Exhibit 4
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ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
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Tamarix Investors Ltd. hereby assigns to Tamarix Investors LDC, a Cayman
Islands limited duration company, responsibility to perform all the obligations
of Tamarix Investors Ltd. under the Agreement to Purchase Common Stock made
between Tamarix Investors Ltd. and Finprogetti S.p.A. on 7 March 1997, and
Tamarix Investors LDC hereby assumes all the obligations of Tamarix Investors
Ltd. thereunder. Tamarix Investors LDC shall stand in the place and stead of
Tamarix Investors Ltd. with respect to that Agreement, so that each place that
the name Tamarix Investors Ltd. shall appear in the Agreement, the name Tamarix
Investors LDC shall be substituted. All other terms and conditions of that
Agreement shall remain unchanged.
Finprogetti S.p.A. hereby agrees to the Assignment to Tamarix Investors LDC
as aforesaid.
Finprogetti S.p.A.
By:/s/Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Chairman
Tamarix Investors LDC
By:/s/Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Chairman
Tamarix Investors Ltd.
By:/s/Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Chairman
24 April 1997
