CME Media Services Limited - and - Adrian Sarbu
Exhibit
10.6
DATED
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JULY
27, 2009
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CME
Media Services Limited
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and -
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
CONTRACT
OF EMPLOYMENT AND STATEMENT OF PARTICULARS PURSUANT TO SECTION 1 OF THE
EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT 1996 (the “Contract”)
Name
and Address of Employer:
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CME
Media Services Limited, 0 Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
(the “Company”)
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Name
and Address of Employee:
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxx, residing at 0X Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xx. A, Et. 5, Apt 15, Sector 1,
Bucharest, Romania
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1
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COMMENCEMENT
OF EMPLOYMENT
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1.1
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Your
employment with the Company shall commence on July 27, 2009 and shall
expire, subject to the provisions of clause 7 of this Contract, on
December 31, 2013 (the “Term”) unless extended
pursuant to clause 1.2.
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1.2
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On
or prior to June 30, 2012, the Company may in its sole discretion offer to
extend the term of this Contract for a period beyond December 31, 2013 by
delivering notice of the proposed terms of such extension to
you. The parties agree to negotiate in good faith in respect of
such proposed extension. In the event the parties agree the terms of such
extension and enter into an agreement in respect of such extension by
September 30, 2012, the Term will be extended by such period as may be
agreed.
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1.3
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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.
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2
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JOB TITLE
AND DUTIES
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2.1
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Your
job title is 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).
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2.2
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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. You
will be based in the Company’s offices in Prague, Czech Republic or at
such other place as the Company may from time to time reasonably
require.
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3
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REMUNERATION
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Annual Base
Salary
3.1
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From
July 1, 2009, your annual base salary is USD 1,800,000 (in
words, one million eight hundred thousand US dollars) per year (the “Annual Base Salary”),
payable in equal monthly instalments in arrears on or prior to the end of
each month by credit transfer into your bank account after all necessary
deductions for relevant taxes and social security
payments.
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3.2
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In
the event that the trading price of shares of Class A Common Stock of CME
Ltd. on the NASDAQ Stock Market closes at or above USD 50.00 per share on
at least fifteen trading days during the twelve-month period prior to
January 1, 2011 or January 1, 2012 or January 1, 2013, your Annual Base
Salary shall be increased to USD 2,400,000 (in words, two million four
hundred thousand US dollars) with effect from January 1 of the
year following the year in which this share price target is achieved. For
the avoidance of doubt, only one such increase shall be permitted upon
fulfilment of the conditions set out in this clause 3.2. For purposes of
this Contract, any reference to “Annual Base Salary”
shall include any increase in such figure occurring pursuant to this
clause as of the effective date of such
increase.
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1
Bonus
3.3
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For
the 2009 fiscal year, you shall be entitled to earn an annual incentive
bonus in cash equal to 100% of your gross salary earned in 2009 (under
this Contract or otherwise) and an additional annual incentive bonus equal
to 50% of such amount (collectively, the “2009 Bonus”) calculated
in accordance with the formula set out in clause 4.3 of the Contract of
Employment dated December 27, 2007 between CME Development Corporation and
you.
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3.4
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From
January 1, 2010, you shall be entitled to earn an annual incentive bonus
in cash equal to 100% of your Annual Base Salary (the “Bonus”) in the event
that Consolidated EBITDA, excluding stock compensation for the Core
Operations (as defined in Annex 1 hereto) of the CME Group (“Core Consolidated
EBITDA”) in respect of the relevant financial year of CME Ltd.
(each, a “Financial
Year”) is equal to the Core EBITDA Target (as defined in Annex 1
hereto) for such Financial Year. For purposes of determining
whether Core Consolidated EBITDA in respect of any Financial Year equals
the Core EBITDA Target required to earn a Bonus, Core Consolidated EBITDA
shall be calculated using exchange rates set forth in the annual budget
approved by the Board of Directors of CME Ltd. for the 2009 Financial
Year.
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Additional
Bonus
3.5
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From
January 1, 2010, you shall be entitled to earn an additional annual
incentive bonus in cash equal to the amount by which Core Consolidated
EBITDA in respect of any Financial Year exceeds the Core EBITDA Target, up
to an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the percentage amount set out in
Annex 1 hereto multiplied by the amount by which Core Consolidated EBITDA
exceeds Core Target EBITDA in respect of such Financial Year and (ii) 50%
of your Annual Base Salary for such Financial Year (the “Additional
Bonus”). For purposes of determining whether Core
Consolidated EBITDA in respect of any Financial Year exceeds the Core
EBITDA Target required to earn an Additional Bonus, Core Consolidated
EBITDA shall be calculated using exchange rates set forth in the annual
budget approved by the Board of Directors of CME Ltd. for the 2009
Financial Year..
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Special Performance
Bonus
3.6
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You
shall be entitled to earn certain special performance bonuses on the terms
set out in Annex 2 hereto and such other discretionary bonuses as may be
awarded by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of CME
Ltd. (the “Compensation
Committee”) from time to time (the “Special Performance
Bonuses”). The Compensation Committee may award such
Special Performance Bonuses in equity of CME
Ltd.
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3.7
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No
2009 Bonus, Bonus or Additional Bonus shall be payable prior to the date
on which CME Ltd. publishes its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
financial year to which the 2009 Bonus, Bonus or Additional Bonus
relates.
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4
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TOTAL
COMPENSATION
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4.1
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Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary stated herein, your total compensation in respect
of any Financial Year during the Term (including, without limitation, your
Annual Base Salary, 2009 Bonus, Bonus, Additional Bonus, any Special
Performance Bonus and any equity compensation, but excluding any
Reimbursement Expenses as defined below) shall not exceed the amounts set
out in the following table (in respect of each Financial Year, the “Maximum
Compensation”):
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Financial Year
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Maximum Compensation
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2009
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-
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2010
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$6,000,000
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2011
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$8,000,000
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2012
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$10,000,000
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2013
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$10,000,000
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For the
avoidance of doubt, no additional sums shall be due to you in the event your
actual total compensation in any Financial Year is less than the Maximum
Compensation amount for such Financial Year.
4.2
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Save
as set forth herein, no additional pay or time off shall be permitted to
you in connection with your performance of the duties
hereunder.
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5
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OTHER
BENEFITS
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5.1
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The
Company undertakes either to (i) reimburse the costs of or (ii) to obtain
for your benefit and to maintain throughout the Term of this
Contract:
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5.1.1
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travel
insurance; and
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5.1.2
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medical
and dental insurance
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offered
by an insurance provider reasonably selected by you. You agree to notify the
Company of such insurance providers within 30 days of the execution of this
Contract.
5.2
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Subject
to the approval of the Compensation Committee, the Company shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain life insurance and disability
insurance coverage for your
benefit.
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5.3
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The
Company agrees to reimburse you pursuant to the CME Group Relocation
Policy in connection with your relocation to Prague, Czech Republic.
The Company will provide you with a rental allowance of up to EUR 5,882
per month for payments for accommodation in Prague for such period until
your permanent relocation occurs.
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5.4
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The
Company agrees to use reasonable efforts to cause CME Ltd. to grant you
160,000 options to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock of CME Ltd.
promptly following the effective date of this Contract. 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. Each grant of options shall vest in four equal instalments over
a period of four years and shall otherwise be subject to CME Ltd.’s
Amended and Restated Stock Incentive
Plan.
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6
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EXPENSES
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6.1
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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 and other documentation
reasonably requested by the Company in respect of the Reimbursement
Expenses (as defined below).
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6.2
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Notwithstanding
clause 6.1, the Company shall reimburse you for expenses (“Reimbursement Expenses”)
in respect of business travel by you on chartered aircraft leased by you
that is integrally and directly related to the performance of your duties
under this Contract as follows, in each case to a maximum of 200 hours per
Financial Year (or the pro rated amount in respect of the 2009 Financial
Year):
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6.2.1
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from
the effective date of this Contract through December 31, 2010, USD 5,000
per hour;
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6.2.2
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from
January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011, USD 5,750 per
hour;
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6.2.3
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from
January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012, USD 6612.50 per hour;
and
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6.2.4
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from
January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013, USD 7,600 per
hour;
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provided,
that no Reimbursement Expenses shall be payable in respect of any transatlantic
or intercontinental travel without the prior approval of the Compensation
Committee.
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TERMINATION
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7.1
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You
may terminate this Contract at any time on giving the Company twelve
months’ notice in writing.
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7.2
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In
the event you give notice of termination pursuant to this clause, the
Company may elect to provide you with payment in lieu of notice. This
payment will be comprised solely of your Annual Base 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, Additional Bonus or Special
Performance Bonus awarded in accordance with clause 3 hereof. All payments
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.
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7.3
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The
Company may at any time and in its absolute discretion terminate this
Contract without cause with immediate effect and make a payment in lieu of
notice. This payment will be comprised of (i) your Annual Base
Salary (at the rate payable when this termination notice is delivered)
from the date such notice is delivered through the end of the Term, (ii)
any earned but unpaid Bonus, Additional Bonus or Special Performance Bonus
awarded in accordance with clause 3 hereof and (iii) an additional payment
equal to one year’s Annual Base Salary (at the rate payable when such
termination notice is delivered). All payments 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.
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7.4
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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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7.5
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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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7.6
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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:
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7.6.1
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exclude
you from the premises of any company of the CME
Group;
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7.6.2
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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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7.6.3
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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);
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7.6.4
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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
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7.6.5
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require
you to comply with any other reasonable conditions imposed by the
Company.
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7.7
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You
will continue to be bound by all obligations owed to the Company under
this Contract until termination of this Contract in accordance with this
clause 7 or such later date as provided
herein.
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8
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CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION
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8.1
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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:
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8.1.1
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concerning
the business of the Company or any other member 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
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8.1.2
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concerning
the business of any client or person having dealings with the Company or
any other member of the CME Group and which is obtained directly or
indirectly in circumstances where the Company or any other member of the
CME Group is subject to a duty of
confidentiality.
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8.2
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For the purposes of clause 8.1 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 business activities, services and
processes of the Company or any member of the CME Group, 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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8.3
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This
clause shall not apply to information
which:
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8.3.1
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is
used or disclosed in the proper performance of your duties or with the
consent of the Company;
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8.3.2
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is
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
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8.3.3
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is
in or comes into the public domain (otherwise than due to a default by
you).
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9
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INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
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9.1
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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.
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9.2
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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.
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9.3
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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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9.4
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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.
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9.5
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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.
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9.6
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“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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9.6.1
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relates
to the business or any product or service of the Company;
and
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9.6.2
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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 in connection with the performance of your duties
hereunder;
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and for
these purposes and for the purposes of the other provisions of this clause
9,
references to the Company shall be deemed to include references to any
Associated Company (as defined in clause 14.11 below). For the
avoidance of doubt, Intellectual Property Rights shall only include any of the
foregoing intellectual property rights that have been created by you in
connection with your performance of the services under this
Contract.
10
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COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS/WORKFORCE AGREEMENTS
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There are
no collective agreements or workforce agreements applicable to you or which
affect your terms of employment.
11
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DATA
PROTECTION AND INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
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11.1
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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.
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11.2
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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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11.3
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Subject
to applicable law, the Company may review, audit, intercept, access and
disclose all information, messages or other data created from or sent over
its computer system for any purpose. By your signature to this
Contract, you consent to the
foregoing.
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12
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CONTRACTS
(RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999
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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.
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INDEMNITY
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13.1
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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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13.2
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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
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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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13.4
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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.
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13.5
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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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14
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POST-EMPLOYMENT
RESTRICTIONS AND CORPORATE
OPPORTUNITIES
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14.1
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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:
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14.2
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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”) and in which
you were actively involved at any time in the twelve months preceding the
termination of your employment (excluding any film production not funded
by the CME Group that is undertaken pursuant to the Framework Agreement
(“Framework
Agreement”) dated July 27, 2009 among CME Production B.V., CME
Romania B.V., Media Pro Management S.A., Media Pro B.V. and you and any of
the activities of the Media Pro Entertainment Business (as defined in the
Framework Agreement));
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14.3
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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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14.4
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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;
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14.5
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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;
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14.6
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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
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14.7
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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.
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14.8
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For
the duration of your employment with the Company, you shall not accept or
invest in, whether directly or indirectly, any opportunity (a “Corporate Opportunity”)
(i) which is in the line of business of any company of the CME Group
(other than any existing investment in a company of the CME Group), (ii)
which arises or becomes known to you as a result of your employment by the
Company, or (iii) in which the CME Group has an interest or expectancy
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. The Company acknowledges that Corporate Opportunities
shall not include your investments in the companies listed in Annex 3
hereto.
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14.9
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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.
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14.10
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The
restrictions set forth in this clause 14 shall not apply if the Company is
in breach of this Contract.
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14.11
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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.
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15
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GENERAL
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15.1
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You
hereby authorise the Company to deduct from any salary payable to you any
sums owing by you to the Company.
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15.2
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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.
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The
Company and Xxxxxx Xxxxx agree to the terms set out above.
Signed as a Deed by CME Media Services Limited acting
by:
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Xxxxxx Xxxx, Director
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx
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Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Director
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Signed as a Deed by Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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in the presence of:
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Witness signature:
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/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
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Address:
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Occupation:
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Assistant
to the President & CEO
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Annex
1
Definition
of Core Operations and Core Operations EBITDA Targets for the Bonus and
Additional Bonus
For
purposes of the calculation of any Bonus or Additional Bonus, “Core Operations” shall mean
(1) all entities of the CME Group existing as at July 27, 2009 (other than the
entities identified below as “Non-Core Operations”) and (2)
the entities representing the Media Pro Entertainment group to be acquired
pursuant to the Framework Agreement.
“Non-Core
Operations”
Ukrainian
operations
1 + 1
Production
Studio
1+1 LLC
Ukrainian
Media Services LLC
Ukrpromtorg-2003
LLC
Gravis-Kino
LLC
TV Stimul
LLC
TOR
LLC
ZHYSA
LLC
CME
Ukraine Holding B.V.
International
Media Services Ltd.
CME
Ukraine Holding GmbH
Innova
Film GmbH
CME
Cyprus Holding Ltd.
Grizard
Investments Limited
Grintwood
Investments Limited
TV Media
Planet Ltd.
Glavred-Media
LLC
Bulgarian
operations
Top Tone
Media S.A.
Zopal
S.A.
PRO BG
MEDIA EOOD
LG
Consult EOOD
Top Tone
Media Bulgaria EOOD
Ring TV
EAD
Other
entities
CME
Development Financing B.V.
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Bonus: Core EBITDA
Targets
Financial Year
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Core EBITDA Target
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2010
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$180,000,000
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2011
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$230,000,000
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2012
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$280,000,000
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2013
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$340,000,000
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Additional Bonus: Percentage
in excess of Core EBITDA Targets
Financial Year
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Percentage
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2010
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3%
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2011
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2%
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2012
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1%
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2013
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1%
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event that:
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(i)
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the
CME Group acquires additional operations that the Company considers to be
Core Operations for purposes of this
Contract;
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(ii)
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the
fundamental assumptions underlying the Core EBITDA Targets set forth
herein have materially changed (including assumptions in respect of
exchange rates, general economic growth rates, and the rate of growth of
advertising in the markets of the Core Operations);
or
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(iii)
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the
functional currency of the CME Group is changed to the Euro
(€),
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the
parties hereto agree to negotiate in good faith an amendment to the relevant
Core EBITDA Target(s), as applicable.
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Annex
2
Special
Performance Bonuses
You shall
be entitled to earn each of the bonuses set out below upon fulfilment of the
specific conditions applicable in respect of each individual Special Performance
Bonus detailed below:
1.
Ukraine
Transaction
Following
the completion of the Ukraine transaction reported on the Current Report on Form
8-K filed on July 2, 2009 by CME Ltd., you shall be entitled to earn a Special
Performance Bonus in the amount of USD 500,000 (in words, five hundred thousand
US dollars). Such bonus shall be payable within sixty (60) days of the
completion of the Ukraine transaction.
2.
Succession
Plan
In the
event that the Board of Directors of CME Ltd. approves a succession plan in
respect of executive management of the CME group on or before December 31, 2011,
you shall be entitled to earn a Special Performance Bonus in the amount of USD
500,000 (in words, five hundred thousand US dollars) to be paid within sixty
(60) days of the adoption of such succession plan.
3.
Refinancing of
Debt
In the
event that CME Ltd. refinances its existing indebtedness in respect of
(i) the €245,000,000 8.25% Senior Notes due 2012 (“2005 Notes”) issued pursuant
to the Indenture dated May 5, 2005, between CME Ltd., Central European Media
Enterprises N.V., CME Media Enterprises B.V., The Bank of New York (formerly
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., London Branch) and The Bank of New York (Luxembourg)
S.A. (formerly X.X. Xxxxxx Bank Luxembourg S.A.), (ii) the €150,000,000 Senior
Floating Rate Notes due 2014 (“2007 Notes”) issued pursuant
to the Indenture dated May 16, 2007 between CME Ltd., Central
European Media Enterprises N.V., CME Media Enterprises B.V., BNY Corporate
Trustee Services Limited, The Bank of New York and The Bank of New York
(Luxembourg) S.A., and (iii) the $475,000,000 3.50% Senior Floating Rate Notes
due 2013 (the “Convertible
Notes”) issued pursuant to the Indenture dated March 10, 2008 between CME
Ltd., Central European Media Enterprises N.V., CME Media Enterprises B.V., and
The Bank of New York, you shall be entitled to earn a Special Performance Bonus
as follows. You shall be entitled to earn an amount equal to 0.1% of
the aggregate face value of any debt issued in the refinancing of any of the
2005 Notes, the 2007 Notes and the Convertible Notes or any portion thereof, up
to a maximum of USD 1,000,000 (in words, one million US dollars) in the
aggregate in respect of all such refinancings. Such amount shall be payable
within sixty (60) days of the date the refinancing of (i) the 2005 Notes, (ii)
the 2007 Notes or (iii) the Convertible Notes, as applicable. In the
event that any of the 2005 Notes, the 2007 Notes or the Convertible Notes is
repaid without being refinanced through the issuance of additional indebtedness,
no bonus shall be payable in respect of such repayment.
4.
Internet
Performance Bonus
In the
event that aggregate EBITDA for the CME Group’s internet operations, using
constant exchange rates, in respect of the Financial Years ending December 31,
2011, 2012 and 2013 (“Aggregate
Internet EBITDA”) exceeds USD 30,000,000 (in words, thirty
million US dollars), you shall be entitled to earn a bonus in an amount equal to
5% of the amount by which the Aggregate Internet EBITDA exceeds USD 30,000,000,
to a maximum of USD 500,000 (in words, five hundred thousand US
dollars). Such bonus shall be payable at the same time any Bonus or
Additional Bonus is payable in respect of the 2013 Financial Year pursuant to
clause 3.4.
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