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VimpelCom Ltd. – ‘20-F’ for 12/31/11 – EX-4.4

On:  Monday, 4/30/12, at 1:38pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/11   ·   Accession #:  1193125-12-194968   ·   File #:  1-34694

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  As Of                Filer                Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size              Issuer               Agent

 4/30/12  VimpelCom Ltd.                    20-F       12/31/11   10:4.7M                                   RR Donnelley/FA

Annual Report of a Foreign Private Issuer   —   Form 20-F
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 20-F        Annual Report of a Foreign Private Issuer           HTML   3.53M 
 2: EX-2.2      Agreement to Furnish Instruments Relating to        HTML     10K 
                          Long-Term Debt.                                        
 3: EX-4.3      Amendment No.1 to Share Sale and Exchange           HTML     18K 
                          Agreement                                              
 4: EX-4.4      Amendment No.2 to the Share Sale and Exchange       HTML     19K 
                          Agreement                                              
 5: EX-8        List of Subsidiaries.                               HTML     50K 
 6: EX-12.1     Certification of CEO Pursuant to Section 302        HTML     14K 
 7: EX-12.2     Certification of CFO Pursuant to Section 302        HTML     14K 
 8: EX-13.1     Certification of CEO and CFO Pursuant to Section    HTML      9K 
                          906                                                    
 9: EX-15.1     Consent of Ernst & Young Accountants LLP.           HTML      8K 
10: EX-15.2     Consent of Ernst & Young LLC.                       HTML      8K 


EX-4.4   —   Amendment No.2 to the Share Sale and Exchange Agreement


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  Amendment No.2 to the Share Sale and Exchange Agreement  

Exhibit 4.4

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AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED

SHARE SALE AND EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

AMENDMENT NO. 2 (this “Agreement”), dated as of January 31, 2012, to the Amended and Restated Share Sale and Exchange Agreement dated as of January 17, 2011, and amended and restated on April 15, 2011, and further amended on November 25, 2011 (as may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its provisions, the “SSEA”) by and among VimpelCom Ltd. (“VimpelCom”), a company organized and existing under the laws of Bermuda, Wind Telecom S.p.A. (“Weather I”), a company organized and existing under the laws of Italy, and Weather Investments II S.à r.l. (“Weather II”), a company organized and existing under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

RECITALS

A. VimpelCom, Weather I and Weather II are parties to the SSEA.

B. The parties desire to amend the SSEA as provided in this Agreement.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein, as well as other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and accepted, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

AMENDMENTS TO THE SSEA

1.1 Amendments to the SSEA. With effect as the date of this Agreement, the SSEA shall be amended as follows:

(a) Section 1.1 of the SSEA shall be amended by adding the following definition as the first definition of Section 1.1:

““AAJGA” means the Assignment, Assumption, Joinder and Guarantee Agreement, dated as of December 29, 2011, as may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its provisions, among Orascom, OTMT, France Telecom, Wirefree Services Belgium, Atlas Services Belgium, Orange Participations S.A. and MobiNil.”

(b) Section 1.1 of the SSEA shall be amended by adding the following definition immediately following the definition for “OTH Separation Agreement”:

““OTMT” means Orascom Telecom Media and Technology Holding S.A.E.”

(c) Section 6.3(f)(i)(B) of the SSEA shall be replaced in its entirety with the following:

“If the Orascom shareholders’ meeting required to implement Spin-Off Plan A has approved, and EFSA has pre-approved, Spin-Off Plan A with respect to

 

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the Orascom Spin-Off Assets on or prior to Closing, but Spin-Off Plan A with respect to the Orascom Spin-Off Assets cannot be completed on or prior to March 17, 2012 or such earlier date as agreed by VimpelCom and Weather 11 (the “Spin-Off Plan A Outside Date”), then: (i) all Orascom Spin-Off Assets shall be retained by Orascom, and (ii) on the Spin-Off Plan A Outside Date, VimpelCom shall make a cash payment to Weather II of US$600 million as additional Consideration and, if France Telecom has not exercised its call option under the MobiNil Shareholders Agreement on or prior to the Spin-Off Plan A Outside Date, VimpelCom shall make a further additional cash payment of US$170 million as further additional Consideration on the Business Day following the Spin-Off Plan A Outside Date; ”

(d) Section 10.2(e) of the SSEA shall be replaced in its entirety with the following:

“Weather II shall indemnify, defend and hold VimpelCom and its respective officers, directors, employees, agents, Subsidiaries and Affiliates harmless from and against any and all Losses incurred by VimpelCom or any of its respective officers, directors, employees, agents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates, arising out of or resulting from (i) any guarantee VimpelCom or Orascom is required to provide to any entity pursuant to the MobiNil Shareholders Agreement, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the “Guarantees” as defined and provided in the AAJGA; and (ii) any amounts Orascom pays pursuant to sections 9.1 or 9.2 of the AAJGA to the extent that (A) such amounts exceed 50% of any and all payments required to be made pursuant to sections 9.1 and/or 9.2 of the AAJGA, and (B) Orascom is unable to collect such excess amounts from OTMT, within 30 days of payment of said excess amounts by Orascom, as a result of the operation of section 5 of the AAJGA.”

1.2 Effect of Amendments. Except as expressly amended hereby, all terms of the SSEA shall remain in full force and effect.

ARTICLE II

MISCELLANEOUS

2.1 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding and agreement by and among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior negotiations, agreements and understandings among such parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

2.2 Other Miscellaneous Provisions. The provisions of Sections 13.2 to 13.9 of the SSEA shall apply to this Agreement as if set forth herein.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

VIMPELCOM     VIMPELCOM LTD.
    By:  

/s/ Jo O. Lunder

      Name: Jo O. Lunder
      Title:
WEATHER I     WIND TELECOM S.P.A.
    By:  

/s/ Jeffrey D. McGhie

      Name: Jeffrey D. McGhie
      Title:
WEATHER II     WEATHER INVESTMENTS II S.À R.L.
    By:  

/s/ Naguib Sawiris

      Name: Naguib Sawiris
      Title:

Signature page to Amendment No. 2 to the SSEA


Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

This ‘20-F’ Filing    Date    Other Filings
Filed on:4/30/12
3/17/12
1/31/12
For Period End:12/31/11
12/29/11
11/25/11
4/15/116-K
1/17/11
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2 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 3/05/13  SEC                               UPLOAD10/18/17    1:75K  VEON Ltd.
 2/13/13  SEC                               UPLOAD10/18/17    1:192K VEON Ltd.
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