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Supplemental Share Transfer Agreement |
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Golden Telecom, Inc.; NYE Telenor East Invest as; Chadbourne & Parke LLP; Coudert Brothers LLP |
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2003 |
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$43 |
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#1878552 |
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[Execution Version]
SUPPLEMENTAL SHARE TRANSFER AGREEMENT
THIS SUPPLEMENTAL SHARE TRANSFER AGREEMENT (this "Supplemental
Agreement"), dated as of August 19, 2003 (the "Execution Date"), is made by and
among SFMT-RUSNET, INC., a corporation duly organized and validly existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware, USA ("Buyer's Designee"), MR. ALEXANDER V.
KOZHANOV, a citizen of the Russian Federation ("Seller's Designee"), and NYE
TELENOR EAST INVEST AS, a corporation duly organized and validly existing under
the laws of Norway ("Nye Telenor"). (Nye Telenor, Buyer's Designee and Seller's
Designee are referred to collectively as the "Parties", and each individually as
a "Party").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS:
(A) Golden Telecom, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("GTI"), and
SFMT-CIS, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("SFMT-CIS"), each affiliated with the
Buyer's Designee, have entered into that certain Share Exchange Agreement, dated
of even date herewith (the "Share Exchange Agreement"), with Nye Telenor
pursuant to which all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of
OAO Comincom, an open joint stock company duly registered and validly existing
under the laws of the Russian Federation (the "Company"), except for the five
(5) shares of the Company's common stock owned as of the date hereof by the
Seller's Designee (the "Supplemental Shares"), are to be acquired by and
transferred to SFMT-CIS;
(B) On June 17, 2003, Seller's Designee entered into a Share
Purchase Agreement with Nye Telenor in respect of all of the outstanding shares
of capital stock owned by the Seller's Designee (the "Kozhanov Purchase
Agreement"), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A;
(C) In furtherance of the transactions envisioned by the Share
Exchange Agreement, the Seller's Designee and Nye Telenor entered into a letter
agreement, dated June 17, 2003 (the "Kozhanov Letter Agreement", and together
with the Kozhanov Purchase Agreement, the "Kozhanov Agreements"), a copy of
which is attached hereto as Exhibit B, pursuant to which it was agreed that the
Seller's Designee would retain legal ownership of the Supplemental Shares and
continue to remain as the duly registered owner thereof in the shareholders'
register of the Company until such time as the Seller's Designee has executed a
share transfer order in favor of GTI or an affiliated entity thereof for the
transfer of the Supplemental Shares pursuant to the instructions of Nye Telenor;
(D) Under Article 10.2 of the Russian Federal Law No. 208-FZ "On
Joint Stock Companies", the Company must have at least two shareholders as it
directly owns, inter alia, 100% of the issued and outstanding shares in OAO
Combellga, a Russian closed joint stock company, and in order to comply with
this requirement of Russian law, the parties to the Share Exchange Agreement,
together with the Buyer's Designee and the Seller's Designee, have agreed that
in furtherance of the transactions contemplated by the Share Exchange Agreement,
the Supplemental Shares shall be transferred to the Buyer's Designee in
accordance with this Supplemental Agreement;
{PAGE}
(E) Nye Telenor, in consideration of the shares of GTI's common
stock being delivered to Nye Telenor pursuant to the Share Exchange Agreement,
wishes to instruct the Seller's Designee that prior to the Closing (as defined
in the Share Exchange Agreement), the Seller's Designee shall execute a share
transfer order for the Supplemental Shares in favor of Buyer's Designee such
that, as of the Closing, the Buyer's Designee shall be duly registered as the
sole and exclusive legal, record and beneficial owner of the Supplemental
Shares; and
(F) It is one of the conditions precedent to the Closing under the
Share Exchange Agreement that this Supplemental Agreement be entered into by all
of the Parties;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements hereinafter contained, the
Parties agree as follows:
1. Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized
terms shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Share Exchange
Agreement.
2. Instructions to Seller's Designee. (a) As required by the
terms of the Kozhanov Letter Agreement and in consideration of the GTI Shares to
be issued to Nye Telenor pursuant to the terms of the Share Exchange Agreement,
Nye Telenor hereby instructs the Seller's Designee to execute and deliver a
share transfer order (the "Supplemental Share Transfer Order") to the
Shareholders' Registrar ordering the re-registration of the Supplemental Shares
into the name of the Buyer's Designee in the Shareholders' Register. The
Supplemental Share Transfer Order shall be delivered to the Shareholder's
Registrar simultaneously with the delivery of the Share Transfer Order to be
executed by Nye Telenor and delivered to the Shareholder's Registrar in
accordance with the terms of the Share Exchange Agreement with the effect that,
as of the Closing, the Buyer's Designee shall be duly registered as the sole and
exclusive legal, record and beneficial owner of the Supplemental Shares.
(b) In furtherance of the obligations of the Seller's Designee
under the Kozhanov Agreements and in exchange for the consideration paid
thereunder, the Seller's Designee hereby covenants and agrees with the other
Parties to take all steps necessary to deliver the Supplemental Share Transfer
Order in accordance with the terms hereof, which Supplemental Share Transfer
Order shall be similar in form and substance to the Share Transfer Order to be
delivered by Nye Telenor pursuant to the Share Exchange Agreement, and to
execute and deliver (or cause to be delivered) all documents and instruments in
form reasonably satisfactory to Buyer's Designee as may be required under
applicable Law, including the Laws of the Russian Federation, or reasonably
necessary in the opinion of Buyer's Designee, in order for the transfer from the
Seller's Designee to the Buyer's Designee of full and exclusive ownership rights
to the Supplemental Shares to occur on the Closing Date.
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3. Acknowledgement of Payment, No Further Claims and Assignment
of Rights.
(a) The Seller's Designee covenants and agrees with the Buyer's
Designee that (i) pursuant to the Kozhanov Purchase Agreement and subject to the
terms thereof, he has received payment in full for the Supplemental Shares in
accordance with the Laws of the Russian Federation and has no further claim for
payment of any amount, or receipt of any other consideration, from the Buyer's
Designee, and (ii) in connection with, or subsequent to, the transfer of the
Supplemental Shares to the Buyer's Designee, the Buyer's Designee shall not be
obligated to make any payment or take any action to or for the benefit of the
Seller's Designee (contingent or otherwise) relating to the Supplemental Shares
(other than as expressly provided for under this Supplemental Agreement).
(b) Nye Telenor covenants and agrees that (i) it is issuing the
instruction to the Seller's Designee set forth in Section 2 above in furtherance
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