EX-2.13 5 a05-2007_1ex2d13.htm EX-2.13

Exhibit 2.13

 

 

 

DATED 31 January 2005

 

 

(1)              NTL GROUP LIMITED

 

(2)              NTL (CHICHESTER) LIMITED

 

(3)              NTL DIGITAL VENTURES LIMITED

 

(4)  NTL VENTURES LIMITED

 

(5)              MACQUARIE UK BROADCAST LIMITED

 

 (6)             MACQUARIE UK BROADCAST HOLDINGS LIMITED

 

 

THIRD DEED OF VARIATION

TO THE MASTER AGREEMENT

relating to

NATIONAL TRANSCOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

AND NTL DIGITAL LIMITED

 



 

THIRD DEED OF VARIATION TO MASTER AGREEMENT

 

THIS DEED is made on 31 January 2005

 

BETWEEN:

 

(1)                                          NTL GROUP LIMITED, incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 2591237 and whose registered office is at NTL House, Bartley Wood Business Park, Hook, Hampshire RG27 9UP (“NGL”);

 

(2)                                          NTL (CHICHESTER) LIMITED, incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 3056817 and whose registered office is at NTL House, Bartley Wood Business Park, Hook, Hampshire RG27 9UP (“NTL Chichester”);

 

(3)                                          NTL DIGITAL VENTURES LIMITED, incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 5223257 and whose registered office is at NTL House, Bartley Wood Business Park, Hook, Hampshire RG27 9UP (“Digital Holdco”);

 

(4)                                          NTL VENTURES LIMITED incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 5301388 and whose registered office is at NTL House, Bartley Wood Business Park, Hook, Hampshire RG27 9UP (“ProjectCo”);

 

(5)                                          MACQUARIE UK BROADCAST LIMITED, incorporated in England and Wales, with registered number 5254048, whose registered office is at Level 30, Citypoint, 1 Ropemaker Street, London EC2Y 9HD (“Buyer”); and

 

(6)                                          MACQUARIE UK BROADCAST HOLDINGS LIMITED, incorporated in England and Wales, with registered number 5254001, whose registered office is at Level 30, Citypoint, 1 Ropemaker Street, London EC2Y 9HD (“Buyer Holdco”).

 

WHEREAS:

 

(A)                                        The parties to this Deed are party to a Master Agreement relating to National Transcommunications Limited and NTL Digital Limited dated 1 December 2004 as varied by a Deed of Variation dated 23 December 2004, a Second Deed of Variation dated 27 January 2005 and a Deed of Accession and Adherence dated 27 January 2005 (the “Master Agreement”).

 

(B)                                        The parties wish to vary the Master Agreement subject to and in accordance with this Deed.

 



 

NOW THIS DEED WITNESSETH AND IT IS HEREBY AGREED:

 

1.                                               DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 

1.1                                       Definitions

 

In this Deed, unless the subject or context otherwise requires, words and phrases defined in the Master Agreement shall have the same meaning when used in this Deed.

 

1.2                                       Interpretation

 

The provisions of clause 1 of the Master Agreement shall apply to this Deed, mutatis mutandis.

 

2.                                               WAIVER AND VARIATION

 

The parties to this Deed hereby consent and agree to the following variations pursuant to clause 22.5 of the Master Agreement:

 

2.1                                       Part II of Schedule 7 of the Master Agreement shall be amended by adding a Third Party Access Agreement as a new document numbered 32 in Part B thereof, which shall be in the form contained in Annexure 1 to this Deed and which document shall, for the avoidance of doubt, be an Ancillary Agreement;

 

2.2                                       the documents in the approved terms comprising the Ancillary Agreements may each be amended such that the definition therein of the “Broadcast Group” shall not include DTELS Limited;

 

2.3                                       the documents in the approved terms comprising the Ancillary Agreements may each be amended such that the address for service of notices pursuant to each Ancillary Agreement be amended to “Crawley Court, Winchester, Hampshire SO21 2QA, marked for the attention of the Company Secretary”;

 

2.4                                       the documents in the approved terms comprising the following Ancillary Agreements shall be amended so as to reflect the terms of the documents contained in the following Annexures to this Deed:

 

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Ancillary Agreement

 

Annexure

 

 

 

Transitional Services Agreement for the Provision of Finance Services

 

2

 

 

 

Transitional Services Agreement for the Provision of HR Services

 

3

 

 

 

Transitional Services Agreement for the Provision of IT Services

 

4

 

 

 

Transitional Services Agreement for the Provision of Voice, Data and Security Services

 

5

 

 

 

Leased Line Services Agreement

 

6

 

 

 

Communications (Telephony) Services Agreement

 

7

 

 

 

Firelink Side Letter

 

8

 

 

 

Transitional Services Agreement for the Provision of Corporate Database Services

 

9

 

 

 

Agreement Relating to the Provision of Support for Network Monitoring and Control Systems

 

10

 

 

 

Field Support Agreement

 

11

 

 

 

Agreement in Respect of the Management of Mechanical, Electrical, Cooling and Fire Protection Infrastructure

 

12

 

 

 

Agreement for the Provision of Radio and Antenna Costing, Design, Build and Support Services

 

13

 

 

 

Referral Agreement

 

14

 

 

 

NOT USED

 

15

 

 

 

Short Term Licence to Occupy — Core to Broadcast

 

16

 

 

 

Lease of Mast at Cambridge Cable Xcast

 

17

 

 

 

Lease of Mast at Copdock

 

18

 

 

 

Lease of Mast at Belfast Kennedy Way

 

19

 

 

 

Lease of Mast at Londonderry

 

20

 

 

 

Lease of Mast at Cardiff, Portmanmoore Road

 

21

 

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Lease of Mast at Flitwick

 

22

 

 

 

Lease of Mast at Glasgow, Renfrew Braehead Warehouse Xcat

 

23

 

 

 

Lease of Mast at Stevenage, Leyden Road Xcat

 

24

 

 

 

Lease of Mast at Northampton, Crest House Xcom

 

25

 

 

 

Lease of Mast at Northampton, Gladstone Road Tran SW Xcom

 

26

 

 

 

Lease of Mast at Leamington Spa

 

27

 

 

 

Lease of Mast at Stockton-on-Tees

 

28

 

 

 

Lease of Mast at Leeds Seacroft

 

29

 

 

 

Lease of Mast at Watford

 

30

 

 

 

Option Agreement for the Grant of Leases

 

31

 

 

 

Lease of Part of Langley

 

32

 

 

 

Short Term Licence to Occupy – Broadcast to Core

 

33

 

 

 

Lease(s) of Part of Crawley Court

 

34

 

 

 

Lease of Part of St Hilary

 

35

 

 

 

Site Sharing under Co-Location Agreement for all Co-Location Sites in the UK

 

36

 

 

 

Site Sharing and Co-Location Agreement for all Co-Location Sites in Ireland

 

37

 

 

 

Lease of Part of Black hill

 

38

 

3.                                               UNDERTAKING

 

NGL undertakes to enter into and to procure the entry into by NatTrans and the relevant members of the ntl Group of the Ancillary Agreements and such agreements as are necessary to amend the Ancillary Agreements to the extent that the same are added or amended pursuant to clause 2 of this Deed on or before Completion.

 

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4.                                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

The provisions of clauses 21 (Applicable Law and Jurisdiction) and 22 (General) of the Master Agreement shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to this Deed.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Deed has been executed and delivered the day and year first before written.

 

 

EXECUTED by

)

 

 

 

NTL GROUP LIMITED

)

 

/s/ RC Gale

 

acting by:

)

 

/s/ RM Mackenzie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXECUTED by

)

 

 

 

NTL (CHICHESTER) LIMITED

)

 

/s/ RC Gale

 

acting by:

)

 

/s/ RM Mackenzie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXECUTED by

)

 

 

 

NTL DIGITAL

)

 

 

 

VENTURES LIMITED

)

 

/s/ RC Gale

 

acting by:

)

 

/s/ RM Mackenzie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXECUTED by

)

 

 

 

NTL VENTURES LIMITED

)

 

/s/ RC Gale

 

acting by:

)

 

/s/ RM Mackenzie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXECUTED by

)

 

 

 

MACQUARIE UK BROADCAST

)

 

 

 

LIMITED

)

 

/s/ R Howes

 

acting by:

)

 

/s/ J Craig

 

 

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EXECUTED by

)

 

 

 

MACQUARIE UK BROADCAST

)

 

 

 

HOLDINGS LIMITED

)

 

/s/ R Howes

 

acting by:

)

 

/s/ J Craig

 

 

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