the Parties to it on separate counterparts, each of which is an original but all of which together constitute one and the same instrument.

5.
NO RIGHTS UNDER CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999

A person who is not a party to this Deed shall have no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any of its terms.

6.
GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

6.1
This Deed is governed by and shall be construed in accordance with English law.
 
 
6.2
Any disputes, claims or controversy arising out of or related to this Deed, including any question as to its formation, validity or interpretation, which cannot be resolved by negotiations between the Parties shall be settled by arbitration on an ad hoc basis in accordance with the Rules of the London Court of International Arbitration, which are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Clause 6.2, except to the extent modified by this Clause 6.2.  The tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators. CME ME shall nominate one arbitrator, Top Tone Holdings and the Consultant shall jointly nominate one arbitrator and the third arbitrator shall be appointed by the two arbitrators nominated by the Parties.  Any Party shall have the right to initiate the proceedings.

6.3
The seat of the arbitration shall be London, England.  The language of the arbitration shall be English, except that any party to the arbitration may submit testimony or documentary evidence in Bulgarian, whereupon it shall also furnish a certified translation or interpretation of any such evidence into English.

6.4
If any dispute arising out of or relating to this Deed (hereinafter referred to as a " Related Dispute ") raises issues which are substantially the same as or connected with issues raised in another dispute which has already been referred to arbitration under this Deed (an " Existing Dispute "), the tribunal appointed or to be appointed in respect of any such Existing Dispute shall also be appointed as the tribunal in respect of any such Related Dispute.  Where, pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the same tribunal has been appointed in relation to two or more disputes, the tribunal may, with the agreement of all the parties concerned or upon the application of one of the parties, being a party to each of the disputes, order that the whole or part of the matters at issue shall be heard together upon such terms or conditions as the tribunal thinks fit.  The tribunal shall have power to make such directions and any interim or partial award as it considers just and desirable.

 
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6.5
The Parties agree that money damages would not be a sufficient remedy for any breach of this Deed by Top Tone Holdings or the Consultant and that in addition to all other remedies, CME shall be entitled to specific performance and to injunctive or other equitable relief as remedies for any such breach or threatened breach of this Deed by Top Tone Holdings or the Consultant without proof of actual damages.  The Parties agree not to oppose the granting of such relief, and to waive, and to use their best efforts to cause any Affiliate to waive, any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with such remedy.

7.
General

The provisions of Clauses 10 (Confidentiality), 12 (Notices), 15 (Amendments), 16 (Waiver), 17 (Costs and Expenses), 19 (Assignment), 21 (Severability) of the Sale and Purchase Agreement are incorporated by reference herein mutatis mutandis.

 
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EXECUTED and DELIVERED by the Parties as a deed on the date specified at the beginning of this Deed of Termination and Release.

EXECUTED and DELIVERED as a DEED
 
)
   
by
 
)
   
CME MEDIA ENTERPRISES B.V.
 
)
   
acting by Pan Invest B.V, represented by
 
)
   
G. v. d. Berg
 
)
 
/s/ Gerben van den Berg
in the presence of:
 
)
   
         
       
/s/ M.C. Peters – v. Spaendonck
       
Signature of Witness
Name of Witness: M.C. Peters-v. Spaendonck
       
Occupation of Witness: Acc. Manager
       
Address of Witness:
       
         
and Alphons van Spaendonck
 
)
 
/s/ Alphons van Spaendonck
in the presence of:
 
)
   
         
       
/s/ M.C. Peters – v. Spaendonck
       
Signature of Witness
         
Name of Witness: M.C. Peters-v. Spaendonck
       
Occupation of Witness: Account Manager
       
Address of Witness:
       
         
         
EXECUTED and DELIVERED as a DEED by
 
)
   
VLADIMIR KRASTEV BROUSSARSKI
 
)
   
acting as attorney for
 
)
   
TOP TONE MEDIA HOLDINGS LIMITED
 
)
   
under a power of attorney dated 16 February 2010
 
)
 
/s/ Vladimir Krastev Broussarski
in the presence of:
 
)
   
         
       
/s/ Elitsa Menkova
Name of Witness: Elitsa Menkova
     
Signature of Witness
Occupation of Witness: Personal Assistant
       
Address of Witness:
       
         
         
         
EXECUTED and DELIVERED as a DEED by
 
)
   
ROSSITSA PENCHEVA FILIPOVA
 
)
   
acting as attorney for
 
)
 
 
TOP TONE MEDIA HOLDINGS LIMITED
 
)
   
under a power of attorney dated 16 February 2010
 
)
 
/s/ Rossitsa Pencheva Filipova
in the presence of:
 
)
   
         
       
/s/ Elitsa Menkova
Name of Witness: Elitsa Menkova
     
Signature of Witness
Occupation of Witness: Personal Assistant
       
Address of Witness:
       
 
 
 

 


EXECUTED and DELIVERED as a DEED by
 
 
KRASSIMIR GUERGOV
 
/s/ Krassimir Guergov
in the presence of:
 
 
       
     
/s/ Elitsa Menkova
     
Signature of Witness
Name of Witness: Elitsa Menkova
     
Occupation of Witness: Personal Assistant
     
Address of Witness:
     
 
 


Exhibit 10.7

DATED
1 May 2010


CME Media Services Limited

- and -

Petr Dvořák


 
 
CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT
 
 



 
 

 

CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT AND STATEMENT OF PARTICULARS PURSUANT TO SECTION 1 OF THE EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT 1996 (the “Contract”)
 

Name and Address of Employer:
 
CME Media Services Limited, 5 Fleet Place, London EC4M 7RD, United Kingdom (the “ Company ”)
     
Name and Address of Employee:
 
Petr Dvořák [address redacted]
     
Date this Contract takes effect:
 
1 May 2010

 
1
COMMENCEMENT OF AND CONDITIONS TO EMPLOYMENT
 
1.1
Your employment with the Company shall commence on 1 May 2010 or such other date as agreed between you and the President and Chief Executive Officer of the CME group, subject to compliance with clause 1.2 below (the “ Commencement Date ”) and shall expire on June 30, 2013, unless earlier terminated in accordance with the provisions of clause 9 hereof. No previous period of employment shall count as continuous employment.
 
1.2
You shall establish to the Company’s satisfaction (through production of original documents reasonably requested by us) that you are entitled to live and work in the Czech Republic without any additional approvals. You will notify the Company immediately if you cease to be so entitled at any time during your employment with the Company.
 
1.3
You represent and warrant that you are not bound by or subject to any contract, court order, agreement, arrangement or undertaking which in any way restricts or prohibits you from entering into this Contract or performing your duties under it.
 
 
2
JOB TITLE AND DUTIES
 
2.1
Your job title is Senior Vice President; Head of Broadcasting Division reporting to the President and Chief Executive Officer of the CME group.
 
2.2
Your main duties are:
 
 
2.2.1
managing the broadcast operations of the CME group;
 
 
2.2.2
acting as statutory director of such entities of the CME group as may be determined from time to time;
 
 
2.2.3
undertaking such additional tasks in respect of the business of the CME group as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the CME group directs from time to time; and
 
 
2.2.4
travel to such countries as directed by the President and Chief Executive Officer of the CME group to undertake tasks specified by the President and Chief Executive Officer of the CME group.  In addition to your main duties you will be required to carry out such other duties consistent with your position as the Company may from time to time reasonably require.
 
2.3
You shall use your best endeavours to promote and protect the interests of the CME group and shall not do anything that is harmful to those interests.
 
 
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2.4
You shall devote the whole of your working time (unless prevented by ill-health or accident or otherwise directed by the Company) to the duties of this Contract and you shall not be directly or indirectly interested or concerned in any manner in any other business (other than holding as a bona-fide personal investment equity in any company whose shares are listed on any recognised exchange or is not otherwise a business in the Territory which is the same as that of the CME group or a business competitive with any CME Business or Ancillary Business, as such terms are defined in clause 17) except with the Company’s prior written consent. If such consent is given, you must provide the Company with the number of hours worked for any other employer each month. The above restriction does not apply to the performance by you, at the request of the Company, of any office in any company of the CME group.
 
 
3
PLACE OF WORK
 
3.1
You will be based in the branch office of the Company in the Czech Republic with address at Kříženeckého nám. 1078/5, 152 00 Praha 5 – Barrandov, Czech Republic or at such other location as the Company may from time to time reasonably require. However, it is agreed that your position will require that you spend extensive time travelling for the proper performance of your duties.
 
3.2
The duties of this appointment shall relate primarily to the countries in which the CME group operates.  You may also be required to travel to other destinations from time to time as reasonably required by the Company for the proper performance of your duties.
 

4
REMUNERATION
 
4.1
From the Commencement Date, your basic gross salary is EUR 580,000 per year, payable monthly in arrears by credit transfer into your bank account after all necessary deductions for relevant taxes and social security payments. With effect from January 1, 2012, provided you are employed by the Company pursuant to this Contract on such date, your basic gross salary shall be increased to EUR 730,000 per year (the “ 2012 Increase ”). Other than the 2012 Increase, any increase is entirely at the Company’s discretion.
 
4.2
Your salary shall be payable in Czech koruna (CZK) based on the EUR-CZK exchange rate in effect on April 30, 2010 in respect of the period through December 31, 2010 and on each January 1 in respect of each year thereafter. In the event the amount of salary you would have been entitled to receive in Czech koruna in any calendar year, following conversion of such amount using the average CZK-EUR exchange rate for such calendar year, is greater than the amount you did receive, the difference will be added to your salary payable in the first month of the following calendar year. In the event the amount of salary you would have been entitled to receive in Czech koruna in any calendar year, following conversion of such amount using the average CZK-EUR exchange rate for such calendar year, is less than the amount you did receive, the difference will be withheld from your basic salary payable in the first month of the following calendar year.
 
4.3
You shall also be entitled to a one-off payment in the amount of CZK 3,191,899. Such amount shall be paid at the same time and by the same method as your first salary payment is paid and shall be subject to all necessary deductions for relevant taxes and social security payments.
 
 
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4.4
You shall be entitled to participate in the CME Management Compensation Policy in effect from time to time (the “ Policy ”). The amount, if any, of any bonus awarded pursuant to the Policy shall be determined by the President and Chief Executive Officer of the CME group, pursuant to the rules of the Policy. Any bonus awarded will be based on a figure representing 75% of your gross annual salary.
 
 
5
OTHER BENEFITS
 
5.1
You are entitled to membership of such insurance schemes (each referred to below as an “ insurance scheme ”) provided by the Company or, as the case may be, by any company of the CME group, from time to time, including a medical and dental expenses insurance scheme providing such cover for you and your spouse/partner and any children under the age of eighteen (18) as the Company may from time to time notify to you.  The Company will use reasonable endeavours to subscribe for life insurance for you if a life insurance scheme on commercially reasonable terms can be identified.
 
5.2
Benefits shall be subject to the terms of any applicable insurance policy and are conditional upon your complying with and satisfying any applicable requirements of the insurers or other benefits provider.  Copies of these rules and policies and particulars of the requirements shall be provided to you on request.  The Company shall not have any liability to pay any benefit to you under any insurance scheme unless it receives payment of the benefit from the insurer under the scheme.
 
5.3
Any insurance scheme which is provided for you is also subject to the Company’s right to alter the cover provided or any term of the scheme or to cease to provide (without replacement) the scheme at any time if in the reasonable opinion of the Company your state of health is or becomes such that the Company is unable to insure the benefits under the scheme at the normal premiums applicable.
 
5.4
The provision of any insurance scheme or any benefits hereunder does not in any way prevent the Company from lawfully terminating this Contract in accordance with the provisions in clause 9 even if to do so would deprive you of membership of or cover under any such scheme or benefit.
 
 
6
EXPENSES
 
The Company shall reimburse you for all reasonable expenses incurred by you in the proper performance of your duties under this Contract on production of appropriate receipts in accordance with the CME Group Expenses Policy in effect from time to time.
 
 
7
HOURS OF WORK
 
Your normal working hours are 40 hours per week Monday to Friday together with such additional hours as may be necessary for the proper performance of your duties. This may include working in the evenings, outside normal office hours, at weekends or on public holidays.  No additional pay or time off will be permitted.
 
 
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8
HOLIDAYS
 
8.1
You are entitled to 25 days’ holiday per annum (in addition to public holidays).
 
8.2
Your entitlement to holiday accrues pro rata on an annual basis as calculated from 1 April until 31 March (inclusive) each year (the “ Holiday Year ”).
 
8.3
On termination, you will be paid only for accrued vacation in the relevant Holiday Year and not for vacation carried over from the previous year.
 
8.4
The Company may also refuse to allow you to take holiday in circumstances where it would be inconvenient to the business of the Company.  If, in exceptional circumstances, the Company is forced to cancel holiday previously booked by you, all reasonable and properly documented accommodation, reservation and travel expenses incurred by you in connection therewith up to the date of cancellation that are not otherwise refundable will be reimbursed by the Company.
 
 
9
TERMINATION
 
9.1
The Company may terminate this Contract on giving you 12 months’ notice in writing to expire at any time. You are required to give the Company the same period of notice in writing, to expire at any time.  The date of delivery of such notice by either party shall be the “Notice Date ”.
 
9.2
The Company may at any time and in its absolute discretion (whether or not any notice of termination has been given under clause 9.1 above) terminate this Contract with immediate effect and make a payment in lieu of notice.  This payment will be  comprised solely of your basic salary (at the rate payable when this option is exercised) in respect of the portion of the notice period remaining at the time the Company exercises this option and any earned but unpaid bonus awarded in accordance with clause 4.4 hereof. All payments made pursuant to this clause 9.2 shall be subject to deductions for income tax and social security as appropriate.  You will not, under any circumstances, have any right to payment in lieu unless the Company has exercised its option to pay in lieu of notice.
 
9.3
At the election of the Company, the payment in lieu of notice will be made at the times the Company would have made payments to you had notice not been given or on expiry of the remainder of the period of notice.
 
9.4
Your employment may be terminated by the Company for Cause at any time without notice or payment in lieu of notice. For purposes of this Contract, “ Cause ” shall mean (i) the commission by you of any act or omission that would constitute a felony or an indictable offence under United States federal, state or equivalent foreign law; (ii) your gross negligence, recklessness, dishonesty, fraud, disclosure of trade secrets or confidential information, willful malfeasance or willful misconduct in the performance of services to the Company; (iii) willful misrepresentation by you which is injurious to the Company; (iv) your willful failure without reasonable justification to comply with reasonable directions of the President and Chief Executive Officer of the CME group; or (v) a willful and material breach of your duties or obligations under this Contract.
 
9.5
For purposes hereof, the date on which the Company exercises its rights to terminate pursuant to clause 9.2 or clause 9.4 shall be the “ Termination Date ”.
 
9.6
Upon the termination by whatever means of this Contract you shall immediately return to the Company all documents, computer media and hardware, credit cards, mobile phones and communication devices, keys and all other property belonging to or relating to the business of the Company which is in your possession or under your power or control and you must not retain copies of any of the above.
 
 
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10
SUSPENSION
 
10.1
The Company may suspend you from your duties on full pay to allow the Company to investigate any bona-fide complaint made against you in relation to your employment with the Company.
 
10.2
Provided you continue to enjoy your full contractual benefits and receive your pay in accordance with this Contract, the Company may in its absolute discretion do all or any of the following during the notice period or any part of the notice period, after you or the Company have given notice of termination to the other, without breaching this Contract or incurring any liability or giving rise to any claim against it:
 
 
10.2.1
exclude you from the premises of any company of the CME group;
 
 
10.2.2
require you to carry out only specified duties (consistent with your status, role and experience) or to carry out no duties;
 
 
10.2.3
announce to any of its employees, suppliers, customers and business partners that you have been given notice of termination or have resigned (as the case may be);
 
 
10.2.4
prohibit you from communicating in any way with any or all of the suppliers, customers, business partners, employees, agents or representatives of the CME group until your employment has terminated except to the extent that you are authorised by the General Counsel of the CME group in writing; and
 
 
10.2.5
require you to comply with any other reasonable conditions imposed by the Company.
 
10.3
You will continue to be bound by all obligations owed to the Company under this Contract until termination of this Contract in accordance with clause 9 or such later date as provided herein.
 
 
11
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
 
11.1
You agree during and after the termination of your employment not to use or disclose to any person (and shall use your best endeavours to prevent the use, publication or disclosure of) any confidential information:
 
 
11.1.1
concerning the business of the CME group and which comes to your knowledge during the course of or in connection with your employment or your holding office with the CME group; or
 
 
11.1.2
concerning the business of any client or person having dealings with the CME group and which is obtained directly or indirectly in circumstances where the CME group is subject to a duty of confidentiality.
 
11.2
For the purposes of clause 11.1.1 above, information of a confidential or secret nature includes but is not limited to information disclosed to you or known, learned, created or observed by you as a consequence of or through your employment with the Company, not generally known in the relevant trade or industry about the Company or any member of the CME group’s business activities, services and processes, including but not limited to information concerning advertising, sales promotion, publicity, sales data, research, programming and plans for programming, finances, accounting, methods, processes, business plans (including prospective or pending licence applications or investments in licence holders or applicants), client or supplier lists and records, potential client or supplier lists, and client or supplier billing.
 
 
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11.3
This clause shall not apply to information which is:
 
 
11.3.1
used or disclosed in the proper performance of your duties or with the consent of the Company;
 
 
11.3.2
ordered to be disclosed by a court of competent jurisdiction or otherwise required to be disclosed by law or pursuant to the rules of any applicable stock exchange; or
 
 
11.3.3
in or comes into the public domain (otherwise than due to a default by you).
 
 
12
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
 
12.1
You shall assign with full title your entire interest in any Intellectual Property Right (as defined below) to the Company to hold as absolute owner.
 
12.2
You shall communicate to the Company full particulars of any Intellectual Property Right in any work or thing created by you and you shall not use, license, assign, purport to license or assign or disclose to any person or exploit any Intellectual Property Right without the prior written consent of the Company.
 
12.3
In addition to and without derogation of the covenants imposed by the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994, you shall prepare and execute such instruments and do such other acts and things as may be necessary or desirable (at the request and expense of the Company) to enable the Company (or its nominee) to obtain protection of any Intellectual Property Right vested in the Company in such parts of the world as may be specified by the Company (or its nominee) and to enable the Company to exploit any Intellectual Property Right vested in it to its best advantage.
 
12.4
You hereby irrevocably appoint the Company to be your attorney in your name and on your behalf to sign, execute or do any instrument or thing and generally to use your name for the purpose of giving to the Company (or its nominee) the full benefit of the provisions of this clause and a certificate in writing signed by any director or the secretary of the Company that any instrument or act relating to such Intellectual Property Right falls within the authority conferred by this clause shall be conclusive evidence that such is the case in favour of any third party.
 
12.5
You hereby waive all of your moral rights (as defined in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988) in respect of any act by the Company and any act of a third party done with the Company’s authority in relation to any Intellectual Property Right which is or becomes the property of the Company.
 
12.6
Intellectual Property Right ” means a copyright, know-how, trade secret and any other intellectual property right of any nature whatsoever throughout the world (whether registered or unregistered and including all applications and rights to apply for the same) which:
 
 
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12.6.1
relates to the business or any product or service of the Company; and
 
 
12.6.2
is invented, developed, created or acquired by you (whether alone or jointly with any other person) during the period of your employment with the Company;
 
and for these purposes and for the purposes of the other provisions of this clause 12, references to the Company shall be deemed to include references to any Associated Company (as defined in clause 17.5 below).
 
 
13
COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS/WORKFORCE AGREEMENTS
 
There are no collective agreements or workforce agreements applicable to you or which affect your terms of employment.
 
 
14
DATA PROTECTION
 
14.1
You acknowledge that the Company will hold personal data relating to you.  Such data will include your employment application, address, references, bank details, performance appraisals, work, holiday and sickness records, next of kin, salary reviews, remuneration details and other records (which may, where necessary, include sensitive data relating to your health and data held for equal opportunities purposes).  The Company will hold such personal data for personnel administration and management purposes and to comply with its obligations regarding the retention of your records.  Your right of access to such data is as prescribed by law.
 
14.2
By signing this Contract, you agree that the Company may process personal data relating to you for personnel administration and management purposes and may, when necessary for those purposes, make such data available to its advisors, to third parties providing products and/or services to the Company and as required by law.
 
 
15
CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999
 
Unless the right of enforcement is expressly granted, it is not intended that a third party should have the right to enforce the provisions of this Contract pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.
 
 
16
MONITORING OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS
 
16.1
The Company will monitor messages sent and received via the email and voicemail system to ensure that employees are complying with the CME group’s Information Technology policy in effect from time to time.
 
16.2
The Company reserves the right to retrieve the contents of messages for the purpose of monitoring whether the use of the email system is in accordance with the Company’s best practice, whether use of the computer system is legitimate, to find lost messages or to retrieve messages lost due to computer failure, to assist in the investigations of wrongful acts or to comply with any legal obligation.
 
 
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16.3
You should be aware that no email or voicemail sent or received through the Company’s system is private.  The Company reserves and intends to exercise its right to review, audit, intercept, access and disclose on a random basis all messages created from it or sent over its computer system for any purpose.  The contents of email or voicemail so obtained by the Company in the proper exercise of these powers may be disclosed without your permission.  You should be aware that the emails or voicemails or any document created on the Company’s computer system, however confidential or damaging, may have to be disclosed in court or other proceedings.  An email which has been trashed or deleted can still be retrieved.
 
16.4
The Company further reserves and intends to exercise its right to monitor all use of the internet through its information technology systems, to the extent authorised by law.  By your signature to this Contract, you consent to any such monitoring.
 
 
17
POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS
 
17.1
For the duration of your employment with the Company and for the Restricted Period, you shall not:
 
 
17.1.1
either on your own account or on behalf of any other person, firm or company, directly or indirectly, carry on or be engaged, concerned or interested in any business the same as that of the CME group or which is competitive with any CME Business (as hereinafter defined) and with which you were actively involved at any time in the twelve months preceding the termination of your employment within the territories in which the CME group operates or is considering to operate (the “ Territory ”);
 
 
17.1.2
seek to do business and/or do business, perform any services or supply any goods or seek to do so, in competition with any company of the CME group with any person, firm or company who at any time during the twelve months preceding the termination of your employment was a client, customer or supplier of any company of the CME group and with whom during that period you or another person on your behalf had contact or dealings in the ordinary course of business or were aware of in the course of your employment;
 
 
17.1.3
interfere or seek to interfere or take such steps as may or are calculated to interfere with the continuance of supplies (whether services or goods) or any rights of purchase, sale, import, distribution or agency enjoyed by or supplied to any company of the CME group, or the terms on which they are so supplied or enjoyed, from any person, firm or company supplying or offering rights to any company of the CME group at any time during the period of twelve months prior to such termination;
 
 
17.1.4
solicit, entice or procure or endeavour to solicit, entice or procure any employee of the CME group to breach his contract of employment or any person to breach his contract for services with the Company or any Associated Company;
 
 
17.1.5
in relation to any CME Business in the Territory, solicit, employ, engage or offer or cause to be employed or engaged, whether directly or indirectly, any employee, director or consultant of any company of the CME group engaged or employed at the date of termination of your employment or at any time during the twelve months preceding such termination who has knowledge of confidential aspects of the business of the CME group, and with whom, at any time during the period of twelve months prior to such termination, you had material dealings; and/or
 
 
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17.1.6
you shall not at any time falsely represent yourself as being connected with or interested in the Company or any Associated Company or in the business of the CME group.
 
For purposes hereof, the “ Restricted Period ” shall be the date that is the earlier of twelve months from the Notice Date and twelve months from the Termination Date.
 
17.2
For the duration of your employment with the Company, you shall not, either on your own account or through any other person, firm or company, directly or indirectly,  carry on, accept or be engaged, concerned or interested in, any opportunity (a “ Corporate Opportunity ”) in Central and Eastern Europe and any other country that Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (“ CME Ltd. ”) has identified from time to time (i) which is in the line of business of any company of the CME group from time to time (including, without limitation, securing broadcasting licenses, operating television stations, broadcasting on any distribution platform, selling advertising on any platform, developing and operating internet sites, providing production services, producing programming and other content for broadcast on any platform or for exhibition, distributing or licensing content for exhibition, home entertainment or otherwise, providing other programming services, owning and operating cinemas) (each a “ CME Business ”) or in any Ancillary Business (i) which arises or becomes known to you as a result of your employment by the Company, or (ii) in which it can reasonably be expected that the CME group has an interest or expectancy (including any Ancillary Business) unless (a) you have presented the Corporate Opportunity to the Board of Directors of CME Ltd. in reasonable detail and (b) the Board of Directors has decide not to pursue such Corporate Opportunity after such presentation by you.
 
For purposes of this clause, “ Ancillary Business ” means any business or opportunity that is related to any CME Business, can reasonably be expected to a customer or supplier of goods or services of any such CME Business in the usual and ordinary course of business, or is otherwise necessary to support the primary activities of any CME Business.

17.3
Each of the restrictions in this clause shall be enforceable independently of each other and its validity shall not be affected if any of the others is invalid.  If any of the restrictions is void but would be valid if some part of the restriction were deleted, the restriction in question shall apply with such modification as may be necessary to make it valid.
 
17.4
The restrictions set forth in this clause 17 shall not apply if the Company is in breach of this Contract.
 
17.5
For the purposes of this Contract, “ Associated Company ” shall mean a subsidiary (as defined by the Companies Act 1985 as amended) and any other company which is for the time being a holding company (as defined by the Companies Act 1985 as amended) of the Company or another subsidiary of such holding company.
 
 
18
INDEMNITY
 
18.1
The Company will indemnify you and pay on your behalf all Expenses (as defined below) incurred by you in any Proceeding (as defined below), whether the Proceeding which gave rise to the right of indemnification pursuant to this Contract occurred prior to or after the date of this Contract provided that you shall promptly notify the Company of such Proceeding and the Company shall be entitled to participate in such Proceeding and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with you, assume the defence thereof with counsel of its choice.  This indemnification shall not apply if it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a Proceeding that any losses, claims, damages or liabilities arose primarily out of your gross negligence, wilful misconduct or bad faith.
 
 
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18.2
The term “ Proceeding ” shall include any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, or any inquiry or investigation, whether brought in the name of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative nature, including, but not limited to, actions, suits or proceedings brought under or predicated upon any securities laws, in which you may be or may have been involved as a party or otherwise, and any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding or any inquiry or investigation that you in good faith believe might lead to the institution of any such action, suit or proceeding or any such inquiry or investigation, in each case by reason of the fact that you are or were serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or manager of any other Associated Company, whether or not you are serving in such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification or reimbursement can be provided under this Contract.
 
18.3
The term “ Expenses ” shall include, without limitation thereto, expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys fees and expenses) of investigations, judicial or administrative proceedings or appeals, damages, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of you and any expenses of establishing a right to indemnification under this Contract.
 
18.4
The Expenses incurred by you in any Proceeding shall be paid by the Company as incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding at your written request.  You hereby agree and undertake to repay such amounts if it shall ultimately be decided in a Proceeding that you are not entitled to be indemnified by the Company pursuant to this Contract or otherwise.
 
18.5
The indemnification and advancement of Expenses provided by this Contract shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which you may be entitled under the Company’s Articles of Association or the constituent documents of any other Associated Company for which you are serving as a director, officer or manager at the request of the Company, the laws under which the Company was formed, or otherwise, and may be exercised in any order you elect and prior to, concurrently with or following the exercise of any other such rights to which you may be entitled, including pursuant to directors’ and officers’ insurance maintained by the Company, both as to action in official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and the exercise of such rights shall not be deemed a waiver of any of the provisions of this Contract.  To the extent that a change in law (whether by statute or judicial decision) permits greater indemnification by agreement than would be afforded under this Contract, it is the intent of the parties hereto that you shall enjoy by this Contract the greater benefit so afforded by such change.  The provisions of this clause shall survive the expiration or termination, for any reason, of this Contract and shall be separately enforceable.
 
 
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19
GENERAL
 
19.1
You hereby authorise the Company to deduct from any salary payable to you any sums owing by you to the Company.
 
19.2
As from the effective date of this Contract, all other agreements or arrangements between you and the Company shall cease to have effect.
 
19.3
This Contract shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. The parties agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts in respect of any dispute hereunder.
 

The Company and Petr Dvořák   agree to the terms set out above.

 
Signed as a Deed by CME Media Services Limited acting by:
 
   
Daniel Penn, Director
/s/ Daniel Penn
   
Dave Sturgeon, Director
/s/ Dave Sturgeon
   
Signed as a Deed by Petr Dvořák
/s/ Petr Dvořák
   
   
in the presence of:
 
   
Witness signature:
/s/ Karolina Piknerova
   
Name:
Karolina Piknerova
   
Address:
 
 
 
Occupation:
Personal Assistant
 
 
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Exhibit 31.01

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER

I, Adrian Sarbu, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Central European Media Enterprises Ltd.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
 
 
/s/ Adrian Sarbu
 
Adrian Sarbu
 
President and Chief Executive Officer
 
May 5, 2010
 
 


Exhibit 31.02

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER

I, David Sach, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Central European Media Enterprises Ltd.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
 
 
/s/ David Sach
 
David Sach
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
May 5, 2010
 
 


Exhibit 32.01

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Quarterly Report of Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), we, Adrian Sarbu, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and David Sach, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1
the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2
the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company as of the dates and for the periods explained in the Report.


 
/s/  Adrian Sarbu
/s/  David Sach
 
Adrian Sarbu
David Sach
 
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
(Principal Financial Officer)
 
May 5, 2010
May 5, 2010