THIS IS NOT A  SOLICITATION  OF  ACCEPTANCES  OF THE  CHAPTER  11  PLAN  JOINTLY
PROPOSED BY UNITED  PAN-EUROPE  COMMUNICATIONS  N.V.  AND NEW UPC,  INC. IN THIS
CHAPTER 11 CASE. ACCEPTANCES OF THE PLAN MAY NOT BE SOLICITED UNTIL A DISCLOSURE
STATEMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE BANKRUPTCY COURT.  THIS DISCLOSURE  STATEMENT
IS BEING SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL, BUT HAS NOT YET BEEN APPROVED BY THE BANKRUPTCY
COURT AND IS SUBJECT TO AMENDMENT PRIOR TO SUCH APPROVAL BEING GRANTED.

THIS  DISCLOSURE  STATEMENT  IN  DRAFT  FORM  DOES  NOT  CONSTITUTE  AN OFFER OF
SECURITIES UPON ISSUE IN OR FROM THE NETHERLANDS.



UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
-------------------------------------------------x
In re                                            :  Chapter 11
                                                 :
United Pan-Europe Communications N.V.,           :  Case No. 02-_______ ( ___ )
                                                 :
                                        Debtor.  :
                                                 :
-------------------------------------------------x


                        DISCLOSURE STATEMENT WITH RESPECT
            TO CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF REORGANIZATION JOINTLY PROPOSED BY
             UNITED PAN-EUROPE COMMUNICATIONS N.V. AND NEW UPC, INC.









Dated:    New York, New York
          December 3, 2002




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     This Disclosure Statement (the "Disclosure Statement") relates to the
proposed financial restructuring of United Pan-Europe Communications N.V., a
corporation incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands, with its statutory
seat in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (the "Company"), and the issuance of shares
of New UPC Common Stock (as defined herein) and New UPC Equity Purchase Rights
(as defined herein) issued in connection with the Restructuring (as defined
herein). The Company, together with New UPC, Inc., a newly-formed U.S. company
incorporated in the State of Delaware that will become a holding company of the
Company upon consummation of the Restructuring ("New UPC"), jointly propose a
restructuring of the Company's capital structure and other obligations (the
"Restructuring"), as described in this Disclosure Statement, pursuant to which
New UPC intends to issue shares of common stock of New UPC ("New UPC Common
Stock"), including, without limitation, in consideration for the surrender and
transfer to New UPC of:

     (i)  all of the Claims (as defined herein) under the US$1,255.0 million 6%
          Guaranteed Discount Notes due 2007, co-issued by Belmarken Holding
          B.V. ("Belmarken") and the Company and guaranteed by UPC Internet
          Holding B.V. (the "Belmarken Notes");

     (ii) all of the Claims under

          the US$200,000,000 10 7/8% Senior Notes due 2007,
          the US$800,000,000 10 7/8% Senior Notes due 2009,
          the US$735,000,000 12 1/2% Senior Discount Notes due 2009,
          the US$252,000,000 11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2009,
          the US$478,000,000 13 3/8% Senior Discount Notes due 2009,
          the US$600,000,000 11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2010,
          the US$300,000,000 11 1/2% Senior Notes due 2010,
          the US$1,000,000,000 13 3/4% Senior Discount Notes due 2010,
          the (euro)100,000,000 10 7/8% Senior Notes due 2007,
          the (euro)300,000,000 10 7/8% Senior Notes due 2009,
          the (euro)101,000,000 11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2009,
          the (euro)191,000,000 13 3/8% Senior Discount Notes due 2009 and
          the (euro)200,000,000 11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2010

          issued by the Company (collectively, the "UPC Notes");

    (iii) all of the General Unsecured Claims (as defined herein) against the
          Company;

     (iv) all of the outstanding Series 1 convertible preference shares A of the
          Company (the "UPC Preference Shares A");

     (v)  all of the outstanding priority shares of the Company (the "UPC
          Priority Shares");

     (vi) all of the outstanding ordinary shares A of the Company (the "UPC
          Ordinary Shares A"), including UPC Ordinary Shares A represented by
          American Depositary Shares (the "UPC ADSs"); and

    (vii) all of the Equity Securities Claims (as defined herein) against the
          Company.

For additional information regarding the Restructuring, see "The Restructuring."

     The Company, which has been experiencing severe short-term and long-term
liquidity problems and has ceased making interest payments on the UPC Notes, has
proposed this financial restructuring in order to reduce the Company's current
and future financial obligations and to provide the Company with additional
capital to permit the continuation of the Company as a going concern.

     In order to effectuate the Restructuring described in this Disclosure
Statement, on December 3, 2002 (the "Petition Date"), the Company filed a
petition for relief under Chapter 11 ("Chapter 11") of the United States




                                      (i)

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Bankruptcy Code (the "U.S. Bankruptcy Code") and filed the pre-negotiated plan
of reorganization described in this Disclosure Statement (the "Plan") with the
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the "U.S.
Bankruptcy Court").

     The Company believes that, in order to fully achieve the Restructuring,
including the distributions contemplated by the Plan, it is also necessary to
effect the Restructuring under the laws of certain non-U.S. jurisdictions,
including Dutch law. Accordingly, in conjunction with the commencement of the
Chapter 11 case, the Company has commenced a moratorium of payments in The
Netherlands under Dutch bankruptcy law (the "Dutch Bankruptcy Case") and has
filed a proposed plan of compulsory composition (the "Akkoord") with the
Amsterdam Court (Rechtbank) (the "Dutch Bankruptcy Court") under the Dutch
Faillissementswet (the "Dutch Bankruptcy Code").

     Unlike the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, the Dutch Bankruptcy Code does not provide
for the Akkoord to reorganize or cancel any of the Equity Interests (as defined
herein) in the Company. Therefore, in order to facilitate implementation of the
Plan with respect to certain of the UPC Ordinary Shares A in accordance with
Dutch law, New UPC shall commence an offer, solely with respect to holders of
UPC Ordinary Shares A who are not U.S. Persons (as defined in Rule 902(k) of
Regulation S promulgated under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"U.S. Securities Act"), "U.S. Persons") and are not located or residing within
the United States, to deliver shares of New UPC Common Stock in consideration
for the agreement of the holders of the UPC Ordinary Shares A to deliver their
UPC Ordinary Shares A to New UPC (the "Dutch Implementing Offer").

     Similarly, the Dutch Bankruptcy Code does not provide for the Dutch
Bankruptcy Case to exempt compliance from otherwise applicable corporate law.
Therefore, in order to facilitate implementation of the Plan, the Company will
hold an extraordinary meeting of the holders of the UPC Ordinary Shares A, the
UPC Priority Shares and the UPC Preference Shares A (the "Extraordinary General
Meeting") to approve certain amendments to the Company's Articles of Association
and other shareholder proposals (the "Shareholder Proposals") as described
herein under "The Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders."

     The Plan also provides each Holder (as defined herein) of a Belmarken Notes
Claim, UPC Notes Claim and General Unsecured Claim (each term as defined herein)
with the right (the "New UPC Equity Purchase Rights") to purchase a pro rata
share of up to (euro)100 million of shares of New UPC Common Stock (the "Maximum
Subscription Amount") at the per share price implied by the Plan (the "Implied
Purchase Price"). The Holders of General Unsecured Claims will be permitted to
participate in the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights based on the Claim amounts set
forth by such Holders in their proofs of claim filed in the Chapter 11 case;
provided, however, that this right will in no way affect any determination by
either the U.S. Bankruptcy Court or the Dutch Bankruptcy Court as to the
allowability of any Claims asserted by such Holders against the Company. The New
UPC Equity Purchase Rights will only be exercisable on the Effective Date (as
defined herein). The Maximum Subscription Amount will be reduced on a
Euro-for-Euro basis under the circumstances described in this Disclosure
Statement under "New UPC Equity Subscription--General." Subject to confirmation
of the Plan and the ratified Akkoord becoming final and conclusive (in kracht
van gewijsde gaan), UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. ("UGC"), the indirect parent company
of the Company, has committed to purchase from New UPC, and New UPC has
committed to sell to UGC, on the Effective Date, at the Implied Purchase Price,
an amount of shares of New UPC Common Stock with an aggregate value equal to the
Maximum Subscription Amount less the number of shares of New UPC Common Stock
purchased by holders of Belmarken Notes Claims, UPC Notes Claims and General
Unsecured Claims pursuant to the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights (the "UGC
Subscription Commitment"). The New UPC Equity Purchase Rights (and the
subscription of shares of New UPC Common Stock upon exercise of those New UPC
Equity Purchase Rights) and the UGC Subscription Commitment (and the
subscription of shares of New UPC Common Stock by UGC under this commitment) are
collectively referred to in this Disclosure Statement as the "New UPC Equity
Subscription." The "Effective Date" means the Business Day (as defined herein)
that is no more than 11 Business Days following the date on which all conditions
precedent to the consummation of the Plan and the Akkoord have either been
satisfied or, to the extent permitted in the Plan and the Akkoord, duly waived
and on which day the Plan and the Akkoord become effective and final.

     For additional information regarding the Akkoord, see "The Akkoord." For
additional information regarding the Dutch Implementing Offer, see "The Dutch
Implementing Offer." For additional information regarding the Extraordinary
General Meeting, see "The Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders." For
more information regarding the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights, see "New UPC
Equity Subscription."


                                      (ii)

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                                 ______________

     The terms of the Restructuring have been developed in the course of
discussions and negotiations with (i) representatives of holders (other than UGC
and its subsidiaries (the "UGC Group")) of approximately 25% of the aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding UPC Notes, through the Participating
Noteholders (as defined herein) and (ii) UGC (which, through the UGC Group,
holds all of the outstanding Belmarken Notes, all of the outstanding UPC
Priority Shares, approximately 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding UPC Notes, approximately 20% of the outstanding UPC Preference
Shares A and approximately 53% of the outstanding UPC Ordinary Shares A), and
such parties have agreed in writing, subject to the terms and conditions of the
Restructuring Agreement (as defined herein), to vote in favor of the Plan and
the Akkoord.







                                     (iii)

<PAGE>


                                   DISCLAIMERS

     This Disclosure Statement has been prepared pursuant to, and in accordance
with, Section 1125 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and Rule 3016(b) of the U.S.
Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure in order to provide adequate information
to enable Holders of Claims against, or Equity Interests in, the Company who are
entitled to vote on the Plan to make a reasonably informed decision with respect
to their vote on the Plan. To that end, this Disclosure Statement describes the
terms and provisions of the Plan, as well as the methods by which the Company
will implement the Restructuring under U.S. and Dutch law. Persons or entities
holding or trading in, or otherwise purchasing, selling or transferring, Claims
against, or Equity Interests in, the Company should evaluate this Disclosure
Statement in light of the purpose for which it was prepared.

     [This Disclosure Statement has been approved by order of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court as containing adequate information of a kind and in sufficient
detail to enable Holders of Claims and Equity Interests to make an informed
judgment with respect to voting to accept or reject the Plan. However, the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court's approval of this Disclosure Statement does not constitute a
recommendation or determination by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court with respect to the
merits of the Plan or the Restructuring.]

                                 ______________


     From a Dutch corporate governance perspective, one of the specific purposes
of this Disclosure Statement is to inform Holders of the UPC Preference Shares
A, the UPC Priority Shares and the UPC Ordinary Shares A of the Restructuring
and, in that respect, this Disclosure Statement also serves as an "Explanatory
Memorandum" to be provided at the time of the calling of the Extraordinary
General Meeting.

     Certain aspects of the Restructuring are subject to, among other things,
the approval of the general meeting of shareholders of the Company. One of the
purposes of this Disclosure Statement is to set out the background to, and
details of, the Restructuring to enable the Company's shareholders to make an
informed decision when they will be requested to vote on certain aspects of the
Restructuring at the Extraordinary General Meeting to be held at ____________,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on _________, 2003, at __________ p.m. (Central
European Time), unless postponed or adjourned.

     The information included in the sections entitled "Summary--The Company,"
"The Company" and "Outstanding Securities of the Company" of this Disclosure
Statement has been provided by the Company. The information included in
"Summary--New UPC" and "New UPC" of this Disclosure Statement has been provided
by New UPC. The Company and New UPC have jointly provided the information
included in the other sections and pages of this Disclosure Statement. The
Company and New UPC are responsible for the accuracy of the information they
have provided in this Disclosure Statement, each with respect to such
information it has provided, and together with respect to the information
provided jointly. The Company and New UPC confirm, each with respect to such
information it has provided, that on the date of this Disclosure Statement that
information is, to the best of their respective knowledge, true and accurate and
that there are no other facts the omission of which would make any statement in
this Disclosure Statement misleading in any material respect.

     This Disclosure Statement is published in the English language only and
shall not be made available in the Dutch language. This Disclosure Statement
will be made available in print and on the internet at the Company's website at
www.upccorp.com. The Company does not accept any liability for the
non-availability of the Disclosure Statement on the internet or the possible
consequences from reliance on, or action taken in consequence of, information
available on the internet.

     The information contained on the Company's website address mentioned in
this Disclosure Statement, other than the Disclosure Statement itself, is not
information intended to be incorporated herein by reference or otherwise. No
reliance should be placed on any such information and neither the Company nor
New UPC accepts any liability (in contract or tort, in negligence or otherwise,
except in the case of its own fraud) for any loss suffered as a result of any
reliance placed on, or use made of, any such information in connection with the
distribution of shares of New UPC Common Stock as set out in this Disclosure
Statement.

                                 ______________


                                      (iv)

<PAGE>

     This Disclosure Statement was prepared by, and under the responsibility of,
the Company and New UPC in good faith, based upon information available to them,
including the Company's books and records, and is designed to provide adequate
information to enable Holders of Impaired Claims or Impaired Equity Interests to
make an informed judgment on whether to accept or reject the Plan and the
Akkoord, participate in the Dutch Implementing Offer and subscribe for shares of
New UPC Common Stock in the New UPC Equity Subscription, as applicable. All
Holders of Impaired Claims or Impaired Equity Interests are hereby advised and
encouraged to read and carefully consider this Disclosure Statement, the Plan
and the Akkoord in their entirety before voting to accept or reject the Plan and
the Akkoord and determining whether to participate in the Dutch Implementing
Offer and whether to subscribe for shares of New UPC Common Stock in the New UPC
Equity Subscription, as applicable.

     This Disclosure Statement may not be relied on for any purpose other than
to determine how to vote on the Plan or the Akkoord, whether to participate in
the Dutch Implementing Offer and whether to subscribe for shares of New UPC
Common Stock in the New UPC Equity Subscription. Nothing contained herein shall
constitute an admission of any fact or liability by any party, or be admissible
in any proceeding involving the Company or any other party.

                                 ______________


     In making a decision to accept or reject the Plan and the Akkoord, whether
to participate in the Dutch Implementing Offer and whether to subscribe for
shares of New UPC Common Stock in the New UPC Equity Subscription, as
applicable, each Holder of an Impaired Claim or Impaired Equity Interest must
rely on its own examination of the Company and New UPC as described in this
Disclosure Statement and the terms of the Plan, the Akkoord, the Dutch
Implementing Offer and the New UPC Equity Subscription, as applicable, including
the merits and risks involved. As such, all Holders of Impaired Claims and
Impaired Equity Interests should read and consider carefully the matters
described in this Disclosure Statement as a whole, including the section
entitled "Risk Factors," prior to voting on the Plan and the Akkoord and
determining whether to participate in the Dutch Implementing Offer and whether
to subscribe for shares of New UPC Common Stock pursuant to the New UPC Equity
Subscription.

     The Company and New UPC are not (and shall not be construed to be) offering
legal, business, financial or tax advice to any Holder of any Claim or Equity
Interest, and this Disclosure Statement should not be considered to contain any
specific advice or instruction considering such matters with respect to any
Claim or Equity Interest. You should consult with your legal, business,
financial and tax advisors as to any matters concerning this Disclosure
Statement, the Plan, the Akkoord, the Dutch Implementing Offer and the New UPC
Equity Subscription, as applicable, and the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby.

                                 ______________


     The description of the Plan contained herein is intended as a summary only
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Plan itself, the exhibits
and schedules to the Plan and the annexes to this Disclosure Statement
(collectively, the "Plan Documents"). A copy of the Plan is attached to this
Disclosure Statement as Annex A. If any inconsistency exists between the Plan
and the Plan Documents, on the one hand, and this Disclosure Statement, on the
other hand, the terms of the Plan and the Plan Documents shall govern. This
Disclosure Statement contains information supplementary to the Plan and the Plan
Documents and is not intended to supplant or substitute for the Plan or the Plan
Documents themselves.

     The description of the Akkoord contained herein is intended as a summary
only and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Akkoord itself. An
English translation of the Akkoord is attached to this Disclosure Statement as
Annex B. If any inconsistency exists between the Akkoord and this Disclosure
Statement, the Akkoord shall govern. This Disclosure Statement contains
information supplementary to the Akkoord and is not intended to supplement or
substitute for the Akkoord itself.

                                 ______________


     No party is authorized by the Company or New UPC to give any information or
make any representations with respect to it, its assets, the Plan, the
securities to be issued under the Plan (including any



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shares of New UPC Common Stock issued under the New UPC Equity Subscription),
the Akkoord, the Dutch Implementing Offer or the Restructuring in general other
than that which is contained in this Disclosure Statement and no representations
or information concerning the Company, New UPC, the Company's future business
operations, the nature of the Company's liabilities, the Company's creditors'
claims or the value of its properties have been authorized by the Company or New
UPC other than as set forth herein. As such, you should not rely upon any such
representations or information other than as explicitly set forth in this
Disclosure Statement (including the annexes and exhibits attached hereto and
information incorporated herein by reference).

     Unless another time is expressly specified herein, the statements contained
in this Disclosure Statement are made as of the date hereof and neither the
delivery of this Disclosure Statement nor any exchange, redemption,
restructuring, modification, or cancellation of any of the UPC Notes, the
Belmarken Notes, the General Unsecured Claims, the Equity Securities Claims, the
UPC Preference Shares A, the UPC Priority Shares or the UPC Ordinary Shares A
(including the UPC ADSs) made pursuant to the Plan, the Akkoord or the Dutch
Implementing Offer will, under any circumstances, create any implication that
there has been no change in the information contained herein at any time
subsequent to the date hereof or that the information contained herein is
correct at any time subsequent to the date hereof. There can be no assurance
that the information and representations contained herein will continue to be
accurate subsequent to the date hereof. Except as stated herein, all financial
statements contained, or incorporated by reference, in this Disclosure Statement
have been provided by the Company. Certain of the financial statements contained
herein are unaudited.

                                 ______________


     This Disclosure Statement and certain of the Annexes hereto contain
projections of, among other things, future results of operations. The Company
does not as a matter of course publicly disclose projections, but the Company
has prepared such information in connection with the Plan solely for purposes of
demonstrating that, as required by Section 1129(a)(11) of the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code, confirmation of the Plan is not likely to be followed by the liquidation,
or the need for further financial reorganization, of the Company, and to assist
in the preparation of a valuation analysis. This information was prepared by the
Company and was not prepared with a view toward compliance with published
guidelines of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or any other regulatory or
professional agency or body, generally accepted accounting principles or
consistency with our audited financial statements. In addition, neither Arthur
Andersen LLP, the Company's predecessor independent auditors, nor KPMG
Accountants N.V., the Company's current independent auditors, has either
compiled or examined the estimates and projections and, accordingly, neither
Arthur Andersen LLP nor KPMG Accountants N.V. express any opinion or any other
form of assurance with respect to, assume no responsibility for, and disclaim
any association with, these estimates and projections. Furthermore, the
projections contained herein are based upon a number of assumptions and
estimates presented with numerical specificity and considered reasonable by us
when taken as a whole. These assumptions and estimates, however, are subject to
inherent uncertainties and to a wide variety of significant known and unknown
business, economic and competitive risks, including, among others, those
summarized herein, that may cause the Company's actual results or performance to
be materially different from those projected. Consequently, this Disclosure
Statement should not be regarded as a representation by the Company or any other
person of results that will actually be achieved. These estimates and
projections should be read together with the information contained under the
heading "Risk Factors" of this Disclosure Statement and the information and
financial statements and related notes thereto included in the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001, Amendment No. 1 to the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 and the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September
30, 2002, attached as Annexes C, D and E, respectively, hereto.

                                 ______________


     Certain of the information and statements contained in this Disclosure
Statement are "forward-looking statements" and contain estimates, assumptions
and projections. Such information and statements



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are subject to inherent uncertainties and to a wide variety of significant known
and unknown restructuring, business, economic and competitive risks, including,
among others, the following:

     o    the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern;

     o    the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries (the "UPC Group") to
          operate pursuant to the terms of their existing credit facilities and
          arrangements;

     o    the ability to fund, develop and execute the UPC Group's business
          plan;

     o    the ability of the Company to restructure its outstanding indebtedness
          on a satisfactory and timely basis;

     o    the ability of the Company and New UPC to confirm and consummate the
          Plan under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and the Akkoord under the Dutch
          Bankruptcy Code;

     o    the ramifications of any restructuring;

     o    risks associated with not completing the Restructuring consistent with
          the Company's and New UPC's timetable;

     o    risks associated with third parties taking actions inconsistent with,
          or detrimental to, the consummation of the Plan and the Akkoord;

     o    potential adverse developments with respect to the UPC Group's
          liquidity or results of operations;

     o    competitive pressures from other companies in the same or similar
          lines of business as the UPC Group;

     o    trends in the economy as a whole which may affect subscriber
          confidence and demand for the goods and services supplied by the UPC
          Group;

     o    the ability of the UPC Group to predict consumer demand as a whole, as
          well as demand for specific goods and services;

     o    the acceptance and continued use by subscribers and potential
          subscribers of the UPC Group's services;

     o    changes in technology and competition;

     o    the UPC Group's ability to achieve expected operational efficiencies
          and economies of scale and its ability to generate expected revenue
          and achieve assumed margins;

     o    the ability of the UPC Group to attract, retain and compensate key
          executives and other personnel;

     o    the ability of the UPC Group to maintain existing arrangements and/or
          enter into new arrangements with third party providers and contract
          partners; and

     o    potential adverse publicity regarding the Restructuring.


See "Risk Factors." To the extent that actual results vary from such
assumptions, recoveries to Holders of Claims against, and Equity Interests in,
the Company may vary from those projected herein and in the Plan and the
Akkoord. When used in this Disclosure Statement, the words "believe,"
"anticipate," "should," "intend," "plan," "will," "expects," "estimates,"
"projects" and similar expressions identify such forward-looking statements.



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     All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company, New UPC or
persons acting on their behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the
cautionary statements contained herein. Except as required by applicable law,
neither the Company nor New UPC undertakes any obligation to update any such
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Forward-looking statements are provided in this Disclosure Statement pursuant to
the safe harbor established under Section 1125(e) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code
and should be evaluated in the context of the estimates, assumptions,
uncertainties and risks described in this Disclosure Statement.

                                 ______________


     Consummation of each of the Plan, the Akkoord, the Dutch Implementing Offer
and the New UPC Equity Subscription is subject to conditions precedent that
could lead to delays in consummation of the Plan, the Akkoord, the Dutch
Implementing Offer and the New UPC Equity Subscription. There can be no
assurance that each of these conditions will be satisfied or waived, or that the
Plan, the Akkoord, the Dutch Implementing Offer and the New UPC Equity
Subscription will be consummated. Even after the Effective Date, distributions
under the Plan (including any shares of New UPC Common Stock issued under the
New UPC Equity Subscription), the Akkoord and the Dutch Implementing Offer may
be subject to substantial delays for Holders whose Claims or Equity Interests
are disputed. See "Risk Factors" below.

                                 ______________


     Subject to the appointment of the Administrator in accordance with the
Dutch Bankruptcy Code, during the Chapter 11 proceeding, the Company intends to
operate its business in the ordinary course and to pay its critical creditors in
full and without interruption. The Company does not intend that any of its
wholly-owned subsidiaries will commence cases under Chapter 11 of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Code or under the Dutch Bankruptcy Code.

                                 ______________


     This Disclosure Statement has not been filed with, or reviewed by, the SEC
or by any state securities commission or similar public, governmental or
regulatory authority and no such entity has passed upon the accuracy or adequacy
of the statements contained herein. The shares of New UPC Common Stock and the
New UPC Equity Purchase Rights to be issued pursuant to the Plan, the Akkoord
and the Dutch Implementing Offer, and the shares of New UPC Common Stock to be
issued under the New UPC Equity Subscription, will not have been the subject of
a registration statement filed with the SEC or any state securities commission.
This Disclosure Statement is not an offer to sell shares of New UPC Common Stock
or the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights or an offer to buy UPC Notes, Belmarken
Notes, UPC Preference Shares A, UPC Priority Shares or UPC Ordinary Shares A
(including UPC ADSs) in any jurisdiction where such offer or sale is not
permitted. This Disclosure Statement seeks only (i) your consent to the Plan and
the Akkoord, (ii) if you are a non-U.S. Person who is a Holder of UPC Ordinary
Shares A outside the United States, your participation in the Dutch Implementing
Offer and (iii) if you are a Holder of Belmarken Notes, UPC Notes Claims and/or
General Unsecured Claims, your subscription for additional Shares of New UPC
Common Stock upon exercise of your New UPC Equity Purchase Rights. The exchange
of the UPC Notes, the Belmarken Notes, the General Unsecured Claims, the UPC
Preference Shares A, the UPC Priority Shares, the UPC Ordinary Shares A
(including the UPC ADSs) and the Equity Securities Claims for shares of New UPC
Common Stock pursuant to the Plan and the subscription of additional shares of
New UPC Common Stock upon exercise of the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights will
occur only upon consummation of the Plan, the Akkoord and the Dutch Implementing
Offer.

                                 ______________


     The Company is trying to ensure that the economic effects of the Akkoord
and the Dutch Implementing Offer are materially the same as the economic effects
of the Plan. To the extent permitted under U.S. and Dutch law, distributions
under the Plan, the Akkoord and the Dutch Implementing Offer will be
coordinated.



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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS



                                                                            Page

SUMMARY................................................................       1
     The Company.......................................................       1
     New UPC...........................................................       2
     The Restructuring.................................................       2
     Chapter 11 Case and the Plan......................................       4
     The Akkoord.......................................................      15
     The Dutch Implementing Offer......................................      17
     The Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders.................      17
     New UPC Equity Subscription.......................................      19
     New UPC Common Stock..............................................      19
     Tax Consequences..................................................      20
RISK FACTORS...........................................................      21
     Risks that the Restructuring is Not Successfully Completed........      21
     Risks Related to the Restructuring Process........................      21
     Risks Related to the Chapter 11 Case..............................      22
     Risks Related to the Dutch Bankruptcy Case........................      23
     Risks Related to Ownership of the New UPC Common Stock............      25
     Risks Related to Ownership of UPC Ordinary Shares A Upon
     Completion of the Restructuring...................................      28
     Risks Related to the UPC Group's Business.........................      29
THE RESTRUCTURING......................................................      37
     Purpose of the Restructuring......................................      37
     Background of the Restructuring...................................      37
     Description of the Restructuring..................................      42
     Conditions to the Restructuring...................................      45
     Operations after the Restructuring................................      46
CHAPTER 11 CASE AND THE PLAN OF REORGANIZATION.........................      47
     Brief Explanation of Chapter 11 Reorganization....................      47
     Commencement of the Chapter 11 Case...............................      47
     Significant Events during the Chapter 11 Case.....................      47
     The Plan..........................................................      48
     Voting on, and Confirmation of, the Plan..........................      74
THE AKKOORD............................................................      82
     Introduction......................................................      82
     Effects of the Moratorium.........................................      82
     Voting on the Akkoord.............................................      82
     Conditions to Ratification of the Akkoord.........................      83
     Legal Effect of Ratification of the Akkoord.......................      84
THE DUTCH IMPLEMENTING OFFER...........................................      85
     Purpose and Terms of the Dutch Implementing Offer; Shares of
     New UPC Common Stock to be Distributed............................      85
     No Participation in, into or from the United States and Other
     Jurisdictions.....................................................      85
     Expiration Date...................................................      85
     Conditions for Completion of the Dutch Implementing Offer.........      85
     Consequences of Failing to Participate in the Dutch Implementing
     Offer.............................................................      86
THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS......................      88
     General...........................................................      89
     Proxy Solicitation................................................      89
     No Appraisal Rights...............................................      89
     Information on Ownership of UPC Ordinary Shares A by Certain
     Management........................................................      89

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NEW UPC EQUITY SCUBSCRIPTION
     General..........................................................       90
     No Recommmendation; Need for Independent Financial Advice........       90
     New UPC Equity Purchase Rights....................................      90
     Subscription Procedures...........................................      91
     Non-Transferability of the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights.........      95
THE COMPANY............................................................      96
     Business..........................................................      96
     Investments.......................................................      97
     Litigation and Claims.............................................      97
     Licenses..........................................................      97
     Selected Historical Financial Information.........................      97
     Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Information.....     100
     Management of the Company Prior to the Restructuring..............     100
     Management of the Company After the Restructuring.................     100
OUTSTANDING SECURITIES OF THE COMPANY..................................     102
     The UPC Notes.....................................................     102
     The Belmarken Notes...............................................     104
     Statutory Purpose of the Company..................................     105
     Capital Stock of the Company Prior to the Restructuring...........     105
     Capital Stock of the Company After the Restructuring..............     114
NEW UPC................................................................     116
     General...........................................................     116
     Description of Shares of New UPC Capital Stock....................     116
     Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws..........................     117
     Related Party Transaction Committee...............................     118
     Certificate of Incorporation Provisions Relating to Corporate
     Opportunities and Interested Directors............................     119
     Delaware General Corporation Law, Section 203.....................     121
     Issuance and Resale of the New UPC Common Stock...................     122
     Stockholders Agreement............................................     122
     Agreements with the UGC Group.....................................     124
 COMPARISON OF RIGHTS OF SHAREHOLDINGS IN NEW UPC AND THE COMPANY......     126
     Voting Rights.....................................................     126
     Amendment of Charter Documents....................................     126
     Appraisal Rights..................................................     127
     Pre-emptive Rights................................................     127
     Action by Written Consent of Shareholders.........................     127
     Shareholders' Meetings............................................     128
     Management........................................................     128
     Appointment and Removal of Management.............................     129
     Shareholder Nominations...........................................     129
     Dividends.........................................................     129
     Rights of Purchase................................................     130
     Limitation of Directors' Liability/Indemnification of Officers
     and Directors.....................................................     130
     Special Meetings..................................................     131
     Shareholder Votes on Certain Reorganizations......................     131
     Rights of Inspection..............................................     132
     Shareholder Suits.................................................     132
     Conflict-of-Interest Transactions.................................     132
     Liquidation Rights................................................     132
THE RESTRUCTURING AGREEMENT............................................     134
     The Agreed Restructuring Process..................................     134
     Distribution of Shares of New UPC Common Stock under the Plan and
     the Akkoord.......................................................     134
     Treatment of Other Creditors of the Company.......................     136
     New UPC Board of Directors and Rights of the Participating Note-
     holders...........................................................     137
     Pre-emptive Rights of Holders of New UPC Common Stock.............     138
     Equity Subscription in New UPC on Effective Date..................     138
TAX CONSEQUENCES.......................................................     139



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     Dutch Tax Consequences............................................     139
REORGANIZATION VALUATION AND PROJECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION...........     145
     Reorganization Valuation Analysis.................................     145
     Projected Financial Information...................................     145
LIQUIDATION ANALYSIS...................................................     147
     Best-Interests-of-Creditors Test..................................     147
     Liquidation Analysis..............................................     147
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION....................................     149
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE.............................................     149
AUDITORS...............................................................     149
     Auditor's Statement Regarding Financial Statements and Consent....     150
     Auditor's Statement Regarding Dutch Prospectus....................     150
     Other Information Regarding Auditors..............................     150
VOTING AGENTS..........................................................     151
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION..........................................     152
CROSS REFERENCES FOR DEFINED TERMS.....................................     153


Annex List

Annex A       Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization
Annex B       English Translation of the Akkoord
Annex C       Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended
              December 31, 2001
Annex D       Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for
              the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2001
Annex E       Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Fiscal Quarter
              ended September 30, 2002
Annex F       Projected Financial Information
Annex G       Liquidation Analysis



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                                     SUMMARY

     The following summary is intended only to highlight certain information
contained elsewhere in this Disclosure Statement. This summary is qualified in
its entirety by the more detailed information, the financial statements,
including the notes thereto, appearing elsewhere in this Disclosure Statement,
the Annexes hereto and the other documents referenced herein. You should
carefully read the entire Disclosure Statement (including, in particular, the
sections of this Disclosure Statement entitled "Risk Factors", "Liquidation
Analysis," "The Restructuring" and "The Restructuring Agreement") and the other
documents to which it refers before deciding whether to vote in favor of the
Plan or the Akkoord, participate in the Dutch Implementing Offer or subscribe
for shares of New UPC Common Stock in the New UPC Equity Subscription.  The date
of this Disclosure Statement is set forth on the cover page of this document.

     Unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used in this
Disclosure Statement shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Plan.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, references in this Disclosure
Statement to the "Company" refer to United Pan-Europe Communications N.V.,
references in this Disclosure Statement to the "Reorganized Company" refer to
United Pan-Europe Communications N.V. on and after the Effective Date and
references in this Disclosure Statement to "New UPC" refer to New UPC, Inc., a
newly formed company incorporated in the State of Delaware that will become a
holding company for the Company upon consummation of the Restructuring.
"Business Day" means any day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday, a "legal
holiday" as defined in U.S. Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a) or a day on which banking
institutions located in New York, New York or Amsterdam, The Netherlands are
authorized or obligated by law, executive order or governmental decree to be
closed. The symbol "(euro)" refers to Euros and the symbol "US$" refers to
United States Dollars.

     Unless otherwise indicated as United States Dollars or another currency,
all currency amounts used or referred to in the Disclosure Statement are in
Euros. Unless otherwise indicated, all translations from Euros to United States
Dollar amounts, and from United States Dollars to Euro amounts, are based on the
noon buying rate for Euros announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on
September 30, 2002, which was (euro)1.00 = US$0.9879. However, translations from
Euros to United States Dollar amounts, and from United States Dollars to Euro
amounts, with respect to Claim amounts are based on the noon buying rate for
Euros announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Petition Date
(December 3, 2002), which was (euro)1.00 = US$_____. All Euro amounts translated
into United States Dollars and all United States Dollar amounts translated into
Euros as described above are provided solely for the convenience of the reader,
and no representation is made that the Euro or United States Dollar amounts
referred to herein could have been, or could be, converted into Euros or United
States Dollars, as the case may be, at any particular rate, the above rate or at
all.

                                   The Company

     The Company is a holding company whose principal assets are its ownership
interests in approximately two hundred (200) direct and indirect operating
subsidiaries.

     The UPC Group owns and operates broadband communications networks providing
telephone, cable and internet services to both residential and business
customers in 11 countries in Europe. Its subscriber base is one of the largest
of any group of broadband communications networks operated across Europe. In
particular, the UPC Group has approximately 6.6 million subscribers to its basic
tier video services, and approximately an additional 116,200 subscribers for its
digital DTH service in Hungary, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic.
Residential telephone services are offered under the brand Priority Telecom over
its Austrian, Dutch, French and Norwegian systems and serve approximately
396,200 residential subscribers. In addition, the UPC Group currently offers
internet access services in nine countries to approximately 611,200 residential
subscribers.

     The operations of the UPC Group are organized into three principal
divisions:

     (i)  UPC Distribution Holding B.V. ("UPC Distribution"), which, through its
          local operating systems, delivers video, internet and telephone
          services to residential customers;

     (ii) UPC Media, which comprises the Company's converging internet content
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   (iii) Priority Telecom, which operates the Company's CLEC business and
          provides telephone and data network solutions to the business market.
          The Priority Telecom brand is also used to offer telephone services to
          residential customers through UPC Distribution.

     Historically, the UPC Group has financed its operations and acquisitions
through capital contributions, debt financings, equity offerings, issuance of
debt securities and operating cash flow.

     As of September 30, 2002, the Company had total assets of approximately
(euro)7,021.8 million (US$6,936.8 million) and liabilities of approximately
(euro)10,130.9 million (US$10,008.3 million). For the fiscal year ended December
31, 2001 and the nine months ended September 30, 2002, the UPC Group generated
approximately (euro)1,378.8 million (US$1,362.1 million) and (euro)1,046.1
million (US$1,033.4 million), respectively, in revenues on a consolidated basis.
As of September 30, 2002, the Company had a shareholders' deficit of
approximately (euro)4,731.1 million (US$4,673.9 million). As of September 30,
2002, the UPC Group had approximately 7,972 employees.

     For a further description of the business of the Company and the UPC Group,
see "The Company," "Item 1--Business" and "Item 2--Properties" of the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 attached
to this Disclosure Statement as Annex C and incorporated herein by reference,
and "Item 2--Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations--Description of Business" of the Company's Quarterly
Report on Firm 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2002 attached to
this Disclosure Statement as Annex E and incorporated herein by reference.

                                     New UPC

     New UPC is a newly formed company incorporated in the State of Delaware.
New UPC was formed as an integral component of the Plan to effectuate the
Restructuring through the issuance of shares of New UPC Common Stock to the
Holders of the Claims against, and Equity Interests in, the Company under the
terms of the Plan, the Akkoord and the Dutch Implementing Offer, and to become
the holding company of the Company and the UPC Group upon consummation of the
Restructuring. New UPC has not conducted any operations to date other than the
negotiation and implementation of the Restructuring Agreement, dated September
30, 2002 (the "Restructuring Agreement"), among the Company, UGC, certain
subsidiaries of UGC, New UPC and certain holders of the UPC Notes (the
"Participating Noteholders"). Upon consummation of the Restructuring, New UPC is
expected to own more than 99.0% of the combined classes of UPC Ordinary Shares A
and UPC Ordinary Shares C (as defined herein) ("UPC Ordinary Shares") and will
act as the holding company for the UPC Group. For a description of the UPC
Group, see "--The Company," "The Company--Business," "Item 1--Business" and
"Item 2--Properties" of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2001 attached to this Disclosure Statement as Annex C
and incorporated herein by reference, and "Item 2--Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations--Description of
Business" of the Company's Quarterly Report on Firm 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended September 30, 2002 attached to this Disclosure Statement as Annex E and
incorporated herein by reference.

                                The Restructuring

     The Company has incurred significant operating losses and negative cash
flows from operations, which have been driven by continuing development efforts,
including the introduction of new services such as digital video, telephone and
internet and the upgrading of existing services, as well as the acquisitions of
cable television systems and related businesses in both existing and new
markets. As a result of the anticipated lack of available financing, during
2001, the Company reviewed its current and long-range plans for its various
business segments and took a number of actions to reorganize internally. As part
of such review, the Company resolved to change its focus from an aggressive
digital rollout to increasing its sales of products and services which have
better gross margins and are currently profitable.

     Due to its funding requirements and possible lack of availability of debt
and equity financing in the near term, the Company determined not to make
required interest payments on the UPC Notes as they fell due. In particular, on
February 1, 2002 and again on May 1, 2002, the Company failed to make interest
payments on certain series of the UPC Notes. The failure to make (or timely
cure) these interest payments constituted an Event of Default under such UPC
Notes and a cross-default under the remaining series of UPC Notes as well as
under certain credit and loan facilities, including the Belmarken Notes and the
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October 26, 2000, among UPC Distribution, as borrower, and TD Bank Europe
Limited and Toronto Dominion (Texas) Inc., as Facility Agents (the "UPC
Distribution Facility").

     In February 2002, in order to begin the process for restructuring its
balance sheet, the Company entered into a non-binding memorandum of
understanding (the "Memorandum of Understanding") with UGC and UGC Holdings,
Inc. ("UGC Holdings"), which currently holds the Belmarken Notes as well as a
significant portion of the UPC Notes, to enter into negotiations with the
holders of the UPC Notes (other than UGC) in order to attempt to reach an
agreement regarding the restructuring of the Company's indebtedness. The
Memorandum of Understanding proposed a conversion of the UPC Notes, the
Belmarken Notes and the UPC Preference Shares A into UPC Ordinary Shares A in
proportions to be established through further negotiations.

     Thereafter, in late February 2002, the Company began discussions with UGC
and the Participating Noteholders regarding the terms of the recapitalization of
the Company, including restructuring of the Company's capital structure. In
addition, from March 2002 through September 2002, UGC and the Participating
Noteholders undertook due diligence with respect to the Company and
representatives of the Company met with representatives of UGC and the
Participating Noteholders to discuss a recapitalization of the Company and the
process for, and the terms of, a restructuring of the UPC Notes, the Belmarken
Notes and the UPC Preference Shares A.

     These discussions culminated in the execution, on September 30, 2002, of
the Restructuring Agreement which provides the basis for the Plan (including the
issuance of the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights), the Akkoord and the Dutch
Implementing Offer. In general, the Restructuring Agreement sets forth the
proposed distribution of shares of New UPC Common Stock to the Holders of Claims
against, and Equity Interests in, the Company, as well as the means by which the
Company intends to implement the Restructuring under U.S. and Dutch law. In
general, in consideration for the equity split and other rights set forth
therein, the UGC Group and the Participating Noteholders agreed, subject to the
terms and conditions of the Restructuring Agreement, to, inter alia, (a) vote
their Claims in favor of, and transfer their Claims pursuant to, the Plan and
the Akkoord, (b) vote their Equity Interests in favor of, and transfer their
Equity Interests pursuant to, the Plan and (c) vote any UPC Voting Securities
held by them in favor of the Shareholder Proposals. For a detailed description
of the Restructuring Agreement, see "The Restructuring Agreement" below.

     Throughout this period, the bank lenders under the UPC Distribution
Facility (the "UPCD Facility Banks") and UGC executed waivers of the defaults
under the UPC Distribution Facility and the Belmarken Notes, respectively,
arising as a result of the Company's failure to make interest payments under the
UPC Notes. These waivers culminated with the execution, on September 30, 2002,
by UPC Distribution and TD Bank Europe Limited and Toronto Dominion (Texas),
Inc., as Facility Agents, on behalf of the UPCD Facility Banks, of an extension,
through March 31, 2003, of the waivers of default arising as a result of the
Company's failure to make interest payments under the UPC Notes (the "UPCD
Facility Waiver") in order to allow the Company time to consummate the
Restructuring. See "The Restructuring--Background of the Restructuring--UPC
Distribution Facility Waiver and Amendment" below for a description of the terms
of the UPCD Facility Waiver.

     The Company believes that in order to fully achieve the Restructuring, it
is necessary to effect the contemplated transfers of the Claims and Equity
Interests under, among others, U.S. and Dutch law. Accordingly, the Company,
through negotiations with the Participating Noteholders and UGC, developed the
following four-prong structure pursuant to which the Company believes the
Restructuring can be consummated efficiently while also maximizing the benefit
to the Company and the Holders of the Claims against, and Equity Interests in,
the Company:

     U.S. Structure

     In order to implement the Restructuring in the United States, on the
Petition Date, the Company commenced the Chapter 11 case and, simultaneously
therewith, filed the Plan and this Disclosure Statement with the U.S. Bankruptcy
Court. In general, the Plan provides for the exchange of shares of New UPC
Common Stock for various Claims against, and Equity Interests in, the Company
and the issuance of the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights to Holders of Belmarken
Notes Claims, UPC Notes Claims and General Unsecured Claims. See "Chapter 11
Case and the Plan of Reorganization" below for a more detailed description of
the Chapter 11 case and the Plan and "New UPC Equity Subscription" for a more
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     Dutch Bankruptcy Structure

     Simultaneously with the commencement of the Chapter 11 case, on the
Petition Date the Company filed a voluntary provisional moratorium petition
under the Dutch Bankruptcy Code as well as the Akkoord with the Dutch Bankruptcy
Court. Pursuant to the Akkoord, the Company will offer to the holders of
non-preferred, unsecured claims under Dutch law (the "Ordinary Creditors") a
number of shares of New UPC Common Stock equal to the number of shares of New
UPC Common Stock that holders of General Unsecured Claims are entitled to
receive under the Plan, either in exchange for transferring their Allowed Claims
to New UPC (as far as the Holders of the UPC Notes are concerned) or in
cancellation of their Allowed Claims (as far as Ordinary Creditors other than
the Holders of the UPC Notes are concerned). See "The Akkoord" below for a more
detailed description of the Dutch moratorium process.

     Dutch Implementing Offer

     Unlike the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, the Dutch Bankruptcy Code does not provide
for the Akkoord to reorganize or cancel any of the Equity Interests in the
Company. Therefore, in order to facilitate implementation of the Plan with
respect to certain of the UPC Ordinary Shares A in accordance with Dutch law,
solely with respect to persons who are not U.S. Persons and who are not located
or residing within the United States, New UPC shall commence the Dutch
Implementing Offer, pursuant to which New UPC will offer to deliver a number of
shares of New UPC Common Stock to the Holders of UPC Ordinary Shares A in
consideration for their agreement to transfer their UPC Ordinary Shares A to New
UPC. See "The Dutch Implementing Offer" below for a more detailed description of
the Dutch Implementing Offer.

     Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders

     Unlike the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, the Dutch Bankruptcy Code does not provide
for the Dutch Bankruptcy Case to exempt compliance from otherwise applicable
corporate law. Therefore, in order to facilitate implementation of the Plan, the
Company will hold an Extraordinary General Meeting to consider and vote upon
changes to the authorized share capital of the Company and such other proposals
as the Company deems necessary or appropriate to give effect to the
Restructuring and the other transactions contemplated in connection with the
Restructuring. See "The Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders" below for
a more detailed description of the Extraordinary General Meeting.

     The terms of the Restructuring discussed above are the product of
discussions with UGC, New UPC and the Participating Noteholders and have been
approved by the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board of the Company.
These parties support the Plan, the Akkoord and the Dutch Implementing Offer and
strongly urge you to review this Disclosure Statement, the Plan, the Akkoord and
all annexes and documents incorporated by reference herein, and, as applicable,
to vote in favor of the Plan and the Akkoord, and to participate in the Dutch
Implementing Offer. As the Company's principal shareholder and principal
creditor, and the holder of the Belmarken Notes, UGC will receive a significant
number of shares of New UPC Common Stock and may have interests in the
Restructuring that differ from the other Holders of Claims against, and Equity
Interests in, the Company. The Company has determined that it is in the best
interests of the Company and its stakeholders to implement the Restructuring as
described in this Disclosure Statement. See "The Restructuring--Background of
the Restructuring."

                          Chapter 11 Case and the Plan

     Chapter 11 Case

     Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code is the principal business
reorganization chapter of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Under Chapter 11, a debtor
is authorized to reorganize its business. In addition to permitting
rehabilitation of the debtor, another goal of Chapter 11 is to promote equality
of treatment of holders of claims and equity interests of equal rank with
respect to the distribution of a debtor's assets. Formulation, and confirmation
by a U.S. bankruptcy court, of a plan of reorganization is the principal
objective of a Chapter 11 case.

     On the Petition Date, the Company filed its voluntary petition for relief
under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court,
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therewith, the Company also filed the Plan, this Disclosure Statement and
several motions seeking authorization to continue to conduct its business in the
ordinary course as well as to undertake certain activities which require
approval of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. These motions include, among others,
motions seeking authorization for the Company to (a) continue to utilize
pre-petition bank accounts, business forms and investment practices and (b)
retain various professionals. See "Chapter 11 Case and the Plan of
Reorganization--Significant Events During the Chapter 11 Case--First Day
Motions," below, for a more detailed description of these motions.

     Since the Petition Date, the Company, except with respect to the
appointment of the Administrator in accordance with the Dutch Bankruptcy Code,
has continued to operate its business and manage its properties as a
debtor-in-possession pursuant to Sections 1107 and 1108 of the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code and subject to the supervision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

     The Plan

     The Plan, which was filed on the Petition Date, divides Holders of known
Claims against, and known Equity Interests in, the Company into ten Classes, as
follows:

              Class 1 --       Miscellaneous Secured Claims
              Class 2 --       Classified Priority Claims
              Class 3 --       Critical Creditor Claims
              Class 4 --       Belmarken Notes Claims
              Class 5 --       UPC Notes Claims and General Unsecured Claims
              Class 6 --       UPC Preference Shares A
              Class 7 --       UPC Priority Shares
              Class 8 --       UPC Ordinary Shares A (including the UPC
                               Ordinary Shares held in the form of UPC ADSs)
              Class 9  --      Equity Securities Claims
              Class 10 --      Old Other Equity Interests

In accordance with the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, Administrative Claims and Priority
Tax Claims are not classified into Classes.

     The following chart sets forth, in general, the treatment that Holders of
Allowed Claims, Allowed Equity Interests and Allowed Old Other Equity Interests
will receive under the Plan, unless they were to agree to accept less favorable
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       CLASS AND TYPE OF             ESTIMATED AMOUNT
       CLAIM OR INTEREST                 OF CLAIMS                              TREATMENT
-------------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------
<S>                              <C>                        <C>

Class 1--Miscellaneous Secured                              Under the Plan, each Holder of an Allowed Miscellaneous
Claims                                                      Secured Claim shall receive, in the sole discretion of
                                                            the Company or the Reorganized Company, as the case may
                                                            be, in full satisfaction, settlement, release,
                                                            extinguishment and discharge of such Allowed Claim:

                                                            (A) Cash equal to the amount of such Allowed
                                                            Miscellaneous Secured Claim on or as soon as reasonably
                                                            practicable after the later of (i) the Effective Date
                                                            and (ii) the date that such Miscellaneous Secured Claim
                                                            becomes Allowed;

                                                            (B) treatment such that such Miscellaneous Secured
                                                            Claim is Reinstated; or

                                                            (C) such other treatment on such other terms and
                                                            conditions as may be agreed upon in writing by the
                                                            Holder of such Claim and the Company or Reorganized
                                                            Company, as the case may be, or as the U.S. Bankruptcy
                                                            Court may order.

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Class 2--Classified Priority                                Under the Plan, each Holder of an Allowed Classified
Claims                                                      Priority Claim shall receive in full satisfaction,
                                                            settlement, release, extinguishment and discharge of
                                                            such Allowed Claim:

                                                            (A) the amount of such unpaid Allowed Claim in Cash on
                                                            or as soon as reasonably practicable after the later of
                                                            (i) the Effective Date, (ii) the date on which such
                                                            Claim becomes Allowed and (iii) a date agreed to by the
                                                            Company or the Reorganized Company, as the case may be,
                                                            and the Holder of such Claim;

                                                            (B) treatment such that such Claim is Reinstated; or

                                                            (C) such other treatment on such other terms and
                                                            conditions as may be agreed upon in writing by the
                                                            Holder of such Claim and the Company or Reorganized
                                                            Company, as the case may be, or as the U.S. Bankruptcy
                                                            Court may order.

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Class 3--Critical Creditor                                  Under the Plan, each Holder of an Allowed Critical
Claims                                                      Creditor Claim shall receive in full satisfaction,
                                                            settlement, release, extinguishment and discharge of
                                                            such Claim:

                                                            (A) payment in full in Cash on the later of (i) the
                                                            Effective Date and (ii) the date such Claim becomes
                                                            Allowed;

                                                            (B) treatment such that such Claim is Reinstated; or

                                                            (C) such other treatment on such other terms and
                                                            conditions as may be agreed upon in writing by the
                                                            Holder of such Claim and the Company or the Reorganized
                                                            Company, as the case may be, or as the U.S. Bankruptcy
                                                            Court may order.

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Class 4--Belmarken Notes Claims                             Under the Plan, on the Effective Date, the Holder of
                                                            the Belmarken Notes shall receive, in exchange for the
                                                            Belmarken Notes and the obligations of all other
                                                            parties under the Belmarken Notes and the Belmarken
                                                            Loan
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       CLASS AND TYPE OF             ESTIMATED AMOUNT
       CLAIM OR INTEREST                 OF CLAIMS                               TREATMENT
-------------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------

                                                            Agreements, 23,852,258 shares of New UPC Common Stock
                                                            (the "Belmarken Notes Consideration").

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Class 5--UPC Notes Claims                                   Under the Plan, on or as soon as practicable after the
and General Unsecured Claims                                Effective Date, each Holder of an Allowed Class 5 Claim
                                                            shall receive in exchange for its Claim, a number of
                                                            shares of New UPC Common Stock. In the aggregate, the
                                                            Holders of all Allowed UPC Notes Claims shall receive
                                                            25,147,139 shares of New UPC Common Stock, and each
                                                            Holder of an Allowed UPC Notes Claim shall receive the
                                                            number of shares of New UPC Common Stock equal to such
                                                            Holder's pro rata portion of those shares of New UPC
                                                            Common Stock. The UPC Notes Claims shall be deemed
                                                            Allowed for all purposes, including, but not limited
                                                            to, voting and distributions in the aggregate amount of
                                                            US$4,690,526,335.71 (which shall exclude any amounts on
                                                            account of UPC Notes held by the Company as set forth on
                                                            Annex C to the Restructuring Agreement) and the Allowed
                                                            UPC Notes Claims shall not be subject to defense, setoff
                                                            or counterclaim. Each Holder of an Allowed Class 5 Claim
                                                            that is not a UPC Notes Claim shall receive a number of
                                                            shares of New UPC Common Stock so that the number of
                                                            shares per amount of Allowed Claim received by such
                                                            Holder is the same as the number of shares per amount
                                                            of Allowed Claim that the Holders of Allowed UPC Notes
                                                            Claims receive. The number of shares of New UPC Common
                                                            Stock to be distributed on account of Allowed Class 5
                                                            Claims that are not UPC Notes Claims shall be in
                                                            addition to the 25,147,139 shares of New UPC Common
                                                            Stock to be distributed on account of the Allowed UPC
                                                            Notes Claims. The receipt of such shares of New UPC
                                                            Common Stock by the Holders of the Class 5 Claims shall
                                                            constitute a full satisfaction, settlement, release and
                                                            discharge of such Class 5 Claims; provided, however,
                                                            that, notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the
                                                            contrary, any UPC Notes acquired by New UPC through the
                                                            Plan and the Akkoord shall remain outstanding and shall
                                                            not be deemed to be satisfied, settled, released or
                                                            discharged.

-------------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------
  10 7/8% Senior Notes due 2007                                A Holder of 10 7/8% Senior Notes due 2007 will
  (United States Dollar)                                       receive 6.0178 shares of New UPC Common Stock per
                                                               US$1,000 of principal amount of 10 7/8% Senior Notes
                                                               due 2007 held by such Holder.
----------------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

  10 7/8% Senior Notes due 2009                                A Holder of 10 7/8% Senior Notes due 2009 will
  (United States Dollar)                                       receive 6.1798 shares of New UPC Common Stock per
                                                               US$1,000 of principal amount of 10 7/8% Senior Notes
                                                               due 2009 held by such Holder.
----------------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

  12 1/2% Senior Discount Notes due                            A Holder of 12 1/2% Senior Discount Notes due 2009
  2009 (United States Dollar)                                  will receive 4.3833 shares of New UPC Common Stock
                                                               per US$1,000 of accreted value (as of the Petition
                                                               Date) of 12 1/2% Senior Discount Notes due 2009 held
                                                               by such Holder.
----------------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

  11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2009                                A Holder of 11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2009 will
  (United States Dollar)                                       receive 6.0412 shares of New UPC Common Stock per
                                                               US$1,000 of principal amount of 11 1/4% Senior Notes
                                                               due 2009 held by such Holder.
----------------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

  13 3/8% Senior Discount Notes due                            A Holder of 13 3/8% Senior Discount Notes due 2009
  2009 (United States Dollar)                                  will receive 4.1861 shares of New UPC Common Stock
                                                               per US$1,000 of accreted value as of the Petition
                                                               Date) of 13 3/8% Senior Discount Notes due 2009 held
                                                               by such Holder.
----------------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

  11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2010                                A Holder of 11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2010 will
  (United States Dollar)                                       receive 6.2094 shares of New UPC Common Stock per
                                                               US$1,000 of principal amount of 11 1/4% Senior Notes
                                                               due 2010 held by such Holder.
----------------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

  11 1/2% Senior Notes due 2010                                A Holder of 11 1/2% Senior Notes due 2010 will
  (United States Dollar)                                       receive 6.2292 shares of New UPC Common Stock per
                                                               US$1,000 of principal amount of 11 1/2% Senior Notes
                                                               due 2010 held by such Holder.
----------------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

  13 3/4% Senior Discount Notes due                            A Holder of 13 3/4% Senior Discount Notes due 2010
  2010 (United States Dollar                                   will receive 4.0221 shares of New UPC Common Stock
                                                               per US$1,000 of accreted value (as of the Petition
                                                               Date) of 13 3/4% Senior Discount Notes due 2010 held
                                                               by such Holder.
----------------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------
  10 7/8% Senior Notes due 2007                                A Holder of 10 7/8% Senior Notes due 2007 will
  (Euro)                                                       receive 6.0178 shares of New UPC Common Stock per
                                                               1,000 of principal amount of 10 7/8% Senior Notes due
                                                               2007 held by such Holder (assuming an exchange rate
                                                               of Euro 1.00 = US$1.00).
----------------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

  10 7/8% Senior Notes due 2009                                A Euro Holder of 10 7/8% Senior Notes due 2009 will
  (Euro)                                                       receive 6.1798 shares of New UPC Common Stock per
                                                               Euro 1,000 of principal amount of 10 7/8% Senior Notes due
                                                               2009 held by such Holder (assuming an exchange rate
                                                               of Euro 1.00 = US$1.00).
----------------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

  11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2009                                A Holder of 11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2009 will
  (Euro)                                                       receive 6.0412 shares of New UPC Common Stock per
                                                               Euro 1,000 of principal amount of 11 1/4% Senior Notes due
                                                               2009 held by such Holder (assuming an exchange rate
                                                               of Euro 1.00 = US$1.00).
----------------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

  13 3/8% Senior Discount Notes due                            A Holder of 13 3/8% Senior Discount Notes due 2009
  2009                                                         will receive 4.1861 shares of New UPC Common Stock
  (Euro)                                                       per Euro 1,000 of accreted value  (as of the Petition
                                                               Date) of 13 3/8% Senior Discount Notes due 2009 held
                                                               by such Holder (assuming an exchange rate of Euro 1.00
                                                               = US$1.00).
----------------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

  11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2010                                A Holder of 11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2010 will
  (Euro)                                                       receive 6.2094 shares of New UPC Common Stock per
                                                               Euro 1,000 of principal amount of 11 1/4% Senior Notes due
                                                               2010 held by such Holder (assuming an exchange rate
                                                               of Euro 1.00 = US$1.00).
------------------- -------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

 General Unsecured Creditors
(Consideration per US$1,000
of claim value)
-------------------------------- ----------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

General Unsecured Creditors
(Consideration per (euro)1,000
of claim
-------------------------------- ----------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------


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-------------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------

       CLASS AND TYPE OF              ESTIMATED AMOUNT
       CLAIM OR INTEREST                 OF CLAIMS                           TREATMENT
-------------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------

Class 6--UPC Preference Shares                              Under the Plan, on or as soon as practicable after the
A                                                           Effective Date, and after the sale by New UPC of the
                                                            Belmarken Notes to the Company, each Holder of
                                                            outstanding Allowed UPC Preference Shares A shall
                                                            receive from New UPC a number of shares of New UPC
                                                            Common Stock equal to such Holder's pro rata portion of
                                                            the ________ shares of New UPC Common Stock
                                                            (collectively, the "Preference Shares Consideration").
                                                            The receipt of the Preference Shares Consideration by
                                                            the Holders of the UPC Preference Shares A shall
                                                            constitute a full satisfaction, settlement, release and
                                                            discharge of the Claims and Equity Interests of each
                                                            Holder of UPC Preference Shares A in respect of such
                                                            UPC Preference Shares A; provided, however, that,
                                                            notwithstanding anything to contrary contained herein,
                                                            any UPC Preference Shares A acquired by New UPC through
                                                            the

                                                            Plan shall remain outstanding and shall not be deemed
                                                            to be satisfied, settled, released or discharged.

-------------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------

Class 7--UPC Priority Shares                                Under the Plan, on or as soon as practicable after the
                                                            Effective Date, and after the sale by New UPC of the
                                                            Belmarken Notes to the Company, the Holder of the
                                                            Allowed UPC Priority Shares shall receive from New UPC
                                                            a number of shares of New UPC Common Stock equal to
                                                            such Holder's pro rata portion of the Ordinary Share
                                                            Distribution Amount (the "Priority Shares
                                                            Consideration") in a per share amount equal to the
                                                            Ordinary Shares Consideration. The receipt of the
                                                            Priority Shares Consideration by the Holder of the UPC
                                                            Priority Shares shall constitute a full satisfaction,
                                                            settlement, release and discharge of the Claims and
                                                            Equity Interests of the Holder of the UPC Priority
                                                            Shares in respect of the UPC Priority Shares; provided,
                                                            however, that, notwithstanding anything to contrary
                                                            contained herein, any UPC Priority Shares acquired by
                                                            New UPC through the Plan shall remain outstanding and
                                                            shall not be deemed to be satisfied, settled, released
                                                            or discharged.

-------------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------

Class 8--UPC Ordinary Shares A                              Under the Plan, on or as soon as practicable after the
(including UPC Ordinary Shares                              Effective Date, and after the sale by New UPC of the
A represented by UPC ADSs)                                  Belmarken Notes the Company, each Holder of Allowed UPC
                                                            Ordinary Shares A shall receive from New UPC a number
                                                            of shares of New UPC Common Stock equal to such
                                                            Holder's pro rata portion of the Ordinary Share
                                                            Distribution Amount (collectively, the "Ordinary Shares
                                                            Consideration"). The receipt of the Ordinary Shares
                                                            Consideration by the Holders of the UPC Ordinary Shares
                                                            A shall constitute a full satisfaction, settlement,
                                                            release and discharge of the Claims and Equity
                                                            Interests of each Holder of UPC Ordinary Shares A;
                                                            provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything to
                                                            contrary contained herein, any UPC Ordinary Shares A
                                                            acquired by New UPC through the Plan shall remain
                                                            outstanding and shall not be deemed to be satisfied,
                                                            settled, released or

-------------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------


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-------------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------

       CLASS AND TYPE OF             ESTIMATED AMOUNT
       CLAIM OR INTEREST                 OF CLAIMS                               TREATMENT
-------------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------

                                                            discharged.

-------------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------

Class 9--Equity Securities                                  Under the Plan, subject to the Allowance of the Equity
Claims                                                      Securities Claims, each Holder of an Allowed Equity
                                                            Securities Claim shall receive, in full satisfaction,
                                                            settlement, release, extinguishment and discharge of
                                                            its Claim, a number of shares of New UPC Common Stock
                                                            equal to such Holder's pro rata portion of the Ordinary
                                                            Share Distribution Amount as if such Holder had (a)
                                                            purchased, on the date its Equity Securities Claim
                                                            first arose, UPC Ordinary Shares A with a value equal
                                                            to the amount of such Holder's Allowed Equity
                                                            Securities Claim and (b) retained such shares as of the
                                                            Effective Date.

-------------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------

Class 10--Old Other Equity                                  Under the Plan, all Holders of Old Other Equity
Interests                                                   Interests shall not be entitled to, and shall not,
                                                            receive or retain any property under the Plan on
                                                            account of such Old Other Equity Interests, and, to the
                                                            extent permitted under applicable law, such Old Other
                                                            Equity Interests shall be cancelled on the Effective
                                                            Date.

-------------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------

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     To the extent that the terms of this Disclosure Statement may vary from the
terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan will control. See "Chapter 11 Case and
the Plan of Reorganization--The Plan--Summary of Distributions Under the Plan,"
below, for more detailed descriptions of the classification and treatment of
Claims, Equity Interests or Old Other Equity Interests under the Plan as well as
for a description of the other terms of the Plan.

   Voting on, and Confirmation of, The Plan

     Voting on the Plan

     This Disclosure Statement is being transmitted to holders of Claims
against, and Equity Interests in, the Company for the purpose of providing
adequate information to enable such Holders who are entitled to vote on the Plan
to make a reasonably informed decision with respect to their vote on the Plan.
In order for the Plan to be confirmed (approved) by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court,
other than through the "cramdown" provisions of Section 1129(b) of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Code, the Company must, among other things, receive approval of the
Plan from:

     (i)  Holders of at least two-thirds (2/3) in amount, and more than one-half
          (1/2) in number, of the Belmarken Notes Claims actually voted on the
          Plan;

     (ii) Holders of at least two-thirds (2/3) in amount, and more than one-half
          (1/2) in number, of the UPC Notes Claims and the General Unsecured
          Claims (other than any insiders, including, without limitation, the
          UGC Group, in such Class) actually voted on the Plan;

    (iii) Holders of at least two-thirds (2/3) in amount, and more than
          one-half (1/2) in number, of the Equity Securities Claims actually
          voted on the Plan;

     (iv) Holders of at least two-thirds (2/3) in amount of the UPC Preference
          Shares A actually voted on the Plan;

     (v)  Holders of at least two-thirds (2/3) in amount of the UPC Priority
          Shares actually voted on the Plan; and

     (vi) Holders of at least two-thirds (2/3) in amount of the UPC Ordinary
          Shares A and UPC ADSs actually voted on the Plan (the "Requisite
          Acceptances").


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     As indicated above, however, the Plan can be confirmed, notwithstanding the
failure to receive approval of the Plan from certain of the Impaired Classes
listed immediately above, pursuant to the "cramdown" provisions of Section
1129(b) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, as described in "Chapter 11 Case and the
Plan of Reorganization--Voting on, and Confirmation of, the Plan--Non-Acceptance
and Cramdown."

     Only those Holders as of _________ __, 200__ (the "Voting Record Date") of
the Claims and Equity Interests set forth above are being solicited hereby
(each, a "Voting Party").

     However, since the ratification of the Akkoord is a condition precedent to
the consummation of the Plan and the Akkoord must, in accordance with Section
268 of the Dutch Bankruptcy Code, be approved by two-thirds (2/3) of the
admitted and recognized Ordinary Creditors of the Company representing
three-quarters (3/4) in amount of the admitted and recognized claims, the Plan
and the Akkoord will need to be approved by two-thirds (2/3) of the Ordinary
Creditors (including for purposes of Dutch law only, the UGC Group) holding
claims admitted and recognized in the Dutch proceeding representing
three-quarters (3/4) of the amount of all such claims to become effective.

     As of the Petition Date, the UGC Group owned approximately 35% of the
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding UPC Notes, all of the outstanding
Belmarken Notes, approximately 53% of the outstanding UPC Ordinary Shares A, all
of the outstanding UPC Priority Shares and approximately 20% of the outstanding
UPC Preference Shares A, and the Participating Noteholders owned approximately
25% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding UPC Notes.

     See "Chapter 11 Case and the Plan of Reorganization--Voting on, and
Confirmation of, the Plan" below for a complete description of the requirements
for acceptance of the Plan.

     The U.S. Bankruptcy Court approved this Disclosure Statement on ________
__, 200_ as containing information of a kind and in sufficient detail to enable
Holders of Claims against, or Equity Interests in, the Company to make an
informed decision whether to accept or reject the Plan. This approval does not,
however, constitute either a guaranty of the accuracy or completeness of the
information contained herein or an opinion by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court
regarding the fairness or merits of the Plan.

     THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT IS THE ONLY DOCUMENT AUTHORIZED BY THE U.S.
BANKRUPTCY COURT TO BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOLICITATION OF VOTES ON THE
PLAN.

     In light of the simultaneous U.S. Bankruptcy Case and Dutch Bankruptcy
Case, the Company proposes to solicit from those Holders of Claims against the
Company who are entitled under Dutch law to vote on the Akkoord both a vote on
the Plan and a vote on the Akkoord, with the latter being effected through the
delivery of an irrevocable proxy or voting instruction and related power of
attorney (with power of substitution) by such Holder to Allen & Overy,
Amsterdam, the Company's Dutch counsel, to file such Holder's Claim in the Dutch
Bankruptcy Case and vote such Holder's Claim on the Akkoord.

     Accordingly, as applicable, the Ballots will also act as the requisite
documents for filing a Claim in the Dutch Bankruptcy Case and for voting to
accept or reject the Akkoord. In particular, the applicable Holders will be
permitted either to accept both the Plan and the Akkoord or to reject both the
Plan and the Akkoord. However, in order for a vote to accept or reject the
Akkoord to count, the identity of such Holder will need to be disclosed in the
Dutch Bankruptcy Case.





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     A vote in favor of the Plan by an eligible Holder of an Equity
Interest (including UPC Ordinary Shares A) shall also constitute delivery of a
revocable proxy to vote in favor of the Shareholder Proposals, in such Holder's
capacity as a voting shareholder of the Company.

     After carefully reviewing this Disclosure Statement, including the Annexes
hereto, each Holder of a Claim or Equity Interest whose vote is being solicited
in connection herewith should vote using the enclosed form of ballot (the
"Ballot"), check the box indicating whether it accepts or rejects the Plan and
the Akkoord, and, except as set forth below, return the Ballot in the
pre-addressed envelope. Ballots (and Master Ballots cast on behalf of beneficial
holders of UPC Notes or UPC ADSs) must be submitted so that they are actually
received by (i) Innisfree M&A Incorporated (the "Securities Voting Agent") with
respect to the Belmarken Notes Claims, the UPC Notes Claims, the UPC Preference
Shares A, the UPC Priority Shares, the UPC Ordinary Shares A and the UPC ADSs
and (ii) Bankruptcy Services LLC (the "Nonsecurities Voting Agent" and, together
with the Securities Voting Agent, the "Voting Agents") with respect to the
General Unsecured Claims and the Equity Securities Claims, in either case, on or
before ______ (New York City Time) on ________ __, 200__, unless extended by the
Company and New UPC in their sole discretion (subject to court approval, as
necessary) (such time and date, as the same may be extended from time to time,
the "Voting Deadline") at the following addresses:




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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>            <C>                                     <C>

          Securities Voting Agent                           Nonsecurities Voting Agent
          -----------------------                           --------------------------
         Innisfree M&A Incorporated                          Bankruptcy Services LLC
         Attn: UPC Ballot Tabulation
       501 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor                            By regular mail:
            New York, NY 10022               United Pan-Europe Communications Ballot Processing
         United States of America                                 P.O. Box 5014
                                                                   FDR Station
                                                            New York, NY 10150-5014

                                                          By messenger or overnight courier:
                                                   United Pan-Europe Communications Ballot Processing
                                                             c/o Bankruptcy Services LLC
                                                               70 East 55th Street
                                                            New York, NY 10022-3222

                                                                    Telephone:
                                                                 1-888-498-7765
</TABLE>


     The Company will make a public announcement of any extension of the Voting
Deadline by release to the Dow Jones News Service prior to 9:00 a.m., New York
City Time, on the next Business Day following the previously scheduled Voting
Deadline. The Company will notify the Voting Agents of any extension by oral or
written notice. Any Voting Party, other than those who have signed the
Restructuring Agreement (unless in accordance with the terms thereof), may
change its vote on the Plan at any time prior to the Voting Deadline.
Thereafter, votes on the Plan may not be changed except to the extent authorized
by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

     To the extent that any such Holder holds Claims or Equity Interests in more
than one Class, such Holder will receive a separate Ballot for each such Claim
or Equity Interest.

     The Company does not intend to solicit votes on the Plan from Holders of
Miscellaneous Secured Claims, Classified Priority Claims, Critical Creditor
Claims and Old Other Equity Interests because such Holders are unimpaired.
Therefore Ballots are not being transmitted to the Holders of such Claims and
Equity Interests.

     If the Voting Party is a beneficial holder of UPC Notes or UPC ADSs, but
not a registered record holder, and received his or her Ballot from a custodian,
commercial bank, depositary institution, broker, dealer, trust company or other
nominee (each, an "Intermediary") who holds UPC Notes or UPC ADSs on his or her
behalf, he or she should return his or her Ballot to his or her Intermediary in
accordance with the instructions received with his or her Ballot. Each
Intermediary will, in turn, submit a master ballot to the appropriate Voting
Agent which reflects the votes of the beneficial holders on whose behalf such
Intermediary holds UPC Notes or UPC ADSs (each, a "Master Ballot"). Master
Ballots also must be returned to the above address so that they are actually
received by the appropriate Voting Agent on or before the Voting Deadline.

     If any beneficial holder owns UPC Notes or UPC ADSs through more than one
Intermediary, such beneficial holder may receive multiple mailings containing
Ballots. The beneficial holder should execute a separate Ballot for each block
of UPC Notes or UPC ADSs that it holds through any particular Intermediary and
return each Ballot to the respective Intermediary in the return envelope
provided. Beneficial holders who execute multiple Ballots with respect to UPC
Notes or UPC ADSs held through more than one Intermediary must indicate on each
Ballot the names of ALL such other Intermediaries and the additional amounts of
UPC Notes or UPS ADSs held and voted by such beneficial holder. If a beneficial
holder owns a portion of its UPC Notes or UPC ADSs through an Intermediary and
another portion as a record holder, the beneficial holder should, with respect
to the portion held as



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<PAGE>

a record holder, complete the appropriate Ballot and return it to the
appropriate Voting Agent and, with respect to the portion held through an
Intermediary, complete the appropriate Ballot and return it to the Intermediary.

     Subject to any applicable order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the Company
will decide any and all questions affecting the validity of any Ballot or Master
Ballot submitted, which decision will be final and binding. To that end, the
Company may reject any Ballots or Master Ballots that are not in proper form or
that the Company's counsel believes would be unlawful or were submitted in bad
faith. Any Ballot or Master Ballot which is executed by a Holder of Claims or
Equity Interests but does not indicate an acceptance or rejection of the Plan
shall not be counted as a vote on the Plan.

     ONLY ORIGINALLY SIGNED BALLOTS OR MASTER BALLOTS, AS APPLICABLE, WILL BE
COUNTED. NEITHER COPIES OF NOR FACSIMILE BALLOTS OR MASTER BALLOTS WILL BE
ACCEPTED. IF A BALLOT OR MASTER BALLOT, AS APPLICABLE, IS NOT ACTUALLY RECEIVED
BY THE APPROPRIATE VOTING AGENT ON OR BEFORE THE VOTING DEADLINE, SUCH BALLOT OR
MASTER BALLOT WILL NOT BE COUNTED. PLEASE FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS CONTAINED ON THE
ENCLOSED BALLOT OR MASTER BALLOT CAREFULLY.

     If a Holder or an Intermediary has any questions about the Disclosure
Statement, the Plan or the procedure for voting, did not receive a Ballot or
Master Ballot, as applicable, received a damaged Ballot or Master Ballot, as
applicable, lost his or her Ballot or Master Ballot, as applicable, or, in the
case of an Intermediary, requires additional copies of the Disclosure Statement
and/or Ballots for distribution to beneficial holders, he or she should call (i)
the Securities Voting Agent - Innisfree M&A Incorporated at 501 Madison Avenue,
New York, NY 10022, United States of America, tel. (877) 750-2689 or, from
outside the United States, tel. + 1 (412) 209-1704, (ii) the Nonsecurities
Voting Agent--Bankruptcy Services LLC at by regular mail at United Pan-Europe
Communications Ballot Processing, P.O. Box 5014, FDR Station, New York, NY
10150-5014, by messenger or overnight courier at United Pan-Europe
Communications Ballot Processing, c/o Bankruptcy Services LLC, 70 East 55th
Street, New York, NY 10022-3222 or telephone at 1-888-498-7765, or (iii) your
broker, bank, or other nominee.

     If you have any questions about the Akkoord ballot or power of attorney,
please contact (i) Allen & Overy, Apollolaan 15, 1077 AB Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, Mr. Rob Abendroth, tel. +31 (20) 674-1330, or (ii) Allen & Overy,
1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020, United States of America,
Ms. Helena Sprenger, tel. +1 (212) 610-6300.

     If a registered Holder does not hold for its own account, then it is
required to provide promptly copies of this Disclosure Statement and appropriate
Ballots to its customers and beneficial owners. Any beneficial owner who has not
received a Ballot should contact his or her Intermediary or Innisfree M&A
Incorporated, as applicable.

     Confirmation of the Plan

     In addition to the voting requirements set forth above, in order for a
Chapter 11 plan of reorganization to be confirmed, the plan must meet certain
statutory requirements set forth in the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, including, without
limitation, that:

     o    the plan has classified claims and equity interests in a permissible
          manner;

     o    the contents of the plan comply with the requirements of the U.S.
          Bankruptcy Code;

     o    the debtor has proposed the plan in good faith;

     o    the debtor has made disclosures concerning the plan which are adequate
          and include information concerning all payments made or promised in
          connection with the plan and the Chapter 11 case;

     o    the plan is feasible; and

     o    the plan is in the "best interests" of all dissenting holders of
          claims and equity interests in impaired classes.

See "Chapter 11 Case and the Plan of Reorganization--Voting on, and Confirmation
of, the Plan--Confirmation of the Plan" below for a more detailed description of
the these requirements.



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     Thus, even if the Plan was accepted by the requisite majorities of the
Holders of Claims against, and Equity Interests in, the Company, the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court would be required to make the findings set forth above before
it can confirm the Plan. The Company believes that all of these conditions have
been or shall be met with respect to the Plan.

     In addition, under certain circumstances, a U.S. bankruptcy court may, upon
the request of the proponent of a plan, confirm a plan notwithstanding the lack
of acceptance by one or more impaired classes if the U.S. bankruptcy court finds
that

     o    the plan does not discriminate unfairly with respect to each
          non-accepting impaired class,

     o    the plan is "fair and equitable" with respect to each non-accepting
          impaired class,

     o    at least one impaired class has accepted the plan (without counting
          acceptances by insiders) and

     o    the plan satisfies the requirements set forth in Section 1129(a) of
          the U.S. Bankruptcy Code other than Section 1129(a)(8).

This procedure is commonly referred to as "cramdown." The Company intends, if
necessary, to request confirmation of the Plan pursuant to Section 1129(b) of
the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. See "Chapter 11 Case and the Plan of
Reorganization--Voting on, and Confirmation of, the Plan--Non-Acceptance and
Cramdown," below, for a more detailed description of the requirements for
cramdown.

     Confirmation Hearing

     The U.S. Bankruptcy Court has scheduled the hearing to consider
confirmation of the Plan (the "Confirmation Hearing") for __________ __, 200_,
at _____ (New York City Time), before _________, United States Bankruptcy Judge,
United States Bankruptcy Court, Alexander Hamilton Custom House, One Bowling
Green, ___ Floor, Courtroom ___, New York, New York 10004. The Confirmation
Hearing may be adjourned from time to time by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court without
further notice except for an announcement of an adjournment made at the
Confirmation Hearing or any adjournment thereof.

     Any objections to confirmation of the Plan must be made in writing,
specifying in detail the name and address of the person or entity objecting, the
grounds for the objection and the nature and amount of the Claim or Equity
Interest held by the objector, and must be served and filed as ordered by the
U.S. Bankruptcy Court on or before ____ (New York City Time) on ________ __,
200_.

     If the Plan is confirmed, even if a holder of a Claim or Equity Interest
did not vote, or voted against the Plan, the terms of the Plan, including,
without limitation, the exchanges set forth therein, will be binding on such
Holder as if such Holder had voted in favor of the Plan. Accordingly, all
Holders of Claims against, or Equity Interests in, the Company are encouraged to
read this Disclosure Statement and its Annexes carefully and in their entirety
before deciding to vote to accept or to reject the Plan.

     Pursuant to the Plan, the documents to be executed in connection with
consummation of the Plan, including the Amended and Restated UPC Articles of
Association, the Amended and Restated New UPC Certificate of Incorporation, the
Amended and Restated New UPC By-Laws, the Incentive Plan, the Board of
Management Schedule (as defined herein), the New UPC Management Schedule and the
Stockholders Agreement shall be filed on or before December 19, 2002 (the
"Document Filing Date"), the New UPC Management Schedule. Copies of all such
documents will be made available to all Holders of Claims or Equity Interests
entitled to vote on the Plan.

   Board Recommendation

     The Company's Supervisory Board and Board of Management, and New UPC's
Board of Directors, have unanimously approved the terms of the Restructuring,
including the Plan, the Akkoord and the Dutch Implementing Offer and believe
that it is in the Company's best interests. The Company's Supervisory Board and
Board of Management, and the New UPC's Board of Directors, strongly urge each
Holder of a Claim against, or Equity Interest in, the Company to vote in favor
of the Plan. However, each Holder of a Claim against, or Equity Interest


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in, the Company must make its own decision as to whether to vote in favor of the
Plan. For a discussion of the factors considered by the Company's Board of
Management and Supervisory Board in supporting the Restructuring, see "The
Restructuring--Background of the Restructuring--Board Consideration and
Approval."

                                   The Akkoord

     Simultaneously with the commencement of the Chapter 11 proceeding, the
Company commenced the Dutch Bankruptcy Case and filed the Akkoord with the Dutch
Bankruptcy Court. Upon the commencement of the Dutch Bankruptcy Case, the Dutch
Bankruptcy Court appointed an administrator to oversee the operations of the
Company (the "Administrator").

     A moratorium of payments affects only the claims of the Ordinary Creditors.
Dutch law operates under the principle of equality of treatment of creditors and
only grants priority to certain specified claims by statutory provision. Types
of claims not specified by statute to have priority do not have priority. In
this context the most important types of claims to have a right of priority
include (a) claims of the tax and social security administrations, (b) pension
rights of, and salaries due to, employees, (c) claims secured by pledge
(pandrecht) or mortgage (hypotheek) and, as a practical matter, (d) estate
creditors (boedelschulden). See "The Akkoord--Effects of the Moratorium," below.

     Upon receipt of claims submitted by the Ordinary Creditors, the
Administrator will prepare a list of claims, specifying for each claim whether
the Administrator will admit or dispute it. The claims list merely serves to
determine (i) which Ordinary Creditors will be permitted to vote on the Akkoord
and (ii) in what amount each claim will be admitted. Beneficial holders of UPC
Notes as of the Voting Record Date will be permitted to file claims with the
Administrator and vote on the Akkoord. If the claim has been disputed by the
Administrator, the Company or other Ordinary Creditors, the supervisory judge
decides if, and for what amount, the respective Ordinary Creditor will be
admitted to participate in the vote. In short, the Ordinary Creditors who are
recognized by the Administrator (and undisputed by the Company and/or the other
Ordinary Creditors) and admitted to the vote by the supervisory judge are
permitted to participate in the vote.

     To the extent that a claim classified under the Plan is held by an Ordinary
Creditor, such claim is an affected claim in the Dutch Bankruptcy Case and the
holder thereof may file its claim and vote on account of such claim in the Dutch
Bankruptcy Case. However, in the Dutch Bankruptcy Case, claims will not be
categorized by class. Under the Akkoord, Ordinary Creditors shall be offered by
the Company a number of shares of New UPC Common Stock equal to the number of
shares of New UPC Common Stock that holders of general unsecured claims are
entitled to receive under the Plan, either in exchange for transferring their
Allowed Claims to New UPC (as far as the Holders of the UPC Notes are concerned)
or in cancellation of their Allowed Claims (as far as Ordinary Creditors other
than the Holders of the UPC Notes are concerned).

     To the extent that the holder of a non-affected claim nonetheless elects to
file a claim in the Dutch Bankruptcy Case and votes on the Akkoord, any security
rights or priority held by such holder will be lost in the Dutch Bankruptcy Case
and unenforceable under Dutch law. Such claims will then be considered affected
claims under the Dutch Bankruptcy Code and receive treatment under the Plan and
the Akkoord in accordance with such election.

     Furthermore, holders of equity interests are not treated as creditors under
Dutch law and, as such, no holders of the Company's Equity Interests are
entitled to vote on, or shall be affected by, the Akkoord.

     In order to be accepted, the Akkoord must be approved by two-thirds (2/3)
of the admitted and recognized Ordinary Creditors representing three-fourths
(3/4) of the amount of the admitted and recognized claims. As a consequence of
this system, admitted and recognized Ordinary Creditors not present or
represented at the meeting of creditors to vote on the Akkoord (the "Dutch
Voting Meeting") or admitted and recognized Ordinary Creditors who are present
or represented but abstain from voting shall effectively be considered to have
voted against acceptance of the Akkoord.

     If the Akkoord is not approved (as described above) the Dutch Bankruptcy
Court may declare the Company bankrupt. The Company would then be liquidated. If
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Akkoord. The Dutch Bankruptcy Court may terminate the moratorium, in which case
the Company's creditors would then be entitled to exercise their rights against
the Company as a possible alternative to liquidation.

     The date of commencement of the Dutch Bankruptcy Case shall be the date for
determining which Ordinary Creditors, other than beneficial holders of the UPC
Notes, are entitled to file claims with the Administrator. With respect to the
beneficial holders of UPC Notes, the Dutch Bankruptcy Court has ordered that the
Voting Record Date shall be the date for determining which holders are entitled
to file claims with the Administrator. In either case, any Ordinary Creditors
who timely file claims with the Administrator will be eligible to vote on the
Akkoord unless such claim is disputed by the Company, the Administrator or any
other Ordinary Creditor who has been admitted to vote. The Dutch Bankruptcy
Court will resolve any such dispute at the Dutch Voting Meeting.

     The Dutch Bankruptcy Court has ordered that all Ordinary Creditors
(including, without limitation, the beneficial holders of the UPC Notes) must
submit their claims to the Administrator by the date that is __ days after the
date of the Voting Deadline (the "Dutch Claims Filing Date") and that the Dutch
Voting Meeting will take place on _________ __, 200_ at __:00 p.m. (Central
European Time) at ____________, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Under certain
circumstances, the Ordinary Creditors can submit their claims after the Dutch
Claims Filing Date, but not later than two days prior to the Dutch Voting
Meeting. However, claims filed later than the Dutch Claims Filing Date, but
prior to the Dutch Voting Meeting may only be permitted to vote on the Akkoord
if neither the Administrator (or the Company) nor any other Ordinary Creditor
objects thereto. In the event that an Ordinary Creditor who is not located in
The Netherlands files a claim with the Administrator after the Dutch Claims
Filing Date, but at or before the Dutch Voting Meeting, such claim may still be
admitted to vote on the Akkoord at the discretion of the Dutch Bankruptcy Court.

     If the Akkoord has been approved by the requisite majority of Ordinary
Creditors, the supervisory judge will set a date on which the Dutch Bankruptcy
Court will consider the ratification (homologatie) of the Akkoord in a public
hearing. Before such hearing, the Administrator and the Ordinary Creditors are
entitled to notify the supervisory judge of their positions as to the
ratification of the Akkoord. At such hearing, the Company, the Administrator and
the Ordinary Creditors are permitted to provide their views as to the
ratification of the Akkoord. The supervisory judge or the Dutch Bankruptcy Court
will render a written report on the Akkoord. The Dutch Bankruptcy Court must
refuse to ratify the Akkoord if one or more of the following conditions exist:

     o    if the liquidation value of the assets of the estate exceeds the
          amount made available to creditors in the Akkoord;

     o    if performance of the Akkoord is not sufficiently guaranteed;

     o    if the Akkoord was reached by means of fraudulent acts or the
          preference of one or more creditors or by other unfair means,
          regardless of whether or not the Company or any party cooperated to
          that effect; or

     o    if the fees and expenses of the experts and the administrator(s) have
          not been paid to the administrator(s), or security has not been issued
          therefor.

     In addition to the foregoing, the Dutch Bankruptcy Court may, in its
discretion, refuse to ratify the Akkoord on other grounds or on its own motion
(ambtshalve). The Dutch Bankruptcy Court may declare the Company bankrupt
simultaneously with its refusal to ratify the Akkoord. If the Dutch Bankruptcy
Court does so, the Company would then be liquidated.

     The Akkoord becomes final and binding as soon as the ratification of the
Akkoord is no longer open to appeal. An appeal of either the decision of the
Dutch Bankruptcy Court to ratify the Akkoord or a decision of the Dutch
Bankruptcy Court to refuse to ratify the Akkoord has to be filed within eight
days after the respective decision.

     A ratified and final Akkoord will be binding on all creditors that were
affected by the Dutch Bankruptcy Case. This includes the Ordinary Creditors who
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not submit their claims with the Administrator. As a consequence of the
ratification of the Akkoord, creditors with claims that are not submitted with
the Administrator can still claim distribution under the Akkoord.

                          The Dutch Implementing Offer

   General

     The Dutch Bankruptcy Code does not provide for the Akkoord to reorganize or
cancel any of the Equity Interests in the Company. Therefore, in order to
facilitate implementation of the Plan with respect to certain of the UPC
Ordinary Shares A in accordance with Dutch law, solely with respect to persons
who are not U.S. Persons and who are not located or residing within the United
States, New UPC shall commence an offer to deliver shares of New UPC Common
Stock in consideration for the agreement of the holders of the UPC Ordinary
Shares A to deliver their UPC Ordinary Shares A to New UPC. See "The Dutch
Implementing Offer."

   No Participation in, into or from the United States and Other Jurisdictions

     The Dutch Implementing Offer will not be made, directly or indirectly, in
or into the United States, or by the use of the United States mails, or by any
means or instrumentality (including, without limitation, telephonically or
electronically) of United States interstate or foreign commerce, or any facility
of a United States national securities exchange. Accordingly, copies of the
Offer Memorandum (as defined herein) and related documents are not being, and
must not be, mailed, forwarded, sent, transmitted or otherwise distributed in,
into or from the United States.

     The Dutch Implementing Offer is not being made to, and New UPC will not
accept deposits of UPC Ordinary Shares A from, Holders of UPC Ordinary Shares A
in any jurisdiction in which the Dutch Implementing Offer or the participation
in the Dutch Implementing Offer would not be in compliance with the securities
or blue sky laws of that jurisdiction.

   Conditions to the Dutch Implementing Offer

     The Dutch Implementing Offer is conditioned, among other things, on
confirmation of the Plan and amendments to the Company's Articles of Association
at the Extraordinary General Meeting. New UPC may waive any of the conditions to
the Dutch Implementing Offer, except the condition that no notification has been
received from the Autoriteit Financiele Markten (The Netherlands Authority for
the Financial Markets) that the Dutch Implementing Offer has been made in
conflict with Chapter IIA of the Dutch Act on the Supervision of the Securities
Trade 1995 (Wet Toezicht Effectenverkeer 1995) (the "Dutch Securities Act
1995"). See "The Dutch Implementing Offer--Conditions for Completion of the
Dutch Implementing Offer" for a list of all the conditions to the Dutch
Implementing Offer.

   Effects of Completion of the Restructuring and Consummation of the Dutch
   Implementing Offer on Non-Participating Holders of UPC Ordinary Shares A

     For a discussion of the risks associated with failing to participate in the
Dutch Implementing Offer, see "Risk Factors--Risks Related to Ownership of UPC
Ordinary Shares A Upon Completion of the Restructuring."

                The Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders

     Unlike the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, the Dutch Bankruptcy Code does not provide
for the Dutch Bankruptcy Case to exempt compliance from otherwise applicable
corporate law. Therefore, in order to facilitate implementation of the Plan, the
Company has called an Extraordinary General Meeting.

   Date, Time and Place of the Extraordinary General Meeting

     The Extraordinary General Meeting will be held at _____, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, on _____, 2003, at _____ p.m. (Central European Time), unless
postponed or adjourned. The Company anticipates that the Extraordinary General
Meeting will occur after the Voting Deadline for the Plan, but before the
Expiration Date for the Dutch Implementing Offer. The Proxy Statement (as
defined herein) will be sent to holders of record of the UPC Preference Shares
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Company will make appropriate arrangements to make the Proxy Statement available
to all Holders of the UPC Preference Shares A, the UPC Priority Shares and the
UPC Ordinary Shares A.

   Purposes of the Extraordinary General Meeting

     The purpose of the Extraordinary General Meeting is to facilitate the
implementation of the Plan by:

     o    considering and acting upon a proposal to amend the Company's Articles
          of Association (the "First Amendment") to

          (i)  decrease the nominal value of each issued and outstanding UPC
               Ordinary Share A from (euro)1.00 to (euro)0.02 without repayment;
               and

          (ii) decrease the nominal value of each UPC Priority Share and UPC
               Preference Share A from (euro)1.00 to (euro)0.02 without
               repayment;

     o    considering and acting upon a proposal to amend the Company's Articles
          of Association (the "Second Amendment") to

          (i)  change the number of authorized UPC Ordinary Shares A into
               450,000,000;

          (ii) change the number of authorized UPC Preference Shares A to
               12,400;

         (iii) authorize a new class of 50,000,000,000 registered Ordinary
               Shares C ("UPC Ordinary Shares C") with a nominal value
               of(euro)0.02;

          (iv) in the event Dutch law allows the issuance of nonvoting stock,
               prohibit the issuance of nonvoting stock and prohibit cooperation
               in connection with the issuance of depository receipts; and

          (v)  remove the UPC Ordinary Shares B and the UPC Preference Shares B
               from the authorized capital of the Company;

     o    considering and acting upon a proposal to

          (i)  if all of the UPC Preference Shares A are transferred to New UPC
               under the Plan, convert the UPC Preference Shares A on a
               one-for-one basis into UPC Ordinary Shares C, effective on or
               after the Second Amendment and upon the Effective Date;

          (ii) if not all of the UPC Preference Shares A are transferred to New
               UPC under the Plan, cancel all of the UPC Preference Shares A,
               with repayment of at least the par value in kind, consisting of
               shares of New UPC Common Stock, effective on or after the Second
               Amendment, but before the Third Amendment; or

         (iii) if neither (i) nor (ii) occurs, convert the UPC Preference
               Shares A on a one-for-one basis into UPC Ordinary Shares C,
               effective after New UPC has acquired all of the UPC Preference
               Shares A and after the Second Amendment, but before the Third
               Amendment;

     o    considering and acting upon a proposal to amend the Company's Articles
          of Association (effective after delisting of the UPC Ordinary Shares A
          from Euronext Amsterdam N.V. ("Euronext")) (the "Third Amendment") to
          effectuate that the Company will have Articles of Association of a
          non-listed company, including, inter alia, the following contents:

          (i)  restrictions on transfers of registered shares;

          (ii) a one-tier board (i.e., that the Company's Board of Management
               will consist of one or more members and the Company will have no
               supervisory directors);


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         (iii) remove the UPC Preference Shares A from the authorized capital
               of the Company; and

          (iv) holders of UPC Ordinary Shares A only to be authorized to
               exercise their rights upon delivery of share certificates; and

     o    authorizing the Board of Management of the Company and Allen & Overy,
          Amsterdam, The Netherlands, to apply for the ministerial statements of
          no objections and to execute deeds of amendment of the Articles of
          Association of the Company as set forth in the First, Second and Third
          Amendments; and

     o    transacting such other business as may properly come before the
          Extraordinary General Meeting or any postponements or adjournments
          thereof.

See "The Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders."

                           New UPC Equity Subscription

     The Plan provides each Holder of a Belmarken Notes Claim, UPC Notes Claim
and General Unsecured Claim with New UPC Equity Purchase Rights to purchase a
pro rata share of the Maximum Subscription Amount of shares of New UPC Common
Stock at the Implied Purchase Price per share. The Holders of General Unsecured
Claims will be permitted to participate in the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights
based on the Claim amounts set forth by such Holders in their proofs of claim
filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Case; provided, however, that this right will in no
way affect any determination by either the U.S. Bankruptcy Court or the Dutch
Bankruptcy Court as to the allowability of any Claims asserted by such Holders
against the Company. The New UPC Equity Purchase Rights will only be exercisable
on the Effective Date. The Maximum Subscription Amount will be reduced on a
Euro-for-Euro basis under the circumstances described in this Disclosure
Statement under "New UPC Equity Subscription--General." Subject to confirmation
of the Plan and the ratified Akkoord becoming final and conclusive (in kracht
van gewijsde gaan), UGC has committed to purchase from New UPC, and New UPC has
committed to sell to UGC, on the Effective Date, at the Implied Purchase Price,
an amount of shares of New UPC Common Stock with an aggregate value equal to the
Maximum Subscription Amount less the number of shares of New UPC Common Stock
purchased by Holders of Belmarken Notes Claims, UPC Notes Claims and General
Unsecured Claims pursuant to the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights. For a detailed
discussion of the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights, see "New UPC Equity
Subscription."

                              New UPC Common Stock

     General

     As of the Petition Date, the total outstanding share capital of New UPC
consists of 1,000 shares of common stock, par value US$0.01 per shares, of which
1,000 shares are outstanding. All outstanding shares of New UPC Common Stock on
the Petition Date are, and all of the New UPC Common Stock to be outstanding
upon consummation of the Restructuring will be, fully paid and non-assessable.
On the Effective Date, New UPC's authorized share capital shall consist of
250,000,000 shares of New UPC Common Stock and 50,000,000 shares of preferred
stock and New UPC's issued share capital shall consist of 50,000,000 shares of
UPC Common Stock.

     Issuance and Resale of New UPC Common Stock

     The Company and New UPC are relying on Section 1145 of the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code to exempt the issuance of the New UPC Common Stock from the registration
requirements of the U.S. Securities Act (and of any state securities or "blue
sky" laws). See "New UPC--Issuance and Resale of the New UPC Common Stock."
Except as discussed under "New UPC--Issuance and Resale of the New UPC Common
Stock," the shares of New UPC Common Stock to be issued to persons other than
UGC pursuant to the Plan will not be subject to any restrictions on
transferability.

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     In the Restructuring Agreement, New UPC has agreed to use its commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the shares of New UPC Common Stock to be issued in
the Restructuring to be listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market ("NASDAQ"), but
obtaining such listing is not a condition to either confirmation or consummation
of the Plan. New UPC may not be able to list the New UPC Common Stock on the
NASDAQ and this may impair the liquidity of the New UPC Common Stock. See "Risk
Factors--Risks Related to Ownership of the New UPC Common Stock--New UPC may not
be able to list the New UPC Common Stock on the NASDAQ and this may impair the
liquidity of the New UPC Common Stock."

                                Tax Consequences

     For a discussion of the tax considerations of the Restructuring, see "Tax
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                                  RISK FACTORS

     Holders of Claims or Equity Interests should carefully consider the factors
set forth below, as well as the other information set forth in this Disclosure
Statement or incorporated herein by reference, prior to determining whether to
vote to accept the Plan or the Akkoord, participate in the Dutch Implementing
Offer or subscribe for shares of New UPC Common Stock under the New UPC Equity
Subscription. The risks and uncertainties described below include all of the
risks and uncertainties which the Company believes to be material at this time
but are not the only ones facing the Company, the UPC Group or New UPC.
Additional risks and uncertainties that the Company does not currently know or
that the Company currently deems immaterial may also impair its or the UPC
Group's business, operations, financial condition, operating results or ability
to successfully consummate the Restructuring. If any of the following risks
actually occur, they could materially adversely affect the Company's or the UPC
Group's business, operations, financial condition, operating results or ability
to successfully consummate the Restructuring.

Risks that the Restructuring is Not Successfully Completed

     There are various events that must take place in order for the
Restructuring, and, in particular, the Plan, to be consummated. These include,
among other things, confirmation of the Plan, ratification of the Akkoord and
satisfaction of the various conditions to consummation of the Plan. See "Chapter
11 Case and the Plan of Reorganization--The Plan--Conditions to Confirmation and
Consummation of the Plan" for a description of the conditions to consummation of
the Plan. Although the Company believes that each of these events will occur,
there can be no assurance that such will be the case. If not, the Restructuring,
including the Plan, could not be implemented and it is unclear what Holders of
Claims and Equity Interests would ultimately receive with respect to their
Claims and Equity Interests. The alternatives include, among other things, (i)
liquidation of the Company and (ii) implementation of an alternative
restructuring plan. The Company, however, believes that the Restructuring,
including the Plan, as set forth herein is significantly more attractive than
these alternatives because it could, among other things, significantly shorten
the time required to accomplish the Restructuring, minimize the disruption to
the Company's business and ultimately result in a larger distribution to holders
of Claims against, and Equity Interests in, the Company than would other
alternatives. In particular, if the Restructuring were not consummated and an
alternative reorganization could not be agreed to in a timely manner, it is
possible that the Company would have to liquidate its assets, in which case it
is likely that Holders of Claims and Equity Interests would receive less than
they would have received pursuant to the Restructuring and the Plan as set forth
herein.

Risks Related to the Restructuring Process

   The Restructuring may result in a disruption of the UPC Group's business.

     It is possible that the Company's filing of the Chapter 11 case and its
solicitation of acceptances for the Plan and the Akkoord and participations in
the Dutch Implementing Offer could adversely affect the Company's and its
subsidiaries' relationships with their respective suppliers, customers, partners
and employees. If such relationships are adversely affected, the Company's
working capital on a consolidated basis could materially deteriorate. This
deterioration could adversely affect the Company's ability to consummate the
Restructuring, including soliciting acceptances of, and receiving confirmation
of, the Plan. Any disruption in relationships with customers could reduce the
UPC Group's subscriber base which could result in a loss of earnings and, if the
disruption were prolonged, in a material adverse effect on the financial
condition, results of operations and prospects of the Company and the UPC Group.

     As described below (see "The Restructuring--Background of the
Restructuring--UPC Distribution Facility Waiver and Amendment"), as part of the
Restructuring, the Company executed the UPCD Facility Waiver. The UPCD Facility
Waiver, by its terms, expires on March 31, 2003. To the extent that consummation
of the Restructuring is delayed beyond March 31, 2003, the UPCD Facility Banks
will have the ability to accelerate the repayment of the amounts outstanding
under the UPC Distribution Facility, unless they agree to extend the terms of
the UPCD Facility Waiver. The Company can provide no assurance that the
Restructuring will be consummated on or before March 31, 2003 or that, if the
Restructuring is not consummated by March 31, 2003, the UPCD Facility Banks will
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   The U.S. and Dutch bankruptcy systems differ in various respects.

     In order to successfully implement the Restructuring, the Company believes
that it is necessary to do so under, inter alia, U.S. law and Dutch law.
However, there are fundamental differences between the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and
the Dutch Bankruptcy Code. For example, the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and the Dutch
Bankruptcy Code differ in their voting requirements for approval of the
Restructuring, the parties in interest affected by the applicable bankruptcy
law, the treatment of certain claims and equity interests and the ability to
file a revised reorganization document. Thus, although the Company is attempting
to reconcile the disparities between the Chapter 11 case and the Dutch
Bankruptcy Case, there can be no assurance that these differences can be
sufficiently reconciled so as to avoid any delays or other problems in
consummating the Restructuring.

Risks Related to the Chapter 11 Case

   The U.S. Bankruptcy Court may sustain an objection to the classification of
   the Claims and Equity Interests.

     Section 1122 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code provides that a plan may place a
claim or an interest in a particular class only if such claim or interest is
substantially similar to the other claims or equity interests of such class. The
Company believes that the classification of the Claims and Equity Interests
under the Plan complies with the requirements set forth in the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code. However, there can be no assurance that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court will
reach the same conclusion. To the extent that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court
disagrees with the classification scheme in the Plan, the Company intends to
modify the Plan to reclassify the Claims and Equity Interests as necessary for
Confirmation. However, there can be no assurance that any such reclassification
would not adversely affect one or more classes under the Plan. Accordingly,
there can be no assurance that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court would confirm the Plan,
as modified, without a resolicitation of votes of any such adversely affected
Holders of Claims or Equity Interests. If the U.S. Bankruptcy Court were to
require such a resolicitation, this would delay consummation of the
Restructuring which, as discussed above, could disrupt the Company's business.
See "Chapter 11 Case and the Plan of Reorganization--The Plan--Classification
and Treatment of Claims and Interests Under the Plan."

   The Holders of Claims and Equity Interests may not approve the Plan.

     In order for the Plan to be confirmed, under Section 1129(a)(8) of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Code, each Impaired Class of Claims and Equity Interests must approve
the Plan by the applicable requisite percentages, absent a "cramdown" pursuant
to Section 1129(b) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. In addition, under Section
1129(a)(10) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, since the Plan contains an Impaired
Class of Claims, the Plan cannot be confirmed unless at least one such Impaired
Class of Claims has voted to accept the Plan (without counting any acceptance of
the Plan by any insiders in such Class). Because Class 4 (Belmarken Notes
Claims), Class 5 (UPC Notes Claims and General Unsecured Claims) and Class 9
(Equity Securities Claims) are the only Impaired Classes of Claims under the
Plan, the affirmative vote of the Holders of at least one such Class of Claims
(without counting any acceptances of the Plan by any insiders in such Class) is
necessary for confirmation of the Plan. However, because UGC, an insider of the
Company, is the only member of Class 4 (Belmarken Notes Claims), approval of the
Plan by this Class cannot count towards the satisfaction of this requirement.
Thus, the affirmative vote of either Class 5 (UPC Notes Claims and General
Unsecured Claims) or Class 9 (Equity Securities Claims) (in either case, without
counting any acceptances of the Plan by any insiders in such Class) is required
for confirmation of the Plan. Although the Plan has been substantially
pre-negotiated with the UGC Group and the Participating Noteholders (which hold
35% and 25%, respectively, of the outstanding UPC Notes) pursuant to the
Restructuring Agreement, these Claims are insufficient, without more, to approve
the Plan, especially since any acceptances of the Plan by members of the UGC
Group do not count for purposes of satisfying Section 1129(a)(10) as the members
of the UGC Group are insiders of the Company. Thus, there can be no assurance
that sufficient Holders of Claims will vote to accept the Plan.

   The U.S. Bankruptcy Court may not confirm the Plan.

     The Company believes that the Plan meets all of the requirements for
confirmation under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, including, in particular, that if
the Plan is confirmed it will not be followed by the need for further financial
reorganization of the Company and that the Holders of the UPC Notes, the General
Unsecured Claims, the Belmarken Notes, the UPC Preference Shares A, the UPC
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the UPC ADSs) and the Equity Securities Claims, as well as the Holders of Equity
Interests who will be deemed to reject the Plan, will receive value under the
Plan that is greater than the value they would receive if the Company were
liquidated under Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. However, there can be no
assurance that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court will conclude that these tests and the
other requirements of Section 1129 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code have been met
with respect to the Plan, that modifications of the Plan would not be required
for confirmation, or that such modifications would not require a resolicitation
of the Plan. Failure of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to confirm the Plan would
likely result in a protracted bankruptcy proceeding, which would exacerbate
certain of the factors described in "Risks Related to the Restructuring
Process." Thus, if the Company is unable to confirm the Plan or is unable to
have the Akkoord ratified, there is a significant likelihood that all Holders of
Claims and Equity Interests would ultimately receive far less than what they
would receive under the terms of the Restructuring. See "Risk Factors -- Risks
Related to Dutch Bankruptcy Case -- The Company's Ordinary Creditors may not
approve the Akkoord, which may lead to the Company's liquidation."

   The Plan may not be consummated or there may be a delay in the consummation
   of the Plan.

     The Plan sets forth numerous conditions to consummation of the Plan. There
can be no assurance that the conditions will be satisfied or waived or that any
necessary consent will be obtained. See "Chapter 11 Case and the Plan of
Reorganization--The Plan--Conditions to Confirmation and Consummation of the
Plan." Thus, even if the Plan is confirmed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the
Plan may not be consummated. Similarly, there can be no guarantee as to when
such conditions will satisfied or waived. Thus, although the Company intends for
the Plan to be consummated within six weeks after Confirmation, no assurance can
be given that this will occur.

Risks Related to the Dutch Bankruptcy Case

  It is uncertain how the Dutch Court will apply Dutch bankruptcy law to the
  Company.

     As Dutch bankruptcy law dates from 1896 (although it has been amended from
time to time), it does not contain provisions that fully take into account
economic developments since that time. In the event Dutch bankruptcy law does
not specifically provide a solution for a legal issue, the outcome is left to
the discretion of the supervisory judge and the Dutch courts. Some of the issues
in this case are issues for which Dutch bankruptcy law does not provide a
resolution. The outcome of these issues is difficult to predict. Furthermore,
Dutch bankruptcy law gives the supervisory judge and the Dutch courts a great
deal of discretion to make decisions in the insolvency proceedings.

   The Company's Ordinary Creditors may not approve the Akkoord, which may
   lead to the Company's liquidation.

     In order to be accepted, the Akkoord must be approved by at least
two-thirds in number of the Company's admitted and recognized Ordinary Creditors
representing three-fourths of the amount of the admitted and recognized claims.
As a consequence of the Dutch Bankruptcy Code, admitted and recognized Ordinary
Creditors not present or represented by proxy at the Dutch Voting Meeting or
admitted or recognized Ordinary Creditors who are present at such meeting but
abstain from voting, shall effectively be considered to have voted against the
Akkoord. In the event the Company's Ordinary Creditors do not accept the
Akkoord, the Dutch Bankruptcy Court may, at its discretion, declare the Company
bankrupt. Such a declaration would put the Company into liquidation. If the
Company's Ordinary Creditors do not accept the Akkoord and the Dutch Bankruptcy
Court does not declare the Company bankrupt, the suspension of payments will
terminate. The Company may then be put in bankruptcy at the request of any
holder of a claim, including claims that are accelerated due to the filing of
the request for suspension of payments or due to the granting of the
(preliminary) suspension of payments and in respect of which the Company has not
obtained a valid waiver.

   The Dutch Bankruptcy Court may decide not to ratify the Akkoord, which may
   lead to the Company's liquidation.

     Even if the Company's Ordinary Creditors approve the Akkoord, the Dutch
Bankruptcy Court may decide not to ratify the Akkoord. At the Dutch Voting
Meeting the supervisory judge will set a date at which the court will consider
ratification (homologatie) of the Akkoord. This date should be between eight and
fourteen days after the Dutch Voting Meeting. However, the Dutch Bankruptcy
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ratification of the Akkoord. Before ratification takes place, the Administrator
and the Ordinary Creditors are entitled to notify the Dutch Bankruptcy Court of
their positions as to the ratification of the Akkoord, and the supervisory judge
will render a written report on the Akkoord. At such hearing, the Company, the
Administrator and the Ordinary Creditors are permitted to provide their views as
to the ratification of the Akkoord.

     The Dutch Bankruptcy Court must refuse to ratify the Akkoord if one or more
of the following conditions exist:

     o    the liquidation value of the Company's assets exceeds the amount
          agreed to be paid pursuant to the Akkoord;

     o    the performance of the Akkoord is not sufficiently guaranteed;

     o    the Akkoord was reached by means of a fraudulent act or the
          preferential treatment of one or more Ordinary Creditors or by other
          unfair means, regardless of whether or not the Company or any party
          participated in, or facilitated, the fraud, preferential treatment or
          other unfair means; or

     o    the fees and expenses of the expert and the Administrator(s) have not
          been paid to the Administrator(s), or security has not been issued for
          them.

     In addition, the Dutch Bankruptcy Court may also, on other grounds or at
its discretion (ambtshalve), refuse to ratify the Akkoord. It may, for example,
decide that the type and amount of consideration offered is inadequate. The
Dutch Bankruptcy Court may also, at its discretion, declare the Company bankrupt
simultaneously with its refusal to ratify the Akkoord. Such a declaration would
put the Company into liquidation. If the Dutch Bankruptcy Court does not ratify
the Akkoord and does not declare the Company bankrupt, the suspension of
payments will terminate. The Company may then be put in bankruptcy at the
request of any holder of a claim, including claims that are accelerated due to
the filing of the request for suspension of payments or due to the granting of
the (preliminary) suspension of payments and in respect of which the Company has
not obtained a valid waiver.

     As a consequence of Dutch bankruptcy law a debtor is only allowed to offer
an Akkoord once. If the Akkoord is not accepted in the suspension of payments
procedure, no Akkoord can be offered in any ensuing subsequent liquidation
proceeding.

   The Akkoord may be delayed if any of the Company's Ordinary Creditors
   appeal from ratification of the Akkoord or if the Company appeals from a
   refusal by the Dutch Bankruptcy Court to ratify the Akkoord.

     The ratification of the Akkoord is open to appeal to the Dutch Bankruptcy
Court of Appeal by the Company's Ordinary Creditors who voted against the
Akkoord at the Dutch Voting Meeting or by Ordinary Creditors that were not
present at such meeting within eight days after the date of the ruling
(beschikking) on the ratification by the Dutch Bankruptcy Court. In the event
that the Dutch Bankruptcy Court refuses ratification, both the Company and the
Ordinary Creditors that voted in favor of the Akkoord at the Dutch Voting
Meeting may appeal from the ruling of the Dutch Bankruptcy Court within eight
days after such ruling. The subsequent ruling of the Dutch Bankruptcy Court of
Appeal is open to Supreme Court appeal (cassatie) in the same way and within the
same term after the ruling of the Dutch Bankruptcy Court of Appeal.

   It is uncertain whether the Administrator will fully support the
   Restructuring.

     Together with the granting of a provisional suspension of payments, the
Dutch Bankruptcy Court will appoint an Administrator. The Administrator must be
sufficiently satisfied, and must continue to be satisfied throughout the
Restructuring process, that (i) there is a realistic prospect of successful
completion of the Restructuring and (ii) once so completed, the Restructuring
offers better value to the Company's Ordinary Creditors than liquidation of the
Company. If the Administrator fails to be sufficiently satisfied regarding these
matters, he or she may request that the Dutch Bankruptcy Court declare the
Company bankrupt, which would lead to its liquidation. The Company cannot
provide any assurance that the Administrator will not request the Dutch
Bankruptcy Court to declare the Company bankrupt.


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Risks Related to Ownership of the New UPC Common Stock

   An investment in New UPC Common Stock involves significantly different
   risks from an investment in the UPC Notes or the holding of a Claim.

     If the Plan is confirmed and the Akkoord is ratified, Holders of Claims
against the Company will receive New UPC Common Stock. Upon consummation of the
Restructuring, New UPC will become the parent of the Company. An investment in
New UPC Common Stock involves significantly different risks than an investment
in the debt securities issued by, and creditors' claims against, the Company. If
the Company's operating subsidiaries are unable to successfully pursue their
business objectives following completion of the Restructuring, the value of the
New UPC Common Stock could decline significantly. Moreover, if in the future the
Company's operating subsidiaries are unable to finance their business operations
or refinance their debt as it becomes due, or New UPC chooses or is forced to
liquidate, the rights of holders of New UPC Common Stock would be impaired.

   An investment in New UPC Common Stock involves significantly different
   risks from an investment in Equity Interests in the Company.

     If the Plan is confirmed, the Akkoord is ratified and the Dutch
Implementing Offer is consummated, Holders of Equity Interests will receive New
UPC Common Stock. An investment in New UPC Common Stock involves significantly
different risks than an investment in the equity securities issued by the
Company, including UPC Ordinary Shares A and UPC ADSs.

     The Company is a corporation organized under the laws of The Netherlands,
whereas New UPC is a company incorporated in the United States under the laws of
the State of Delaware. The rights of holders of New UPC Common Stock will be
governed by New UPC's Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws which differ in
certain material respects from the Articles of Association of the Company.
Differences between the rights of holders of New UPC Common Stock and Holders of
Equity Interests in the Company arise from differences between the Delaware
General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") and the Dutch Civil Code, as well as from
differences between the governing documents of the respective companies. For a
detailed discussion of the differences between the rights of holders of New UPC
Common Stock and Holders of Equity Interests in the Company, see "Comparison of
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     New UPC's By-Laws will provide that (i) for a period of three years after
the Effective Date, the Board of Directors of New UPC will be comprised of ten
members, and (ii) a committee of the Board of Directors will have the power to
reject certain related party transactions between New UPC related parties
subject to certain exceptions or if approved by a majority of the disinterested
stockholders of New UPC. See "New UPC -- Related Party Transaction Committee."

   New UPC will be, and the UPC Group will continue to be, controlled by UGC,
   whose interests may be different from those of other holders of shares of
   New UPC Common Stock.

     As of the date of this Disclosure Statement, the UGC Group owns
approximately 53.1% of the UPC Ordinary Shares A, all of the outstanding UPC
Priority Shares and approximately 20% of the outstanding UPC Preference Shares
A. As a result, UGC is currently able to control the election of all but one of
the members of the Company's Supervisory Board. Royal Philips Electronics N.V.
has had the right to appoint one member of the Company's Supervisory Board since
UGC acquired 50% of the Company's issued shares from Royal Philips Electronics
N.V. in 1997. The Company is currently negotiating with Royal Philips
Electronics N.V. to terminate this right. The UGC Group currently is able to
determine the outcome of almost all corporate actions requiring the approval of
the Company's shareholders. The UPC Priority Shares, which are held solely by
United Europe, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of UGC Holdings, an approximately
95.2% wholly owned subsidiary of UGC, give UGC additional approval rights over
certain of the Company's actions. The following are the members of the Board of
Directors of UGC: Gene W. Schneider (Chairman of the Board), Michael T. Fries,
Mark L. Schneider, Robert R. Bennett, Albert M. Carollo, John P. Cole, Jr., Gary
S. Howard, John C. Malone, John F. Riordan, Curtis W. Rochelle and Tina M.
Wildes.

     If the Restructuring is successfully completed on the terms described in
this Disclosure Statement, the UGC Group will own approximately 65.5% of the
outstanding shares of New UPC Common Stock, and New UPC will own over 99% of the
UPC Ordinary Shares of the Company upon completion of the Restructuring. UGC
will control the election of the members of the Board of Directors of New UPC.
New UPC will control the election of all of the members of the Company's
Supervisory Board. Subject to required approvals of a committee of New UPC's
Board of Directors UGC will be able to determine the outcome of almost all
corporate actions requiring the approval of the holders of the New UPC Common
Stock.

     As a result of these levels of control, UGC can, and, following completion
of the Restructuring, will continue to be able to, exercise significant and
determinative influence over the UPC Group's operations, business strategy and
most matters requiring approval of New UPC's shareholders. The UGC Group's
interests may conflict with the interests of other holders of shares of New UPC
Common Stock.

     New UPC's Board of Directors will have the power to approve transactions in
which UGC has an interest. This power will be subject to the directors'
fiduciary duties to New UPC's other shareholders. In addition, New UPC's By-Laws
will provide for a committee of the Board of Directors for a committee of the
Board of Directors with the power to reject certain related party transactions
between New UPC and its related parties, including UGC and subsidiaries of UGC
that are not also subsidiaries of New UPC, subject to certain exceptions or if
approved by a majority of the disinterested shareholders of New UPC. See "New
UPC--Related Party Transaction Committee." Nonetheless, conflicts may arise
between the interests of UGC and New UPC's other shareholders (including the
Participating Noteholders). In addition, a conflict may arise because UGC
currently has, and in the future may acquire, substantial business operations
and opportunities apart from the UPC Group's business.

   New UPC may not be able to list the New UPC Common Stock on NASDAQ and this
   may impair the liquidity of the New UPC Common Stock.

     In the Restructuring Agreement, New UPC has agreed to use its commercially
reasonable efforts to list the shares of New UPC Common Stock on NASDAQ. If New
UPC is unable to list the New UPC Common Stock on NASDAQ, the holders' ability
to trade their shares of the New UPC Common Stock may be adversely affected. In
order to list the New UPC Common Stock on NASDAQ, New UPC will be required to
meet certain threshold requirements. As of the date of this Disclosure
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can be no assurances that, if the Restructuring is completed, New UPC will be
able to list the New UPC Common Stock on NASDAQ or that any trading market for
the New UPC Common Stock will develop or be sustained. If New UPC is unable to
list the New UPC Common Stock on NASDAQ, it may be difficult to make purchases
and sales of the New UPC Common Stock or obtain timely and accurate quotations
with respect to trading of the New UPC Common Stock. Failure to obtain the
listing of the New UPC Common Stock on NASDAQ could adversely impact the
liquidity of the New UPC Common Stock and may make it difficult to trade shares
of the New UPC Common Stock. This may adversely affect the market price of the
New UPC Common Stock.

     If New UPC is unable to list the New UPC Common Stock on a U.S. national
securities exchange, the New UPC Common Stock could be a "penny stock" as that
term is defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "U.S.
Exchange Act"). Brokers effecting transactions in a "penny stock" are subject to
additional customer disclosure and record keeping obligations, including
disclosure of the risks associated with low price stocks, stock quote
information and broker compensation. In addition, brokers effecting transactions
in a "penny stock" are subject to additional sales practice requirements under
Rule 15g-9 of the U.S. Exchange Act, including making inquiries into the
suitability of "penny stock" investments for each customer or obtaining a prior
written agreement for the specific "penny stock" purchase. Because of these
additional obligations, some brokers will not effect transactions in "penny
stocks," which could have an adverse effect on the liquidity of the New UPC
Common Stock and make buying or selling it more difficult.

   The price of the New UPC Common Stock will likely be volatile.

     If New UPC is successful in listing the New UPC Common Stock on NASDAQ, the
price of the New UPC Common Stock will likely be very volatile. Factors that may
materially adversely affect the market price of the New UPC Common Stock include
the following:

     o    actual or anticipated variations in the UPC Group's financial results
          and earnings;

     o    announcements of technological innovations, new sales formats or new
          products or services by the UPC Group or the UPC Group's competitors;

     o    changes in financial estimates by securities analysts for the UPC
          Group or its competitors;

     o    fluctuations in the stock prices of the UPC Group's competitors;

     o    additions or departures of key personnel;

     o    adverse regulatory actions or decisions;

     o    announcements of extraordinary events, including material litigation
          or changes in pricing policies by the UPC Group, New UPC or the UPC
          Group's competitors;

     o    changes in the market for the UPC Group's cable television or
          broadband services;

     o    changes in the economic performance and/or market valuations of other
          cable television and broadband service companies in Europe;

     o    announcements by the UPC Group, New UPC or the UPC Group's competitors
          of significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or
          capital commitments;

     o    general economic, political and market conditions; and

     o    additional sales or issuances of shares of New UPC Common Stock.

     In addition, stock markets in the United States have experienced
significant price and volume fluctuations in recent years and the market prices
of securities of cable television companies and technology companies in
particular have been highly volatile. Investors in such securities may lose all
or part of their investment. In the past, following periods of volatility in the
market price of a company's securities, securities class action litigation in
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United States has often been instituted against such a company. The institution
of class action litigation against New UPC could result in substantial costs and
a diversion of New UPC's management's attention and resources, which could
materially adversely affect New UPC's and the UPC Group's business, results of
operations and financial condition.

     The Restructuring will have a significant impact on the Company's existing
capital structure. Neither the Company nor New UPC can predict how the capital
markets will perceive the prospects for the Company's and the UPC Group's
business operations following the Restructuring and, therefore, what the effect
will be on the trading price of the New UPC Common Stock. Moreover, participants
in the Restructuring may seek to liquidate their holdings of the New UPC Common
Stock, which could have a negative effect on the trading price of the New UPC
Common Stock.

     In addition, although the Plan and the Projections (as defined herein) were
prepared based upon a reorganization enterprise value range for the Reorganized
Company, such valuation was not an estimate of the price at which the New UPC
Common Stock may trade in the market, if at all, and neither the Company nor New
UPC have attempted to make any such estimate in connection with the development
of the Plan. See "Reorganization Valuation and Projected Financial Information".
No assurance can be given as to the market price of the New UPC Common Stock
that will prevail following the Effective Date.

     The broad market and industry factors referred to above may adversely
affect the market price of the New UPC Common Stock regardless of New UPC's or
the UPC Group's actual operating performance.

   Holders' ability to sell New UPC Common Stock may be limited if they are
   deemed to be an underwriter.

     Although the Company and New UPC believe that most holders of Claims will
be able to resell the New UPC Common Stock without registration under the U.S.
Securities Act or other federal securities laws, their ability to sell may be
diminished if they are deemed to be an "underwriter" with respect to such
securities within the meaning of Section 1145(b) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
Section 1145(b) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code defines an "underwriter" for
purposes of the U.S. Securities Act as including a person who is a control
person of the issuer of the securities.

     The Company cannot assure holders that they will not be deemed to be a
statutory underwriter and they are advised to consult with their own counsel as
to the availability of exemptions under the U.S. Securities Act.

     New UPC does not intend to pay dividends for the foreseeable future.

     New UPC does not intend to pay dividends in the foreseeable future. Holders
of shares of New UPC Common Stock should therefore not expect to receive
dividends on the New UPC Common Stock for the foreseeable future.

     As a holding company, New UPC will depend on the receipt of dividends from
its operating subsidiaries to meet its payment obligations and to pay dividends
on the New UPC Common Stock. If New UPC's subsidiaries are unable to make any
dividend payments to New UPC (through the Company), New UPC will be unable to
pay any dividends on the New UPC Common Stock. The ability of these subsidiaries
to pay dividends to their shareholders, including the Company and New UPC, is
subject to applicable law and to restrictions contained in the debt instruments
of these subsidiaries, including, in the case of UPC Distribution, the UPC
Distribution Facility.

     In addition, any dividends received by New UPC from the Company will be
subject to U.S. federal income tax and any payments of dividends by New UPC on
the New UPC Common Stock are not deductible by New UPC for U.S. federal income
tax purposes. Thus, New UPC's ability to pay dividends on the New UPC Common
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Risks Related to Ownership of UPC Ordinary Shares A Upon Completion of the
Restructuring

   The Holders of the UPC Ordinary Shares A will face substantial dilution of
   their UPC Ordinary Shares A following the implementation of the
   Restructuring.

     The Restructuring will result in significant dilution of the shareholdings
of the Holders of the UPC Ordinary Shares A. The percentage of UPC Ordinary
Shares A available for active trading will substantially decrease. As a result,
the liquidity of the UPC Ordinary Shares A after the Restructuring has been
completed will reduce significantly.

   There may be an illiquid market or no public market for the UPC Ordinary
   Shares A after the Restructuring is completed.

     If the Restructuring is successfully completed, New UPC will hold over 99%
of the outstanding UPC Ordinary Shares (including the UPC Ordinary Shares A). In
such event, the Company intends to seek approval from Euronext for the
termination of the listing of the UPC Ordinary Shares A on Euronext. As a result
of the Company's continuing negative shareholders' equity, in November 2001,
Euronext put the UPC Ordinary Shares A on the so-called "penalty bench"
(strafbankje) and, in February 2002, removed the UPC Ordinary Shares A from the
AEX Index until such time as the Company returns to positive shareholders'
equity. This did not result in a delisting of the UPC Ordinary Shares A from
Euronext, which shares are still freely tradeable on Euronext. By letter dated
February 15, 2002, Euronext confirmed that, once a company has been referred to
the penalty bench, it is Euronext's policy not to remove the company's shares
from the penalty bench until such time as a financial restructuring of a company
has been completed resulting in the shareholders' equity of that company meeting
at least the level required in order to be listed on Euronext, and other
Euronext requirements are satisfied. Euronext has confirmed to the Company that
the Company would need to satisfy the following conditions in order for the
penalty bench measure imposed on the Company to be lifted: (i) the Company will
need to receive unconditional commitments for a financial restructuring that
will result in the Company having an adequate shareholders equity to safeguard
that its shareholders' equity in the foreseeable future will not again turn
negative, (ii) the consequences for the holders of UPC Ordinary Shares A now
traded on Euronext will need to be known and (iii) the UPC Ordinary Shares A
will need to receive a sufficiently large free float.

     The UPC Ordinary Shares A (in the form of UPC ADSs) were delisted from
NASDAQ on May 23, 2002 as a result of the Company's inability to continue to
comply with the minimum bid price requirements for listing. The Company does not
intend to apply for a relisting of the UPC ADSs on NASDAQ or a listing of the
UPC ADSs or UPC Ordinary Shares A on any securities exchange in the United
States.

     Since the Company intends to seek to delist the UPC Ordinary Shares A from
Euronext upon successful completion of the Restructuring and the UPC ADSs have
been delisted from NASDAQ, if you are a Holder of UPC Ordinary Shares A and
decide to retain your UPC Ordinary Shares A under the Plan or fail to
participate in Dutch Implementing Offer, you will likely not be able to sell
your UPC Ordinary Shares A through the facilities of any securities exchange. If
Euronext denies the Company's application to delist the UPC Ordinary Shares A
from Euronext upon successful completion of the Restructuring, a trading market
for the UPC Ordinary Shares A will continue to exist following completion of the
Restructuring. However, in that case, the Company does not expect that there
will be active trading in the UPC Ordinary Shares A on Euronext following the
Restructuring. Accordingly, the Company can provide no assurance regarding the
liquidity of your UPC Ordinary Shares A, if you retain your UPC Ordinary Shares
A after the Restructuring has been completed.

   The holders of the UPC Ordinary Shares A may be required to accept a cash
   payment in relinquishment of their UPC Ordinary Shares A after the
   Restructuring.

     If the Restructuring is consummated in the manner contemplated by the Plan,
the Akkoord and the Dutch Implementing Offer, New UPC will have various
mechanisms available under Dutch law to require the holders of the UPC Ordinary
Shares A to accept a cash payment in relinquishment of their UPC Ordinary Shares
A. Therefore, if a non-U.S. Holder of UPC Ordinary Shares A fails to receive
shares of New UPC Common Stock for its UPC Ordinary Shares A under the Plan and
fails to participate in the Dutch Implementing Offer, such Holder would be
required to accept cash for its UPC Ordinary Shares A after the Restructuring if
New UPC decides to proceed with a "squeeze out" of the non-New UPC holders of
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amount of cash such a Holder would receive from New UPC for its UPC Ordinary
Shares A. However, such amount of cash may be less than the value of the shares
of New UPC Common Stock such Holder would have received if it had received
shares of New UPC Common Stock under either the Plan or the Dutch Implementing
Offer.

Risks Related to the UPC Group's Business

   The UPC Group will need to obtain additional capital in order to expand its
   operations to take full advantage of business opportunities.

     Upon completion of the Restructuring, the Company expects that its
remaining cash balances, together with anticipated cash flow from operations and
amounts received from the New UPC Common Stock subscription, will provide it
with sufficient capital to fund the UPC Group's existing operations for the
foreseeable future. However, if the Company wishes to expand the UPC Group's
cable television services or broadband communications network to take full
advantage of business opportunities, it will require additional capital. A
failure to acquire additional capital on acceptable terms may seriously and
adversely affect the growth of its business and may have an adverse effect on
the valuation of its tangible and intangible assets.

   The Company expects to continue to incur net losses for the foreseeable
   future

     The Company has experienced net losses every year since it started business
in July 1995. Through September 30, 2002, the Company had recognized cumulative
losses of approximately (euro)8.0 billion (US$7.9 billion). The Company expects
to incur net losses for at least the foreseeable future.

     At present, the Company's high level of debt and limitations on its
capacity to raise capital and invest could slow down growth in subscribers and
revenue. The Company is undertaking the Restructuring to reduce its
indebtedness.

     The Company is currently highly leveraged and, on a consolidated basis,
will continue to be so after the Restructuring. Many of its unconsolidated
subsidiaries and affiliates also have long- and short-term debt. The Company's
high level of debt and limitations on its capacity to raise capital and invest
reduce its financial flexibility. This could reduce the amount of money
available to develop the Company's businesses and result in slower growth in
subscribers and revenues than it plans. As of September 30, 2002, the Company
owed (euro)8.9 billion (US$8.8 billion) in total consolidated debt, including
(euro)3.1 billion (US$3.1 billion) under the UPC Distribution Facility. The
Company may need to seek additional financing in the future which, if available,
could result in it incurring significant additional indebtedness. The covenants
of the Company and our subsidiaries' and affiliates' indentures and debt
facilities may restrict the UPC Group's operations.

   The UPC Group may not be able to raise future capital for the substantial
   capital expenditures needed to operate its business competitively.

     The UPC Group's business is highly capital intensive. The UPC Group needs
to have enough capacity and flexibility to meet its customers' needs. The UPC
Group's ability to accurately plan its expected service capacity may be
inhibited by:

     o    the pace of technological change;

     o    availability of financing;

     o    unpredictable demand variations; and

     o    the long lead times for product development, requiring major
          expenditure commitments well before actual purchase of equipment.

     Due to the UPC Group's recent financial performance, it may not be able to
maintain adequate sources of capital to finance its capital expenditures. The
UPC Group does not know when the additional financing will be available to the
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   Adverse regulation of the UPC Group's video services could limit its
   revenues and growth plans and expose it to various penalties.

     In most of its markets, regulation of video services takes the form of
price controls and programming content restrictions. Regulations impose other
types of charges on the UPC Group and restrictions on its ownership and
operations, violations of which may lead to monetary penalties or forfeitures of
its rights to provide services or facilities. In The Netherlands and Austria,
local municipalities have contractual rights that restrict its flexibility to
increase prices, change programming and introduce new services. In many
countries the UPC Group may require approval to move channels from its basic
tier of service to other higher-priced tiers, a key component of its strategy.
UPC Polska, the UPC Group's Polish operating company, is currently operating in
certain areas without the necessary permits. Failure to obtain these permits
could lead to governmental orders requiring UPC Polska to stop operating in
those areas, the imposition of monetary penalties and forfeiture of the UPC
Group's cable networks. Poland also has restrictions with respect to rights to
install and operate cable television and direct-to-home broadcasting networks by
entities in which foreign ownership exceeds certain limits and in which the
majority of governing bodies are not Polish citizens residing in Poland. UPC
Polska may not be deemed to be in full compliance with these or other
restrictions or regulations.

   Increased regulatory review may preclude certain arrangements between the
   UPC Group's content companies and its operating systems.

     The UPC Group has begun facing increased competition regulatory review of
its operations in some countries because it owns interests in both cable
television and internet access systems as well as companies that provide content
for cable television and internet subscribers. Local operators with whom UPC
Media has long term content agreements are subject to exclusivity obligations
that allow UPC Media to offer its content products to them to the exclusion of
other competing providers. These exclusivity obligations may attract the
interest of European Union or national regulatory authorities. European Union
and national regulatory agencies or national courts could reduce the period of
exclusivity under which the UPC Group offers its services over the networks of
its local operators or could declare that its agreements are null and void,
which may require them to be renegotiated. The UPC Group's competitors may then
be able to provide services through its local operators on the same terms and
conditions as it has negotiated, or its local operators may offer competing
services earlier than it had anticipated in its agreements. Moreover, an
agreement containing exclusivity provisions could in some cases give rise to
substantial fines imposed by the European Commission and civil liability from
third parties. As a result of this regulatory review, the UPC Group may be
precluded from making certain arrangements between its content companies and its
operating systems.

   Adverse regulation could require the UPC Group to provide access to its
   networks to third parties on economic terms and conditions that may be
   adverse to it.

     In The Netherlands there are debates ongoing on the question of what rights
should be afforded to third parties in terms of access to cable networks. In the
summer of 2000, The Netherlands government committed to producing a legal
framework on access to cable networks, in line with the future European Union
framework, within two years. In 2001, this culminated in a draft bill, which was
strongly criticized by the Dutch Council of State (Raad van State) for
infringing upon the then-draft European Union communications review framework.
In this light, a slightly modified bill was presented by the Dutch government at
the end of 2001, but was only sent to the Dutch Parliament for adoption in
November 2002. It is possible that the bill may not be adopted by the Dutch
Parliament before the Dutch general elections in January 2003. In that case, the
draft bill will be incorporated into the European Union framework implementation
process. Should, however, the Dutch government pursue the draft bill as a piece
of stand-alone legislation and not send the legislation for approval at the
European Union level, the European Commission would consider initiating an
infringement procedure against The Netherlands.

     In addition, in December of 2001 OPTA (The Netherlands communications
regulator) and the NMA (The Netherlands competition authority) presented their
preliminary conclusions of a joint investigation into the Dutch internet access
market and the definition of a narrowband internet (wholesale) access market and
a broadband internet (wholesale) access market. The latter, which OPTA/NMA
considered to be national in scope, consisted of cable and xDSL. It is generally
believed that these market definitions will make it unlikely that cable will be
found to have significant market power in the broadband internet access market,
which would mean that the proposed bill would not enable regulators to impose
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required to offer third parties access to its cable infrastructure, without
being able to specify the terms and conditions of such access, for the delivery
of internet services, internet service providers could potentially provide
services that compete with its services over its network infrastructure.

     At the European Union level, specific regulation on access to cable
networks is not covered by the recently adopted Communications Review
directives. These directives prevent European Union member states from imposing
ex-ante access obligations other than on those operators deemed to have
Significant Market Power (re-defined in line with the European Union competition
law concept of dominance) in a particular market. European Union guidance on
national relevant markets, which European Union member states are obliged to
follow as part of their obligations under the new package, does not define a
cable infrastructure nor a broadband internet services market, which reduces the
likelihood of cable access regulation flowing from the European Union level
directives. All European Union member states, including The Netherlands, must
implement the new Communications Review directives by July 2003 and are required
to adapt their current national laws in line with the new European Union
Communications Review directives. This process is not without risk and requires
review in 2003 to ensure national regulators do not deviate from the
non-interventionist European Union framework. Any further review of this revised
European Union level approach is not expected to occur before 2005. However,
adherence to the European Union framework does not restrict the ability of a
national competition authority to require the Company to provide access pursuant
to a competition law complaint. Nor can there be certainty as to the future
requirements of the European Union regulatory regime.

   Regulation may increase the cost of offering internet/data services and
   slow demand.

     The internet access business has, to date, not been materially restricted
by regulation in the UPC Group's markets. The legal and regulatory environment
of internet access and electronic commerce is uncertain, however, and may
change. New laws and regulations may be adopted for internet service offerings.
Existing laws may be applied to the new forms of electronic commerce.
Uncertainty and new regulation could increase our costs. It could also slow the
growth of electronic commerce on the internet significantly. This could delay
growth in demand for our internet/data services and limit the growth of our
revenues. New and existing laws may cover issues such as:

     o    user privacy;

     o    sales and other taxation;

     o    consumer protection;

     o    characteristics and quality of products and services;

     o    cross-border commerce;

     o    libel and defamation;

     o    copyright and trademark infringement;

     o    pornography and indecency; and

     o    other claims based on the nature and content of internet materials.

   As the UPC Group becomes larger, it is beginning to face increased
   competition regulatory review that may preclude certain acquisitions or
   other transactions.

     Over the last few years, the UPC Group has grown through acquisitions of
other companies and systems. The UPC Group has a substantial presence in some
markets, including The Netherlands. Because of its size and position, it often
has to seek approval from competition regulators for certain acquisitions. The
UPC Group may be precluded from making certain acquisitions or entering into
certain transactions as a result of competition-related regulatory issues. The
UPC Group has begun facing increased competition regulatory review of its
operations in some countries because it owns interests in both cable television
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that provide content for cable television and internet subscribers. As a result
of this regulatory review, the UPC Group may be precluded from making certain
arrangements between its content companies and operating systems.

   The UPC Group cannot be certain that it will be successful in integrating
   acquired businesses with its existing businesses.

     The UPC Group's success depends, in part, upon the successful integration
of its recently acquired businesses and any future acquisitions its makes.
Although the UPC Group believes that integration of its new acquisitions will
result in significant benefits and synergies, the integration of these
businesses will also present significant challenges, including:

     o    realizing economies of scale in interconnection, programming and
          network operations, and eliminating duplicate overheads; and

     o    integrating networks, financial systems and operational systems.

     The Company cannot assure Holders, with respect to either the UPC Group's
new acquisitions or future acquisitions, that the UPC Group will realize any
anticipated benefits or will successfully integrate any acquired business with
its existing operations.

   The UPC Group's business is almost entirely dependent on various
   telecommunications and media licenses granted and renewed by various
   national regulatory authorities in the territories in which it does
   business, and without these licenses, a number of its businesses could be
   severely curtailed.

     Certain licenses are granted for a limited term and they may not be renewed
when they expire. Regulatory authorities may have the power, at their
discretion, to terminate a license (or amend any provisions, including those
related to license fees) without cause. If the UPC Group were to breach a
license or applicable law, regulatory authorities could revoke, suspend, cancel
or shorten the term of a license or impose fines. Regulatory authorities may
grant new licenses to third parties, resulting in greater competition in
territories where the UPC Group is already licensed. New technologies may permit
new competitors to compete in areas where the UPC Group holds exclusive
licenses. National authorities may pass new laws or regulations requiring us to
re-bid or reapply for licenses or interpret present laws against us, adversely
affecting the UPC Group's business. Licenses may be granted on a temporary
basis, and there is no assurance that these licenses will be continued on the
same terms. Licenses may require the UPC Group to grant access to bandwidth,
frequency capacity, facilities or services to other businesses that compete for
its customers. Accordingly, a number of the UPC Group's businesses could be
severely curtailed if those licenses were no longer available or were available
at unfavorable terms.

   Low demand, competition, unplanned costs, regulation and difficulties with
   interconnection could hinder the profitability of the UPC Group's telephone
   services.

     The UPC Group's telephone services may not become profitable for a number
of reasons. The UPC Group's strongest competition will come from incumbent
operators. Regulation of the prices charged by the incumbent for the use of
network elements and to end users may be critical to the UPC Group's ability to
compete with the incumbent operator. Generally the UPC Group's services are not
subject to price regulation and the incumbent's are. Also, customer demand could
be low, or the UPC Group may encounter competition and pricing pressure from
incumbent and other telecommunications operators. The UPC Group's network
upgrade may cost more than planned. In addition, the UPC Group's operating
companies need to obtain and retain licenses and other regulatory approvals for
their existing and new services. They may not succeed, and such licenses are
currently unavailable in the Czech Republic and Romania. Furthermore, the UPC
Group's operating systems need to interconnect their networks with those of the
incumbent telecommunications operators in order to provide telephone services.
Problems in negotiating interconnection agreements could delay the introduction
or impede the profitability of the UPC Group's telephone services.
Interconnection agreements have limited duration and may be subject to
regulatory and judicial review. This may involve time-consuming negotiations and
regulatory proceedings. The UPC Group is negotiating interconnection agreements
for its planned telephone markets that do not yet have them. While incumbent
telecommunications operators in the European Union are required by law to
provide interconnection, incumbent telecommunications operators may not agree to
interconnect on a time scale or on terms that will permit the UPC Group to offer
profitable telephone service. After interconnection agreements are concluded,
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Group remains reliant upon the good faith and cooperation of the other parties
to these agreements for reliable interconnection.

   The complexities of the operating systems the UPC Group needs to develop
   for its new services could increase the costs and slow the introduction of
   these services.

     The UPC Group only recently began offering digital services and continue to
offer new internet and telephone services in existing and new markets. The UPC
Group may not have planned for or be able to overcome all of the problems in
introducing these services, especially on the large scale that it hopes to
achieve. This would impede the UPC Group's planned revenue growth and harm its
financial condition.

     The new services involve many operating complexities. The UPC Group will
need to develop and enhance new services, products and systems, as well as
marketing plans to sell the new services. The UPC Group is in the process of
introducing a comprehensive new billing and customer care system to support its
services. However, until the change to the new system is completed, the UPC
Group will continue to use its existing customer care and billing systems.
Problems with the existing or new systems could delay the introduction of the
new services, increase their costs, or slow successful marketing. These
complexities and others may cause the new services not to meet the UPC Group's
financial expectations. This could impede the UPC Group's planned revenue growth
and harm its financial condition.

   The success of the UPC Group's services depends on continued achievement of
   technological advances.

     Technology in the cable and telecommunications industry is changing very
rapidly. These changes influence the demand for the UPC Group's products and
services. The UPC Group needs to be able to anticipate these changes and to
develop successful new and enhanced products quickly enough for the changing
market. This will determine whether the UPC Group can continue to increase its
revenues and the number of its subscribers and be competitive.

     The UPC Group has introduced new services, including:

     o    digital services;

     o    pay-per-view services with frequent starting times, which are known as
          "near video-on-demand;"

     o    high speed data and internet access services; and

     o    cable telephone services.

     The technologies used to provide these services are in operation in some of
the UPC Group's systems as well as systems of other providers. However, the UPC
Group cannot be sure that demand for its services will develop or be maintained
in light of other new technological advances.

     The UPC Group expects that new products and technologies will continue to
emerge and that existing products and technologies will further develop. These
new products and technologies may reduce the prices of its services or they may
be superior to, and render obsolete, the products and services it offers and the
technologies it uses. It may be very expensive for the UPC Group to upgrade its
products and technology in order to continue to compete effectively. The UPC
Group's future success depends, in part, on its ability to anticipate and adapt
in a timely manner to technological changes.

   Lack of necessary equipment could delay or impair the implementation and
   expansion of the UPC Group's new services.

     If the UPC Group cannot obtain the equipment needed for its existing and
planned services, its operating results and financial condition may be harmed.
For example, a customer will need a digital set-top computer to access the
internet or receive the UPC Group's other enhanced services through a television
set. These computers are being developed by several suppliers. If there are not
enough set-top computers for subscribers, however, the UPC Group may have to
delay its expansion plans. Further, the UPC Group expects the price for these
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decrease. If the price for set-top computers does not decrease from
current levels as expected, it could impair the UPC Group's ability to offer
these services.

   Inability to obtain the necessary content could reduce demand for the UPC
   Group's services.

     The UPC Group's success depends on obtaining or developing affordable and
popular video and internet services for its subscribers. The UPC Group may not
be able to obtain or develop enough competitive content to meet its needs. This
would reduce demand for the UPC Group's digital video and internet services,
limiting their revenues. The UPC Group relies on other programming suppliers for
most of its content although it has committed and will continue to commit
substantial resources to obtaining and developing new content. Where
appropriate, the UPC Group has found partners for obtaining new content, and, as
necessary, it will continue to seek new partners. The UPC Group may not,
however, find appropriate partners, obtain necessary broadcasting licenses or
successfully implement its content plans.

   Increased competition in video services could reduce the UPC Group's
   revenues.

     The cable television industry in many of the UPC Group's markets is
competitive and changing rapidly. Competition could result in the loss of the
UPC Group's customers and a decrease in its revenues. The UPC Group expects that
competition will increase as new entrants, who use multi-channel television
technologies different from the technologies our cable systems use, enter our
markets. These technologies may include direct-to-home satellite services,
private cable systems used by housing associations and multiple unit dwellings,
and "wireless" cable transmitted by low frequency radio.

     The UPC Group may also face competition in video services from other
communications and entertainment media companies. These could include incumbent
telecommunications operators and providers of services over the internet. In
some franchise areas, the UPC Group's rights to provide video services are not
exclusive. The UPC Group currently competes with other cable operators and in
the future may have to compete with additional cable operators.

   The competitiveness of the telephone and internet/data services industries
   will make it difficult for the UPC Group's new services to enter the
   market.

     In the provision of its telephone and internet/data services, the UPC Group
faces competition from incumbent telecommunications operators and other new
entrants to these markets. The UPC Group's telephone service also competes with
wireless telephone carriers. In the provision of internet/data services the UPC
Group competes with companies that provide such services using traditional, low
speed telephone lines, and the UPC Group expects to face growing competition
from internet service providers that, like itself, use higher-speed,
higher-capacity cable modems and providers that use other broadband
technologies, such as fiber, microwave, satellite and digital subscriber lines.
Some of the UPC Group's competitors have more experience in providing telephone
and/or internet services than the UPC Group has and others may be able to devote
more capital to these services than the UPC Group can.

     Developing a profitable telephone service will depend, among other things,
on whether the UPC Group can attract and retain customers, maintain competitive
prices, and provide high quality customer care and billing services without
incurring significant additional costs. Prices for long distance calls have
decreased significantly in recent years and the UPC Group expects them to
continue to drop. Increased competition may also push prices down for local
telephone services. Regulators may make incumbent telecommunications operators
lower their rates or increase their pricing flexibility. Because these are the
UPC Group's principal competitors, this could force it to lower its rates to
remain competitive.

   European use of the internet/electronic commerce and other bandwidth
   intensive applications may not increase as the UPC Group expects.

     The UPC Group's business plan assumes that European use of the internet,
electronic commerce and other bandwidth intensive applications will continue to
increase substantially in the next few years. The UPC Group's business plan
assumes a less rapid increase in Eastern Europe. If the use of applications
requiring intensive bandwidth does not increase in Europe as anticipated,
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involving managed bandwidth could be materially lower than the UPC Group
currently anticipates. Reduced demand for the UPC Group's services may have a
negative effect on its revenues and its financial condition.

   The UPC Group may incur financial costs as a result of exchange rate
   fluctuations.

     The UPC Group's reporting currency is the Euro. For the nine months ended
September 30, 2002, approximately 68% of the UPC Group's revenue was denominated
in Euros. The UPC Group has had, and as it expands it is likely to continue to
have, costs and revenues in currencies other than the local currency in each
market. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates can reduce the value of the
UPC Group's assets and revenues and increase its liabilities and costs. The UPC
Group has not entered into any hedging transactions to reduce its exposure to
these exchange rate risks. The UPC Group may therefore suffer losses solely as a
result of exchange rate differences.

   The UPC Group may not always control its operating companies and joint
   ventures.

     The UPC Group currently holds a controlling ownership interest in most of
its operating companies. From time to time the UPC Group has acquired
non-controlling interests in various companies. In the past the UPC Group has
formed joint ventures by combining certain of its assets with those of its
partners and the UPC Group typically retains an ownership interest in the joint
venture proportionate to the value of the assets it contributed. The UPC Group
expects to continue to enter into these types of transactions in the future. In
addition, the UPC Group may sell interests in certain of its operating companies
in public offerings or private sales. At some point, the UPC Group may hold
minority voting or economic interests in these joint ventures and operating
companies. While the UPC Group intends to be actively involved in the management
of these minority-owned operating companies, it may be precluded from
affirmatively controlling these operating companies. If the UPC Group does not
control these companies, it may be unable to cause these operating companies and
joint ventures to pay dividends or other distributions to their respective
shareholders and may be unable to implement the strategies that it favors.

   The loss of key personnel could weaken the UPC Group's technological and
   operational expertise, delay the introduction of new business lines and
   lower the quality of service.

     The UPC Group may not be able to attract and hold onto key employees. This
could hinder the introduction of new services. There is intense competition for
qualified personnel in the UPC Group's businesses and technologies. The UPC
Group's success and growth strategy depend upon being able to attract and hold
onto key management, technological and operating personnel. Without these, the
UPC Group might make less successful strategic decisions. The UPC Group would
also be less prepared for technological and marketing problems, which could
reduce the UPC Group's ability to serve subscribers and lower the quality of the
UPC Group's services. As a result, the UPC Group's financial condition could
worsen. The UPC Group's key personnel include the following:

     John F. Riordan              Board of Management Member, President, and
                                  Chief Executive Officer
     Charles H.R. Bracken         Board of Management Member and Chief
                                  Financial Officer
     Gene Musselman               Board of Management Member and Chief
                                  Operating Officer
     Nimrod J. Kovacs             Board of Management Member and Executive
                                  Chairman, UPC Central Europe
     Shane O'Neill                Board of Management Member and Chief
                                  Strategy Officer
     Anton M. Tuijten             Board of Management Member, Senior Vice
                                  President and General Counsel
     Niall Curran                 Managing Director
     Sudhir Isphahani

     It is particularly difficult for the UPC Group to keep a successful
management team because many of them must live and work away from their home
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                                THE RESTRUCTURING

Purpose of the Restructuring

     The Company has incurred significant operating losses and negative cash
flows from operations, which have been driven by continuing development efforts,
including the introduction of new services such as digital video, telephone and
internet and the upgrading of existing services, as well as the acquisitions of
cable television systems and related businesses in both existing and new
markets. The decision to undertake the Restructuring was prompted in part by a
lack of liquidity resulting from the problems of availability of debt and equity
financing for these activities, due in large measure to depressed conditions in
the global telecom markets generally.

Background of the Restructuring

     As a result of the anticipated lack of available financing, during 2001,
the Company reviewed its current and long-range plans for its various business
segments and took a number of actions to reorganize internally. As part of such
review, the Company resolved to change its focus from an aggressive digital
rollout to increasing its sales of products and services which have better gross
margins and are currently profitable. The Company's revised business plan
focuses on average revenue per subscriber and margin improvement, increased
penetration of new service products within existing upgraded homes, efficient
deployment of capital, and products with positive net present values.

   Failure to Pay Interest on the UPC Notes

     Despite such measures, due to its funding requirements and possible lack of
availability of debt and equity financing in the mid-term, the Company
determined not to make required interest payments on the UPC Notes as they fell
due. In particular, on February 1, 2002, the Company failed to make interest
payments in an aggregate amount of (euro)113.0 million on certain series of the
UPC Notes. The failure to make (or timely cure) these interest payments
constituted an Event of Default under such UPC Notes and a cross-default under
the remaining series of UPC Notes as well as under certain credit and loan
facilities, including the Belmarken Notes and the UPC Distribution Facility.

     On May 1, 2002, the Company failed to make interest payments in an
aggregate amount of (euro)38.9 million on certain series of the UPC Notes. The
failure to make (or timely cure) these interest payments constituted an Event of
Default under such UPC Notes and a cross-default under the remaining series of
UPC Notes, as well as under certain credit and loan facilities, including the
Belmarken Notes and the UPC Distribution Facility. However, the waivers provided
by the lenders under, inter alia, the Belmarken Notes and the UPC Distribution
Facility on March 4, 2002 also covered the Company's interest payment defaults
on May 1, 2002.

   Memorandum of Understanding with UGC

     Accordingly, in February 2002, in order to begin the process for
restructuring its balance sheet, the Company entered into the Memorandum of
Understanding with UGC and UGC Holdings, which currently holds the Belmarken
Notes as well as a significant portion of the UPC Notes, to enter into
negotiations with the holders of the UPC Notes (other than UGC) in order to
attempt to reach an agreement regarding the restructuring of the Company's
indebtedness. The Memorandum of Understanding proposed a conversion of the UPC
Notes, the Belmarken Notes and the UPC Preference Shares A into UPC Ordinary
Shares A in proportions to be established through further negotiations.

   Negotiations with UGC and the Participating Noteholders

     Subsequent to the execution of the Memorandum of Understanding, in late
February 2002, the Company began discussions with, among others, UGC and the
Participating Noteholders regarding the terms of a debt for equity conversion.
The Participating Noteholders hold, in the aggregate, approximately 25% of the
outstanding principal amount of the UPC Notes. The Participating Noteholders
are: MacKay Shields LLC, Appollo Management, Capital Research & Management Co.,
Everest Capital and Salomon Brothers Asset Management. The Participating
Noteholders retained Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, as their U.S.
counsel, Van Doorne, as their Dutch counsel, and Greenhill & Co. LLP, as their
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     In late February 2002, the Company met with representatives of UGC and the
Participating Noteholders to begin preliminary discussions regarding a process
for, and the terms of, a recapitalization of the Company, including
restructuring of the UPC Notes, the Belmarken Notes and the UPC Preference
Shares A. From March through September 2002, UGC and the Participating
Noteholders undertook due diligence regarding the Company and its assets and
liabilities. Simultaneously therewith, the advisors for the Company, UGC and the
Participating Noteholders held periodic informal meetings to discuss the
economic terms of the proposed Restructuring of the Company's capital structure,
as well as the process for implementing the Restructuring.

   Delisting of the UPC ADSs

     On May 24, 2002, the NASDAQ National Market announced that it had delisted
the UPC ADSs. This determination was based upon, among other things, the selling
price for the UPC ADSs. The continued listing standards of the NASDAQ National
Market that were applicable to the Company required maintenance of a minimum
share bid price of US$3.00. On February 14, 2002, the NASDAQ National Market
informed the Company that the UPC ADSs would be delisted on or around May 15,
2002 if the UPC ADSs did not trade for 10 consecutive trading days above US$3.00
during a 90-day period beginning February 15, 2002. Since the Company failed to
satisfy the minimum bid requirement during the 90-day period ending May 15,
2002, the NASDAQ National Market delisted the UPC ADSs and the UPC ADSs began
trading on the "Over The Counter Bulletin Board" ("OTC BB") under the trading
symbol "UPCOY.OB."

   Negotiation of the Restructuring Agreement

     Throughout July, August and September 2002, the Company held further
meetings with representatives of UGC and the Participating Noteholders to
discuss the process for, and the terms of, a recapitalization of the Company and
a restructuring of the Belmarken Notes, the UPC Notes and the UPC Preference
Shares A. These discussions culminated in the execution, on September 30, 2002,
of the Restructuring Agreement.

   Board Consideration and Approval

     In considering the terms of the Restructuring and the Restructuring
Agreement for approval, the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board of the
Company implemented certain procedural and substantive steps in respect of the
decision-making process. In their decision to pursue the Restructuring, the
Company's Board of Management and Supervisory Board carefully considered the
interests of the Company and the interests of the Company's constituencies (such
as shareholders, creditors and employees). To ensure a balanced and transparent
decision-making process, an Advisory Committee was formed that reviewed the
various aspects of the Restructuring and possible alternatives. This Advisory
Committee consulted with experts and retained its own outside Dutch counsel,
Schut & Grosheide, to advise it with respect to the legal aspects of the
Restructuring. The Advisory Committee consisted of two members of the
Supervisory Board of the Company who were not affiliated with UGC or any of the
other members of the UGC Group. To enable the Advisory Committee to perform its
duties, the Company provided the Advisory Committee with all requested
information in respect of the various aspects of the Restructuring. After due
consideration the Advisory Committee unanimously endorsed the decision of the
Supervisory Board of the Company to support the Restructuring. The Company's
Supervisory Board and Board of Management unanimously approved the terms of the
Restructuring.

   Execution of the Restructuring Agreement

     In general, the Restructuring Agreement sets forth the proposed
distribution under the Plan of shares of New UPC Common Stock to the Holders of
the Claims against, and Equity Interests in, the Company, as well as the means
by which the Company intends to implement the Restructuring under U.S. and Dutch
law.

     The Restructuring Agreement provides for the exchange of shares of New UPC
Common Stock for Claims against, and Equity Interests in, the Company as
follows:

     o    65.5% of the shares of New UPC Common Stock to the UGC Group on
          account of its ownership of the Belmarken Notes and certain UPC Notes
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     o    32.5% of the shares of New UPC Common Stock to the holders of the UPC
          Notes (other than the UGC Group) on September 30, 2002; and

     o    2% of the shares of New UPC Common Stock to the holders (including the
          UGC Group) of the UPC Preference Shares A, the UPC Priority Shares,
          the UPC Ordinary Shares A and holders of Equities Securities Claims
          subordinated under Section 510(b) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code,

subject, in each case, to dilution on account of any shares of New UPC Common
Stock issuable (i) to holders of General Unsecured Claims or Equities Securities
Claims that are not subordinated under Section 510(b) of the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code, (ii) under the Incentive Plan (as defined herein), (iii) pursuant to the
New UPC Equity Purchase Rights, or (iv) pursuant to the UGC Subscription
Commitment.

     In addition to the split of the shares of New UPC Common Stock to be issued
under the Plan, the Restructuring Agreement also provides for, among other
things,

     o    a management and employee incentive plan (the "Incentive Plan")
          pursuant to which, at the discretion of the New UPC Board of
          Directors, options with respect to no more than five percent (5%) of
          shares of New UPC Common Stock outstanding immediately after the
          Effective Date, on a fully diluted basis, can be issued to certain
          members of New UPC's and its subsidiaries' management and other
          employees during the three year period following the Effective Date,

     o    various corporate governance rights, including the ability of the
          Participating Noteholders to designate a specified number of members
          of New UPC's Board of Directors,

     o    pre-emptive rights for a certain amount of equity or equity-linked
          securities issued by New UPC after the Effective Date,

     o    a stockholders agreement providing for, among other things, tag-along
          rights for the Participating Noteholders, and

     o    the UGC Subscription Commitment.

     Finally, in general, in consideration for the equity split and other rights
set forth above, the UGC Group and the Participating Noteholders agreed, subject
to the terms and conditions of the Restructuring Agreement, to, inter alia, (a)
vote their Claims in favor of, and transfer their Claims pursuant to, the Plan
and the Akkoord, (b) vote their Equity Interests in favor of, and transfer their
Equity Interests pursuant to, the Plan and (c) vote any UPC Voting Securities
held by them in favor of the Shareholder Proposals. For a detailed description
of the Restructuring Agreement, see "The Restructuring Agreement" below.

   Bank Waivers Granted during the Negotiation Process

     On May 31, 2002, the UPCD Facility Banks and UGC extended, until June 17,
2002, the waivers of the defaults under the UPC Distribution Facility and the
Belmarken Notes, respectively, arising as a result of the Company's failure to
make interest payments under the UPC Notes. The waivers were also extended on
June 17, 2002, July 1, 2002, July 15, 2002, July 29, 2002, September 12, 2002
and September 23, 2002. The terms of the waivers were unchanged from those
granted on March 4, 2002.

   UPC Distribution Facility Waiver and Amendment

     On September 30, 2002, UPC Distribution and TD Bank Europe Limited and
Toronto Dominion (Texas), Inc., as Facility Agents, on behalf of the UPCD
Facility Banks, executed the UPCD Facility Waiver. The UPCD Facility Waiver
provides for extension, through March 31, 2003, of the waivers of default
arising as a result of the Company's failure to make interest payments under the
UPC Notes in order to allow the Company time to consummate the Restructuring.

     The following is a summary of the significant terms of the UPCD Facility
Waiver. The summary set forth below does not purport to be complete and is
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provisions of the UPCD Facility Waiver. The full text of the UPCD Facility
Waiver is attached as Exhibit 99.3 to a Form 8-K filed by the Company with the
SEC on September 30, 2002.

     The UPCD Facility Waiver largely reflects a desire on behalf of the UPCD
Facility Banks to ensure that, post-restructuring, the UPC Group remains a
viable enterprise. The UPCD Facility Waiver amends the UPC Distribution Facility
to

     (i)  increase the interest margin applicable to outstanding amounts owed
          under the UPC Distribution Facility by 1.5% across all tranches;

     (ii) require the Company to pay a fee of 0.25% on the total commitment
          amount to the banks five business days after the Effective Date;

    (iii) reduce the total commitment amount under the facility to (euro)3.5
          billion, effective October 7, 2002;

     (iv) increase headroom under the Company's Senior Debt (as defined in the
          UPC Distribution Facility) to Annualised EBITDA (as defined in the UPC
          Distribution Facility) covenant by increasing and extending the
          maximum ratios to the following:

                 Test Date                            Ratio
                 ---------                            -----
                 March 31, 2003                       8.25 : 1
                 June 30, 2003                        8.00 : 1
                 September 30, 2003                   7.75 : 1
                 December 31, 2003                    7.00 : 1
                 March 31, 2004                       6.50 : 1
                 June 30, 2004                        6.00 : 1
                 September 30, 2004                   5.25 : 1
                 December 31, 2004                    4.75 : 1
                 March 31, 2005                       4.25 : 1
                 June 30, 2005                        3.75 : 1
                 September 30, 2005                   3.50 : 1
                 December 31, 2005                    3.25 : 1
                 March 31, 2006                       2.75 : 1
                 June 30, 2006                        2.50 : 1
                 September 30, 2006                   2.25 : 1
                 Thereafter                           2.00 : 1

     (v)  increase headroom under the Company's minimum EBIDTA (as defined in
          the UPC Distribution Facility) to Total Cash Interest (as defined in
          the UPC Distribution Facility) covenant by lowering and extending the
          minimum ratios to the following:

                 Test Date                            Ratio
                 ---------                            -----
                 March 31, 2003                       1.35 : 1
                 June 30, 2003                        1.35 : 1
                 September 30, 2003                   1.50 : 1
                 December 31, 2003                    1.75 : 1
                 March 31, 2004                       1.75 : 1
                 June 30, 2004                        2.00 : 1
                 September 30, 2004                   2.25 : 1
                 December 31, 2004                    2.50 : 1
                 March 31, 2005                       2.75 : 1
                 June 30, 2005                        3.00 : 1
                 September 30, 2005                   3.25 : 1
                 Thereafter                           3.50 : 1



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     (vi) increase headroom under the Company's minimum EBIDTA to Senior Debt
          Service (as defined in the UPC Distribution Facility) covenant by
          lowering and extending the minimum ratios to the following:

                 Test Dates                                 Ratio
                 ----------                                 -----
                 December 31, 2003 to December 31, 2004     1.00 : 1
                 March 31, 2005 to December 31, 2006        1.10 : 1
                 March 31, 2007 and thereafter              1.50 : 1

    (vii) include an additional amount permitted to be drawn under the facility
          of (euro)100 million during the restructuring process;

   (viii) require the Company to make a capital contribution or subordinated
          shareholder loans of (euro)125 million to UPC Distribution within two
          business days after the completion of the Restructuring;

     (ix) include all corporate costs (together with the corresponding asset, as
          appropriate) for both the Company and UPC Distribution into the UPC
          Distribution Facility during 2003;

     (x)  through an amendment to the definition of "Permitted Acquisition," (a)
          reduce the Permitted Acquisitions basket from (euro)500 million to
          (euro)100 million and (b) prohibit UPC Distribution from acquiring the
          share capital or assets of any entity owned by New UPC, the Company or
          any of their respective subsidiaries with money drawn under the UPC
          Distribution Facility;

     (xi) add a requirement that the Company use 10% of any net cash proceeds
          received by UPC Distribution or any company of which UPC Distribution
          is a subsidiary, including New UPC and the Company (a "Relevant
          Company"), from the issuance of any equity securities (or securities
          convertible or exchangeable into equity securities) to prepay a
          corresponding amount of the outstanding loans under the UPC
          Distribution Facility, except

          (a)  if UPC Distribution's ratio of Senior Debt to Annualised EBITDA
               is less than or equal to 3.5:1 for the two most recent Ratio
               Periods (as defined in the UPC Distribution Facility),

          (b)  to the extent that those net proceeds have been previously
               treated as net proceeds for purposes of that new section of the
               UPC Distribution Facility,

          (c)  in respect of the (euro)100 million subscription by UGC for
               shares of New UPC Common Stock on the Effective Date pursuant to
               the terms of the Restructuring Agreement,

          (d)  in respect of net proceeds received from a new issue of shares by
               UPC Holding B.V. (the immediate holding company of UPC
               Distribution and wholly-owned subsidiary of Belmarken) subscribed
               for by Belmarken, and

          (e)  in respect of net proceeds relating to any issuance of shares
               where all of the shares issued are subscribed for by New UPC or
               any of its affiliates (including UGC and Liberty Media
               Corporation and their respective subsidiaries);

    (xii) restrict each Relevant Company from incurring any debt owed to any
          person other than New UPC and its affiliates (including UGC, Liberty
          Media Corporation and their respective subsidiaries) on or before
          December 31, 2004, and, after December 31, 2004, such debt may be
          incurred provided that, unless UPC Distribution's ratio of Senior Debt
          to Annualised EBITDA is equal to or less than 3.5:1 for the two most
          recent Ratio Periods, UPC Distribution shall prepay the amount of the
          facilities equal to 50% of such third party debt incurred; and

   (xiii) restrict each Relevant Company from creating any security interest
          over all or part of its present or future undertakings, assets, rights
          or revenues.

     In the UPCD Facility Waiver, the Majority Lenders (as defined in the UPC
Distribution Facility) have confirmed that any waiver granted in respect of any
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of the Restructuring. In addition, UPC Distribution has agreed to provide
certain information to the Majority Lenders regarding the Restructuring,
including monthly updates of the progress of the Restructuring, details of
material changes to, or termination of, the Restructuring Agreement, the
occurrence of Termination Events (as defined in the UPCD Facility Waiver) and
completion of, and post-completion matters related to, the Restructuring.

Description of the Restructuring

     The Company believes that in order to fully achieve the Restructuring, it
is necessary to effect the contemplated transfers of the Claims and Equity
Interests under, among others, U.S. and Dutch law. Accordingly, the Company,
through negotiations with the Participating Noteholders and UGC, developed the
four-prong structure discussed immediately below pursuant to which the Company
believes the Restructuring can be consummated efficiently while also maximizing
the benefit to the Company and the Holders of its Claims and Equity Interests.

   Formation of New UPC

     In connection with the structure set forth below, on September 13, 2002,
New UPC was formed as a Delaware corporation. For a description of New UPC, see
"New UPC" below.

   U.S. Structure

     In order to implement the Restructuring in the United States, on the
Petition Date, the Company commenced the Chapter 11 case and, simultaneously
therewith, filed the Plan and this Disclosure Statement with the U.S. Bankruptcy
Court. Pursuant to the Plan, the Company provides varying treatments to the
Holders of the Claims against, and Equity Interests in, the Company and the
issuance of the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights to Holders of Belmarken Notes
Claims, UPC Notes Claims and General Unsecured Claims. In general, the Holders
of Allowed Impaired Claims or Allowed Impaired Equity Interests will be treated
under the Plan as follows:

     Allowed Belmarken Notes Claims

     The Holder of the Allowed Belmarken Notes Claims will receive 23,852,258
shares of New UPC Common Stock from New UPC in exchange for the Belmarken Notes
and the obligations of all other parties under the Belmarken Notes and the
Belmarken Loan Agreements.

     Allowed UPC Notes Claims and Allowed General Unsecured Claims

     In the aggregate, the Holders of all Allowed UPC Notes Claims shall receive
25,147,139 shares of New UPC Common Stock and the Holders of Allowed General
Unsecured Claims shall receive shares of New UPC Common Stock, which number
shall be in addition to the 25,147,139 shares of New UPC Common Stock to be
distributed on account of the Allowed UPC Notes Claims. For information about a
particular series of UPC Notes or General Unsecured Claims, see
"Summary--Chapter 11 Case and the Plan--The Plan."

     Allowed Equity Interests and Allowed Equity Securities Claims

     Under the Plan, the Holders of Allowed Equity Interests and Allowed Equity
Securities Claims shall be treated as follows:

     o    Holders of the UPC Preference Shares A shall receive from New UPC
          _______ shares of New UPC Common Stock in exchange for each UPC
          Preference Share A;

     o    Holders of the UPC Priority Shares shall receive from New UPC _______
          shares of New UPC Common Stock in exchange for each UPC Priority
          Share;

     o    Holders of the UPC Ordinary Shares A and UPC ADSs shall receive from
          New UPC _______ shares of New UPC Common Stock in exchange for each
          UPC Ordinary Share A or UPC ADS, as the case may be;

     o    Holders of Allowed Equity Securities Claims shall receive from New UPC
          _______ shares of New UPC Common Stock in exchange for their Allowed
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     o    Holders of any Old Other Equity Interests (i.e., rights, options and
          warrants to acquire UPC Ordinary Shares A) shall not receive or retain
          any property under the Plan on account of such Old Other Equity
          Interests and, to the extent permitted under applicable law, all Old
          Other Equity Interests shall be cancelled on the Effective Date.

     See "Chapter 11 Case and the Plan of Reorganization--The Plan--Summary of
Distributions Under the Plan" below for more detailed descriptions of the
classification and treatment of Claims and Equity Interests under the Plan.

   Dutch Bankruptcy Structure

     Simultaneously with the commencement of the Chapter 11 case, on the
Petition Date, the Company commenced the Dutch Bankruptcy Case and filed the
Akkoord with the Dutch Bankruptcy Court. The Akkoord will only provide treatment
for Ordinary Creditors, as the Dutch Bankruptcy Code does not apply to, among
others, Holders of Equity Interests. See "The Akkoord" below for a more detailed
description of the Dutch moratorium process. As discussed below, in order to
implement the Plan in compliance with Dutch law, the Holders of Equity Interests
in the Company shall be treated, for purposes of Dutch law, outside of the Dutch
Bankruptcy Case. See "The Dutch Implementing Offer" below.

     Pursuant to the Akkoord, the Ordinary Creditors shall receive a number of
shares of New UPC Common Stock equal to the number of shares of New UPC Common
Stock that holders of general unsecured claims are entitled to receive under the
Plan, either in exchange for transferring their Allowed Claims to New UPC (as
far as the Holders of the UPC Notes are concerned) or in cancellation of their
Allowed Claims (as far as Ordinary Creditors other than the Holders of the UPC
Notes are concerned).

   Dutch Implementing Offer

     The Dutch Bankruptcy Code does not provide for the Akkoord to reorganize or
cancel any of the Equity Interests in the Company. Therefore, in order to
facilitate implementation of the Plan with respect to certain of the UPC
Ordinary Shares A in accordance with Dutch law, solely with respect to persons
who are not U.S. Persons and who are not located or residing within the United
States, New UPC shall commence the Dutch Implementing Offer, pursuant to which
it will undertake to deliver a number of shares of New UPC Common Stock to the
Holders of the UPC Ordinary Shares A in exchange for their agreement to deliver
their UPC Ordinary Shares A to New UPC. See "The Dutch Implementing Offer"
below.

   Other Aspects of the Restructuring

     Treatment of the UPC Preference Shares A

     Under the Plan, each Holder of outstanding Allowed UPC Preference Shares A
will receive the Preference Shares Consideration in full satisfaction,
settlement, release and discharge of the Claims and Equity Interests of such
Holder of UPC Preference Shares A in respect of such UPC Preference Shares A. In
the event not all of the UPC Preference Shares A are transferred to New UPC for
the Preference Shares Consideration under the Plan, the UPC Preference Shares A
will be exchanged for New UPC Common Stock by means of cancellation of all UPC
Preference Shares A with repayment of at least the par value in kind, consisting
of New UPC Common Stock. The cancellation of the UPC Preference Shares A will
require (i) a shareholders' resolution adopted by a simple majority of the share
capital of the Company (or two-thirds (2/3) if less than one-half of the issued
share capital of the Company is represented at Extraordinary General Meeting)
and (ii) a resolution by the holders of the UPC Preference Shares A to be
adopted with at least a 66-2/3% majority. Upon cancellation of the UPC
Preference Shares A, the holders of these UPC Preference Shares A would receive
New UPC Common Stock.

     In relation to the cancellation of the UPC Preference Shares A as a class,
a creditor protection procedure must be followed. For a two-month period
following the resolution to cancel the UPC Preference Shares A and the public
announcement of such resolution in a Dutch national newspaper, creditors of the
Company shall have the right to apply to the Dutch courts to oppose such
resolution or to require the posting of a bond. The resolution to cancel the UPC
Preference Shares A will only become effective after the lapse of the creditor
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     Treatment of the UPC Priority Shares

     For purposes of Dutch law, the delivery of shares of New UPC Common Stock
in consideration for the surrender of the UPC Priority Shares will be effected
through a contribution, on the Effective Date, of the UPC Priority Shares by UGC
to New UPC. In order to implement the Plan under Dutch law, after the Effective
Date, as soon as the Company becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of New UPC, New
UPC and the Company shall take such action as is necessary to cause the
cancellation of the Priority Shares under Dutch Law.

     Treatment of Old Other Equity Interests

     Simultaneously with, and conditional upon the occurrence of, the Effective
Date, all Old Other Equity Interests will be cancelled to the extent permitted
under applicable law.

     Contribution of the Belmarken Notes from New UPC to the Company

     On the Effective Date, New UPC will sell the Belmarken Notes to the Company
in consideration for a receivable payable by the Company in the aggregate
principal amount of the Belmarken Notes (plus accrued and unpaid interest).
Subsequently, the Company will satisfy its obligations under this receivable
through the issuance to New UPC of a number of UPC Ordinary Shares C equal to
the value of the receivable.

     Cancellation of Certain UPC Notes prior to the Effective Date

     On or before the Effective Date, the Company will submit the UPC Notes held
by it to the indenture trustee under the indentures related to the UPC Notes for
cancellation. As of September 30, 2002, the aggregate principal amount and
accreted value of UPC Notes held by the Company was (euro)405.6 million
(US$400.7 million).

   Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders

     Unlike the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, the Dutch Bankruptcy Code does not provide
for the Dutch Bankruptcy Case to exempt compliance from otherwise applicable
corporate law. Therefore, in order to facilitate implementation of the Plan, the
Company will hold the Extraordinary General Meeting to consider and vote upon
changes to the authorized share capital of the Company and such other proposals
as the Company deems necessary or appropriate to give effect to the
Restructuring and the other transactions contemplated in connection with the
Restructuring. See "The Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders."

     The terms of the Restructuring discussed above are the product of
discussions with UGC, New UPC and the Participating Noteholders and have been
approved by the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board of the Company.
These parties support the Plan, the Akkoord and the Dutch Implementing Offer and
strongly urge you to review this Disclosure Statement, the Plan, the Akkoord and
all annexes and documents incorporated by reference herein, and, as applicable,
to vote in favor of the Plan and the Akkoord and to participate in the Dutch
Implementing Offer. As the Company's principal shareholder and principal
creditor, and the holder of the Belmarken Notes, UGC will receive a significant
number of shares of New UPC Common Stock and may have interests in the
Restructuring that differ from the other Holders of Claims against, and Equity
Interests in, the Company. The Company has determined that it is in the best
interests of the Company and its stakeholders to implement the Restructuring as
described in this Disclosure Statement.

   Advisors to the Company, UGC and the Participating Noteholders

     In connection with the Restructuring, the Company has retained White & Case
LLP as its general insolvency counsel, Allen & Overy as its special Dutch
counsel, Lazard Freres & Co. ("Lazard") as its financial advisor, KPMG
Accountants N.V., as its auditor, and Deloitte & Touche Belastingadviseurs, as
its tax advisors. UGC and New UPC have retained Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
Flom LLP as their special U.S. counsel, Holme, Roberts & Owen LLP as their
general U.S. counsel and Stibbe as their special Dutch counsel, and UGC has
retained Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation and UBS Warburg LLC as its
financial advisors. The Participating Noteholders have retained Paul, Weiss,
Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, as their U.S. counsel, Van Doorne, as their Dutch
counsel, and Greenhill & Co. LLP, as their financial advisors. The UPCD Facility
Banks have retained Allen & Overy, London, as their counsel in connection with
the UPC Distribution Facility and the UPCD Facility Waiver. Pursuant to the
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expenses of the legal and financial advisors to UGC and the Participating
Noteholders in connection with the Restructuring. The aggregate amount of
compensation to be paid post-petition by the Company to the advisors to the
Company, UGC and the Participating Noteholders and to the advisors to the UPCD
Facility Banks under their respective engagement letters is expected to be
approximately (euro)60 million.

     JP Morgan PLC ("JP Morgan") has provided financial advisory services to the
Company in connection with the Restructuring and continues to provide financial
advisory services to UPC Services BV, a subsidiary of the Company ("UPC
Services"), under an engagement letter entered into prior to the Petition Date.
The aggregate amount of compensation payable to JP Morgan by UPC Services BV
under this engagement letter is (euro)5.2 million. UPC Services BV retains, and
expects to continue to retain, various advisors that provide advisory services,
including commercial institutions that provide investment banking, commercial
banking and financial advisory services, to the members of the UPC Group.

Conditions to the Restructuring

     In order for the Restructuring to be consummated, the following conditions,
among others, must be satisfied:

     o    the Plan (including the issuance of the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights
          and the shares of New UPC Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
          New UPC Equity Purchase Rights) shall have been confirmed by the U.S.
          Bankruptcy Court and the order approving confirmation of the Plan
          shall not have been vacated, reversed, stayed, modified, amended,
          enjoined or restrained by order of a court of competent jurisdiction
          and shall have become a Final Order;

     o    the Akkoord shall have been adopted by the requisite majority of
          Ordinary Creditors and subsequently ratified by the Dutch Bankruptcy
          Court, all conditions to the effectiveness of the Akkoord shall have
          been satisfied or duly waived to the extent permitted therein, and the
          Dutch Bankruptcy Court's adoption and ratification of the Akkoord
          shall have become final and binding and no longer subject to appeal;

     o    on or before the Voting Deadline, the Company shall have obtained a
          tax ruling from the Dutch tax inspector in respect of the
          Restructuring the effect of which, in the determination of the
          Company, UGC and a Majority-in-Interest of the Participating
          Noteholders, is that there are no adverse effects upon the value of
          the Company as a result of the Dutch tax consequences of consummating
          the Restructuring on the terms set forth in the Plan and the Akkoord
          and any other documents or instruments executed in connection
          therewith (the "Dutch Tax Ruling");

     o    the Offer Memorandum, which will be comprised of the Disclosure
          Statement and an offer memorandum supplement, shall have been
          submitted to the Autoriteit Financiele Markten (The Netherlands
          Authority for the Financial Markets) ("A-FM") prior to the
          commencement of the Dutch Implementing Offer and generally made
          available to the Holders of the UPC Ordinary Shares A outside the
          United States to effectuate the Restructuring;

     o    the UPC Ordinary Shares A, UPC Priority Shares, UPC Preference Shares
          A and Belmarken Notes held by the UGC Group shall have been
          contributed to the capital of New UPC;

     o    the Company's shareholders shall have duly authorized the Shareholder
          Proposals at the Extraordinary General Meeting;

     o    New UPC shall have contributed the Belmarken Notes to the capital of
          the Company;

     o    the Dutch Implementing Offer shall have been declared unconditional;

     o    all UPC Preference Shares A shall have been registered in the name of
          either New UPC or the Company after giving effect to the consummation
          of the Restructuring, or, in the event that the UPC Preference Shares
          A are not transferred to New UPC under the Plan, shall have been
          cancelled in accordance with Section 9.2(c) of the Plan, provided,
          however, that this condition shall be deemed satisfied unless, on or
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          days prior to the date of the hearing to ratify the Akkoord, UGC or a
          Majority-in-Interest of the Participating Noteholders shall serve
          written notice on the other that such condition has not been
          satisfied;

     o    UGC and the Holders of Belmarken Notes Claims, UPC Notes Claims and
          General Unsecured Claims, as applicable, shall have purchased shares
          of New UPC Common Stock in an amount equal to the Maximum Subscription
          Amount pursuant to the New UPC Equity Subscription;

     o    the Incentive Plan shall have been adopted by New UPC; and

     o    the Amended and Restated UPC Articles of Association, the Amended and
          Restated New UPC Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and
          Restated New UPC By-Laws shall have been filed with the applicable
          authority of each entity's jurisdiction of incorporation or
          organization in accordance with such jurisdiction's applicable law.

Operations after the Restructuring

     The Company expects that the Restructuring will not adversely affect its
operating subsidiaries and that after the Restructuring its operating
subsidiaries will continue to operate their businesses in the same manner as
they did prior to the Restructuring. The Company does not expect the
Restructuring to adversely affect the relationships of the Company's operating
subsidiaries with their suppliers, customers and employees. In addition, the
Company expects that, except as otherwise discussed in this Disclosure
Statement, the assets and liabilities of its operating subsidiaries will not be
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                 CHAPTER 11 CASE AND THE PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

Brief Explanation of Chapter 11 Reorganization

     Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code is the principal business
reorganization chapter of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Under Chapter 11, a debtor
is authorized to reorganize its business. In addition to permitting
rehabilitation of the debtor, another goal of Chapter 11 is to promote equality
of treatment of holders of claims and equity interests of equal rank with
respect to the distribution of a debtor's assets. Formulation, and confirmation
by a U.S. bankruptcy court, of a plan of reorganization is the principal
objective of a Chapter 11 case. In general, a Chapter 11 plan of reorganization

     (i)  divides claims and equity interests into separate classes,

     (ii) specifies the property that each class is to receive under the plan,
          and

    (iii) contains other provisions necessary or desirable for the
          reorganization of the debtor.

     In general, there are two forms of treatment that may be provided to a
holder of a claim or equity interest under a Chapter 11 plan of
reorganization--"unimpaired" treatment and "impaired" treatment. Unimpaired
treatment means that the legal, equitable and contractual rights of a holder of
a claim or equity interest are unchanged under the plan. Impaired treatment
means that the legal, equitable or contractual rights of a holder of a claim or
equity interest are somehow changed under the plan and can include situations
where a holder of a claim or equity interest does not receive or retain any
property under a plan. Among other things, a plan of reorganization must be
accepted by voters of at least one class of claims that is impaired without
considering the votes of "insiders" within the meaning of the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code.

Commencement of the Chapter 11 Case

     On the Petition Date, the Company filed its voluntary petition for relief
under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court,
thereby commencing the Chapter 11 case. Simultaneously therewith, the Company
also filed the Plan, this Disclosure Statement and several motions, including
those described below, seeking authorization to continue to conduct its business
in the ordinary course as well as to undertake certain activities which require
approval of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Since the Petition Date, except for the
appointment of the Administrator in accordance with the Dutch Bankruptcy Code,
the Company has continued to operate its business and manage its properties as a
debtor-in-possession pursuant to Sections 1107 and 1108 of the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code and subject to the supervision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

     An immediate effect of the filing of the bankruptcy petition was the
imposition of the automatic stay under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, which, with
limited exceptions, enjoins the commencement or continuation of all (i)
collection efforts by holders of claims, (ii) enforcement of liens and (iii)
litigation against the Company. This injunction remains in effect, unless
modified or lifted by order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, until consummation of
a plan of reorganization.

Significant Events during the Chapter 11 Case

   First Day Motions

     As mentioned above, on the Petition Date, the Company submitted numerous
so-called "first day motions," along with corresponding orders, to the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court. These motions include, among others: (i) a motion seeking
authorization for the Company to continue to use its pre-petition bank accounts,
business forms and investment practices, (ii) a motion for an extension of the
period within which the Company is required to file its bankruptcy schedules and
statement of financial affairs, (iii) a motion to establish procedures for the
interim compensation and reimbursement of expenses for professionals retained in
the Chapter 11 case, (iv) a motion seeking to establish a deadline for the
filing of claims against the Company, (v) a motion authorizing the Company to
proceed to judgment in a specified litigation proceeding and granting related
stay relief, (vi) a motion authorizing the Company to proceed to judgment in a
specified arbitration proceeding and granting related stay relief, and (vii) a
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   Retention of Professionals

     On the Petition Date, the Company also requested that the U.S. Bankruptcy
Court approve the retention of, among others, the following professionals:

     o    White & Case LLP, as general insolvency counsel for the Company;

     o    Allen & Overy, as special Dutch counsel for the Company;

     o    Lazard Freres & Co., as financial advisor for the Company;

     o    KPMG Accountants N.V., as auditor for the Company; and

     o    Deloitte & Touche Belastingadviseurs, as tax advisor for the Company.

     Copies of these and any other motions filed by the Company in the Chapter
11 case on or after the Petition Date, may be obtained either (a) over the
internet at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court's website at http://nysb.uscouts.gov
(registration and a password are required) or (b) for review at the office of
the Clerk of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, One Bowling Green, New York, New York
10004.

The Plan

     The following is a summary of the material provisions of the Plan and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the Plan itself. A copy of the Plan is
attached to this Disclosure Statement as Annex A and is incorporated herein by
reference. Holders of Claims, Equity Interests and Old Other Equity Interests
should carefully read the Plan in its entirety for a full understanding of its
terms.

   Classification of Claims and Equity Interests Under the Plan

     Section 1123 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code provides that a plan of
reorganization must classify claims against and equity interests in a debtor.
Under Section 1122 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, a plan must classify each right
to payment against the debtor and each right to an equitable remedy for breach
of performance which gives rise to a right to payment, as well as any interest
in the debtor represented by an equity security, into a category or class that
contains substantially similar claims or equity interests. The U.S. Bankruptcy
Code also requires that a plan of reorganization provide the same treatment for
each claim or equity interest of a particular class, unless the holder of a
particular claim or equity interest agrees to a less favorable treatment of its
claim or equity interest.

     The Plan divides Holders of known Claims against, and known Equity
Interests in, the Company into Classes and sets forth the treatment offered each
Class. See "--Summary of Distributions Under the Plan" below. The Company
believes it has classified all Claims, Equity Interests and Old Other Equity
Interests in compliance with the provisions of Section 1122, but it is possible
that a Holder of a Claim, Equity Interest or Old Other Equity Interest may
challenge the classification of Claims, Equity Interests and Old Other Equity
Interests and that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court may find that a different
classification is required for the Plan to be confirmed. In such event, it is
the Company's present intention, to the extent permitted by the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code and the provisions of the Plan, to make modifications to the classification
scheme set forth in the Plan as required by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for
confirmation.

     Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, a Claim, Equity Interest and Old
Other Equity Interest will be deemed classified in a particular Class only to
the extent that such Claim, Equity Interest or Old Other Equity Interest
qualifies within the description of that Class and will be deemed classified in
a different Class to the extent that any remainder of such Claim, Equity
Interest or Old Other Equity Interest qualifies within the description of such
different Class. Further, a Claim, Equity Interest or Old Other Equity Interest
will not be classified in any Class for distribution purposes until such Claim,
Equity Interest or Old Other Equity Interest becomes an Allowed Claim, Allowed
Equity Interest or Allowed Old Other Equity Interest and then only to the extent
that such Claim, Equity Interest or Old Other Equity Interest has not been paid,
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     Except to the extent that a modification of classification adversely
affects the treatment of a Holder of a Claim, Equity Interest or Old Other
Equity Interest and requires resolicitation, acceptance of the Plan by any
Holder of a Claim, Equity Interest or Old Other Equity Interest pursuant to this
solicitation will be deemed to be a consent to the Plan's treatment of such
Holder of a Claim, Equity Interest or Old Other Equity Interest regardless of
the Class as to which such Holder of a Claim, Equity Interest or Old Other
Equity Interest is ultimately deemed to be a member.

     The Plan categorizes the Claims against, and Equity Interests in, the
Company into ten Classes, as follows:

             Class 1   --    Miscellaneous Secured Claims
             Class 2   --    Classified Priority Claims
             Class 3   --    Critical Creditor Claims
             Class 4   --    Belmarken Notes Claims
             Class 5   --    UPC Notes Claims and General Unsecured Claims
             Class 6   --    UPC Preference Shares A
             Class 7   --    UPC Priority Shares
             Class 8   --    UPC Ordinary Shares A (including the UPC Ordinary
                             Shares A held in the form of UPC ADSs)
             Class 9    --   Equity Securities Claims
             Class 10   --   Old Other Equity Interests

     However, pursuant to the Plan, any Class that does not contain, as of the
date of the commencement of the Confirmation Hearing, any Allowed Claims,
Allowed Equity Interests or Old Allowed Equity Interests or any Claims, Equity
Interests or Old Other Equity Interests temporarily allowed for voting purposes
under U.S. Bankruptcy Rule 3018 shall be deemed to have been deleted from the
Plan for purposes of (i) voting to accept or reject the Plan and (ii)
determining whether it has accepted or rejected the Plan under Section
1129(a)(8) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

     In accordance with the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, Administrative Claims and
Priority Tax Claims are not classified into Classes.

   Summary of Distributions Under the Plan

     Only Claims and Equity Interests

     (i)  as to which the Company's liability and the amount thereof are agreed
          to by the Company and the Holder of such Claim or Equity Interest (but
          only to the extent so agreed),

     (ii) as to which the Company's liability and the amount thereof are
          determined by Final Order of a court of competent jurisdiction,

    (iii) which have been expressly allowed in a liquidated amount under the
          provisions of the Plan (but only to the extent so allowed),

     (iv) which is a Professional Claim for which a fee award amount has been
          approved by Final Order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court,

     (v)  which is set forth in the Company's books and records as liquidated in
          amount and not disputed or contingent,

     (vi) proof of which was filed within the applicable period of limitation
          fixed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in accordance with U.S. Bankruptcy
          Rule 3003(c) as to which no objection to the allowance thereof has
          been interposed within the applicable period of limitation fixed by
          the Plan, the U.S. Bankruptcy Code the U.S. Bankruptcy Rules or a
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    (vii) which is, in the case of an Equity Interest or any portion thereof
          held of record as set forth in the books and records maintained by the
          Company or on the Company's behalf as of the Distribution Notification
          Date

("Allowed Claims" and "Allowed Equity Interests," respectively) are entitled to
receive distributions under the Plan.

     If the Plan is confirmed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, each Holder of an
Allowed Claim or an Allowed Equity Interest in a particular Class will receive
the same treatment as the other Holders of Allowed Claims or Allowed Equity
Interests in such Class, whether or not such Holder voted to accept the Plan.
Such treatment will be in full satisfaction, release and discharge of such
Holder's respective Claim or Equity Interest, except as otherwise provided in
the Plan. Upon confirmation of the Plan, Claims and Equity Interests will be
modified as, and to the extent, set forth in the Plan. Upon confirmation, the
Plan will be binding on all Holders of the Company's Claims and Equity Interests
regardless of whether such Holders voted to accept the Plan.

     The following describes the Plan's classification of Claims against and
Equity Interests in the Company, and the treatment that Holders of Allowed
Claims and Allowed Equity Interests will receive under the Plan, unless they
were to agree to accept less favorable treatment by settlement or otherwise.
However, nothing contained in the Plan shall have any effect on the rights and
obligations of Creditors under Section 508 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, and such
section shall apply in all respects in the Chapter 11 case.

     The following summary of the proposed distributions under the Plan does not
purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the
Plan.

     Administrative Claims

     Administrative Claims are Claims constituting a cost or expense of
administration of the Chapter 11 case under Sections 503, 507(a)(1), 507(b) or
1114(e)(2) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Administrative Claims include, without
limitation, (i) any actual and necessary post-petition cost or expense of
preserving the Estate or operating the businesses of the Company, (ii) any
payment to be made under the Plan to cure a default on an assumed executory
contract or unexpired lease, (iii) any post-petition cost, indebtedness or
contractual obligation duly and validly incurred or assumed by the Company in
the ordinary course of its businesses, (iv) compensation or reimbursement of
expenses of Professionals to the extent Allowed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court
under Section 330(a) or Section 331 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, and (v) all
Allowed Claims that are entitled to be treated as Administrative Claims pursuant
to a Final Order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court under Section 546(c)(2)(A) of the
Bankruptcy Code; and (b) any fees or charges assessed against the Estate under
Section 1930 of title 28 of the United States Code. In accordance with Section
1123(a)(1) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, Administrative Claims are not classified
and are excluded from the Classes designated in the Plan.

     Unless otherwise provided for in the Plan, each Holder of an Allowed
Administrative Claim shall receive in full satisfaction, settlement, release,
extinguishment and discharge of such Claim: (A) the amount of such unpaid
Allowed Claim in Cash on or as soon as reasonably practicable after the later of
(i) the Effective Date, (ii) the date on which such Administrative Claim becomes
Allowed and (iii) a date agreed to in writing by the Company or the Reorganized
Company, as the case may be, and the Holder of such Administrative Claim; (B)
treatment such that such Administrative Claim is Reinstated; or (C) such other
treatment on such other terms and conditions as may be agreed upon in writing by
the Holder of such Claim and the Company or the Reorganized Company, as the case
may be, or as the U.S. Bankruptcy Court may order; provided, however, that
Allowed Administrative Claims representing (y) liabilities, accounts payable or
other Claims, liabilities or obligations incurred subsequent to the Petition
Date in the ordinary course of business of the Company consistent with past
practices and (z) contractual liabilities arising under loans or advances to the
Company incurred subsequent to the Petition Date, whether or not incurred in the
ordinary course of business of the Company, shall be paid or performed by the
Company or the Reorganized Company in accordance with the terms and conditions
of the particular transactions relating to such liabilities and any agreements
relating thereto.

     Other than as provided in an order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, payments
to professionals retained in the Chapter 11 case by the Company or any official
committee constituted in the Chapter 11 case for compensation and reimbursement
of expenses, and all payments to reimburse expenses of members of any such
committee, will be made in accordance with the procedures established by the
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relating to the payment of interim and final compensation and expenses, as such
procedures may be modified by any order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Other than
as provided in an order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court
will review and determine all requests for compensation and reimbursement of
expenses.

     Assuming that neither significant litigation nor objections are filed with
respect to the Plan and assuming the Plan is confirmed by ________, 2003, the
Company estimates that unpaid Administrative Expenses as of the Effective Date
will not exceed US$________.

     Priority Tax Claims

     Certain Claims for unpaid taxes are entitled to priority in right of
payment under Section 507(a)(8) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. In accordance with
Section 1123(a)(1) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, Priority Tax Claims are not
classified and are excluded from the Classes designated in the Plan.

     Each Holder of an Allowed Priority Tax Claim shall receive, at the option
of the Company or the Reorganized Company, as the case may be, in full
satisfaction, settlement, release, extinguishment and discharge of such Claim:

          (A)  the amount of such unpaid Allowed Claim in Cash on or as soon as
               reasonably practicable after the latest of (i) the Effective
               Date, (ii) the date on which such Priority Tax Claim becomes
               Allowed and (iii) a date agreed to by the Company or the
               Reorganized Company, as the case may be, and the Holder of such
               Priority Tax Claim; or

          (B)  such other treatment on such other terms and conditions as may be
               agreed upon in writing by the Holder of such Claim and the
               Company or the Reorganized Company, as the case may be, or as the
               U.S. Bankruptcy Court may order; provided, however, that the
               Company or the Reorganized Company, as the case may be, shall
               have the right, in its sole discretion, to prepay at any time any
               Allowed Priority Tax Claim without premium or penalty of any sort
               or nature.

     Miscellaneous Secured Claims--Class 1

     Class 1 consists of all secured Claims against the Company or Claims
against the Company that are subject to set-off under Section 553 of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Code. Under the Plan, each Holder of an Allowed Miscellaneous Secured
Claim shall receive, in the sole discretion of the Company or the Reorganized
Company, as the case may be, in full satisfaction, settlement, release,
extinguishment and discharge of such Allowed Claim:

          (A)  Cash equal to the amount of such Allowed Miscellaneous Secured
               Claim on or as soon as reasonably practicable after the later of
               (i) the Effective Date and (ii) the date that such Miscellaneous
               Secured Claim becomes Allowed;

          (B)  treatment such that such Miscellaneous Secured Claim is
               Reinstated; or

          (C)  such other treatment on such other terms and conditions as may be
               agreed upon in writing by the Holder of such Claim and the
               Company or Reorganized Company, as the case may be, or as the
               U.S. Bankruptcy Court may order. Currently, the Company believes
               that there are Miscellaneous Secured Claims in the approximate
               amount of US$________.

     Class 1 is Unimpaired and the Holders of Miscellaneous Secured Claims are
conclusively presumed to have accepted the Plan pursuant to Section 1126(f) of
the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the
Plan.

     Classified Priority Claims--Class 2

     Class 2 consists of all Claims against the Company entitled to priority
under Section 507(a) or (b) of the Bankruptcy Code, other than Administrative
Claims and Priority Tax Claims. Under the Plan, each Holder of an Allowed
Classified Priority Claim shall receive in full satisfaction, settlement,
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          (A)  the amount of such unpaid Allowed Claim in Cash on or as soon as
               reasonably practicable after the later of (i) the Effective Date,
               (ii) the date on which such Claim becomes Allowed and (iii) a
               date agreed to by the Company or the Reorganized Company, as the
               case may be, and the Holder of such Claim;

          (B)  treatment such that such Claim is Reinstated; or

          (C)  such other treatment on such other terms and conditions as may be
               agreed upon in writing by the Holder of such Claim and the
               Company or Reorganized Company, as the case may be, or as the
               U.S. Bankruptcy Court may order.

     Class 2 is Unimpaired and the Holders of Classified Priority Claims are
conclusively presumed to have accepted the Plan pursuant to Section 1126(f) of
the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the
Plan.

     Critical Creditor Claims--Class 3

     Class 3 consists of all Allowed Claims of Critical Creditors against the
Company. Under the Plan, each Holder of an Allowed Critical Creditor Claim shall
receive in full satisfaction, settlement, release, extinguishment and discharge
of such Claim:

     (A) payment in full in Cash on the later of (i) the Effective Date and (ii)
the date such Claim becomes Allowed;

     (B) treatment such that such Claim is Reinstated; or

     (C) such other treatment on such other terms and conditions as may be
agreed upon in writing by the Holder of such Claim and the Company or the
Reorganized Company, as the case may be, or as the U.S. Bankruptcy Court may
order.

     Class 3 is Unimpaired and the Holders of Critical Creditor Claims are
conclusively presumed to have accepted the Plan pursuant to Section 1126(f) of
the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the
Plan.

     Belmarken Notes Claims--Class 4

     Class 4 consists of the Allowed Claims of the Holder(s) of the Belmarken
Notes. Under the Plan, on the Effective Date, the Holder of the Belmarken Notes
shall receive, in exchange for the Belmarken Notes and the obligations of all
other parties under the Belmarken Notes and the Belmarken Loan Agreements, the
Belmarken Notes Consideration.

     Class 4 is Impaired and the Holder of the Belmarken Notes Claims is
entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

     UPC Notes Claims and General Unsecured Claims--Class 5

     Class 5 consists of (a) all Allowed Claims of the Holders of the UPC Notes
and (b) all other pre-petition Allowed Claims against the Company, other than
Administrative Claims, Priority Tax Claims, Miscellaneous Secured Claims,
Classified Priority Claims, Belmarken Notes Claims, UPC Notes Claims, Critical
Creditor Claims, Equity Securities Claims and Intercompany Claims.

     Under the Plan, on or as soon as practicable after the Effective Date, each
Holder of an Allowed Class 5 Claim shall receive in exchange for its Claim, a
number of shares of New UPC Common Stock. In the aggregate, the Holders of all
Allowed UPC Notes Claims shall receive 25,147,139 shares of New UPC Common
Stock, and each Holder of an Allowed UPC Notes Claim shall receive the number of
shares of New UPC Common Stock equal to such Holder's pro rata portion of those
shares of New UPC Common Stock. The UPC Notes Claims shall be deemed Allowed for
all purposes, including, but not limited to, voting and distributions in the
aggregate amount of US$4,690,526,335.71 (which shall exclude any amounts on
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Annex C to the Restructuring Agreement) and the Allowed UPC Notes Claims shall
not be subject to setoff or counterclaim. Each Holder of an Allowed Class 5
Claim that is not a UPC Notes Claim shall receive a number of shares of New UPC
Common Stock so that the number of shares per amount of Allowed Claim received
by such Holder is the same as the number of shares per amount of Allowed Claim
that the Holders of Allowed UPC Notes Claims receive. The number of shares of
New UPC Common Stock to be distributed on account of Allowed Class 5 Claims that
are not UPC Notes Claims shall be in addition to the 25,147,139 shares of New
UPC Common Stock to be distributed on account of the Allowed UPC Notes Claims.
The receipt of such shares of New UPC Common Stock by the Holders of the Class 5
Claims shall constitute a full satisfaction, settlement, release and discharge
of such Class 5 Claims; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything in the
Plan to the contrary, any UPC Notes acquired by New UPC through the Plan and the
Akkoord shall remain outstanding and shall not be deemed to be satisfied,
settled, released or discharged.

     Class 5 is Impaired and the Holders of the UPC Notes Claims and the General
Unsecured Claims are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

     UPC Preference Shares A--Class 6

     Class 6 consists of all UPC Preference Shares A. Under the Plan, on or as
soon as practicable after the Effective Date, and after the sale by New UPC of
the Belmarken Notes to the Company, each Holder of outstanding Allowed UPC
Preference Shares A shall receive from New UPC the Preference Shares
Consideration. The receipt of the Preference Shares Consideration by the Holders
of the UPC Preference Shares A shall constitute a full satisfaction, settlement,
release and discharge of the Claims and Equity Interests of each Holder of UPC
Preference Shares A in respect of such UPC Preference Shares A; provided,
however, that, notwithstanding anything to contrary contained herein, any UPC
Preference Shares A acquired by New UPC through the Plan shall remain
outstanding and shall not be deemed to be satisfied, settled, released or
discharged.

     Class 6 is Impaired and the Holders of the UPC Preference Shares A are
entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

     UPC Priority Shares--Class 7

     Class 7 consists of all UPC Priority Shares. Under the Plan, on or as soon
as practicable after the Effective Date, and after the sale by New UPC of the
Belmarken Notes to the Company, the Holder of the Allowed UPC Priority Shares
shall receive from New UPC the Priority Shares Consideration. The receipt of the
Priority Shares Consideration by the Holder of the UPC Priority Shares shall
constitute a full satisfaction, settlement, release and discharge of the Claims
and Equity Interests of the Holder of the UPC Priority Shares in respect of the
UPC Priority Shares; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything to
contrary contained herein, any UPC Priority Shares acquired by New UPC through
the Plan shall remain outstanding and shall not be deemed to be satisfied,
settled, released or discharged.

     Class 7 is Impaired and the Holder of the UPC Priority Shares is entitled
to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

     UPC Ordinary Shares A--Class 8

     Class 8 consists of all UPC Ordinary Shares A. Under the Plan, on or as
soon as practicable after the Effective Date, and after the sale by New UPC of
the Belmarken Notes to the Company, each Holder of Allowed UPC Ordinary Shares A
shall receive from New UPC the Ordinary Shares Consideration. The receipt of the
Ordinary Shares Consideration by the Holders of the UPC Ordinary Shares A shall
constitute a full satisfaction, settlement, release and discharge of the Claims
and Equity Interests of each Holder of UPC Ordinary Shares A; provided, however,
that, notwithstanding anything to contrary contained herein, any UPC Ordinary
Shares A acquired by New UPC through the Plan shall remain outstanding and shall
not be deemed to be satisfied, settled, released or discharged.

     Class 8 is Impaired and the Holders of the Allowed UPC Ordinary Shares A
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     Equity Securities Claims--Class 9

     Class 9 consists of any and all Allowed Claims arising from the rescission
of a purchase or sale of an Equity Interest, for damages arising from the
purchase or sale of an Equity Interest, or for reimbursement or contribution
allowed under Section 502 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code on account of such Claims.
Under the Plan, subject to the Allowance of the Equity Securities Claims, each
Holder of an Allowed Equity Securities Claim shall receive, in full
satisfaction, settlement, release, extinguishment and discharge of its Claim, a
number of shares of New UPC Common Stock equal to such Holder's pro rata portion
of the Share Distribution Amount as if such Holder had (a) purchased, on the
date its Equity Securities Claim first arose, UPC Ordinary Shares A with a value
equal to the amount of such Holder's Allowed Equity Securities Claim and (b)
retained such shares as of the Effective Date.

     Class 9 is Impaired and the Holders of the Equity Securities Claims are
entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

     Currently, the Company believes that the following Claims are properly
classified in Class 9, although there can be no assurance that the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court will agree:

     (a)  the Claims of the plaintiffs in the Derivative Action (as defined
          herein) arising out of or in connection with the Registration
          Statement and the Prospectus, dated February 11, 1999, for the
          issuance and initial public offering of 40,000,000 shares of the
          Company's common stock or the class action lawsuit commenced by Judy
          Rubin, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, against
          the Company, et al. in the United States District Court for the
          Southern District of New York, Case No. 01 CV 10744 (the "Derivative
          Action"),

     (b)  the Claims of the former shareholders of Cignal Global Communications,
          Inc. arising out of or in connection with the Cignal Shareholders
          Agreement dated August 11, 2000 among the former Cignal shareholders,
          the Company and Priority Telecom N.V. or the lawsuit commenced by the
          alleged representative of the former Cignal shareholders and by nine
          (9) individual former Cignal shareholders against the Company in the
          Court of Amsterdam, entitled George H. Billings, Douglas Allen,
          Matthew Allen, Alvin Allen et al. v. United Pan-Europe Communications
          NV, Case Number 1317/50048173, Rechtbank te Amsterdam, Tweede
          Enkelvoudige Kamer Rolnummer 2002/1083, and

     (c)  the Claims of InterComm Holdings L.L.C., InterComm France CVOHA,
          InterComm France II CVOHA and Reflex Participations (collectively,
          "ICH") arising out of or in connection with the arbitration proceeding
          commenced by ICH against the Company, Belmarken and UPC France Holding
          BV in the International Chamber of Commerce, Court of Arbitration,
          Paris, France.

     However, to the extent that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court does not agree with
the Company that the Claims set forth above are subject to subordination under
Section 510(b) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, such Claims will instead be treated
as Class 5 Claims and, as such, any distributions to the Holders of such Claims
will have a dilutive effect (in terms of percentage ownership of New UPC) on the
recovery to be received by the other Holders of Claims and Equity Interests who
are entitled to receive shares of New UPC Common Stock under the Plan.

     Old Other Equity Interests--Class 10

     Class 10 consists of any and all Allowed rights, options and warrants to
acquire UPC Ordinary Shares A, including any such rights, options or warrants
held by employees of the Company pursuant to existing equity incentive plans of
the Company, outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date, including,
without limitation, those set forth on Annex F to the Restructuring Agreement.
Under the Plan, all Holders of Old Other Equity Interests shall not be entitled
to, and shall not, receive or retain any property under the Plan on account of
such Old Other Equity Interests, and, to the extent permitted under applicable
law, such Old Other Equity Interests shall be cancelled on the Effective Date.

     Class 10 is Impaired, and the Holders of Old Other Equity Interests are
deemed to have rejected the Plan pursuant to Section 1126(g) of the U.S.
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   Means for Implementation of the Plan

     Continued Corporate Existence

     The Company shall, as the Reorganized Company, continue to exist after the
Effective Date in accordance with applicable law of the jurisdiction in which it
is organized, under its organizational documents in effect before the Effective
Date, except as such documents are amended in connection with the Plan.

     Cancellation of Claims, Equity Interests and Old Other Equity Interests

     As of consummation of the Plan, all Claims against, and Equity Interests
in, the Company and, to the extent permitted under applicable law, all Old Other
Equity Interests shall be cancelled and all agreements, notes, instruments,
depositary shares, depositary receipts, indentures, certificates, guaranties and
any other documents evidencing or relating to such Claims, Equity Interests and
Old Other Equity Interests shall be cancelled and deemed terminated, as
permitted by Section 1123(a)(5)(F) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, and the Holders
thereof shall have no rights and such notes, instruments, depositary shares,
depositary receipts, indentures, certificates, guaranties and other documents
shall evidence no rights, except the right to receive the Distributions, if any,
to be made to Holders of such Claims, Equity Interests or Old Other Equity
Interests under the Plan; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing
or anything else to the contrary contained in the Plan, none of the Belmarken
Notes, UPC Notes, UPC Preference Shares A, UPC Priority Shares and UPC Ordinary
Shares A shall be cancelled pursuant to the Plan and such Claims and Equity
Interests shall instead be dealt with as follows:

     o    Belmarken Notes: On the Effective Date, but subsequent to the exchange
          of the Belmarken Notes for shares of New UPC Common Stock pursuant to
          Section 4.6 of the Plan, New UPC will sell the Belmarken Notes to the
          Company in consideration for a receivable payable by the Company in
          the aggregate principal amount of the Belmarken Notes (plus accrued
          but unpaid interest). Subsequently, the Company will satisfy its
          obligations under such receivable through the issuance to New UPC of
          shares of UPC Ordinary Shares C with a value equal to the value of the
          receivable.

     o    UPC Notes: Subsequent to the exchange of the UPC Notes for shares of
          New UPC Common Stock pursuant to Section 4.7 of the Plan, the Company
          and New UPC shall, conditional upon the occurrence of the Effective
          Date, replace the UPC Notes with an intercompany note between the
          Company and New UPC and, thereafter, New UPC shall contribute such
          intercompany note to the capital of the Company in exchange for UPC
          Ordinary Shares C in satisfaction of the Company's obligations under
          such refinanced notes.

     o    UPC Preference Shares A: Subsequent to the exchange of the UPC
          Preference Shares A for shares of New UPC Common Stock pursuant to
          Section 4.8 of the Plan, All UPC Preference Shares A shall be
          registered in the name of either New UPC or the Company, provided,
          however, that in the event that the UPC Preference Shares A are not
          transferred to New UPC under the Plan, the Company shall use
          reasonable efforts to have the UPC Preference Shares A cancelled.

     o    UPC Priority Shares: After the Effective Date, as soon as the Company
          becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of New UPC, New UPC and the
          Reorganized Company shall take such action as is necessary to cause
          the cancellation of the UPC Priority Shares under Dutch law.

     o    UPC Ordinary Shares A: The UPC Ordinary Shares A shall remain
          outstanding.

     Extraordinary General Meeting

     Because the Dutch Bankruptcy Code does not provide for the Dutch Bankruptcy
Case to avoid compliance with otherwise applicable corporate law, in order to
facilitate implementation of the Plan, the Company shall hold the Extraordinary
General Meeting. The purpose of the Extraordinary General Meeting is to seek
approval of the Shareholder Proposals. See "The Extraordinary General Meeting of
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     Amendment of Organization Documents

     A substantially final form of the Amended and Restated UPC Articles of
Association shall be Filed on or before the Document Filing Date and shall
include such provisions as are necessary to satisfy the provisions of the Plan
and the U.S. Bankruptcy Code including, among other things, (i) in the event
Dutch law allows the issuance of nonvoting stock, prohibit the issuance of
nonvoting stock to the extent, and only to the extent, required by Section
1123(a)(6) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, and prohibit cooperation in connection
with the issuance of depository receipts and (ii) such provisions as are
necessary to effect the Shareholder Proposals; provided, however, that the
effectiveness of any such amendments shall be subject to the approval thereof at
the Extraordinary General Meeting as well as to the occurrence of the Effective
Date.

     Similarly, a substantially final form of the Amended and Restated New UPC
Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated New UPC By-Laws shall
each be Filed on or before the Document Filing Date and shall each include those
terms and conditions as are contemplated to be included in such documents
pursuant to the Restructuring Agreement. See "New UPC--Certificate of
Incorporation and By-laws."

     Corporate Action

     On the Effective Date, subject to any requirements of Dutch law, the
Reorganized Company shall execute and deliver, and is authorized, without any
further corporate action, to execute and deliver all agreements, documents and
instruments (and all exhibits, schedules and annexes thereto) contemplated by
the Plan or the exhibits thereto and take such other action as is necessary or
appropriate to effectuate the transactions provided for in the Plan.

     Implementation of the Restructuring Under Dutch Law

     In order to facilitate implementation of the Plan, on the Effective Date,
the Company shall consummate, in accordance with and under the provisions of
Dutch Law, all transactions contemplated by the Restructuring, including the
consummation of the Akkoord and the Dutch Implementing Offer.

     Contribution of Shares of the Company held by UGC

     Simultaneously with, and conditional upon the occurrence of, the Effective
Date, UGC shall contribute, or shall cause the other members of the UGC Group to
contribute, to New UPC any and all UPC Ordinary Shares A, UPC Preference Shares
A and UPC Priority Shares owned by the UGC Group.

     New UPC Common Stock

     No later than the Effective Date, New UPC shall authorize the New UPC
Common Stock and shall issue a sufficient number of shares of New UPC Common
Stock to implement the Plan. See "New UPC--Description of Shares of New UPC
Common Stock."

     Offer Memorandum

     To the extent required by applicable Dutch securities laws and regulations
of the A-FM, New UPC and the Company shall, prior to the Effective Date,
prepare, and, subject to the approval of UGC and after consultation with the
Participating Noteholders, file with the A-FM, and make generally available and
mail to the Holders of UPC Ordinary Shares A in bearer form the Offer Memorandum
(as defined herein) in respect of the shares of New UPC Common Stock to be
issued in connection with the Restructuring pursuant to the Plan. The procedures
for exchanging shares of New UPC Common Stock for UPC Ordinary Shares A in
bearer form shall be included in the Offer Memorandum. See "The Dutch
Implementing Offer."

     Listing of New UPC Common Stock

     New UPC shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the shares
of New UPC Common Stock to be issued in the Restructuring to be listed on
NASDAQ, but obtaining such listing shall not be a condition to either
Confirmation or consummation of the Plan. See "Chapter 11 Case and the Plan of
Reorganization--The Plan--Conditions to the Confirmation and Consummation of the
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     Transfers Under Plan

     On the Effective Date, all of the outstanding Belmarken Notes, UPC Notes,
General Unsecured Claims, UPC Preference Shares A, UPC Priority Shares, UPC
Ordinary Shares A and Equity Securities Claims shall be transferred for shares
of New UPC Common Stock, in accordance with Sections 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10
and 4.11 of the Plan, as applicable. The transfers of the Belmarken Notes, the
UPC Notes, the General Unsecured Claims, the UPC Preference Shares A, the UPC
Priority Shares, the UPC Ordinary Shares A and the Equity Securities Claims for
New UPC Common Stock, shall be in full satisfaction, settlement, release and
discharge of all Allowed Belmarken Notes Claims, all Allowed UPC Notes Claims,
all Allowed UPC Preference Shares A, all Allowed UPC Priority Shares, all
Allowed UPC Ordinary Shares A and all Allowed Equity Securities Claims, other
than any Belmarken Notes, UPC Notes, UPC Preference Shares A, UPC Priority
Shares or UPC Ordinary Shares A held by New UPC on the Effective Date. In
connection with the foregoing, New UPC Common Stock shall be credited to the
accounts maintained on behalf of the Holders of the UPC Notes, the UPC
Preference Shares A, the UPC Priority Shares and the UPC Ordinary Shares A at
the applicable registered record holder. See "Chapter 11 Case and the Plan of
Reorganization--The Plan--Summary of Distributions Under the Plan."

     Operations Between the Confirmation Date and the Effective Date

     The Company shall continue to operate as debtor in possession, subject to
the supervision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court during the period from the
Confirmation Date through and until the Effective Date.

     Revesting of Assets

     Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, pursuant to Sections
1123(a)(5), 1123(b)(3) and 1141(b) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, all Property
comprising the Estate, including, but not limited to, all Causes of Action shall
automatically be retained and revest in the Reorganized Company or its
successors or assigns, free and clear of all Claims, Liens,
contractually-imposed restrictions, charges, encumbrances and interests of
Creditors and Equity Interest Holders on the Effective Date, with all such
Claims, Liens, contractually-imposed restrictions, charges, encumbrances and
interests being extinguished except as otherwise provided in the Plan. As of the
Effective Date, the Reorganized Company may operate its business and use,
acquire and dispose of Property and settle and compromise Claims, Equity
Interests or Old Other Equity Interests without supervision of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court free of any restrictions of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or the
U.S. Bankruptcy Rules, other than those restrictions expressly imposed by the
Plan, the Akkoord, and the Confirmation Order. Without limiting the foregoing,
the Reorganized Company may pay the charges it incurs for professional fees,
disbursements, expenses, or related support services incurred after the
Effective Date without any application to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

     Approval of Agreements

     The solicitation of votes on the Plan shall be deemed a solicitation of the
Company's voting shareholders for the approval of all other agreements and
transactions contemplated by the Plan. Confirmation shall constitute approval of
such agreements and transactions and the Confirmation Order shall so provide.

     Incentive Plan

     On the Effective Date, New UPC shall adopt the Incentive Plan.

     Stockholders Agreement

     On or prior to the Effective Date, UGC, New UPC, the Participating
Noteholders and any other Holder of an Allowed Class 5 Claim who agrees to
become a party thereto shall enter into the Stockholders Agreement. See "New
UPC--The Stockholders Agreement."

     New UPC Equity Purchase Rights

     On the Effective Date, New UPC shall provide each holder of a Class 4 Claim
or Class 5 Claim with the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights. See "New UPC Equity
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     UGC Subscription Commitment

     Subject to confirmation of the Plan and the ratified Akkoord becoming final
and conclusive (in kracht van gewijsde gaan), on the Effective Date, in
accordance with the Restructuring Agreement, New UPC shall sell to UGC on the
terms set forth in the Restructuring Agreement and at the Implied Purchase
Price, an amount of shares of New UPC Common Stock with an aggregate value equal
to the Maximum Subscription Amount less the number of shares of New UPC Common
Stock purchased by Holders of Class 4 Claims and Class 5 Claims pursuant to the
New UPC Equity Purchase Rights. See "New UPC Equity Subscription."

     Treatment of UPC Owned UPC Notes

     All of the UPC Notes owned by the Company as a result of the settlement and
termination of (i) the swaps transactions documented by the ISDA Master
Agreement, dated as of April 29, 1998, between The Toronto-Dominion Bank, London
Branch and the Company, and the related schedules, annexes and confirmations, as
the same shall have been amended from time to time on the terms contemplated
therein and (ii) the swaps transactions documented by the ISDA Master Agreement,
dated as of May 4, 2000, between The Chase Manhattan Bank and the Company, and
the related schedules, annexes and confirmations, as the same shall have been
amended from time to time on the terms contemplated therein, in each case, which
are set forth on Annex C to the Restructuring Agreement, shall be deemed to be
cancelled on or before the Effective Date and the Company shall not be entitled
to receive any consideration under the Plan on account thereof. The UPC Notes
owned by the Company shall not be included in any calculation of the
distributions to be made to Holders of Allowed UPC Notes Claims under the Plan.

     Rights of Action

     Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, all Causes of Action, other than
Avoidance Actions, shall automatically be retained and preserved and will revest
in the Reorganized Company or its successors or assigns. Pursuant to Section
1123(b)(3) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, the Reorganized Company (as a
representative of the Estate) or its successors or assigns shall retain and have
the exclusive right to enforce and prosecute such Causes of Action against any
Person, that arose before the Effective Date, other than those expressly
released or compromised as part of or pursuant to the Plan.

   Operation and Management of the Reorganized Company

     Post-Effective Date Operations of Business

     From and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Company will continue to
exist and engage in business, in accordance with the applicable law in the
jurisdiction in which it is incorporated and pursuant to its organizational
documents as amended pursuant to this Plan.

     Post-Effective Date Directors and Officers of the Company and New UPC

     From and after the Effective Date, the corporate governance of the Company
shall be modified as set forth in the Amended and Restated UPC Articles of
Association to ensure that the decisions taken by the board of directors of New
UPC, subject to the Amended and Restated New UPC Certificate of Incorporation
and the Amended and Restated New UPC By-Laws, will be implemented by the
Company. The members of the Board of Management of the Company as of the
Effective Date shall be those individuals set forth on the Board of Management
Schedule. Upon delisting of the UPC Ordinary Shares A from Euronext, there will
be no Supervisory Board for the Company. The officers and directors of New UPC
as of the Effective Date shall be those individuals set forth on the New UPC
Management Schedule. See "The Company--Management of the Company After the
Restructuring."

   Provisions Governing Distributions Under the Plan

     General

     The Company, through the Disbursing Agent, shall make all Distributions
required by the Plan. Furthermore, the Company, New UPC and the Disbursing Agent
are authorized to make distributions required in connection with ratification of
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Distribution Date, the Disbursing Agent shall make a Distribution of New UPC
Common Stock and Cash, as applicable, to the Holders of Allowed Claims and
Allowed Equity Interests in accordance with Article IV of the Plan. Thereafter,
Distributions may be made from time to time in the reasonable discretion of the
Disbursing Agent. Notwithstanding any other provision in the Plan, no
Distributions shall be made to a Holder of a Claim or Equity Interest unless and
until such Claim or Equity Interest is an Allowed Claim or an Allowed Equity
Interest, respectively.

     Delivery of Distributions

     Subject to U.S. Bankruptcy Rule 9010, Distributions to Holders of Allowed
Claims or Allowed Equity Interests shall be made by the Disbursing Agent (a) at
the last known addresses of such Holders, (b) at the addresses set forth in any
written notices of address changes delivered to the Disbursing Agent, (c) in the
case of Holders of Allowed UPC Notes Claims, at the addresses contained in the
official records of the Indenture Trustee or (d) at the addresses set forth in
any properly completed letters of transmittal accompanying Certificates properly
remitted to, or book-entry transfers made to the Book-Entry Account of, the
Disbursing Agent. If any Holder's Distribution is returned as undeliverable, no
further Distributions to such Holder shall be made unless and until the
Disbursing Agent is notified of such Holder's then current address, at which
time all missed Distributions shall be made to such Holder without interest and
without any dividends that would have been payable on any equity securities to
be distributed. All Distributions pursuant to the Plan shall be at the
Reorganized Company's expense. Nothing contained in the Plan shall require the
Reorganized Company or the Disbursing Agent or New UPC to attempt to locate any
Holder of an Allowed Claim or Allowed Equity Interest other than by reviewing
the records of the Reorganized Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in the Plan, the Reorganized Company and New UPC shall be entitled to
implement additional, supplemental or modified distribution procedures, upon
terms approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court after at least ten (10) days notice
to UGC and the Participating Noteholders.

     Disbursing Agent

     The Disbursing Agent shall fulfill the obligations under the Plan with
respect to the Distributions of Property to the Holders of Allowed Claims and
Allowed Equity Interests, including, without limitation, holding all reserves
and accounts pursuant to the Plan. The identity of the initial Disbursing Agent
shall be disclosed by the Company prior to the Confirmation Hearing and shall be
approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court pursuant to the Confirmation Order. The
terms of employment of the Disbursing Agent shall be submitted to the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for approval at the Confirmation Hearing. In the event of the
resignation of the Disbursing Agent, a replacement shall be appointed by the
Reorganized Company and New UPC, without the need for further U.S. Bankruptcy
Court approval.

     Distribution Notification Date

     As of the close of business on the Distribution Notification Date, all
transfer ledgers, transfer books, registers and any other records maintained by
the designated transfer agents with respect to ownership of the Belmarken Notes,
the UPC Notes, the UPC Preference Shares A, the UPC Priority Shares and the UPC
Ordinary Shares A will be closed and, for purposes of the Plan, there shall be
no further changes in the record holders of the Belmarken Notes, the UPC Notes,
the UPC Preference Shares A, the UPC Priority Shares or the UPC Ordinary Shares
A. The Disbursing Agent shall have no obligation to recognize the transfer of
any Belmarken Notes, UPC Notes, UPC Preference Shares A, UPC Priority Shares or
UPC Ordinary Shares A occurring after the Distribution Notification Date, and
will be entitled for all purposes to recognize and deal only with those Holders
of Belmarken Notes, UPC Notes, UPC Preference Shares A, UPC Priority Shares and
UPC Ordinary Shares A as of the close of business on the Distribution
Notification Date, as reflected on such ledgers, books, registers or records.

     Distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims and Allowed Equity Interests

     Except for Distributions to Holders of Allowed Belmarken Notes Claims,
Allowed UPC Notes Claims, Allowed UPC Preference Shares A, Allowed UPC Priority
Shares and Allowed UPC Ordinary Shares A, which will be made in accordance with
Section 6.5(b) of the Plan, on the Effective Date, the Reorganized Company or
New UPC, as applicable, shall deliver to the Disbursing Agent sufficient Cash
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make the Distributions to be made on the Effective Date to the Holders of
Allowed Claims. Payments of Cash to be made pursuant to the Plan will be
available from funds held by the Reorganized Company as of the Effective Date.

     Promptly after the later of (i) the Effective Date or (ii) the date of
Allowance of such Claims or Equity Interests, the Reorganized Company shall
cause the Disbursing Agent to mail to the Holders of Allowed Belmarken Notes
Claims, Allowed UPC Notes Claims, Allowed UPC Preference Shares A, Allowed UPC
Priority Shares and Allowed UPC Ordinary Shares A appropriate transmittal
materials (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss
and title to the Belmarken Notes and the UPC Notes theretofore evidencing the
Allowed Class 4 Claims and certain of the Allowed Class 5 Claims, respectively,
or any Certificates theretofore representing UPC Preference Shares A, UPC
Priority Shares and UPC Ordinary Shares A shall pass, only upon (i) proper
physical delivery of Certificates representing such Belmarken Notes and UPC
Preference Shares A to the Disbursing Agent, (ii) proper delivery of such UPC
Notes or UPC Ordinary Shares A held in bearer form through a book-entry transfer
into a Book-Entry Account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility for the UPC Notes
or UPC Ordinary Shares A held in bearer form in accordance with the Book-Entry
Transfer Facility's procedures for transfer and (iii) proper entries being made
with respect to such UPC Priority Shares or UPC Ordinary Shares A held in
registered form to the register of the Company, maintained by the Company's
Board of Management, containing the names and addresses of the Holders of the
UPC Priority Shares and the UPC Ordinary Shares A held in registered form). The
Disbursing Agent may establish reasonable and customary rules and procedures in
connection with its duties. No distribution of New UPC Common Stock under the
Plan shall be made to Holders of Allowed Belmarken Notes Claims, Allowed UPC
Notes Claims, Allowed UPC Preference Shares A, Allowed UPC Priority Shares or
Allowed UPC Ordinary Shares A until one of the following occurs: (i) the Holder
thereof (A) surrenders any Certificate(s) representing such Allowed Claim or
Allowed Equity Interest, as the case may be, to the Disbursing Agent or (B)
executes and delivers an affidavit of loss and/or indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to the Reorganized Company; (ii) there is a transfer of such
Allowed Claim or Allowed Equity Interest, as the case may be, in book-entry form
to the Book-Entry Account; or (iii) there is an entry made with respect to such
Allowed Claim or Allowed Equity Interest, as the case may be, in the register of
the Company, maintained by the Company's Board of Management, containing the
names and addresses of the Holders thereof; provided, however, that any Holder
of an Allowed Claim or Allowed Equity Interest to which clause (i) above applies
that fails to (y) surrender its Certificate(s) or (z) execute and deliver an
affidavit of loss and/or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Reorganized
Company before the later to occur of (I) six (6) months after the Effective Date
and (II) six (6) months following the date such Holder's Claim or Equity
Interest becomes an Allowed Claim or Allowed Equity Interest, as applicable,
shall be deemed to have forfeited all of its rights against, Claims against
and/or Equity Interests in the Company, may not participate in any distribution
under the Plan and shall be forever barred from asserting any such rights
against the Reorganized Company, New UPC or their respective property.

     Disputed Distributions

     If any dispute arises as to the identity of any Holder of an Allowed Claim
or Allowed Equity Interest who is to receive a Distribution, the Disbursing
Agent shall, in lieu of making such Distribution to such Holder, delay such
Distribution until the disposition thereof shall be determined by Final Order of
the U.S. Bankruptcy Court or by written agreement among the interested parties
to such dispute.

     Distributions of Cash

     Any Cash payment to be made pursuant to the Plan may be made by Cash,
draft, check, wire transfer, or as otherwise required or provided in any
relevant agreement or applicable law at the option of the Reorganized Company.

     Failure to Negotiate Checks

     Checks issued in respect of Distributions under the Plan shall be null and
void if not negotiated within sixty (60) days after the date of issuance. Any
amounts returned to the Reorganized Company in respect of such non-negotiated
checks shall be held by the Reorganized Company, as appropriate. Requests for
reissuance of any such check shall be made directly to the Reorganized Company
by the Holder of the Allowed Claim with respect to which such check originally
was issued. All amounts represented by any voided check will be held until the
later to occur of (i) nine (9) months after the Effective Date and (ii) nine (9)
months after such voided check was issued, and all requests for reissuance by
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prior to such date. Thereafter, all such amounts shall be deemed to be Unclaimed
Property, in accordance with Section 6.9 of the Plan, and all Claims in respect
of void checks and the underlying Distributions shall be forever barred,
estopped and enjoined from assertion in any manner against the Company or its
Property or the Reorganized Company or its Property.

     Unclaimed Distributions

     Any Cash that becomes Unclaimed Property shall revest in the Reorganized
Company and shall no longer be subject to Distribution to Creditors or Equity
Interest Holders. Any New UPC Common Stock that becomes Unclaimed Property shall
be canceled and shall no longer be subject to Distribution to Creditors or
Equity Interest Holders. All full or partial payments made by the Disbursing
Agent or the Company and received by the Holder of a Claim or Equity Interest
prior to the Effective Date will be deemed to be payments under the Plan for
purposes of satisfying the obligations of the Company pursuant to the Plan.
Pursuant to Section 1143 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, all Claims in respect of
Unclaimed Property shall be deemed Disallowed and the Holder of any Claim or
Equity Interest Disallowed in accordance with this Section 6.9 will be forever
barred, expunged, estopped and enjoined from asserting such Claim or Equity
Interest in any manner against the Company or its Property or the Reorganized
Company or its Property.

     Limitation on Distribution Rights

     If a claimant holds more than one Claim in any one Class, all Claims of the
claimant in that Class may be aggregated into one Claim and one distribution may
be made with respect to the aggregated Claim.

     Fractional Euros and Shares

     Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, Cash distributions of
fractions of Euros will not be made; rather, whenever any payment of a fraction
of a Euro would be called for, the actual payment made shall reflect a rounding
of such fraction to the nearest whole Euro (up or down), with half-Euros being
rounded down. To the extent that Cash remains undistributed as a result of the
rounding of such fraction, such Cash shall be treated as Unclaimed Property
pursuant to Section 6.9 of the Plan.

     No fractional shares of New UPC Common Stock shall be issued or distributed
under the Plan. Each person entitled to receive New UPC Common Stock shall
receive the total number of whole shares of New UPC Common Stock to which such
Person is entitled. Whenever any Distribution to a particular Person would
otherwise call for Distribution of a fraction of a share of New UPC Common
Stock, the actual Distribution of such shares shall be rounded to the next
higher or lower whole number as follows: (A) fractions one-half (1/2) or greater
shall be rounded to the next higher whole number and (B) fractions of less than
one-half (1/2) shall be rounded to the next lower whole number. The total number
of shares of New UPC Common Stock to be distributed to a Class of Claims or
Equity Interests shall be adjusted as necessary to account for the rounding
provided for in this Section 6.12. No consideration shall be provided in lieu of
fractional shares that are rounded down.

     Compliance with Tax Requirements

     In connection with each Distribution with respect to which the filing of an
information return (such as an Internal Revenue Service Form 1099 or 1042) or
withholding is required, the Reorganized Company shall file such information
return with the Internal Revenue Service and provide any required statements in
connection therewith to the recipients of such Distribution or effect any such
withholding and deposit all moneys so withheld as required by law. With respect
to any Person from whom a tax identification number, certified tax
identification number or other tax information required by law to avoid
withholding has not been received by the Reorganized Company within thirty (30)
days from the date of such request, the Reorganized Company may, at its option,
withhold the amount required from the Property to be distributed and distribute
the balance to such Person or decline to make such Distribution until the
information is received.

     Documentation Necessary to Release Lien

     Each Creditor which is to receive a Distribution under the Plan in full
satisfaction of a Miscellaneous Secured Claim shall not receive such
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necessary to release all Liens arising under any applicable security agreement
or non-bankruptcy law (in recordable form if appropriate) in connection with
such Miscellaneous Secured Claim and such other documents as the Company or the
Reorganized Company, as applicable, may reasonably request or (b) otherwise
turns over and releases any and all property of the Company that secures or
purportedly secures such Claim. Any such Holder that fails to execute and
deliver such release of liens within 120 days of the Effective Date shall be
deemed to have no further Claim against the Company, the Reorganized Company or
their assets or property in respect of such Claim and shall not participate in
any Distribution hereunder on account of such Claim. Notwithstanding the
immediately preceding sentence, any such Holder of a Disputed Claim shall not be
required to execute and deliver such release until such time as the Claim is
Allowed or Disallowed.

     Distributions by Indenture Trustee

     Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, any Distributions on
account of Allowed Claims arising under the Indentures or otherwise administered
by the Indenture Trustee shall be made by the Disbursing Agent to the Indenture
Trustee, which, in turn, shall make any such Distributions to the Holders of
such Allowed Claims under the Plan. Except as expressly provided in the Plan,
Distributions made by any Indenture Trustee shall be subject to the requirements
set forth in the applicable Indenture, and any Indenture Trustee acting in good
faith pursuant to the Plan shall be entitled to the same indemnification the
Disbursing Agent receives from the Company or the Reorganized Company, as the
case may be.

     Setoffs

     The Company or the Reorganized Company, as applicable, may, but shall not
be required to, set off against any Claims and the payments or distributions to
be made pursuant to the Plan in respect of such Claims, any and all debts,
liabilities and claims of every type and nature whatsoever which the Estate, the
Company or the Reorganized Company may have against the Holders of such Claims;
provided, however, that neither the failure to do so nor the allowance of any
such Claims, whether pursuant to the Plan or otherwise, shall constitute a
waiver or release by the Company or the Reorganized Company of any such claims
the Company or the Reorganized Company may have against such Creditors, and all
such claims shall be reserved to and retained by the Reorganized Company.

   Treatment of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases; Indemnification
   Obligations; Benefit Programs

     General

     On the Effective Date, all of the executory contracts and unexpired leases
that exist between the Company and any Person which (a) have not expired or
terminated pursuant to their own terms, (b) have not previously been assumed,
assumed and assigned, or rejected pursuant to an order of the U.S. Bankruptcy
Court on or prior to the Confirmation Date or (c) are not the subject of pending
motions to assume, assume and assign, or reject as of the Confirmation Date,
will be (i) deemed assumed if listed on the Schedule of Assumed Contracts or
(ii) deemed rejected if listed on the Schedule of Rejected Contracts; provided,
however, that any executory contracts or unexpired leases which are omitted from
both the Schedule of Assumed Contracts and the Schedule of Rejected Contracts
are assumed as of the Effective Date, all in accordance with the provisions and
requirements of Section 365 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code; provided, however, that
the Company shall have the right, at any time prior to the Confirmation Date, to
amend the Schedule of Assumed Contracts and the Schedule of Rejected Contracts
upon notice to the counterparty to a contract or lease (i) to delete any
executory contract or unexpired lease listed therein or (ii) to add any
executory contract or unexpired lease thereto.

     The Confirmation Order (except as otherwise provided therein) shall
constitute an order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court pursuant to Section 365 of the
U.S. Bankruptcy Code, effective as of the Effective Date, approving such
assumptions and rejections, as applicable. Each contract and lease assumed or
rejected, as the case may be, pursuant to Section 7.1 of the Plan shall be
assumed or rejected, as the case may be, only to the extent that any such
contract or lease constitutes an executory contract or unexpired lease.
Assumption or rejection, as the case may be, of a contract or lease pursuant to
Section 7.1 of the Plan shall not constitute an admission by the Company or the
Reorganized Company that such contract or lease is an executory contract or
unexpired lease or that the Company or the Reorganized Company has any liability
thereunder. All executory contracts and unexpired leases that are assumed will
be assumed under their present terms or upon such terms as are agreed to between
the Company and the other party to the executory contract or unexpired lease.
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lease that is assumed and relates to the use, ability to acquire, or occupancy
of real property shall include: (y) all modifications, amendments, supplements,
restatements, or other agreements made directly or indirectly by any agreement,
instrument, or other document that in any manner affect such executory contract
or unexpired lease and (z) all executory contracts or unexpired leases
appurtenant to the premises, including all easements, licenses, permits, rights,
privileges, immunities, options, rights of first refusal, powers, uses,
reciprocal easement agreements, vaults, tunnel or bridge agreements or
franchises, and any other interests in real estate or rights in rem related to
such premises, unless any of the foregoing agreements has been rejected pursuant
to an order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

     Cure of Defaults for Assumed Contracts and Leases

     All undisputed cure and any other monetary default payments required by
Section 365(b)(1) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code under any executory contract and
unexpired lease to be assumed pursuant to the Plan which is in default shall be
satisfied by the Reorganized Company (to the extent such obligations are
enforceable under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and applicable non-bankruptcy law),
pursuant to Section 365(b)(1) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, at the option of the
Reorganized Company: (A) by payment of such undisputed cure amount, without
interest, in Cash within sixty (60) days following the Effective Date; (B) such
other amount as ordered by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court; or (C) on such other terms
as may be agreed to by the parties to such executory contract or unexpired
lease. In the event of a dispute, payment of the amount otherwise payable
hereunder shall be made without interest, in Cash (i) on or before the later of
sixty (60) days following the Effective Date or thirty (30) days following entry
of a Final Order liquidating and allowing any disputed amount or (ii) on such
other terms as may be agreed to by the parties to such executory contract or
unexpired lease.

     Resolution of Objections to Assumption of Executory Contracts and Unexpired
     Leases; Cure Payments

     Any party objecting to the Company's proposed assumption of an executory
contract or unexpired lease or the ability of the Reorganized Company to provide
"adequate assurance of future performance" (within the meaning of Section 365 of
the U.S. Bankruptcy Code) under the contract or lease to be assumed shall File
and serve on counsel for the Company a written objection to the assumption of
such contract or lease within thirty (30) days after the service of the notice
of Confirmation. Failure to File an objection within the time period set forth
above shall constitute consent to the assumption and revestment of such contract
or lease, including an acknowledgment that the proposed assumption provides
adequate assurance of future performance. To the extent that any objections to
the assumption of a contract or lease are timely Filed and served and such
objections are not resolved between the Company and the objecting parties, the
U.S. Bankruptcy Court shall resolve such disputes at a hearing to be held on a
date to be determined by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

     If the counterparty to a contract or lease assumed by the Company believes
that, as of the Confirmation Date, a cure payment is due and owing under such
contract or lease, such counterparty shall File and serve on counsel for the
Company a notification setting forth the amount of the cure payment which such
party believes is due and owing, which notification shall be Filed and served no
later than thirty (30) days after the service of the notice of Confirmation.
Failure to File such a notification within the time period set forth above shall
constitute an acknowledgment that no cure payment is due and owing in connection
with the assumption of such contract or lease and an acknowledgment that no
other defaults exist under said contract or lease. To the extent that any such
notifications are timely Filed and served and are not resolved between the
Company and the applicable counterparty, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court shall resolve
such disputes at a hearing to be held on a date to be determined by the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court. The resolution of such disputes shall not affect the Company's
assumption of the contracts or leases that are subject of such a dispute, but
rather shall affect only the "cure" amount the Company must pay in order to
assume such contract or lease. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding
sentence, if the Company in its discretion determines that the amount asserted
to be the necessary "cure" amount would, if ordered by the U.S. Bankruptcy
Court, make the assumption of the contract or lease imprudent, then the Company
may elect to (i) reject the contract or lease pursuant to Section 7.1 of the
Plan or (ii) request an expedited hearing on the resolution of the "cure"
dispute, exclude assumption or rejection of the contract or lease from the scope
of the Confirmation Order, and retain the right to reject the contract or lease
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     Claims for Rejection Damages

     Objections to the amounts listed on the Schedule of Rejected Contracts for
damages allegedly arising from the rejection pursuant to the Plan or the
Confirmation Order of any executory contract or any unexpired lease shall be
Filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and served on counsel for the Company not
later than thirty (30) days after the service of the earlier of (A) notice of
Confirmation or (B) other notice that the executory contract or unexpired lease
has been rejected. Any Holder of a Claim arising from the rejection of any
executory contract or any unexpired lease that fails to File such Objection on
or before the dates specified in this paragraph shall be forever barred,
estopped and enjoined from asserting any Claims in any manner against the
Company or its Property or the Reorganized Company or its Property for any
amounts in excess of the amount scheduled by the Company on the Schedule of
Rejected Contracts for such contract or lease and the Company and the
Reorganized Company shall be forever discharged from all indebtedness or
liability with respect to such Claims for such excess amounts and such Holders
shall be bound by the terms of the Plan.

     Treatment of Rejection Claims

     The U.S. Bankruptcy Court shall determine any Objections Filed in
accordance with Section 7.4 of the Plan at a hearing to be held on a date to be
determined by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Subject to any statutory limitation,
including, but not limited to the limitations contained in Sections 502(b)(6)
and 502(b)(7) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, any Claims arising out of the
rejection of executory contracts and unexpired leases shall, pursuant to Section
502(g) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, be treated as Class 5 Claims in accordance
with Section 4.7 of the Plan.

     Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases Entered Into and Other Obligations
     Incurred After the Petition Date

     On the Effective Date, all contracts, leases, and other agreements entered
into by the Company on or after the Petition Date, which agreements have not
been terminated in accordance with their terms or been rejected on or before the
Confirmation Date, shall revest in and remain in full force and effect as
against the Reorganized Company and the other parties to such contracts, leases
and other agreements.

     Indemnification Obligations

     To the extent not inconsistent with the Plan, any obligations of the
Company or the Reorganized Company, pursuant to their respective organizational
documents, applicable non-bankruptcy law or a specific agreement, to indemnify a
Person with respect to all present and future actions, suits and proceedings
against the Company, the Reorganized Company or such indemnified Person, based
upon any act or omission related to service with, or for or on behalf of, the
Company, the Reorganized Company shall survive Confirmation and shall not be
impaired by Confirmation, except to the extent any such obligation has been
released, discharged or modified pursuant to the Plan. Such indemnification
obligations shall be performed and honored by the Reorganized Company, as
applicable.

     Benefit Programs

     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, nothing in
the Plan shall adversely affect the payment of any "retiree benefits" (as such
term is defined in Section 1114(a) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code) to the extent
required by Section 1129(a)(13) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

   Resolution of Disputed Claims

     Preservation of Rights

     Except as to applications for allowance of compensation and reimbursement
of expenses under Sections 330 and 503 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, the
Reorganized Company shall have the exclusive right to make and file objections
to Administrative Claims, other Claims, Equity Interests and Old Other Equity
Interests, subsequent to the Confirmation Date. Except to the extent that any
Claim, Equity Interest or Old Other Equity Interest is Allowed in the Plan,
nothing, including the failure of the Company or the Reorganized Company to
object to a Claim, Equity Interest or Old Other Equity Interest for any reason
during the pendency of the Chapter 11 Case, shall affect, prejudice, diminish or
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Company with respect to any Claim, Equity Interest or Old Other Equity Interest,
including, but not limited to, all rights of the Company or Reorganized Company
(i) to contest or defend themselves against such Claims, Equity Interests or Old
Other Equity Interests in any lawful manner or forum when and if such Claim,
Equity Interest or Old Other Equity Interest is sought to be enforced by the
Holder thereof or (ii) in respect of legal and equitable defenses to setoffs or
recoupments against Claims, Equity Interests or Old Other Equity Interests. The
distributions provided for in Article IV of the Plan shall at all times be
subject to Section 8.1 of the Plan and to Section 502(d) of the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code.

     Objections to and Resolution of Claims, Administrative Claims, Equity
     Interests and Old Other Equity Interests

     Unless otherwise ordered by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the Reorganized
Company shall file all objections to Claims (including Administrative Claims)
that are the subject of proofs of claim or requests for payment filed with the
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (other than applications for allowance of compensation and
reimbursement of expenses under Sections 330 and 503 of the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code) Equity Interests or Old Other Equity Interests and serve such objections
upon the Holder as to which the objection is made as soon as is practicable,
but, with respect to Claims (other than Administrative Claims) Equity Interests
and Old Other Equity Interests, in no event later than one hundred and eighty
(180) days after the Effective Date, or, in either case, such later date as may
be approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court upon request made before or after
expiration of such applicable objection period. All objections shall be
litigated to Final Order; provided, however, that the Reorganized Company shall
have the authority to compromise, settle, otherwise resolve or withdraw any
objections without any requirement of approval by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

     Estimation of Claims

     The Company or the Reorganized Company, as applicable, may, at any time,
request that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court estimate any contingent or unliquidated
Claim pursuant to Section 502(c) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code regardless of
whether or not the Company or the Reorganized Company has previously objected to
such Claim or the U.S. Bankruptcy Court has previously ruled on any such
objection. Claims may be estimated and subsequently compromised, settled,
withdrawn or resolved by any mechanism approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court;
provided, however, that commencing on the Effective Date the Reorganized Company
may compromise, settle or resolve any such Claims without further approval of
the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

     Distributions Withheld for Disputed Unsecured Claims and Equity Interests

     Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, no payments or
Distributions shall be made with respect to all or any portion of a Disputed
Claim or Disputed Equity Interest unless and until some portion thereof has
become an Allowed Claim or Allowed Equity Interest, respectively.

     On each applicable Distribution Date, the Disbursing Agent shall reserve
for the benefit of Holders of Disputed Claims and Disputed Equity Interests (the
"Reserve") the distributions to which the Holders of Disputed Claims and
Disputed Equity Interests as of such Distribution Date would be entitled under
the Plan if such Disputed Claims and Disputed Equity Interests were Allowed
Claims and Allowed Equity Interests in the amounts of their Disputed Claims and
Disputed Equity Interests, respectively, as if the Holders thereof had received
such distributions on the Initial Distribution Date. Such amounts shall be
determined by reference to the aggregate Face Amount of all Disputed Claims or
Disputed Equity Interests as of such date. The Disbursing Agent shall maintain a
register of all Disputed Claims and Disputed Equity Interests, the amounts upon
which to base reserves for such Disputed Claims and Disputed Equity Interests
pursuant to the preceding sentence and, where the property to be reserved is New
UPC Common Stock, the number of shares of New UPC Common Stock to which the
Holders of the Disputed Claims and Disputed Equity Interests would be entitled
if such Disputed Claims and Disputed Equity Interests were Allowed Claims and
Allowed Equity Interests, as applicable.

     The Holder of a Disputed Claim or Disputed Equity Interest that becomes an
Allowed Claim or Allowed Equity Interest subsequent to the Initial Distribution
Date shall receive Distributions of the applicable New UPC Common Stock or Cash
previously reserved on account of such Claim or Equity Interest in the Reserve
as soon as reasonably practicable following the allowance of any such Claim or
Equity Interest; provided, however, that neither the Company, the Reorganized
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Distribution if the aggregate Distribution would not exceed (euro)500,000 or
10,000 shares of New UPC Common Stock, as applicable. Such Distributions shall
be made in accordance with the Plan based upon the Distributions that would have
been made to such holder under the Plan if the Disputed Claim or Disputed Equity
Interest had been an Allowed Claim or Allowed Equity Interest, respectively, on
or prior to the Effective Date.

     Upon any Disputed Claim or Disputed Equity Interest becoming a Disallowed
Claim or Disallowed Equity Interest, respectively, in whole or in part, the
Property, if any, reserved for the payment of or Distribution on the Disallowed
portion of such Disputed Claim or Disputed Equity Interest (i) if in the form of
Cash, shall revest in the Reorganized Company and no longer be subject to
Distribution to Creditors or Equity Interest Holders and (ii) if in the form of
New UPC Common Stock, shall either (A) be cancelled or (B) be returned to New
UPC to be held as treasury shares and no longer be subject to Distribution to
Holders of Claims or Equity Interests.

     Dutch Bankruptcy Case

     Nothing in the Plan shall impair the rights of the Company or the
Administrator to contest any claim filed or otherwise asserted against the
Company in the Dutch Bankruptcy Case.

   Conditions to Confirmation and Consummation of the Plan

     Conditions Precedent to Confirmation

     Confirmation is subject to the following conditions precedent:

     o    The Confirmation Order shall be in form and substance reasonably
          acceptable to the Company, New UPC, UGC and the Participating
          Noteholders; provided that none of UGC, New UPC or the Participating
          Noteholders may request that the Confirmation Order contain a
          provision that is inconsistent with any of the provisions of the
          Restructuring Agreement.

     o    the Offer Memorandum, which is comprised of the Disclosure Statement
          and an offer memorandum supplement, has been submitted to the A-FM
          prior to the commencement of the Dutch Implementing Offer and
          generally made available to the Holders of the UPC Ordinary Shares A
          outside the United States to effectuate the Restructuring; and

     o    on or before the deadline for voting to accept or reject the Plan, the
          Company shall have obtained the Dutch Tax Ruling.

     Conditions Precedent to Consummation

     The Plan shall be consummated and the Effective Date shall occur if and
only if the following conditions shall have occurred or shall have been duly
waived (if waivable) pursuant to Section 11.3 of the Plan:

     o    the Confirmation Order shall not have been vacated, reversed, stayed,
          modified, amended, enjoined or restrained by order of a court of
          competent jurisdiction and shall have become a Final Order;

     o    the Akkoord shall have been adopted by the requisite majority of
          Ordinary Creditors and subsequently ratified by the Dutch Bankruptcy
          Court, all conditions to the effectiveness of the Akkoord shall have
          been satisfied or duly waived to the extent permitted therein, and the
          Dutch Bankruptcy Court's adoption and ratification of the Akkoord
          shall have become final and binding and no longer subject to appeal;

     o    the UPC Voting Securities and Belmarken Notes held by the UGC Group
          shall have been contributed to the capital of New UPC;

     o    the Company's shareholders shall have duly authorized the Shareholder
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     o    New UPC shall have issued sufficient shares of New UPC Common Stock to
          effect the Restructuring in accordance with the Plan;

     o    New UPC shall have sold the Belmarken Notes to the capital of the
          Company;

     o    all UPC Preference Shares A shall have been registered in the name of
          either New UPC or the Company after giving effect to the consummation
          of the Restructuring or, in the event that the UPC Preference
          Shares A are not transferred to New UPC under the Plan, shall have
          been cancelled in accordance with Section 9.2(c) of the Plan,
          provided, however, that this condition shall be deemed satisfied
          unless, on or before the date that is ten (10) days prior to the date
          of the hearing to ratify the Akkoord, UGC or a Majority-in-Interest of
          the Participating Noteholders shall serve written notice on the other
          that such condition has not been satisfied;

     o    UGC and the Holders of Class 4 Claims and Class 5 Claims, as
          applicable, shall have purchased shares of New UPC Common Stock in an
          amount equal to the Maximum Subscription Amount pursuant to the New
          UPC Equity Subscription;

     o    the Incentive Plan shall have been adopted by New UPC;

     o    all documents and agreements required to be executed or delivered
          under the Plan, the Akkoord or the Restructuring Agreement on or prior
          to the Effective Date, including, without limitation, the Stockholders
          Agreement, shall have been executed and delivered by the parties
          thereto;

     o    the U.S. Bankruptcy Court shall have entered an order (contemplated to
          be part of the Confirmation Order) authorizing and directing the
          Company and the Reorganized Company to take all actions necessary or
          appropriate to enter into, implement, and consummate the contracts,
          instruments, releases, indentures and other agreements or documents
          created, amended, supplemented, modified or adopted in connection with
          the Plan;

     o    the Amended and Restated UPC Articles of Association, the Amended and
          Restated New UPC Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and
          Restated New UPC By-Laws shall have been filed with the applicable
          authority of each entity's jurisdiction of incorporation or
          organization in accordance with such jurisdiction's applicable law;

     o    all applicable U.S. and Dutch Laws and regulations, if any, in
          connection with the effectiveness of the Plan or the Akkoord shall
          have been complied with;

     o    all authorizations, consents and regulatory approvals required, if
          any, in connection with the effectiveness of the Plan or the Akkoord
          shall have been obtained; and

     o    no order of a court shall have been entered and shall remain in effect
          restraining the Company from consummating the Plan.

     Waiver of Conditions to Consummation

     The conditions to consummation in Section 11.2 of the Plan may be waived at
any time by a writing signed by an authorized representative of the Company, New
UPC and the Participating Noteholders, without notice or order of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court or any further action other than proceeding to consummation of
the Plan.

   Legal Effect of Confirmation of the Plan

     Discharge

     To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law (including, without
limitation, Section 105 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code), and except as otherwise
provided in the Plan or in the Confirmation Order: (A) all consideration
distributed under the Plan shall be in exchange for, and in complete
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all Claims of any nature whatsoever against, Equity Interests in, or Old Other
Equity Interests in, the Company, the Reorganized Company, the Estate or any of
their assets or properties and, regardless of whether any property shall have
been distributed or retained pursuant to the Plan on account of such Claims,
Equity Interests or Old Other Equity Interests, upon the Effective Date, except
as otherwise set forth in the Plan, (i) the Company shall be deemed discharged
and released under Section 1141(d)(1)(A) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code from any
and all Claims, including, but not limited to, demands and liabilities that
arose before the Confirmation Date, debts (as such term is defined in Section
101(12) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code), Liens, security interests, and
encumbrances of and against all Property of the Estate, the Company and its
Affiliates, that arose before the Confirmation Date, including without
limitation, all debts of the kind specified in Sections 502(g), 502(h) or 502(i)
of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, whether or not (a) such Claim has been Allowed
pursuant to Section 502 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, or (b) the Holder of such
Claim has voted to accept the Plan and (ii) all interests of the Holders of
Equity Interests and, to the extent permitted under applicable law, Old Other
Equity Interests shall be terminated; and (B) as of the Confirmation Date, (x)
all Persons, including, without limitation, all Holders of Claims, Equity
Interests or Old Other Equity Interests, shall be barred and enjoined from
asserting against the Company or the Reorganized Company, their successors or
their property any other or further Claims, debts, rights, Causes of Action,
liabilities or Equity Interests relating to the Company based upon any act,
omission, transaction or other activity of any nature that occurred prior to the
Confirmation Date. In accordance with the foregoing, except as provided in the
Plan or the Confirmation Order, the Confirmation Order shall be a judicial
determination of discharge of all such Claims and other debts and liabilities
against the Company and termination of all Equity Interests and, to the extent
permitted under applicable law, Old Other Equity Interests, pursuant to Sections
524 and 1141 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, and such discharge and termination
shall void any judgment obtained against the Company at any time, to the extent
that such judgment relates to a discharged Claim or terminated Equity Interest
or Old Other Equity Interest. In particular, Confirmation shall permanently
enjoin all Holders of Claims against, or Equity Interests in, the Company or any
other party in interest from taking any action whatsoever, whether within or
outside of the United States, including, without limitation, in connection with
the Dutch Bankruptcy Case, that in any way is inconsistent with or contrary to
the classification and/or treatment of Claims, Equity Interests or Old Other
Equity Interests under this Plan, and all Holders are bound by the Plan.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Section 12.1 of the Plan shall not affect the
rights of New UPC with respect to any Belmarken Notes, UPC Notes, UPC Preference
Shares A, UPC Priority Shares or UPC Ordinary Shares A, transferred to it in
accordance with the Plan.

     Injunction

     Except as otherwise expressly provided for in the Plan or the Confirmation
Order and to the fullest extent authorized or provided by the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code, including Sections 524 and 1141 thereof, Confirmation shall, provided that
the Effective Date occurs, permanently enjoin all Persons that have held,
currently hold or may hold a Claim or other debt or liability that is discharged
or an Equity Interest, Old Other Equity Interest or other right of an equity
security Holder that is Impaired or terminated pursuant to the terms of the Plan
from taking any of the following actions against the Company, the Reorganized
Company or their property on account of any such discharged Claims, debts or
liabilities or such terminated Equity Interests, Old Other Equity Interests or
rights: (a) commencing, conducting or continuing in any manner, directly or
indirectly, any suit, action or other proceeding of any kind; (b) enforcing,
levying, attaching, collecting or otherwise recovering in any manner or by any
means, whether directly or indirectly, any judgment, award, decree or order; (c)
creating, perfecting or enforcing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any
Lien or encumbrance of any kind; (d) asserting any setoff, offset, right of
subrogation or recoupment of any kind, directly or indirectly, against any debt,
liability or obligation due to the Company or the Reorganized Company; and/or
(e) proceeding in any manner in any place whatsoever, including employing any
process, that does not conform to or comply with or is inconsistent with the
provisions of the Plan.

     Exculpation

     None of UGC, UGC Holdings, the Company, the Reorganized Company, New UPC,
the Committee, any Participating Noteholder, any Indenture Trustee (provided
that such Indenture Trustee has fully satisfied its obligations under the Plan),
any Holder of UPC Notes, UPC Preference Shares A, UPC Priority Shares or UPC
Ordinary Shares A, or any of the foregoing's respective current or former
officers, directors, Subsidiaries, Affiliates, members, managers, shareholders,
partners, representatives, employees, attorneys, financial advisors, accountants
and agents, or any of their respective successors and assigns (collectively, the
"Exculpated Parties"), or any of their respective property, shall have or incur
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Equity Interest, or any other party in interest, or any of their respective
officers, directors, Subsidiaries, Affiliates, members, managers, shareholders,
partners, representatives, employees, attorneys, financial advisors and agents,
or any of their respective successors and assigns, and their respective
property, for any act or omission in connection with, relating to, or arising
out of, the Restructuring, the Moratorium Petition, the Chapter 11 case, the
solicitation of acceptances of the Plan or the Akkoord, the pursuit of
Confirmation or the acceptance of the Akkoord, the consummation of the Plan or
the Akkoord, or the administration of the Plan or the Akkoord or the property to
be distributed under the Plan or the Akkoord, except (i) for their gross
negligence or willful misconduct and (ii) solely in the case of the Company, New
UPC, UGC or any Participating Noteholder, any liability for failure to comply
with, or breach of such Person's obligations under the Plan, the Akkoord or the
Restructuring Agreement, and in all respects the Company, New UPC, UGC and the
Participating Noteholders shall be entitled to reasonably rely upon the advice
of counsel with respect to their duties and responsibilities under the Plan, the
Akkoord and the Restructuring Agreement.

     Furthermore, notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or the
Akkoord, no Holder of a Claim, Equity Interest or Old Other Equity Interest, no
other party in interest, none of their respective current or former officers,
directors, Subsidiaries, Affiliates, members, managers, shareholders, partners,
representatives, employees, attorneys, financial advisors, accountants and
agents, or any of their respective successors and assigns, and their respective
property, shall have any right of action, demand, suit or proceeding against
UGC, UGC Holdings, the Company, the Reorganized Company, New UPC, each
Participating Noteholder, any Indenture Trustee (provided that such Indenture
Trustee has fully satisfied its obligations under the Plan), each holder of UPC
Notes, the Belmarken Notes, the UPC Preference Shares A, the UPC Priority Shares
or the UPC Ordinary Shares A and each of the foregoing's respective current or
former officers, directors, Subsidiaries, Affiliates, members, managers,
shareholders, partners, representatives, employees, attorneys, financial
advisors and agents, or any of their respective successors and assigns, and
their respective property, for any act or omission in connection with, relating
to, or arising out of, the Restructuring, the Moratorium Petition, the Chapter
11 Case, the solicitation of acceptances of the Plan or the Akkoord, the pursuit
of Confirmation or the acceptance of the Akkoord, the consummation of the Plan
or the Akkoord, or the administration of the Plan or the Akkoord or the property
to be distributed under the Plan or the Akkoord, except for their gross
negligence or willful misconduct.

     Releases

     Effective on the Confirmation Date, but subject to the occurrence of the
Effective Date, UGC, UGC Holdings, the Company, the Reorganized Company, New
UPC, each Participating Noteholder, any Indenture Trustee (provided that such
Indenture Trustee has fully satisfied its obligations under the Plan), each
holder of UPC Notes, and each of the foregoing's respective current or former
officers, directors, Subsidiaries, Affiliates, members, managers, shareholders,
partners, representatives, employees, attorneys, financial advisors and agents,
or any of their respective successors and assigns, and their respective
property, shall be released from any and all claims, obligations, rights, causes
of action, choses in action, demands, suits, proceedings and liabilities which
the Company or any holder of a Claim against, Equity Interest in, or Old Other
Equity Interest in, the Company may be entitled to assert, under the Laws of the
U.S. or The Netherlands or any political subdivision of either of them, whether
for fraud, tort, contract, violations of applicable securities laws, or
otherwise, whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, existing or
hereafter arising, contingent or non-contingent, based in whole or in part upon
any act, omission, transaction, state of facts, circumstances or other
occurrence or failure of an event to occur, taking place before the Confirmation
Date and in any way relating to the Company, the Reorganized Company, New UPC,
the issuance, purchase or sale of the Belmarken Notes, the UPC Notes, the UPC
Preference Shares A, the UPC Priority Shares or the UPC Ordinary Shares A, the
Restructuring, the Chapter 11 Case, the Moratorium Petition, the Plan, or the
Akkoord; provided, however, that nothing herein shall release any Person from
any claims, obligations, rights, causes of action, choses in action, demands,
suits, proceedings or liabilities based upon any act or omission arising out of
such Person's gross negligence or willful misconduct; provided further that
nothing herein shall release the Company, New UPC, UGC or any Participating
Noteholder from any claims, obligations, rights, causes of action, choses in
action, demands, suits, proceedings or liabilities based upon or such Person's
failure to comply with, or breach of such Person's obligations under, the Plan,
the Akkoord or the Restructuring Agreement; provided further that to the extent
that, on the Effective Date, New UPC is the holder of any Belmarken Notes, UPC
Notes, UPC Preference Shares A, UPC Priority Shares or UPC Ordinary Shares A,
whether obtained through the Dutch Implementing Offer and the Plan or otherwise,
the Claims and Equity Interests represented by such Belmarken Notes, UPC Notes,
UPC Preference Shares A, UPC Priority Shares and UPC Ordinary Shares A held by
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will not be released, but will instead remain outstanding. Effective as of the
Confirmation Date, but subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, all
holders of Belmarken Notes, UPC Notes, UPC Preference Shares A, UPC Priority
Shares and UPC Ordinary Shares A shall be deemed to release, and shall be
permanently enjoined from bringing, maintaining, facilitating or assisting any
action, demand, suit or proceeding against the Company, the Reorganized Company,
New UPC and their respective current or former officers, directors,
Subsidiaries, Affiliates, members, managers, shareholders, partners,
representatives, employees, attorneys, financial advisors and agents, or any of
their respective successors and assigns, and their respective property, in
respect of any claims, obligations, rights, causes of action, demands, suits,
proceedings and liabilities related to, or arising from, any and all claims or
interests arising under, in connection with, or related to the Belmarken Notes,
the UPC Notes, the UPC Preference Shares A, the UPC Priority Shares, the UPC
Ordinary Shares A, or the issuance, purchase, or sale thereof; provided that
such release and injunction shall not be binding on New UPC to the extent of New
UPC's claims and interests solely against the Company on account of any
Belmarken Notes, UPC Notes, UPC Preference Shares A, UPC Priority Shares or UPC
Ordinary Shares A held by New UPC, whether obtained through the Dutch
Implementing Offer and the Plan or otherwise.

     Binding Effect of Plan

     The provisions of the Plan shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of the Company, the Estate, the Reorganized Company, any Holder of any Claim,
Equity Interest or Old Other Equity Interest treated herein or any Person named
or referred to in the Plan, the Indenture Trustee and each of their respective
heirs, executors, administrators, representatives, predecessors, successors,
assigns, agents, officers and directors, and, to the fullest extent permitted
under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and other applicable law, each other Person
affected by the Plan.

     Indemnification

     To the extent not inconsistent with the Plan or the Confirmation Order and
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including, but not limited
to, the extent provided in the Company's, the Reorganized Company's or New UPC's
constituent documents, contracts (including, but limited to, any indemnification
agreements), statutory law or common law, the Reorganized Company shall
indemnify, hold harmless and reimburse the Exculpated Parties from and against
any and all losses, claims, Causes of Action, damages, fees, expenses,
liabilities and actions: (A) for any act taken or omission made in good faith in
connection with or in any way related to negotiating, formulating, implementing,
confirming or consummating the Plan, the Akkoord, the Disclosure Statement, the
Restructuring Agreement or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement
or document created in connection with the Plan or the Akkoord or the
administration of the Chapter 11 Case or the Dutch Bankruptcy Case; or (B) for
any act or omission in connection with or arising out of the administration of
the Plan or the Akkoord or the property to be distributed under the Plan or the
Akkoord or the operations or activities of the Reorganized Company or New UPC,
and any Claims of any such Exculpated Party against the Company, the Reorganized
Company, or New UPC, as applicable, on account of such indemnification
obligations shall be unaltered and Unimpaired within the meaning of Section
1124(l) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, except that neither the Company, the
Reorganized Company nor New UPC shall have any obligation to indemnify any
Exculpated Party for any acts or omissions that constitute gross negligence or
willful misconduct, provided, however, that upon request of an Exculpated Party
covered by this section, the Reorganized Company shall advance amounts to cover
any and all losses, claims, Causes of Action, damages, fees, expenses,
liabilities and actions; provided further, that if a court of a competent
jurisdiction determines that such Exculpated Party is not entitled to the
amounts that were advanced, such Exculpated Party shall return the funds to the
Reorganized Company. Such indemnification obligations shall survive unaffected
by Confirmation, irrespective of whether such indemnification is owed for an act
or event occurring before or after the Petition Date.

     Term of Injunctions or Stays

     Unless otherwise provided herein or in the Confirmation Order, all
injunctions or stays provided for in the Chapter 11 case under Sections 105(a)
or 362 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, or otherwise, and in existence on the
Confirmation Date, shall remain in full force and effect until the Effective
Date.

     Preservation of Insurance

     Except as necessary to be consistent with the Plan, the Plan and the
discharge provided in the Plan shall not diminish or impair (A) the
enforceability of insurance policies that may cover Claims against the Company
or any other Person or (B) the continuation of workers' compensation programs in
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     Waiver of Subordination Rights

     Any distributions under the Plan shall be received and retained free of and
from any obligations to hold or transfer the same to any other Creditor, and
shall not be subject to levy, garnishment, attachment or other legal process by
any Holder by reason of claimed contractual subordination rights, and the
Confirmation Order shall constitute an injunction enjoining any Person from
enforcing or attempting to enforce any contractual, legal or equitable
subordination rights to Property distributed under the Plan, in each case other
than as provided in the Plan.

     No Successor Liability

     Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, the Company and the
Reorganized Company do not, pursuant to the Plan or otherwise, assume, agree to
perform, pay, or indemnify Creditors or otherwise have any responsibilities for
any liabilities or obligations of the Company relating to or arising out of the
operations or assets of the Company, whether arising prior to, on, or after the
Confirmation Date. The Reorganized Company is not, and shall not be, a successor
to the Company by reason of any theory of law or equity, and shall not have any
successor or transferee liability of any kind or character, except that the
Reorganized Company shall assume the obligations specified therefor in the Plan
and the Confirmation Order.

   Retention of Jurisdiction

     Continuing Jurisdiction of U.S. Bankruptcy Court

     Notwithstanding Confirmation and the occurrence of the Effective Date, the
U.S. Bankruptcy Court shall retain after the Effective Date jurisdiction of all
matters arising out of, arising in or related to, the Chapter 11 case to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including, without limitation,
jurisdiction to:

     o    classify or establish the priority or secured or unsecured status of
          any Claim, Equity Interest or Old Other Equity Interest (whether Filed
          before or after the Effective Date and whether or not contingent,
          Disputed or unliquidated) or resolve any dispute as to the treatment
          necessary to Reinstate such a Claim pursuant to the Plan;

     o    allow, disallow, determine, liquidate or estimate any Claim, Equity
          Interest or Old Other Equity Interest, including the compromise,
          settlement and resolution of any request for payment of any such Claim
          and the resolution of any Objections to the allowance of any such
          Claims, Equity Interests or Old Other Equity Interests, and to hear
          and determine any other issue presented hereby or arising hereunder,
          including during the pendency of any appeal relating to any Objection
          to such Claims or Equity Interests;

     o    grant or deny any applications for allowance of compensation or
          reimbursement of expenses pursuant to Sections 330, 331 or 503(b) of
          the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or otherwise provided for in the Plan, for
          periods ending on or before the Effective Date;

     o    determine and resolve any and all controversies relating to the rights
          and obligations of the Indenture Trustee, the Disbursing Agent,
          arising in connection with the Chapter 11 case and any voting agent
          and/or claims agent retained by the Company in connection with the
          Chapter 11 case, including, without limitation, any dispute arising in
          connection with the payment of the reasonable fees and expenses of the
          Indenture Trustee, the Disbursing Agent, such voting agent and/or
          claims agent in connection with their duties in the Chapter 11 case;

     o    enter and implement such orders as are necessary or appropriate if the
          Confirmation Order is for any reason modified, stayed, reversed,
          revoked or vacated;

     o    determine such other matters and for such other purposes as may be
          provided in the Confirmation Order;

     o    hear and determine any other matters related hereto and not
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     o    continue to enforce the automatic stay and any stay imposed under
          Section 105(a) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code through the Effective Date;

     o    hear and determine (i) disputes arising in connection with the
          interpretation, implementation or enforcement of the Plan or (ii)
          issues presented or arising under the Plan, including disputes among
          Holders and arising under agreements, documents or instruments
          executed in connection with the Plan;

     o    enter a final decree closing the Chapter 11 case or converting it to a
          Chapter 7 case;

     o    determine and resolve any matters related to the assumption,
          assumption and assignment or rejection of any executory contract or
          unexpired lease to which the Company is a party or with respect to
          which the Company may be liable, and to hear, determine and, if
          necessary, liquidate any Claims arising therefrom;

     o    ensure that all payments due under the Plan and performance of the
          provisions of the Plan are accomplished as provided herein (including
          by the approval of additional, supplemental or modified distribution
          procedures or otherwise) and resolve any issues relating to
          distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims or Allowed Equity Interests
          pursuant to the provisions of the Plan;

     o    construe, take any action and issue such orders, prior to and
          following the Confirmation Date and consistent with Section 1142 of
          the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, as may be necessary for the enforcement,
          implementation, execution and consummation of the Plan and all
          contracts, instruments, releases, indentures and other agreements or
          documents created in connection with the Plan, including, without
          limitation, the Disclosure Statement and the Confirmation Order, for
          the maintenance of the integrity of the Plan and protection of the
          Reorganized Company in accordance with Sections 524 and 1141 of the
          U.S. Bankruptcy Code following consummation;

     o    determine any other matters that may arise in connection with or
          relating to the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Confirmation Order
          or any contract, instrument, release, indenture or other agreement or
          document created in connection with the Plan, the Disclosure Statement
          or the Confirmation Order, except as otherwise provided in the Plan;

     o    determine and resolve any cases, controversies, suits or disputes that
          may arise in connection with the consummation, interpretation,
          implementation or enforcement of the Plan (and all Exhibits to the
          Plan) or the Confirmation Order, including the indemnification and
          injunction provisions set forth in and contemplated by the Plan or the
          Confirmation Order, or any Person's rights arising under or
          obligations incurred in connection therewith;

     o    hear any application of the Company, the Reorganized Company or New
          UPC to modify the Plan before or after the Effective Date pursuant to
          Section 1127 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and Section 14.3 of the Plan
          or modify the Confirmation Order or any contract, instrument, release,
          indenture or other agreement or document created in connection with
          the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or the Confirmation Order, or
          remedy any defect or omission or reconcile any inconsistency in any
          U.S. Bankruptcy Court order, the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the
          Confirmation Order or any contract, instrument, release, indenture or
          other agreement or document created in connection with the Plan, the
          Disclosure Statement or the Confirmation Order, in such manner as may
          be necessary or appropriate to consummate the Plan, to the extent
          authorized by the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and the Plan;

     o    issue injunctions, enter and implement other orders or take such other
          actions as may be necessary or appropriate to restrain interference by
          any Person with consummation, implementation or enforcement of the
          Plan or the Confirmation Order;

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     o    hear and determine any motions, applications, adversary proceedings,
          contested matters and other litigated matters pending on, Filed or
          commenced after the Effective Date that may be commenced by the
          Company thereafter, including proceedings with respect to the rights
          of the Company to recover Property under Sections 542, 543 or 553 of
          the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or to otherwise collect to recover on account
          of any claim or Cause of Action that the Company may have; and

     o    hear any other matter not inconsistent with the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

     Failure of U.S. Bankruptcy Court to Exercise Jurisdiction

     If the U.S. Bankruptcy Court abstains from exercising or declines to
exercise jurisdiction over any matter related to the Company, including with
respect to the matters set forth in Section 13.1 of the Plan, Article XIII of
the Plan shall not prohibit or limit the exercise of jurisdiction by any other
court having competent jurisdiction with respect to such subject matter.

   Other Provisions

     Revocation or Withdrawal of the Plan

     The Company reserves the right, at any time prior to substantial
consummation of the Plan, to revoke or withdraw the Plan, but only to the extent
that the Company could terminate the Restructuring Agreement under Article XI of
the Restructuring Agreement. If the Plan is revoked or withdrawn or if the
Confirmation Date does not occur, the Plan shall be null and void and have no
force and effect. In such event, nothing contained herein shall be deemed to
constitute a waiver or release of any claims by or against the Company or any
other Person or to prejudice in any manner the rights of the Company or any
Person in any further proceedings involving the Company.

     Modification of the Plan

     The Company and New UPC may alter, amend or modify the Plan in accordance
with Section 1127 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or as otherwise permitted;
provided, however, that neither the Company nor New UPC may modify the Plan
without the consent of the other or, to the extent required in Section 5.3(b) of
the Restructuring Agreement, the consent of a Majority-in-Interest of the
Participating Noteholders.

     Severability of Plan Provisions

     Should the U.S. Bankruptcy Court determine, prior to the Confirmation Date,
that any provision of the Plan is either illegal on its face or illegal as
applied to any Claim, Equity Interest or Old Other Equity Interest, such
provision shall be unenforceable as to all Holders of Claims, Equity Interests
or Old Other Equity Interests or to the specific Holder of such Claim, Equity
Interest or Old Other Equity Interest, as the case may be, as to which such
provision is illegal. Unless otherwise determined by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court,
such a determination of unenforceability shall in no way limit or affect the
enforceability and operative effect of any other provision of the Plan. The
Company reserves the right not to proceed with Confirmation or consummation of
the Plan if any such ruling occurs.

     Payment of Statutory Fees

     All U.S. Trustee's Fee Claims, as determined, if necessary, by the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court, shall be paid on or before the Effective Date. All such fees
that arise after the Effective Date, but before the closing of the Chapter 11
case, shall be paid by the Reorganized Company.

     Dissolution of Committees

     On the Effective Date, any Committee shall be automatically dissolved and
all members, Professionals and agents of such Committee shall be deemed released
of their duties, responsibilities and obligations, and shall be without further
duties, responsibilities and authority in connection with the Company, the
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     Continued Confidentiality Obligations

     Pursuant to the terms thereof, members of and advisors to any Committee,
any other Holder of a Claim, Equity Interest or Old Other Equity Interest and
their respective predecessors, successors and assigns shall continue to be
obligated and bound by the terms of any confidentiality agreement executed by
them in connection with the Chapter 11 case or the Company, to the extent that
such agreement, by its terms, may continue in effect after the Confirmation
Date, provided, however, that the confidentiality agreements with the
Participating Noteholders and their advisors shall terminate on the Effective
Date and be of no further force and effect.

     Entire Agreement

     Upon consummation of the Plan, the Plan and the documents executed and
delivered on the Effective Date and in consummation of the Plan shall be deemed
to set forth the entire agreement and undertakings relating to the subject
matter thereof and shall supersede all prior discussions and documents related
thereto, including the Restructuring Agreement. The Company shall not be bound
by any terms, conditions, definitions, warranties, understandings, or
representations with respect to the subject matter thereof, other than as
expressly provided for therein or as may hereafter be agreed to by the parties
in writing.

     Wavier

     The Company or the Reorganized Company, as applicable, reserves the right
to waive any provision of the Plan to the extent such provision is for the sole
benefit of the Company and/or its officers or directors.

     Bar Date for Professional Claims

     Final applications for compensation for services rendered and reimbursement
of expenses incurred by Professionals (a) from the later of the Petition Date or
the date on which retention was approved through the Effective Date or (b)
pursuant to Section 503(b)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall be Filed no later
than sixty (60) days after the Effective Date or such later date as the
Bankruptcy Court approves, and shall be served on (i) counsel to the Company at
the address set forth in Section 14.9 of the Plan, (ii) counsel to New UPC at
the address set forth in Section 14.9 of the Plan, (iii) counsel to the
Participating Noteholders at the address set forth in Section 14.9 of the Plan,
and (iv) the Office of the United States Trustee at the address set forth in
Section 14.9 of the Plan. Any objections to an application for the payment of
Professional Claims must be filed and served on the Reorganized Company and its
counsel and the requesting Professional no later than twenty-five (25) days (or
such longer period as may be granted by order of the Bankruptcy Court) after the
date on which such application was served. Applications that are not timely
Filed will not be considered by the Court. The Reorganized Company may pay any
Professional fees and expenses incurred after the Effective Date without any
application to the Bankruptcy Court.

Voting on, and Confirmation of, the Plan

   Overview of Voting in Chapter 11

     In Chapter 11, the right to vote on a plan of reorganization is determined
by the treatment that a particular holder of a claim or equity interest receives
under the plan. If the holder of a claim or equity interest is unimpaired under
a plan, the holder is deemed to accept the plan and it is therefore unnecessary
to solicit such holder's vote on the plan. Similarly, it is not necessary to
solicit a vote from a holder of a claim or equity interest who is not entitled
to receive or retain any property under a plan and such holder is deemed to
reject the plan under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. However, if an impaired holder
of a claim or equity interest is entitled to receive property under the plan,
then such holder is not deemed to automatically accept or reject the plan and is
entitled to vote thereon.

     Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, however, does not require each
holder of a claim or equity interest in a voting class to vote in favor of a
plan of reorganization in order for a bankruptcy court to confirm the plan.
Instead, acceptance or rejection of a plan is determined based on whether
classes of claims or equity interests vote to accept or reject the plan. In
order for a plan to be confirmed (a) absent a "cramdown" (as discussed below),
each class of claims or interests must either (i) be unimpaired under the plan
or (ii) vote to accept the plan and (b) at least one class of claims that is
impaired must vote to accept the plan, determined without including any
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of the plan by any insider in such class of impaired claims. In turn, in order
for a particular class to accept a plan, acceptances must be received:

     o    if such class is a class of claims against a debtor, from the holders
          of claims constituting at least two-thirds (2/3) in dollar amount of
          the allowed claims actually voted in such class and more than one-half
          (1/2) in number of the allowed claims actually voted in such class, or

     o    if such class is a class of equity interests in a debtor, from the
          holders of at least two-thirds (2/3) in amount of the allowed equity
          interests actually voted in such class.

   Parties Entitled to Vote on the Plan

     Unimpaired Classes

     Class 1 (Miscellaneous Secured Claims), Class 2 (Classified Priority
Claims) and Class 3 (Critical Creditor Claims) are not impaired under the Plan
and, pursuant to Section 1126(f) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, are conclusively
deemed to have accepted the Plan without the necessity of a solicitation of the
members of such Classes.

     Non-Voting Impaired Classes

     Class 10 (Old Other Equity Interests) is deemed to reject the Plan without
the necessity of a solicitation of the members of such Class pursuant to Section
1126(g) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code because the Holders in such Class will not
receive or retain any property under the Plan.

     Voting Impaired Classes

     Classes 4 (Belmarken Notes Claims), 5 (UPC Notes Claims and General
Unsecured Claims), 6 (UPC Preference Shares A), 7 (UPC Priority Shares), 8 (UPC
Ordinary Shares A (including UPC Ordinary Shares A in the form of UPC ADSs)) and
9 (Equity Securities Claims) are the only Impaired Classes under the Plan from
whom the Company believes the solicitation of acceptances is required. As
discussed above, Section 1129(a)(10) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code provides that
if any classes of claims are impaired under a plan, the plan cannot be confirmed
unless at least one such impaired class of claims has voted to accept the plan
(without counting any acceptances of the plan by any insiders in such class).
Because Class 4 (Belmarken Notes Claims), Class 5 (UPC Notes Claims and General
Unsecured Claims) and Class 9 (Equity Securities Claims) are the only Impaired
Classes of Claims under the Plan, the affirmative vote of the Holders of at
least one such Class of Claims (without counting any acceptances of the Plan by
any insiders, including, without limitation, the UGC Group, in such Class) is
necessary for confirmation of the Plan. However, because UGC, an insider of the
Company, is the only member of Class 4 (Belmarken Notes Claims), approval of the
Plan by this Class cannot count towards the satisfaction of this requirement.
Thus, the affirmative vote of either Class 5 (UPC Notes Claims and General
Unsecured Claims) or Class 9 (Equity Securities Claims) (in either case, without
counting any acceptances of the Plan by any insiders, including, without
limitation, the UGC Group, in such Class) is required for confirmation of the
Plan.

   Voting Procedures

     In light of the simultaneous U.S. Bankruptcy Case and Dutch Bankruptcy
Case, the Company proposes to solicit from those Holders of Claims against the
Debtor who are entitled under Dutch law to vote on the Akkoord both a vote on
the Plan and a vote on the Akkoord, with the latter being effected through the
delivery of an irrevocable proxy or voting instruction and related power of
attorney (with power of substitution) by such Holder to Allen & Overy,
Amsterdam, the Company's Dutch counsel, to file such Holder's Claim in the Dutch
Bankruptcy Case and vote such Holder's Claim on the Akkoord.

     Accordingly, as applicable, the Ballots will also act as the requisite
documents for filing a Claim in the Dutch Bankruptcy Case and for voting to
accept or reject the Akkoord. In particular, the applicable Holders will be
permitted either to accept both the Plan and the Akkoord or to reject both the
Plan and the Akkoord. However, in order for a vote to accept or reject the
Akkoord to count, the identity of such Holder will need to be disclosed in the
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     A vote in favor of the Plan by an eligible Holder of an Equity Interest
(including UPC Ordinary Shares A) shall also constitute delivery of a revocable
proxy to vote in favor of the Shareholder Proposals, in such Holder's capacity
as a voting shareholder of the Company.

     Each Voting Party received with this Disclosure Statement a Ballot for the
purpose of voting to accept or reject the Plan. After carefully reviewing this
Disclosure Statement, including the Annexes hereto, each such Voting Party that
wishes to vote on the Plan and the Akkoord should complete and execute its
Ballot, check the box indicating whether it accepts or rejects the Plan and,
except as set forth below, return such Ballot in the pre-addressed envelope.
Ballots (and Master Ballots cast on behalf of beneficial holders of UPC Notes or
UPC ADSs) must be submitted so that they are actually received by the
appropriate Voting Agent on or before the Voting Deadline (_______ __, 200_ at
_____ (New York City Time) (unless extended by the Company and New UPC) (subject
to court approval, as necessary)) at the following addresses:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                 <C>                                          <C>

             Securities Voting Agent                                Nonsecurities Voting Agent

            Innisfree M&A Incorporated                                Bankruptcy Services LLC
           Attn: UPC Ballot Tabulation
          501 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor                                 By regular mail:
                New York, NY 10022                      United Pan-Europe Communications Ballot Processing
             United States of America                                      P.O. Box 5014
                                                                            FDR Station
                                                                      New York, NY 10150-5014

                                                                By messenger or overnight courier:
                                                        United Pan-Europe Communications Ballot Processing
                                                                    c/o Bankruptcy Services LLC
                                                                        70 East 55th Street
                                                                      New York, NY 10022-3222

                                                                            Telephone:
</TABLE>

     The Company will make a public announcement of any extension of the Voting
Deadline by release to the Dow Jones News Service prior to 9:00 a.m., New York
City Time, on the next Business Day following the previously scheduled Voting
Deadline. The Company will notify the Voting Agents of any extension by oral or
written notice. Any Voting Party, other than those who have signed the
Restructuring Agreement (unless in accordance with the terms thereof), may
change its vote on the Plan and the Akkoord at any time prior to the Voting
Deadline. Thereafter, votes may not be changed except to the extent authorized
by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

     To the extent that any such Holder holds Claims or Equity Interests in more
than one Class, such Holder will receive a separate Ballot for each such Claim
or Equity Interest.

     The Company does not intend to solicit votes on the Plan from Holders of
Miscellaneous Secured Claims, Classified Priority Claims, Critical Creditor
Claims and Old Other Equity Interests because the Holders thereof are
unimpaired. Therefore, Ballots are not being transmitted to the Holders of such
Claims and Equity Interests.

     If the Voting Party is a beneficial holder, but not a registered record
holder, and received his or her Ballot from an Intermediary who holds UPC Notes
or UPC ADSs on his or her behalf, he or she should return his or her Ballot to
his or her Intermediary in accordance with the instructions received with his or
her Ballot. The Intermediaries will, in turn, submit summary Master Ballots to
the appropriate Voting Agent which reflect the votes of the beneficial holders
on whose behalf such Intermediaries hold UPC Notes or UPC ADSs. Any Ballot
returned by a beneficial holder to an Intermediary will not be counted for
purposes of voting on the Plan until such Intermediary properly completes and
delivers a Master Ballot to the appropriate Voting Agent that reflects the vote
of such beneficial holder. Master Ballots also must be returned to the above
address so that they are actually received by the appropriate Voting Agent by
the Voting Deadline.

         If any beneficial holder owns UPC Notes or UPC ADSs through more than
one Intermediary, such beneficial holder may receive multiple mailings
containing Ballots. The beneficial holder should execute a separate Ballot for
each block of UPC Notes or UPC ADSs that it holds through any particular
Intermediary and return each Ballot to the respective Intermediary in the return
envelope provided. Beneficial holders who execute multiple Ballots with respect
to UPC Notes or UPC ADSs held through more than one Intermediary must indicate
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Ballot the names of ALL such other Intermediaries and the additional amounts of
UPC Notes or UPC ADSs held and voted by such beneficial holder. If a beneficial
holder owns a portion of its UPC Notes or UPC ADSs through an Intermediary and
another portion as a record holder, the beneficial holder should, with respect
to the portion held as a record holder, complete the appropriate Ballot and
return it to the appropriate Voting Agent and, with respect to the portion held
through an Intermediary, complete the appropriate Ballot and return it to the
Intermediary.

     Subject to any applicable order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the Company
will decide any and all questions affecting the validity of any Ballot or Master
Ballot submitted, which decision will be final and binding. To that end, the
Company may reject any Ballots or Master Ballots that are not in proper form or
that the Company's counsel believes would be unlawful or were submitted in bad
faith. Any Ballot or Master Ballot which is executed by a Holder of Claims or
Equity Interests but does not indicate an acceptance or rejection of the Plan
shall not be counted as a vote on the Plan.

     Only originally signed Ballots or Master Ballots will be counted. Neither
copies of nor facsimile Ballots or Master Ballots will be accepted. If a Ballot
or Master Ballot, as applicable, is not actually received by the appropriate
Voting Agent on or before the Voting Deadline, such Ballot or Master Ballot will
not be counted. Please follow the directions contained on the enclosed Ballot or
Master Ballot carefully.

     If a Holder or an Intermediary has any questions about the Disclosure
Statement, the Plan or the procedure for voting, did not receive a Ballot or
Master Ballot, as applicable, received a damaged Ballot or Master Ballot, as
applicable, lost his or her Ballot or Master Ballot, as applicable, or, in the
case of an Intermediary, requires additional copies of the Disclosure Statement
and/or Ballots for distribution to beneficial holders, he or she should call (i)
the Securities Voting Agent - Innisfree M&A Incorporated at 501 Madison Avenue,
New York, NY 10022, United States of America, tel. (877) 750-2689 or, from
outside the United States, tel. + 1 (412) 209-1704, (ii) the Nonsecurities
Voting Agent - Bankruptcy Services LLC at by regular mail at United Pan-Europe
Communications Ballot Processing, P.O. Box 5014, FDR Station, New York, NY
10150-5014, by messenger or overnight courier at United Pan-Europe
Communications Ballot Processing, c/o Bankruptcy Services LLC, 70 East 55th
Street, New York, NY 10022-3222 or telephone at 1-888-498-7765, or (iii) your
broker, bank, or other nominee.

     If you have any questions about the Akkoord ballot or power of attorney,
please contact (i) Allen & Overy, Apollolaan 15, 1077 AB Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, Mr. Rob Abendroth, tel. +31 (20) 674-1330, or (ii) Allen & Overy,
1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020, United States of America, Ms.
Helena Sprenger, tel. +1 (212) 610-6300.

     If a registered Holder does not hold for its own account, then it is
required to provide promptly copies of this Disclosure Statement and appropriate
Ballots to its customers and beneficial owners. Any beneficial owner who has not
received a Ballot should contact his or her Intermediary or Innisfree M&A
Incorporated as applicable.

     Any Voting Party, other than those who have signed the Restructuring
Agreement, may change its vote on the Plan at any time prior to the Voting
Termination Date. Thereafter, votes may not be changed except to the extent
authorized by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

     It is important that all Voting Parties vote because, under the U.S.
Bankruptcy Code, for purposes of determining whether the requisite acceptances
of a particular class have been received, only Holders in such class who
actually vote will be counted. Accordingly, failure by a Voting Party to submit
a duly completed and signed Ballot will be deemed to constitute an abstention by
such Voting Party with respect to the vote on the Plan. Abstentions, either as a
result of submitting a Ballot that has not been fully completed or signed or by
not submitting a Ballot on a timely basis, shall not be counted as a vote on the
Plan.

   Confirmation of the Plan

     In addition to a finding as to the receipt of the necessary acceptances of
the Plan, for the Plan to be confirmed, Section 1129 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code
requires that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court make a series of determinations
concerning the Plan, including, without limitation, that:

     (i)  the Plan has classified Claims and Equity Interests in a permissible
          manner;

     (ii) the contents of the Plan comply with the requirements of the U.S.
          Bankruptcy Code;

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     (iv) the Company has made disclosures concerning the Plan which are
          adequate and include information concerning all payments made or
          promised in connection with the Plan and the Chapter 11 case.

The Company believes that all of these conditions have been or shall be met.

     In addition, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court must find, among other things, that
the Plan is feasible and is in the "best interest" of all dissenting Holders of
Claims and Equity Interests in Impaired Classes. Thus, even if the Plan was duly
accepted by the Voting Parties, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court would be required to
make an independent finding respecting, among other things, the Plan's
feasibility and whether the Plan is in the best interests of certain Holders of
Claims and Equity Interests before it can confirm the Plan.

   The Best Interests Test

     The Best Interests Test (as defined in "Liquidation Analysis--Best
Interests of Creditors Test" below) requires that each holder of a claim or
equity interest in an impaired class either accept the plan or receive or retain
under the plan property of a value, as of the effective date of the plan, that
is not less than the value such holder would receive or retain if the debtor
were liquidated under Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. For the reasons set
forth below in "Liquidation Analysis," the Company believes that the Plan
satisfies the Best Interests Test.

   Feasibility

     The U.S. Bankruptcy Code also requires that, to confirm a plan of
reorganization, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court must find that confirmation of such
plan is feasible, meaning that it is not likely to be followed by the
liquidation, or the need for further financial reorganization, of the debtor
(the "Feasibility Test"). For the Plan to meet the Feasibility Test, the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court must find that the Company will possess the resources and
working capital necessary to provide the treatment specified in the Plan and to
continue to operate its business upon and after the consummation of the Plan.
The Company believes the Plan satisfies the Feasibility Test.

   Non-Acceptance and Cramdown

     Pursuant to Section 1129(b) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, a bankruptcy court
may, upon the request of the proponent of a plan, confirm a plan notwithstanding
the lack of acceptance by one or more impaired classes if the U.S. bankruptcy
court finds that

     (i)  the plan does not discriminate unfairly with respect to each
          non-accepting impaired class,

     (ii) the plan is "fair and equitable" with respect to each non-accepting
          impaired class,

    (iii) at least one impaired class has accepted the plan (without counting
          acceptances by insiders) and

     (iv) the plan satisfies the requirements set forth in Section 1129(a) of
          the U.S. Bankruptcy Code other than Section 1129(a)(8).

This procedure is commonly referred to as "cramdown." The Company intends, if
necessary, to request confirmation of the Plan pursuant to Section 1129(b) of
the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

    The Plan Is Fair and Equitable

     The U.S. Bankruptcy Code establishes different "fair and equitable" tests
for holders of secured claims, unsecured claims and equity interests.

     Secured Claims

     With respect to a class of secured claims that does not accept a plan of
reorganization, the debtor must demonstrate to the U.S. bankruptcy court that
either (i) the holders of such claims are retaining the liens securing such
claims and that each holder of a claim in such class will receive on account of
such claim deferred cash payments totalling at least the allowed amount of such
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of such holder's interest in its collateral, or (ii) the holders of such claims
will realize the indubitable equivalent of such claims under the plan.

     Unsecured Claims

     With respect to a class of unsecured claims that does not accept a plan of
reorganization, the debtor must demonstrate to the U.S. bankruptcy court that
either (i) each holder of an unsecured claim in the dissenting class will
receive or retain under the plan property of a value, as of the effective date,
equal to the allowed amount of its unsecured claim or (ii) no holder of a claim
or equity interest that is junior to the claims of the holders of the dissenting
class will receive or retain any property under the plan on account of such
junior claim or equity interest.

     Equity Interests

     With respect to a class of equity interests that does not accept a plan of
reorganization, the debtor must demonstrate to the U.S. bankruptcy court that
either (i) each holder of an equity interest in the dissenting class will
receive or retain on account of such equity interest property of a value equal
to the greatest of the allowed amount of any fixed liquidation preference to
which such holder is entitled, any fixed redemption price to which such holder
is entitled or the value of such interest or (ii) no holder of any equity
interest that is junior to the equity interests of the holders of the dissenting
class of equity interests will receive or retain any property under the plan on
account of such junior equity interest.

     The Company believes that the Plan is fair and equitable with respect to
each Class.

    The Plan Does Not Discriminate Unfairly

     The U.S. Bankruptcy Code requires that a plan not "discriminate unfairly"
with respect to each non-accepting impaired class. Essentially, this means that
each non-accepting impaired class must receive treatment reasonably consistent
with the treatment afforded to other classes with similar legal claims or rights
against the debtor. The Company believes that the Plan does not unfairly
discriminate against any Class.

   Confirmation Hearing

     Section 1128(a) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code requires that the bankruptcy
court, after notice, hold a hearing to confirm the Chapter 11 plan. Section
1128(b) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code provides that any party in interest may
object to confirmation of a Chapter 11 plan.

     The U.S. Bankruptcy Court has scheduled the Confirmation Hearing for
__________ __, 200_, at _____ (New York Time), before _________, United States
Bankruptcy Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court, Alexander Hamilton Custom
House, One Bowling Green, ___ Floor, Courtroom ___, New York, New York 10004.
The Confirmation Hearing may be adjourned from time to time by the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court without further notice except for an announcement of an
adjournment made at the Confirmation Hearing or any adjournment thereof.

     Any objections to confirmation of the Plan must be made in writing,
specifying in detail the name and address of the person or entity objecting, the
grounds for the objection and the nature and amount of the Claim or Equity
Interest held by the objector, and must be served and filed as ordered by the
Bankruptcy Court on or before ____ (New York City Time) on ________ __, 200_. If
an objection to confirmation is not timely served and filed, it may not be
considered by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

     If the Plan is confirmed, even if a Holder of a Claim or Equity Interest
did not vote, or voted against the Plan, the terms of the Plan, including,
without limitation, the exchanges set forth therein, will be binding on such
Holder as if such Holder had voted in favor of the Plan.

     Pursuant to the Plan, the documents to be executed in connection with
consummation of the Plan, including the Amended and Restated UPC Articles of
Association, the Amended and Restated New UPC Certificate of Incorporation, the
Amended and Restated New UPC By-Laws, the Incentive Plan, the Board of
Management Schedule, the New UPC Management Schedule and the Stockholders
Agreement shall be filed on or before the Document Filing Date (December 19,
2002). Copies of all such documents will be made available to all Holders of
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     Notice of the date and time of the Confirmation Hearing, as well as the
procedures for filing objections thereto, is included with this Disclosure
Statement.

   Consequences of Failure to Confirm the Plan

     Although the Company believes that the Plan meets all of the statutory
requirements for confirmation thereof, there is no guarantee that the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court will agree. Failure of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to confirm the
Plan would likely result in a more protracted bankruptcy proceeding, which could
have adverse consequences on the Company. In addition, if the Plan is not
confirmed then, under Dutch law, the Company may be forced to liquidate. See
"Risk Factors--Risks Related to Dutch Bankruptcy Case--The Company's Ordinary
Creditors may not approve the Akkoord, which may lead to the Company's
liquidation" above. Thus, if the Plan is not confirmed, there is a significant
likelihood that Holders of Claims and Equity Interests would ultimately receive
far less than what they would receive under the terms of the Restructuring. See
"Risk Factors--Risks Related to the Chapter 11 Case" and "Liquidation Analysis."

   Alternatives to Confirmation and Consummation of the Plan

     If the Plan is not confirmed and consummated, the alternatives to the Plan
include (i) the proposal of an alternative plan under Chapter 11 of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Code or (ii) the liquidation of the Company under Chapter 7 or
Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

     Alternative Plan of Reorganization

     If the Plan is not confirmed, the Company, or if its exclusive period in
which to file a plan of reorganization has expired, any other party in interest,
could attempt to formulate a different plan under Chapter 11 of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Code. Such a plan might involve either a reorganization and
continuation of our business or a sale or orderly liquidation of our business.
With respect to an alternative plan, the Company has explored various other
alternatives in connection with the extensive process involved in the
formulation and development of the Plan. The Company believes that the Plan, as
described herein, enables Holders of Claims and Equity Interests to realize the
most value under the circumstances and, as compared to any alternative plan of
reorganization, the Plan has the greatest chance to be confirmed and
consummated, especially in light of the need for the implementation of the
Restructuring under Dutch law.

    Liquidation Under Chapter 7 or Chapter 11

     If no plan of reorganization can be confirmed, the Chapter 11 case may be
converted to a case under Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, pursuant to
which a trustee would be elected or appointed to liquidate the Company's
ownership interests in its subsidiaries for distribution to creditors in
accordance with the priorities established by the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

     It is impossible to predict exactly how the proceeds of any such
liquidation would be distributed to the Holders of Claims against and Equity
Interests in the Company. However, the Company believes that, before any Holders
of Claims against and Equity Interests in the Company would receive any
distribution in a liquidation under Chapter 7, additional expenses and Claims
arising out of the liquidation, including, without limitation, from the
appointment of a trustee and its advisors, would reduce the amount of property
remaining for distribution to Holders of Claims against and Equity Interests in
the Company. Furthermore, due to various intercompany administrative, financial
and other relationships among the Company's subsidiaries, the Company believes
that there would likely be substantial practical and logistical difficulties in
selling its ownership interests in such subsidiaries separately and, as a
result, such difficulties would, in turn, likely result in a reduced recovery
upon any such sales. Finally, a Chapter 7 liquidation is likely to result in
substantial litigation and delays in ultimate distributions to creditors. Thus,
the Company believes that Holders of Impaired Claims would realize a greater
recovery under the Restructuring, including, without limitation, the Plan, than
would be realized in a Chapter 7 liquidation. In addition, Holders of Equity
Interests would receive nothing in a Chapter 7 liquidation.

     A discussion of the effects that a Chapter 7 liquidation would have on the
recoveries of Holders of Claims and Equity Interests is set forth under
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     It is also possible, if the Plan is not confirmed, that the Company could
be liquidated under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. In such a
proceeding, the Company's ownership interests in its subsidiaries could be sold
in a more orderly fashion than under Chapter 7. Although this could potentially
lead to greater recoveries than in a Chapter 7 liquidation, due to the practical
and logistical difficulties in selling such ownership interests separately as a
result of the intercompany administrative, financial and other relationships
among its subsidiaries, the Company believes that the recoveries in a Chapter 11
liquidation still would not equal the recoveries to holders of Claims and Equity
Interests under the Plan and, therefore, that such alternative is less
attractive than the Plan.

   Board Recommendation

     The Company's Supervisory Board and Board of Management, and New UPC's
Board of Directors, have unanimously approved the terms of the Plan and believe
that it is in the Company's best interests. The Company's Supervisory Board and
Board of Management, and New UPC's Board of Directors, strongly urge each Holder
of a Claim against, or Equity Interest in, the Company to vote in favor of the
Plan. However, each Holder of a Claim against, or Equity Interest in, the
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                                   THE AKKOORD

Introduction

     Simultaneously with the commencement of the Chapter 11 case, the Company
commenced the Dutch Bankruptcy Case and filed the Akkoord with the Dutch
Bankruptcy Court. A copy of the Akkoord, translated into English, is attached
hereto as Annex B. The English translation of the Akkoord attached to this
Disclosure Statement is an unofficial translation of the original Dutch text.
The Dutch text of the Akkoord will be decisive.

Effects of the Moratorium

     A moratorium of payments affects only the claims of the Ordinary Creditors.
Dutch law operates under the principle of equality of treatment of creditors and
only grants priority to certain specified claims by statutory provision. Types
of claims not specified by statute to have priority do not have priority. In
this context the most important types of claims to have a right of priority are

     (i)  claims of the tax and social security administrations,

     (ii) pension rights of, and salaries due to, employees,

     (iii) claims secured by pledge (pandrecht) or mortgage (hypotheek) and

     (iv) as a practical matter, estate creditors (boedelschulden).

Estate creditors come into existence either pursuant to explicit provisions in
the Dutch Bankruptcy Code or other law (e.g., certain obligations under lease
agreements and certain obligations under employment agreements) or pursuant to
acting or refraining from acting by the Company and the Administrator jointly.

     In principle, a moratorium of payments does not change the validity or the
content of an agreement. If an agreement contains rights and obligations for
both parties and neither of them has completely fulfilled its obligations, the
counterparty (creditor) of the Company is entitled to request both the Company
and the Administrator--in writing--to declare within a reasonable period of time
that they will perform under the agreement. If the Company and the Administrator
fail to reply within a reasonable period of time, they lose their right to
demand performance under the agreement. The Dutch Bankruptcy Code provides
specific rules for the termination of lease, hire-purchase (huurkoop), forward
business (termijnhandel), agency (agentuur) and labor agreements.

Voting on the Akkoord

     Upon receipt of claims submitted by the Ordinary Creditors, the
Administrator will prepare a list of claims, specifying for each claim whether
the Administrator will admit or dispute it. The claims on the list prepared by
the Administrator will be in Euros. If an interest-bearing claim (rentedragende
vordering) is placed on the list of admitted claims, only the interest that was
due prior to the commencement of the Dutch Bankruptcy Case will be allowed. A
copy of this list will be deposited for inspection at the court registry and
will remain there for a period of seven days before the Dutch Voting Meeting.
The claims list merely serves to determine (i) which Ordinary Creditors will be
permitted to vote on the Akkoord and (ii) in what amount each claim will be
admitted. Beneficial holders of the UPC Notes as of the Voting Record Date will
be permitted to file claims with the Administrator and vote on the Akkoord. At
the Dutch Voting Meeting the Administrator can still change the list of claims
and the Company and its Ordinary Creditors who appear at the Dutch Voting
Meeting can still dispute each claim. If the claim has been disputed by the
Administrator, the Company or other Ordinary Creditors, the supervisory judge
decides if, and for what amount, the respective Ordinary Creditor will be
admitted to participate in the vote. In short, the Ordinary Creditors who are
recognized by the Administrator (and undisputed by the Company and/or the
Ordinary Creditors) and admitted to the vote by the supervisory judge are
permitted to participate in the vote.

     The date of commencement of the Dutch Bankruptcy Case shall be the date for
determining which Ordinary Creditors, other than beneficial holders of the UPC
Notes, are entitled to file claims with the Administrator. With respect to the
beneficial holders of UPC Notes, the Dutch Bankruptcy Court has ordered that the
Voting Record Date shall be the date for determining which holders are entitled
to file claims with the Administrator. In either case, any Ordinary Creditors
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to vote on the Akkoord unless such claim is disputed by the Company, the
Administrator or any other Ordinary Creditor who has been admitted to vote. The
Dutch Bankruptcy Court will resolve any such dispute at the Dutch Voting
Meeting.

     The Dutch Bankruptcy Court has ordered that all Ordinary Creditors
(including, without limitation, the beneficial holders of the UPC Notes) must
submit their claims to the Administrator by the Dutch Claims Filing Date
(_________ __, 2003) and that the Dutch Voting Meeting will take place at
______. Amsterdam, The Netherlands on _________ __, 200_ at __:00 p.m. (Central
European Time) at ________, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Under certain
circumstances, the Ordinary Creditors can submit their claims after the Dutch
Claims Filing Date, but not later than two days prior to the Dutch Voting
Meeting. However, claims filed later than the Voting Deadline, but prior to the
Dutch Voting Meeting may only be permitted to vote on the Akkoord if neither the
Administrator (or the Company) nor any other Ordinary Creditor objects thereto.
In the event that an Ordinary Creditor who is not located in The Netherlands
files a claim with the Administrator after the Dutch Claims Filing Date, but at
or before the Dutch Voting Meeting, such claim may still be admitted to vote on
the Akkoord at the discretion of the Dutch Bankruptcy Court.

     To the extent that a claim classified under the Plan is held by an Ordinary
Creditor, such claim is an affected claim in the Dutch Bankruptcy Case and the
holder thereof may file its claim and vote on account of such claim in the Dutch
Bankruptcy Case. However, in the Dutch Bankruptcy Case, claims will not be
categorized by class. Under the Akkoord, Ordinary Creditors shall be offered by
the Company a number of shares of New UPC Common Stock equal to the number of
shares of New UPC Common Stock that holders of general unsecured claims are
entitled to receive under the Plan, either in exchange for transferring their
Allowed Claims to New UPC (as far as the Holders of the UPC Notes are concerned)
or in cancellation of their Allowed Claims (as far as Ordinary Creditors other
than the Holders of the UPC Notes are concerned).

     To the extent that the holder of a non-affected claim nonetheless elects to
file a claim in the Dutch Bankruptcy Case and votes on the Akkoord, any security
rights or priority held by such holder will be lost in the Dutch Bankruptcy Case
and unenforceable under Dutch law. Such claims will then be considered affected
claims under the Dutch Bankruptcy Code and receive treatment under the Plan and
the Akkoord in accordance with such election.

     Furthermore, holders of equity interests are not treated as creditors under
Dutch law and, as such, no holders of the Company's Equity Interests are
entitled to vote on, or shall be affected by, the Akkoord.

     In the Dutch Voting Meeting, the Administrator (and appointed experts, if
any) renders a written report on the Akkoord. In the Dutch Voting Meeting, the
Company can clarify the Akkoord or make minor changes to the Akkoord until the
voting takes place.

     In order to be accepted, the Akkoord must be approved by two-thirds (2/3)
of the admitted and recognized Ordinary Creditors representing three-fourths
(3/4) of the amount of the admitted and recognized claims. As a consequence of
this system, admitted and recognized Ordinary Creditors not present or
represented at the Dutch Voting Meeting or admitted and recognized Ordinary
Creditors who are present or represented but abstain from voting shall
effectively be considered to have voted against acceptance of the Akkoord.

     The concept of "cramdown" as understood under Section 1129 of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Code does not exist under the Dutch Bankruptcy Code .

     If the Akkoord is not approved (as described above) the Dutch Bankruptcy
Court may declare the Company bankrupt. The Company would then be liquidated. If
the Company is declared bankrupt, it may not file a second Akkoord.

Conditions to Ratification of the Akkoord

     At the Dutch Voting Meeting, if the Akkoord has been approved by the
requisite majority of Ordinary Creditors, the supervisory judge will set a date
on which the Dutch Bankruptcy Court will consider the ratification (homologatie)
of the Akkoord. The ratification of the Akkoord should take place at least eight
and not later than fourteen days after the Dutch Voting Meeting. The Dutch
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consider the ratification of the Akkoord. Before such hearing, the Administrator
and the Ordinary Creditors are entitled to notify the supervisory judge of their
positions as to the ratification of the Akkoord. At such hearing, the Company,
the Administrator and the Ordinary Creditors are permitted to provide their
views as to the ratification of the Akkoord. The supervisory judge or the Dutch
Bankruptcy Court will render a written report on the Akkoord.

     The Dutch Bankruptcy Court will refuse to ratify the Akkoord if one or more
of the following conditions exist:

     o    if the liquidation value of the assets of the estate exceeds the
          amount made available to creditors in the Akkoord;

     o    if performance of the Akkoord is not sufficiently guaranteed;

     o    if the Akkoord was reached by means of fraudulent acts or the
          preference of one or more creditors or by other unfair means,
          regardless of whether or not the Company or any party cooperated to
          that effect; or

     o    if the fees and expenses of the experts and the administrator(s) have
          not been paid to the administrator(s), or security has not been issued
          therefor.

     In addition to the foregoing, the Dutch Bankruptcy Court may, in its
discretion, refuse to ratify the Akkoord on other grounds or on its own motion
(ambtshalve). The Dutch Bankruptcy Court may declare the Company bankrupt
simultaneously with its refusal to ratify the Akkoord. If the Dutch Bankruptcy
Court does so, the Company would then be liquidated.

     The Akkoord becomes final and binding as soon as the ratification of the
Akkoord is no longer open to appeal. An appeal of either the decision of the
Dutch Bankruptcy Court to ratify the Akkoord or a decision of the Dutch
Bankruptcy Court to refuse to ratify the Akkoord has to be filed within eight
days after the respective decision.

Legal Effect of Ratification of the Akkoord

     A ratified and final Akkoord will be binding on all creditors that were
affected by the Dutch Bankruptcy Case. This includes the Ordinary Creditors who
(i) voted against the Akkoord, (ii) abstained from voting or (iii) did not
submit their claims with the Administrator.

     As a consequence of the ratification of the Akkoord, creditors with claims
that are not submitted with the Administrator or that were not admitted for
voting purposes, but that were subsequently allowed, can still claim
distribution under the Akkoord.

     Holders of Equity Interests in the Company will not be affected by the
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                          THE DUTCH IMPLEMENTING OFFER

Purpose and Terms of the Dutch Implementing Offer; Shares of New UPC Common
Stock to be Distributed

     The Dutch Bankruptcy Code does not provide for the Akkoord to reorganize or
cancel any of the Equity Interests in the Company. Therefore, in order to
facilitate implementation of the Plan with respect to certain of the UPC
Ordinary Shares A in accordance with Dutch law, solely with respect to persons
who are not U.S. Persons and who are not located or residing within the United
States, New UPC is undertaking the Dutch Implementing Offer. The Dutch
Implementing Offer will be made through the use of an offer memorandum (the
"Offer Memorandum"), of which this Disclosure Statement forms an integral part.

     Each Holder of UPC Ordinary Shares A who decides to participate in the
Dutch Implementing Offer will receive _______ shares of New UPC Common Stock in
consideration for his or her agreement to deliver his or her UPC Ordinary Shares
A in the Dutch Implementing Offer. New UPC will not pay any consideration other
than shares of New UPC Common Stock for the UPC Ordinary Shares A. No fractional
shares of New UPC Common Stock will be delivered and the number of shares of New
UPC Common Stock to be delivered to each Holder will be rounded down to the
nearest whole share of New UPC Common Stock.

     In the alternative, any Holder of UPC Ordinary Shares A may vote in favor
of the Plan and receive shares of New UPC Common Stock under the Plan without
participating in the Dutch Implementing Offer.

No Participation in, into or from the United States and Other Jurisdictions

     The Dutch Implementing Offer will not be made, directly or indirectly, in
or into the United States, or by the use of the United States mails, or by any
means or instrumentality (including, without limitation, telephonically or
electronically) of United States interstate or foreign commerce, or any facility
of a United States national securities exchange. In addition, the Dutch
Implementing Offer is not being made to Holders of UPC ADSs, and New UPC will
not accept deposits of UPC ADSs from Holders of UPC ADSs in connection with the
Dutch Implementing Offer. Accordingly, copies of the Offer Memorandum and
related documents are not being, and must not be, mailed, forwarded, sent,
transmitted or otherwise distributed in, into or from the United States.

     The Dutch Implementing Offer is not being made to, and New UPC will not
accept deposits of UPC Ordinary Shares A from, Holders of UPC Ordinary Shares A
in any jurisdiction in which the Dutch Implementing Offer or participation in
the Dutch Implementing Offer would not be in compliance with the securities or
blue sky laws of that jurisdiction.

Expiration Date

     The expiration date for the Dutch Implementing Offer is 5:00 p.m. (Central
European Time) on ______, 2003 (the "Expiration Date") unless New UPC extends
the Dutch Implementing Offer. New UPC, with the Company's consent, may extend
the Expiration Date for any reason. The Expiration Date will be no later than
five trading days of Euronext ("Trading Days") prior to the Effective Date of
the Plan. New UPC will publish the Expiration Date for the Dutch Implementing
Offer in Dutch in two leading newspapers having general circulation in The
Netherlands (which are expected to be Het NRC Handelblad and Het Financieele
Dagblad) and in the Official Price List of Euronext. Notice of the Expiration
Date shall be deemed to have been given on the date of publication in such
newspapers. In the event that New UPC elects to extend the Expiration Date, and,
as a consequence, the obligation to announce whether the Dutch Implementing
Offer has become unconditional is postponed, New UPC shall make a public
announcement thereof and of the new Expiration Date no later than the third
Trading Day after the previously scheduled Expiration Date.

Conditions for Completion of the Dutch Implementing Offer

     The Dutch Implementing Offer is conditioned on consummation of the Plan.

     New UPC may elect not to accept the UPC Ordinary Shares A and may terminate
or not complete the Dutch Implementing Offer if any of the following events or
conditions exist or shall occur and remain in effect or shall be determined by
New UPC in its reasonable judgment to exist or have occurred:

     o    on or prior to the Expiration Date, notification has been received
          from the A-FM that the Dutch Implementing Offer has been made in
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          in which case the security institutions pursuant to the provisions of
          article 32a of the Decree on the Dutch Act on the Supervision of the
          Securities Trade 1995 (Besluit toezicht effectenverkeer 1995) (the
          "Dutch Securities Decree 1995") would not be allowed to cooperate with
          the settlement of the Dutch Implementing Offer;

     o    the Plan is not confirmed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court or the order
          approving confirmation of the Plan has been vacated, reversed, stayed,
          modified, amended, enjoined or restrained by order of a court of
          competent jurisdiction;

     o    the Akkoord shall not have been adopted and subsequently ratified by
          the Dutch Bankruptcy Court, all conditions to the effectiveness of the
          Akkoord shall not have been satisfied or duly waived to the extent
          permitted therein, or the Dutch Bankruptcy Court's adoption and
          ratification of the Akkoord shall not have become final and binding
          and no longer subject to appeal;

     o    UGC and the Holders of the Belmarken Notes Claims, UPC Notes Claims
          and General Unsecured Claims, as applicable, shall not have purchased
          shares of New UPC Common Stock in an amount equal to the Maximum
          Subscription Amount pursuant to the New UPC Equity Subscription;

     o    New UPC has determined, in its reasonable judgment, that the
          acceptance for payment of, or payment for, some or all of the UPC
          Ordinary Shares A would violate, conflict with or constitute a breach
          of any order, statute, law, rule, regulation, executive order, decree,
          or judgment of any court to which New UPC or the Company may be bound
          or be subject;

     o    any person or entity, other than New UPC or the Company, shall have
          proposed, announced or made any tender or exchange offer with respect
          to some or all of the Company's outstanding securities or any merger,
          acquisition or other business combination proposal involving the
          Company;

     o    either New UPC or the Company has not obtained all waivers, consents,
          extensions, approvals, actions or non-actions from any governmental
          authority or agency which are necessary for New UPC to issue the
          shares of New UPC Common Stock in consideration for the UPC Ordinary
          Shares A in connection with the Dutch Implementing Offer or for New
          UPC to consummate the Dutch Implementing Offer; or

     o    any approval, permit, authorization, consent or other action of any
          domestic or foreign governmental, administrative or regulatory agency,
          authority, tribunal or third party has not been obtained on terms
          satisfactory to New UPC, which, in the reasonable judgment of New UPC,
          in any such case, and regardless of the circumstances (including any
          action or inaction by New UPC, the Company or any of the Company's
          subsidiaries) giving rise to any such condition, makes it inadvisable
          to proceed with the Dutch Implementing Offer and/or with such
          acceptance for delivery of the shares of New UPC Common Stock.

Consequences of Failing to Participate in the Dutch Implementing Offer

     If a Holder of UPC Ordinary Shares A is not located or residing in the
United States and fails to participate in either the Dutch Implementing Offer or
the Plan, such Holder will retain its UPC Ordinary Shares A upon completion of
the Restructuring. Such a Holder of UPC Ordinary Shares A would face risks
resulting from holding an interest in the UPC Ordinary Shares A after
consummation of the Restructuring. For instance, the Company intends to seek
approval from Euronext to delist the UPC Ordinary Shares A and expects that
there will be an illiquid trading market or no active trading market for the UPC
Ordinary Shares A upon completion of the Restructuring. In addition, upon
completion of the Restructuring, New UPC will have various mechanisms available
under Dutch law to require the Holders of the UPC Ordinary Shares A to accept a
cash payment in relinquishment of their UPC Ordinary Shares A. Therefore, if an
eligible Holder of UPC Ordinary Shares A decides not to participate in either
the Dutch Implementing Offer or the Plan, it faces a risk upon completion of the
Restructuring that either (i) there will be an illiquid or no active trading
market for the UPC Ordinary Shares A or (ii) it will be required to accept a
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Shares A to New UPC. For a discussion of the risks associated with ownership of
the UPC Ordinary Shares A following consummation of the Restructuring, see "Risk
Factors--Risks Related to Ownership of UPC Ordinary Shares A Upon Completion of
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                THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

General

     Unlike the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, the Dutch Bankruptcy Code does not provide
for the Dutch Bankruptcy Case to exempt compliance from otherwise applicable
corporate law. Therefore, in order to facilitate implementation of the Plan, the
Company will call the Extraordinary General Meeting. The Extraordinary General
Meeting will be held at _____, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on _____, 2003, at
_____ p.m. (Central European Time). The purpose of the Extraordinary General
Meeting is to facilitate the implementation of the Plan by:

     o    considering and acting upon the First Amendment to

          (i)  decrease the nominal value of each issued and outstanding UPC
               Ordinary Share A from (euro)1.00 to (euro)0.02 without any
               repayment; and

          (ii) decrease the nominal value of each UPC Priority Share and UPC
               Preference Share A from (euro)1.00 to (euro)0.02 without any
               repayment;

     o    considering and acting upon the Second Amendment to

          (i)  change the number of authorized UPC Ordinary Shares A into
               450,000,000;

          (ii) change the number of authorized UPC Preference Shares A to
               12,400;

         (iii) authorize a new class of 50,000,000,000 registered UPC Ordinary
               Shares C with a nominal value of(euro)0.02;

          (iv) in the event Dutch law allows the issuance of nonvoting stock,
               prohibit the issuance of nonvoting stock and prohibit cooperation
               in connection with the issuance of depository receipts; and

          (v)  remove the UPC Ordinary Shares B and the UPC Preference Shares B
               from the authorized capital of the Company;

     o    considering and acting upon a proposal to

          (i)  if all of the UPC Preference Shares A are transferred to New UPC
               under the Plan, convert the UPC Preference Shares A on a
               one-for-one basis into UPC Ordinary Shares C, effective on or
               after the Second Amendment and upon the Effective Date;

          (ii) if not all of the UPC Preference Shares A are transferred to New
               UPC under the Plan, cancel all of the UPC Preference Shares A,
               with repayment of at least the par value in kind, consisting of
               shares of New UPC Common Stock, effective on or after the Second
               Amendment, but before the Third Amendment; or

         (iii) if neither (i) nor (ii) occurs, to convert the UPC Preference
               Shares A on a one-for-one basis into UPC Ordinary Shares C,
               effective after New UPC has acquired all of the UPC Preference
               Shares A and after the Second Amendment, but before the Third
               Amendment;

     o    considering and acting upon the Fourth Amendment to effectuate that
          the Company will have Articles of Association of a non-listed company,
          including, inter alia, the following contents:

          (i)  restrictions on transfers of registered shares;

          (ii) a one-tier board (i.e., that the Company's Board of Management
               will consist of one or more members and the Company will have no
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         (iii) remove the UPC Preference Shares A from the authorized capital
               of the Company; and

          (iv) holders of UPC Ordinary Shares A only to be authorized to
               exercise their rights upon delivery of share certificates; and

     o    authorizing the Board of Management of the Company and Allen & Overy,
          Amsterdam, The Netherlands, to apply for the ministerial statements of
          no objections and to execute deeds of amendment of the Articles of
          Association of the Company as set forth in the First, Second and Third
          Amendments; and

     o    transacting such other business as may properly come before the
          Extraordinary General Meeting or any postponements or adjournments
          thereof.

Proxy Solicitation

     This Disclosure Statement, together with a Notice of Extraordinary General
Meeting and a Proxy Statement Supplement (collectively, the "Proxy Statement"),
will be furnished to holders of the UPC Preference Shares A, the UPC Priority
Shares and the UPC Ordinary Shares A (including the UPC ADSs) in connection with
the solicitation of proxies by and on behalf of the Company's Supervisory Board
for use at the Extraordinary General Meeting, and at any postponements or
adjournments thereof.

     The approximate date on which the Proxy Statement and accompanying
information are first being mailed to shareholders is ______, 2003.

     The Shareholder Proposals will each require the affirmative vote of a
majority of the votes cast at the Extraordinary General Meeting in order to be
approved. A resolution to amend the Articles of Association of the Company
requires a proposal of the holder of the UPC Priority Shares. The third proposal
will also require the affirmative vote of holders of UPC Preference Shares A
holding at least 66-2/3% of the outstanding UPC Preference Shares A. An
abstention will not be counted as a vote.

No Appraisal Rights

     The holders of the UPC Preference Shares A, the UPC Priority Shares and the
UPC Ordinary Shares A (including the UPC ADSs) are not entitled to any appraisal
rights in connection with the matters submitted for their approval.

Information on Ownership of UPC Ordinary Shares A by Certain Beneficial Owners
and Management.

     For the interests of certain directors and executive officers, and their
associates (as such term is defined in Rule 14a-1(a) of the U.S. Exchange Act),
in the Company, see "Item 12--Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners
and Management" of the Company's Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, a copy of which is attached
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                           NEW UPC EQUITY SUBSCRIPTION

General

The Plan provides each holder of a Belmarken Notes Claim, UPC Notes Claim or
General Unsecured Claim with New UPC Equity Purchase Rights to purchase a pro
rata share of the Maximum Subscription Amount of shares of New UPC Common Stock
at the Implied Purchase Price per share, as such price may be reduced as
described herein. The New UPC Equity Purchase Rights are an integral part of the
Plan and will be exercisable only on the Effective Date.

     The number of shares of New UPC Common Stock offered pursuant to the New
UPC Equity Subscription is calculated on the basis of the number of shares of
New UPC Common Stock that would be distributed to

     (i)       the UGC Group in exchange for the Belmarken Notes Claims and the
               UPC Notes Claims owned by the UGC Group on the date of the
               Restructuring Agreement, minus the number of shares of New UPC
               Common Stock distributed to holders of Class 5 Claims (other than
               holders of UPC Notes Claims), and

     (ii)      the holders of the UPC Notes Claims (other than the UGC Group
               with respect to the UPC Notes Claims held by the UGC Group on the
               date of the Restructuring Agreement) and the holders of General
               Unsecured Claims,

in each case, as if all of those Belmarken Notes Claims, UPC Notes Claims and
General Unsecured Claims are Allowed by either the U.S. Bankruptcy Court or the
Dutch Bankruptcy Court in the amount asserted by the holders in their filed
claims. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Holders asserting an unliquidated claim
amount in filed claims will not be entitled to receive any New UPC Equity
Purchase Rights or to subscribe for any shares of New UPC Common Stock at the
Implied Purchase Price unless they obtain an order from either the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court or the Dutch Bankruptcy Court allowing their claim in a
specific amount for such purpose by the Voting Deadline.

     The Maximum Subscription Amount will be reduced on a Euro-for-Euro basis by
an amount equal to

     (i)  the net proceeds of any assets sold by the Company prior to the
          Effective Date, other than assets sold in the ordinary course of the
          Company's business in a manner consistent with its past practices, and

     (ii) the net proceeds from any non-dilutive capital raised by the Company
          (other than capital received by the Company from UGC or its related
          parties).

     Subject to confirmation of the Plan and the ratified Akkoord becoming final
and conclusive (in kracht van gewijsde gaan), pursuant to the UGC Subscription
Commitment, UGC has committed to purchase from New UPC, and New UPC has
committed to sell to UGC, on the Effective Date and at the Implied Purchase
Price, an amount of shares of New UPC Common Stock with an aggregate value equal
to the Maximum Subscription Amount less the number of shares of New UPC Common
Stock purchased by holders of Belmarken Notes Claims, UPC Notes Claims and
General Unsecured Claims pursuant to the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights.

     The shares of New UPC Common Stock issued upon exercise of the New UPC
Equity Purchase Rights and upon fulfillment of the UGC Subscription Commitment
will be in addition to any other shares of New UPC Common Stock issued in
connection with the Restructuring.

No Recommendation; Need for Independent Financial Advice

     Holders of New UPC Equity Purchase Rights should seek appropriate
independent financial advice. None of the Board of Directors of New UPC nor the
Board of Management or Supervisory Board of the Company nor any of the
respective representatives of, or advisors to, New UPC or the Company makes any
recommendation to holders of New UPC Equity Purchase Rights regarding whether
they should exercise the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights. The New UPC Equity
Purchase Rights will not be listed on any securities exchange or quoted on any
automated quotation system, or otherwise be traded in any market and will only
be exercisable on the Effective Date.

     Each holder of New UPC Equity Purchase Rights should consult his or her own
attorney, financial advisor and tax advisor for legal, investment and tax
advice. For a discussion of the risks associated with an investment in New UPC
and shares of New UPC Common Stock, see "Risk Factors--Risks Related to
Ownership of the New UPC Common Stock."

New UPC Equity Purchase Rights

     The Plan contemplates that in accordance with the procedures set forth
below (the "Subscription Procedures"), each holder of a Belmarken Notes Claim,
UPC Notes Claim or General Unsecured Claim is entitled to receive __ New UPC
Equity Purchase Rights to acquire New UPC Common Stock at the Exercise Price (as
defined herein) for each (euro)1,000 or US$1,000 of Claims held by such holder.
Each New UPC Equity Purchase Right entitles the holder thereof, on the Effective
Date, to subscribe for one share of New UPC Common Stock at the Exercise Price.
The terms of the New UPC Common Stock are described in this Disclosure Statement
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Subscription Procedures

   Exercise Price

     The Exercise Price is (euro)___ per New UPC Equity Purchase Right. The
"Exercise Price" has been determined as the maximum Implied Purchase Price under
the Plan (assuming all Disputed Claims are Disallowed) and has been calculated
by dividing the imputed equity value of the Reorganized Company of (euro) ___
billion (as discussed under "Reorganization Valuation Analysis and Projected
Financial Information - Reorganization Valuation Analysis") by the number of
shares of New UPC Common Stock to be issued under the Plan on the Effective Date
to the Holders of Allowed Belmarken Notes Claims, Allowed Class 5 Claims (other
than Disputed Claims, if any), Allowed Class 9 Claims (other than Disputed
Claims, if any) and Allowed Equity Interests.

   No Fractional New UPC Equity Purchase Rights

     No fractional New UPC Equity Purchase Rights or cash in lieu thereof will
be issued or paid (or set aside for payment). Instead, the number of New UPC
Equity Purchase Rights distributed will be rounded down to the nearest whole
number, with such adjustments as may be necessary to ensure that when the New
UPC Equity Purchase Rights are exercised, the aggregate amount paid for the New
UPC Common Stock, together with the additional subscription amounts paid by UGC
pursuant to the UGC Subscription Commitment, shall not be less than (euro)100
million.

   Expiration of the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights

     The New UPC Equity Purchase Rights will not become exercisable until the
Plan becomes effective and can only be exercised on the Effective Date. After
the Effective Date, any New UPC Equity Purchase Rights not exercised shall be
cancelled and be of no further force and effect.

     New UPC will not be obligated to honor any exercise of New UPC Equity
Purchase Rights if the Subscription Agent (as defined herein) receives the
documents and deposit of the Subscription Amount (as defined herein) related to
the exercise after the Subscription Deadline (as defined herein), regardless of
when the documents were transmitted or the Subscription Amount was deposited.

   Subscription Privilege of the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights

     Each holder of New UPC Equity Purchase Rights is entitled to subscribe for
one share of New UPC Common Stock per New UPC Equity Purchase Right, upon
delivery of the required documentation and payment of the Subscription Amount on
or prior to the Subscription Deadline. Each holder of New UPC Equity Purchase
Rights may exercise its New UPC Equity Purchase Rights in part or in full.

     Delivery of shares of New UPC Common Stock that are issuable upon exercise
of New UPC Equity Purchase Rights will be made in electronic form through the
book-entry facilities of The Depository Trust Company or, in certain
circumstances, in registered physical form on the Effective Date and delivered
by mail on the Initial Distribution Date.

   Termination of the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights

     In the event the U.S. Bankruptcy Court does not confirm the Plan or the
Effective Date does not occur by the first Business day that is more than ___
days after the Confirmation Date, the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights will
terminate. In addition, New UPC may terminate the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights
if at any time prior to the Effective Date there is a judgment, order, decree,
injunction, statute, law or regulation entered, enacted, amended or held to be
applicable to the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights that, in the sole judgment of
New UPC, would or might make the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights or the issuance
of shares of New UPC Common Stock in accordance therewith illegal or otherwise
restrict or prohibit the issuance of shares of New UPC Common Stock in
accordance therewith. If the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights are terminated
pursuant to either of the foregoing sentences, all New UPC Equity Purchase
Rights will expire without value and all Subscription Amounts received by the
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   Reserve Shares

     The New UPC Equity Purchase Rights are intended to allow each Holder of a
Belmarken Claim, a UPC Note Claim or a General Unsecured Claim that has
exercised its New UPC Equity Purchase Rights on the Effective Date in accordance
with the Plan and the subscription procedures as described in this Disclosure
Statement (a "Subscribing Holder") to purchase shares of New UPC Common Stock
based upon the per share price of the shares of New UPC Common Stock to be
issued under the Plan based upon the imputed equity value (which is the
mid-range of reorganization enterprise values) of the Reorganized Company of
(euro) __ billion and the total number of shares of New UPC Common Stock to be
issued under the Plan to the Holders of Allowed Belmarken Notes Claims, Allowed
Class 5 Claims (other than Disputed Claims, if any), Allowed Class 9 Claims
(other than Disputed Claims, if any) and Allowed Equity Interests. To the extent
that there are any Disputed Claims on the Effective Date, on the Effective Date,
New UPC will deposit into an escrow account (the "Subscription Reserve Account")
additional shares of New UPC Common Stock (the "Subscription Reserve Shares") to
be distributed to the Subscribing Holders after the Disputed Claims have been
resolved in accordance with the Plan. On a date as soon as reasonably practical
after the end of each calendar quarter following the Effective Date in which any
Disputed Claims are resolved in accordance with the Plan (each such date, a
"Subscription Distribution Date"), the escrow agent shall distribute to each
Subscribing Holder a number of Subscription Reserve Shares equal to the product
of the following equation: A= B - C. For purposes of this equation, the
following values shall be used:

     A=   Number of Subscription Reserve Shares to be issued on each
          Subscription Distribution Date

     B=   (X+Y)/X

     C=   1 + Number of Subscription Reserve Shares distributed to such
          Subscribing Holders prior to such Subscription Distribution Date

     X=   Number of shares of New UPC Common Stock to be issued under the Plan
          on the Effective Date to the Holders of Allowed Belmarken Notes
          Claims, Allowed Class 5 Claims (other than Disputed Claims, if any),
          Allowed Class 9 Claims (other than Disputed Claims, if any) and
          Allowed Equity Interests

     Y=   Cumulative number of shares of New UPC Common Stock to be issued under
          the Plan after the Effective Date to the Holders of Allowed Class 5
          Claims in resolution of Disputed Claims

     No fractional Subscription Reserve Shares or cash in lieu thereof will be
issued or paid (or set aside for payment). Instead, the number of Subscription
Reserve Shares to be distributed to any Subscribing Holder will be rounded down
to the nearest whole number.

     Upon resolution of all Disputed Claims and distribution of all Subscription
Reserve Shares distributable in accordance with the Plan, the escrow agent shall
return all undistributed Subscription Reserve Shares to New UPC.

   Exemption from U.S. Securities Act Registration

     In connection with the consummation of the Plan, the Company and New UPC
will rely on Section 1145 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, to the extent it is
applicable, to exempt the issuance of (i) the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights and
(ii) the shares of New UPC Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the New UPC
Equity Purchase Rights, including any Subscription Reserve Shares, from the
registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and of any state securities
or "blue sky" laws. See "New UPC--Issuance and Resale of the New UPC Common
Stock."

     Because of the complex, subjective nature of the question of whether a
particular holder of New UPC Equity Purchase Rights may be an underwriter,
neither New UPC nor the Company makes any representation or provides any
guidance or instructions concerning the ability of any person to exercise the
New UPC Equity Purchase Rights or to dispose of any shares of New UPC Common
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   Subscription Procedures for the Exercise of New UPC Equity Purchase Rights

     There is a section on the Ballot sent to each Holder of Belmarken Notes
Claims, UPC Notes Claims and General Unsecured Claims enabling such Holder to
indicate how many New UPC Equity Purchase Rights it desires to exercise and
instructions on how to exercise New UPC Equity Purchase Rights (the
"Instructions").

     A Subscribing Holder of New UPC Equity Purchase Rights may exercise its New
UPC Equity Purchase Rights by (i) delivering its Ballot to either the applicable
Voting Agent or its Intermediary, as applicable (see "Chapter 11 Case and the
Plan of Reorganization--Voting on, and Confirmation of, the Plan--Voting
Procedures" for a discussion of the delivery of Ballots by Holders of Claims and
Equity Interests), such that its vote is transmitted to the applicable Voting
Agent on or prior to the Voting Deadline with the section setting forth the New
UPC Equity Purchase Rights being exercised, duly completed and duly executed and
(ii) sending full payment payable to ________, in its capacity as the
subscription agent (the "Subscription Agent") of the Exercise Price for each
share of New UPC Common Stock subscribed for pursuant to the New UPC Equity
Purchase Rights (the "Subscription Amount") on or prior to the fifth Business
Day prior to the Effective Date (the "Subscription Deadline").

     New UPC Equity Purchase Rights will not be considered exercised on the
Effective Date unless (i) the Voting Agent receives the Ballot or Master Ballot,
as applicable, with the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights subscription section
completed on or before the Voting Deadline and (ii) the Subscription Agent
receives full payment of the Subscription Amount ("Payment") on or before the
Subscription Deadline. Even if a Subscribing Holder indicates on its Ballot or
Master Ballot, as applicable, of its decision to subscribe for shares of New UPC
Common Stock in exercise of its New UPC Equity Purchase Rights, the New UPC
Equity Purchase Rights of such Subscribing Holder shall not be deemed to be
exercised on the Effective Date unless the corresponding Payment of the
Subscription Amount from such Subscribing Holder is also received by the
Subscription Agent on or prior to the Subscription Deadline. Failure by a
Subscribing Holder to make the required Payment of its Subscription Amount to
the Subscription Agent by the Subscription Deadline will result in the
cancellation of the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights of such Subscribing Holder on
the Effective Date.

     Since the UPC Notes are held through Intermediaries, only those
Intermediaries can exercise the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights on behalf of the
beneficial owners of such UPC Notes (including making the Payment of the
Subscription Amount on behalf of such beneficial holders). If a Subscribing
Holder is a beneficial owner of UPC Notes and indicates on its Ballot that it
intends to exercise its New UPC Equity Purchase Rights, the transfer of its UPC
Notes will be blocked by The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") from the Voting
Termination Date to the earlier of (i) the Subscription Deadline in the event
such Subscribing Holder fails to pay the required Subscription Amount on the
Subscription Deadline or (ii) the Effective Date in the event such Subscribing
Holder makes the required Payment of the Subscription Amount on or prior to the
Subscription Deadline. If any Ballot is signed by a trustee, executor,
administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer of a corporation or other
person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such person should so
indicate when executing the Ballot and, unless waived by New UPC and/or the
Voting Agent, proper evidence satisfactory to New UPC and/or the Voting Agent of
such person's authority to so act and to exercise the New UPC Equity Purchase
Rights on behalf of the person entitled to vote must be submitted.

   Method of Payment

     Payment of the Subscription Amount must be made in United States Dollars
for the number of shares of New UPC Common Stock subscribed for (as indicated on
the Ballot) by certified check or bank draft drawn upon a United States bank or
by postal, telegraphic, express money order or wire transfer payable to the
Subscription Agent.

     The Subscription Agent will hold funds received for payment of the
Subscription Amount in a segregated non-interest bearing account with payments
received from other Subscribing Holders until the shares of New UPC Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights are issued, or if
the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights are terminated as described under "--
Termination of the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights," until repaid by the
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   Delivery of Ballot and Payment

     Subscribing Holders should deliver the Ballot to the appropriate Voting
Agent or its Intermediary, as applicable, and Payment to the Subscription Agent
at their respective addresses set forth in the Instructions. Delivery to an
address other than the applicable address set forth in the Instructions will not
constitute valid delivery. The method of delivery of the Ballot and Payment will
be at the election and risk of the Subscribing Holder.

     If sent by mail, Subscribing Holders are urged to send the Ballot (duly
completed and executed) and payment of the Subscription Amount by registered
mail, properly insured, with return receipt requested, and are urged to allow a
sufficient number of days to ensure timely delivery of the Ballot to the Voting
Agent prior to the Voting Termination Date and clearance of the Subscription
Amount prior to the Subscription Deadline.

   Calculation of New UPC Equity Purchase Rights Exercised

     If a Subscribing Holder does not indicate the number of New UPC Equity
Purchase Rights it wishes to exercise, or does not forward full Payment of the
total Subscription Amount due for the number of New UPC Equity Purchase Rights
that the duly completed Ballot indicates are to be exercised, then the
Subscribing Holder will be deemed to have decided to exercise the maximum number
of New UPC Equity Purchase Rights that may be exercised with the aggregate
Subscription Amount delivered by such Subscribing Holder to the Subscription
Agent.

     If a Subscribing Holder's aggregate Subscription Amount is greater than the
amount it owes for the exercise of all of its New UPC Equity Purchase Rights on
the Effective Date, the Subscription Agent will return the excess amount to such
Subscribing Holder by regular mail, without interest, promptly after the
Effective Date.

   Notice to Intermediaries

     Record holders of New UPC Equity Purchase Rights, such as Intermediaries
which hold securities for the accounts of others, should contact the respective
beneficial owners of such New UPC Equity Purchase Rights as soon as possible to
ascertain the beneficial owners' intentions and to obtain instructions with
respect to the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights.

     If a beneficial owner so instructs, the record owner of a New UPC Equity
Purchase Right should complete the applicable portion of the Master Ballot and
submit such Master Ballot to the appropriate Voting Agent and submit full
payment of the Subscription Amount to the Subscription Agent. In addition,
beneficial owners of New UPC Equity Purchase Rights held through such a
Intermediary holder should contact the Intermediary and request the Intermediary
to effect the transactions in accordance with the beneficial owner's
instructions.

   Determinations Regarding the Exercise of New UPC Equity Purchase Rights

     Subject to any applicable order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the Company,
New UPC, the Voting Agents and/or the Subscription Agent will decide all
questions concerning the timeliness, validity, form and eligibility of an
Subscribing Holder to exercise its New UPC Equity Purchase Rights on the
Effective Date and subscribe for the Shares of New UPC Common Stock pursuant to
such New UPC Equity Purchase Rights and such determinations will be final and
binding on all persons.

     Subject to any applicable order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the Company,
New UPC, the Voting Agents and/or the Subscription Agent, in their sole
discretion, may waive any defect or irregularity in connection with the
submission of Ballots and Master Ballots and will not be liable for failure to
notify a Subscribing Holder of any defect or irregularity. No subscription will
be accepted until all defects and irregularities have been waived or cured
within such time as the Company, New UPC, the Voting Agent and/or the
Subscription Agent decides, in their or its sole discretion.

   No Revocation

     If a Subscribing Holder has indicted, on its Ballot submitted by the Voting
Deadline, its intention to exercise its New UPC Equity Purchase Rights and paid,
by the Subscription Deadline, the required Subscription Amount, such Subscribing
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Effective Date. New UPC Equity Purchase Rights not exercised on or prior to the
Effective Date shall be cancelled and be of no further force and effect.

     Pursuant to the UGC Subscription Commitment, UGC has agreed to subscribe
for shares of New UPC Common Stock on the Effective Date up to the Maximum
Subscription Amount to the extent that any New UPC Equity Purchase Rights are
not exercised on the Effective Date.

   All Other Matters

     New UPC will not provide the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights to Holders of
Belmarken Claims, UPC Notes Claims or General Unsecured Claims in any state or
other jurisdiction in which it is unlawful to do so, nor is it selling or
accepting any offers to subscribe for, or purchase, shares of New UPC Common
Stock from holders of New UPC Equity Purchase Rights that are residents of those
states or other jurisdictions. New UPC may delay providing the New UPC Equity
Purchase Rights in those states or jurisdictions, or change the terms of the
provision of the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights, in order to comply with the
securities law requirements of those states or other jurisdictions. New UPC may
decline to make modifications to the terms of the provision of the New UPC
Equity Purchase Rights requested by those states or other jurisdictions, in
which case, holders of New UPC Equity Purchase Rights which are residents of
those states or other jurisdictions will not receive any New UPC Equity Purchase
Rights.

Non-Transferability of the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights

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                                   THE COMPANY

Business

     The Company was incorporated under Dutch law as a limited liability company
(naamloze vennootschap) on December 21, 1990 and has its corporate seat in
Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Its executive offices are located at Boeing Avenue
53, 1119 PE Schiphol-Rijk, The Netherlands.

     The Company is a holding company whose principal assets are its ownership
interests in approximately two hundred (200) direct and indirect operating
subsidiaries. Except as set forth below, none of the Company's subsidiaries or
affiliates have commenced insolvency proceedings in the United States and they
continue to operate outside of bankruptcy in the ordinary course of business.

     The Company's wholly-owned indirect subsidiary, Bicatobe Investments B.V.,
holds an 80% interest in Tara Television Ltd. ("Tara"), an Irish company. Tara
filed for protection from its creditors under Irish law on March 1, 2002. In
addition, Tevel Israel International Communications Ltd., the Company's 46.6%
owned affiliate, filed for bankruptcy protection in Israel in April 2002. In
addition, on March 29, 2002, an involuntary Chapter 11 proceeding was commenced
in Denver, Colorado against United Australia/Pacific, Inc. ("UAP"), an affiliate
of the Company. Simultaneously therewith, UAP filed a voluntary Chapter 11 case
in the Southern District of New York. On or about April 10, 2002, the
involuntary case was transferred to the Southern District of New York. The case
is currently pending in the Southern District of New York.

     The UPC Group owns and operates broadband communications networks providing
telephone, cable and internet services to both residential and business
customers in 11 countries in Europe. Its subscriber base is one of the largest
of any group of broadband communications networks operated across Europe. In
particular, the UPC Group has approximately 6.6 million subscribers to its basic
tier video services, and an additional 116,200 subscribers for its digital DTH
service in Hungary, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. Residential
telephone services are offered under the brand Priority Telecom over its
Austrian, Dutch, French and Norwegian systems and serve approximately 396,200
residential subscribers. In addition, the UPC Group currently offers internet
services in nine countries to approximately 611,200 residential subscribers.

     The operations of the UPC Group are organized into three principal
divisions:

   UPC Distribution

     The distribution division delivers video services, and in many of the UPC
Group's Western European systems, telephone and internet services to the
residential market. The division also offers residential internet and telephone
services in some of the UPC Group's Eastern European systems. Over the past few
years, the distribution division has commenced several significant projects to
upgrade the various services offered to customers. These projects include an
upgrade of the cable television systems to provide high-speed two way capacity
(which will enable it to offer telephone and internet services as well as
enhanced digital video services), the launching of digital video in several of
the group's Western European systems and the upgrading and integrating of the
group's information technology systems.

   UPC Media

     The UPC Media division operates the group's converging internet and video
content and programming business, including digital video products. In
particular, UPC Media focuses on five key areas:

     (i)  chello broadband internet services;

     (ii) interactive digital services;

     (iii) transactional television services such as pay per view movies;

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     (v)  thematic channels for distribution on the Company's network, third
          party networks and DTH platforms.

   Priority Telecom

     Priority Telecom operates a competitive local exchange carrier ("CLEC")
business and provides telephone and data network solutions to the business
market. Priority Telecom N.V. was founded for the purpose of providing telephone
services to business customers and is the primary vehicle for providing
telecommunications services to the UPC Group's business customers. Through
Priority Telecom N.V., the group's CLEC business is currently operating in
metropolitan areas in The Netherlands, Austria and Norway. Additionally, UPC
Distribution's local operating companies provide telephone services to
residential customers using the Priority Telecom brand.

     For a further description of the UPC Group, see "Item 1--Business" and
"Item 2--Properties" of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2001 attached to this Disclosure Statement as Annex C
and incorporated herein by reference, and "Item 2--Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations--Description of
Business" of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended September 30, 2002 attached to this Disclosure Statement as Annex E and
incorporated herein by reference.

Investments

     For a discussion of the main investments of the Company, including equity
and debt securities acquired by the Company since January 1, 1999 and
information regarding the financing for, and location of, such investments, see
"Item 1--Business," "Item 2--Properties," "Item 7--Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and notes 1, 4 and 6
of the notes to the annual audited consolidated financial statements of the
Company contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2001 attached to this Disclosure Statement as Annex C
and incorporated herein by reference, and "Item 2--Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and notes 1 and 5 of
the notes to the quarterly unaudited consolidated financial statements of the
Company contained in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended September 30, 2002 attached to this Disclosure Statement as Annex
E and incorporated herein by reference.

Litigation and Claims

     For a description of the legal proceedings to which the UPC Group is a
party and claims arising out of the UPC Group's operations in the normal course
of business, see the section entitled "Item 3--Legal Proceedings" of the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 and
the section entitled "Item 1--Legal Proceedings" of the Company's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2002, copies of
which are attached hereto as Annex C and Annex E, respectively, and incorporated
herein by reference.

Licenses

     For a discussion of the importance to the Company and the duration and
effect of all licenses held, see the section entitled "Item 1.
Business--Regulation" of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2001, a copy of which is attached hereto as Annex C, and
incorporated herein by reference.

Selected Historical Consolidated Financial Information

     The following selected consolidated financial data for the years ended
December 31, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, and 1997 have been derived from the
Company's consolidated financial statements, which statements have been audited
by Arthur Andersen, independent auditors, as restated for 1998 and 1997 to
include the financial data of Monor Communications Group, Inc., Tara Television
Limited and Ibercom, Inc. for all periods in which their operations were part of
UGC Holdings' consolidated results. On December 11, 1997, UGC Holdings acquired
the 50% of the Company that it did not already own from Royal Philips
Electronics N.V. As a result of this acquisition and the associated push-down of
UGC Holdings' basis on December 11, 1997, the financial information for the
years ended December 31, 2001, 2000,1999 and 1998 is presented on a
"post-acquisition" basis. The Company



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adopted the Euro as the Company's reporting currency effective December 31,1999.
The Company has retroactively restated financial information for all periods
presented using the exchange rate fixed on January 1, 1999 of Euro 1.0 to
2.20371 Dutch Guilders.

     The selected consolidated statement of financial data for the nine months
ended September 30, 2001 and 2002 have been derived from the Company's
consolidated financial statements for such periods. Such selected financial data
are unaudited but, in the opinion of the Company's management, include all
adjustments (consisting only of normally recurring adjustments) necessary for a
fair presentation thereof. Results for the nine months ended September 30, 2002
are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full
year.

     The selected consolidated financial information set forth below should be
read in conjunction with, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the
Company's consolidated financial statements and notes thereto.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                      SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

                                                                                                  For the Nine Months
                                                Year Ended December 31,                           Ended September 30,
                              1997          1998         1999          2000           2001         2001         2002
                              ----          ----         ----          ----           ----         ----         ----
                                                                                                      (unaudited)
                                                 (In thousands of Euros, except per share data)
<S>                           <C>           <C>         <C>           <C>            <C>           <C>          <C>

Statement of Operations
Data:
Service and other revenue..     153,040      185,582      447,501      1,000,825     1,378,764    1,033,385   1,046,101
Operating expense..........     (53,777)     (62,830)    (293,778)      (714,906)     (931,817)    (724,878)   (566,952)
Selling, general & admini-
   strative expense.......      (54,030)    (218,587)    (466,260)      (569,121)     (613,086)    (460,808)   (297,909)
Depreciation and
   amortization...........      (60,302)     (85,150)    (266,070)      (718,669)   (1,097,822)    (767,979)   (534,679)
Impairment and restructuring
   charges.................            -            -            -              -   (1,687,948)    (359,015)    (23,635)
   Net operating loss......     (15,069)    (180,985)    (578,607)    (1,001,871)   (2,951,909)  (1,279,295)   (377,074)
Interest income............       2,955        3,357       20,104         44,345        49,655       44,886      17,309
Interest expense...........     (32,100)     (47,355)    (178,448)      (753,231)     (919,570)    (688,174)   (669,088)
Provisions for loss on
   investment..............            -            -            -              -     (375,923)    (375,923)     (7,957)
Gain (loss) on sale of
   business................            -            -       1,501         (3,482)     (468,306)            -           -
Foreign exchange gain
   (loss) and other
   expense.................     (27,205)      (1,606)     (22,561)      (177,803)     (172,437)     (91,740)    324,678
   Net loss before
   income taxes and
   other items.............     (71,419)    (226,589)    (758,011)    (1,892,042)   (4,838,490)  (2,390,246)   (712,132)
Share in results of
   affiliated
   companies, net..........     (11,552)     (28,962)     (29,760)      (116,690)     (186,047)    (107,723)    (36,913)
Minority interests in
   subsidiaries............          69          523        1,651         23,887       543,092      111,473     (10,387)
Income tax benefit
   (expense)...............         748         (551)       1,822         (3,930)       39,616         (529)     (1,607)
   Net loss before
   cumulative effect of
   change in accounting
   principle...............     (82,154)    (255,579)    (784,298)    (1,988,775)   (4,441,829)  (2,387,025)   (761,039)
Extraordinary gain.........            -            -            -              -             -            -    471,718
Cumulative effect of
   change in accounting
   principle...............            -            -            -              -       21,349       21,349            -
         Net loss..........     (82,154)    (255,579)    (784,298)    (1,988,775)   (4,420,480)  (2,365,676)   (289,321)
Basic and diluted net
   loss attributable to
   common shareholders.....     (82,154)    (255,579)    (784,298)    (1,996,408)   (4,540,791)  (2,455,630)   (392,128)


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<CAPTION>

                                                                                                  For the Nine Months
                                                Year Ended December 31,                           Ended September 30,
                              1997          1998         1999          2000           2001         2001         2002
                              ----          ----         ----          ----           ----         ----         ----
                                                                                                      (unaudited)
                                                 (In thousands of Euros, except per share data)
<S>                           <C>           <C>         <C>           <C>            <C>           <C>          <C>
Basic and diluted net
   loss per ordinary
   share before
   cumulative effect of
   change in accounting
   principle...............       (0.30)       (1.03)       (2.08)         (4.56)       (10.32)       (5.40)      (1.72)
Basic and diluted net
   loss per ordinary
   share...................       (0.30)       (1.03)       (2.08)         (4.56)       (10.27)       (5.35)      (0.65)
Weighted-average number
   of ordinary shares
   outstanding............  275,421,933  247,915,834  377,969,829    438,041,841   444,226,377  441,829,327  443,417,525

Selected Balance Sheet
Data:
Non-restricted cash and
   cash equivalents.......       45,443       13,419    1,025,460      1,590,230       855,001      893,756     301,094
Other current assets......       38,762       61,735      311,202        402,544       479,172      450,648     356,458
Investments in and
   advances to
   affiliated companies...      187,706      223,737      242,847        685,288       193,648      250,712     126,205
Property, plant and
   equipment..............      220,075      273,628    1,974,817      3,709,352     3,754,330    3,682,323   3,331,134
Intangible assets.........      313,129      308,585    2,611,413      5,119,892     3,003,503    4,544,526   2,893,382
                            -----------  ------------ -----------    -----------   -----------  ------------ ------------
         Total assets.....      869,309      938,317    6,802,272     11,968,439     8,475,464   10,370,240   7,021,760
                            ===========  ============ ===========    ===========   ===========  ============ ============
Short-term debt and
   current portion of
   long-term debt (1).....      116,855      159,664      213,532         69,692     9,274,941       65,148   8,464,431
Other current
   liabilities............       84,150      110,956      565,207      1,263,107     1,175,463      961,136     934,269
Long-term debt............      438,397      533,078    3,966,490      8,244,337       469,990    9,342,998     451,314
Other non-current
   liabilities............       26,377      156,510       88,028         46,801       243,962      152,185     280,866
                            -----------  ------------ -----------    -----------   -----------  ------------ ------------
         Total
           liabilities....      665,779      960,208    4,833,257      9,623,937    11,164,356   10,521,467  10,130,880
                            ===========  ============ ===========    ===========   ===========  ============ ============
Minority interest in
   subsidiaries...........        3,955       11,768       11,895        831,132       152,096      588,972      13,723
Convertible preferred
   stock..................            -            -            -      1,392,251     1,505,435    1,474,718   1,608,248
Total shareholders'
   equity (deficit).......      199,575      (33,659)   2,020,200        121,119    (4,346,423)    (740,199)  (4,731,091)
                            ===========  ============ ===========    ===========   ===========  ============ ============
</TABLE>

--------------------
(1)  As discussed in Note 2--"Risks and Going Concern Uncertainties" of the
     Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
     September 30, 2002, attached as Annex E hereto, since March 3, 2002, the
     Company has been in default under the UPC Notes and the Belmarken Notes and
     has received the UPCD Facility Waiver. Accordingly, these borrowings have
     been reclassified to the current portion of long-term debt.


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                    Management's Discussion and Analysis of
                  Financial Condition and Results of Operation

     For the management's discussion and analysis of the financial condition and
results of the operations of the Company,  "Item 7--Management's  Discussion and
Analysis of Financial  Condition  and Results of  Operations"  of the  Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31, 2001 and the section
entitled "Item 2.  Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial  Condition
and Results of Operations"  of the Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended September 30, 2002, copies of which are attached hereto as Annex C
and Annex E, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.

Management of the Company Prior to the Restructuring

   Board of Management

     The following  are the members of the  Company's  Board of Management as of
the date of this Disclosure Statement:

     John F. Riordan          Board of Management Member, President, and Chief
                              Executive Officer

     Charles H.R. Bracken     Board of Management Member and Chief Financial
                              Officer

     Gene Musselman           Board of Management Member and Chief Operating
                              Officer

     Nimrod J. Kovacs         Board of Management Member and Executive Chairman,
                              UPC Central Europe

     Shane O'Neill            Board of Management Member and Chief Strategy
                              Officer

     Anton M. Tuijten         Board of Management Member, Senior Vice President
                              and General Counsel

     For more information regarding the members of the Company's Board of
Management, see "Item 10--Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant" of
the Company's Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2001, a copy of which is attached hereto as Annex D and
incorporated herein by reference.

   Supervisory Board

The following are the members of the Company's Supervisory Board as of the date
of this Disclosure Statement:

     Michael T. Fries         Chairman of the Supervisory Board
     John P. Cole, Jr.        Supervisory Director
     John W. Dick             Supervisory Director
     Richard de Lange         Supervisory Director
     Ellen P. Spangler        Supervisory Director
     Tina M. Wildes           Supervisory Director
     Gene W. Schneider        Advisor to the Supervisory Board

     For more information regarding the members of the Company's Supervisory
Board, see "Item 10--Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant" of the
Company's Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2001, a copy of which is attached hereto as Annex D and
incorporated herein by reference.


Management of the Company After the Restructuring

   Board of Management

     From and after the Effective Date, the corporate governance of the Company
shall be modified as set forth in the Amended and Restated UPC Articles of
Association to ensure that the decisions taken by the board of directors of New
UPC, subject to the Amended and Restated New UPC Certificate of Incorporation
and the Amended and Restated New UPC By-Laws, will be implemented by the
Company.

     Upon the Effective Date, the members of the Board of Management of the
Company shall be those individuals set forth in a schedule to be filed by the
Company with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and mailed to all


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holders of Claims or Equity Interests entitled to vote on the Plan on or before
the Document Filing Date (the "Board of Management Schedule"). The Board of
Management Schedule shall also set forth the proposed compensation for such
members of the Board of Management of the Company.

   Supervisory Board

     Upon adoption of the Third Amendment to the Company's Articles of
Association and delisting of the UPC Ordinary Shares A from Euronext, the
two-tier structure of the Company's management providing for both a Board of
Management and a Supervisory Board will be amended to a one-tier structure, the
Company's Supervisory Board will be dissolved and removed from the Company's
Articles of Association and the Company's management will consist of a Board of
Management with one or more members.


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                      OUTSTANDING SECURITIES OF THE COMPANY

The UPC Notes

     The UPC Notes were issued in July 1999, October 1999 and January 2000 in
the transactions described below:

   July 1999 Offering

     In July 1999, the Company completed an unregistered bond offering
consisting of US$800.0 million and (euro)300.0 million 10 7/8% Senior Notes due
2009 (the "10 7/8% Senior Notes due 2009") and US$735.0 million 12 1/2% Senior
Discount Notes due 2009 (the "12 1/2% Senior Discount Notes due 2009"). The
US$800.0 million 107/8% Senior Notes due 2009 were swapped into Euros at a rate
of US$1.06 per (euro)1.00. In December 1999, the Company completed a registered
exchange offer for these U.S. Dollar-denominated and Euro-denominated UPC Notes.

   October 1999 Offering

     In October 1999, the Company completed an unregistered bond offering
consisting of US$200.0 million and (euro)100.0 million of 10 7/8% Senior Notes
due 2007 (the "10 7/8% Senior Notes due 2007"), US$252.0 million and (euro)101.0
million of 11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2009 (the "11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2009"),
and US$478.0 million and (euro)191.0 million aggregate principal amount at
maturity of 13 3/8% Senior Discount Notes due 2009 (the "13 3/8% Senior Discount
Notes due 2009"). The Company entered into cross-currency swaps, swapping the
interest obligations on the US$252.0 million 11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2009 and
the US$200.0 million 10 7/8% Senior Notes due 2007 into fixed and variable rate
Euro notes at a rate of US$1.049 per (euro)1.00. In April 2000, the Company
completed a registered exchange offer for these U.S. Dollar-denominated and
Euro-denominated UPC Notes.

   January 2000 Offering

     In January 2000, the Company completed an unregistered bond offering
consisting of US$300.0 million of 11 1/2% Senior Notes due 2010 (the "11 1/2%
Senior Notes due 2010"), US$600.0 million and (euro) 200.0 million of 11 1/4%
Senior Notes due 2010 (the "11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2010") and US$1.0 billion
aggregate principal amount at maturity of 13 3/4% Senior Discount Notes due 2010
(the "13 3/4% Senior Discount Notes due 2010") . The Company entered into
cross-currency swaps, swapping a total of US$300.0 million of the 11 1/2% Senior
Notes due 2010 into a fixed Euro coupon of 10.0% at a rate of US$1.01 per
(euro)1.00 until August 2008. In April 2000, the Company completed a registered
exchange offer for these U.S. Dollar-denominated and Euro-denominated UPC Notes.

   Market for the UPC Notes

     The UPC Notes are not listed on any U.S. national or regional stock
exchange or included on NASDAQ. The UPC Notes trade on a limited basis in the
over-the-counter market. Trading in the UPC Notes, however, is extremely limited
and each Holder of UPC Notes is encouraged to obtain current information on the
market price of any UPC Notes that such Holder holds.

   Terms of the UPC Notes

     The UPC Notes were issued pursuant to indentures dated as of July 30, 1999,
in the case of the 10 7/8% Senior Notes due 2009 and the 12 1/2% Senior Discount
Notes due 2009, October 29, 1999 in the case of the 10 7/8% Senior Notes due
2007, the 11 1/4 % Senior Discount Notes due 2009 and the 13 3/8 Senior Discount
Notes due 2009 and January 20, 2000 in the case of the 11 1/2 Senior Notes due
2010, the 11 1/4 Senior Notes due 2010 and the 13 3/4 Senior Discount Notes due
2010 (the "Indentures") by and among the Company and Citibank N.A., as trustee
(the "Trustee"). The 10 7/8% Senior Notes due 2009, the 10 7/8% Senior Notes due
2007, the 11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2009, the 11 1/2% Senior Notes due 2010 and
the 11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2010 are sometimes referred to below as the "UPC
Senior Notes" and the 12 1/2% Senior Discount Notes due 2009, the 13 3/8% Senior
Discount Notes due 2009 and the 13 3/4% Senior Discount Notes due 2010 are
sometimes referred to below as the "UPC Senior Discount Notes." Although, for
convenience, the UPC Senior Notes and the UPC Senior Discount Notes are referred
to as the


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"UPC Notes," the UPC Notes were issued each as a separate series and do not
together have any class voting or other rights.

     The following summaries of certain provisions of the Indentures are
summaries only, do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their
entirety by reference to all of the provisions of the Indentures. The Company
urges each Holder of UPC Notes to read the Indentures because the Indentures,
and not this description, define the rights of the holders of the UPC Notes.
Copies of the Indentures are available from the Company upon request.

     Ranking of the UPC Notes

     The UPC Notes are (i) unsecured, general obligations of the Company, (ii)
ranked equally in right of payment with all of the Company's existing and future
unsubordinated and unsecured Indebtedness (as defined in the relevant
Indenture); and (iii) ranked senior in right of payment to all of the Company's
existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness (as defined in the relevant
Indenture). The Company's operations are conducted through its subsidiaries and,
therefore, the Company depends on the cash flow of its subsidiaries to meet its
obligations, including its obligations under the UPC Notes. The UPC Notes are
effectively subordinated in right of payment to all Indebtedness and other
liabilities and commitments (including trade payables and lease obligations) and
preferred stock of the Company's subsidiaries. Any right the Company has to
receive assets of any of its subsidiaries upon the subsidiary's liquidation or
reorganization (and the consequent right of the holders of the UPC Notes to
participate in those assets) are effectively subordinated to the claims of that
subsidiary's creditors and preferred interest holders, except to the extent that
the Company is recognized as a creditor of the subsidiary, in which case the
Company's claims would still be subordinate in right of payment to any security
in the assets of the subsidiary and any indebtedness of the subsidiary senior to
that held by the Company.

     Principal and Maturity

     The following chart shows the aggregate principal amount and scheduled
maturity date of each of the series of UPC Notes:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
    Series of UPC Notes                     Aggregate Principal Amount Issued        Scheduled Maturity Date
    -------------------                     ---------------------------------        -----------------------
<S>                                              <C>                                      <C>
10 7/8% Senior Notes due 2007                       US$200,000,000                        November 1, 2007
                                                 (euro)100,000,000
10 7/8% Senior Notes due 2009                       US$800,000,000                        August 1, 2009
                                                 (euro)300,000,000
11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2009                       US$252,000,000                        November 1, 2009
                                                 (euro)101,000,000
12 1/2% Senior Discount Notes due 2009              US$735,000,000                        August 1, 2009
13 3/8% Senior Discount Notes due 2009              US$478,000,000                        November 1, 2009
                                                 (euro)191,000,000
11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2010                       US$600,000,000                        February 1, 2010
                                                 (euro)200,000,000
11 1/2% Senior Notes due 2010                       US$300,000,000                        February 1, 2010
13 3/4% Senior Discount Notes due 2010            US$1,000,000,000                        February 1, 2010
</TABLE>


     Covenants

     The UPC Notes contain covenants requiring the Company to repurchase the UPC
Notes at the option of the holders of the UPC Notes in the event of a Change in
Control (as defined in the Indentures) of the Company. The UPC Notes also
contain covenants restricting or limiting the ability of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries (subject, in each case, to certain exceptions) to

     o    incur indebtedness and disqualified capital stock;

     o    make restricted payments;


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     o    impose restrictions on the ability of the Company's subsidiaries to
          pay dividends or make other payments to the Company;

     o    create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any lien on its assets or
          properties;

     o    convey, sell, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of its property,
          business or assets;

     o    consolidate with or merge with or into another person or sell, lease,
          convey or transfer all or substantially all of its assets; and

     o    engage to any substantial extent in any line or lines of business
          activity other than that which, in the reasonable good faith judgment
          of the Company's Supervisory Board, is a related business.

     The Indentures also require the Company to provide to the Trustees and each
holder of the UPC Notes identified to the Company annual and quarterly financial
statements and any report filed with the SEC within 15 days of the filing of
such report with the SEC. The Indentures provide for events of default under the
UPC Notes in the event of the Company's failure to pay interest (subject to a 30
day grace period) or principal on the notes, the Company's failure to observe or
perform any covenant or agreement under the UPC Notes or in the Indentures
(subject to a 30 day cure period), the bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization
of the Company or a default under other indebtedness of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries in excess of US$50 million.

The Belmarken Notes

     In May 2001, Belmarken completed the placement with Liberty Media
Corporation ("Liberty Media") of the Belmarken Notes, receiving proceeds of
US$856.8 million. The holder of the Belmarken Notes has the right to exchange
the Belmarken Notes into UPC Ordinary Shares A under certain circumstances at
US$6.85 per share. The Belmarken Notes were transferred to UGC on January 30,
2002, as part of a transaction between Liberty Media, the original holder of the
Belmarken Notes, and UGC. As a result of the transfer, UGC may exchange the
Belmarken Notes for UPC Ordinary Shares A at US$6.85 per share at any time. The
Belmarken Notes are secured by pledges of the stock of Belmarken, its
wholly-owned subsidiary and the subsidiary holding company that owns chello
broadband N.V.

     The principal terms of the Belmarken Notes are as follows:

     o    Exchangeable at any time into UPC Ordinary Shares A at US$6.85 per
          share.

     o    Callable in cash at any time in the first year at accreted value, then
          not callable until May 29, 2004, thereafter callable at descending
          premiums in cash, UPC Ordinary Shares A or a combination (at the
          Company's option) at any time prior to May 29, 2007.

     o    The Company has the right, at its option, to require exchange of the
          Belmarken Notes into UPC Ordinary Shares A at (euro)8.00 per share on
          a (euro)1.00 for (euro)1.00 basis for any equity raised by the Company
          at a price at or above (euro)8.00 per share during the first two
          years, (euro)10.00 per share during the third year, (euro)12.00 per
          share during the fourth year, and (euro)15.00 per share during and
          after the fifth year.

     o    The Company has the right, at its option, to require exchange of the
          Belmarken Notes into UPC Ordinary Shares A, if on or after November
          15, 2002, the UPC Ordinary Shares A trade at or above US$10.28 for at
          least 20 out of 30 trading days, or if on or after May 29, 2004, the
          UPC Ordinary Shares A trade at or above US$8.91 for at least 20 out of
          30 days.


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Statutory Purpose of the Company

   Prior to the Restructuring

          Article 3 of the Articles of Association of the Company, which were
last amended on December 7, 2000, provides that the business activities of the
Company shall include:

     o    the ownership, operation and development of subscription and
          multi-channel television systems and the provision of related
          consulting, engineering and programming services and other
          communications services,

     o    the incorporation, management and financing of, and participation in,
          other companies and enterprises and

     o    the incurrence of loans, the making of investments and the
          acquisition, transfer and disposal of claims and assets in general.

   After the Restructuring

         The Articles of Association of the Company will be amended to provide
that the business activities of the Company shall include:

     o    the incorporation, management and supervision of, and participation
          in, businesses and companies,

     o    the financing of businesses and companies and the borrowing, lending
          and raising of funds,

     o    the rendering of advice and services to businesses and companies with
          which it forms a group and to third parties,

     o    the granting of guarantees, the binding of itself and the pledging of
          its assets for obligations of businesses and companies with which it
          forms a group and to third parties,

     o    the acquisition, sale and management of property,

     o    the trading in currencies and securities,

     o    the development of, and trading in, patents, trademarks, licenses and
          other property rights and

     o    the performance of any and all activities of an industrial, financial
          or commercial nature.

Capital Stock of the Company Prior to the Restructuring

          The current authorized capital stock of the Company amounts to
1,653,000,000 shares of capital stock, including

     (i)  1,000,000,000 UPC Ordinary Shares A with a par value of (euro)1.00
          each,

     (ii) 300,000,000 UPC Ordinary Shares B with a par value of (euro)0.01 each,

     (iii) 300 UPC Priority Shares with a par value of (euro)1.00 each,

     (iv) 49,999,700 UPC Preference Shares A with a par value of (euro)1.00
          each, and

     (v)  600,000,000 UPC Preference Shares B with a par value of (euro)1.00
          each.

As of the Petition Date, the Company had outstanding

     (i)  443,417,525 UPC Ordinary Shares A;


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     (ii) no UPC Ordinary Shares B;

     (iii) 300 UPC Priority Shares;

     (iv) 12,400 UPC Preference Shares A; and

     (v)  no UPC Preference Shares B.

     The following is a brief description of the UPC Ordinary Shares A and B,
the UPC Priority Shares, the UPC Preference Shares A and B and the UPC ADSs:

   UPC Ordinary Shares A and B

          General

     The Company has two classes of ordinary shares: Ordinary Shares A and
Ordinary Shares B. The Ordinary Shares B have similar rights to the UPC Ordinary
Shares A, except for the following primary differences:

     o    holders of Ordinary Shares B are entitled to one vote per share and
          holders of the UPC Ordinary Shares A are entitled to 100 votes per
          share; and

     o    The Company's Board of Management must obtain the approval of the
          meeting of the holders of Ordinary Shares B before cooperating with a
          public offer for its shares if the offer is limited to the UPC
          Ordinary Shares A or the offer is not made on equal financial terms
          for both the UPC Ordinary Shares A and the UPC Ordinary Shares B.

     The Ordinary Shares may, at the option of the shareholder, be registered
shares or bearer shares. A shareholder may convert Ordinary Shares in bearer
form into registered Ordinary Shares of the same class at any time, and vice
versa. The UPC Ordinary Shares A in bearer form are listed on Euronext.

     UPC Ordinary Shares A in bearer form are embodied in a single global share
certificate, which is lodged with the NECIGEF for safekeeping on behalf of the
parties entitled to such Ordinary Shares A. The UPC Ordinary Shares A in bearer
form can only be transferred through the giro-based securities transfer system
of Nederlands Centraal Insituut voor Giraal Effectenverkeer B.V. ("NECIGEF").

     Holders of registered UPC ordinary Shares A are entered in the Company's
shareholders register and share certificates are not issued. At the request of a
registered shareholder, the Company will, without fee, issue a non-negotiable
extract from the shareholders register in the name of the holder. A deed of
transfer, together with the Company's acknowledgment in writing, is required to
transfer registered shares.

     Issue of Ordinary Shares; Pre-emptive Rights

     Pursuant to the articles of association of the Company, all unissued shares
of the authorized capital may be issued by the Company's Board of Management
upon approval of both the Company's Supervisory Board and United Europe, as
holder of all outstanding UPC Priority Shares. The authority of the Company's
Board of Management to issue ordinary shares will end July 23, 2004, unless
extended by the articles of association or by resolution of the general meeting
of shareholders which requires the approval of the Company's Supervisory Board
and United Europe, as holder of all outstanding UPC Priority Shares, for a
period not exceeding five years in each instance. If no such extension is given,
or any other corporate body of the Company has been designated by the general
meeting of shareholders, any issues of ordinary shares will require a resolution
of the general meeting of shareholders. A resolution of the general meeting of
shareholders to issue any shares in the Company or to designate any other
corporate body of the Company, is subject to the approval by the Company's
Supervisory Board and United Europe, as holder of all outstanding UPC Priority
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     Except for issues of ordinary shares in return for non-cash consideration
and shares issued to the Company's employees or employees of any of the
Company's subsidiaries as defined under Netherlands law, holders of ordinary
shares have pre-emptive rights to subscribe for their pro rata amount of all new
ordinary shares and the UPC Preference Shares A which are convertible into
ordinary shares issued by the Company. These rights may be restricted or
excluded by a resolution of the Company's Board of Management subject to
approval of both the Company's Supervisory Board and United Europe, as the
holder of all outstanding UPC Priority Shares. The authority of the Company's
Board of Management to restrict or exclude any pre-emptive rights will end July
23, 2004, unless extended by the articles of association or by resolution of the
general meeting of shareholders which requires the approval of the Company's
Supervisory Board and United Europe, as holder of all outstanding UPC Priority
Shares, for a period not exceeding five years in each instance.

     Dividends

     Each UPC Ordinary Share A and Ordinary Share B is entitled to the same
amount of dividend if one is declared in proportion to their respective par
value. The Company may not pay a dividend to holders of UPC Ordinary Shares A
without paying the same dividend to holders of Ordinary Shares B.

     Voting Rights

     All UPC Ordinary Shares (A and B) vote together on all matters presented at
a general meeting of shareholders. Each UPC Ordinary Share A represents the
right to cast 100 votes at a general meeting of shareholders and each Ordinary
Share B represents the right to cast one vote at a general meeting of
shareholders.

     Special Approval Rights for Ordinary Shares B

     The Board of Management must obtain the approval of the meeting of the
holders of Ordinary Shares B prior to cooperating with a public offer for the
Company's shares if the offer is limited to UPC Ordinary Shares A or the offer
is not made on equal financial terms for the shares of both classes (A and B) of
the Company's ordinary shares.

   UPC Priority Shares

     All of the UPC Priority Shares are held indirectly by UGC through United
Europe. Except for the transfer of UPC Priority Shares to the Company, UPC
Priority Shares can only be transferred with the approval of the Company's Board
of Management and Supervisory Board. In addition to holding a controlling
majority of UPC Ordinary Shares A, United Europe, as the holder of the UPC
Priority Shares, has certain specific rights and powers over the Company,
including:

     o    the right to approve a resolution of the Company's Board of Management
          or any other corporate body of the Company for the issuance by the
          Company of its shares,

     o    the right to approve a resolution of the Company's Board of Management
          or any other corporate body of the Company for the exclusion or
          restriction of the pre-emptive rights of existing shareholders,

     o    the right to make binding nominations for appointment of members to
          the Company's Board of Management and Supervisory Board, which binding
          nominations may only be set aside by a resolution of the general
          meeting of shareholders adopted by two-thirds of the votes cast
          representing more than one-half of the issued nominal capital,

     o    the right to require decisions of the Company's Board of Management to
          be subject to the approval of United Europe, as the holder of the UPC
          Priority Shares, and

     o    the exclusive right to propose amendments to the Company's articles of
          association and to propose a merger, split up or dissolution of the
          Company.


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     The UPC Priority Shares are issued in the same way as the UPC Ordinary
Shares A and B. The UPC Priority Shares carry no pre-emptive rights. The UPC
Priority Shares are entitled to a nominal annual dividend of 5% of their par
value, to the extent distributable profits are available.

     At such time as the holder(s) of the UPC Priority Shares hold less than 15%
of the issued and outstanding UPC Ordinary Shares A, the holder(s) are required
to transfer all of the UPC Priority Shares to a foundation, the trustees of
which are the Company's Supervisory Directors.

   UPC Preference Shares A and B

     The Company's articles of association provide for the issuance of class A
and class B preference shares. The UPC Preference Shares A may be issued
exclusively for financing purposes. Upon any voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, winding up or dissolution of the Company that were to become
effective on or before May 1, 2010, the amount payable with respect to the UPC
Preference Shares A would be equal to the amount that would have been payable on
the UPC Ordinary Shares A if these UPC Preference Shares A had been converted
into UPC Ordinary Shares A immediately prior to such date. Upon the liquidation
of the Company after May 1, 2010, holders of the UPC Preference Shares A would
not share in the reserves of the Company although they may be entitled to a
share premium reserve if it were so decided at the time of their first issuance.
See "--Liquidation Rights" below. The UPC Preference Shares A are not listed.
The UPC Preference Shares A are registered shares and share certificates are not
issued. The UPC Preference Shares A carry no pre-emptive rights. Each UPC
Preference Share A represents the right to cast 100 votes at a general meeting
of shareholders. The UPC Preference Shares A are paid an annual dividend, the
amount or method of determining of which will be determined at the time of their
first issuance, to the extent distributable profits are available.

     Class B preference shares are designed as a preventive measure against
unfriendly takeover bids. The minimum amount required to be paid on the class B
preference shares upon issuance is 25% of the nominal amount issued. In the
event of a hostile take-over bid, class B preference shares may be issued to a
legal entity charged with caring for the Company's interests and its
stakeholders and preventing influences that may threaten the Company's
continuity, independence or identity. Upon the Company's liquidation, holders of
class B preference shares do not share in the Company's reserves for more than
the par value of their shares and such shares are not listed. The class B
preference shares will be registered shares and share certificates will not be
issued. Class B preference shares can be issued in the same way as ordinary
shares, but carry no pre-emptive rights. Each class B preference share will
represent the right to cast 100 votes at a general meeting of shareholders.
Class B preference shares will be paid a cumulative annual dividend calculated
on the basis of the deposit interest rate of the European Central Bank to be
applied over the paid up part of their par value, to the extent distributable
profits are available.

     Class B preference shares may be issued by the UPC Board of Management upon
approval of both the UPC Supervisory Board and UGC Holdings, as the holder of
the UPC Priority Shares. Notwithstanding, if class B preference shares are
proposed to be issued by a corporate body other than the UPC general meeting of
shareholders and such shares would exceed 100% of all of the Company's other
outstanding shares, such issuance will require the prior approval of the general
meeting of shareholders. Where class B preference shares are issued by a
corporate body other than the Company's general meeting of shareholders, and
such shares would not exceed 100% of all of the Company's other outstanding
shares, the reasons for the issuance must be explained within four weeks thereof
at a general meeting of shareholders. Within two years after the first issuance
of class B preference shares, a general meeting of shareholders must be held to
vote on whether the class B preference shares should be repurchased or
cancelled. If such a resolution is not adopted, another meeting is held within
two years of the previous meeting and this procedure is repeated until no more
class B preference shares are outstanding.

     Liquidation Rights

     In the event that the Company were to be dissolved or liquidated, the
assets remaining after payment of all debts are to be distributed to holders of
the Company's share capital as follows:

     o    first, to any issued and outstanding class B preference shares in an
          amount equal to any previously declared but unpaid dividend and the
          nominal paid-up amount of such class B preference shares;


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     o    second, to any issued and outstanding UPC Preference Shares A in an
          amount as determined in the resolution by which such UPC Preference
          Shares A were issued, which may include, among other things, (1) an
          amount equal to the accrued but unpaid dividend, (2) the nominal paid
          up amount on such UPC Preference Shares A and the contributed share
          premium, (3) a compensation over the paid capital, and/or (4) an
          amount equal to the amount the holder of such UPC Preference Shares A
          would be entitled to, had he or she converted these shares into UPC
          Ordinary Shares A on the day of liquidation provided, however, that if
          the Company were to be dissolved or liquidated on or before May 1,
          2010, then the amount payable with respect to the UPC Preference
          Shares A shall be equal to the amount that would have been payable on
          the UPC Ordinary Shares A if the UPC Preference Shares A had been
          converted into UPC Ordinary Shares A on the date of dissolution or
          liquidation and no amounts shall be paid with respect to the
          liquidation preference of the UPC Preference Shares A;

     o    third, to the holders of the UPC Priority Shares in an amount equal to
          their par value in proportion to the number of UPC Priority Shares
          held by them; and

     o    fourth, any remaining assets shall be distributed to the holders of
          the UPC Ordinary Shares A and UPC Ordinary Shares B in proportion to
          the number of shares held by them regardless of the class of ordinary
          shares.

   UPC ADSs

          General

     Citibank, N.A. ("Citibank"), located at 111 Wall Street, New York, New York
10043 acts as the depositary bank for the UPC ADSs. Citibank, N.A. has appointed
Citibank N.A., Amsterdam, located at Europlaza, Hoogoordreef 54 B, 1101 BE
Amsterdam ZO, The Netherlands, as custodian through which the UPC Ordinary
Shares A on deposit under the UPC ADS program are held.

     The Company appointed Citibank as depositary bank pursuant to a deposit
agreement. A copy of the deposit agreement is on file with the SEC under cover
of a Registration Statement on Form F-6. A UPC ADS owner may obtain a copy of
the deposit agreement from the SEC's Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please refer to Registration Number 333-9850 when
retrieving a copy.

     Each UPC ADS represents one UPC Ordinary Share A. The UPC Ordinary Shares A
underlying the UPC ADSs are deposited into accounts maintained by the custodian
with NECIGEF. A UPC ADS also represents any other property received by the
depositary bank or the custodian on behalf of the owner of the UPC ADS but that
has not been distributed to the owners of UPC ADSs because of legal restrictions
or practical considerations.

     Each owner of UPC ADSs becomes a party to the deposit agreement and
therefore is bound by its terms as well as to the terms of the American
Depositary Receipt ("ADR") that represents such owner's UPC ADSs. The deposit
agreement and the ADR specify the owner's rights and obligations as well as
those of the depositary bank. A UPC ADS owner appoints the depositary bank to
act on his or her behalf in certain circumstances. The deposit agreement is
governed by New York law. However, the Company's obligations to the holders of
UPC Ordinary Shares A continue to be governed by the laws of The Netherlands,
which may be different from the laws of the United States.

     An owner of UPC ADSs may hold UPC ADSs either by means of an ADR registered
in such owner's name or through a brokerage or safekeeping account. If the owner
decides to hold UPC ADSs through a brokerage or safekeeping account, the owner
must rely on the procedures of the owner's broker or bank to assert his or her
rights as a UPC ADS owner. This summary description assumes that the owner has
opted to own the UPC ADSs directly by means of an ADR registered in his or her
name and, as such, the description refers to such owner as the holder.

     The following is a summary of the deposit agreement and the UPC ADSs.
Because it is a summary, it does not contain all of the information that may be
important to you. For more complete information, you should read the entire
deposit agreement and the form of ADR included in the deposit agreement.


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     Dividends and Distributions

     A holder of UPC ADSs generally has the right to receive the distributions
the Company makes on the securities deposited with the custodian. Receipt of
these distributions may be limited, however, by practical considerations and
legal limitations. Holders will receive such distributions under the terms of
the deposit agreement in proportion to the number of UPC ADSs held as of a
specified record date.

     Distributions of Cash and Shares

     Whenever the Company makes a cash distribution, or a free distribution of
UPC Ordinary Shares A, for the securities on deposit with the custodian, the
Company will notify the depositary bank. In the case of a cash distribution,
upon receipt of such notice the depositary bank will arrange for the funds to be
converted into United States Dollars (if practicable) and for the distribution
of the United States Dollars to holders (if transferable to the United States).
In the case of a distribution of shares, upon receipt of such notice and subject
to applicable law, the depositary bank will either distribute to holders new UPC
ADSs representing the UPC Ordinary Shares A deposited or modify the UPC ADSs to
UPC Ordinary Shares A ratio, in which case each UPC ADS held by a holder will
represent rights and interests in the additional UPC Ordinary Shares A so
deposited.

     Distributions of Rights

     Whenever the Company intends to distribute rights to purchase additional
UPC Ordinary Shares A, the Company will give prior notice to the depositary bank
and the Company will assist the depositary bank in determining whether it is
lawful and reasonably practicable to distribute rights to purchase additional
UPC ADSs to holders. The depositary bank will establish procedures to distribute
rights to purchase additional UPC ADSs to holders and to enable such holders to
exercise such rights if it is lawful and reasonably practicable to make the
rights available to holders of UPC ADSs, and if the Company provides all of the
documentation contemplated in the deposit agreement, such as legal opinions to
address the legality of the transaction.

     The depositary bank will not distribute the rights to holders if:

     o    the Company does not request that the rights be distributed to holders
          or the Company asks that the rights not be distributed to holders;

     o    the Company fails to deliver satisfactory documents to the depositary
          bank; or

     o    it is either not lawful or not reasonably practicable to distribute
          the rights.

     Elective Distributions

     Whenever the Company intends to distribute a dividend payable at the
election of shareholders either in cash or in additional shares, the Company
will give prior notice thereof to the depositary bank and will indicate whether
the Company wishes the elective distribution to be made available to holders. In
such case, the Company will assist the depositary bank in determining whether
such distribution is lawful and reasonably practicable.

     Other Distributions

     Whenever the Company intends to distribute property other than cash, UPC
Ordinary Shares A or rights to purchase additional UPC Ordinary Shares A, the
Company will notify the depositary bank in advance and will indicate whether the
Company wishes such distribution to be made to holders. If so, the Company will
assist the depositary bank in determining whether such distribution to holders
is lawful and reasonably equitable and practicable.

     If it is reasonably practicable to distribute such property to holders and
if the Company provides all of the documentation contemplated in the deposit
agreement, the depositary bank will distribute the property proportionately to
the holders in a manner it deems practicable.

     The depositary bank will not distribute the property to holders and will
sell the property if:


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     o    the Company does not request that the property be distributed to
          holders or if the Company asks that the property not be distributed to
          holders;

     o    the Company does not deliver satisfactory documents to the depositary
          bank; or

     o    the depositary bank determines that all or a portion of the
          distribution to holders is not reasonably practicable.

       The proceeds of such a sale will be distributed to holders as in the case
of a cash distribution.

     Issuance of UPC ADSs upon Deposit of UPC Ordinary Shares A

     The UPC Ordinary Shares A to be represented by the UPC ADSs will be
credited to an account maintained by the custodian at NECIGEF. The custodian
will be the holder of record of all of these UPC Ordinary Shares A. Once the
custodian confirms the registration of the UPC Ordinary Shares A on its account
at NECIGEF, the depositary bank may create UPC ADSs on holders' behalf. The
depositary bank will deliver these UPC ADSs to the person holders indicate only
after holders pay any applicable issuance fees and any charges and taxes payable
for the transfer of the UPC Ordinary Shares A. The records maintained by NECIGEF
and the affiliated institutions of NECIGEF will show the ownership of the
deposited UPC Ordinary Shares A and transfers of ownership interests.

     The issuance of UPC ADSs may be delayed until the depositary bank or the
custodian receives confirmation that all required approvals have been given and
that the UPC Ordinary Shares A have been duly credited to the custodian's
NECIGEF account. The depositary bank will only issue UPC ADSs in whole numbers.

     When holders, through an affiliated institution of NECIGEF, make a deposit
of UPC Ordinary Shares A, holders will be responsible for transferring good and
valid title to the custodian. As such, holders will be deemed to represent and
warrant that:

     o    the UPC Ordinary Shares A are duly authorized, validly issued, fully
          paid, non-assessable and legally obtained;

     o    all pre-emptive and similar rights, if any, with respect to such UPC
          Ordinary Shares A have been validly waived or exercised;

     o    holders are duly authorized to deposit the UPC Ordinary Shares A;

     o    the UPC Ordinary Shares A presented for deposit are free and clear of
          any lien, encumbrance, security interest, charge, mortgage or adverse
          claim, and are not, and the UPC ADSs issuable upon such deposit will
          not be, "restricted securities," as defined in the deposit agreement;
          and

     o    the UPC Ordinary Shares A presented for deposit have not been stripped
          of any rights or entitlements.

     If any of the representations or warranties are incorrect in any way, the
Company and the depositary bank may, at holders' cost and expense, take any and
all actions necessary to correct the consequences of the misrepresentations.

     Withdrawal of UPC Ordinary Shares A Upon Cancellation of UPC ADSs

     Holders will be entitled to present their UPC ADSs to the depositary bank
for cancellation in order to withdraw the underlying deposited securities. In
order to withdraw the deposited securities, holders will be required to pay to
the depositary the fees for cancellation of UPC ADSs and any charges and taxes
payable upon the transfer of the deposited securities being withdrawn and then
an affiliated institution of NECIGEF holders designate will be entitled to the
delivery of the deposited securities represented by their UPC ADSs. Holders
assume the risk for delivery of all funds and securities upon withdrawal. Once
canceled, holders will not have any rights under the deposit agreement in
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     If holders own UPC ADSs registered in their names, the depositary bank may
ask holders to provide proof of identity, the genuineness of any signature and
certain other documents the depositary bank deems appropriate before it will
cancel their UPC ADSs. The withdrawal of the deposited securities represented by
holders' UPC ADSs may be delayed until the depositary bank receives satisfactory
evidence of compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. The depositary
bank will only accept UPC ADSs for cancellation that represent a whole number of
securities on deposit.

     Holders will have the right to withdraw the deposited securities
represented by their UPC ADSs at any time, except for:

     o    temporary delays that may arise because (1) the transfer books for the
          UPC Ordinary Shares A or UPC ADSs are closed or (2) the UPC Ordinary
          Shares A are immobilized on account of a shareholders' meeting or a
          payment of dividends;

     o    obligations to pay fees, taxes and similar charges; and

     o    restrictions imposed because of laws or regulations applicable to UPC
          ADSs or the withdrawal of securities on deposit.

     The deposit agreement may not be modified to impair holders' right to
withdraw the securities represented by their UPC ADSs except to comply with
mandatory provisions of law.

     Voting Rights

     Holders generally have the right under the deposit agreement to instruct
the depositary bank to exercise the voting rights for the UPC Ordinary Shares A
represented by their UPC ADSs. The voting rights of the holders of UPC Ordinary
Shares A are described in "UPC Ordinary Shares A and B--Voting Rights."

     At the Company's request, the depositary bank will mail to holders any
notice of shareholders' meeting received from the Company together with
information explaining how to instruct the depositary bank to exercise the
voting rights of the securities represented by their UPC ADSs.

     If the depositary bank timely receives voting instructions from a holder of
UPC ADSs, it will endeavor to vote the securities represented by the holder's
UPC ADSs in accordance with such voting instructions.

     The ability of the depositary bank to carry out voting instructions may be
limited by practical and legal limitations and the terms of the securities on
deposit. the Company cannot assure holders that they will receive voting
materials in time to enable them to return voting instructions to the depositary
bank in a timely manner. Securities for which no voting instructions have been
received will not be voted.

     Amendments and Termination

     The Company may agree with the depositary bank to modify the deposit
agreement at any time without holders' consent. the Company undertakes to give
holders 30 days prior notice of any modifications that would prejudice any of
their substantial rights under the deposit agreement (except in very limited
circumstances enumerated in the deposit agreement).

     Holders will be bound by the modifications to the deposit agreement if they
continue to hold their UPC ADSs after the modifications to the deposit agreement
become effective. The deposit agreement cannot be amended to prevent holders
from withdrawing the UPC Ordinary Shares A represented by their UPC ADSs (except
as permitted by law).

     The Company has the right to direct the depositary bank to terminate the
deposit agreement. Similarly, the depositary bank may, in certain circumstances,
on its own initiative, terminate the deposit agreement. In either case, the
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     Upon termination, the following will occur under the deposit agreement:

     o    For a period of six months after termination, holders will be able to
          request the cancellation of their UPC ADSs, the withdrawal of the UPC
          Ordinary Shares A represented by their UPC ADSs and the delivery of
          all other property held by the depositary bank in respect of those
          deposited securities on the terms existing prior to the termination.
          During such six-month period, the depositary bank will continue to
          collect all distributions received on the UPC Ordinary Shares A on
          deposit but will not distribute any such property to holders until
          they request the cancellation of their UPC ADSs.

     o    After the expiration of such six-month period, the depositary bank may
          sell the securities held on deposit. The depositary bank will hold the
          proceeds from such sale and any other funds then held for holders in a
          non-interest bearing account. At that point, the depositary bank will
          have no further obligations to holders other than to account for the
          funds then held for the holders still outstanding.

     Books of Depositary

     The depositary bank will maintain UPC ADS holder records at its depositary
office. Holders may inspect the records at such office during regular business
hours but solely for the purpose of communicating with other holders in the
interest of business matters relating to the UPC ADSs and the deposit agreement.

     The depositary bank will maintain facilities in New York to record and
process the issuance, cancellation, combination, split-up and transfer of ADRs.
These facilities may be closed from time to time, to the extent not prohibited
by law.

     Limitations on Obligations and Liabilities

     The deposit agreement limits the Company's obligations and the depositary
bank's obligations to holders. The following should be noted:

     o    The Company and the depositary bank are only obligated to take the
          actions specifically stated in the deposit agreement, and the Company
          must do so without negligence or bad faith.

     o    The depositary bank disclaims any liability for any failure to carry
          out voting instructions, for any manner in which a vote is cast and
          the effect of any vote, provided it acts in good faith and in
          accordance with the terms of the deposit agreement.

     o    The depositary bank disclaims any liability for any failure to
          determine the lawfulness or practicality of any action, for the
          content of any document forwarded to holders on the Company's behalf
          or for the accuracy of any translation of such a document, for the
          investment risks associated with investing in the UPC Ordinary Shares
          A, for the validity or worth of the UPC Ordinary Shares A, for any tax
          consequences that result from the ownership of UPC ADSs, for the
          creditworthiness of any third party, for allowing any rights to lapse
          under the terms of the deposit agreement, for the timeliness of any of
          the Company's notices and for the Company's failure to give notice.

     o    The Company and the depositary bank will not be obligated to perform
          any act that is inconsistent with the terms of the deposit agreement.

     o    The Company and the depositary bank disclaim any liability if the
          Company is prevented or forbidden from acting on account of any law or
          regulation, any provision of the Company's articles of association,
          any provision of any securities on deposit or by reason of any act of
          God, war or other circumstances beyond the Company's control.


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     o    The Company and the depositary bank disclaim any liability by reason
          of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided
          for in the deposit agreement, in the Company's articles of association
          or in any provisions of securities on deposit.

     o    The Company and the depositary bank disclaim any liability for any
          action or inaction in reliance on the advice or information received
          from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting UPC Ordinary
          Shares A for deposit, any holder of UPC ADSs or authorized
          representative thereof, or any other person believed in good faith by
          either the Company or the depositary bank to be competent to give such
          advice or information.

     o    The Company and the depositary bank disclaim liability for the
          inability of a holder to benefit from any distribution, offering,
          right or other benefit which is made available to holders of the UPC
          Ordinary Shares A but is not, under the terms of the deposit
          agreement, made available to holders of UPC ADSs.

     o    The Company and the depositary bank may rely without any liability
          upon any written notice, request or other document which the Company
          believes to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the
          proper parties.

   Listing and Trading of UPC Ordinary Shares A and UPC ADSs

     The UPC Ordinary Shares A trade on Euronext. As of September 30, 2001, the
Company had negative shareholders' equity. As a result, on November 14, 2001,
Euronext announced that the UPC Ordinary Shares A were placed in Euronext's
"penalty bench" (strafbankje) until such time that the Company returns to
positive shareholders' equity. Since the UPC Ordinary Shares A remained in the
"penalty bench" for more than three months, they were removed from the AEX Index
on February 14, 2002. Removal of the UPC Ordinary Shares A from the AEX Index
did not, however, result in a delisting of the UPC Ordinary Shares A from
Euronext. The high and low closing sales prices of the UPC Ordinary Shares A
were (euro)0.16 and (euro)0.05 in the six months ended November 29, 2002. The
closing price of the UPC Ordinary Shares A on November 29, 2002 was (euro)0.08
per share.

     The UPC ADSs ceased to trade on the NASDAQ National Market(R) on May 24,
2002 and are currently traded on the OTC BB under the symbol "UPCOY.OB." The
high and low bid closing quotations on the OTC BB market of the UPC ADSs were
US$0.15 and US$0.04 in the period from May 24, 2002 to November 29, 2002. The
reported closing bid quotation of the UPC ADSs on November 29, 2002 was US$0.08
per UPC ADS.

     The Company does not intend to seek a relisting of the UPC Ordinary Shares
A on NASDAQ or to seek a listing of the UPC Ordinary Shares A on any other U.S.
national securities exchange.

Capital Stock of the Company after the Restructuring

     After effectiveness of the First, Second and Third Amendments and after
completion of the Restructuring, the authorized capital stock of the Company
will consist of

     (i)  450,000,000 UPC Ordinary Shares A, par value (euro)0.02 per share;

     (ii) 50,000,000,000 UPC Ordinary Shares C, par value (euro)0.02 per share;
          and

     (iii) 300 UPC Priority Shares, par value (euro)0.02 per share.

     The following is a brief description of the UPC Ordinary Shares A and C and
UPC Priority Shares:

   UPC Ordinary Shares A

     Upon effectiveness of the First Amendment, holders of UPC Ordinary Shares A
will only be entitled to one vote per share. After effectiveness of the Third
Amendment (including delisting of the UPC Ordinary Shares A form Euronext) and
after completion of the Restructuring, holders of UPC Ordinary Shares A will
only be authorized to exercise their rights upon delivery of share certificates
and such UPC Ordinary Shares A will only be

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transferable with the approval of the Company's Board of Management. Other than
the changes set forth in the preceding three sentences, there will be no changes
in the rights of UPC Ordinary Shares A.

   UPC Ordinary Shares C

          General

     After effectiveness of the Second Amendment and after completion of the
Restructuring, the Company will have an additional class of ordinary shares: UPC
Ordinary Shares C. The UPC Ordinary Shares C will have similar rights to the UPC
Ordinary Shares A. The UPC Ordinary Shares C will be registered shares and will
only be transferable with the approval of the Company's Board of Management.
Holders of registered UPC Ordinary Shares C will be entered in the Company's
shareholders register and share certificates will not be issued. At the request
of a registered shareholder, the Company will, without fee, issue a
non-negotiable extract from the shareholders register in the name of the holder.
A deed of transfer, together with the Company's acknowledgment in writing, will
be required to transfer registered shares.

     Dividends

     Each UPC Ordinary Share C will be entitled to the same amount of dividend
as each UPC Ordinary Share A if one is declared in proportion to their
respective par value. The Company may not pay a dividend to holders of UPC
Ordinary Shares C without paying the same dividend to holders of Ordinary Shares
A.

     Voting Rights

     All UPC Ordinary Shares C will vote together with all UPC Ordinary Shares A
and all UPC Priority Shares on all matters presented at a general meeting of
shareholders. Each UPC Ordinary Share C will represent the right to cast one
vote at a general meeting of shareholders.

   UPC Priority Shares

     Upon effectiveness of the First Amendment, holders of UPC Priority Shares
will only be entitled to one vote per shares.

     After effectiveness of the Third Amendment and after completion of the
Restructuring, the holder of the UPC Priority Shares--New UPC--will have certain
specific rights and powers over the Company, including

     o    the right to determine the number of members of the Company's Board of
          Management;

     o    the right to designate one of the members of the Company's Board of
          Management as president and one of the members of the Company's Board
          of Management as chief executive officer (only if the Company's Board
          of Management is constituted by two or more members); and

     o    the right to establish remuneration and other conditions of employment
          for members of the Company's Board of Management.

     UPC Priority Shares can only be transferred with the approval of the
Company's Board of Management. Other than the changes set forth in the preceding
two paragraphs, there will be no changes in the rights of the UPC Priority
Shares.

   Delisting of UPC Ordinary Shares A

     After completion of the Restructuring, the Company intends to seek approval
from Euronext for the termination of the listing of the Ordinary Shares A on
Euronext. See "Risk Factors--Risks Related to Ownership of UPC Ordinary Shares A
upon Completion of the Restructuring."

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                                     NEW UPC

General

     New UPC was incorporated by UGC in the State of Delaware on September 13,
2002 as a corporation with limited liability. As of the Petition Date, New UPC
is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UGC. New UPC, which will become the holding
company for the Company and the UPC Group upon consummation of the
Restructuring, is an integral component of the Plan and was formed to effectuate
the Restructuring through the issuance of shares of New UPC Common Stock to the
Holders of the Claims against, and Equity Interests in, the Company under the
terms of the Plan, the Akkoord and the Dutch Implementing Offer. New UPC has not
conducted any operations to date other than the negotiation and implementation
of the Restructuring Agreement and in connection with implementing the
Restructuring. Upon consummation of the Restructuring, New UPC is expected to
own more than 99% of the outstanding UPC Ordinary Shares and act as the holding
company for the UPC Group. For a description of the share capital of New UPC,
see " -- Description of Shares of New UPC Common Stock."

     The statutory purpose of New UPC is to engage in any lawful act or activity
for which a cooperation may be organized under the DGCL as set out in the third
section of its Certificate of Incorporation. The registered office of New UPC is
located at 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801. The executive office
of New UPC is located at 4643 South Ulster Street, 13th Floor, Denver, Colorado
80237.

Description of Shares of New UPC Capital Stock

     As of the Petition Date, the authorized share capital of New UPC consists
of 1,000 shares of New UPC Common Stock, par value US$0.01 per share, of which
1,000 shares are issued and outstanding and are held by UGC. All outstanding
shares of New UPC Common Stock are, and the New UPC Common Stock to be
outstanding upon completion of the Restructuring will be, fully paid and
nonassessable. As of the Petition Date, New UPC does not hold any shares of New
UPC Common Stock as treasury stock.

     On the Effective Date, New UPC's authorized capital stock shall consist of:

     o    250,000,000 shares of common stock; and

     o    50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, all US$0.01 par value per share.

     On the date of this Disclosure Statement, New UPC does not hold any shares
of New UPC Common Stock as treasury stock.

   Common Stock

     Each holder of New UPC Common Stock is entitled to one vote for each share
owned of record on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders,
including the election of directors. There are no cumulative voting rights.
Holders of New UPC Common Stock are entitled to receive ratably dividends, if
any, whether payable in cash or otherwise, as may be declared from time to time
by the board of directors of New UPC out of legally available funds. Upon a
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of New UPC and after payment of all prior
claims of New UPC, the holders of New UPC Common Stock will be entitled to share
ratably in the net assets legally available for distribution to shareholders
after the payment of all of the debts and other liabilities of New UPC.

     On the Effective Date, New UPC's Certificate of Incorporation will provide
that holders of shares of New UPC Common Stock will have pre-emptive rights (the
"Pre-emptive Rights") for the first (euro)1,538.46 million of equity or
equity-linked securities issued by New UPC after the Effective Date for cash or
in exchange for assets (or other consideration) acquired from a Related Party
(as defined herein) of New UPC. The Pre-emptive Rights will provide that,
subject to any approvals required by the New UPC By-Laws, if New UPC issues
shares of New UPC Common Stock in exchange for assets (or other consideration)
acquired from a Related Party of New UPC, the holders of New UPC Common Stock
will have the right to subscribe for additional shares of New UPC Common Stock
on a pro rata basis for cash at the same fair market value as the assets (or
other consideration) received for such shares of New UPC Common Stock. The
Pre-emptive Rights will not be separable from the New UPC Common Stock and will
expire four years after the Effective Date. After the exercise or termination of
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emptive Rights, holders of New UPC Common Stock will have no redemption or
conversion rights or pre-emptive rights to purchase or subscribe for securities
of New UPC.

     New UPC's Certificate of Incorporation will define a "Related Party" to
mean, with respect to any Person (the "First Person"), (1) any other Person (the
"Second Person") having beneficial ownership of 40% or more of the Voting
Securities (as defined in New UPC's Certificate of Incorporation as discussed
below) of such First Person and (2) any other Person, 40% or more of whose
Voting Securities are owned, controlled or held with power to vote, directly or
indirectly, by that Second Person.

     New UPC's Certificate of Incorporation will define "Voting Securities" to
mean, with respect to any Person, any equity interest of such Person having
general voting power under ordinary circumstances to participate in the election
of a majority of the governing body of such Person (irrespective of whether at
the time any other class of equity interest of such Person shall have or might
have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).

     The shares of New UPC Common Stock will be issued in electronic form
through the book-entry facilities of DTC or, in certain circumstances, in
registered physical form on the Effective Date and delivered by mail on the
Initial Distribution Date. For those shares issued through the book-entry
facilities of DTC, the securities will be issued as fully registered securities
registered in the name of Cede & Co. (DTC's partnership nominee) and one fully
registered security certificate will be issued for such shares and will be
deposited with DTC. For those shares held in registered physical form, the names
and addresses of holders of the shares of New UPC Common Stock will be entered
in the shareholders' register for such class of shares which is maintained by a
transfer agent for New UPC. Such register will also include the number of shares
held by each shareholder and the class and number of their shares.

Preferred Stock

     On the Effective Date, New UPC will be authorized to issue 50,000,000
shares of preferred stock. New UPC's board of directors will be authorized,
without any further action by the stockholders, to determine the following for
any unissued series of preferred stock:

     o    voting rights;

     o    dividend rights;

     o    dividend rates;

     o    liquidation preferences;

     o    redemption provisions;

     o    sinking fund terms;

     o    conversion or exchange rights;

     o    the number of shares in the series; and

     o    other rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions.

     In addition, the New UPC preferred stock could have other rights, including
economic rights senior to the New UPC Common Stock, so that the issuance of the
New UPC preferred stock could adversely affect the market value of the New UPC
Common Stock.

Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws

     On the Effective Date, New UPC's Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws
will provide:

o    for a classified board of directors, for a period of three years following
     the Effective Date:

     --   Classes I and II will each consist of four (4) members;

     --   Class III will consist of two (2) members (the "Class III Directors");

o    the Class III Directors will serve for a three year term;

o    that, for a period of three years following the Effective Date, nominations
     to fill vacancies in the Class III Directors will be made by the remaining
     Class III Director and will be approved by the full board of directors;

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     o    that the stockholders may take action by written consent;

     o    that, except for the directors in office on the Effective Date, all
          directors will be removable by the stockholders with or without cause;

     o    that, except as specified below with respect to provision relating to
          the Related Party Transaction Committee as described below, New UPC's
          stockholders may adopt, amend or repeal the by-laws only with the
          approval of holders of at least 66 2/3% of the voting power;

     o    that special meetings of stockholders generally can be called only by
          the board of directors; and

     o    for an advance notice procedure for the nomination, other than by the
          board of directors or a committee of the board of directors, of
          candidates for election as directors as well as for other stockholder
          proposals to be considered at annual meetings of stockholders. In
          general, New UPC must receive notice of intent to nominate a director
          or raise business at meetings not less than 90 nor more than 120 days
          before the meeting, and such notice must contain certain information
          concerning the person to be nominated or the matters to be brought
          before the meeting and concerning the stockholder submitting the
          proposal. The affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of
          the voting power is required to amend or repeal these provisions or to
          provide for cumulative voting.

Related Party Transaction Committee

     For a period of three years after the Effective Date, New UPC's Certificate
of Incorporation and By-laws will to the extent consistent with the rules of
NASDAQ, establish a five (5) member committee with authority to approve related
party transactions (the "Related Party Transaction Committee"). The Related
Party Transaction Committee will consist of the 2 Class III directors and 3 of
the Class I and Class II directors, as appointed by a majority of the full board
of directors. New UPC will not enter into any Related Party Transaction (as
defined herein), if that Related Party Transaction is not approved by 4 of the 5
members of the Related Party Transaction Committee. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the Related Party Transaction Committee does not approve a
proposed Related Party Transaction, a majority of the full board of directors
can submit the Related Party Transaction to New UPC's stockholders. If a
majority of New UPC's stockholders, including a majority of the Disinterested
Stockholders (as defined herein), voting with respect to such Related Party
Transaction, New UPC will be able to enter into the Related Party Transaction.

     New UPC's By-laws will define a "Related Party Transaction" as a
transaction by New UPC or the Company with persons (other than subsidiaries of
New UPC) that, at the time of determination, are Related Parties of New UPC and
which transaction has an aggregate value of greater than US$10 million per year,
but excluding

         (i)   performance of transactions in existence on the date of the
               Restructuring Agreement that have been disclosed in the Company's
               reports filed with the SEC,

         (ii)  completion of transactions described in the Disclosure Letter to
               the Restructuring Agreement,

         (iii) transactions (including, but not limited to, renewals or
               replacements of existing transactions) that are consistent with
               the Company's or its subsidiaries' past practices, which past
               practices were disclosed in the Company's reports filed with the
               SEC and

          (iv) to the extent such transactions would otherwise constitute
               Related Party Transactions and are not described in clause (i),
               (ii) or (iii), transactions with respect to programming contracts
               (including, but not limited to, renewals or replacements of
               existing transactions) with any of Liberty Media, its affiliates
               and/or its subsidiaries, that (a) are entered into in the
               ordinary course of business on commercially reasonable terms and
               (b) are consistent with the Company's or its subsidiaries' past
               practices.

     New UPC's by-laws will define a "Disinterested Stockholder" as, at any time
of determination, with respect to any proposed Related Party Transaction, a
stockholder of New UPC that neither (a) is a Related Party of New UPC or (b) has
a financial interest in the proposed Related Party Transaction that is
materially different from New UPC's stockholders generally.

     New UPC's by-laws will define a "Related Party" to mean, with respect to
any Person (the "First Person"), (1) any other Person (the "Second Person")
having beneficial ownership of 40% or more of the voting securities of such
First Person and (2) any other Person of 40% or more of whose voting securities
are owned, controlled or had with power to vote, directly or indirectly, by that
Second Person.

     New UPC's Certificate of Incorporation will define "Voting Securities" to
mean, with respect to any Person, any equity interest of such Person having
general voting power under ordinary circumstances to participate in the election
of a majority of the governing body of such Person (irrespective of whether at
the time any other class of equity interest of such Person shall have or might
have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).

     New UPC's Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws will provide that, for a
period of three years after the Effective Date, the provisions of New UPC's
Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws relating to the Related Party
Transaction Committee will not be amended unless, prior to such amendment, the
proposed amendment is approved by four (4) of the five (5) members of the
Related Party Transaction Committee.

Certificate of Incorporation Provisions Relating to Corporate Opportunities and
Interested Directors

     In order to address potential conflicts of interest between New UPC and its
affiliates, on the one hand, and UGC and its affiliates, on the other hand, New
UPC's Certificate of Incorporation will contain provisions regulating and
defining the conduct of New UPC's and its affiliates' affairs as they may
involve UGC, its affiliates, and its officers and directors, and New UPC's
powers, rights, duties and liabilities and those of New UPC's officers,
directors and shareholders in connection with New UPC's relationship with UGC
and its affiliates. In general, these provisions recognize that New UPC and its
affiliates, on the one hand, and UGC and its affiliates, on the other hand, may
engage in the same or similar business activities and lines of business, have an
interest in the same areas of corporate opportunities and that New UPC and its
affiliates, one hand, and UGC and its affiliates, on the other hand, will
continue to have contractual and business relations with each other, including
service of officers and directors of UGC and its affiliates serving as New UPC's
directors.

     New UPC's Certificate of Incorporation will provide that, subject to any
contractual provision to the contrary, UGC and its affiliates will have no duty
to refrain from:

     o    engaging in the same or similar business activities or lines of
          business as New UPC and its affiliates,

     o    doing business with any of New UPC's and its affiliates' clients or
          customers, or

     o    employing or otherwise engaging any of New UPC's and its affiliates'
          officers or employees.

     New UPC's Certificate of Incorporation will provide that neither UGC, its
affiliates, nor any officer or director of UGC or its affiliates, except as
described in the following paragraph, will be liable to New UPC or New UPC's
stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty by reason of any such activities.
New UPC's Certificate of Incorporation will provide that UGC and its affiliates
are not under any duty to present any corporate opportunity to New UPC which may
be a corporate opportunity for UGC or any of its affiliates, on the one hand,
and New UPC, on the other hand, and UGC and its affiliates will not be liable to
New UPC or New UPC's stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty as New UPC's
stockholder by reason of the fact that UGC or its affiliates pursues or acquires
that corporate opportunity for itself or themselves, directs that corporate
opportunity to another person or does not present that corporate opportunity to
New UPC or its affiliates.

     When one of New UPC's directors or officers who is also a director or
officer of UGC or any of its affiliates learns of a potential transaction or
matter that may be a corporate opportunity for both New UPC and UGC or any of
their respective affiliates, the certificate of incorporation will provide that
the director or officer:

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     o    will have fully satisfied his or her fiduciary duties to New UPC and
          New UPC's stockholders with respect to that corporate opportunity,

     o    will not be liable to New UPC or New UPC's shareholders for breach of
          fiduciary duty by reason of UGC's or its affiliates' actions with
          respect to that corporate opportunity,

     o    will be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner he or she
          believed to be in, and not opposed to, New UPC's and its stockholders'
          best interests for purposes of New UPC's Certificate of Incorporation,
          and

     o    will be deemed not to have breached his or her duty of loyalty to New
          UPC or New UPC's stockholders and not to have derived an improper
          personal benefit therefrom for purposes of New UPC's Certificate of
          Incorporation,

if he or she acts in good faith in a manner consistent with the following
policy: a corporate opportunity offered to any of New UPC's or any of its
affiliates' officers or directors who is also an officer or director of UGC or
any of its affiliates will belong to New UPC or New UPC's affiliate, as
applicable, only if such opportunity is expressly offered to that person solely
in his or her capacity as a director or officer of New UPC or its affiliate.

     For purposes of New UPC's Certificate of Incorporation, "corporate
opportunities" include business opportunities that New UPC is financially able
to undertake, that are, from their nature, in New UPC's line of business, are of
practical advantage to New UPC and are ones in which New UPC has an interest or
a reasonable expectancy, and in which, by embracing the opportunities, the
self-interest of UGC, its affiliates or its officers or directors will be
brought into conflict with New UPC's self-interest.

     New UPC's Certificate of Incorporation will also authorize New UPC and its
affiliates, on the one hand, to enter into contracts, agreements, arrangements
or transactions between New UPC or its affiliates, on the one hand, and UGC or
its affiliates, on the other hand. Subject to the policy described above, except
as otherwise required by law, and except as UGC or their affiliates, on the one
hand, and New UPC or its affiliates, on the other hand, may otherwise agree in
writing, no such agreement, or the performance thereof by New UPC and its
affiliates, or UGC and its affiliates, shall be considered contrary to any
fiduciary duty of any director or officer of New UPC who is also a director,
officer or employee of UGC or any of its affiliates, or to any stockholder
thereof. Subject to the policy described above, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, and except as UGC or its affiliates, on the one hand, and New UPC or its
affiliates, on the other hand, may otherwise agree in writing, none of UGC or
any of its affiliates shall have or be under any fiduciary duty to refrain from
entering into any agreement or participating in any transaction referred to
above and no director, officer or employee of New UPC who is also a director,
officer or employee of UGC or any of its affiliates shall have or be under any
fiduciary duty to New UPC to refrain from acting on behalf of New UPC or of any
of UGC or any of its affiliates in respect of any such agreement or transaction
or performing any such agreement in accordance with its terms.

     Any person purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any shares of
New UPC's capital stock will be deemed to have consented to these provisions of
New UPC's Certificate of Incorporation.

     Until the time that UGC ceases to be entitled to 20% or more of the votes
entitled to be cast, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 80% of the
votes entitled to be cast is required to alter, amend or repeal, or adopt any
provision inconsistent with the corporate opportunity and interested director
provisions described above; however, after UGC no longer beneficially owns
shares entitling it to cast at least 20% of the votes entitled to be cast by the
then outstanding common stock, any such alteration, adoption, amendment or
repeal would be approved if a quorum is present and the votes favoring the
action exceed the votes opposing it. Accordingly, until such time, so long as
UGC controls at least 20% of the votes entitled to be cast, it can prevent any
such alteration, adoption, amendment or repeal.

Delaware General Corporation Law, Section 203

     New UPC has elected not to be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL.

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Issuance and Resale of the New UPC Common Stock

     The Company and New UPC are relying on Section 1145 of the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code to exempt the issuance of the New UPC Common Stock from the registration
requirements of the U.S. Securities Act (and of any state securities or "blue
sky" laws). Section 1145 exempts from registration the sale of the securities of
a debtor, a successor to a debtor or an affiliate of a debtor under a Chapter 11
plan if such securities are offered or sold in exchange for a claim against, an
equity interest in, or a claim for an administrative expense in a case
concerning, such debtor. In reliance upon this exemption, (i) the shares of New
UPC Common Stock issued upon exchange of the Allowed Claims against, and Allowed
Equity Interests in, the Company, (ii) the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights and
(iii) the shares issued upon exercise of the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights,
including any Subscription Reserve Shares, generally will be exempt from the
registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act. Accordingly, recipients
will be able to resell the shares of New UPC Common Stock (including the shares
of New UPC Common Stock issued upon exercise of the New UPC Equity Purchase
Rights) without registration under the U.S. Securities Act or other federal
securities laws, unless the recipient is an "underwriter" with respect to such
securities, within the meaning of Section 1145(b) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

     Section 1145(b) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code defines an "underwriter" for
purposes of the U.S. Securities Act as one who

     (i)  purchases a claim, equity interest or administrative expense claim
          with a view to distribution of any security to be received in exchange
          for the claim or equity interest,

     (ii) offers to sell securities issued under a plan for the holders of such
          securities,

     (iii) offers to buy securities issued under a plan from persons receiving
          such securities, if the offer to buy is made with a view to
          distribution, or

     (iv) is a control person of the issuer of the securities.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, statutory underwriters may be able to sell
securities without registration pursuant to the resale limitations of Rule 144
under the U.S. Securities Act, which, in effect, permits the resale of
securities received by statutory underwriters pursuant to a Chapter 11 plan,
subject to applicable volume limitations, notice and manner of sale
requirements, and certain other conditions. Parties who believe they may be
statutory underwriters as defined in Section 1145 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code
are advised to consult with their own counsel as to the availability of the
exemption provided by Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act.

     Because of the complex, subjective nature of the question of whether a
particular holder may be an underwriter, neither the Company nor New UPC makes
any representation concerning the ability of any person to dispose of the shares
of New UPC Common Stock to be distributed under the Plan or the Dutch
Implementing Offer and to be issued upon exercise of the New UPC Equity Purchase
Rights.

Stockholders Agreement

     The following is a summary of the significant terms of the Stockholders
Agreement. The summary set forth below does not purport to be complete and is
subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the detailed
provisions of the Stockholders Agreement.


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     Tag-Along Rights For Holders of Class 5 Claims

     The Stockholders Agreement provides the Holders of Class 5 Claims with
certain rights (the "Tag-Along Rights") for the sale of their shares of New UPC
Common Stock in the event that members of the UGC Group propose to sell 5% or
more of the outstanding shares of New UPC Common Stock. The Tag-Along Rights
will be available to any Holder of Class 5 Claims that agrees to become party to
the Stockholders Agreement on or prior to the Effective Date (a "Participating
Stockholder").

     Tag-Along Sale

     If all previous sales of New UPC Common Stock made by the UGC Group after
the Effective Date would, together with any proposed sales, result in the
transfer of at least 5% of the outstanding shares of New UPC Common Stock (such
sale being referred to as a "Tag-Along Sale"), then the UGC Group will afford
each of the Participating Stockholders holding one-half of one percent (1/2%) or
more of the outstanding shares of New UPC Common Stock (the "Tag-Along
Stockholders") the opportunity to participate proportionately in the Tag-Along
Sale. Under the Stockholders Agreement, a Tag-Along Sale will not include:

     (i)  any sale or other disposition of shares of New UPC Common Stock by and
          exclusively among the UGC Group, subsidiaries of UGC and affiliates of
          UGC (provided that the transferee agrees to be bound by the terms of
          the Stockholders Agreement) or

     (ii) pro rata distributions of shares of New UPC Common Stock to the
          shareholders of UGC.

     The number of shares of New UPC Common Stock that each Tag-Along
Stockholder will be entitled to include in the Tag-Along Sale (the "Tag-Along
Allotment") will be determined by multiplying

     (i)  the number of shares of New UPC Common Stock held by the Tag-Along
          Stockholder as of the close of business on the day immediately prior
          to the Tag-Along Notice Date (as defined herein) by

     (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which will be equal to the number of
          shares of New UPC Common Stock proposed by the UGC Group members to be
          sold or otherwise disposed of in the Tag-Along Sale and the
          denominator of which will be equal to the total number of shares of
          New UPC Common Stock that are beneficially owned by the UGC Group as
          of the close of business on the day immediately prior to the Tag-Along
          Notice Date (the "Common Shares UGC Fraction").

     Tag-Along Sale Notice

     The UGC Group will provide each Tag-Along Stockholder and New UPC with
written notice (the "Tag-Along Sale Notice") not more than 60 days and not less
than 15 days prior to the proposed date of the Tag-Along Sale (the "Tag-Along
Sale Date"). Each Tag-Along Sale Notice is required to be accompanied by a copy
of any written agreement relating to the Tag-Along Sale and set forth the
following information:

     (i)  the name and address of each proposed transferee of shares of New UPC
          Common Stock in the Tag-Along Sale;

     (ii) the number of shares of New UPC Common Stock proposed to be
          transferred by the UGC Group;

     (iii) the proposed amount and form of consideration (including any
          potential adjustments to the consideration paid for the shares of New
          UPC Common Stock contained in the written agreement relating to the
          Tag-Along Sale) to be paid for the shares of New UPC Common Stock and
          the terms and conditions of payment offered by each proposed
          transferee;

     (iv) the aggregate number of shares of New UPC Common Stock held of record
          by the UGC Group as of the close of business on the day immediately
          prior to the date of the Tag-Along Notice (the "Tag-Along Notice
          Date");

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     (v)  the Tag-Along Stockholder's Tag-Along Allotment, assuming the
          Tag-Along Stockholder elected to sell the maximum number of shares of
          New UPC Common Stock;

     (vi) confirmation that the proposed transferee has been informed of the
          Tag-Along Rights and has agreed to purchase shares of New UPC Common
          Stock from any Tag-Along Stockholder in accordance with the terms of
          the Stockholders Agreement; and

     (vii) the Tag-Along Sale Date.

     Tag-Along Notice

     Under the Stockholders Agreement, any Tag-Along Stockholder wishing to
participate in the Tag-Along Sale is required to provide written notice (the
"Tag-Along Notice") to the UGC Group no more than ten days after the Tag-Along
Sale Notice is given. The Tag-Along Notice is required to set forth the number
of shares that the Tag-Along Stockholder elects to include in the Tag-Along
Sale, which cannot exceed the Tag-Along Stockholder's applicable Tag-Along
Allotment. The Tag-Along Notice given by any Tag-Along Stockholder will
constitute that Tag-Along Stockholder's binding agreement to sell the shares of
New UPC Common Stock specified in the Tag-Along Notice on the terms and
conditions applicable to the Tag-Along Sale.

     In the event that there is any material change in the terms and conditions
of the Tag-Along Sale applicable to the Tag-Along Stockholder (including any
decrease in the purchase price that occurs other than pursuant to an adjustment
mechanism set forth in the agreement relating to the Tag-Along Sale) after the
Tag-Along Stockholder gives its Tag-Along Notice, then the Tag-Along Stockholder
will have the right to withdraw from participation in the Tag-Along Sale with
respect to all of its Shares affected by the change.

     If the proposed transferee does not purchase all of the shares of New UPC
Common Stock requested to be included in the Tag-Along Sale by any Tag-Along
Stockholder on the same terms and conditions applicable to the UGC Group, then
the UGC Group will not consummate the Tag-Along Sale of any of its shares of New
UPC Common Stock to the transferee, unless the shares of the UGC Group and the
Tag-Along Stockholders to be sold are reduced or limited pro rata in proportion
to the respective number of shares of New UPC Common Stock actually sold in any
such Tag-Along Sale and all other terms and conditions of the Tag-Along Sale are
the same for the UGC Group and the Tag-Along Stockholders. If the number of
shares of New UPC Common Stock proposed to be sold in any proposed Tag-Along
Sale are reduced or limited such that the proposed sale is no longer a Tag-Along
Sale in accordance with the terms of the Stockholders Agreement, the terms of
the Stockholders Agreement will be inapplicable to the proposed sale and no
Participating Noteholder or other stockholder will have the right to participate
in the proposed transaction as a Tag-Along Stockholder.

     Non-delivery of Tag-Along Notice

     Under the Stockholders Agreement, if a Tag-Along Notice from any Tag-Along
Stockholder is not received by the UGC Group within the ten day period specified
above, the UGC Group will have the right to consummate the Tag-Along Sale
without the participation of the Tag-Along Stockholder, but only on terms and
conditions which are no more favorable in any material respect to the UGC Group
(and, in any event, at no greater a purchase price) than as stated in the
Tag-Along Sale Notice and only if the Tag-Along Sale occurs on a date within 90
days of the Tag-Along Sale Date.

     If any Participating Stockholder fails to elect to participate in a
Tag-Along Sale within ten days after the Tag-Along Sale Notice is given, the UGC
Group is required to give notice of the failure to the other Tag-Along
Stockholders by telephone (confirmed in writing within two days). The other
Tag-Along Stockholders will have three days following the date the written
notice was given to agree to sell their pro rata share of any unsold portion.
For purposes of the sale, a participating Tag-Along Stockholder's pro rata share
of any unsold portion of shares of New UPC Common Stock will be equal to the
number of shares obtained by multiplying

     (i)  the Common Shares UGC Fraction times the total number of shares of New
          UPC Common Stock that are held by the Participating Stockholders that
          are not participating in the Tag-Along Sale by

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     (ii) the number of shares of New UPC Common Stock held by the participating
          Tag-Along Stockholder(s) divided by the total number of shares of New
          UPC Common Stock held by all Tag-Along Stockholders that are
          participating in the Tag-Along Sale with respect to shares of New UPC
          Common Stock.

     Certificates

     Under the Stockholders Agreement, on the Tag-Along Sale Date, each
Tag-Along Stockholder will deliver a certificate or certificates for the shares
of New UPC Common Stock to be sold by the Tag-Along Stockholder in connection
with the Tag-Along Sale, duly endorsed for transfer with signatures guaranteed,
to the transferee in the manner and at the address indicated in the Tag-Along
Notice against delivery of the purchase price for the shares of New UPC Common
Stock.

     Tag-Along Sale Agreement

     The Stockholders Agreement requires that any Participating Stockholder
seeking to sell any shares of New UPC Common Stock in connection with a
Tag-Along Sale will enter into an agreement (the "Tag Along Sale Agreement")
containing substantially similar representations, warranties, indemnities and
agreements as made by the UGC Group in connection with the Tag-Along Sale, but
in no case will those representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements be
required to be made by the Participating Stockholder(s) on a joint (as opposed
to several) basis or have the potential of subjecting the Participating
Stockholder(s) to greater liability (on a proportionate basis) than the UGC
Group in connection with the Tag-Along Sale.

Agreements with the UGC Group

   Registration Rights

     Subject to certain limitations, the UGC Group may require New UPC to file a
registration statement under the U.S. Securities Act with respect to all or a
portion of the shares of the New UPC Common Stock owned by the UGC Group, and
New UPC is required to use its best efforts to effect such registration, subject
to certain conditions and limitations.

     New UPC is not obligated to effect more than three of these demand
registrations using forms other than Form S-3. The UGC Group may demand
registration of such securities an unlimited number of times on Form S-3, except
that New UPC is not required to register its shares of New UPC Common Stock
owned by the UGC Group on Form S-3 more than once in any six-month period. The
UGC Group also has the right to have the shares of New UPC Common Stock that it
owns included in any registration statement New UPC proposes to file under the
U.S. Securities Act except that, among other conditions, the underwriters of any
such offering may limit the number of shares included in such registration. New
UPC has also granted the UGC Group rights comparable to those described above
with respect to the listing or qualification of the shares of New UPC Common
Stock on any exchange and in any other jurisdiction where the Company previously
has taken action to permit the public sale of its securities.

   Management Services Agreements

     The UGC Group incurs certain overhead and other expenses at the corporate
level on behalf of New UPC and the Company and its other operating subsidiaries.
These expenses include costs not readily allocable among the operating
companies, such as accounting, financial reporting, investor relations, human
resources, information technology, equipment procurement and testing expenses,
corporate offices lease payments and costs associated with corporate finance
activities. The UGC Group also incurs direct costs for its operating companies
such as travel expenses and salaries for the UGC Group employees performing
services on behalf of its respective operating companies. New UPC, the Company
and the UGC Group are parties to management services agreements, with an initial
term through 2009, pursuant to which the UGC Group will continue to perform
these services for New UPC and the Company. Under the management services
agreements, New UPC and the Company will pay the UGC Group a fixed amount each
month as its portion of such unallocated expenses. The fixed amount may be
adjusted from time to time by the UGC Group to allocate these corporate level
expenses among the UGC Group's operating

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companies, including New UPC and the Company, taking into account the relative
size of the operating companies and their estimated use of the UGC Group's
resources. In addition, New UPC and the Company will continue to reimburse the
UGC Group for costs incurred by the UGC Group that are directly attributable to
New UPC or the Company.

   Secondment Agreements

     The Company and UGC Holdings, a subsidiary of UGC, are also parties to a
secondment agreement that specifies the basis upon which UGC Holdings may second
certain of its employees to the Company. UGC Holdings' secondment of employees
to the Company helps the Company attract and retain U.S. citizens and other
employees. The Company is generally responsible for all costs incurred by UGC
Holdings with respect to any seconded employee's employment and severance. UGC
Holdings may terminate a seconded employee's employment if the employee's
conduct constitutes willful misconduct that is materially injurious to UGC
Holdings.

     New UPC and the Company have agreed with the UGC Group that so long as the
UGC Group holds 50% or more of New UPC's outstanding common stock or the UPC
Ordinary Shares A (i) the UGC Group will not pursue any video services,
telephone or internet access or content business opportunities specifically
directed to the European or Israeli markets, unless it has first presented such
business opportunity to New UPC or the Company and New UPC or the Company has
elected not to pursue such business opportunity, and (ii) New UPC and the
Company will not pursue any video services, telephone or internet access or
content business opportunities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or in other
markets outside of Europe or the Middle East, including Israel, unless New UPC
and the Company first present such business opportunity to the UGC Group and the
UGC Group elects not to pursue such business opportunity. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any party may pursue any business in the United States and its
territories and possessions without regard to activities of the other parties.

     New UPC, the Company and the UGC Group have agreed that the Company will
provide audited financial statements to the UGC Group in such form and with
respect to such periods as are necessary or appropriate to permit UGC, to comply
with its reporting obligations as a publicly-traded company and that New UPC and
the Company will not change their accounting principles without UGC's prior
consent. New UPC and the Company have consented to the public disclosure by UGC
of all matters deemed necessary or appropriate by UGC, in its sole discretion,
to satisfy the disclosure obligations of UGC or any of its affiliates thereof
under the United States federal securities laws or to avoid potential liability
under such laws.

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        COMPARISON OF RIGHTS OF SHAREHOLDINGS IN NEW UPC AND THE COMPANY

     If the Plan is confirmed, the Akkoord is ratified and the Dutch
Implementing Offer is consummated, Holders of Equity Interests in the Company
will receive New UPC Common Stock. The rights of holders of New UPC Common Stock
will be governed by New UPC's Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws which
differ in certain material respects from the articles of association of the
Company. The following is a summary of certain material differences between the
rights of holders of shares of New UPC Common Stock and holders of Ordinary
Shares A in the Company. These differences arise from differences between the
DGCL and the Dutch Civil Code, as well as from differences between the governing
documents of the respective companies. This summary is not, and does not purport
to be, complete and does not purport to identify all differences that may, under
given situations, be material to holders of shares of New UPC Common Stock. This
summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the corporate laws of
Delaware and The Netherlands and the governing instruments of New UPC and the
Company. This summary should be read in conjunction with "Outstanding Securities
of the Company--Capital Stock of the Company Prior to the Restructuring,"
"--Capital Stock of the Company after the Restructuring" and "New
UPC--Description of Shares of New UPC Common Stock."

Voting Rights

     Under Dutch law, each shareholder is entitled to one vote per share, unless
the articles of association of the company provide otherwise. All shareholder
resolutions are taken by an absolute majority of the votes cast, unless the law
or the articles prescribe otherwise. The validity of shareholder decisions is
not dependent on a quorum, unless the law or the articles stipulate otherwise.

     The Articles of Association of the Company provide for one vote per share
of UPC Ordinary Shares B and 100 votes per share of each of UPC Ordinary Shares
A, UPC Priority Shares, UPC Preference Shares A and class B preference shares.
Generally, all resolutions may be adopted by an absolute majority of the total
votes cast, and there are no quorum requirements.

     Under the DGCL, each shareholder is entitled to one vote per share of
stock, unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. In addition,
the certificate of incorporation may provide for cumulative voting at all
elections of directors of the corporation. Either the certificate of
incorporation or the by-laws may specify the number of shares and/or the amount
of other securities that must be represented at a meeting in order to constitute
a quorum, but in no event will a quorum consist of less than one-third of the
shares entitled to vote at a meeting.

     New UPC's Certificate of Incorporation provides for one vote per share of
New UPC Common Stock, but does not provide for cumulative voting. Under New
UPC's By-laws, the presence in person, or by properly executed proxy, of the
holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of New UPC Common Stock is
required to constitute a quorum at shareholder meetings of New UPC.

Amendment of Charter Documents

     Under Dutch law, shareholders of a Dutch company may resolve to amend the
company's articles of association, although the prior approval of the Dutch
Ministry of Justice is required for any such amendment.

     Under the Company's Articles of Association, the general meeting of
shareholders may pass a resolution for an amendment to the articles only upon a
proposal of United Europe, as the holder of all the outstanding UPC Priority
Shares.

     Under the DGCL, amendments to a corporation's certificate of incorporation
require a resolution of the board of directors, followed by a majority vote of
the holders of the outstanding stock entitled to vote on such amendment and, in
certain circumstances, of the holders of a majority of the outstanding stock of
each class entitled to vote on such amendment as a class, unless a greater
number or proportion is specified in the certificate of incorporation or by
other provisions of the DGCL.

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     New UPC's Certificate of Incorporation requires just the approval of
holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of New UPC Common Stock to make,
alter, amend, change, add to or repeal New UPC's Certificate of Incorporation
and By-laws.

Appraisal Rights

     Dutch law does not recognize the concept of appraisal or dissenters' rights
and, accordingly, holders of the UPC Ordinary Shares A have no appraisal rights.

     The DGCL provides for appraisal rights in connection with certain mergers
and consolidations. Appraisal rights are not available for any shares of stock
of the constituent corporation surviving the merger if the merger did not
require for its approval the vote of the holders of the surviving corporation.
In addition, unless otherwise provided in the charter, no appraisal rights are
available to holders of shares of any class of stock which, as of the record
date, is either: (a) listed on a national securities exchange or designated as a
national market system security on an interdealer quotation system by the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") or (b) held of
record by more than 2,000 holders, unless such holders are required by the terms
of the merger to accept anything other than: (i) shares of stock of the
surviving corporation; (ii) shares of stock of another corporation which are or
will be so listed on a national securities exchange or designated as a national
market system security on an interdealer quotation system by the NASD or held of
record by more than 2,000 holders; (iii) cash in lieu of fractional shares of
such stock; or (iv) any combination thereof. Holders of New UPC Common Stock are
therefore entitled to appraisal rights in the event of certain mergers and
consolidations of New UPC.

Pre-emptive Rights

     Under Dutch law, holders of common shares in a Dutch company have
pre-emptive rights with respect to newly issued common shares in proportion to
the aggregate nominal value of their shareholdings (with the exception of shares
to be issued to employees and, unless the articles provide otherwise, the issue
of ordinary shares in return for non-cash consideration). Such pre-emptive
rights in respect of newly issued common shares may be excluded by approval of
the shareholders at the general meeting of shareholders. In addition, if the
authority to issue shares is delegated to another corporate body, like in the
case of the Company where this authority is delegated to the management board,
the authority to exclude the pre-emptive rights also lies with that corporate
body.

     The Articles of Association of the Company conform to Dutch law and provide
that, except for issues of ordinary shares in return for non-cash consideration
and shares issued to the Company's employees or employees of any of the
Company's subsidiaries (as defined under Dutch law), holders of UPC Ordinary
Shares A have pre-emptive rights to subscribe for their pro rata amount of all
new UPC Ordinary Shares A and the UPC Preference Shares A which are convertible
into UPC Ordinary Shares A issued by the Company. These rights May be restricted
or excluded by a resolution of the Company's Board of Management subject to
approval of both the Company's Supervisory Board and United Europe, as the
holder of all outstanding UPC Priority Shares. UPC Priority Shares, UPC
Preference Shares A and class B preference shares, however, carry no pre-emptive
rights.

     Under the DGCL, shareholders have no pre-emptive rights to subscribe to
additional issues of stock or to any security convertible into such stock
unless, and except to the extent that, such rights are expressly provided for in
the certificate of incorporation.

     On or prior to the Effective Date, New UPC's Certificate of Incorporation
will be amended to provide that holders of shares of New UPC Common Stock will
have Pre-emptive Rights for the first (euro)1,538.46 million of equity or
equity-linked securities issued by New UPC during the four years after the
Effective Date for cash or in exchange for assets (or other consideration)
acquired from an affiliate of New UPC. See "New UPC --Description of Shares of
New UPC Common Stock."

Action by Written Consent of Shareholders

     Under Dutch law, resolutions may be adopted by shareholders in writing
without holding a meeting of shareholders, but only if the resolution is adopted
unanimously by all shareholders entitled to vote. Therefore

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holders of UPC Ordinary Shares A can only adopt a written resolution without
holding a meeting if such resolution is signed by all UPC Ordinary Shares A.

     The DGCL provides that, unless otherwise provided in a corporation's
certificate of incorporation, any action that may be taken at a meeting of
shareholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a
vote, if the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum
number of votes that would be necessary to authorize such action at a meeting
consent in writing. New UPC's Certificate of Incorporation provides that any
action may be effected by written consent of holders of New UPC Common Stock
having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to
authorize such action at a meeting.

Shareholders' Meetings

     Under Dutch law, a company must hold at least one annual general meeting,
to be held not later than six months after the end of the fiscal year. Pursuant
to the Articles of Association of the Company, other general meetings may also
be held as often as the Company's Board of Management or Supervisory Board or
United Europe, as the holder of all outstanding UPC Priority Shares, deems
necessary. In addition, pursuant to Dutch law, holders of shares of the Company
representing at least one-tenth of the issued share capital may request the
Company's Board of Management or Supervisory Board to convene a general meeting
of shareholders. If the Company's Board of Management or Supervisory Board has
not convened a meeting within a certain period, the persons who have made the
request are authorized to convene such a meeting under the specific requirements
of Dutch law. The Articles of Association of the Company specify that general
meetings of shareholders may be held only in the municipalities of Amsterdam,
Rotterdam or The Hague in The Netherlands.

     Under the DGCL, an annual meeting of shareholders must be held for the
election of directors on a date and at a time designated by or in the manner
provided in the by-laws. Any other proper business may be transacted at the
annual meeting. New UPC's By-laws provide that an annual meeting of the
stockholders shall be held on the second Thursday in the month of June of each
year or on such other date as may be determined by the Board of Directors. The
annual meeting shall be held at such place, either within or outside Delaware,
as may be designated by the Board of Directors in the notice of meeting or
otherwise at the principal office of the corporation.

Management

     Under Dutch law, a company can have a management board and a supervisory
board. The management board is the executive body and is responsible for the
management of the corporation and for its representation (i.e., the actions of
the corporation towards third parties). The Dutch management board combines the
functions of inside managing directors and senior officers in a U.S.
corporation. Consequently, there is no position equivalent to that of chief
executive officer. If the management board has more than one member, each can
have different responsibilities and powers. The members of the Board of
Management of the Company are set forth in "The Company--Management of the
Company Prior to the Restructuring--Board of Management."

     The supervisory board is distinct from the management board and the same
persons cannot serve on both boards. The supervisory duties are not necessarily
similar to the duties of non-executive directors in a U.S. corporation. The
supervisory board has a primarily supervisory and advisory function. The
articles of association may give it more specific powers, but the supervisory
board cannot exercise executive functions. The supervisory board is not
empowered to give specific instructions to the management board, determine the
business policy of the corporation, or appoint or remove managing directors. The
precise duties and responsibilities of the supervisory board may vary, and
depend on the articles of association. The members of the Supervisory Board of
the Company are set forth in "The Company--Management of the Company Prior to
the Restructuring--Supervisory Board." The effectiveness of the Third Amendment
is contingent upon the delisting of the UPC Ordinary Shares A from Euronext.
After the Third Amendment is effective, the Company will have a one-tier board
structure and will no longer have a Supervisory Board.

     Under the DGCL, the board of directors of a corporation must consist of one
or more members. The number of directors must be fixed by, or in the manner
provided in, the by-laws, unless the certificate of incorporation fixes the
number of directors. Each director shall hold office until his or her successor
is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. The
directors are elected at the annual meeting of

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shareholders. The directors may be divided into one, two or three classes. New
UPC's By-laws provide that the number of directors shall be fixed from time to
time by resolution of the Board of Directors or holders of the New UPC Common
Stock.

Appointment and Removal of Management

     The provisions on the appointment and removal of members of the Company's
Board of Management and Supervisory Board are set forth in the Amendment No. 1
to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001,
included in this Disclosure Statement as Annex D.

     The DGCL provides that vacancies and newly-created directorships may be
filled by a majority of the directors then in office (even though less than a
quorum) unless (i) otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or
by-laws of the corporation or (ii) the certificate of incorporation directs that
a particular class of stock is to elect such director, in which case any other
directors elected by such class, or a sole remaining director elected by such
class, shall fill such vacancy. New UPC's By-laws provide that any vacancy may
be filled by a majority of directors then in office, although less than a
quorum, or by the affirmative vote of two directors if there are only two
directors remaining, or by a sole remaining director, or by holders of the New
UPC Common Stock if there are no directors remaining.

     Under the DGCL, any director or the entire board of directors may be
removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then
entitled to vote at an election of directors, except (a) if the certificate of
incorporation provides otherwise, in the case of a corporation whose board is
classified, shareholders may effect such removal only for cause, or (b) in the
case of a corporation having cumulative voting, if less than the entire board is
to be removed, no director may be removed without cause if the votes cast
against his removal would be sufficient to elect him if then cumulatively voted
at an election of the entire board of directors, or, if there are classes of
directors, at an election of the class of directors of which he is a part. New
UPC's By-laws provide that any one or more of the directors of New UPC may be
removed at any time, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the
outstanding shares of New UPC Common Stock. New UPC's Certificate of
Incorporation provides that, except for New UPC's directors in office on the
Effective Date, New UPC's directors can be removed, with or without cause, by
holders of a majority of the shares of New UPC Common Stock entitled to vote at
an election of directors.


Shareholder Nominations

     The Articles of Association of the Company provide that United Europe, as
the holder of all outstanding UPC Priority Shares, is entitled to make binding
nominations for the appointment of members of the Board of Management and
Supervisory Board, which binding nominations may only be set aside by a
resolution of the general meeting of shareholders adopted by at least two-thirds
of the votes cast representing more than one-half of the Company's issued
nominal capital.

     New UPC's By-laws have no provisions on shareholder nominations for the
appointment of directors, except that holders of New UPC Common Stock may
appoint new directors if there are no directors remaining.

Dividends

     Dutch law provides that dividends may only be distributed to the extent
that net assets of the company exceed the sum of the amount of issued and
paid-up capital and reserves which must be maintained under the law or the
articles of association of the company. Interim dividends may be declared as
provided for in the articles of association of the company and may be
distributed to the extent that the net assets requirement above is met.

     Each UPC Ordinary Share A and ordinary share B is entitled to the same
amount of dividend if one is declared in proportion to their respective par
value. UPC Priority Shares are entitled to a nominal annual dividend of 5% of
their par value, to the extent distributable profits are available. UPC
Preference Shares A are paid an

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annual dividend, the amount or method of determining of which will be determined
at the time of their first issuance, to the extent distributable profits are
available. Class B preference shares will be paid a cumulative annual dividend
calculated on the basis of the deposit interest rate of the European Central
Bank to be applied over the paid up part of their par value, to the extent
distributable profits are available.

     Under the DGCL, a Delaware corporation may pay dividends out of its surplus
(the excess of net assets over capital), or in case there is no surplus, out of
its net profits for the fiscal year in which the dividend is declared and/or the
preceding fiscal year (provided that the amount of the capital of the
corporation is not less than the aggregate amount of the capital represented by
the issued and outstanding stock of all classes having a preference upon the
distribution of assets). In determining the amount of surplus of a Delaware
corporation, the assets of the corporation, including stock of subsidiaries
owned by the corporation, must be valued at their fair market value as
determined by the board of directors, without regard to their historical book
value.

     New UPC's By-laws have no specific provisions relating to the determination
of dividends for the New UPC Common Stock. Holders of New UPC Common Stock are
therefore just entitled to receive ratably dividends, if any, whether payable in
cash or otherwise, as may be declared from time to time by the Board of
Directors of New UPC out of legally available funds.

Rights of Purchase

     Under Dutch law, a company may not subscribe for newly issued shares using
its own capital. A Dutch company may, subject to certain restrictions, purchase
outstanding shares using its own capital, provided the nominal value of the
shares acquired by the company (or its subsidiaries) does not exceed 10% of the
issued share capital of the company.

     Under the DGCL, a corporation may redeem or repurchase its own shares,
except that a corporation cannot generally make such a purchase or redemption if
it would cause impairment of its capital.

Limitation of Directors' Liability/Indemnification of Officers and Directors

     The concept of indemnification of directors of a company for liabilities
arising from their actions as members of the management board or supervisory
board is, in principle, accepted in The Netherlands. The Articles of Association
of the Company contains a provision in this respect.

     The DGCL permits a corporation to include in its certificate of
incorporation a provision eliminating or limiting a director's personal
liability to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for
breaches of fiduciary duty. However, the DGCL expressly provides that the
liability of a director may not be eliminated or limited for

     (i)  breaches of his or her duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
          shareholders,

     (ii) acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
          misconduct or a knowing violation of law,

     (iii) the unlawful purchase or redemption of stock or unlawful payment of
          dividends or

     (iv) any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
          benefit.

The DGCL further provides that no such provision shall eliminate or limit the
liability of a director for any act or omission occurring prior to the date when
such provision becomes effective. New UPC's Certificate of Incorporation
contains a provision eliminating director liability to the extent permitted by
the DGCL.

     Generally, the DGCL permits a corporation to indemnify certain persons made
a party to any action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that such person
is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation

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or enterprise provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation. To the extent that person has been successful in any such matter,
that person shall be indemnified against expenses actually and reasonably
incurred by him. In the case of an action by or in the right of the corporation,
no indemnification may be made in respect of any matter as to which that person
was adjudged liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the
Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which the action was brought
determines that despite the adjudication of liability that person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for proper expenses. New UPC's By-laws contain
provisions permitting New UPC to indemnify any director, officer or employee of
New UPC against liability incurred in, relating to or as a result of a
proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer or
employee of New UPC.

Special Meetings

     Pursuant to the Articles of Association of the Company, special general
meetings of shareholders may be held whenever the Company's Board of Management
or Supervisory Board or United Europe, as the holder of all outstanding UPC
Priority Shares, calls such meetings. In addition, one or more holders of shares
of the Company, who own together at least 10% (or such lesser amount as is
provided by the articles of association) of the issued capital, can be
authorized by the President of the District Court in The Netherlands with
competent jurisdiction to call a special general meeting of shareholders.

     Under the DGCL, a special meeting of shareholders may be called by the
board of directors or by any other person authorized in the certificate of
incorporation or the by-laws. The DGCL does not provide shareholders with an
automatic right to call special meetings of shareholders. New UPC's By-laws
provide that a special meeting of shareholders may be called by the president,
chairman of the Board or by the New UPC Board of Directors pursuant to a
resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of directors then in
office, and shall be called by the chairman of the Board at the request of the
holders of not less than a majority of the outstanding shares of New UPC Common
Stock.

Shareholder Votes on Certain Reorganizations

     Under Dutch law, mergers whereby one or more companies disappear and others
survive are effected by a deed of merger executed by a Dutch civil law notary
which may require a shareholders' vote. In addition, a resolution for an
amendment to the Articles of Association of the Company can only be passed upon
a proposal of United Europe, as the holder of all the outstanding UPC Priority
Shares. Other reorganizations do not require a shareholders' vote.

     Under the DGCL, the vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of capital
stock entitled to vote thereon generally is necessary to approve a merger or
consolidation. The DGCL permits a corporation to include in its certificate of
incorporation a provision requiring for any corporate action the vote of a
larger portion of the stock or of any class or series thereof than would
otherwise be required. New UPC's Certificate of Incorporation has no such
provision.

     Under the DGCL, no vote of the shareholders of a surviving corporation to a
merger is needed, however, unless required by the certificate of incorporation,
if

     (i)  the agreement of merger does not amend in any respect the certificate
          of incorporation of the surviving corporation,

     (ii) the shares of stock of the surviving corporation are not changed in
          the merger and

     (iii) the number of shares of common stock of the surviving corporation
          into which any other shares, securities or obligations to be issued in
          the merger may be converted does not exceed 20% of the surviving
          corporation's common shares outstanding immediately prior to the
          effective date of the merger.

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In addition, shareholders may not be entitled to vote in certain mergers with
other corporations that own 90% or more of the outstanding shares of each class
of stock of such corporation. New UPC's Certificate of Incorporation has no
provision requiring a shareholders' vote in such situations.

Rights of Inspection

     Pursuant to Dutch law, the annual accounts of the Company are submitted to
the general meeting of shareholders for their adoption and the shareholders'
register is available for inspection by Holders of Equity Interests in the
Company. Members of the Supervisory Board of the Company are also authorized to
inspect the books and records of the Company and are permitted access to the
buildings and premises of the Company during normal business hours.

     Pursuant to the DGCL, any holder of New UPC Common Stock may inspect for
any proper purpose New UPC's stock ledger, shareholders list and other books and
records during New UPC's usual hours for business.

Shareholder Suits

     Dutch law does not provide for derivative suits or class actions and
therefore Holders of Equity Interests in the Company cannot bring such actions
against the Company.

     Under the DGCL, a shareholder may bring a derivative action on behalf of
the corporation to enforce the rights of the corporation. An individual may also
commence a class action on behalf of himself and other similarly situated
shareholders where the requirements for maintaining a class action under
Delaware law have been met. A person may institute and maintain such a suit only
if such person was a shareholder at the time of the transaction which is the
subject of the suit. Additionally, under Delaware case law, the plaintiff
generally must be a shareholder not only at the time of the transaction which is
the subject of the suit, but also through the duration of the derivative suit.
Delaware law also requires that the derivative plaintiff make a demand on the
directors of the corporation to assert the corporate claim before the suit may
be prosecuted by the derivative plaintiff, unless such demand would be futile.
Therefore it would be possible for holders of New UPC Common Stock to bring
derivative suits or class actions against New UPC if the above requirements are
met.

Conflict-of-Interest Transactions

     The current Articles of Association of the Company provide that, in the
event of a conflict of interest between the Company, on the one hand, and a
member of the Board of Management, on the other hand, the Company shall be
represented by such member of the Board of Management or of the Supervisory
Board as the Supervisory Board shall designate for this purpose.

     The DGCL generally permits transactions involving a Delaware corporation
and an interested director of that corporation if

     (i)  the material facts as to his relationship or interest are disclosed
          and a majority of disinterested directors consents,

     (ii) the material facts are disclosed as to his relationship or interest
          and a majority of shares entitled to vote thereon consents or

     (iii) the transaction is fair to the corporation at the time it is
          authorized by the board of directors, a committee or the shareholders.

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Liquidation Rights

     In the event that the Company were to be dissolved or liquidated, the
assets remaining after payment of all debts are to be distributed to Holders of
Equity Interests in the Company as follows:

     o    first, to any issued and outstanding class B preference shares in an
          amount equal to any previously declared but unpaid dividend and the
          paid-up amount of such class B preference shares;

     o    second, to any issued and outstanding UPC Preference Shares A in an
          amount as determined in the resolution by which such UPC Preference
          Shares A were issued, which may include, among other things,

          (1)  an amount equal to the accrued but unpaid dividend,

          (2)  the nominal paid up amount on such UPC Preference Shares A and
               the contributed share premium,

          (3)  a compensation over the paid capital, and/or

          (4)  an amount equal to the amount the holder of such UPC Preference
               Shares A would be entitled to, had he or she converted these
               shares into UPC Ordinary Shares A on the day of liquidation
               provided, however, that if the Company were to be dissolved or
               liquidated on or before May 1, 2010, then the amount payable with
               respect to the UPC Preference Shares A shall be equal to the
               amount that would have been payable on the UPC Ordinary Shares A
               if the UPC Preference Shares A had been converted into UPC
               Ordinary Shares A on the date of dissolution or liquidation and
               no amounts shall be paid with respect to the liquidation
               preference of the UPC Preference Shares A;

     o    third, to the holders of the UPC Priority Shares in an amount equal to
          their par value in proportion to the number of UPC Priority Shares
          held by them; and

     o    fourth, any remaining assets shall be distributed to the holders of
          the UPC Ordinary Shares A and UPC Ordinary Shares B in proportion to
          the number of shares held by them regardless of the class of ordinary
          shares.

     As New UPC Common Stock is the only class of shares of New UPC authorized
and outstanding, under the DGCL holders of New UPC Common Stock will be entitled
to share ratably in the net assets legally available for distribution to
shareholders after the payment of all prior claims of New UPC upon a
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of New UPC.

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                           THE RESTRUCTURING AGREEMENT

     The following is a summary of the significant terms of the Restructuring
Agreement. The summary set forth below does not purport to be complete and is
subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the detailed
provisions of the Restructuring Agreement. The Restructuring Agreement was
attached as Exhibit 99.2 to a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company
with the SEC on September 30, 2002.

     Upon consummation of the Plan, the Plan and the documents executed and
delivered on the Effective Date and in consummation of the Plan shall be deemed
to set forth the entire agreement and undertakings relating to the subject
matter thereof and shall supersede all prior discussions and documents related
thereto, including the Restructuring Agreement.

The Agreed Restructuring Process

     Under the Restructuring Agreement, the Company, New UPC, UGC (and certain
other members of the UGC Group) and the Participating Noteholders agreed that
(i) the Belmarken Notes, (ii) the UPC Notes, (iii) the UPC Preference Shares A,
(iv) the UPC Priority Shares, (v) the UPC Ordinary Shares A and (vi) the claims
of other unsecured creditors of the Company would be exchanged for shares of New
UPC Common Stock on the terms set forth in the Restructuring Agreement.

     Under the Restructuring Agreement, the Company agreed to

     (i)  file a voluntary case under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and
          a plan of reorganization and disclosure statement with the U.S.
          Bankruptcy Court and

     (ii) file a voluntary provisional moratorium petition and a plan of
          compulsory composition (Akkoord) under the Dutch Bankruptcy Code
          (Faillissementswet) in the Dutch Bankruptcy Court.

In addition, solely for the purpose of carrying out the Plan in a manner
consistent with Dutch law, to the extent necessary to qualify the Plan under
applicable Dutch securities laws, simultaneously with the proposal of the
Akkoord, New UPC agreed, for purposes of Dutch law and, to the extent permitted
under applicable securities laws, solely with respect to individuals and
entities who are not U.S. Persons to offer to exchange a specified number of
shares of New UPC Common Stock with the noteholders and creditors of the Company
in exchange for transferring their claims against the Company to New UPC.

Distribution of Shares of New UPC Common Stock under the Plan and the Akkoord

     Consistent with the terms of the Restructuring Agreement, the Plan and the
Akkoord set forth the number of shares of New UPC Common Stock to be distributed
to

     (i)  the members of the UGC Group in exchange for the Belmarken Notes and
          the UPC Notes held by the members of the UGC Group,

     (ii) the holders of the UPC Notes other than the UGC Group,

     (iii) the holders of the UPC Preference Shares A, the UPC Ordinary Shares A
          and the UPC Priority Shares and

     (iv) the other unsecured creditors of the Company.

     The Restructuring Agreement contemplated that, under the Plan, each holder
of UPC Notes and of any other claim against the Company to the extent such claim
is in the same class as the UPC Notes would be offered two options: the first
option would have entitled such creditor to receive a specified number of shares
of New UPC Common Stock per $1,000 of allowed claim from New UPC in exchange for
transferring its claim against the Company to New UPC ("Option 1") and the
second option would have entitled such creditor to receive a number of shares of
New UPC Common Stock per US$1,000 of allowed claim from the Company equal to 75%
of the number of

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shares of New UPC Common Stock per US$1,000 of allowed claim from New UPC
offered pursuant to Option 1 in final discharge of their rights against the
Company ("Option 2"). Under the Akkoord, the creditors of the Company would
receive a specified number of shares of New UPC Common Stock per $1,000 of
allowed claim which will be identical to the number of shares of New UPC Common
Stock that a holder of UPC Notes would receive in final discharge of its UPC
Notes pursuant to Option 2. Solely for the purpose of carrying out Option 1 in a
manner consistent with Dutch law, to the extent necessary to qualify Option 1
under applicable Dutch securities laws, simultaneously with the proposal of the
Akkoord, New UPC agreed, for purposes of Dutch law and, to the extent permitted
under applicable securities laws, solely with respect to individuals and
entities who are not U.S. Persons, to offer to exchange a specified number of
shares of New UPC Common Stock with the noteholders and other creditors of the
Company in exchange for transferring their claims against the Company to New UPC
which will be identical to the number of shares of New UPC Common Stock per
$1,000 of allowed claim that creditors of Company would receive in exchange for
their claims against the Company pursuant to Option 1. Pursuant to the
provisions of the Restructuring Agreement, the Company, New UPC and UGC agreed
that, due to further developments in the Restructuring process, the Plan should
not reflect Option 2. Therefore, the Plan filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court
on the Petition Date excluded the structure contemplated by Option 2.

     Under the Restructuring Agreement, the Company has agreed to ensure that
the implementation of the Plan, including, without limitation, the distribution
of shares of New UPC Common Stock to the creditors and equity holders of the
Company, will be made in accordance with all applicable laws, including the
applicable securities laws of the United States, The Netherlands and Luxembourg.

     Upon consummation of the Plan and the Akkoord, it is anticipated under the
Restructuring Agreement that the following percentages of the total number of
shares of New UPC Common Stock will be distributed to the UGC Group, the holders
of the UPC Notes (other than the UGC Group) (assuming that Option 1 applies to
all UPC Notes) and the holders of the UPC Preference Shares A, the UPC Ordinary
Shares A and the UPC Priority Shares and other claims treated as equity claims
(subject to potential dilution by issuance of additional shares of New UPC
Common Stock as described in "Treatment of Other Creditors of the Company,"
"Shares of New UPC Common Stock Issuable under Incentive Plans" and "Capital
Subscription in New UPC on the Effective Date" below):

                                                  Percentage of Total Number
                                                     of Shares of New UPC
Security Holder of the Company                     Common Stock Distributed
------------------------------                    --------------------------

Belmarken Notes and UPC Notes owned by UGC
Group on the date of the Restructuring
Agreement                                                  65.5%

UPC Notes (other than the UPC Notes owned by
the UGC Group on the date of the
Restructuring Agreement)                                   32.5%

Holders of UPC Preference Shares A, UPC
Ordinary Shares A, UPC Priority Shares and
Equity Securities Claims subordinated under
Section 510(b) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code                  2.0%

     Under the Restructuring Agreement, UGC (on its own behalf and on behalf of
the UGC Group) and the Participating Noteholders agreed to vote in favor of the
Plan as part of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case and the Akkoord and other
Restructuring proposals set forth in the Restructuring Agreement and to take
other actions necessary to effectuate the terms of the Restructuring Agreement.

     As of the date of the Restructuring Agreement, the Participating
Noteholders represented approximately 25% of all outstanding UPC Notes
(approximately 38% of all outstanding Notes held by holders other than the UGC
Group). Collectively, as of the date of the Restructuring Agreement, the UGC
Group and the Participating Noteholders held approximately 60% of the
outstanding UPC Notes. In addition, the UGC Group owned approximately 20% of
all outstanding UPC Preference Shares A, all of the outstanding UPC Priority
Shares and 53.1% of all outstanding UPC Ordinary Shares A as of the date of the
Restructuring Agreement.

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Treatment of Other Creditors of the Company

   Treatment of Critical Creditors

     Under the terms of the Restructuring Agreement, the Company, the UGC Group,
New UPC and the Participating Noteholders acknowledged that certain creditors of
the Company are critical to the operation of the business of the Company as a
going concern ("Critical Creditors"). Accordingly, the parties to the
Restructuring Agreement agreed that the Company will use its commercially
reasonable efforts to pay certain of its Critical Creditors in full prior to the
filing date of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case and to take other actions to
ensure that the obligations of the Company to its Critical Creditors which
remain unpaid on the Effective Date are unimpaired, assumed and restated under
the Plan and, subject to the consent of the Dutch administrator under the
Akkoord, paid in full in cash on or as soon as practicable after the Effective
Date. The Restructuring Agreement provides that the parties will use their
commercially reasonable efforts to treat the Critical Creditors who are not
permitted to be treated as such in the Chapter 11 case and Dutch moratorium as
general unsecured creditors of the Company, separately from the UPC Notes, the
Belmarken Notes and all other classes of creditors under the Plan and the
Akkoord and in a manner that is consistent with the treatment afforded to those
creditors which are permitted to be treated as Critical Creditors (to the extent
permitted by applicable law).

   Treatment of General Unsecured Creditors

     Under the Restructuring Agreement, all general unsecured creditors of the
Company, other than holders of the UPC Notes, the Belmarken Notes and, to the
extent applicable, Litigation Claims (as described below) ("General Unsecured
Creditors"), that will be affected by the Dutch moratorium will be offered the
same proportionate consideration pursuant to Option 1, Option 2, the Akkoord
option and the Dutch exchange offer option described under "Distribution of
Shares of New UPC Common Stock under the Plan and the Akkoord" above as if they
held UPC Notes in the amount of their debt in full redemption of their claims
once final adjudication by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court or the Dutch Court, as the
case may be, has been obtained. Any shares of New UPC Common Stock issued to the
General Unsecured Creditors will be in addition to the total number of shares of
New UPC Common Stock issued to the holders of the UPC Notes, the Belmarken
Notes, the UPC Preference Shares A, the UPC Priority Shares and the UPC Ordinary
Shares A as described under "Distribution of Shares of New UPC Common Stock
under the Plan and the Akkoord" above.

   Treatment of Holders of Litigation Claims

     The Restructuring Agreement contemplated that the Plan will provide for the
subordination under section 510(b) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code of certain
litigation claims against the Company (the "Litigation Claims") and, if the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court determines that these Litigation Claims are subject to
subordination under section 510(b) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, then the holders
of these Litigation Claims will receive a portion of the shares of New UPC
Common Stock to be issued and exchanged for the UPC Ordinary Shares A and UPC
Priority Shares, pari passu on a pro rata basis with the holders of the UPC
Ordinary Shares A and the UPC Priority Shares based on an allowed interest in an
amount to be determined by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. If the U.S. Bankruptcy
Court determines that the Litigation Claims are not to be subordinated under
section 510(b) or otherwise, then the holders of the Litigation Claims are
expected to receive the same proportionate consideration on account of the
Litigation Claims as if they held UPC Notes in the amount of their Litigation
Claims in lieu of a cash payment. Any shares of New UPC Common Stock issued to
the holders of Litigation Claims will be in addition to the total number of
shares of New UPC Common Stock issued to the holders of the UPC Notes, the
Belmarken Notes, the UPC Preference Shares A, the UPC Priority Shares and the
UPC Ordinary Shares A as described under "Distribution of Shares of New UPC
Common Stock under the Plan and the Akkoord" above.

   Treatment of Holders of Administrative and Other Priority Claims

     Under the Restructuring Agreement, the Plan provides that, on or as soon as
practicable after the Effective Date, each holder of an allowed administrative
or other priority claim under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code will be (i) paid in cash
by the Company for the full amount of its allowed claim, (ii) left unimpaired
and restated or (iii) be accorded such treatment as the Company and the holder
of that claim agree in writing. The Company has agreed to

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use its best efforts to ensure that administrative claims in the Chapter 11 case
are treated by the Company and the Dutch administrator similarly in the
moratorium proceedings in The Netherlands.

   Treatment of Holders of Outstanding Rights, Options and Warrants for Shares
   of the Company

     Under the Restructuring Agreement, the Plan provides that all rights,
options and warrants to acquire UPC Ordinary Shares A, including rights, options
and warrants held by the Company's employees under the Company's existing equity
incentive plans, outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date may remain
outstanding, unless those rights, options and warrants can be cancelled in
connection with the Restructuring or, in the case of rights, options and
warrants held by Company employees, such rights, options and warrants are
delivered to New UPC, in the discretion of New UPC's board of directors, in
exchange for rights, options and warrants permitted to be issued by New UPC as
described under "--Shares of New UPC Common Stock Issuable under Incentive Plan"
below.

New UPC Board of Directors and Rights of the Participating Noteholders

     Under the Restructuring Agreement, New UPC, UGC and the Participating
Noteholders agreed to enter into the Stockholders' Agreement that provides that,
for a three year period beginning on the Effective Date,

     (i)   a majority-in-interest of the Participating Noteholders would have
           the right to designate two directors (the "Designated Directors"),

    (ii)   the Board of Directors of New UPC would be comprised of ten members
           and the number of directors cannot be changed without the consent of
           the Designated Directors,

     (iii) the Designated Directors could not be removed except for cause or
           upon written request of a majority-in-interest of the Participating
           Noteholders and

     (iv)  upon removal, resignation or death of a Designated Director, the
           Participating Noteholders would have the right to replace that
           Designated Director.

     The Company, New UPC, UGC and the Participating Noteholders have
implemented these types of protections through New UPC's classified Board of
Directors and the provisions of New UPC's By-laws that require the approval of
the Related Party Transaction Committee, subject to certain exceptions, in order
for New UPC to enter into these types of Related Party Transactions. For a more
detailed description of these provisions, see "New UPC-Related Party Transaction
Committee."

     The Restructuring Agreement provided for New UPC's By-Laws to provide the
Designated Directors with the power to reject certain related party transactions
between New UPC and its affiliates (other than subsidiaries of New UPC) subject
to certain exceptions or if approved by a majority of the disinterested
stockholders of New UPC.

     Under the Restructuring Agreement, the Stockholders Agreement is to provide
the Participating Noteholders with "tag-along" rights for sale of their shares
of New UPC Common Stock in the event that members of the UGC Group propose to
sell 5% or more of the outstanding shares of New UPC Common Stock.

     Under the Restructuring Agreement, the Company, the UGC Group, New UPC and
the Participating Noteholders agreed that, after the Restructuring is completed,
changes will be made to the corporate governance of the Company to ensure that
decisions taken by the board of directors of New UPC are implemented by the
Company, as described above, would be applicable to actions taken by the
Company.

     For a more detailed description of the Stockholders Agreement, see "New
UPC--Stockholders Agreement."

   Shares of New UPC Common Stock Issuable under the Incentive Plan

     Pursuant to the terms of the Restructuring Agreement, the Plan provides
that, at the discretion of New UPC's board of directors, options with respect to
no more than five (5) percent of New UPC's common equity outstanding immediately
after the Effective Date, on a fully-diluted basis, can be issued during the
three year period beginning on the Effective Date to certain members of the
management and other employees of New UPC and its subsidiaries subject to
certain limitations on pricing.

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Pre-emptive Rights of Holders of New UPC Common Stock

     Under the Plan, the holders of shares of New UPC Common Stock will have
pre-emptive rights for the first (euro)1,538.46 million of equity or
equity-linked securities issued by New UPC during the four years after the
Effective Date for cash or in exchange for assets (or other consideration)
acquired from a related party.

Equity Subscription in New UPC on Effective Date

     Pursuant to the Restructuring Agreement, the Plan includes a requirement
that, on the Effective Date, New UPC will offer to each holder of UPC Notes and
the Belmarken Notes the right to purchase a pro rata share of up to (euro)100
million of shares of New UPC Common Stock at the per share price implied by the
Plan. This right will be exercisable only on the Effective Date. The (euro)100
million amount will be reduced by the net proceeds of any assets sold by the
Company prior to the Effective Date (other than assets sold in the ordinary
course of the Company's business in a manner consistent with its past practices)
and by the net proceeds from any non-dilutive capital raised by the Company
(other than capital received from UGC). The UGC Group has agreed to subscribe
for its pro rata share of the Maximum Subscription Amount of shares of New UPC
Common Stock to be issued on the Effective Date. In addition, the UGC Group has
agreed to subscribe for the pro rata share of the Maximum Subscription Amount
offered to the holders of the UPC Notes (other than the UGC Group) to the extent
that such holders do not subscribe for their pro rata share of the Maximum
Subscription Amount on the Effective Date. See "New UPC Equity Subscription."

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                                TAX CONSEQUENCES


Dutch Tax Consequences

     The following discussion, subject to the limitations set forth herein,
describes the material Dutch tax consequences of the exchange of the Claims
against, and Equity Interests in, the Company for shares of New UPC Common Stock
pursuant to the Plan, the Akkoord and the Dutch Implementing Offer and the
ownership of shares of New UPC Common Stock. It is the opinion of Deloitte &
Touche Belastingadviseurs, special Netherlands tax counsel (belastingadviseurs)
to the Company. This opinion represents Deloitte & Touche Belastingadviseurs'
interpretation of existing law and jurisprudence. No assurance can be given that
tax authorities or courts in The Netherlands will agree with such
interpretation. This opinion does not discuss all the tax consequences that may
be relevant to the holders of Claims and Equity Interests in light of their
particular circumstances or to holders that are subject to special treatment
under applicable law and is not intended to be applicable in all respects to all
categories of investors. Changes in the organizational structure of the Company
or the manner in which the Company conducts its business may invalidate this
opinion. The laws upon which this opinion is based are subject to change,
sometimes with retroactive effect. Changes in the applicable laws may invalidate
this opinion and this opinion will not be updated to reflect such subsequent
changes. Holders should consult their tax advisers regarding the particular tax
consequences of their exchange of the Claims against, and Equity Interests in,
the Company pursuant to the Plan, the Akkoord and the Dutch Implementing Offer
and their acquiring, owning and disposing of shares of New UPC Common Stock.

     This opinion does not address, except as set forth below, aspects of Dutch
taxation that may be applicable to holders that are subject to special tax
rules, such as but not limited to financial institutions, investment
institutions (beleggingsinstellingen), insurance companies, tax-exempt
organizations and any holder who holds a substantial interest.

   Substantial Interest

     In The Netherlands, a shareholder that owns, whether or not together with
his/her spouse or registered partner, through shares, warrants, conversion
rights, or options, or certain other rights, for instance a right of usufruct
(which is an arrangement whereby a legal owner of shares transfers the right to
all income deriving from the shares, including capital gains, to another party),
directly or indirectly an interest in 5% or more of the total issued and
outstanding capital of any class of shares, or 5% or more of the total issued
and outstanding share capital of a company (a "substantial interest"), is
subject to a special tax regime. Profit participation rights or certain other
rights, such as a right of usufruct, which give the holder rights to 5% or more
of the annual profit or 5% or more of the liquidation proceeds of the target
company will also qualify as substantial interest. A deemed substantial interest
is present if (part of) a substantial interest has been disposed of, or is
deemed to have been disposed of, on a non-recognition basis. If a person has a
substantial interest in a company, all shares and profit rights in that company
are included in the substantial interest. With respect to individuals, certain
attribution rules exist in determining the presence of a substantial interest.

     Unless indicated otherwise, the term "holder," as used herein, includes
individuals and entities as defined under Dutch tax law holding Claims against,
or Equity Interests in, the Company but does not include any such person having
a substantial interest in the Company or New UPC.

   Income Tax Consequences of the Exchange of Claims for Residents or Deemed
   Residents of The Netherlands

     Individual Income Tax

     Capital gains/losses derived from the exchange of Claims by an individual
holder of Claims are generally not subject to income tax.

     However, capital gains/losses derived from the exchange of Claims by an
individual holder of Claims are subject to tax on a net income basis at the
progressive income tax rates, if the Claims are attributable to a trade or
business carried on by the individual holder by virtue of such individual being
an entrepreneur (ondernemer) or

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pursuant to a co-entitlement to the net worth of an enterprise (other than as an
entrepreneur or a shareholder), or the capital gains/losses qualify as taxable
income from miscellaneous activities with respect to the Claims (belastbaar
resultaat uit overige werkzaamheden).

     Corporate Income Tax

     Capital gains/losses derived from the exchange of Claims by a corporate
holder of Claims that resides, or is deemed to reside, in The Netherlands are
subject to Dutch corporate income tax on a net basis, generally if the Claims
are (deemed) attributable to a trade or business carried on (or deemed to be
carried on) by the holder.

   Income Tax Consequences of the Exchange of Claims for Nonresidents of The
   Netherlands

     Individual Income tax

     A nonresident individual holder of Claims will not be subject to Dutch
income tax on capital gains/losses derived from the exchange of the Claims,
provided such individual holder:

     o    does not carry on and has not carried on a business in The Netherlands
          in whole or in part carried on through a permanent establishment or a
          permanent representative in The Netherlands to which the Claims are
          attributable; and

     o    does not share and has not shared directly (not through the beneficial
          ownership of shares or similar securities) in the profits of an
          enterprise managed and controlled in The Netherlands to which
          enterprise the Claims are attributable;

     o    does not carry out and has not carried out nor is deemed to carry out
          any activities in The Netherlands which can be qualified as taxable
          income from miscellaneous activities with respect to the Claims
          (belastbaar resultaat uit overige werkzaamheden)

     o    does not carry out and has not carried out employment activities in
          The Netherlands or serves or served as a director or board member of
          any entity resident in The Netherlands, or serves or served as a civil
          servant of a Dutch public entity with which the holding of Claims is
          or was connected; and

     o    is not an individual that has opted to be taxed as a resident of The
          Netherlands.

     Tax Treaty

     Under most Dutch tax treaties, the right to tax capital gains/losses
realized by a nonresident individual holder from the exchange of Claims is in
many cases allocated to the individual holder's country of residence, unless the
nonresident individual holder carries on or has carried on a business in The
Netherlands through a permanent establishment or a permanent representative to
which Claims are attributable.

     Corporate Income Tax

     A nonresident corporate holder of Claims will not be subject to Dutch
corporate income tax on capital gains/losses derived from the exchange of
Claims, provided such corporate holder:

     o    does not carry on and has not carried on a business in The Netherlands
          through a permanent establishment or a permanent representative to
          which Claims are attributable; and

     o    does not have a substantial interest in the Company; or

     o    does have a substantial interest in the Company, which, however, is
          allocable to a business enterprise carried on by the corporate holder.

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     Tax Treaty

     Under most Dutch tax treaties, the right to tax capital gains/losses
realized by a nonresident corporate holder from the exchange of Claims is
allocated to the corporate holder's country of residence, unless the nonresident
corporate holder carries on or has carried on a business in The Netherlands
through a permanent establishment or a permanent representative to which Claims
are attributable.

   Income Tax Consequences for Residents or Deemed Residents of The
   Netherlands of Acquiring, Owning and Disposing of Shares of New UPC Common
   Stock

     Individual Income Tax

     The individual resident or deemed resident holder (including an individual
holder who has opted to be taxed as a resident of The Netherlands) will be taxed
on a deemed income from savings and investments (sparen en beleggen), unless:

     o    the shares are attributable to a trade or business carried on by the
          individual shareholder by virtue of such individual being an
          entrepreneur (ondernemer) or pursuant to a co-entitlement to the net
          worth of an enterprise (other than as an entrepreneur or a
          shareholder); or

     o    the shares form part of a substantial interest; or

     o    the capital gains/losses realized from the disposition of and/or
          income derived from the shares qualify or are deemed to qualify as
          taxable income from miscellaneous activities with respect to the
          shares (belastbaar resultaat uit overige werkzaamheden) (e.g.
          "regular, active portfolio management" (normaal, actief
          vermogensbeheer)).

     The deemed benefit from savings and investments amounts to 4% per annum of
the average of the individual's yield basis (rendementsgrondslag) at the
beginning of the calendar year and the individual's yield basis at the end of
the calendar year, insofar this average exceeds a certain threshold
(heffingsvrij vermogen). The (net) yield basis consists of the fair market value
of certain assets and liabilities of the individual, including the fair market
value of the shares.

     The income from savings and investments is taxed annually at a flat rate of
30% (rate 2002), regardless whether any interest has been received, capital
gains have been realized or capital losses have been suffered.

     Income derived from the shares and capital gains/losses realized from the
sale or exchange of the shares by an individual resident shareholder are subject
to tax on a net income basis at the progressive income tax rates, if the shares
are attributable to a trade or business carried on by the individual shareholder
by virtue of such individual being an entrepreneur (ondernemer) or pursuant to a
co-entitlement to the net worth of an enterprise (other than as an entrepreneur
or a shareholder), or income and the capital gains/losses qualify as taxable
income from miscellaneous activities with respect to the shares (belastbaar
resultaat uit overige werkzaamheden).

     Income derived from the shares and capital gains/losses realized from the
sale or exchange of the shares by an individual resident shareholder that holds
a substantial interest are generally subject to income tax at a rate of 25%
(rate 2002) on a net basis.

     Tax Treaty

     Under the income tax treaty in effect between The Netherlands and the
United States, the right to tax income derived from and capital gains realized
upon alienation of the shares by an individual shareholder that resides or is
deemed to reside in The Netherlands, is allocated to The Netherlands.

     Generally, an individual shareholder that resides, or is deemed to reside
in The Netherlands will be allowed a credit against Dutch income tax for U.S.
tax withheld on dividends paid on the shares.

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     Corporate Income Tax

     Dividends received from the shares and capital gains/losses realized from
the sale or exchange of shares by a corporate shareholder that resides, or is
deemed to reside, in The Netherlands are subject to Dutch corporate income tax
on a net basis, generally if the shares are (deemed) attributable to a trade or
business carried on (or deemed to be carried on) by the holder, unless that
shareholding qualifies for the participation exemption.

     To qualify for the participation exemption, the shareholder must generally
hold at least 5% of the nominal paid-in capital and meet other requirements, in
particular the shareholding not qualifying as a portfolio investment (belegging)

     Tax Treaty

     Under the income tax treaty in effect between The Netherlands and the
United States, the right to tax income from the shares (dividends/capital gains)
realized by a corporate shareholder that resides or is deemed to reside in The
Netherlands, is allocated to The Netherlands. Provided that the Dutch
participation exemption is not applicable, the corporate shareholder that
resides, or is deemed to reside in The Netherlands will be allowed a credit
against Dutch corporate income tax for U.S. tax withheld on dividends paid on
the shares.

   Net Wealth Tax

     No net wealth tax is levied in The Netherlands.

   Gift and Inheritance Tax

     Residents or Deemed Residents of The Netherlands

     Dutch gift tax or inheritance tax will be due with respect to a gift or
inheritance of shares of New UPC Common Stock from a person who resided, or was
deemed to have resided, in The Netherlands at the time of the gift or his or her
death. Dutch tax will be due in the case of a gift of shares by an individual,
who at the time of the gift, was neither resident nor deemed to be resident in
The Netherlands, if such individual deceases within 180 days after the date of
the gift, while being resident or deemed resident in The Netherlands. An
individual who is of Dutch nationality is deemed to have been resident in The
Netherlands if he or she was a resident in The Netherlands at any time during
the ten years preceding the date of the gift or the date of his or her death.

     For gift tax purposes, each person (regardless of nationality) is deemed to
be a Netherlands resident if he or she was a resident in The Netherlands at any
time during the 12-months preceding the date of the gift. The ten-year and
12-month residency rules may be modified by treaty.

     Liability for payment of the gift tax or inheritance tax rests with the
donee or heir, respectively. The rate at which these taxes are levied is
primarily dependent on the fair market value of the gift or inheritance and the
relationship between the donor and donee or the deceased and his or her heir(s).
Exemptions may apply under specific circumstances.

     Nonresidents of The Netherlands

     A gift or inheritance of shares of New UPC Common Stock from a nonresident
holder will not be subject to Dutch gift tax or inheritance tax in the hands of
the donee or heir provided the nonresident donee or heir was not:

     o    a Dutch national who has been resident in The Netherlands at any time
          during the ten (10) years preceding the date of gift or the date of
          decease or, in the event that he or she was resident in The
          Netherlands during such period, the nonresident donee or heir was not
          of the Dutch nationality at the time of gift or death;

     o    solely for the purpose of the gift tax, a resident of The Netherlands
          at any time during the 12 months preceding the time of the gift
          (however, in case of a gift by an individual who at the time of the
          gift was neither resident nor deemed to be resident in The Netherlands
          and such individual

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          dies within 180 days after the date of the gift, while being resident
          or deemed to be resident in The Netherlands, tax will be due); or

     o    engaged in a business in The Netherlands through a permanent
          establishment or a permanent representative which included in its
          assets the shares.

     Dutch Tax Position of New UPC

          General

     As a company incorporated under U.S. law, New UPC will for Dutch corporate
income tax purposes be considered to be a non-resident, unless its effective
management and control is exercised in The Netherlands. Furthermore New UPC will
actively be involved in the management of the UPC Group.

     Restructuring

     Corporate Income Tax Act. As a non-resident corporate holder of the UPC
     Notes and the Belmarken Notes, New UPC will not be subject to Dutch
     corporate income tax on capital gains/losses derived from the sale,
     exchange, waiver or disposition of the UPC Notes, provided New UPC

     o    does not carry on and has not carried on a business in The Netherlands
          through a permanent establishment or a permanent representative to
          which the UPC Notes or Belmarken Notes are attributable; and

     o    does not have a substantial interest in the Company; or

     o    does have a substantial interest in the Company, which, however, is
          allocable to a business enterprise carried on by New UPC.

     In view of the above fact pattern, no Dutch corporate income tax should be
due at the level of New UPC as a result of the Restructuring. This is confirmed
in the tax ruling mentioned below under "Dutch Tax Position of the Company."

     Withholding Taxes. The Netherlands does not levy withholding taxes on
interest payments in connection with debts, unless the debt qualifies as a
profit sharing debt instrument or as quasi-equity or the terms of the debt are
not at arm's length. In relation to the UPC Notes and the Belmarken Notes, no
withholdings should be due.

     Tax Treaty. Under the U.S.-Netherlands tax treaty, the right to tax income
derived from the UPC Notes (including capital gains/losses) by New UPC is
allocated to the United States, unless New UPC carries on or has carried on a
business in The Netherlands through a permanent establishment or a permanent
representative to which the UPC Notes are attributable.

     Shareholding in the Company

        Dutch Corporate Income Tax

     As a non-resident corporate holder of shares in the Company, New UPC will
not be subject to Dutch corporate income tax on income received from the shares
or capital gains derived from the sale, exchange or disposition of the shares
provided:

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     o    New UPC does not carry on and has not carried on a business in The
          Netherlands through a permanent establishment or a permanent
          representative to which the shares are attributable; and

     o    the substantial interest owned in the Company is allocable to a
          business enterprise carried on by New UPC.

     In view of the above fact pattern, no Dutch corporate income tax should be
due at the level of New UPC.

          Withholding Taxes

     In principle 25% Dutch dividend withholding taxes is due over dividend
distributions made from the Company to New UPC. Under U.S.-Netherlands tax
treaty under conditions the rate of Dutch dividend withholding taxes to be
withheld is reduced.

          Tax Treaty

     Based on the US-Netherlands tax treaty capital gains realized by New UPC
will only be taxable in the United States. Based on the U.S.-Netherlands tax
treaty, the Company will have to withhold 5% Dutch dividend withholding tax from
dividend distributions made from the Company to New UPC.

     Dutch Tax Position of the Company

          Restructuring

     As a result of the Restructuring, the UPC Group realizes a one time gain.
To the extent this gain resides at the level of the Company or one of its Dutch
subsidiaries, this creates Dutch taxable income. However, to the extent the
Company has net operating losses, these net operating losses can be used to
shelter this income.

          Tax Ruling

     The Company has discussed the Restructuring with the Dutch tax authorities
and has come to an agreement on the treatment for Dutch corporate income tax
purposes. Agreement has been reached on how the gain at the Company level should
be calculated and how the Company's net operating losses can be used to shelter
this gain. In view of the above, the Restructuring will not lead to a cash
outflow for corporate income tax.

          Capital Tax

     The Restructuring will lead to a capital tax cost of 0.55% on the fair
market value of the contributions made to the Company to the extent that the
Company cannot rely on an exemption.

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          REORGANIZATION VALUATION AND PROJECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Reorganization Valuation Analysis

     A bankruptcy court is often requested, as part of confirmation of a plan of
reorganization, to determine the enterprise value of a reorganized debtor after
giving effect to the contemplated restructuring as this is often used to
evaluate the consideration being provided to holders of claims and equity
interests under a plan of reorganization. Accordingly, the Company has requested
that Lazard, its financial advisor, in connection with the negotiation of the
Restructuring, prepare a valuation of the Reorganized Company, after giving
effect to the Restructuring as set forth in the Plan.

     [Valuation analysis to be inserted.]


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Projected Financial Information

     As described in "Chapter 11 Case and the Plan of Reorganization--Voting on,
and Confirmation of, the Plan--Feasibility," in order for the Plan to be
confirmed, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court must find that the Plan is "feasible" as
set forth in Section 1129(a)(11) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Accordingly, in
order to demonstrate that the Plan is feasible, to assist in the preparation of
a valuation analysis and to assist each Holder of a Claim against, or Equity
Interest in, the Company in determining whether to accept or reject the Plan,
the Company's management has prepared the prospective financial information and
other financial projections set forth in Annex F of this Disclosure Statement
(the "Projections").

     The Projections are based upon the Company's business plan and should be
read in conjunction with (i) the assumptions, qualifications and footnotes to
the tables containing the Projections, (ii) the historical consolidated
financial information (including the notes and schedules thereto) and the other
information set forth in the Company's Annual Report of Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2001, attached hereto as Annex C, and the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2002,
attached hereto as Annex E and (iii) the information contained under the heading
"Risk Factors" of this Disclosure Statement.

     The Projections were prepared exclusively, and in good faith, by the
management of the Company using assumptions believed to be reasonable and
applied in a manner consistent with past practice. Most of the assumptions about
the operations of the Company's and the UPC Group's business after the assumed
Effective Date of March 31, 2003 which are utilized in the Projections are
based, in part, on economic, competitive, and general business conditions
prevailing at the time they were prepared. While, as of the date hereof, such
conditions have not materially changed, any future changes in these conditions
may materially impact the Company's ability to achieve the Projections.

     The Projections, while presented with numerical specificity, are
necessarily based on a variety of estimates and assumptions which, though
considered reasonable by the Company's management when taken as a whole, may not
be realized, and are inherently subject to significant known and unknown
business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, including,
among others, those summarized herein, many of which are beyond the Company's
control and which may cause the Company's actual financial condition, results or
performance to be materially different from those projected. Consequently, this
Disclosure Statement and the Projections contained herein should not be regarded
as a representation by the Company or any other person as to the accuracy of the
Projections or to the Company's ability to achieve the projected results or
performance. In addition, there can be no assurance that the assumptions made by
the Company's management in preparing the Projections will prove accurate. Some
assumptions inevitably will not materialize. Further, events and circumstances
occurring subsequent to the date on which the Projections were prepared may be
different from those assumed or,

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alternatively, may have been unanticipated, and the occurrence of these events
may affect the Company's and the UPC Group's financial results in a material and
possibly adverse manner. The Projections, therefore, are not fact and should not
be relied upon as a guaranty or other assurance of the actual results that will
occur. The inclusion of the Projections in this Disclosure Statement should not
be regarded as an indication that the Company or any of its affiliates,
representatives or advisors consider the Projections to be a reliable prediction
of future events, and the Projections should not be relied upon as such. Readers
of this Disclosure Statement are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the
Projections.

     The Company's management has prepared the Projections solely for purposes
of complying with the requirements of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The Projections
were not prepared with a view toward compliance with the published guidelines of
the SEC, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, or any other
regulatory or professional agency or body, generally accepted accounting
principles or consistency with the Company's historical consolidated financial
statements. Neither Arthur Andersen LLP, the Company's predecessor independent
auditors, nor KPMG Accountants N.V., the Company's current independent auditors,
nor Lazard, the Company's financial advisors, has compiled or examined the
Projections or performed any procedures with respect to the Projections, nor
have they expressed any opinion or any other form of assurance on the
Projections or the achievability of the results or performance indicated by the
Projections, and assume no responsibility for, and disclaim any association
with, the Projections.

     The Company's management does not, as a matter of course, publicly disclose
financial projections of the Company's or the UPC Groups' expected future
financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. Accordingly, the
Company does not intend, and disclaims any obligation, to (i) furnish updated or
revised projections to reflect circumstances existing after the date of this
Disclosure Statement or to reflect the occurrence of future events (even in the
event that any or all of the assumptions underlying the Projections are shown to
be in error) to Holders of the Claims against, and Equity Interests in, the
Company prior to the Effective Date or to holders of the shares of New UPC
Common Stock or any other party after such Effective Date, (ii) include such
updated or revised information in any documents that may be required to be filed
with the SEC or (iii) otherwise make such updated or revised information
publicly available.

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                              Liquidation Analysis

Best Interests of Creditors Test

     As described in "Voting on, and Confirmation of, the Plan--Confirmation of
the Plan--The Best Interests Test," above, in order to confirm a Chapter 11 plan
of reorganization, the U.S. Bankruptcy Code requires that, among other things,
each holder of a claim or equity interest in an impaired class either:

     o    accept the plan; or

     o    receive or retain under the plan cash or property of a value, as of
          the effective date of the plan, that is not less than the value such
          holder would receive or retain if the debtor were liquidated under
          Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (the "Best Interests Test").

     To calculate what holders of each impaired class of claims and equity
interests would receive in a Chapter 7 liquidation, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court
must determine the "liquidation value" of the debtor, which would consist
primarily of the net proceeds from a forced sale of the debtor's assets by a
Chapter 7 trustee. The proceeds from a Chapter 7 liquidation that would be
available to all unsecured claims would be reduced or diluted by:

     o    secured claims to the extent of the value of the collateral securing
          such claims;

     o    the costs and expenses of liquidation, including the costs incurred to
          sell the assets;

     o    the administrative expenses of the Chapter 7 case, including the fees
          of a trustee, counsel, financial advisors, accountants and other
          professionals;

     o    additional contingent claims and losses arising during the operation
          of the debtor's business in Chapter 7, including potential breaches of
          contracts as a result of inevitable employee attrition;

     o    priority claims arising in the Chapter 7 and prior Chapter 11 cases;
          and

     o    administrative expenses and claims in the prior Chapter 11 case,
          including the fees of counsel, financial advisors, accountants and
          other professionals.

     In applying the Best Interests Test, the Company believes that the most
likely outcome of a liquidation proceeding under Chapter 7 would be the
application of the rule of absolute priority of distributions under Bankruptcy
Code Section 726. Under that rule, no junior creditor receives any distribution
until all senior creditors are paid in full, and no equity holder receives any
distribution until all creditors are paid in full with interest.

     To determine if the Plan satisfies the Best Interests Test as to each
Holder of an Impaired Claim or Impaired Equity Interest, the present value of
such Holder's pro rata share of the net liquidation proceeds available for
distribution to unsecured creditors must be compared with the value of the
property offered to such Holder under the Plan. If present values offered to
each such Holder under the Plan are found by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to equal
or exceed what each such Holder would realize in a Chapter 7 liquidation, the
Plan will be deemed to satisfy the Best Interests test.

Liquidation Analysis

     As set forth in the attached Liquidation Analysis (Annex G), the Company
believes that the confirmation of the Plan will provide each Holder of an
impaired Claim or Equity Interest with a greater recovery than it would receive
if the Company was liquidated under Chapter 7. In addition, in our view, a
Chapter 7 liquidation involves additional uncertainty not fully reflected in the
Liquidation Analysis with respect both to the timing and amount of payments to
each Holder of an impaired Claim or Equity Interest. The Company believes that
the Plan provides as much certainty as is possible regarding these matters.

     The Liquidation Analysis, which was prepared by the Company's management
with the assistance of Lazard, is provided solely to disclose to Holders of
Claims and Equity Interests the effects of a hypothetical Chapter

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7 liquidation, subject to the assumptions set forth therein. There can be no
assurance that those assumptions would prove accurate if a Chapter 7 liquidation
was to occur or that our analysis will be accepted by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
Members of management and representatives of Lazard will be available to provide
testimony to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court as to the methods used, and conclusions
in, the attached Liquidation Analysis.

     The Company has assumed that a liquidation of the Company under Dutch
bankruptcy law would not result in any materially different recovery to the
Holders of Claims against, and Equity Interests in, the Company than a Chapter 7
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                       WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

     The Company files annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements
and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any document the
Company files with the SEC at the SEC's Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain further information on the
operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The
Company's SEC filings are also available to the public over the internet at the
SEC's internet website at HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV.

                           INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

     The Company has attached as Annexes C, D and E hereto, and is incorporating
by reference into this Disclosure Statement, its Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2001 (including the audited consolidated financial
statements of the Company for the years ended December 31, 1999, 2000 and 2001),
its Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2001 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended September 30, 2002, respectively. The Company also is incorporating by
reference into this Disclosure Statement its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2002, its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2002, its Current Report on Form 8-K dated
September 30, 2002 and all of its filings with the SEC under Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act from the date hereof until the
completion of the Restructuring.

     Any statement contained in this Disclosure Statement or in any of the
documents incorporated by reference in, and forming part of, this Disclosure
Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purpose of this
Disclosure Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any document
subsequently incorporated by reference modifies or supersedes such statement.

     You may obtain a copy of any of the documents incorporated by reference
into this Disclosure Statement, at no cost, by writing or telephoning the
Company at:

                      United Pan-Europe Communications N.V.
                                Boeing Avenue 53
                              1119 PE Schiphol Rijk
                                  Postbus 79763
                                1070 BT Amsterdam
                                 The Netherlands
                      Attn: Ruth Pirie, Investor Relations
                            Phone: 011-31-20-778-9840

     For holders of the UPC Ordinary Shares A, the minutes of the annual general
meeting of shareholders of the Company of June 20, 2002 will be available free
of charge at the offices of the Company referred to above.

     In addition, copies of the Amended Articles of Association of the Company,
the Amended Articles of Incorporation of New UPC and the Amended By-laws of New
UPC will be available free of charge at the offices of the Company referred to
above.

     The Company will respond to requests for information that is incorporated
by reference into this Disclosure Statement within three business days after
receipt of such request and will send the incorporated documents by first-class
mail or other equally prompt means. This includes information contained in
documents filed subsequent to the date of this Disclosure Statement through the
date of responding to the request.

                                    AUDITORS

     Auditor's Statement Regarding Financial Statements and Consent

     The consolidated financial statements of the Company at December 31, 2000
and 2001 and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
2001 incorporated into this Disclosure Statement by reference to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 have been
audited by Arthur Andersen, Amstelveen, The Netherlands ("Arthur Andersen"),
independent auditors, as set forth in their reports thereon (which contain an
explanatory paragraph regarding the ability of the Company to continue as a
going concern).

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     On June 20, 2002, the Company appointed KPMG Accountants N.V. ("KPMG") to
replace Arthur Andersen as its independent public accountants. Prior to the date
of this Disclosure Statement, Arthur Andersen ceased its operations. After
reasonable efforts, the Company has been unable to obtain Arthur Andersen's
updated written consent to incorporate by reference into this Disclosure
Statement Arthur Andersen's audit report with respect to the annual consolidated
financial statements of the Company contained in the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001. As a result, the audit
report to the Company's annual consolidated financial statements for the three
years ended December 31, 2001 (as incorporated by reference into this Disclosure
Statement) is Arthur Andersen's audit report issued on April 12, 2002. Although
Arthur Andersen has not consented to the incorporation by reference of its audit
report into this Disclosure Statement, it has consented to the inclusion of its
audit report in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2001. Readers of this Disclosure Statement are advised that
the audit report on the annual consolidated financial statements of the Company
for the three years ended December 31, 2001 is included in this Disclosure
Statement by reference to the copy of the previously issued audit report of
Arthur Andersen which has not been reissued or updated by Arthur Andersen as it
has ceased its operations.

Auditor's Statement Regarding Dutch Prospectus

     Section 2 of the Dutch Securities Decree 1995 and, in particular, Section
2.4 of Schedule A (Bijlage A)) to the Dutch Securities Decree 1995 provide that
the Prospectus contain a statement of an accountant that the prospectus, if and
to the extent applicable, contains the information set forth in the Section 1.1
up until and including 13.7 (of the Schedule) as well as the information
required by the Autoriteit Financiele Markten (The Netherlands Authority for the
Financial Markets) pursuant to subsection 5 of Section 2 of the Dutch Securities
Decree 1995.

     We have established that this Disclosure Statement by New UPC contains the
data which, to the extent applicable, is required to be included herein by the
Dutch Securities Decree 1995 and the Further Regulation on Market Conduct
Supervision of the Securities Trade 2002.

     KPMG Accountants N.V.
     Amstelveen, __________, 2003

Other Information Regarding Auditors


     New UPC has not yet appointed an independent auditor.

     The address of KPMG is:

                              KPMG Accountants N.V.
                              KPMG Building
                              Burgmeester Rijnderslaan 10-20
                              1185 MC Amstelveen
                              The Netherlands


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                                  VOTING AGENTS

     Any Holder of Claims or Equity Interests who wishes to accept or reject the
Plan should complete the Ballot and forward it pursuant to the instructions
contained therein. If any Holder has any additional questions, or needs
additional copies of this Disclosure Statement, the Ballot or any other
Restructuring materials, such Holder should contact the applicable Voting Agent
at the address or telephone number as listed below:

     Securities Voting Agent                      Nonsecurities Voting Agent

     Innisfree M&A Incorporated                   Bankruptcy Services LLC
     Attn:  UPC Ballot Tabulation
     501 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor
     New York, NY  10022
     United States of America

                                                  By regular mail:
                              United Pan-Europe Communications Ballot Processing
                                                  P.O. Box 5014
                                                  FDR Station
                                             New York, NY 10150-5014

                                        By messenger or overnight courier:
                              United Pan-Europe Communications Ballot Processing
                                        c/o Bankruptcy Services LLC
                                             70 East 55th Street
                                            New York, NY 10022-3222
                                           Telephone 1-888-498-7765

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                     CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

     The Company and New UPC believe that confirmation of the Plan is desirable
and in the best interest of the Holders of Claims and Equity Interests as the
Plan, the Akkoord, and the Dutch Implementing Offer provide for an equitable
distribution to the Company's creditors and stockholders. Any alternative to
confirmation of the Plan, such as conversion to a Chapter 7 liquidation or
dismissal of the case, or attempts by another party in interest to file a plan,
could result in significant delays, litigation and costs, and likely would
result in significantly lower recoveries by the Holders of Claims against, and
Equity Interests in, the Company.

     In light of the significant benefits to be attained by the Holders of
Claims and Equity Interests pursuant to consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Plan, the Akkoord, and the Dutch Implementing Offer, the
Company and New UPC recommend that, as applicable, the Holders of Claims and
Equity Interests (a) vote to accept the Plan and the Akkoord and (b) transfer
their UPC Ordinary Shares A to New UPC pursuant to the Dutch Implementing Offer.
The Company and New UPC have reached this decision after considering the
alternatives to the Plan that are available to the Company and their likely
effect on the Company's business operations and creditors. These alternatives
include liquidation of the company under Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code
or an alternative plan of reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code. The Company and New UPC determined, after consulting with financial and
legal advisors, that the Plan would result in greater recovery for Holders of
Claims and Equity Interests than would any other Chapter 11 reorganization or
liquidation under Chapter 7. For a comparison of estimated distributions under
Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and under the Plan, see "Annex G
--Liquidation Analysis." For all of these reasons, the Company and New UPC urge
all Holders of Claims and Equity Interests to accept and support the Plan and
the Akkoord, and all non-U.S. Holders of UPC Ordinary Shares A to participate in
the Dutch Implementing Offer.


                                 UNITED PAN-EUROPE COMMUNICATIONS N.V.


                                 By:
                                        /s/ Anton M. Tuijten
                                    --------------------------------------------
                                     Name:  Anton M. Tuijten
                                     Title: General Counsel and Member of
                                            the Board of Management


                                 By:
                                       /s/ Charles H.R. Bracken
                                    --------------------------------------------
                                    Name:  Charles H.R. Bracken
                                    Title: Chief Financial Officer and Member of
                                           the Board of Management

                                 NEW UPC, INC.


                                 By:
                                       /s/ Michael T. Fries
                                    --------------------------------------------
                                    Name:  Michael T. Fries
                                    Title: President


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                       CROSS REFERENCES FOR DEFINED TERMS

Term                                                                       Page
----                                                                       ----
Administrative Claims....................................................  50
Administrator............................................................  15
ADR......................................................................  109
A-FM.....................................................................  45
Akkoord..................................................................  (ii)
Allowed Claims...........................................................  50
Allowed Equity Interests.................................................  50
Annualised EBITDA........................................................  40
Arthur Andersen..........................................................  149
Ballot...................................................................  11
Belmarken................................................................  (i)
Belmarken Notes..........................................................  (i)
Belmarken Notes Claims...................................................  52
Belmarken Notes Consideration............................................  6
Best Interests Test......................................................  147
Board of Management......................................................  101
Business Day.............................................................  1
Change in Control........................................................  103
Chapter 11...............................................................  (i)
Citibank.................................................................  109
CLEC.....................................................................  97
Common Shares UGC Fraction...............................................  123
Company..................................................................  (i)
Confirmation Hearing.....................................................  14
Critical Creditor Claims.................................................  52
Critical Creditors.......................................................  136
Derivative Action........................................................  54
Designated Directors.....................................................  137
DGCL.....................................................................  25
Disclosure Statement.....................................................  (i)
Disinterested Stockholder................................................  119
Document Filing Date.....................................................  14
DTC......................................................................  93
Dutch Bankruptcy Case....................................................  (ii)
Dutch Bankruptcy Code....................................................  (ii)
Dutch Bankruptcy Court...................................................  (ii)
Dutch Claims Filing Date.................................................  16
Dutch Implementing Offer.................................................  (ii)
Dutch Securities Act 1995................................................  17
Dutch Securities Decree 1995.............................................  86
Dutch Tax Ruling.........................................................  45
Dutch Voting Meeting.....................................................  15
Effective Date...........................................................  (ii)
11 1/2% Senior Notes due 2010............................................  102
11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2010............................................  102
11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2009............................................  102
Equity Securities Claims.................................................  54
(euro)...................................................................  1

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Euronext.................................................................  18
Exculpated Parties.......................................................  68
Exercise Price...........................................................  91
Expiration Date..........................................................  85
Extraordinary General Meeting............................................  (ii)
First Amendment..........................................................  18
First Person.............................................................  118
Feasibility Test.........................................................  79
First Amendment..........................................................  18
forward-looking statements...............................................  (vi)
General Unsecured Claim..................................................  52
General Unsecured Creditor...............................................  136
ICH......................................................................  54
Impaired.................................................................  47
Implied Purchase Price...................................................  (ii)
Incentive Plan...........................................................  39
Indenture................................................................  102
Instructions.............................................................  93
Intermediary.............................................................  12
JP Morgan................................................................  45
KPMG.....................................................................  150
Latard...................................................................  44
Liberty Media............................................................  104
Liquidation Analysis.....................................................  G-4
Litigation Claims........................................................  136
Majority Lenders.........................................................  41
Master Ballot............................................................  12
Maximum Subscription Amount..............................................  (ii)
Memorandum of Understanding..............................................  3
Miscellaneous Secured Claims.............................................  51
NASD.....................................................................  127
NASDAQ...................................................................  20
NECIGEF..................................................................  106
New UPC..................................................................  (i)
New UPC Common Stock.....................................................  (i)
New UPC Equity Purchase Rights...........................................  (ii)
New UPC Equity Subscription..............................................  (ii)
Nonsecurities Voting Agent...............................................  11
Offer Memorandum.........................................................  85
Old Other Equity Interests...............................................  43
Option 1.................................................................  134
Option 2.................................................................  135
Ordinary Creditors.......................................................  4
Ordinary Shares Consideration............................................  9
OTC BB...................................................................  38
Participating Noteholders................................................  2
Participating Stockholder................................................  122
Payment..................................................................  93
Petition Date............................................................  (i)

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Plan.....................................................................  (ii)
Plan Documents...........................................................  (v)
Pre-emptive Rights.......................................................  116
Preference Shares Consideration..........................................  8
Priority Shares Consideration............................................  9
Priority Tax Claim.......................................................  51
Projections..............................................................  145
Proxy Statement..........................................................  90
Ratio Period.............................................................  41
Related Party............................................................  117
Related Party Transaction................................................  118
Related Party Transaction Committee......................................  118
Relevant Company.........................................................  41
Reorganized Company......................................................  1
Requisite Acceptances....................................................  10
Reserve..................................................................  65
Restructuring............................................................  (i)
Restructuring Agreement..................................................  2
SEC......................................................................  (vi)
Second Amendment.........................................................  18
Second Person............................................................  117
Securities Voting Agent..................................................  11
Senior Debt..............................................................  40
Senior Debt Service......................................................  41
Shareholder Proposals....................................................  (ii)
Subscribing Holder.......................................................  92
Subscription Agent.......................................................  93
Subscription Amount......................................................  93
Subscription Deadline....................................................  93
Subscription Distribution Date...........................................  92
Subscription Procedures..................................................  91
Subscription Reserve Account.............................................  92
Subscription Reserve Shares..............................................  92
substantial interest.....................................................  139
Tag-Along Allotment......................................................  122
Tag-Along Notice.........................................................  123
Tag-Along Notice Date....................................................  123
Tag-Along Rights.........................................................  122
Tag-Along Sale...........................................................  122
Tag-Along Sale Agreement.................................................  124
Tag-Along Sale Date......................................................  122
Tag-Along Sale Notice....................................................  122
Tag-Along Stockholders...................................................  122
Tara.....................................................................  96
10 7/8% Senior Notes due 2007............................................  102
10 7/8% Senior Notes due 2009............................................  102
Third Amendment..........................................................  18
13 3/8% Senior Discount Notes due 2009...................................  102
13 3/4% Senior Discount Notes due 2010...................................  102

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Total Cash Interest......................................................  40
Trading Days.............................................................  85
Trustee..................................................................  102
12 1/2% Senior Discounts Notes due 2009..................................  102
UAP......................................................................  96
U.S. Bankruptcy Code.....................................................  (ii)
U.S. Bankruptcy Court....................................................  (ii)
U.S. Exchange Act........................................................  26
U.S. Persons.............................................................  (ii)
U.S. Securities Act......................................................  (ii)
UGC......................................................................  (ii)
UGC Group................................................................  (iii)
UGC Holdings.............................................................  3
UGC Subscription Commitment..............................................  (ii)
UPC ADSs.................................................................  (i)
UPCD Facility Waiver.....................................................  3
UPC Distribution.........................................................  1
UPC Distribution Facility................................................  3
UPC Group................................................................  (vii)
UPC Notes................................................................  (i)
UPC Notes Claim..........................................................  52
UPC Ordinary Shares......................................................  2
UPC Ordinary Shares A....................................................  (i)
UPC Ordinary Shares C....................................................  18
UPC Preference Shares A..................................................  (i)
UPC Priority Shares......................................................  (i)
UPC Senior Discount Notes................................................  102
UPC Senior Notes.........................................................  102
UPC Services.............................................................  45
UPCD Facility Banks......................................................  3
UPCD Facility Waiver.....................................................  3
US$ or United States Dollars.............................................  1
Voting Agents............................................................  11
Voting Deadline..........................................................  11
Voting Party.............................................................  10
Voting Record Date.......................................................  10
Voting Deadline Securities...............................................  117

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                                                                        Annex A

                        CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
-------------------------------------------------x
In re                                            :  Chapter 11
                                                 :
United Pan-Europe Communications N.V.,           :  Case No. 02-_______ ( ___ )
                                                 :
                                        Debtor.  :
                                                 :
-------------------------------------------------x



              CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF REORGANIZATION JOINTLY PROPOSED BY
             UNITED PAN-EUROPE COMMUNICATIONS N.V. AND NEW UPC, INC.














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WHITE & CASE LLP                         SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP

Howard S. Beltzer (HSB 5721)             Richard Levin (California State Bar No. 66578)
Daniel P. Ginsberg (DPG 5290)            Van C. Durrer II (VCD 0689)
1155 Avenue of the Americas              300 South Grand Avenue
New York, New York  10036                Los Angeles, CA  90071
(212) 819-8200                           (213) 687-5000

Attorneys for United Pan-Europe          Attorneys for New UPC, Inc.
  Communications N.V.
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Dated:   New York, New York
         December 3, 2002



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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                                            Page



ARTICLE I  DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATION AND EXHIBITS............................2

         Section 1.1  Definitions..............................................2
         Section 1.2  Rules of Interpretation.................................18
         Section 1.3  Exhibits................................................18
         Section 1.4  Administrator Consent...................................18

ARTICLE II  ADMINISTRATIVE AND PRIORITY TAX CLAIMS............................18

         Section 2.1  Unclassified Claims.....................................18
         Section 2.2  Administrative Claims...................................18
         Section 2.3  Priority Tax Claims.....................................19

ARTICLE III  CLASSIFICATION OF CLAIMS, EQUITY  INTERESTS AND OLD OTHER
             EQUITY INTERESTS.................................................19

         Section 3.1  Generally...............................................19
         Section 3.2  Classified Claims Against and Equity Interests in UPC...19
         Section 3.3  Elimination of Classes..................................20

ARTICLE IV  TREATMENT OF CLAIMS, EQUITY INTERESTS  AND OLD OTHER EQUITY
            INTERESTS.........................................................20

         Section 4.1  Satisfaction of Claims, Equity Interests and Old
                      Other Equity Interests..................................20
         Section 4.2  No Effect on Section 508 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code....20
         Section 4.3  Class 1: Miscellaneous Secured Claims...................20
         Section 4.4  Class 2: Classified Priority Claims.....................21
         Section 4.5  Class 3: Critical Creditor Claims.......................21
         Section 4.6  Class 4: Belmarken Notes Claims.........................21
         Section 4.7  Class 5: UPC Notes Claims and General Unsecured Claims..22
         Section 4.8  Class 6: UPC Preference Shares A........................22
         Section 4.9  Class 7: UPC Priority Shares............................23
         Section 4.10  Class 8: UPC Ordinary Shares A.........................23
         Section 4.11  Class 9: Equity Securities Claims......................23
         Section 4.12  Class 10: Old Other Equity Interests...................24

ARTICLE V  ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF THE PLAN; CRAMDOWN......................24

         Section 5.1  Unimpaired Classes......................................24
         Section 5.2  Impaired Classes........................................24
         Section 5.3  Acceptance by Impaired Classes of Claims and Equity
                      Interests...............................................24
         Section 5.4  Cramdown................................................25


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                                   (continued)

ARTICLE VI  PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISTRIBUTIONS UNDER THE PLAN.................25

         Section 6.1  General.................................................25
         Section 6.2  Delivery of Distributions...............................25
         Section 6.3  Disbursing Agent........................................26
         Section 6.4  Distribution Notification Date..........................26
         Section 6.5  Distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims and Allowed
                      Equity Interests........................................26
         Section 6.6  Disputed Distributions..................................27
         Section 6.7  Distributions of Cash...................................28
         Section 6.8  Failure to Negotiate Checks.............................28
         Section 6.9  Unclaimed Distributions.................................28
         Section 6.10  Limitation on Distribution Rights......................28
         Section 6.11  Fractional Euros.......................................28
         Section 6.12  Fractional Shares......................................29
         Section 6.13  Compliance With Tax Requirements.......................29
         Section 6.14  Documentation Necessary to Release Liens...............29
         Section 6.15  Distributions by Indenture Trustee.....................29
         Section 6.16  Setoffs................................................30

ARTICLE VII  EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES; INDEMNIFICATION
             OBLIGATIONS; BENEFIT PROGRAMS....................................30

         Section 7.1  Treatment of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases...30
         Section 7.2  Cure of Defaults for Assumed Contracts and Leases.......31
         Section 7.3  Resolution of Objections to Assumption of Executory
                      Contracts and Unexpired Leases; Cure  Payments..........31
         Section 7.4  Claims for Rejection Damages............................32
         Section 7.5  Treatment of Rejection Claims...........................32
         Section 7.6  Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases Entered Into
                      and Other Obligations Incurred After the Petition
                      Date....................................................32
         Section 7.7  Reorganized Debtor's Indemnification Obligations........33
         Section 7.8  Benefit Programs........................................33

ARTICLE VIII  RESOLUTION OF DISPUTED CLAIMS...................................33

         Section 8.1  Preservation of Rights..................................33
         Section 8.2  Objections to and Resolution of Claims, Administrative
                      Claims, Equity Interests and Old Other Equity
                      Interests...............................................33
         Section 8.3  Estimation of Claims....................................34
         Section 8.4  Distributions Withheld For Disputed Unsecured Claims
                      and Equity Interests....................................34
         Section 8.5  Dutch Bankruptcy Case...................................35


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                                Table of Contents
                                   (continued)

ARTICLE IX  MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN..............................35

         Section 9.1  Continued Corporate Existence...........................35
         Section 9.2  Cancellation of Claims, Equity Interests and Old Other
                      Equity Interests........................................35
         Section 9.3  Extraordinary General Meeting to Approve
                      Restructuring...........................................36
         Section 9.4  Amendment of Organization Documents.....................37
         Section 9.5  Corporate Action........................................38
         Section 9.6  Implementation of the Restructuring Under Dutch Law.....38
         Section 9.7  Contribution of UPC Shares..............................38
         Section 9.8  New UPC Common Stock....................................38
         Section 9.9  Offer Memorandum........................................38
         Section 9.10  Listing of New UPC Common Stock........................39
         Section 9.11  Transfers Under Plan...................................39
         Section 9.12  Operations Between the Confirmation Date and the
                       Effective Date.........................................39
         Section 9.13  Revesting of Assets....................................39
         Section 9.14  Approval of Agreements.................................40
         Section 9.15  Incentive Plan.........................................40
         Section 9.16  Stockholders Agreement.................................40
         Section 9.17  New UPC Equity Purchase Rights.........................40
         Section 9.18  UGC Subscription Commitment............................40
         Section 9.19  Treatment of UPC Owned UPC Notes.......................40
         Section 9.20  Rights of Action.......................................41

ARTICLE X  OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE REORGANIZED DEBTOR.................41

         Section 10.1  Post-Effective Date Operation of Business..............41
         Section 10.2  Post-Confirmation Directors and Officers of the Debtor
                       and New UPC............................................41

ARTICLE XI  CONDITIONS TO CONFIRMATION AND CONSUMMATION OF THE PLAN...........41

         Section 11.1  Conditions Precedent to Confirmation...................41
         Section 11.2  Conditions Precedent to Consummation...................42
         Section 11.3  Waiver of Conditions to Consummation...................43

ARTICLE XII  EFFECTS OF CONFIRMATION..........................................43

         Section 12.1  Discharge..............................................43
         Section 12.2  Injunction.............................................44
         Section 12.3  Exculpation............................................45
         Section 12.4  Releases...............................................46
         Section 12.5  Binding Effect of Plan.................................47
         Section 12.6  Indemnification........................................47
         Section 12.7  Term of Injunctions or Stays...........................48


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                                   (continued)

         Section 12.8  Preservation of Insurance..............................48
         Section 12.9  Waiver of Subordination Rights.........................48
         Section 12.10  No Successor Liability................................48

ARTICLE XIII  RETENTION OF JURISDICTION.......................................48

         Section 13.1  Continuing Jurisdiction of U.S. Bankruptcy Court.......48
         Section 13.2  Failure of U.S. Bankruptcy Court to Exercise
                       Jurisdiction...........................................51

ARTICLE XIV  MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.........................................51

         Section 14.1  Revocation or Withdrawal of the Plan...................51
         Section 14.2  Final Order............................................51
         Section 14.3  Modification of the Plan...............................51
         Section 14.4  Business Days..........................................51
         Section 14.5  Severability...........................................51
         Section 14.6  Governing Law..........................................52
         Section 14.7  Dissolution of Committees..............................52
         Section 14.8  Payment of Statutory Fees..............................52
         Section 14.9  Notices................................................52
         Section 14.10  Time..................................................53
         Section 14.11  No Attorneys' Fees....................................53
         Section 14.12  No Injunctive Relief..................................53
         Section 14.13  Non-Voting Equity Securities..........................53
         Section 14.14  Continued Confidentiality Obligations.................53
         Section 14.15  No Admissions or Waivers..............................54
         Section 14.16  Entire Agreement......................................54
         Section 14.17  Waiver................................................54
         Section 14.18  Bar Date for Professional Claims......................54
         Section 14.19  Compromise of Controversies...........................54


EXHIBIT A      Restructuring Agreement



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                                  INTRODUCTION

     United Pan-Europe  Communications  N.V., a corporation  organized under the
laws of The Netherlands ("UPC" or the "Debtor"),  together with New UPC, Inc., a
newly-formed  company  incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware that
will  become  a  holding  company  for  the  Debtor  upon  consummation  of  the
Restructuring (as defined herein) and is an integral component of the Plan ("New
UPC"),  hereby jointly propose this plan of  reorganization  under Chapter 11 of
the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Code. The Plan sets forth a restructuring of UPC's capital
structure  through the exchange of shares of common stock in New UPC for certain
outstanding  debt and  equity  securities  in UPC.  The  restructuring  of UPC's
balance sheet is intended to be implemented in compliance with applicable  laws,
including  the  applicable  laws  of  the  United  States  of  America  and  The
Netherlands.  In order to achieve this objective, the restructuring will consist
of  several  different  elements,  each  of  which  is an  integral  part of the
restructuring and, as such, are non-severable.  In particular, (a) UPC commenced
a moratorium  proceeding in The Netherlands under Dutch law simultaneously  with
the  commencement  of the Chapter 11 Case,  and (b) New UPC shall  commence  the
Dutch Implementing Offer.  Together,  these steps will allow UPC to complete the
contemplated restructuring of its balance sheet.

     Reference is made to the Disclosure  Statement  accompanying the Plan for a
discussion of the Debtor's history, business, results of operations,  historical
financial  information,  properties,  projections  for future  operations,  risk
factors,  a summary and  analysis  of the Plan,  and  certain  related  matters,
including a description of the shares of New UPC Common Stock to be issued under
the  Plan.  The  Debtor  and  New  UPC  are  proponents  of  the  Plan  and  are
participating in this joint Plan within the meaning of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

     ALL CREDITORS AND EQUITY  INTEREST  HOLDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO READ THE PLAN
AND THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT IN THEIR ENTIRETY BEFORE VOTING TO ACCEPT OR REJECT
THE PLAN.

     SUBJECT TO CERTAIN  RESTRICTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SECTION 1127
OF THE U.S.  BANKRUPTCY  CODE,  U.S.  BANKRUPTCY  RULE 3019 AND IN THE PLAN, THE
DEBTOR AND NEW UPC RESERVE THE RIGHT TO ALTER, AMEND, MODIFY, REVOKE OR WITHDRAW
THE PLAN PRIOR TO ITS SUBSTANTIAL CONSUMMATION.

     Capitalized  terms  herein  shall have the  meanings set forth in Article I
hereof.

     Claims   against,   and  Equity   Interests  in,  the  Debtor  (other  than
Administrative  Claims and  Priority Tax Claims) are  classified  in Article III
hereof and treated in Article IV hereof.



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                                   ARTICLE I

                    DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATION AND EXHIBITS

     Section  1.1  Definitions.  Unless  the  context  requires  otherwise,  the
following terms shall have the following  meanings whether presented in the Plan
or the Disclosure  Statement with initial capital letters or otherwise.  As used
herein:

     "A-FM"  means  the   Netherlands   Authority  for  the  Financial   Markets
(Autoriteit Financiele Markten).

     "Administrative  Claim"  means a  Claim  for (a)  any  cost or  expense  of
administration  (including,   without  limitation,  the  fees  and  expenses  of
Professionals)  of the Chapter 11 Case asserted or arising  under  Sections 503,
507(a)(1),  507(b) or 1114(e)(2) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code including,  but not
limited  to (i) any  actual  and  necessary  post-petition  cost or  expense  of
preserving  the Estate or  operating  the  businesses  of the  Debtor,  (ii) any
payment  to be made  under the Plan to cure a default  on an  assumed  executory
contract or unexpired  lease,  (iii) any  post-petition  cost,  indebtedness  or
contractual obligation duly and validly incurred or assumed by the Debtor in the
ordinary  course  of its  businesses,  (iv)  compensation  or  reimbursement  of
expenses of  Professionals  to the extent Allowed by the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Court
under Section  330(a) or Section 331 of the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Code,  and (v) all
Allowed Claims that are entitled to be treated as Administrative Claims pursuant
to a Final Order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court under Section  546(c)(2)(A) of the
Bankruptcy  Code; and (b) any fees or charges  assessed against the Estate under
Section 1930 of title 28 of the United States Code.

     "Administrator" means the administrator or administrators  (bewindvoerders)
appointed by the Dutch Bankruptcy Court to oversee the affairs of UPC during the
period  it is  subject  to a  moratorium  of  payments  pursuant  to  the  Dutch
Bankruptcy Code.

     "Akkoord" means the draft plan of compulsory composition, consistent in all
material respects with the Restructuring Agreement,  which was filed on December
3, 2002 by UPC with the Dutch Bankruptcy Court under the Dutch Bankruptcy Code.

     "Allowed"  means any Claim or Equity  Interest or portion thereof (a) as to
which the  liability  of the Debtor and the amount  thereof are agreed to by the
Debtor or Reorganized Debtor and the Holder of the Claim or Equity Interest (but
only to the extent so agreed),  (b) as to which the  liability of the Debtor and
the  amount  thereof  are  determined  by Final  Order  of a court of  competent
jurisdiction,  (c) which has been expressly allowed in a liquidated amount under
the  provisions of the Plan (but only to the extent so allowed),  (d) which is a
Professional Claim for which a fee award amount has been approved by Final Order
of the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Court, (e) which is set forth in the Debtor's books and
records as  liquidated  in amount and not Disputed or  contingent,  (f) proof of
which was filed within the  applicable  period of  limitation  fixed by the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court in accordance with U.S.  Bankruptcy Rule 3003(c) as to which no
objection to the allowance  thereof has been  interposed  within the  applicable
period of  limitation  fixed by the Plan,  the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Code,  the U.S.
Bankruptcy  Rules or a Final  Order,  or (g)  which is, in the case of an Equity
Interest or any portion thereof only, held of record as set forth




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in the  books and  records  maintained  by or on behalf of the  Debtor as of the
Distribution Notification Date.

     "Amended  and  Restated  New UPC  By-Laws"  means the Amended and  Restated
By-Laws of New UPC, a substantially final form of which shall have been Filed on
or before the Document Filing Date.

     "Amended and  Restated  New UPC  Certificate  of  Incorporation"  means the
Amended and Restated  Certificate of  Incorporation  of New UPC, a substantially
final form of which shall have been Filed on or before the Document Filing Date.

     "Amended and Restated  UPC Articles of  Association"  means the Amended and
Restated  Articles of  Association of UPC, a  substantially  final form of which
shall have been Filed on or before the Document Filing Date.

     "Avoidance  Action"  means any and all  Causes of Action  which a  trustee,
debtor in possession,  the Estate or any other appropriate party in interest may
assert under Sections 502, 510,  522(f),  522(h),  542, 543, 544, 545, 547, 548,
549, 550, 551, 553 and 724(a) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code including the Debtor's
rights  of  setoff,  recoupment,  contribution,  reimbursement,  subrogation  or
indemnity (as those terms are defined by the  non-bankruptcy law of any relevant
jurisdiction) and any other indirect claim of any kind whatsoever,  whenever and
wherever arising or asserted.

     "Ballot"  means the ballot,  other than a Master Ballot,  accompanying  the
Disclosure  Statement upon which Holders of Impaired  Claims or Impaired  Equity
Interests  entitled to vote on the Plan and/or the Akkoord shall  indicate their
acceptance  or rejection of the Plan and/or the Akkoord in  accordance  with the
instructions regarding voting.

     "Belmarken"  means Belmarken Holding B.V., a company with limited liability
organized  under the laws of The  Netherlands  and a wholly-owned  subsidiary of
UPC.

     "Belmarken Loan Agreements" means that certain Loan Agreement,  dated as of
May 25, 2001,  among Belmarken and UPC, as obligors,  UPC Internet Holding B.V.,
as guarantor,  and Liberty-Belmarken,  Inc., as lender,  together with all other
documentation  entered into in  connection  with the  issuance of the  Belmarken
Notes,  as the same may have  been  amended,  supplemented  or  modified  in any
respect.

     "Belmarken Notes" means the US$1,255.0 million 6% Guaranteed Discount Notes
due 2007,  co-issued by Belmarken and UPC and guaranteed by UPC Internet Holding
B.V.

     "Belmarken Notes Claims" means any Claims of the Holder(s) of the Belmarken
Notes against UPC under the Belmarken Loan Agreements.

     "Belmarken Notes Consideration" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6(a)
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     "Beneficial  Ownership"  has the meaning  attributed  to such term in Rules
13d-3  and  13d-5  under  the  Exchange  Act (as in  effect  on the  date of the
Restructuring Agreement), whether or not applicable.

     "Board of Management Schedule" means that certain schedule, a copy of which
shall have been Filed on or before the Document  Filing Date,  setting forth the
members of the Board of  Management  of the Debtor as of the  Effective  Date as
well as the proposed compensation of such members.

     "Book-Entry  Account" means an account  established by the Disbursing Agent
at a Book-Entry Transfer Facility to effectuate  transfers of the UPC Notes, the
UPC Ordinary  Shares A or the UPC ADSs to the  Disbursing  Agent for purposes of
the Plan.

     "Book-Entry  Transfer  Facility" means (i) in the case of the UPC Notes and
the UPC  ADSs,  DTC and  (ii) in the  case of the UPC  Ordinary  Shares  A,  the
NECIGEF.

     "Business  Day" means any day which is not a Saturday,  a Sunday,  a "legal
holiday" as defined in U.S.  Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a),  or a day on which banking
institutions  located in New York, New York or Amsterdam,  The  Netherlands  are
authorized or obligated by law,  executive  order or  governmental  decree to be
closed.

     "Cash" means money, currency and coins, negotiable checks, balances in bank
accounts and other lawful currency of The Netherlands and their equivalents.

     "Causes of Action"  means any and all actions,  claims,  rights,  defenses,
third-party claims, damages, executions,  demands, cross-claims,  counterclaims,
suits, causes of action, choses in action, controversies,  agreements, promises,
rights to legal remedies,  rights to equitable  remedies,  rights to payment and
claims whatsoever,  whether known, unknown,  reduced to judgment, not reduced to
judgment,  liquidated,  unliquidated,  fixed,  contingent,  matured,  unmatured,
disputed,  undisputed,  secured or unsecured and whether  asserted or assertable
directly,  indirectly or derivatively,  at law, in equity or otherwise, accruing
to the Debtor or the  Estate,  including,  but not  limited  to,  the  Avoidance
Actions.

     "Certificates" means any physical  instruments,  securities or certificates
representing  Belmarken Notes, UPC Notes, UPC Preference  Shares A, UPC Priority
Shares or UPC Ordinary Shares A.

     "Chapter  11 Case" means the case under  Chapter 11 of the U.S.  Bankruptcy
Code commenced by the Debtor in the U.S.  Bankruptcy Court on the Petition Date,
Case No. 02-_____.

     "Class" means each class,  subclass or category of Claims, Equity Interests
or Old Other Equity Interests as classified in Article III of the Plan.

     "Class  [__]  Claim"  means a  Claim  in the  particular  Class  of  Claims
identified in Article III of the Plan.


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     "Class [__] Equity  Interest"  means an Equity  Interest in the  particular
Class of Equity Interests identified in Article III of the Plan.

     "Classified  Priority  Claims"  means  any and  all  Claims  to the  extent
entitled to priority  under Section 507(a) or (b) of the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Code,
other than Administrative Claims and the Priority Tax Claims.

     "Committee"  means any committee  appointed in the Chapter 11 Case pursuant
to Section 1102(a) of the U.S.  Bankruptcy Code by the United States Trustee, as
the  membership  of  such  committee  is  from  time  to  time  constituted  and
reconstituted.

     "Confirmation"  means  the  entry  by  the  U.S.  Bankruptcy  Court  of the
Confirmation Order.

     "Confirmation  Date"  means  the  date  on  which  the  Clerk  of the  U.S.
Bankruptcy  Court  enters  the  Confirmation  Order  on the  docket  of the U.S.
Bankruptcy  Court with respect to the Chapter 11 Case within the meaning of U.S.
Bankruptcy Rules 5003 and 9021.

     "Confirmation  Hearing"  means the hearing held before the U.S.  Bankruptcy
Court to consider confirmation of the Plan pursuant to Sections 1128 and 1129 of
the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Code,  as such hearing may be adjourned or continued  from
time to time.

     "Confirmation  Order" means the order entered by the U.S.  Bankruptcy Court
confirming the Plan pursuant to Section 1129 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

     "Control"  means,  with respect to any Person,  (i) the power,  directly or
indirectly by contract,  proxy or  otherwise,  to vote or cause to be voted more
than fifty  percent  (50%) of the Voting  Securities  of such Person or (ii) the
power (as general  partner,  manager or otherwise) to control the management and
affairs of such Person. The words "controlled",  "controlling" and "under common
control with" shall have correlative meanings.

     "Critical  Creditor  Claims" means any and all  pre-petition  Claims of the
Critical Creditors.

     "Critical  Creditors" means those certain creditors of UPC to be identified
by UPC (with the consent of the  Administrator  and after  consultation with the
Committee) in an exhibit to the Plan to be Filed not less than five (5) Business
Days prior to the  Confirmation  Hearing,  who are critical to the  operation of
UPC's business as a going concern and are determined by the  Administrator to be
"ransom-suppliers" (dwangcrediteuren).

     "Debtor" has the meaning set forth in the Introduction to the Plan.

     "Disallowed" means, with respect to any Claim or Equity Interest or portion
thereof,  any Claim against or Equity  Interest in the Debtor which (a) has been
withdrawn,  in  whole  or in  part,  by  the  Holder  thereof  or (b)  has  been
disallowed,  in  whole  or  part,  by  Final  Order  of  a  court  of  competent
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     "Disbursing Agent" means New UPC or such other Person that is designated as
set forth in Section 6.3 of the Plan.

     "Disclosure Statement" means the Debtor's Disclosure Statement with Respect
to the Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization,  dated December 3, 2002, including all
exhibits,  appendices,  schedules and annexes,  if any, attached thereto, as the
same may be altered, amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.

     "Disputed" means any Claim or Equity Interest, or any portion thereof, that
has been neither Allowed nor Disallowed.

     "Distribution"  means any transfer of Cash or other property or instruments
from the Debtor,  the Reorganized  Debtor or New UPC to the Disbursing  Agent or
from the  Disbursing  Agent to  Holders  of  Allowed  Claims or  Allowed  Equity
Interests.

     "Distribution  Date" means any date upon which a Distribution is made under
the Plan, including, without limitation, the Initial Distribution Date.

     "Distribution Notification Date" means the date established by order of the
U.S.  Bankruptcy  Court for purposes of determining the Holders of the Belmarken
Notes, the UPC Notes, the UPC Preference Shares A, the UPC Priority Shares,  the
UPC  Ordinary  Shares A and the  Equity  Securities  Claims  for the  purpose of
mailing documentation relating to Distributions under the Plan.

     "Document Filing Date" means December 19, 2002.

     "DTC" means The Depository Trust Company.

     "Dutch  Bankruptcy  Case"  means  the  moratorium  of  payments  proceeding
commenced on December 3, 2002 by UPC in the Dutch Bankruptcy Court.

     "Dutch  Bankruptcy Code" means the Dutch  Faillissementswet,  together with
all related rules and regulations.

     "Dutch Bankruptcy Court" means the Amsterdam Court (Rechtbank).

     "Dutch  Implementing  Offer"  means the  offer,  undertaken  to  facilitate
implementation  of the Plan with respect to certain of the UPC Ordinary Shares A
in  accordance  with Dutch law,  solely with respect to Persons who are not U.S.
Persons (as defined in Rule 902(k) of  Regulation S  promulgated  under the U.S.
Securities Act) and who are not located or residing within the United States, by
New UPC to  deliver  shares of New UPC  Common  Stock in  consideration  for the
agreement  of the  Holders of the UPC  Ordinary  Shares A to  deliver  their UPC
Ordinary Shares A to New UPC.

     "Effective Date" means the Business Day identified by the Debtor that is no
more than eleven (11) Business Days  following the date on which all  conditions
precedent to the  consummation  of the Plan (set forth in Article XI hereof) and
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satisfied or, to the extent permitted herein and in the Akkoord, duly waived and
on which such day the Plan and the Akkoord shall have become effective.

     "11-1/4%  Euro  Senior  Notes due 2009"  means the  (euro)101.0  million of
11-1/4% Senior Notes due 2009 issued by UPC in October 1999.

     "11-1/4%  Euro  Senior  Notes due 2010"  means the  (euro)200.0  million of
11-1/4% Senior Notes due 2010 issued by UPC in January 2000.

     "11-1/4%  U.S.  Senior  Notes due 2009"  means the U.S.  $252.0  million of
11-1/4% Senior Notes due 2009 issued by UPC in October 1999.

     "11-1/4%  U.S.  Senior  Notes due 2010"  means the U.S.  $600.0  million of
11-1/4% Senior Notes due 2010 issued by UPC in January 2000.

     "11-1/2%  U.S.  Senior  Notes due 2010"  means the U.S.  $300.0  million of
11-1/2% Senior Notes due 2010 issued by UPC in January 2000.

     "Employee  Options"  means any rights,  options and warrants to acquire UPC
Ordinary Shares A held by employees of UPC pursuant to existing equity incentive
plans of UPC.

     "Equity Interests" means any and all equity interests,  ownership interests
or shares in the  Debtor and issued by the  Debtor  prior to the  Petition  Date
(including,  without limitation,  all capital stock, stock certificates,  common
stock,  preferred  stock,  depositary  shares,  partnership  interests,  rights,
options, warrants, contingent warrants,  convertible or exchangeable securities,
investment securities,  subscriptions or other agreements and contractual rights
to acquire or obtain such an interest or share in the Debtor, stock appreciation
rights,  conversion  rights,  repurchase  rights,  redemption  rights,  dividend
rights,   preemptive  rights  and  liquidation   preferences,   puts,  calls  or
commitments of any character  whatsoever relating to any such equity,  ownership
interests or shares of capital stock of the Debtor or  obligating  the Debtor to
issue,  transfer  or sell any shares of  capital  stock) or any  certificate  or
receipt  evidencing  or  representing  an interest  in any such equity  interest
whether or not certificated,  transferable,  voting or denominated  "stock" or a
similar security, other than the Old Other Equity Interests.

     "Equity  Securities  Claims"  means  any and all  Claims  arising  from the
rescission of a purchase or sale of an Equity Interest, for damages arising from
the  purchase  or  sale  of  such  Equity  Interest,  or  for  reimbursement  or
contribution allowed under Section 502 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code on account of
such Claims.

     "Estate"  means the  estate of the Debtor  created  in the  Chapter 11 Case
pursuant to Section 541 of the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Code upon  commencement  of the
Chapter 11 Case.

     "Euronext" means Euronext Amsterdam N.V.

     "Exchange Act" means the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from
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     "Exculpated  Parties"  has the meaning set forth in Section  12.3(a) of the
Plan.

     "Extraordinary General Meeting" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
9.3 of the Plan.

     "Face  Amount"  means (a) when used in  reference  to a  Disputed  Claim or
Disputed Equity  Interest,  the full stated amount claimed by the Holder of such
Claim or Equity Interest in any proof of claim or proof of interest timely filed
with the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Court,  (b) when used in reference to a contingent or
unliquidated  Claim, the amount of the Claim as estimated by the U.S. Bankruptcy
Court  under  Section  502(c) of the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Code and (c) when used in
reference to an Allowed Claim or Allowed Equity Interest,  the Allowed amount of
such Claim or Equity Interest.

     "File,  Filed  or  Filing"  means  file,  filed  or  filing  with  the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court in the Chapter 11 Case.

     "Final Decree" means the final decree entered by the U.S.  Bankruptcy Court
after the Effective Date pursuant to Section 350(a) of the U.S.  Bankruptcy Code
and U.S. Bankruptcy Rule 3022.

     "Final Order" means an order, ruling,  judgment, or other decree issued and
entered by the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Court or by any state or other federal court or
other court of  competent  jurisdiction  which has not been  reversed,  vacated,
stayed,  modified  or amended and as to which (i) the time to appeal or petition
for review, rehearing,  certiorari,  reargument or retrial has expired and as to
which no appeal or petition for review,  rehearing,  certiorari,  reargument  or
retrial  is  pending  or (ii) any  appeal or  petition  for  review,  rehearing,
certiorari, reargument or retrial has been finally decided and no further appeal
or petition  for review,  rehearing,  certiorari,  reargument  or retrial can be
taken or granted.

     "First Amendment" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.3(a) of the Plan.

     "General Unsecured Claims" means all pre-petition Claims against the Debtor
other than Administrative  Claims,  Priority Tax Claims,  Miscellaneous  Secured
Claims,  Classified Priority Claims,  Critical Creditor Claims,  Belmarken Notes
Claims, UPC Notes Claims and Equity Securities Claims.

     "General  Unsecured  Creditors" means the Holders of the General  Unsecured
Claims.

     "Governmental  Entity" means any national,  state,  provincial,  municipal,
local or foreign government, any court, arbitral tribunal, administrative agency
or  commission or other  governmental  or  regulatory  authority,  commission or
agency or any non-governmental, self-regulatory authority, commission or agency.

     "Holder" means a Person  holding (a) a Claim or a beneficial  interest in a
Claim or (b) an Equity  Interest or a beneficial  interest in an Equity Interest
and, when used in conjunction  with a Class or type of Claim or Equity Interest,
means  a  holder  of (i) a  beneficial  interest  in a Claim  or (ii) an  Equity
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     "Impaired", when used with reference to a Claim or Equity Interest, has the
meaning set forth in Section 1124 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

     "Implied  Purchase  Price"  means the per share price of the New UPC Common
Stock implied by the Plan and as set forth in the  Disclosure  Statement,  which
has been  calculated  by dividing the imputed  equity  value of the  Reorganized
Debtor by the  number of shares of New UPC Common  Stock to be issued  under the
Plan on the  Effective  Date to the Holders of Allowed  Belmarken  Notes Claims,
Allowed Claims 5 Claims (other than Disputed  Claims,  if any),  Allowed Class 9
Claims (other than Disputed Claims, if any) and Allowed Equity Interests.

     "Incentive  Plan" means that certain  incentive plan, a copy of which shall
have been Filed on or before the Document Filing Date, pursuant to which, at the
discretion of New UPC's board of directors, options with respect to no more than
five percent (5%) of New UPC's common equity  outstanding  immediately after the
Effective  Date,  on a  fully-diluted  basis,  can be issued  during  the period
beginning on the Effective Date and continuing until the third (3rd) anniversary
of the  Effective  Date to certain  members  of New UPC's and its  Subsidiaries'
management and other employees pursuant to compensation  arrangements adopted by
New UPC's board of directors, which options, if any, issued under such incentive
plan on the Effective  Date shall have an exercise  price no less than the share
price implied by the Plan and as set forth in the Disclosure Statement.

     "Indenture(s)"  means,  individually  and  collectively,  those  indentures
pursuant to which the UPC Notes were issued, as such indentures are or have been
amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

     "Indenture  Trustee" means Citibank,  N.A. (London Branch), in its capacity
as trustee under the Indentures.

     "Initial  Distribution  Date" means the first  Business Day  following  the
Effective Date upon which it is practicable  for the Disbursing  Agent to make a
Distribution under the Plan.

     "Intercompany  Claims"  means all Claims held  against the Debtor by any of
its Subsidiaries or Affiliates.

     "Judgment" means any order, writ, injunction,  award,  judgment,  ruling or
decree of any Governmental Entity.

     "Law" means any statute,  law, code,  ordinance,  rule or regulation of any
Governmental Entity.

     "Liens"  means,  with  respect  to any  asset or  Property  (or the  rents,
revenues,  income, profits or proceeds therefrom), and in each case, whether the
same is consensual  or  nonconsensual  or arises by contract,  operation of law,
legal  process  or  otherwise:  (a)  any  and  all  mortgages,  liens,  pledges,
attachments,   charges,   easements,    rights-of-way,   leases   evidencing   a
capitalizable  lease  obligation,  conditional  sale or  other  title  retention
agreement,  call rights, rights of first refusal,  "tag"-or-"drag" along rights,
or other security interest or encumbrance or other legally  cognizable  security
devices of any kind in respect of any asset or Property, or upon the


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rents, revenues,  income, profits or proceeds therefrom; or (b) any arrangement,
express or implied,  under which any  Property is  transferred,  sequestered  or
otherwise  identified for the purpose of subjecting or making available the same
for the payment of debt or  performance  of any other  obligation in priority to
the payment of General Unsecured Creditors,  but in either case excluding any of
the foregoing created or imposed by or pursuant to the Plan or the Restructuring
Agreement.

     "Majority-in-Interest of the Participating Noteholders" means, with respect
to any date of determination,  Participating  Noteholders  holding a majority of
the  claims  arising  under  the  UPC  Notes  held  by all of the  Participating
Noteholders on such date of determination (using for this purpose the prevailing
exchange rate in effect on the Petition Date).

     "Master  Ballot"  means the ballot  provided to a bank,  brokerage  firm or
other  nominee,  or agent or proxy  holder  thereof,  holding  UPC  Notes or UPC
Ordinary  Shares A held in the form of UPC ADSs in its own name on  behalf  of a
Holder, or any agent thereof, used to accept or reject the Plan.

     "Maximum  Subscription Amount" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17 of
the Plan.

     "Miscellaneous  Secured Claims" means any Claim arising before the Petition
Date that is (a) secured in whole or part,  as of the Petition  Date,  by a Lien
which is valid,  perfected and enforceable  under  applicable law on Property in
which the Estate has an interest and is not subject to avoidance  under the U.S.
Bankruptcy Code or applicable non-bankruptcy law, or (b) subject to setoff under
Section 553 of the U.S.  Bankruptcy Code, but, with respect to both case (a) and
(b),  only to the extent of the Estate's  interest in the value of the assets or
Property  securing any such Claim or the amount  subject to setoff,  as the case
may be.

     "Moratorium Petition" means the voluntary  provisional  moratorium petition
which was filed on  December 3, 2002 by UPC under the Dutch  Bankruptcy  Code in
the Dutch Bankruptcy Court.

     "NASDAQ" means the NASDAQ Stock Market.

     "NECIGEF" means Nederlands  Centraal Instituut voor Giraal  Effectenverkeer
B.V.

     "New UPC" has the meaning set forth in the Introduction to the Plan.

     "New UPC Common  Stock"  means the shares of common  stock of New UPC,  par
value $0.01 per share, some of which will be issued pursuant to the Plan, having
the terms set forth in the certificate of incorporation or other  organizational
documents of New UPC.

     "New UPC Equity Purchase  Rights" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17
of the Plan.

     "New UPC  Equity  Subscription"  means,  collectively,  the New UPC  Equity
Purchase  Rights (and the  subscription  of shares of New UPC Common  Stock upon
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UPC  Equity  Purchase  Rights)  and the UGC  Subscription  Commitment  (and  the
subscription of shares of New UPC Common Stock by UGC under the UGC Subscription
Commitment).

     "New UPC Management  Schedule" means that certain schedule, a copy of which
shall have been Filed on or before the Document  Filing Date,  setting forth the
identity of the officers and  directors of New UPC as of the  Effective  Date as
well as the proposed compensation of such individuals.

     "Objection"  means any  objection,  application,  motion,  complaint or any
other legal  proceeding  seeking,  in whole or in part, to Disallow,  determine,
liquidate,   classify,   reclassify  or  establish  the  priority  of,  expunge,
subordinate  or estimate any Claim  (including the resolution of any request for
payment of any Administrative Claim) or Equity Interest other than a Claim or an
Equity Interest that is Allowed.

     "Offer Memorandum" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.9 of the Plan.

     "Old Other Equity Interests" means any and all rights, options and warrants
to acquire UPC Ordinary  Shares A, including any Employee  Options,  outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Date,  including,  without limitation,  those
set forth on Annex F to the Restructuring Agreement.

     "Ordinary  Creditors" means the holders of non-preferred,  unsecured claims
against the Debtor under Dutch law.

     "Ordinary Share Distribution Amount" means ______________ shares of New UPC
Common Stock.

     "Ordinary  Shares  Consideration"  has the  meaning  set  forth in  Section
4.10(a) of the Plan.

     "Participating  Noteholders"  means those  Holders of the UPC Notes  (other
than the UGC Group) who are party to the Restructuring Agreement.

     "Person"  includes  an  individual,  a  corporation,  a limited  or general
partnership,  a joint venture, an association,  a joint stock company, a limited
liability  company,  a limited  liability  partnership,  an estate,  a trust,  a
trustee, a United States Trustee, an unincorporated  organization, a government,
a governmental unit, or any agency, department or political subdivision thereof.

     "Petition Date" means December 3, 2002.

     "Plan"  means this  Chapter 11 Plan of  Reorganization,  dated  December 3,
2002,  together with all exhibits,  appendices,  schedules and annexes,  if any,
hereto, as such Plan may be altered, amended, supplemented or modified from time
to time in accordance with the provisions of the U.S.  Bankruptcy Code, the U.S.
Bankruptcy Rules, the Confirmation Order and the terms and conditions of Section
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     "Preference  Shares  Consideration"  has the  meaning  set forth in Section
4.8(a) of the Plan.

     "Priority Shares Consideration" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.9(a)
of the Plan.

     "Priority Tax Claim" means any and all Claims accorded  priority in payment
pursuant to Section 507(a)(8) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

     "pro rata" means,  at any time, the  proportion  that the Face Amount of an
Allowed  Claim or Allowed  Equity  Interest in a  particular  Class bears to the
aggregate  Face  Amount of all Claims or Equity  Interests  (including  Disputed
Claims  or  Disputed  Equity  Interests,  but  excluding  Disallowed  Claims  or
Disallowed Equity Interests) in that Class; provided, however, that with respect
to the UPC Ordinary Shares A, UPC Priority Shares and Equity Securities  Claims,
pro rata means the  proportion  that the Face Amount of an Allowed UPC  Ordinary
Share A, Allowed UPC Priority Share or Allowed Equity  Securities Claim bears to
the aggregate Face Amount of all UPC Ordinary  Shares A, UPC Priority Shares and
Equity Securities Claims (including Disputed UPC Ordinary Shares A, Disputed UPC
Priority Shares and Disputed Equity Securities Claims, but excluding  Disallowed
UPC Ordinary  Shares A,  Disallowed UPC Priority  Shares and  Disallowed  Equity
Securities  Claims);  provided  further  that when used in  connection  with the
calculation of distributions or reserves to be made under the Plan on account of
a Claim,  pro rata shall also include Claims allowed,  disputed or disallowed in
connection  with the Dutch  Bankruptcy  Case,  as the case may be, to the extent
that such Claims are not duplicative of Claims  Allowed,  Disputed or Disallowed
in the U.S. Bankruptcy Case.

     "Professional"  means any  professional  employed  in the  Chapter  11 Case
pursuant  to  Sections  327  or  1103  of  the  U.S.  Bankruptcy  Code  or to be
compensated pursuant to Sections 327, 328, 330, 331, 503(b)(2) or (4) or 1103 of
the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

     "Professional  Claim"  means a Claim  of a  Professional  for  compensation
and/or  reimbursement  of expenses  pursuant to Sections  327,  328, 330, 331 or
503(b) of the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Code relating to services  incurred on and after
the Petition Date and prior to and including the Effective Date.

     "Property" means all assets or property of any nature  whatsoever,  real or
personal, tangible or intangible, including contract rights, accounts and Causes
of Action.

     "Reinstated  or  Reinstatement"  means (i)  leaving  unaltered  the  legal,
equitable,  and contractual  rights to which a Claim entitles the Holder of such
Claim so as to leave such Claim  Unimpaired in  accordance  with Section 1124 of
the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or (ii)  notwithstanding  any contractual  provision or
applicable  law that  entitles  the  Holder of such  Claim to demand or  receive
accelerated payment of such Claim after the occurrence of a default,  (a) curing
any such default that occurred  before or after the Petition Date,  other than a
default of a kind specified in Section  365(b)(2) of the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Code;
(b) reinstating the maturity of such Claim as such maturity  existed before such
default; (c) compensating the Holder of such Claim for any damages incurred as a
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contractual provision or such applicable law; and (d) not otherwise altering the
legal,  equitable, or contractual rights to which such Claim entitles the Holder
of such Claim.

     "Related Party" means, with respect to any Person (the "First Person"), (a)
any other  Person (the "Second  Person")  having  Beneficial  Ownership of forty
percent (40%) or more of the Voting  Securities of such First Person and (b) any
other Person,  forty percent (40%) or more of whose Voting Securities are owned,
controlled or held with power to vote,  directly or  indirectly,  by that Second
Person.

     "Reorganized  Debtor" means United  Pan-Europe  Communications  N.V. on and
after the Effective Date.

     "Reserve" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.4(b) of the Plan.

     "Restriction"  means,  with  respect  to  any  capital  stock,  partnership
interest,  membership  interest in a limited  liability  company or other equity
interest or security, any voting or other trust or agreement,  option,  warrant,
preemptive  right,  right  of  first  offer,  right  of  first  refusal,  escrow
arrangement, proxy, buy-sell agreement, power of attorney or other contract (but
excluding the Belmarken Loan Agreements and the Restructuring  Agreement),  Law,
license, permit or Judgment that,  conditionally or unconditionally,  (i) grants
to any Person the right to purchase  or  otherwise  acquire,  or  obligates  any
Person to sell or  otherwise  dispose  of or issue,  or  otherwise  results  or,
whether upon the occurrence of any event or with notice or lapse of time or both
or otherwise, may result in any Person acquiring, (x) any of such capital stock,
partnership  interest,  membership  interest in a limited  liability  company or
other  equity  interest  or  security;  (y)  any  of  the  proceeds  of,  or any
distributions  paid or that are or may become  payable  with  respect to, any of
such  capital  stock,  partnership  interest,  membership  interest in a limited
liability  company or other equity interest or security;  or (z) any interest in
such  capital  stock,  partnership  interest,  membership  interest in a limited
liability  company or other equity  interest or security or any such proceeds or
distributions;  (ii)  restricts or,  whether upon the occurrence of any event or
with  notice  or lapse of time or both or  otherwise,  is  reasonably  likely to
restrict  the  transfer  or voting  of,  or the  exercise  of any  rights or the
enjoyment  of any benefits  arising by reason of ownership  of, any such capital
stock, partnership interest,  membership interest in a limited liability company
or other equity interest or security or any such proceeds or  distributions;  or
(iii)  creates or,  whether upon the  occurrence  of any event or with notice or
lapse of time or both or  otherwise,  is  reasonably  likely to create a Lien or
purported  Lien  affecting  any  such  capital  stock,   partnership   interest,
membership  interest in a limited  liability company or other equity interest or
security, proceeds or distributions.

     "Restructuring"  means the  restructuring  of UPC's  capital  structure  in
accordance with the terms of the Restructuring  Agreement, the Plan, the Akkoord
and any associated documents.

     "Restructuring   Agreement"  means  that  certain  Restructuring  Agreement
(including any exhibits and amendments,  if any, thereto), dated as of September
30, 2002, by and among UPC, New UPC, UGC, UGC Holdings,  United Europe,  UUB and
certain  holders  of the UPC  Notes,  a copy of which (as the same may have been
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     "Schedule  of Assumed  Contracts"  means the  schedule,  as the same may be
amended at any time prior to the Confirmation Hearing, listing certain executory
contracts  and  unexpired  leases  to be  assumed  by  the  Debtor  (along  with
associated  amounts  for cure  claims),  which  schedule  is to be served on the
counterparties to such executory  contracts and unexpired  leases,  along with a
motion or motions to approve the assumption  thereof under Section 365(a) of the
U.S.  Bankruptcy  Code, and Filed by the Debtor on or before the Document Filing
Date.

     "Schedule of Rejected  Contracts"  means the  schedule,  as the same may be
amended at any time prior to the Confirmation Hearing, listing certain executory
contracts  and  unexpired  leases to be rejected  by the Debtor  (along with the
associated amounts for rejection damage claims),  which schedule is to be served
on the  counterparties to such executory  contracts and unexpired leases,  along
with a motion or motions to approve the rejection  thereof under Section  365(a)
of the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Code, and Filed by the Debtor on or before the Document
Filing Date.

     "SEC" means the United  States  Securities  and Exchange  Commission or any
successor agency.

     "Second Amendment" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.3(b) of the Plan.

     "Shareholder  Proposals"  has the  meaning  set forth in Section 9.3 of the
Plan.

     "Stockholders  Agreement" means that certain stockholders  agreement by and
among UGC, New UPC, the  Participating  Noteholders,  and any other Holder of an
Allowed  Class 5 Claim who  agrees to  become a party  thereto,  a copy of which
shall have been Filed on or before the Document Filing Date.

     "Subsidiary"  means,  with  respect to any  Person,  (i) a  corporation,  a
majority  in voting  power of whose  capital  stock  with  voting  power,  under
ordinary  circumstances,  to  elect  directors  is  at  the  time,  directly  or
indirectly  owned by such  Person,  by a Subsidiary  of such Person,  or by such
Person and one or more  Subsidiaries  of such Person,  without regard to whether
the  voting  of  such  stock  is  subject  to  a  voting  agreement  or  similar
Restriction,  controlled by or under common control with the respective  Person,
(ii) a  partnership  or limited  liability  company  in which  such  Person or a
Subsidiary of such Person is, at the date of determination, (x) in the case of a
partnership,  a general partner of such partnership with the power affirmatively
to direct the policies and management of such  partnership or (y) in the case of
a limited  liability  company,  the  managing  member  or, in the  absence  of a
managing  member,  a member with the power  affirmatively to direct the policies
and  management  of such limited  liability  company,  or (iii) any other Person
(other than a corporation) in which such Person,  a Subsidiary of such Person or
such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, directly or indirectly,
at the date of determination  thereof,  has (x) the power to elect or direct the
election  of a majority  of the  members of the  governing  body of such  Person
(whether  or not  such  power  is  subject  to a  voting  agreement  or  similar
Restriction)  or  (y) in the  absence  of  such a  governing  body,  a  majority
ownership interest.

     "Tax" means any tax, charge,  fee, levy,  impost or other assessment by any
federal,  state, local or foreign  governmental  authority,  including,  without
limitation,  income, excise,  property,  sales, transfer,  employment,  payroll,
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severance,  stamp,  occupation and withholding tax,  together with any interest,
penalties,  fines or additions  attributable to, imposed on, or collected by any
such federal, state, local or foreign governmental authority.

     "10-7/8%  Euro  Senior  Notes due 2007"  means  the(euro)100.0  million  of
10-7/8% Senior Notes due 2007 issued by UPC in October 1999.

     "10-7/8%  Euro  Senior  Notes due 2009"  means the  (euro)300.0  million of
10-7/8% Senior Notes due 2009 issued by UPC in July 1999.

     "10-7/8%  U.S.  Senior  Notes due 2007"  means the U.S.  $200.0  million of
10-7/8% Senior Notes due 2007 issued by UPC in October 1999.

     "10-7/8%  U.S.  Senior  Notes due 2009"  means the U.S.  $800.0  million of
10-7/8% Senior Notes due 2009 issued by UPC in July 1999.

     "Third Amendment" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.3(d) of the Plan.

     "13-3/8% Euro Senior Discount Notes due 2009" means the (euro)191.0 million
of 13-3/8% Senior Discount Notes due 2009 issued by UPC in October 1999.

     "13-3/8% U.S. Senior Discount Notes due 2009" means the U.S. $478.0 million
of 13-3/8% Senior Discount Notes due 2009 issued by UPC in October 1999.

     "13-3/4% U.S.  Senior  Discount Notes due 2010" means the U.S. $1.0 billion
of 13-3/4% Senior Discount Notes due 2010 issued by UPC in January 2000.

     "12-1/2% U.S. Senior Discount Notes due 2009" means the U.S. $735.0 million
of 12-1/2% Senior Discount Notes due 2009 issued by UPC in July 1999.

     "UGC" means  UnitedGlobalCom,  Inc., a corporation organized under the laws
of the State of Delaware and the parent of UGC Holdings.

     "UGC  Group"  means  UGC  and  its  Subsidiaries,  other  than  UPC and its
Subsidiaries.

     "UGC Holdings" means UGC Holdings,  Inc., a corporation organized under the
laws of the State of Delaware and the parent of United Europe.

     "UGC Subscription  Commitment" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.18 of
the Plan.

     "Unclaimed  Property"  means any Cash or other Property  distributed to the
Holder of an Allowed Claim or Allowed Equity Interest  pursuant to the Plan that
(a) is returned to the Reorganized  Debtor as  undeliverable  and no appropriate
forwarding  address is received within the later of (i) six (6) months after the
Effective Date and (ii) six (6) months after such  Distribution  is made to such
Holder,  (b) was not  mailed or  delivered  because  of the  absence of a proper
address  to  which to mail or  deliver  such  Property,  or (c) in the case of a
Distribution  made in the form of a check,  is not negotiated and no request for
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     "Unimpaired"  means any Claim that is not  Impaired  within the  meaning of
Section 1124 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

     "United  Europe" means United Europe,  Inc., a corporation  organized under
the laws of the State of Delaware and the parent of UPC.

     "United States  Trustee" means the United States  Trustee  appointed  under
Section 581(a)(3) of title 28 of the United States Code to serve in the Southern
District of New York, or its legally designated and authorized representative.

     "UPC" has the meaning set forth in the Introduction to the Plan.

     "UPC ADSs" means the American  Depositary Shares  representing UPC Ordinary
Shares  A  deposited  with  Citibank  N.A.,  as  depositary  under  the  Deposit
Agreement,  dated February 1999, among the Debtor, Citibank N.A., as depositary,
and all holders and beneficial owners of American Depositary Shares evidenced by
American Depositary Receipts thereunder.

     "UPC Dollar-Denominated Notes" means, collectively, the following series of
outstanding  senior notes and senior discount notes of UPC: (a) the 10-7/8% U.S.
Senior  Notes due 2007;  (b) the 10-7/8%  U.S.  Senior  Notes due 2009;  (c) the
12-1/2% U.S.  Senior  Discount Notes due 2009; (d) the 11-1/4% U.S. Senior Notes
due 2009; (e) the 13-3/8% U.S.  Senior  Discount Notes due 2009; (f) the 11-1/4%
U.S.  Senior Notes due 2010; (g) the 11-1/2% U.S. Senior Notes due 2010; and (h)
the 13-3/4% U.S. Senior Discount Notes due 2010.

     "UPC Euro-Denominated Notes" means,  collectively,  the following series of
outstanding  senior notes and senior discount notes of UPC: (a) the 10-7/8% Euro
Senior  Notes due 2007;  (b) the  10-7/8%  Euro Senior  Notes due 2009;  (c) the
11-1/4% Euro Senior Notes due 2009;  (d) the 13-3/8% Euro Senior  Discount Notes
due 2009; and (e) the 11-1/4% Euro Senior Notes due 2010.

     "UPC   Notes"   means  the  UPC   Dollar-Denominated   Notes  and  the  UPC
Euro-Denominated Notes, collectively.

     "UPC  Notes  Claims"  means  any  Claims  of the  Holders  of the UPC Notes
pursuant to the UPC Notes or the related Indentures.

     "UPC  Ordinary  Shares  A" means all  authorized,  issued  and  outstanding
ordinary  shares  A of UPC,  par  value  (euro)1.00,  as of the  Petition  Date,
including such shares held in the form of UPC ADSs.

     "UPC  Ordinary  Shares C" has the  meaning  set forth in Section 9.3 of the
Plan.

     "UPC  Preference  Shares A" means all  authorized,  issued and  outstanding
Series 1 convertible preference shares A of UPC, par value (euro)1.00, as of the
Petition Date.

     "UPC Priority Shares" means all authorized, issued and outstanding priority
shares of UPC, par value (euro)1.00, as of the Petition Date.



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     "UPC SEC Documents"  means all forms,  reports,  schedules,  statements and
other documents  (including,  in each case, exhibits,  schedules,  amendments or
supplements  thereto,  and  any  other  information  incorporated  by  reference
therein)  required to be filed by UPC since  January 1, 1999 under the  Exchange
Act or the Securities  Act, as such documents have been amended or  supplemented
between the time of their  respective  filing and the date of the  Restructuring
Agreement.

     "UPC Voting  Securities"  means all equity  securities  of UPC,  including,
without  limitation,  all UPC  Ordinary  Shares A, UPC  Priority  Shares and UPC
Preference  Shares A, entitled to vote at a general meeting of the  shareholders
of UPC.

     "U.S.  Bankruptcy Code" means title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C.
ss.ss.101-1330, as applicable to the Chapter 11 Case.

     "U.S.  Bankruptcy  Court" means the United States  Bankruptcy Court for the
Southern District of New York or, if such court ceases to exercise  jurisdiction
over these proceedings, the court or adjunct thereof that exercises jurisdiction
over the Chapter 11 Case.

     "U.S. Bankruptcy Rules" means (i) the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure
and the Official Bankruptcy Forms, as amended and promulgated under Section 2075
of  title  28 of the  United  States  Code,  (ii)  the  Local  Rules of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court, and (iii) any standing orders governing practice and procedure
issued by the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Court,  each as in effect on the Petition  Date,
together with all amendments and  modifications  thereto that were  subsequently
made applicable to the Chapter 11 Case or proceedings  therein,  as the case may
be.

     "U.S.  Securities  Act" means the U.S.  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended
from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

     "U.S.  Trustee's  Fee Claims"  means any fees  assessed  against the Estate
pursuant to Section 1930(a)(6) of title 28 of the United States Code.

     "UUB" means United Bonds,  LLC, a limited liability company organized under
the laws of the State of Delaware and a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of UGC.

     "Voting  Securities" means, with respect to any Person, any equity interest
of such Person  having  general  voting power under  ordinary  circumstances  to
participate  in the election of a majority of the governing  body of such Person
(irrespective  of whether at the time any other class of equity interest of such
Person shall have or might have voting  power by reason of the  happening of any
contingency).

     Section 1.2 Rules of  Interpretation.  All  references to "the Plan" herein
shall be construed, where applicable, to include references to this document and
all its exhibits, appendices,  schedules and annexes, if any (and any amendments
thereto made in accordance  with the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Code).  Whenever from the
context it appears  appropriate,  each term stated in either the singular or the
plural shall  include the singular  and the plural,  and pronouns  stated in the
masculine,  feminine or neuter gender shall include the masculine,  feminine and
the neuter. The words "herein," "hereof," "hereto," "hereunder," and other words
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the Plan as a whole and not to any particular paragraph, subparagraph, or clause
contained in the Plan. The words "includes" and "including" are not limiting and
mean that the  things  specifically  identified  are set forth for  purposes  of
illustration,  clarity  or  specificity  and  do not  in  any  respect  qualify,
characterize  or limit the  generality of the class within which such things are
included. The captions and headings in the Plan are for convenience of reference
only and shall not limit or  otherwise  affect  the  provisions  hereof.  To the
extent of a conflict between any matter  specifically  addressed in the Plan and
any general  provision of the Plan, such specific  provision shall prevail.  Any
term  used in the Plan that is not  defined  in the  Plan,  either in  Article I
hereof or elsewhere,  but that is used in the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Code or the U.S.
Bankruptcy  Rules shall have the meaning  assigned to that term in (and shall be
construed  in  accordance  with  the  rules  of  construction  under)  the  U.S.
Bankruptcy  Code or the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Rules (with the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Code
controlling  in the case of a  conflict  or  ambiguity).  Without  limiting  the
preceding  sentence,  the rules of construction  set forth in Section 102 of the
U.S. Bankruptcy Code shall apply to the Plan, unless superseded herein.

     Section 1.3 Exhibits.  All Exhibits to the Plan are  incorporated  into and
are a part of the Plan as if set forth in full herein, regardless of when Filed.

     Section 1.4 Administrator  Consent.  Nothing in this Plan shall relieve the
Debtor of the need to gain the approval of the  Administrator for any acts which
require such approval under Dutch Law.

                                   ARTICLE II

                     ADMINISTRATIVE AND PRIORITY TAX CLAIMS

     Section 2.1 Unclassified  Claims. In accordance with Section  1123(a)(1) of
the U.S. Bankruptcy Code,  Administrative Claims and Priority Tax Claims are not
classified  and are excluded  from the Classes  designated in Article III of the
Plan. The treatment  accorded to Holders of  Administrative  Claims and Priority
Tax Claims, which is set forth below, shall be in full satisfaction, settlement,
release,  extinguishment  and discharge of their  respective  Claims against the
Debtor  and  the  Estate,  except  as  otherwise  provided  in the  Plan  or the
Confirmation Order.

     Section 2.2  Administrative  Claims.  Unless otherwise provided for herein,
each  Holder  of  an  Allowed   Administrative   Claim  shall  receive  in  full
satisfaction,  settlement,  release, extinguishment and discharge of such Claim:
(A) the amount of such unpaid  Allowed Claim in Cash on or as soon as reasonably
practicable  after the later of (i) the Effective  Date,  (ii) the date on which
such Administrative  Claim becomes Allowed and (iii) a date agreed to in writing
by the Debtor or the Reorganized  Debtor,  as the case may be, and the Holder of
such Administrative  Claim; (B) treatment such that such Administrative Claim is
Reinstated;  or (C) such other  treatment on such other terms and  conditions as
may be agreed  upon in writing by the Holder of such Claim and the Debtor or the
Reorganized  Debtor,  as the case may be,  or as the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Court may
order;  provided,  however, that Allowed  Administrative Claims representing (y)
liabilities,  accounts  payable  or other  Claims,  liabilities  or  obligations
incurred  subsequent to the Petition Date in the ordinary  course of business of
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past practices and (z) contractual  liabilities  arising under loans or advances
to the Debtor incurred  subsequent to the Petition Date, whether or not incurred
in the ordinary course of business of the Debtor,  shall be paid or performed by
the Debtor or the Reorganized Debtor in accordance with the terms and conditions
of the particular  transactions  relating to such liabilities and any agreements
relating thereto.

     Section 2.3  Priority  Tax Claims.  Each Holder of an Allowed  Priority Tax
Claim shall receive,  at the option of the Debtor or the Reorganized  Debtor, as
the case may be, in full satisfaction,  settlement,  release, extinguishment and
discharge of such Claim:  (A) the amount of such unpaid Allowed Claim in Cash on
or as soon as reasonably practicable after the latest of (i) the Effective Date,
(ii) the date on which such Priority Tax Claim becomes  Allowed and (iii) a date
agreed to by the Debtor or the Reorganized  Debtor,  as the case may be, and the
Holder of such  Priority  Tax Claim;  or (B) such other  treatment on such other
terms and  conditions  as may be agreed  upon in  writing  by the Holder of such
Claim and the Debtor or the  Reorganized  Debtor,  as the case may be, or as the
U.S.  Bankruptcy  Court may  order;  provided,  however,  that the Debtor or the
Reorganized  Debtor,  as the case may be,  shall  have  the  right,  in its sole
discretion, to prepay at any time any Allowed Priority Tax Claim without premium
or penalty of any sort or nature.

                                  ARTICLE III

                        CLASSIFICATION OF CLAIMS, EQUITY
                    INTERESTS AND OLD OTHER EQUITY INTERESTS

     Section  3.1  Generally.  Pursuant to Section  1122 of the U.S.  Bankruptcy
Code,  set forth below is a designation of Classes of Claims,  Equity  Interests
and Old Other Equity Interests,  other than  Administrative  Claims and Priority
Tax Claims.  A Claim or an Equity  Interest is classified in a particular  Class
only to the extent that the Claim,  Equity Interest or Old Other Equity Interest
qualifies  within the description of that Class and is classified in a different
Class to the extent that the balance of such Claim, Equity Interest or Old Other
Equity  Interest  qualifies  within the  description of that different  Class. A
Claim,  Equity  Interest or Old Other Equity  Interest is placed in a particular
Class for the purpose of  receiving  distributions  pursuant to the Plan only to
the extent that such Claim,  Equity  Interest or Old Other Equity Interest is an
Allowed  Claim,  an  Allowed  Equity  Interest  or an Allowed  Old Other  Equity
Interest  in that Class and such  Claim,  Equity  Interest  or Old Other  Equity
Interest has not been paid,  released,  settled or otherwise  satisfied prior to
the Effective Date.

     Section 3.2 Classified Claims Against and Equity Interests in UPC.

          (a)  Class 1: Miscellaneous Secured Claims

          (b)  Class 2: Classified Priority Claims

          (c)  Class 3: Critical Creditor Claims



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          (d)  Class 4: Belmarken Notes Claims

          (e)  Class 5: UPC Notes Claims and General Unsecured Claims

          (f)  Class 6: UPC Preference Shares A

          (g)  Class 7: UPC Priority Shares

          (h)  Class 8: UPC Ordinary Shares A

          (i)  Class 9: Equity Securities Claims

          (j)  Class 10: Old Other Equity  Interests


     Section 3.3 Elimination of Classes.  Any Class that does not contain, as of
the date of the  commencement of the Confirmation  Hearing,  any Allowed Claims,
Allowed  Equity  Interests or Allowed Old Other Equity  Interests or any Claims,
Equity  Interests or Old Other Equity Interests  temporarily  allowed for voting
purposes  under U.S.  Bankruptcy  Rule 3018 shall be deemed to have been deleted
from this Plan for purposes of (i) voting to accept or reject this Plan and (ii)
determining  whether  it has  accepted  or  rejected  this  Plan  under  Section
1129(a)(8) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                      TREATMENT OF CLAIMS, EQUITY INTERESTS
                         AND OLD OTHER EQUITY INTERESTS

     Section 4.1  Satisfaction of Claims,  Equity Interests and Old Other Equity
Interests.  The  treatment  of and  consideration  to be  received by Holders of
Allowed Claims,  Allowed Equity Interests and Allowed Old Other Equity Interests
pursuant  to  this  Article  IV and the  Plan  shall  be in  full  satisfaction,
settlement,  release,  extinguishment  and discharge of their respective Claims,
Equity Interests or Old Other Equity Interests,  except as otherwise provided in
the Plan or the Confirmation Order.

     Section 4.2 No Effect on Section 508 of the U.S.  Bankruptcy Code.  Nothing
contained  in the Plan shall have any  effect on the rights and  obligations  of
Creditors under Section 508 of the U.S.  Bankruptcy Code, and such section shall
apply in all respects in the Chapter 11 Case.

     Section 4.3 Class 1: Miscellaneous Secured Claims.

          (a) Treatment.  Each Holder of an Allowed  Miscellaneous Secured Claim
     shall  receive,  in the sole  discretion  of the Debtor or the  Reorganized
     Debtor,  as the case may be,  in full  satisfaction,  settlement,  release,
     extinguishment  and discharge of such Allowed Claim:  (A) Cash equal to the
     amount  of  such  Allowed  Miscellaneous  Secured  Claim  on or as  soon as
     reasonably  practicable  after the later of (i) the Effective Date and (ii)
     the date  that  such  Miscellaneous  Secured  Claim  becomes  Allowed;  (B)
     treatment such


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     that such  Miscellaneous  Secured  Claim is  Reinstated;  or (C) such other
     treatment  on such  other  terms and  conditions  as may be agreed  upon in
     writing by the Holder of such Claim and the Debtor or  Reorganized  Debtor,
     as the case may be, or as the U.S. Bankruptcy Court may order.

          (b) Voting.  Class 1 is  Unimpaired  and the Holders of  Miscellaneous
     Secured Claims are conclusively presumed to have accepted the Plan pursuant
     to Section 1126(f) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and are not entitled to vote
     to accept or reject the Plan.

     Section 4.4 Class 2: Classified Priority Claims.

          (a)  Treatment.  Each Holder of an Allowed  Classified  Priority Claim
     shall receive in full satisfaction, settlement, release, extinguishment and
     discharge  of such  Allowed  Claim:  (A) the amount of such unpaid  Allowed
     Claim in Cash on or as soon as  reasonably  practicable  after the later of
     (i) the Effective  Date,  (ii) the date on which such Claim becomes Allowed
     and (iii) a date agreed to by the Debtor or the Reorganized  Debtor, as the
     case may be, and the Holder of such  Claim;  (B)  treatment  such that such
     Claim is  Reinstated;  or (C) such other  treatment on such other terms and
     conditions as may be agreed upon in writing by the Holder of such Claim and
     the  Debtor  or  Reorganized  Debtor,  as the case  may be,  or as the U.S.
     Bankruptcy Court may order.

          (b)  Voting.  Class 2 is  Unimpaired  and the  Holders  of  Classified
     Priority  Claims  are  conclusively  presumed  to have  accepted  the  Plan
     pursuant  to  Section  1126(f)  of the  U.S.  Bankruptcy  Code  and are not
     entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

     Section 4.5 Class 3: Critical Creditor Claims.

          (a) Treatment. Each Holder of an Allowed Critical Creditor Claim shall
     receive  in full  satisfaction,  settlement,  release,  extinguishment  and
     discharge  of such  Claim:  (A) payment in full in Cash on the later of (i)
     the  Effective  Date and (ii) the date  such  Claim  becomes  Allowed;  (B)
     treatment such that such Claim is Reinstated;  or (C) such other  treatment
     on such other terms and  conditions as may be agreed upon in writing by the
     Holder of such Claim and the Debtor or the Reorganized  Debtor, as the case
     may be, or as the U.S. Bankruptcy Court may order.

          (b) Voting. Class 3 is Unimpaired and the Holders of Critical Creditor
     Claims are  conclusively  presumed to have  accepted  the Plan  pursuant to
     Section 1126(f) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and are not entitled to vote to
     accept or reject the Plan.

     Section 4.6 Class 4: Belmarken Notes Claims.

          (a)  Treatment.  On the  Effective  Date,  the Holder of the Belmarken
     Notes  shall  receive,   in  exchange  for  the  Belmarken  Notes  and  the
     obligations  of all  other  parties  under  the  Belmarken  Notes  and  the
     Belmarken Loan Agreements,  23,852,258  shares of New UPC Common Stock (the
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          (b) Voting.  Class 4 is Impaired and the Holder of the Belmarken Notes
     Claims is entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

     Section 4.7 Class 5: UPC Notes Claims and General Unsecured Claims.

          (a) Treatment.  On or as soon as practicable after the Effective Date,
     each Holder of an Allowed  Class 5 Claim shall  receive in exchange for its
     Claim, a number of shares of New UPC Common Stock.  In the  aggregate,  the
     Holders of all Allowed UPC Notes Claims shall receive  25,147,139 shares of
     New UPC Common  Stock,  and each Holder of an Allowed UPC Notes Claim shall
     receive the number of shares of New UPC Common Stock equal to such Holder's
     pro rata  portion of those  shares of New UPC Common  Stock.  The UPC Notes
     Claims shall be deemed Allowed for all purposes, including, but not limited
     to, voting and distributions in the aggregate amount of $  4,690,526,335.71
     (which shall exclude any amounts on account of UPC Notes held by UPC as set
     forth on Annex C to the Restructuring  Agreement) and the Allowed UPC Notes
     Claims shall not be subject to defense, setoff or counterclaim. Each Holder
     of an Allowed  Class 5 Claim that is not a UPC Notes Claim shall  receive a
     number of shares of New UPC  Common  Stock so that the number of shares per
     amount of Allowed  Claim  received by such Holder is the same as the number
     of shares per amount of Allowed Claim that the Holders of Allowed UPC Notes
     Claims  receive.  The  number  of  shares  of New UPC  Common  Stock  to be
     distributed  on account of  Allowed  Class 5 Claims  that are not UPC Notes
     Claims  shall be in  addition  to the  25,147,139  shares of New UPC Common
     Stock to be  distributed  on account of the Allowed UPC Notes  Claims.  The
     receipt of such shares of New UPC Common  Stock by the Holders of the Class
     5 Claims shall  constitute  a full  satisfaction,  settlement,  release and
     discharge of such Class 5 Claims; provided,  however, that, notwithstanding
     --------  -------  anything  in the  Plan to the  contrary,  any UPC  Notes
     acquired  by New  UPC  through  the  Plan  and  the  Akkoord  shall  remain
     outstanding and shall not be deemed to be satisfied,  settled,  released or
     discharged.

          (b)  Voting.  Class 5 is  Impaired  and the  Holders  of the UPC Notes
     Claims and the General  Unsecured  Claims are entitled to vote to accept or
     reject the Plan.

     Section 4.8 Class 6: UPC Preference Shares A.

          (a) Treatment.  On or as soon as practicable after the Effective Date,
     and after the sale by New UPC of the Belmarken Notes to UPC, each Holder of
     outstanding  Allowed UPC  Preference  Shares A shall receive from New UPC a
     number of shares of New UPC Common  Stock equal to such  Holder's  pro rata
     portion of the _________ shares of New UPC Common Stock (collectively,  the
     "Preference  Shares  Consideration").  The receipt of the Preference Shares
     Consideration  by  the  Holders  of  the  UPC  Preference  Shares  A  shall
     constitute a full  satisfaction,  settlement,  release and discharge of the
     Claims and Equity  Interests of each Holder of UPC  Preference  Shares A in
     respect  of  such  UPC  Preference  Shares  A;  provided,   however,  that,
     notwithstanding  anything to contrary  contained herein, any UPC Preference
     Shares A acquired by New UPC through the Plan shall remain  outstanding and
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          (b) Voting.  Class 6 is Impaired and the Holders of the UPC Preference
     Shares A are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

     Section 4.9 Class 7: UPC Priority Shares.

          (a) Treatment.  On or as soon as practicable after the Effective Date,
     and after the sale by New UPC of the Belmarken  Notes to UPC, the Holder of
     the Allowed UPC  Priority  Shares  shall  receive  from New UPC a number of
     shares of New UPC Common  Stock equal to such  Holder's pro rata portion of
     the   Ordinary   Share   Distribution    Amount   (the   "Priority   Shares
     Consideration")  in a  per  share  amount  equal  to  the  Ordinary  Shares
     Consideration.  The receipt of the  Priority  Shares  Consideration  by the
     Holder of the UPC  Priority  Shares shall  constitute a full  satisfaction,
     settlement, release and discharge of the Claims and Equity Interests of the
     Holder of the UPC Priority  Shares in respect of the UPC  Priority  Shares;
     provided,  however,  that,  notwithstanding  anything to contrary contained
     herein,  any UPC Priority Shares acquired by New UPC through the Plan shall
     remain  outstanding  and  shall not be  deemed  to be  satisfied,  settled,
     released or discharged.

          (b)  Voting.  Class 7 is Impaired  and the Holder of the UPC  Priority
     Shares is entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

     Section 4.10 Class 8: UPC Ordinary Shares A.

          (a) Treatment.  On or as soon as practicable after the Effective Date,
     and after the sale by New UPC of the Belmarken Notes to UPC, each Holder of
     Allowed UPC Ordinary Shares A shall receive from New UPC a number of shares
     of New UPC Common  Stock  equal to such  Holder's  pro rata  portion of the
     Ordinary Share  Distribution  Amount  (collectively,  the "Ordinary  Shares
     Consideration").  The receipt of the Ordinary Shares  Consideration  by the
     Holders of the UPC Ordinary Shares A shall constitute a full  satisfaction,
     settlement,  release and  discharge  of the Claims and Equity  Interests of
     each  Holder  of  UPC  Ordinary   Shares  A;   provided,   however,   that,
     notwithstanding  anything to contrary  contained  herein,  any UPC Ordinary
     Shares A acquired by New UPC through the Plan shall remain  outstanding and
     shall not be deemed to be satisfied, settled, released or discharged.

          (b)  Voting.  Class 8 is  Impaired  and the Holders of the Allowed UPC
     Ordinary Shares A are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

     Section 4.11 Class 9: Equity Securities Claims.

          (a)  Treatment.  Subject to the  Allowance  of the  Equity  Securities
     Claims, each Holder of an Allowed Equity Securities Claim shall receive, in
     full satisfaction, settlement, release, extinguishment and discharge of its
     Claim,  a number of shares of New UPC Common  Stock equal to such  Holder's
     pro rata  portion  of the  Ordinary  Share  Distribution  Amount as if such
     Holder had (a)  purchased,  on the date its Equity  Securities  Claim first
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     Holder's Allowed Equity Securities Claim and (b) retained such shares as of
     the Effective Date.

          (b)  Voting.  Class  9 is  Impaired  and  the  Holders  of the  Equity
     Securities Claims are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

     Section 4.12 Class 10: Old Other Equity Interests.

          (a) Treatment.  All Holders of Old Other Equity Interests shall not be
     entitled to, and shall not, receive or retain,  any property under the Plan
     on account of such Old Other Equity Interests, and, to the extent permitted
     under applicable law, such Old Other Equity Interests shall be cancelled on
     the Effective Date.

          (b) Voting. Class 10 is Impaired,  and the Holders of Old Other Equity
     Interests are deemed to have rejected the Plan pursuant to Section  1126(g)
     of the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Code and are not  entitled  to vote to  accept  or
     reject the Plan.

                                   ARTICLE V

                  ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF THE PLAN; CRAMDOWN

     Section 5.1 Unimpaired Classes. Classes 1, 2 and 3 are Unimpaired under the
Plan. As such,  pursuant to Section  1126(f) of the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Code,  the
Holders of Claims in such Classes are conclusively presumed to have accepted the
Plan in respect of such  Claims  and,  therefore,  are not  entitled  to vote to
accept or reject the Plan.  Administrative  Claims and  Priority  Tax Claims are
Unimpaired  under the Plan and not  classified  under the Plan and hence are not
entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

     Section 5.2 Impaired Classes.  Classes 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are Impaired and
are  entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.  Holders in Class 10 are not
receiving  or  retaining  any  property  on  account  of their Old Other  Equity
Interests  in such  Class.  As such,  pursuant  to  Section  1126(g) of the U.S.
Bankruptcy  Code, the Holders in such Class are deemed to have rejected the Plan
in respect of such Old Other Equity Interests and,  therefore,  are not entitled
to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

     Section 5.3 Acceptance by Impaired Classes of Claims and Equity Interests.

          (a)  Acceptance  by an Impaired  Class of Claims.  Pursuant to Section
     1126(c) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, an Impaired Class of Claims shall have
     accepted the Plan if (a) the Holders of at least two-thirds (2/3) in dollar
     amount of the  Allowed  Claims  actually  voting in such Class  (other than
     Claims held by any Holder  designated  pursuant  to Section  1126(e) of the
     U.S. Bankruptcy Code) have timely and properly voted to accept the Plan and
     (b) more  than  one-half  (1/2) in number of the  Holders  of such  Allowed
     Claims  actually voting in such Class (other than Claims held by any Holder
     designated  pursuant to Section 1126(e) of the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Code) have
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          (b) Acceptance by an Impaired Class of Equity  Interests.  Pursuant to
     Section  1126(d) of the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Code, an Impaired Class of Equity
     Interests  shall  have  accepted  the  Plan  if  the  Holders  of at  least
     two-thirds (2/3) in amount of the Allowed Equity Interests  actually voting
     in such Class (other than Equity  Interests  held by any Holder  designated
     pursuant to Section  1126(e) of the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Code) have timely and
     properly voted to accept the Plan.

     Section 5.4 Cramdown.  If all applicable  requirements  for Confirmation of
the Plan are met as set forth in  Section  1129(a)(1)  through  (13) of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Code except subsection (8) thereof, the Debtor requests that the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court confirm the Plan in accordance with Section 1129(b) of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Code, notwithstanding the requirements of Section 1129(a)(8) thereof,
on the  basis  that the Plan is fair and  equitable,  and does not  discriminate
unfairly,  with respect to each Class of Claims,  Equity  Interests or Old Other
Equity Interests that is Impaired under, and has not accepted, the Plan.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISTRIBUTIONS UNDER THE PLAN

     Section 6.1 General.  The Debtor,  through the Disbursing Agent, shall make
all Distributions required by the Plan. Furthermore, the Debtor, New UPC and the
Disbursing  Agent are  authorized to make  distributions  required in connection
with  ratification  of the  Akkoord or  consummation  of the  Restructuring.  In
particular,  on the Initial Distribution Date, the Disbursing Agent shall make a
Distribution of New UPC Common Stock and Cash, as applicable,  to the Holders of
Allowed Claims and Allowed Equity Interests in accordance with Article IV of the
Plan. Thereafter,  Distributions may be made from time to time in the reasonable
discretion of the Disbursing Agent.  Notwithstanding  any other provision in the
Plan, no  Distributions  shall be made to a Holder of a Claim or Equity Interest
unless and until such Claim or Equity Interest is an Allowed Claim or an Allowed
Equity Interest, respectively.

     Section 6.2  Delivery of  Distributions.  Subject to U.S.  Bankruptcy  Rule
9010,  Distributions  to Holders of Allowed Claims or Allowed  Equity  Interests
shall be made by the  Disbursing  Agent (a) at the last known  addresses of such
Holders,  (b) at the  addresses  set forth in any  written  notices  of  address
changes delivered to the Disbursing Agent, (c) in the case of Holders of Allowed
UPC Notes  Claims,  at the  addresses  contained in the official  records of the
Indenture  Trustee or (d) at the addresses  set forth in any properly  completed
letters  of  transmittal  accompanying  Certificates  properly  remitted  to, or
book-entry transfers made to the Book-Entry Account of, the Disbursing Agent. If
any Holder's Distribution is returned as undeliverable, no further Distributions
to such Holder shall be made unless and until the  Disbursing  Agent is notified
of such Holder's then current  address,  at which time all missed  Distributions
shall be made to such Holder  without  interest and without any  dividends  that
would  have  been  payable  on any  equity  securities  to be  distributed.  All
Distributions pursuant to the Plan shall be at the Reorganized Debtor's expense.
Nothing  contained  in the Plan  shall  require  the  Reorganized  Debtor or the
Disbursing  Agent or New UPC to attempt to locate any Holder of an Allowed Claim
or  Allowed  Equity  Interest  other  than  by  reviewing  the  records  of  the
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Notwithstanding  anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, the Reorganized
Debtor and New UPC shall be entitled to implement  additional,  supplemental  or
modified  distribution  procedures,  upon terms approved by the U.S.  Bankruptcy
Court  after  at  least  ten  (10)  days  notice  to UGC and  the  Participating
Noteholders.

     Section 6.3  Disbursing  Agent.  The  Disbursing  Agent  shall  fulfill the
obligations  under the Plan with respect to the Distributions of Property to the
Holders of Allowed  Claims and  Allowed  Equity  Interests,  including,  without
limitation, holding all reserves and accounts pursuant to the Plan. The identity
of the initial  Disbursing  Agent shall be  disclosed by the Debtor prior to the
Confirmation Hearing and shall be approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court pursuant
to the Confirmation Order. The terms of employment of the Disbursing Agent shall
be  submitted  to the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Court for  approval at the  Confirmation
Hearing.  In the event of the resignation of the Disbursing Agent, a replacement
shall be appointed by the Reorganized  Debtor and New UPC,  without the need for
further U.S. Bankruptcy Court approval.

     Section 6.4 Distribution  Notification Date. As of the close of business on
the  Distribution  Notification  Date,  all transfer  ledgers,  transfer  books,
registers and any other records  maintained by the  designated  transfer  agents
with  respect to  ownership  of the  Belmarken  Notes,  the UPC  Notes,  the UPC
Preference  Shares A, the UPC Priority Shares and the UPC Ordinary Shares A will
be closed and,  for purposes of the Plan,  there shall be no further  changes in
the record  holders of the Belmarken  Notes,  the UPC Notes,  the UPC Preference
Shares A, the UPC Priority  Shares or the UPC Ordinary  Shares A. The Disbursing
Agent shall have no obligation to recognize the transfer of any Belmarken Notes,
UPC Notes, UPC Preference Shares A, UPC Priority Shares or UPC Ordinary Shares A
occurring after the Distribution Notification Date, and will be entitled for all
purposes to recognize and deal only with those Holders of Belmarken  Notes,  UPC
Notes, UPC Preference Shares A, UPC Priority Shares and UPC Ordinary Shares A as
of the close of business on the Distribution  Notification Date, as reflected on
such ledgers, books, registers or records.

     Section 6.5  Distributions  to Holders of Allowed Claims and Allowed Equity
Interests.

          (a)  Non-Securities.  Except for  Distributions  to Holders of Allowed
     Belmarken  Notes Claims,  Allowed UPC Notes Claims,  Allowed UPC Preference
     Shares A,  Allowed UPC Priority  Shares and Allowed UPC Ordinary  Shares A,
     which will be made in  accordance  with Section  6.5(b) of the Plan, on the
     Effective  Date, the  Reorganized  Debtor or New UPC, as applicable,  shall
     deliver  to the  Disbursing  Agent  sufficient  Cash and  shares of New UPC
     Common Stock to make the  Distributions to be made on the Effective Date to
     the Holders of Allowed Claims.  Payments of Cash to be made pursuant to the
     Plan will be available from funds held by the Reorganized  Debtor as of the
     Effective Date.

          (b) Securities.  Promptly after the later of (i) the Effective Date or
     (ii)  the  date of  Allowance  of such  Claims  or  Equity  Interests,  the
     Reorganized  Debtor shall cause the Disbursing Agent to mail to the Holders
     of Allowed  Belmarken Notes Claims,  Allowed UPC Notes Claims,  Allowed UPC
     Preference  Shares A, Allowed UPC Priority  Shares and Allowed UPC Ordinary
     Shares A appropriate transmittal materials (which shall


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     specify that delivery shall be effected,  and risk of loss and title to the
     Belmarken Notes and the UPC Notes theretofore  evidencing the Allowed Class
     4 Claims and certain of the Allowed  Class 5 Claims,  respectively,  or any
     Certificates theretofore representing UPC Preference Shares A, UPC Priority
     Shares and UPC Ordinary  Shares A shall pass, only upon (i) proper physical
     delivery  of  Certificates   representing  such  Belmarken  Notes  and  UPC
     Preference  Shares A to the Disbursing  Agent, (ii) proper delivery of such
     UPC Notes or UPC Ordinary Shares A held in bearer form through a book-entry
     transfer into a Book-Entry Account at the Book-Entry  Transfer Facility for
     the UPC Notes or UPC  Ordinary  Shares A held in bearer form in  accordance
     with the Book-Entry Transfer  Facility's  procedures for transfer and (iii)
     proper  entries being made with respect to such UPC Priority  Shares or UPC
     Ordinary  Shares A held in  registered  form to the register of the Debtor,
     maintained by the Debtor's  Board of  Management,  containing the names and
     addresses  of the Holders of the UPC  Priority  Shares and the UPC Ordinary
     Shares A held in  registered  form).  The  Disbursing  Agent may  establish
     reasonable  and  customary  rules and  procedures  in  connection  with its
     duties.  No  distribution  of New UPC Common  Stock under the Plan shall be
     made to  Holders of  Allowed  Belmarken  Notes  Claims,  Allowed  UPC Notes
     Claims,  Allowed UPC  Preference  Shares A, Allowed UPC Priority  Shares or
     Allowed UPC Ordinary  Shares A until one of the following  occurs:  (i) the
     Holder thereof (A) surrenders any Certificate(s)  representing such Allowed
     Claim or Allowed  Equity  Interest,  as the case may be, to the  Disbursing
     Agent or (B) executes  and  delivers an affidavit of loss and/or  indemnity
     reasonably satisfactory to the Reorganized Debtor; (ii) there is a transfer
     of such Allowed Claim or Allowed  Equity  Interest,  as the case may be, in
     book-entry form to the Book-Entry  Account; or (iii) there is an entry made
     with respect to such Allowed Claim or Allowed Equity Interest,  as the case
     may be, in the register of the Debtor,  maintained by the Debtor's Board of
     Management,  containing  the names and  addresses  of the Holders  thereof;
     provided,  however,  that any Holder of an Allowed Claim or Allowed  Equity
     Interest to which clause (i) above  applies that fails to (y) surrender its
     Certificate(s)  or (z)  execute  and  deliver an  affidavit  of loss and/or
     indemnity  reasonably  satisfactory  to the  Reorganized  Debtor before the
     later to occur of (I) six (6) months after the Effective  Date and (II) six
     (6)  months  following  the date such  Holder's  Claim or  Equity  Interest
     becomes an Allowed Claim or Allowed Equity Interest,  as applicable,  shall
     be deemed to have  forfeited  all of its  rights  against,  Claims  against
     and/or  Equity  Interests  in  the  Debtor,  may  not  participate  in  any
     distribution  under the Plan and shall be forever barred from asserting any
     such rights against the  Reorganized  Debtor,  New UPC or their  respective
     property.

     Section  6.6  Disputed  Distributions.  If  any  dispute  arises  as to the
identity of any Holder of an Allowed Claim or Allowed Equity  Interest who is to
receive a  Distribution,  the  Disbursing  Agent  shall,  in lieu of making such
Distribution  to such  Holder,  delay such  Distribution  until the  disposition
thereof shall be determined  by Final Order of the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Court or by
written agreement among the interested parties to such dispute.

     Section 6.7  Distributions of Cash. Any Cash payment to be made pursuant to
the Plan may be made by Cash,  draft,  check,  wire  transfer,  or as  otherwise
required or provided in any relevant  agreement or applicable  law at the option
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     Section  6.8  Failure  to  Negotiate  Checks.  Checks  issued in respect of
Distributions  under the Plan  shall be null and void if not  negotiated  within
sixty  (60)  days  after  the date of  issuance.  Any  amounts  returned  to the
Reorganized Debtor in respect of such non-negotiated checks shall be held by the
Reorganized  Debtor,  as appropriate.  Requests for reissuance of any such check
shall be made  directly to the  Reorganized  Debtor by the Holder of the Allowed
Claim with  respect  to which such check  originally  was  issued.  All  amounts
represented  by any  voided  check  will be held until the later to occur of (i)
nine (9) months  after the  Effective  Date and (ii) nine (9) months  after such
voided check was issued,  and all requests for  reissuance  by the Holder of the
Allowed Claim in respect of a voided check are required to be made prior to such
date. Thereafter,  all such amounts shall be deemed to be Unclaimed Property, in
accordance  with  Section  6.9 of the Plan,  and all  Claims in  respect of void
checks and the underlying  Distributions  shall be forever barred,  estopped and
enjoined from  assertion in any manner against the Debtor or its Property or the
Reorganized Debtor or its Property.

     Section  6.9  Unclaimed  Distributions.  Any Cash  that  becomes  Unclaimed
Property shall revest in the  Reorganized  Debtor and shall no longer be subject
to  Distribution  to Creditors or Equity  Interest  Holders.  Any New UPC Common
Stock that becomes  Unclaimed  Property shall be canceled and shall no longer be
subject to  Distribution to Creditors or Equity  Interest  Holders.  All full or
partial  payments made by the Disbursing Agent or the Debtor and received by the
Holder of a Claim or Equity  Interest prior to the Effective Date will be deemed
to be payments under the Plan for purposes of satisfying the  obligations of the
Debtor  pursuant to the Plan.  Pursuant to Section  1143 of the U.S.  Bankruptcy
Code, all Claims in respect of Unclaimed Property shall be deemed Disallowed and
the Holder of any Claim or Equity  Interest  Disallowed in accordance  with this
Section  6.9 will be  forever  barred,  expunged,  estopped  and  enjoined  from
asserting such Claim or Equity  Interest in any manner against the Debtor or its
Property or the Reorganized Debtor or its Property.

     Section 6.10  Limitation on Distribution  Rights.  If a claimant holds more
than one Claim in any one Class, all Claims of the claimant in that Class may be
aggregated into one Claim and one  distribution  may be made with respect to the
aggregated Claim.

     Section 6.11 Fractional Euros.  Notwithstanding  any other provision of the
Plan,  Cash  distributions  of  fractions  of Euros  will  not be made;  rather,
whenever  any payment of a fraction  of a Euro would be called  for,  the actual
payment made shall reflect a rounding of such fraction to the nearest whole Euro
(up or down),  with  half-Euros  being  rounded  down.  To the extent  that Cash
remains  undistributed  as a result of the rounding of such fraction,  such Cash
shall be treated as Unclaimed Property pursuant to Section 6.9 of this Plan.

     Section 6.12  Fractional  Shares.  No  fractional  shares of New UPC Common
Stock shall be issued or  distributed  under the Plan.  Each person  entitled to
receive New UPC Common  Stock shall  receive the total number of whole shares of
New UPC Common Stock to which such Person is entitled. Whenever any Distribution
to a particular  Person would otherwise call for Distribution of a fraction of a
share of New UPC Common Stock,  the actual  Distribution of such shares shall be
rounded to the next  higher or lower  whole  number as  follows:  (A)  fractions
one-half  (1/2) or greater  shall be rounded to the next higher whole number and
(B)  fractions  of less than  one-half  (1/2) shall be rounded to the next lower
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of New UPC  Common  Stock to be  distributed  to a Class  of  Claims  or  Equity
Interests  shall be adjusted as necessary  to account for the rounding  provided
for in  this  Section  6.12.  No  consideration  shall  be  provided  in lieu of
fractional shares that are rounded down.

     Section 6.13  Compliance  With Tax  Requirements.  In connection  with each
Distribution with respect to which the filing of an information  return (such as
an Internal  Revenue Service Form 1099 or 1042) or withholding is required,  the
Reorganized  Debtor shall file such information return with the Internal Revenue
Service and provide any  required  statements  in  connection  therewith  to the
recipients of such  Distribution or effect any such  withholding and deposit all
moneys so withheld as  required by law.  With  respect to any Person from whom a
tax  identification  number,  certified tax  identification  number or other tax
information  required by law to avoid  withholding  has not been received by the
Reorganized  Debtor within  thirty (30) days from the date of such request,  the
Reorganized  Debtor may, at its option,  withhold the amount  required  from the
Property to be distributed  and distribute the balance to such Person or decline
to make such Distribution until the information is received.

     Section 6.14 Documentation  Necessary to Release Liens. Each Creditor which
is  to  receive  a  Distribution  under  the  Plan  in  full  satisfaction  of a
Miscellaneous  Secured  Claim shall not  receive  such  Distribution  until such
Creditor (a) executes and delivers any documents  necessary to release all Liens
arising  under any  applicable  security  agreement  or  non-bankruptcy  law (in
recordable form if appropriate)  in connection with such  Miscellaneous  Secured
Claim and such other  documents  as the  Debtor or the  Reorganized  Debtor,  as
applicable,  may reasonably request or (b) otherwise turns over and releases any
and all property of the Debtor that secures or  purportedly  secures such Claim.
Any such Holder that fails to execute and deliver  such  release of liens within
120 days of the Effective  Date shall be deemed to have no further Claim against
the Debtor,  the  Reorganized  Debtor or their  assets or property in respect of
such Claim and shall not participate in any Distribution hereunder on account of
such Claim.  Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, any such Holder
of a Disputed  Claim shall not be required to execute and deliver  such  release
until such time as the Claim is Allowed or Disallowed.

     Section 6.15 Distributions by Indenture Trustee.  Notwithstanding any other
provision of the Plan,  any  Distributions  on account of Allowed Claims arising
under the Indentures or otherwise administered by the Indenture Trustee shall be
made by the Disbursing  Agent to the Indenture  Trustee,  which, in turn,  shall
make any such  Distributions  to the Holders of such  Allowed  Claims  under the
Plan.  Except  as  expressly  provided  in the Plan,  Distributions  made by any
Indenture  Trustee  shall  be  subject  to the  requirements  set  forth  in the
applicable Indenture, and any Indenture Trustee acting in good faith pursuant to
the Plan shall be  entitled to the same  indemnification  the  Disbursing  Agent
receives from the Debtor or the Reorganized Debtor, as the case may be.

     Section 6.16 Setoffs.  The Debtor or the Reorganized Debtor, as applicable,
may,  but shall not be required  to, set off against any Claims and the payments
or distributions to be made pursuant to the Plan in respect of such Claims,  any
and all debts,  liabilities and claims of every type and nature whatsoever which
the Estate, the Debtor or the Reorganized Debtor may have against the Holders of
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allowance of any such Claims,  whether pursuant to the Plan or otherwise,  shall
constitute  a waiver or release by the Debtor or the  Reorganized  Debtor of any
such  claims  the  Debtor  or the  Reorganized  Debtor  may  have  against  such
Creditors,  and all  such  claims  shall  be  reserved  to and  retained  by the
Reorganized Debtor.

                                  ARTICLE VII

                    EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES;
                  INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS; BENEFIT PROGRAMS

     Section 7.1 Treatment of Executory  Contracts and Unexpired  Leases. On the
Effective Date, all of the executory  contracts and unexpired  leases that exist
between  the  Debtor  and any Person  which (a) have not  expired or  terminated
pursuant to their own terms,  (b) have not previously been assumed,  assumed and
assigned,  or rejected  pursuant to an order of the U.S.  Bankruptcy Court on or
prior to the Confirmation  Date or (c) are not the subject of pending motions to
assume,  assume and assign,  or reject as of the Confirmation  Date, will be (i)
deemed  assumed if listed on the  Schedule of Assumed  Contracts  or (ii) deemed
rejected if listed on the  Schedule of Rejected  Contracts;  provided,  however,
that any executory contracts or unexpired leases which are omitted from both the
Schedule of Assumed Contracts and the Schedule of Rejected Contracts are assumed
as of the Effective Date, all in accordance with the provisions and requirements
of Section 365 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code; provided,  however,  that the Debtor
shall have the right, at any time prior to the  Confirmation  Date, to amend the
Schedule of Assumed Contracts and the Schedule of Rejected Contracts upon notice
to the counterparty to a contract or lease (i) to delete any executory  contract
or  unexpired  lease  listed  therein or (ii) to add any  executory  contract or
unexpired lease thereto.  The Confirmation  Order (except as otherwise  provided
therein)  shall  constitute an order of the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Court  pursuant to
Section 365 of the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Code,  effective as of the Effective  Date,
approving such  assumptions  and  rejections,  as applicable.  Each contract and
lease  assumed or  rejected,  as the case may be,  pursuant to this  Section 7.1
shall be assumed or  rejected,  as the case may be,  only to the extent that any
such contract or lease  constitutes  an executory  contract or unexpired  lease.
Assumption or rejection,  as the case may be, of a contract or lease pursuant to
this  Section  7.1  shall  not  constitute  an  admission  by the  Debtor or the
Reorganized  Debtor  that such  contract  or lease is an  executory  contract or
unexpired lease or that the Debtor or the  Reorganized  Debtor has any liability
thereunder.  All executory  contracts and unexpired leases that are assumed will
be assumed under their present terms or upon such terms as are agreed to between
the Debtor and the other party to the  executory  contract or  unexpired  lease.
Each executory  contract and unexpired  lease that is assumed and relates to the
use,  ability to acquire,  or occupancy of real property shall include:  (y) all
modifications,  amendments, supplements,  restatements, or other agreements made
directly or indirectly by any agreement,  instrument,  or other document that in
any  manner  affect  such  executory  contract  or  unexpired  lease and (z) all
executory  contracts or unexpired leases appurtenant to the premises,  including
all easements,  licenses,  permits,  rights,  privileges,  immunities,  options,
rights of first refusal,  powers, uses, reciprocal easement agreements,  vaults,
tunnel or bridge  agreements  or  franchises,  and any other  interests  in real
estate or rights in rem related to such  premises,  unless any of the  foregoing
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     Section  7.2  Cure of  Defaults  for  Assumed  Contracts  and  Leases.  All
undisputed  cure and any other  monetary  default  payments  required by Section
365(b)(1) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code under any executory contract and unexpired
lease to be assumed  pursuant to the Plan which is in default shall be satisfied
by the Reorganized  Debtor (to the extent such obligations are enforceable under
the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and applicable non-bankruptcy law), pursuant to Section
365(b)(1) of the U.S.  Bankruptcy Code, at the option of the Reorganized Debtor:
(A) by payment of such undisputed cure amount,  without interest, in Cash within
sixty (60) days  following the Effective  Date; (B) such other amount as ordered
by the U.S.  Bankruptcy Court; or (C) on such other terms as may be agreed to by
the parties to such  executory  contract or unexpired  lease.  In the event of a
dispute, payment of the amount otherwise payable hereunder shall be made without
interest,  in Cash (i) on or before the later of sixty (60) days  following  the
Effective Date or thirty (30) days following entry of a Final Order  liquidating
and allowing any disputed amount or (ii) on such other terms as may be agreed to
by the parties to such executory contract or unexpired lease.

     Section 7.3  Resolution of Objections to Assumption of Executory  Contracts
and Unexpired Leases; Cure Payments.

          (a) Resolution of Objections to Assumption of Executory  Contracts and
     Unexpired Leases.  Any party objecting to the Debtor's proposed  assumption
     of an  executory  contract  or  unexpired  lease  or  the  ability  of  the
     Reorganized  Debtor to provide "adequate  assurance of future  performance"
     (within the meaning of Section 365 of the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Code) under the
     contract  or lease to be assumed  shall  File and serve on counsel  for the
     Debtor a written  objection  to the  assumption  of such  contract or lease
     within  thirty (30) days after the  service of the notice of  Confirmation.
     Failure to File an  objection  within the time period set forth above shall
     constitute  consent to the  assumption  and  revestment of such contract or
     lease,  including an acknowledgment  that the proposed  assumption provides
     adequate assurance of future performance. To the extent that any objections
     to the  assumption  of a contract or lease are timely  Filed and served and
     such  objections  are not  resolved  between  the Debtor and the  objecting
     parties, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court shall resolve such disputes at a hearing
     to be held on a date to be determined by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

          (b) Resolution of Cure Payments. If, the counterparty to a contract or
     lease assumed by the Debtor believes that, as of the  Confirmation  Date, a
     cure  payment  is  due  and  owing  under  such  contract  or  lease,  such
     counterparty  shall File and serve on counsel for the Debtor a notification
     setting forth the amount of the cure payment  which such party  believes is
     due and owing,  which  notification shall be Filed and served no later than
     thirty (30) days after the service of the notice of  Confirmation.  Failure
     to File such a  notification  within the time  period set forth above shall
     constitute  an  acknowledgment  that no cure  payment  is due and  owing in
     connection   with  the   assumption  of  such  contract  or  lease  and  an
     acknowledgment  that no other  defaults exist under said contract or lease.
     To the extent that any such  notifications  are timely Filed and served and
     are not resolved  between the Debtor and the applicable  counterparty,  the
     U.S.  Bankruptcy  Court shall resolve such disputes at a hearing to be held
     on a date to be determined by the U.S.  Bankruptcy Court. The resolution of
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     assumption  of the  contracts or leases that are subject of such a dispute,
     but rather shall affect only the "cure" amount the Debtor must pay in order
     to assume such contract or lease. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding
     sentence,  if the  Debtor  in its  discretion  determines  that the  amount
     asserted to be the necessary  "cure"  amount would,  if ordered by the U.S.
     Bankruptcy  Court,  make the assumption of the contract or lease imprudent,
     then the Debtor may elect to (i) reject the  contract or lease  pursuant to
     Section 7.1 hereof or (ii) request an expedited  hearing on the  resolution
     of the "cure" dispute,  exclude  assumption or rejection of the contract or
     lease  from the scope of the  Confirmation  Order,  and retain the right to
     reject the  contract or lease  pursuant  to Section 7.1 hereof  pending the
     outcome of such dispute.

     Section 7.4 Claims for Rejection Damages.  Objections to the amounts listed
on the Schedule of Rejected  Contracts  for damages  allegedly  arising from the
rejection  pursuant  to the  Plan or the  Confirmation  Order  of any  executory
contract or any unexpired  lease shall be Filed with the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Court
and served on counsel  for the Debtor not later than  thirty (30) days after the
service of the earlier of (A) notice of  Confirmation  or (B) other  notice that
the executory  contract or unexpired  lease has been  rejected.  Any Holder of a
Claim  arising from the  rejection of any  executory  contract or any  unexpired
lease that fails to File such Objection on or before the dates specified in this
paragraph  shall be forever  barred,  estopped and enjoined  from  asserting any
Claims in any manner  against  the  Debtor or its  Property  or the  Reorganized
Debtor or its Property for any amounts in excess of the amount  scheduled by the
Debtor on the Schedule of Rejected  Contracts for such contract or lease and the
Debtor  and  the  Reorganized  Debtor  shall  be  forever  discharged  from  all
indebtedness  or liability  with respect to such Claims for such excess  amounts
and such Holders shall be bound by the terms of the Plan.

     Section 7.5 Treatment of Rejection Claims. The U.S.  Bankruptcy Court shall
determine  any  Objections  Filed in  accordance  with  Section  7.4 hereof at a
hearing  to be held on a date to be  determined  by the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Court.
Subject  to  any  statutory  limitation,  including,  but  not  limited  to  the
limitations contained in Sections 502(b)(6) and 502(b)(7) of the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code,  any Claims  arising  out of the  rejection  of  executory  contracts  and
unexpired leases shall,  pursuant to Section 502(g) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code,
be treated as Class 5 Claims in accordance with Section 4.7 of the Plan.

     Section 7.6 Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases Entered Into and Other
Obligations  Incurred  After the  Petition  Date.  On the  Effective  Date,  all
contracts,  leases,  and other agreements entered into by the Debtor on or after
the Petition Date,  which agreements have not been terminated in accordance with
their terms or been rejected on or before the Confirmation Date, shall revest in
and remain in full force and effect as against  the  Reorganized  Debtor and the
other parties to such contracts, leases and other agreements.

     Section 7.7 Reorganized Debtor's Indemnification Obligations. To the extent
not inconsistent with the Plan, any obligations of the Debtor or the Reorganized
Debtor,  pursuant  to  their  respective  organizational  documents,  applicable
non-bankruptcy law or a specific  agreement,  to indemnify a Person with respect
to all present and future actions, suits and proceedings against the Debtor, the
Reorganized  Debtor or such indemnified  Person,  based upon any act or omission
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Debtor shall  survive  Confirmation  and shall not be impaired by  Confirmation,
except to the  extent  any such  obligation  has been  released,  discharged  or
modified  pursuant  to the  Plan.  Such  indemnification  obligations  shall  be
performed and honored by the Reorganized Debtor, as applicable.

     Section  7.8 Benefit  Programs.  Notwithstanding  anything to the  contrary
contained in the Plan, nothing in the Plan shall adversely affect the payment of
any "retiree  benefits" (as such term is defined in Section  1114(a) of the U.S.
Bankruptcy  Code) to the  extent  required  by Section  1129(a)(13)  of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Code.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                          RESOLUTION OF DISPUTED CLAIMS

     Section 8.1 Preservation of Rights. Except as to applications for allowance
of compensation and  reimbursement of expenses under Sections 330 and 503 of the
U.S.  Bankruptcy Code, the Reorganized  Debtor shall have the exclusive right to
make  and  file  objections  to  Administrative  Claims,  other  Claims,  Equity
Interests and Old Other Equity Interests,  subsequent to the Confirmation  Date.
Except to the  extent  that any  Claim,  Equity  Interest  or Old  Other  Equity
Interest is Allowed in the Plan, nothing, including the failure of the Debtor or
the Reorganized Debtor to object to a Claim, Equity Interest or Old Other Equity
Interest  for any  reason  during the  pendency  of the  Chapter 11 Case,  shall
affect,  prejudice,  diminish  or impair  the  rights  and  legal and  equitable
defenses  of the Debtor or the  Reorganized  Debtor  with  respect to any Claim,
Equity Interest or Old Other Equity Interest, including, but not limited to, all
rights of the Debtor or Reorganized  Debtor (i) to contest or defend  themselves
against such  Claims,  Equity  Interests  or Old Other  Equity  Interests in any
lawful  manner or forum when and if such  Claim,  Equity  Interest  or Old Other
Equity  Interest  is sought to be  enforced  by the  Holder  thereof  or (ii) in
respect  of legal and  equitable  defenses  to setoffs  or  recoupments  against
Claims,  Equity  Interests  or Old Other  Equity  Interests.  The  distributions
provided  for in  Article  IV of the Plan  shall at all times be subject to this
Section 8.1 of the Plan and to Section 502(d) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

     Section 8.2 Objections to and Resolution of Claims,  Administrative Claims,
Equity Interests and Old Other Equity Interests. Unless otherwise ordered by the
U.S.  Bankruptcy  Court,  the  Reorganized  Debtor shall file all  objections to
Claims (including Administrative Claims) that are the subject of proofs of claim
or  requests  for  payment  filed with the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Court  (other  than
applications for allowance of compensation  and  reimbursement of expenses under
Sections 330 and 503 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code), Equity Interests or Old Other
Equity  Interests  and serve  such  objections  upon the  Holder as to which the
objection is made as soon as is practicable,  but, with respect to Claims (other
than Administrative Claims), Equity Interests and Old Other Equity Interests, in
no event later than one hundred and eighty (180) days after the Effective  Date,
or, in either  case,  such later date as may be approved by the U.S.  Bankruptcy
Court upon request made before or after expiration of such applicable  objection
period.  All objections  shall be litigated to Final Order;  provided,  however,
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Debtor shall have the  authority to  compromise,  settle,  otherwise  resolve or
withdraw  any  objections  without  any  requirement  of  approval  by the  U.S.
Bankruptcy Court.

     Section 8.3 Estimation of Claims. The Debtor or the Reorganized  Debtor, as
applicable,  may, at any time,  request that the U.S.  Bankruptcy Court estimate
any  contingent or  unliquidated  Claim  pursuant to Section  502(c) of the U.S.
Bankruptcy  Code  regardless  of whether  or not the  Debtor or the  Reorganized
Debtor has previously  objected to such Claim or the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Court has
previously ruled on any such objection. Claims may be estimated and subsequently
compromised,  settled,  withdrawn or resolved by any  mechanism  approved by the
U.S. Bankruptcy Court; provided,  however, that commencing on the Effective Date
the Reorganized Debtor may compromise, settle or resolve any such Claims without
further approval of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

     Section 8.4 Distributions Withheld For Disputed Unsecured Claims and Equity
Interests.

          (a) No  Distribution  Pending  Allowance.  Notwithstanding  any  other
     provision  of the Plan,  no  payments or  Distributions  shall be made with
     respect  to all or any  portion  of a  Disputed  Claim or  Disputed  Equity
     Interest  unless and until some portion thereof has become an Allowed Claim
     or Allowed Equity Interest, respectively.

          (b)  Establishment  And  Maintenance  Of Reserve.  On each  applicable
     Distribution  Date, the  Disbursing  Agent shall reserve for the benefit of
     Holders of Disputed  Claims and Disputed  Equity  Interests (the "Reserve")
     the  distributions  to which the  Holders of Disputed  Claims and  Disputed
     Equity Interests as of such  Distribution  Date would be entitled under the
     Plan if such Disputed  Claims and Disputed  Equity  Interests  were Allowed
     Claims and Allowed Equity Interests in the amounts of their Disputed Claims
     and Disputed Equity Interests,  respectively, as if the Holders thereof had
     received such distributions on the Initial  Distribution Date. Such amounts
     shall be  determined  by  reference  to the  aggregate  Face  Amount of all
     Disputed  Claims  or  Disputed  Equity  Interests  as  of  such  date.  The
     Disbursing  Agent  shall  maintain a register  of all  Disputed  Claims and
     Disputed Equity Interests, the amounts upon which to base reserves for such
     Disputed  Claims and Disputed  Equity  Interests  pursuant to the preceding
     sentence  and,  where the property to be reserved is New UPC Common  Stock,
     the  number of shares of New UPC Common  Stock to which the  Holders of the
     Disputed  Claims and Disputed  Equity  Interests  would be entitled if such
     Disputed  Claims and Disputed  Equity  Interests  were  Allowed  Claims and
     Allowed Equity Interests, as applicable.

          (c)  Distributions  Upon  Allowance  Of Disputed  Claims and  Disputed
     Equity  Interests.  The  Holder  of a  Disputed  Claim or  Disputed  Equity
     Interest  that  becomes  an  Allowed  Claim  or  Allowed  Equity   Interest
     subsequent to the Initial Distribution Date shall receive  Distributions of
     the applicable New UPC Common Stock or Cash previously  reserved on account
     of such  Claim or Equity  Interest  in the  Reserve  as soon as  reasonably
     practicable  following the allowance of any such Claim or Equity  Interest;
     provided, however, that neither the Debtor, the Reorganized Debtor, New UPC
     or the  Disbursing  Agent shall be required to make a  Distribution  if the
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     exceed(euro)500,000   or  10,000  shares  of  New  UPC  Common  Stock,   as
     applicable.  Such  Distributions  shall be made in accordance with the Plan
     based upon the Distributions that would have been made to such holder under
     the Plan if the  Disputed  Claim or Disputed  Equity  Interest  had been an
     Allowed Claim or Allowed Equity Interest,  respectively, on or prior to the
     Effective Date.

          (d)  Excess  Reserves.  Upon any  Disputed  Claim or  Disputed  Equity
     Interest  becoming  a  Disallowed  Claim  or  Disallowed  Equity  Interest,
     respectively,  in whole or in part, the Property,  if any, reserved for the
     payment of or Distribution on the Disallowed portion of such Disputed Claim
     or Disputed Equity Interest (i) if in the form of Cash, shall revest in the
     Reorganized Debtor and no longer be subject to Distribution to Creditors or
     Equity  Interest  Holders and (ii) if in the form of New UPC Common  Stock,
     shall  either (A) be  cancelled or (B) be returned to New UPC to be held as
     treasury  shares and no longer be subject to  Distribution  to Creditors or
     Equity Interest Holders.

     Section 8.5 Dutch  Bankruptcy  Case.  Nothing in this Plan shall impair the
rights  of the  Debtor  or the  Administrator  to  contest  any  claim  filed or
otherwise asserted against the Debtor in the Dutch Bankruptcy Case.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                      MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN

     Section  9.1  Continued  Corporate  Existence.  The  Debtor  shall,  as the
Reorganized  Debtor,  continue to exist after the  Effective  Date in accordance
with  applicable  law of the  jurisdiction  in which it is organized,  under its
organizational  documents in effect  before the Effective  Date,  except as such
documents are amended in connection with this Plan.

     Section 9.2  Cancellation of Claims,  Equity Interests and Old Other Equity
Interests.  As of  consummation  of the Plan,  all  Claims  against,  and Equity
Interests in, the Debtor and, to the extent  permitted under applicable law, all
Old  Other  Equity  Interests  shall be  cancelled  and all  agreements,  notes,
instruments,  depositary shares, depositary receipts, indentures,  certificates,
guaranties and any other documents evidencing or relating to such Claims, Equity
Interests  and  Old  Other  Equity  Interests  shall  be  cancelled  and  deemed
terminated,  as permitted by Section  1123(a)(5)(F) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code,
and the  Holders  thereof  shall  have no rights  and such  notes,  instruments,
depositary shares, depositary receipts, indentures, certificates, guaranties and
other  documents  shall  evidence  no rights,  except  the right to receive  the
Distributions, if any, to be made to Holders of such Claims, Equity Interests or
Old  Other  Equity   Interests  under  the  Plan;   provided,   however,   that,
notwithstanding  the foregoing or anything else to the contrary contained in the
Plan,  none of the Belmarken  Notes,  UPC Notes,  UPC  Preference  Shares A, UPC
Priority  Shares and UPC Ordinary  Shares A shall be  cancelled  pursuant to the
Plan and such  Claims  and  Equity  Interests  shall  instead  be dealt  with as
follows:

          (a) Belmarken  Notes.  On the Effective  Date,  but  subsequent to the
     exchange of the Belmarken Notes for shares of New UPC Common Stock pursuant
     to Section 4.6 of the Plan,  New UPC will sell the  Belmarken  Notes to the
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     receivable  payable by the Debtor in the aggregate  principal amount of the
     Belmarken  Notes (plus  accrued  but unpaid  interest).  Subsequently,  the
     Debtor  will  satisfy its  obligations  under such  receivable  through the
     issuance to New UPC of shares of UPC  Ordinary  Shares C with a value equal
     to the value of the receivable.

          (b) UPC Notes.  Subsequent to the exchange of the UPC Notes for shares
     of New UPC Common Stock pursuant to Section 4.7 of the Plan, the Debtor and
     New UPC shall,  conditional  upon the  occurrence  of the  Effective  Date,
     replace  the UPC Notes with an  intercompany  note  between UPC and New UPC
     and,  thereafter,  New UPC shall contribute such  intercompany  note to the
     capital of the Debtor in exchange for UPC Ordinary Shares C in satisfaction
     of the Debtor's obligations under such refinanced notes.

          (c) UPC  Preference  Shares A.  Subsequent  to the exchange of the UPC
     Preference  Shares A for shares of New UPC Common Stock pursuant to Section
     4.8 of the Plan, all UPC Preference  Shares shall be registered in the name
     of either New UPC or the Debtor; provided,  however, that in the event that
     the UPC Preference  Shares A are not transferred to New UPC under the Plan,
     the Debtor shall use reasonable efforts to have the UPC Preference Shares A
     cancelled.

          (d) UPC Priority  Shares.  After the  Effective  Date,  as soon as the
     Debtor  becomes  a  wholly-owned  subsidiary  of New  UPC,  New UPC and the
     Reorganized  Debtor  shall take such  action as is  necessary  to cause the
     cancellation of the UPC Priority Shares under Dutch law.

          (e) UPC  Ordinary  Shares A. The UPC  Ordinary  Shares A shall  remain
     outstanding.

     Section 9.3 Extraordinary General Meeting to Approve Restructuring. Because
the Dutch  Bankruptcy  Code does not  provide for the Dutch  Bankruptcy  Case to
avoid compliance with otherwise applicable corporate law, in order to facilitate
implementation  of the Plan, the Debtor shall hold an  extraordinary  meeting of
the Holders of the UPC Ordinary  Shares A, the UPC  Priority  Shares and the UPC
Preference Shares A (the  "Extraordinary  General Meeting").  The purpose of the
Extraordinary General Meeting is to:

          (a) consider and act upon a proposal to amend the Debtor's Articles of
     Association  (the "First  Amendment")  to (i) decrease the nominal value of
     each  issued  and  outstanding  UPC  Ordinary  Share A from  (euro)1.00  to
     (euro)0.02  without  repayment  and (ii) decrease the nominal value of each
     UPC Priority Share and UPC Preference Share A from (euro)1.00 to (euro)0.02
     without repayment;

          (b) consider and act upon a proposal to amend the Debtor's Articles of
     Association (the "Second Amendment") to (i) change the number of authorized
     UPC Ordinary Shares A to 450,000,000,  (ii) change the number of authorized
     UPC  Preference  Shares  A to  12,400;  (iii)  authorize  a  new  class  of
     50,000,000,000  registered  ordinary  shares  C with  a  nominal  value  of
     (euro)0.02  ("UPC  Ordinary  Shares C"), (iv) in the event Dutch law allows
     the issuance of nonvoting  stock,  prohibit the issuance of nonvoting stock
     and prohibit  cooperation  in  connection  with the issuance of  depository
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     remove the  Debtor's  ordinary  shares B and  preference  shares B from the
     authorized capital of the Debtor;

          (c)  consider  and  act  upon a  proposal  to  (i)  if all of the  UPC
     Preference Shares A are transferred to New UPC under the Plan,  convert the
     UPC Preference  Shares A on a one-for-one basis into UPC Ordinary Shares C,
     effective on or after the Second  Amendment  and upon the  Effective  Date,
     (ii) if not all of the UPC Preference  Shares A are  transferred to New UPC
     under the Plan,  cancel all of the UPC Preference  Shares A, with repayment
     of at least the part value in kind,  consisting of shares of New UPC Common
     Stock,  effective  on or after the Second  Amendment,  but before the Third
     Amendment,  or  (iii)  if  neither  (i) nor (ii)  occurs,  convert  the UPC
     Preference  Shares A on a  one-for-one  basis into UPC  Ordinary  Shares C,
     effective after New UPC has acquired all of the UPC Preference Shares A and
     after the Second Amendment, but before the Third Amendment;

          (d) consider and act upon a proposal to amend the Debtor's Articles of
     Association  (effective  after the  delisting of the UPC Ordinary  Shares A
     from Euronext) (the "Third  Amendment") to effectuate  that the Debtor will
     have Articles of  Association  of a non-listed  company,  including,  inter
     alia, (i) restrictions on transfers of registered  shares,  (ii) a one-tier
     board (i.e.,  the Debtor's Board of Management  will consist of one or more
     members and the Debtor will have no  supervisory  directors),  (iii) remove
     the UPC Preference Shares A from the authorized  capital of the Debtor; and
     (iv) Holders of UPC  Ordinary  Shares A only to be  authorized  to exercise
     their rights upon delivery of share certificates; and

          (e) authorize the Board of Management of the Debtor and Allen & Overy,
     Amsterdam,  The Netherlands,  to apply for the ministerial statements of no
     objections and to execute deeds of amendment of the Articles of Association
     of the Debtor as set forth in the First  Amendment,  Second  Amendment  and
     Third Amendment; and

          (f)  transact  such other  business  as may  properly  come before the
     Extraordinary  General Meeting or any postponements or adjournments thereof
     (collectively, the "Shareholder Proposals")

     Section 9.4 Amendment of Organization Documents.


          (a) Amendment of Articles of Association.  A substantially  final form
     of the Amended and Restated UPC Articles of  Association  shall be Filed on
     or before the Document Filing Date and shall include such provisions as are
     necessary  to satisfy the  provisions  of the Plan and the U.S.  Bankruptcy
     Code including,  among other things,  (i) in the event Dutch law allows the
     issuance of nonvoting  stock,  prohibit the issuance of nonvoting  stock to
     the extent,  and only to the extent,  required by Section 1123(a)(6) of the
     U.S.  Bankruptcy  Code,  and prohibit  cooperation  in connection  with the
     issuance of depository  receipts and (ii) such  provisions as are necessary
     to  effect  the  Shareholder   Proposals;   provided,   however,  that  the
     effectiveness  of any such  amendments  shall be  subject  to the  approval
     thereof at the  Extraordinary  General Meeting as well as to the occurrence
     of the Effective Date.

          (b) New UPC Organizational  Documents.  A substantially  final form of
     the Amended and  Restated  New UPC  Certificate  of  Incorporation  and the
     Amended and Restated  New UPC By-Laws  shall each be Filed on or before the
     Document  Filing Date and shall each include those terms and  conditions as
     are  contemplated  to  be  included  in  such  documents  pursuant  to  the
     Restructuring Agreement.

     Section  9.5  Corporate  Action.  On the  Effective  Date,  subject  to any
requirements of Dutch law, the Reorganized Debtor shall execute and deliver, and
is authorized,  without any further corporate action, to execute and deliver all
agreements,  documents and instruments (and all exhibits,  schedules and annexes
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take  such  other  action as is  necessary  or  appropriate  to  effectuate  the
transactions provided for in the Plan.

     Section 9.6  Implementation of the Restructuring  Under Dutch Law. In order
to  facilitate  implementation  of the Plan, on the  Effective  Date,  UPC shall
consummate,  in  accordance  with and under the  provisions  of Dutch  Law,  all
transactions  contemplated by the  Restructuring,  including the consummation of
the Akkoord and the Dutch Implementing Offer.

     Section  9.7   Contribution  of  UPC  Shares.   Simultaneously   with,  and
conditional upon the occurrence of, the Effective Date, UGC shall contribute, or
shall cause the other members of the UGC Group to contribute, to New UPC any and
all UPC Ordinary Shares A, UPC Preference Shares A and UPC Priority Shares owned
by the UGC Group.

     Section 9.8 New UPC Common Stock. No later than the Effective Date, New UPC
shall authorize the New UPC Common Stock and shall issue a sufficient  number of
shares of New UPC Common Stock to implement the Plan.

     Section 9.9 Offer  Memorandum.  To the extent required by applicable  Dutch
securities laws and regulations of the A-FM, New UPC and UPC shall, prior to the
Effective  Date,  prepare,  and,  subject  to  the  approval  of UGC  and  after
consultation  with the  Participating  Noteholders,  file with the A-FM and make
generally  available and mail to the Holders of UPC Ordinary  Shares A in bearer
form an offer memorandum (together with all materials included therewith and any
amendments or supplements thereto, the "Offer Memorandum") in respect of the New
UPC Common Stock to be issued in connection with the  Restructuring  pursuant to
the Plan. The  procedures for exchanging  shares of New UPC Common Stock for the
UPC Ordinary Shares A in bearer form shall be included in the Offer Memorandum.

     Section  9.10  Listing  of New UPC  Common  Stock.  New UPC  shall  use its
commercially  reasonable  efforts to cause the shares of New UPC Common Stock to
be  issued in the  Restructuring  to be listed on  NASDAQ,  but  obtaining  such
listing shall not be a condition to either  Confirmation  or consummation of the
Plan.

     Section  9.11  Transfers  Under Plan.  On the  Effective  Date,  all of the
outstanding Belmarken Notes, UPC Notes, General Unsecured Claims, UPC Preference
Shares A, UPC  Priority  Shares,  UPC  Ordinary  Shares A and Equity  Securities
Claims shall be  transferred  for shares of New UPC Common Stock,  in accordance
with Sections 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10 and 4.11 of the Plan, as applicable.  The
transfers of the Belmarken Notes, the UPC Notes, the General  Unsecured  Claims,
the UPC Preference Shares A, the UPC Priority Shares,  the UPC Ordinary Shares A
and the Equity  Securities  Claims for New UPC  Common  Stock,  shall be in full
satisfaction,  settlement,  release and discharge of all Allowed Belmarken Notes
Claims,  all Allowed UPC Notes Claims,  all Allowed UPC Preference Shares A, all
Allowed UPC Priority  Shares,  all Allowed UPC Ordinary Shares A and all Allowed
Equity  Securities  Claims,  other than any  Belmarken  Notes,  UPC  Notes,  UPC
Preference  Shares A, UPC Priority  Shares or UPC Ordinary  Shares A held by New
UPC on the  Effective  Date. In connection  with the  foregoing,  New UPC Common
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of the UPC Notes,  the UPC Preference  Shares A, the UPC Priority Shares and the
UPC Ordinary Shares A at the applicable registered record holder.

     Section 9.12  Operations  Between the  Confirmation  Date and the Effective
Date. The Debtor shall  continue to operate as debtor in possession,  subject to
the  supervision  of the  U.S.  Bankruptcy  Court  during  the  period  from the
Confirmation Date through and until the Effective Date.

     Section 9.13 Revesting of Assets. Except as otherwise expressly provided in
the Plan,  pursuant to Sections  1123(a)(5),  1123(b)(3) and 1141(b) of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Code, all Property comprising the Estate,  including, but not limited
to, all  Causes of Action  shall  automatically  be  retained  and revest in the
Reorganized  Debtor or its successors or assigns,  free and clear of all Claims,
Liens, contractually-imposed  restrictions,  charges, encumbrances and interests
of Creditors and Equity  Interest  Holders on the Effective  Date, with all such
Claims, Liens,  contractually-imposed  restrictions,  charges,  encumbrances and
interests being extinguished except as otherwise provided in the Plan. As of the
Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtor may operate its business and use, acquire
and dispose of Property and settle and compromise  Claims,  Equity  Interests or
Old Other Equity Interests without supervision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court free
of any restrictions of the U.S.  Bankruptcy Code or the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Rules,
other than those  restrictions  expressly imposed by the Plan, the Akkoord,  and
the Confirmation Order.  Without limiting the foregoing,  the Reorganized Debtor
may pay the charges it incurs for professional fees, disbursements, expenses, or
related  support  services   incurred  after  the  Effective  Date  without  any
application to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

     Section 9.14 Approval of Agreements.  The solicitation of votes on the Plan
shall be deemed a  solicitation  of the  Debtor's  voting  shareholders  for the
approval of all other  agreements  and  transactions  contemplated  by the Plan.
Confirmation  shall constitute  approval of such agreements and transactions and
the Confirmation Order shall so provide.

     Section 9.15  Incentive  Plan. On the Effective  Date,  New UPC shall adopt
the Incentive Plan.

     Section 9.16  Stockholders  Agreement.  On or prior to the Effective  Date,
UGC,  New UPC,  the  Participating  Noteholders  and any other Holder of Allowed
Class 5 Claims  who  agrees  to  become a party  thereto  shall  enter  into the
Stockholders Agreement.

     Section 9.17 New UPC Equity Purchase Rights. On the Effective Date, New UPC
shall  provide  each  holder of a Class 4 Claim or Class 5 Claim the right  (the
"New  UPC  Equity  Purchase  Rights")  to  purchase  a pro  rata  share of up to
(euro)100  million (as reduced  pursuant  to the last  sentence of this  Section
9.17,  the "Maximum  Subscription  Amount") of shares of New UPC Common Stock at
the Implied  Purchase  Price per share and upon the terms of the offer set forth
in more detail in the Disclosure  Statement.  The New UPC Equity Purchase Rights
shall be exercisable only on the Effective Date. The Maximum Subscription Amount
shall be  reduced  on a  Euro-for-Euro  basis by an amount  equal to (a) the net
proceeds  of any  assets  sold by UPC prior to the  Effective  Date,  other than
assets sold in the ordinary course of UPC's business in a manner consistent with
its past  practices,  and (b) the net  proceeds  from any  non-dilutive  capital
raised  by UPC  (other  than  capital  received  by UPC from UGC or its  Related
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     Section 9.18 UGC  Subscription  Commitment.  Subject to confirmation of the
Plan and the  ratified  Akkoord  becoming  final and  conclusive  (in kracht van
gewijsde  gaan),  on the Effective  Date, in accordance  with the  Restructuring
Agreement, New UPC shall sell to UGC on the terms set forth in the Restructuring
Agreement  and at the  Implied  Purchase  Price,  an amount of shares of New UPC
Common Stock with an aggregate  value equal to the Maximum  Subscription  Amount
less the number of shares of New UPC Common Stock  purchased by Holders of Class
4 Claims and Class 5 Claims  pursuant to the New UPC Equity Purchase Rights (the
"UGC Subscription Commitment").

     Section 9.19  Treatment of UPC Owned UPC Notes.  All of the UPC Notes owned
by  UPC  as a  result  of the  settlement  and  termination  of  (i)  the  swaps
transactions  documented  by the ISDA  Master  Agreement,  dated as of April 29,
1998, between The Toronto-Dominion  Bank, London Branch and UPC, and the related
schedules,  annexes and confirmations,  as the same shall have been amended from
time to time on the terms  contemplated  therein and (ii) the swaps transactions
documented by the ISDA Master  Agreement,  dated as of May 4, 2000,  between The
Chase  Manhattan  Bank  and  UPC,  and  the  related   schedules,   annexes  and
confirmations,  as the same  shall  have been  amended  from time to time on the
terms contemplated  therein, in each case, which are set forth on Annex C to the
Restructuring  Agreement,  shall be deemed  to be  cancelled  on or  before  the
Effective Date and UPC shall not be entitled to receive any consideration  under
the Plan on account thereof.

     Section 9.20 Rights of Action.  Except as  otherwise  provided in the Plan,
all Causes of Action,  other than  Avoidance  Actions,  shall  automatically  be
retained  and  preserved  and  will  revest  in the  Reorganized  Debtor  or its
successors or assigns.  Pursuant to Section  1123(b)(3)  of the U.S.  Bankruptcy
Code,  the  Reorganized  Debtor  (as a  representative  of  the  Estate)  or its
successors or assigns  shall retain and have the exclusive  right to enforce and
prosecute  such  Causes of Action  against  any  Person,  that arose  before the
Effective Date, other than those expressly released or compromised as part of or
pursuant to the Plan.

                                   ARTICLE X

               OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE REORGANIZED DEBTOR

     Section 10.1 Post-Effective Date Operation of Business.  From and after the
Effective  Date,  the  Reorganized  Debtor will  continue to exist and engage in
business,  in accordance with the applicable law in the jurisdiction in which it
is incorporated and pursuant to its organizational documents as amended pursuant
to this Plan.

     Section 10.2 Post-Confirmation Directors and Officers of the Debtor and New
UPC. From and after the Effective Date, the corporate governance of UPC shall be
modified as set forth in the Amended and Restated UPC Articles of Association to
ensure that the decisions taken by the board of directors of New UPC, subject to
the Amended and Restated New UPC  Certificate of  Incorporation  and the Amended
and Restated New UPC By-Laws,  will be implemented by the Debtor. The members of
the Board of Management  of the Debtor as of the  Effective  Date shall be those
individuals set forth on the Board of Management Schedule. Upon delisting of the
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the Debtor. The officers and directors of New UPC as of the Effective Date shall
be those individuals set forth on the New UPC Management Schedule.

                                   ARTICLE XI

                           CONDITIONS TO CONFIRMATION
                          AND CONSUMMATION OF THE PLAN

     Section 11.1 Conditions Precedent to Confirmation.  Confirmation is subject
to the following conditions precedent:

          (a) The Confirmation  Order shall be in form and substance  reasonably
     acceptable to the Debtor,  New UPC, UGC and the Participating  Noteholders;
     provided  that none of UGC, New UPC or the  Participating  Noteholders  may
     request  that  the   Confirmation   Order  contain  a  provision   that  is
     inconsistent with any of the provisions of the Restructuring Agreement.

          (b) the Offer  Memorandum,  which will be comprised of the  Disclosure
     Statement and an offer memorandum supplement,  shall have been submitted to
     the A-FM  prior to the  commencement  of the Dutch  Implementing  Offer and
     generally  made  available  to the  Holders  of the UPC  Ordinary  Shares A
     outside the United States to effectuate the Restructuring; and

          (c) on or before the deadline for voting to accept or reject the Plan,
     UPC shall  have  obtained  a tax  ruling  from the Dutch tax  inspector  in
     respect of the  Restructuring  the effect of which, in the determination of
     UPC, UGC and a Majority-in-Interest  of the Participating  Noteholders,  is
     that there are no adverse  effects upon the value of UPC as a result of the
     Dutch tax consequences of consummating  the  Restructuring on the terms set
     forth in the Plan and the Akkoord and any other  documents  or  instruments
     executed in connection therewith.

     Section  11.2  Conditions  Precedent  to  Consummation.  The Plan  shall be
consummated  and the  Effective  Date shall  occur if and only if the  following
conditions  shall have  occurred  or shall have been duly  waived (if  waivable)
pursuant to Section 11.3 below:

          (a) the  Confirmation  Order  shall not have been  vacated,  reversed,
     stayed,  modified,  amended,  enjoined or restrained by order of a court of
     competent jurisdiction and shall have become a Final Order;

          (b) the Akkoord shall have been adopted by the  requisite  majority of
     Ordinary Creditors and subsequently ratified by the Dutch Bankruptcy Court,
     all  conditions  to  the  effectiveness  of the  Akkoord  shall  have  been
     satisfied  or duly waived to the extent  permitted  therein,  and the Dutch
     Bankruptcy  Court's  adoption and  ratification  of the Akkoord  shall have
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          (c) the UPC  Voting  Securities  and  Belmarken  Notes held by the UGC
     Group shall have been contributed to the capital of New UPC;

          (d)  the  Debtor's   shareholders   shall  have  duly  authorized  the
     Shareholder Proposals at the Extraordinary General Meeting;

          (e) New UPC shall  have  issued  sufficient  shares of New UPC  Common
     Stock to effect the Restructuring in accordance with the Plan;

          (f) New UPC shall have sold the Belmarken Notes to the capital of UPC;

          (g)  the  Dutch   Implementing   Offer   shall   have  been   declared
     unconditional;

          (h) all UPC Preference Shares A shall have been registered in the name
     of either New UPC or the Debtor after giving effect to the  consummation of
     the Restructuring or; in the event that the UPC Preference Shares A are not
     transferred  to New UPC under  the  Plan,  shall  have  been  cancelled  in
     accordance with Section 9.2(c) of the Plan;  provided,  however,  that this
     condition shall be deemed satisfied  unless,  on or before the date that is
     ten (10) days prior to the date of the hearing to ratify the  Akkoord,  UGC
     or a  Majority-in-Interest  of the  Participating  Noteholders  shall serve
     written notice on the other that such condition has not been satisfied;

          (i) UGC and the  Holders  of Class 4 Claims  and  Class 5  Claims,  as
     applicable,  shall  have  purchased  shares of New UPC  Common  Stock in an
     amount  equal to the Maximum  Subscription  Amount  pursuant to the New UPC
     Equity Subscription;

          (j) the Incentive Plan shall have been adopted by New UPC;

          (k) all documents and agreements  required to be executed or delivered
     under the Plan, the Akkoord or the  Restructuring  Agreement on or prior to
     the  Effective  Date,  including,   without  limitation,  the  Stockholders
     Agreement, shall have been executed and delivered by the parties thereto;

          (l)  the  U.S.   Bankruptcy   Court   shall  have   entered  an  order
     (contemplated  to be  part  of  the  Confirmation  Order)  authorizing  and
     directing  the  Debtor  and the  Reorganized  Debtor  to take  all  actions
     necessary or  appropriate  to enter into,  implement,  and  consummate  the
     contracts,  instruments,  releases,  indentures  and  other  agreements  or
     documents created, amended, supplemented, modified or adopted in connection
     with the Plan;

          (m) the Amended and Restated UPC Articles of Association,  the Amended
     and  Restated  New UPC  Certificate  of  Incorporation  and the Amended and
     Restated  New UPC  By-Laws  shall  have  been  filed  with  the  applicable
     authority of each entity's jurisdiction of incorporation or organization in
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          (n) all  applicable  U.S. and Dutch Laws and  regulations,  if any, in
     connection  with the  effectiveness  of the Plan or the Akkoord  shall have
     been complied with;

          (o) all authorizations, consents and regulatory approvals required, if
     any, in connection with the  effectiveness of the Plan or the Akkoord shall
     have been obtained; and

          (p) no order of a court shall have been  entered  and shall  remain in
     effect restraining the Debtor from consummating the Plan.

     Section  11.3 Waiver of  Conditions  to  Consummation.  The  conditions  to
consummation in Section 11.2 may be waived at any time by a writing signed by an
authorized   representative  of  the  Debtor,  New  UPC  and  the  Participating
Noteholders, without notice or order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court or any further
action other than proceeding to consummation of the Plan.

                                  ARTICLE XII

                             EFFECTS OF CONFIRMATION

     Section 12.1 Discharge.  To the fullest extent  permitted by applicable law
(including,  without  limitation,  Section 105 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code), and
except as otherwise  provided in the Plan or in the Confirmation  Order: (A) all
consideration  distributed  under  the Plan  shall be in  exchange  for,  and in
complete satisfaction,  settlement,  discharge and release of, all Claims of any
nature  whatsoever  against,  Equity Interests in, or Old Other Equity Interests
in, the Debtor,  the  Reorganized  Debtor,  the Estate or any of their assets or
properties and,  regardless of whether any property shall have been  distributed
or retained pursuant to the Plan on account of such Claims,  Equity Interests or
Old Other Equity  Interests,  upon the Effective  Date,  except as otherwise set
forth in the Plan, (i) the Debtor shall be deemed  discharged and released under
Section  1141(d)(1)(A)  of the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Code  from any and all  Claims,
including,  but not limited to,  demands and  liabilities  that arose before the
Confirmation Date, debts (as such term is defined in Section 101(12) of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Code), Liens, security interests, and encumbrances of and against all
Property of the Estate,  the Debtor and its  Affiliates,  that arose  before the
Confirmation Date, including without limitation, all debts of the kind specified
in Sections 502(g), 502(h) or 502(i) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, whether or not
(a) such Claim has been Allowed  pursuant to Section 502 of the U.S.  Bankruptcy
Code,  or (b) the Holder of such Claim has voted to accept the Plan and (ii) all
interests of the Holders of Equity  Interests and, to the extent permitted under
applicable law, Old Other Equity  Interests  shall be terminated;  and (B) as of
the  Confirmation  Date, (x) all Persons,  including,  without  limitation,  all
Holders of Claims,  Equity  Interests  or Old Other Equity  Interests,  shall be
barred and enjoined from asserting against the Debtor or the Reorganized Debtor,
their successors or their property any other or further Claims,  debts,  rights,
Causes of Action,  liabilities,  Equity  Interests or Old Other Equity Interests
relating  to the  Debtor  based  upon any act,  omission,  transaction  or other
activity  of any  nature  that  occurred  prior  to the  Confirmation  Date.  In
accordance  with  the  foregoing,   except  as  provided  in  the  Plan  or  the
Confirmation Order, the Confirmation Order shall be a judicial  determination of
discharge of all such Claims and other debts and liabilities  against the Debtor
and  termination  of all Equity  Interests  and, to the extent  permitted  under
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Old  Other  Equity  Interests,  pursuant  to  Sections  524 and 1141 of the U.S.
Bankruptcy  Code,  and such  discharge and  termination  shall void any judgment
obtained  against  the  Debtor at any time,  to the  extent  that such  judgment
relates to a discharged Claim or terminated  Equity Interest or Old Other Equity
Interest.  In particular,  Confirmation  shall permanently enjoin all Holders of
Claims against,  Equity Interests in or Old Other Equity Interests in the Debtor
or any other party in interest from taking any action whatsoever, whether within
or outside of the United States,  including,  without limitation,  in connection
with the Dutch Bankruptcy Case, that in any way is inconsistent with or contrary
to the classification  and/or treatment of Claims, Equity Interests or Old Other
Equity  Interests  under  this  Plan,  and all  Holders  are  bound by the Plan.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,  this Section 12.1 shall not affect the rights of
New UPC with respect to any Belmarken Notes, UPC Notes, UPC Preference Shares A,
UPC Priority  Shares or UPC Ordinary  Shares A,  transferred to it in accordance
with the Plan.

     Section 12.2 Injunction.  Except as otherwise expressly provided for in the
Plan or the Confirmation  Order and to the fullest extent authorized or provided
by  the  U.S.  Bankruptcy  Code,   including  Sections  524  and  1141  thereof,
Confirmation shall, provided that the Effective Date occurs,  permanently enjoin
all Persons that have held,  currently hold or may hold a Claim or other debt or
liability that is discharged or an Equity Interest, Old Other Equity Interest or
other right of an equity security Holder that is Impaired or terminated pursuant
to the terms of the Plan from taking any of the  following  actions  against the
Debtor,  the  Reorganized  Debtor  or  their  property  on  account  of any such
discharged Claims, debts or liabilities or such terminated Equity Interests, Old
Other Equity  Interests or rights:  (a) commencing,  conducting or continuing in
any manner, directly or indirectly,  any suit, action or other proceeding of any
kind; (b) enforcing,  levying, attaching,  collecting or otherwise recovering in
any manner or by any means, whether directly or indirectly, any judgment, award,
decree or order; (c) creating,  perfecting or enforcing in any manner,  directly
or  indirectly,  any Lien or  encumbrance of any kind; (d) asserting any setoff,
offset,  right of subrogation or recoupment of any kind, directly or indirectly,
against any debt,  liability or obligation due to the Debtor or the  Reorganized
Debtor;  and/or (e) proceeding in any manner in any place whatsoever,  including
employing  any  process,  that  does  not  conform  to  or  comply  with  or  is
inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan.

     Section 12.3 Exculpation.

          (a) None of UGC, UGC Holdings, the Debtor, the Reorganized Debtor, New
     UPC, the Committee,  any  Participating  Noteholder,  any Indenture Trustee
     (provided that such Indenture  Trustee has fully  satisfied its obligations
     under the  Plan),  any holder of UPC Notes,  UPC  Preference  Shares A, UPC
     Priority  Shares  or UPC  Ordinary  Shares  A,  or  any of the  foregoing's
     respective current or former officers, directors, Subsidiaries, Affiliates,
     members,  managers,  shareholders,  partners,  representatives,  employees,
     attorneys,  financial  advisors,  accountants  and agents,  or any of their
     respective successors and assigns (collectively, the "Exculpated Parties"),
     or any of their respective  property,  shall have or incur any liability to
     any holder of a Claim, an Equity Interest or an Old Other Equity  Interest,
     or any  other  party  in  interest,  or any of their  respective  officers,
     directors,  Subsidiaries,   Affiliates,  members,  managers,  shareholders,
     partners,  representatives,  employees,  attorneys,  financial advisors and
     agents,  or any of their  respective  successors  and  assigns,  and  their
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     connection  with,  relating to, or arising out of, the  Restructuring,  the
     Moratorium  Petition,  the Chapter 11 Case, the solicitation of acceptances
     of the Plan or the Akkoord,  the pursuit of  Confirmation or the acceptance
     of the  Akkoord,  the  consummation  of the  Plan  or the  Akkoord,  or the
     administration of the Plan or the Akkoord or the property to be distributed
     under the Plan or the  Akkoord,  except (i) for their gross  negligence  or
     willful  misconduct and (ii) solely in the case of UPC, New UPC, UGC or any
     Participating  Noteholder,  any  liability  for failure to comply with,  or
     breach of such  Person's  obligations  under the Plan,  the  Akkoord or the
     Restructuring  Agreement,  and in all  respects  UPC,  New UPC, UGC and the
     Participating  Noteholders  shall be entitled to  reasonably  rely upon the
     advice of counsel with respect to their duties and  responsibilities  under
     the Plan, the Akkoord and the Restructuring Agreement.

          (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or the Akkoord, no
     holder of a Claim,  Equity Interest or Old Other Equity Interest,  no other
     party in interest,  none of their  respective  current or former  officers,
     directors,  Subsidiaries,   Affiliates,  members,  managers,  shareholders,
     partners,   representatives,   employees,  attorneys,  financial  advisors,
     accountants and agents, or any of their respective  successors and assigns,
     and their respective property, shall have any right of action, demand, suit
     or  proceeding  against  UGC, UGC  Holdings,  the Debtor,  the  Reorganized
     Debtor,  New UPC, each  Participating  Noteholder,  any  Indenture  Trustee
     (provided that such Indenture  Trustee has fully  satisfied its obligations
     under the Plan),  each holder of UPC Notes,  the Belmarken  Notes,  the UPC
     Preference  Shares A, the UPC Priority  Shares or the UPC Ordinary Shares A
     and  each  of  the  foregoing's  respective  current  or  former  officers,
     directors,  Subsidiaries,   Affiliates,  members,  managers,  shareholders,
     partners,  representatives,  employees,  attorneys,  financial advisors and
     agents,  or any of their  respective  successors  and  assigns,  and  their
     respective  property,  for any act or omission in connection with, relating
     to, or arising out of, the  Restructuring,  the  Moratorium  Petition,  the
     Chapter  11  Case,  the  solicitation  of  acceptances  of the  Plan or the
     Akkoord,  the pursuit of Confirmation or the acceptance of the Akkoord, the
     consummation of the Plan or the Akkoord,  or the administration of the Plan
     or the  Akkoord or the  property  to be  distributed  under the Plan or the
     Akkoord, except for their gross negligence or willful misconduct.

     Section 12.4 Releases.  Effective on the Confirmation  Date, but subject to
the  occurrence  of the  Effective  Date,  UGC, UGC  Holdings,  the Debtor,  the
Reorganized  Debtor,  New UPC,  each  Participating  Noteholder,  any  Indenture
Trustee   (provided  that  such  Indenture   Trustee  has  fully  satisfied  its
obligations  under  the  Plan),  each  holder  of UPC  Notes,  and  each  of the
foregoing's  respective  current or former  officers,  directors,  Subsidiaries,
Affiliates,   members,  managers,   shareholders,   partners,   representatives,
employees,  attorneys, financial advisors and agents, or any of their respective
successors and assigns,  and their respective  property,  shall be released from
any and all claims,  obligations,  rights,  causes of action,  choses in action,
demands, suits,  proceedings and liabilities which the Debtor or any holder of a
Claim against,  Equity  Interest in, or Old Other Equity Interest in, the Debtor
may be entitled to assert,  under the Laws of the U.S. or The Netherlands or any
political  subdivision  of either of them,  whether for fraud,  tort,  contract,
violations  of  applicable  securities  laws,  or  otherwise,  whether  known or
unknown,  foreseen or unforeseen,  existing or hereafter arising,  contingent or
non-contingent,  based in whole or in part upon any act, omission,  transaction,
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occurrence or failure of an event to occur, taking place before the Confirmation
Date and in any way relating to the Debtor, the Reorganized Debtor, New UPC, the
issuance,  purchase  or sale of the  Belmarken  Notes,  the UPC  Notes,  the UPC
Preference  Shares A, the UPC Priority  Shares or the UPC Ordinary Shares A, the
Restructuring,  the Chapter 11 Case, the Moratorium  Petition,  the Plan, or the
Akkoord;  provided,  however,  that nothing herein shall release any Person from
any claims,  obligations,  rights, causes of action, choses in action,  demands,
suits,  proceedings or liabilities based upon any act or omission arising out of
such Person's  gross  negligence or willful  misconduct;  provided  further that
nothing herein shall release UPC, New UPC, UGC or any  Participating  Noteholder
from any  claims,  obligations,  rights,  causes of  action,  choses in  action,
demands,  suits,  proceedings or liabilities based upon or such Person's failure
to comply with,  or breach of such Person's  obligations  under,  the Plan,  the
Akkoord or the  Restructuring  Agreement;  provided  further  that to the extent
that, on the Effective Date, New UPC is the holder of any Belmarken  Notes,  UPC
Notes,  UPC Preference  Shares A, UPC Priority  Shares or UPC Ordinary Shares A,
whether obtained through the Dutch Implementing Offer and the Plan or otherwise,
the Claims and Equity Interests  represented by such Belmarken Notes, UPC Notes,
UPC Preference  Shares A, UPC Priority  Shares and UPC Ordinary Shares A held by
New UPC will not be released, but will instead remain outstanding.  Effective as
of the  Confirmation  Date, but subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date,
all holders of Belmarken Notes, UPC Notes, UPC Preference Shares A, UPC Priority
Shares  and UPC  Ordinary  Shares A shall be  deemed  to  release,  and shall be
permanently enjoined from bringing,  maintaining,  facilitating or assisting any
action,  demand,  suit or proceeding against the Debtor, the Reorganized Debtor,
New  UPC  and  their   respective   current  or  former   officers,   directors,
Subsidiaries,    Affiliates,   members,   managers,   shareholders,    partners,
representatives,  employees, attorneys, financial advisors and agents, or any of
their  respective  successors and assigns,  and their  respective  property,  in
respect of any claims,  obligations,  rights, causes of action,  demands, suits,
proceedings and  liabilities  related to, or arising from, any and all claims or
interests  arising under, in connection with, or related to the Belmarken Notes,
the UPC Notes,  the UPC Preference  Shares A, the UPC Priority  Shares,  the UPC
Ordinary  Shares A, or the issuance,  purchase,  or sale thereof;  provided that
such release and injunction shall not be binding on New UPC to the extent of New
UPC's claims and interests solely against UPC on account of any Belmarken Notes,
UPC Notes, UPC Preference Shares A, UPC Priority Shares or UPC Ordinary Shares A
held by New UPC, whether obtained through the Dutch  Implementing  Offer and the
Plan or otherwise.

     Section 12.5 Binding  Effect of Plan.  The  provisions of the Plan shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Debtor, the Estate, the Reorganized
Debtor,  any Holder of any Claim,  Equity  Interest or Old Other Equity Interest
treated  herein or any Person  named or referred to in the Plan,  the  Indenture
Trustee  and  each  of  their  respective  heirs,   executors,   administrators,
representatives,   predecessors,   successors,  assigns,  agents,  officers  and
directors,  and, to the fullest extent permitted under the U.S.  Bankruptcy Code
and other applicable law, each other Person affected by the Plan.

     Section 12.6 Indemnification.  To the extent not inconsistent with the Plan
or the Confirmation Order and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
including,  but not  limited  to,  the  extent  provided  in the  Debtor's,  the
Reorganized Debtor's or New UPC's constituent  documents,  contracts (including,
but limited to, any  indemnification  agreements),  statutory law or common law,
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reimburse the  Exculpated  Parties from and against any and all losses,  claims,
Causes of Action, damages, fees, expenses,  liabilities and actions: (A) for any
act  taken  or  omission  made in good  faith in  connection  with or in any way
related to negotiating,  formulating,  implementing,  confirming or consummating
the Plan, the Akkoord, the Disclosure Statement,  the Restructuring Agreement or
any  contract,  instrument,  release or other  agreement or document  created in
connection with the Plan or the Akkoord or the  administration of the Chapter 11
Case or the Dutch  Bankruptcy Case; or (B) for any act or omission in connection
with or  arising  out of the  administration  of the Plan or the  Akkoord or the
property to be  distributed  under the Plan or the Akkoord or the  operations or
activities  of the  Reorganized  Debtor or New UPC,  and any  Claims of any such
Exculpated  Party against the Debtor,  the  Reorganized  Debtor,  or New UPC, as
applicable,  on account of such  indemnification  obligations shall be unaltered
and  Unimpaired  within the  meaning of Section  1124(l) of the U.S.  Bankruptcy
Code, except that neither the Debtor,  the Reorganized  Debtor nor New UPC shall
have any obligation to indemnify any Exculpated  Party for any acts or omissions
that constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct;  provided, however, that
upon  request  of  an  Exculpated  Party  covered  by  this  Section  12.6,  the
Reorganized  Debtor shall advance  amounts to cover any and all losses,  claims,
causes of action,  damages,  fees, expenses,  liabilities and actions;  provided
further,  that  if a  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  determines  that  such
Exculpated  Party is not  entitled  to the  amounts  that  were  advanced,  such
Exculpated  Party  shall  return  the  funds  to the  Reorganized  Debtor.  Such
indemnification   obligations   shall  survive   unaffected   by   Confirmation,
irrespective  of  whether  such  indemnification  is  owed  for an act or  event
occurring before or after the Petition Date.

     Section 12.7 Term of Injunctions or Stays. Unless otherwise provided herein
or in the  Confirmation  Order,  all  injunctions  or stays  provided for in the
Chapter 11 Case under  Sections  105(a) or 362 of the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Code, or
otherwise, and in existence on the Confirmation Date, shall remain in full force
and effect until the Effective Date.

     Section  12.8  Preservation  of  Insurance.   Except  as  necessary  to  be
consistent  with the Plan, the Plan and the discharge  provided herein shall not
diminish or impair (A) the  enforceability of insurance  policies that may cover
Claims  against  the  Debtor or any  other  Person  or (B) the  continuation  of
workers' compensation programs in effect, including self-insurance programs.

     Section 12.9 Waiver of Subordination  Rights.  Any distributions  under the
Plan shall be received and retained free of and from any  obligations to hold or
transfer  the same to any other  Creditor,  and shall  not be  subject  to levy,
garnishment,  attachment  or other  legal  process  by any  Holder  by reason of
claimed  contractual  subordination  rights,  and the  Confirmation  Order shall
constitute  an injunction  enjoining any Person from  enforcing or attempting to
enforce any  contractual,  legal or equitable  subordination  rights to Property
distributed under the Plan, in each case other than as provided in the Plan.

     Section  12.10  No  Successor  Liability.  Except  as  otherwise  expressly
provided in the Plan, the Debtor and the Reorganized  Debtor do not, pursuant to
the Plan or otherwise,  assume, agree to perform, pay, or indemnify Creditors or
otherwise have any  responsibilities  for any  liabilities or obligations of the
Debtor  relating  to or arising out of the  operations  or assets of the Debtor,
whether  arising prior to, on, or after the  Confirmation  Date. The Reorganized
Debtor  is not,  and shall not be, a  successor  to the  Debtor by reason of any
theory  of law or  equity,  and  shall  not have  any  successor  or  transferee
liability of any kind or  character,  except that the  Reorganized  Debtor shall
assume  the  obligations  specified  therefor  in the Plan and the  Confirmation
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                                  ARTICLE XIII

                            RETENTION OF JURISDICTION

     Section   13.1   Continuing   Jurisdiction   of  U.S.   Bankruptcy   Court.
Notwithstanding  Confirmation and the occurrence of the Effective Date, the U.S.
Bankruptcy  Court shall  retain after the  Effective  Date  jurisdiction  of all
matters  arising  out of,  arising in or related  to, the Chapter 11 Case to the
fullest  extent  permitted by applicable  law,  including,  without  limitation,
jurisdiction to:

          (a) classify or establish the priority or secured or unsecured  status
     of any  Claim or  Equity  Interest  (whether  Filed  before  or  after  the
     Effective Date and whether or not contingent,  Disputed or unliquidated) or
     resolve any dispute as to the treatment necessary to Reinstate such a Claim
     pursuant to the Plan;

          (b) allow,  disallow,  determine,  liquidate  or  estimate  any Claim,
     Equity  Interest or Old Other Equity  Interests,  including the compromise,
     settlement  and resolution of any request for payment of any such Claim and
     the  resolution  of any  Objections  to the  allowance  of any such Claims,
     Equity  Interests or Old Other Equity  Interest,  and to hear and determine
     any other issue presented hereby or arising hereunder, including during the
     pendency of any appeal  relating to any  Objection to such  Claims,  Equity
     Interests or Old Other Equity Interests;

          (c) grant or deny any  applications  for allowance of  compensation or
     reimbursement  of expenses  pursuant to Sections  330, 331 or 503(b) of the
     U.S.  Bankruptcy  Code or otherwise  provided for in the Plan,  for periods
     ending on or before the Effective Date;

          (d)  determine  and  resolve  any and  all  controversies  arising  in
     connection  with  the  Chapter  11 Case  and  relating  to the  rights  and
     obligations of the Indenture  Trustee,  the Disbursing Agent and any voting
     agent and/or  claims agent  retained by the Debtor in  connection  with the
     Chapter 11 Case,  including,  without  limitation,  any dispute  arising in
     connection  with the  payment of the  reasonable  fees and  expenses of the
     Indenture Trustee, the Disbursing Agent and such voting agent and/or claims
     agent in connection with their duties in the Chapter 11 Case;

          (e) enter and implement such orders as are necessary or appropriate if
     the  Confirmation  Order  is for any  reason  modified,  stayed,  reversed,
     revoked or vacated;

          (f) determine such other matters and for such other purposes as may be
     provided in the Confirmation Order;

          (g) hear and  determine  any  other  matters  related  hereto  and not
     inconsistent with Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code;

          (h) continue to enforce the automatic  stay and any stay imposed under
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          (i) hear and  determine (i) disputes  arising in  connection  with the
     interpretation,  implementation  or  enforcement of the Plan or (ii) issues
     presented or arising under the Plan,  including  disputes among Holders and
     arising under agreements,  documents or instruments  executed in connection
     with the Plan;

          (j) enter a final decree  closing the Chapter 11 Case or converting it
     to a Chapter 7 case;

          (k)  determine  and  resolve any  matters  related to the  assumption,
     assumption  and  assignment  or  rejection  of any  executory  contract  or
     unexpired lease to which the Debtor is a party or with respect to which the
     Debtor may be liable, and to hear,  determine and, if necessary,  liquidate
     any Claims arising therefrom;

          (l) ensure that all payments due under the Plan and performance of the
     provisions of the Plan are  accomplished as provided  herein  (including by
     the  approval  of  additional,   supplemental   or  modified   distribution
     procedures or otherwise) and resolve any issues  relating to  distributions
     to Holders of Allowed  Claims or Allowed Equity  Interests  pursuant to the
     provisions of the Plan;

          (m)  construe,  take any action and issue  such  orders,  prior to and
     following the  Confirmation  Date and  consistent  with Section 1142 of the
     U.S.   Bankruptcy   Code,  as  may  be  necessary   for  the   enforcement,
     implementation,  execution and  consummation of the Plan and all contracts,
     instruments, releases, indentures and other agreements or documents created
     in connection with the Plan, including,  without limitation, the Disclosure
     Statement and the Confirmation  Order, for the maintenance of the integrity
     of the Plan and  protection of the  Reorganized  Debtor in accordance  with
     Sections 524 and 1141 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code following consummation;

          (n) determine  any other matters that may arise in connection  with or
     relating to the Plan, the Disclosure  Statement,  the Confirmation Order or
     any contract, instrument, release, indenture or other agreement or document
     created  in  connection  with the Plan,  the  Disclosure  Statement  or the
     Confirmation Order, except as otherwise provided in the Plan;

          (o) determine and resolve any cases, controversies,  suits or disputes
     that  may  arise  in  connection  with  the  consummation,  interpretation,
     implementation or enforcement of the Plan (and all Exhibits to the Plan) or
     the  Confirmation  Order,  including  the  indemnification  and  injunction
     provisions set forth in and  contemplated  by the Plan or the  Confirmation
     Order,  or any Person's  rights  arising under or  obligations  incurred in
     connection therewith;

          (p) hear any application of the Debtor,  the Reorganized Debtor or New
     UPC to modify  the Plan  before or after the  Effective  Date  pursuant  to
     Section 1127 of the U.S.  Bankruptcy Code and Section 14.3 hereof or modify
     the Confirmation Order or any contract,  instrument,  release, indenture or
     other  agreement  or  document  created in  connection  with the Plan,  the
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     any  defect  or  omission  or  reconcile  any  inconsistency  in  any  U.S.
     Bankruptcy   Court  order,   the  Plan,  the  Disclosure   Statement,   the
     Confirmation Order or any contract, instrument, release, indenture or other
     agreement or document  created in connection  with the Plan, the Disclosure
     Statement or the Confirmation  Order, in such manner as may be necessary or
     appropriate  to consummate  the Plan, to the extent  authorized by the U.S.
     Bankruptcy Code and the Plan;

          (q) issue  injunctions,  enter and implement other orders or take such
     other actions as may be necessary or appropriate  to restrain  interference
     by any Person with consummation,  implementation or enforcement of the Plan
     or the Confirmation Order;

          (r) recover all assets of the Debtor and its Estate, wherever located;

          (s)  hear  and   determine   any  motions,   applications,   adversary
     proceedings,  contested  matters and other  litigated  matters  pending on,
     Filed or commenced  after the  Effective  Date that may be commenced by the
     Debtor thereafter,  including proceedings with respect to the rights of the
     Debtor to  recover  Property  under  Sections  542,  543 or 553 of the U.S.
     Bankruptcy Code or to otherwise  collect to recover on account of any claim
     or Cause of Action that the Debtor may have; and

          (t) hear any other matter not  inconsistent  with the U.S.  Bankruptcy
     Code.

     Section 13.2 Failure of U.S. Bankruptcy Court to Exercise Jurisdiction.  If
the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Court  abstains  from  exercising  or declines to exercise
jurisdiction  over any matter  related to the Debtor,  including with respect to
the matters set forth above in Section 13.1 hereof,  this Article XIII shall not
prohibit  or limit  the  exercise  of  jurisdiction  by any other  court  having
competent jurisdiction with respect to such subject matter.

                                  ARTICLE XIV

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     Section 14.1  Revocation or Withdrawal of the Plan. The Debtor reserves the
right,  at any time prior to substantial  consummation of the Plan, to revoke or
withdraw the Plan,  but only to the extent that the Debtor could  terminate  the
Restructuring  Agreement  under  Article XI  thereof.  If the Plan is revoked or
withdrawn or if the Confirmation Date does not occur, the Plan shall be null and
void and have no force and effect. In such event, nothing contained herein shall
be deemed to  constitute  a waiver or release  of any  claims by or against  the
Debtor or any other  Person or to  prejudice  in any  manner  the  rights of the
Debtor or any Person in any further proceedings involving the Debtor.

     Section 14.2 Final Order.  Except as  otherwise  expressly  provided in the
Plan, any  requirement in the Plan for a Final Order may be waived by the Debtor
or, after the Effective Date, the Reorganized  Debtor, and New UPC, upon written
notice to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. No such waiver shall prejudice the right of
any party in interest to seek a stay  pending  appeal of any order that is not a
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     Section 14.3  Modification  of the Plan.  The Debtor and New UPC may alter,
amend or modify the Plan in accordance with Section 1127 of the U.S.  Bankruptcy
Code or as otherwise permitted;  provided,  however, that neither the Debtor nor
New UPC may modify the Plan  without  the consent of the other or, to the extent
required  in Section  5.3(b) of the  Restructuring  Agreement,  the consent of a
Majority-in-Interest of the Participating Noteholders.

     Section  14.4  Business  Days.  If any  payment  or act  under  the Plan is
required to be made or performed on a date that is not a Business  Day, then the
making of such  payment or the  performance  of such act may be completed on the
next  succeeding  Business Day, but shall be deemed to have been completed as of
the required date.

     Section 14.5  Severability.  Should the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Court  determine,
prior to the Confirmation Date, that any provision of the Plan is either illegal
on its face or illegal as applied  to any Claim,  Equity  Interest  or Old Other
Equity  Interest,  such provision  shall be  unenforceable  as to all Holders of
Claims, Equity Interests or Old Other Equity Interests or to the specific Holder
of such Claim, Equity Interest or Old Other Equity Interest, as the case may be,
as to which such provision is illegal.  Unless otherwise  determined by the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court, such a determination of unenforceability shall in no way limit
or affect the  enforceability and operative effect of any other provision of the
Plan.  The  Debtor  reserves  the  right not to  proceed  with  Confirmation  or
consummation of the Plan if any such ruling occurs.

     Section 14.6 Governing Law.  EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN OR TO THE
EXTENT THAT THE U.S.  BANKRUPTCY CODE OR U.S.  BANKRUPTCY RULES OR OTHER FEDERAL
LAWS ARE APPLICABLE, AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ANY CONTRACT,  INSTRUMENT,
RELEASE,  INDENTURE OR OTHER  AGREEMENT OR DOCUMENT  ENTERED INTO IN  CONNECTION
WITH THE PLAN, THE CONSTRUCTION,  IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE PLAN AND
ALL RIGHTS AND  OBLIGATIONS  ARISING  UNDER THE PLAN SHALL BE  GOVERNED  BY, AND
CONSTRUED  AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE  WITH,  THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO  CONFLICTS-OF-LAW  PRINCIPLES WHICH WOULD APPLY THE LAW
OF A  JURISDICTION  OTHER  THAN THE  STATE OF NEW YORK OR THE  UNITED  STATES OF
AMERICA.

     Section  14.7  Dissolution  of  Committees.  On  the  Effective  Date,  any
Committee shall be automatically  dissolved and all members,  Professionals  and
agents  of  such   Committee   shall  be  deemed   released  of  their   duties,
responsibilities   and  obligations,   and  shall  be  without  further  duties,
responsibilities  and  authority in connection  with the Debtor,  the Chapter 11
Case, the Plan or its implementation.

     Section 14.8 Payment of Statutory Fees. All U.S.  Trustee's Fee Claims,  as
determined,  if necessary,  by the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Court,  shall be paid on or
before the Effective  Date.  All such fees that arise after the Effective  Date,
but before the closing of the Chapter 11 Case,  shall be paid by the Reorganized
Debtor.

     Section 14.9 Notices. Any notice required or permitted to be provided under
this Plan shall be in writing and served by either (A)  certified  mail,  return
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prepaid, (B) hand delivery or (C) reputable overnight delivery service,  freight
prepaid, to be addressed as follows:

          If to UPC, to:

          United Pan-Europe  Communications
          N.V. Boeing Avenue
          53 Schiphol Rijk 1119
          The Netherlands
          Attn.: Anton M. Tuijten

          With a copy to:

          White & Case LLP
          1155 Avenue of the Americas
          New York, New York  10036
          Attn.: Howard S. Beltzer, Esq.

          If to New UPC, to:

          New UPC, Inc.
          4643 South Ulster Street, 13th Floor
          Denver, Colorado 80237
          Attn.:  Michael T. Fries

          With a copy to:

          Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, LLP
          300 South Grand Avenue
          Los Angeles, California  90071
          Attn.: Richard Levin, Esq.

          If to the Participating Noteholders, to:

          Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrisson
          1285 Avenue of the Americas
          New York, New York  10019
          Attn.: Jeffrey D. Saferstein, Esq.



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          If to the United States Trustee, to:

          Office of the United States Trustee
          33 Whitehall Street, Suite 2100
          New York, New York  10004
          Attn.: Paul Schwartzberg, Esq.

     Section 14.10 Time.  Unless otherwise  specified  herein,  in computing any
period of time  prescribed  or  allowed  by the  Plan,  the  provisions  of U.S.
Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a) shall apply.

     Section  14.11 No Attorneys'  Fees. No attorneys'  fees will be paid by the
Debtor with respect to any Claim,  Equity  Interest or Old Other Equity Interest
except as  expressly  specified  herein or Allowed by a Final  Order of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court.

     Section 14.12 No Injunctive Relief. No Claim,  Equity Interest or Old Other
Equity  Interest  shall  under  any   circumstances   be  entitled  to  specific
performance or other injunctive, equitable or other prospective relief.

     Section 14.13 Non-Voting  Equity  Securities.  The Debtor shall comply with
the provisions of Section 1123(a)(6) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

     Section 14.14 Continued Confidentiality Obligations.  Pursuant to the terms
thereof,  members of and advisors to any Committee, any other Holder of a Claim,
Equity Interest or Old Other Equity Interest and their respective  predecessors,
successors  and assigns shall continue to be obligated and bound by the terms of
any confidentiality agreement executed by them in connection with the Chapter 11
Case or the  Debtor,  to the  extent  that such  agreement,  by its  terms,  may
continue in effect after the  Confirmation  Date;  provided,  however,  that the
confidentiality agreements with the Participating Noteholders and their advisors
shall terminate on the Effective Date and be of no further force and effect.

     Section 14.15 No Admissions or Waivers.  Notwithstanding anything herein to
the  contrary,  nothing  contained  in the Plan shall be deemed an  admission or
waiver by the Debtor  with  respect to any  matter set forth  herein,  including
liability  on any Claim,  Equity  Interest or Old Other  Equity  Interest or the
propriety  of any  classification  of any Claim,  Equity  Interest  or Old Other
Equity Interest.

     Section 14.16 Entire Agreement. Upon consummation of the Plan, the Plan and
the documents  executed and delivered on the Effective Date and in  consummation
of the Plan shall be deemed to set forth the entire  agreement and  undertakings
relating to the subject matter thereof and shall supersede all prior discussions
and documents related thereto, including the Restructuring Agreement. The Debtor
shall  not  be  bound  by  any  terms,  conditions,   definitions,   warranties,
understandings,  or representations  with respect to the subject matter thereof,
other than as expressly provided for therein or as may hereafter be agreed to by
the parties in writing.

     Section 14.17 Waiver. The Debtor or the Reorganized  Debtor, as applicable,
reserves  the  right to waive any  provision  of this  Plan to the  extent  such
provision  is for  the  sole  benefit  of the  Debtor  and/or  its  officers  or
directors.



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<PAGE>


     Section 14.18 Bar Date for  Professional  Claims.  Final  applications  for
compensation for services  rendered and  reimbursement  of expenses  incurred by
Professionals  (a) from  the  later  of the  Petition  Date or the date on which
retention  was approved  through the  Effective  Date or (b) pursuant to Section
503(b)(4) of the Bankruptcy  Code,  shall be Filed no later than sixty (60) days
after the Effective  Date or such later date as the Bankruptcy  Court  approves,
and shall be served on (i)  counsel  to the Debtor at the  address  set forth in
Section  14.9 of the Plan,  (ii)  counsel to New UPC at the address set forth in
Section 14.9 of the Plan, (iii) counsel to the Participating  Noteholders at the
address set forth in Section 14.9 of the Plan, and (iv) the Office of the United
States  Trustee  at the  address  set forth in  Section  14.9 of the  Plan.  Any
objections  to an  application  for the payment of  Professional  Claims must be
filed and served on the  Reorganized  Debtor and its counsel and the  requesting
Professional no later than  twenty-five  (25) days (or such longer period as may
be  granted  by order of the  Bankruptcy  Court)  after  the date on which  such
application  was  served.  Applications  that are not  timely  Filed will not be
considered by the Court. The Reorganized  Debtor may pay any  Professional  fees
and expenses  incurred after the Effective  Date without any  application to the
Bankruptcy Court.

     Section 14.19  Compromise  of  Controversies.  Pursuant to Bankruptcy  Rule
9019,  and in  consideration  for the  classification,  Distributions  and other
benefits provided under the Plan, the provisions of this Plan shall constitute a
good faith  compromise  and settlement of all Claims or  controversies  resolved
pursuant  to and  released  by the  Plan,  including,  without  limitation,  any
Avoidance  Actions,  and Confirmation  shall  constitute the Bankruptcy  Court's
approval of each of the  foregoing  compromises  or  settlements,  and all other
compromises and settlements provided for in the Plan.





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<PAGE>



                              CONFIRMATION REQUEST

     The Debtor  hereby  requests  confirmation  of the Plan pursuant to Section
1129(a) or Section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code.


Dated: December 3, 2002


                                    UNITED PAN-EUROPE COMMUNICATIONS   N.V.


                                    By: /s/ Anton M. Tuijten
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                         Name:   Anton M. Tuijten
                                         Title:  General Counsel and Member
                                                 of the Board of Management



                                    By: /s/ Charles H.R. Bracken
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                         Name:   Charles H.R. Bracken
                                         Title:  Chief Financial Officer and
                                                 Member of the Board of
                                                 Management



                                    NEW UPC, INC.


                                    By: /s/ Michael T. Fries
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                         Name:   Michael T. Fries
                                         Title:  President



<PAGE>


Submitted by:
WHITE & CASE LLP
Attorneys for United Pan-Europe Communications N.V.
Debtor and Debtor in Possession


By: /s/ Howard S. Beltzer
   -----------------------------
   Howard S. Beltzer  (HSB 5721)
   Daniel P. Ginsberg (DPG 5290)
1155 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York  10036
(212) 819-8200

         - and -

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
Attorneys for New UPC, Inc.


By: /s/ Van C. Durrer II
   -----------------------------
   Richard Levin (California State Bar No. 66578)
   Van C. Durrer II (VCD 0689)
300 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, California  90071
(213) 687-5000


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                                                                        Annex B

ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF AKKOORD

[This is an informal translation of the original Dutch text. The Dutch text will
be decisive.]

DRAFT COMPOSITION PLAN

Draft  composition  plan of  United  Pan-Europe  Communications  N.V.,  with its
registered office in Amsterdam ("UPC").

Whereas:

a.        On 3 December  2002 UPC filed a Petition  with the  District  Court of
          Amsterdam  requesting it to grant a suspension of payment. The present
          draft  composition  plan  was  annexed  as  Annex  7 to the  Petition.
          Petitioner  also  requested  the Court in the  Petition  that it would
          refrain from setting a date on which the creditors  would be consulted
          on the definitive suspension of payment, but that it instead would set
          a date on which the creditors  would be consulted on the present draft
          composition  plan. At this date, to be set by the Court, the creditors
          will  also be  given  the  opportunity  to vote on the  present  draft
          composition plan.

b.        The most  important  group of UPC  creditors  are the holders of bonds
          issued by UPC. Annex 1 to this draft  composition plan contains a list
          of bond  series  issued  by  UPC.  Point  of  departure  of the  draft
          composition  plan has been,  that all  bondholders  should be made the
          offer that they  exchange  their claims  against UPC pursuant to their
          bondholding for shares in a newly incorporated  company,  New UPC Inc.
          ("New  UPC").  This is a  company  incorporated  under the laws of the
          State of Delaware, United States of America.

c.        On 30 September 2002 UPC reached agreement on the  restructuring  with
          holders  of  approximately  60% of its  bonds,  including  its  parent
          company United Global Com.  ("UGC").  The agreement has been laid down
          in writing in a  `Restructuring  Agreement'.  Part of the agreement is
          that UPC, both in the United States and in the Netherlands, will offer
          its creditors a composition plan, as now embodied in the present plan.
          With this purpose in mind UPC has initiated  Chapter 11 proceedings in
          the  United  States,  in  which  it has  filed a  so-termed  `Plan  of
          Reorganisation'  for the approval of the US bankruptcy Court and which
          is to be put to the vote of the creditors and shareholders of UPC.

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d.        The reason why UPC, in addition to the present draft composition plan,
          will also  submit a Plan of  Reorganisation  in the  United  States is
          inter alia found in the fact that most of the holders of bonds  issued
          by UPC are  located  in the  United  States  and  that the  terms  and
          conditions of the bonds  (indentures)  are governed by the laws of the
          state of New York.

e.        The shares in New UPC offered in the draft composition plan will, once
          both the `Plan of  Reorganisation'  and the present draft  composition
          plan  have  become  definitive,  as soon  as  reasonably  possible  be
          transferred  to the UPC  creditors,  as  provided  for in  this  draft
          composition  plan.  To do this,  however,  a  certain  number of other
          conditions  must also have been met, as described more detailed in the
          disclosure  statement,  which  will  serve  as  a  prospectus  in  the
          Netherlands.  The date on which all conditions for the issue of shares
          in New UPC have been satisfied  will be designated  hereinafter as the
          Effective  Date, in accordance with the definition used in the US Plan
          of  Reorganisation.  If,  however,  UPC claims are  challenged  and no
          amicable settlement is possible,  then the New UPC shares will only be
          transferred  when the holder of any such claim has obtained a definite
          judgment against UPC.

f.        The New UPC shares will be transferred through a so-termed  Disbursing
          Agent (the "Disbursing Agent"), who will pass them on, in exchange for
          the bonds held by the relevant bondholder to the relevant  bondholders
          in the  numbers  set down  below.  New UPC has  assumed an  obligation
          vis-a-vis UPC to make  available  the  requisite  number of shares for
          delivery to UPC's creditors.

g.        The creditors will only receive whole numbers of shares in New UPC. If
          a creditor,  on the basis of the schedule below, on aggregate would be
          entitled to a fraction of a share, his claim will be rounded down.

h.        A prospectus on the New UPC shares (the disclosure statement mentioned
          above) will be made generally available. The disclosure statement must
          however be approved by the US Bankruptcy  Court before it is mailed to
          creditors.  In  any  event  the  disclosure  statement  will  be  made
          generally  available  before  the  date  set  by  the  Court  for  the
          creditors' meeting. A copy of the disclosure statement can be obtained
          at such time,  inter alia,  through the following  telephone number at
          UPC: +31 (0)20 778 9959. It is expected that the disclosure  statement
          will be  available  on or around  January  10,  2003.  UPC informs its
          creditors  that it is in  their  interest  to  review  the  disclosure
          statement  before taking a decision as regards this draft  composition
          plan.


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OFFER:
-----

In view of the above, UPC makes the following offer to its creditors:

(For present  purposes,  a preliminary  conversion  rate of EUR 1=USD 1 has been
applied.  The  numbers  of  shares  set out  below  have  been  calculated  on a
preliminary basis and definitive numbers still need to be assessed.  Deviations,
if any, from these numbers are expected to be minimal, however.

A.  Bondholders

Once the Effective Date has arrived, the holders of the various bond series will
be entitled to the following  numbers of shares in New UPC upon the surrendering
of their bonds with the  Disbursing  Agent,  who will  transfer the bonds to New
UPC,  these  matters as described  further in Annex 2 to this draft  composition
plan.

(With different bond series, mentioned below, reference is made to the numbering
of annex 1 with this draft composition plan.  Interest can only be claimed up to
the date of the  suspension of payments.  If there is an  entitlement to accrued
and unpaid interest,  such interest (Senior Notes), which has been calculated in
accordance  with the relevant  contractual  percentage for each series of bonds,
has been taken into account up to the date of the suspension of payments. To the
extent interest is accreted to principal (Senior Discount Notes),  the bonds are
taken into  consideration for their accreted value as per the date of suspension
of payments.)

Series 1  [6.01780] shares in New UPC for USD 1,000 nominally of bonds

Series 2  [6.17980] shares in New UPC for USD 1,000 nominally of bonds

Series 3  [4.38330] shares in New UPC for USD 1,000 nominally of bonds

Series 4  [6.04120] shares in New UPC for USD 1,000 nominally of bonds

Series 5  [4.18610] shares in New UPC for USD 1,000 nominally of bonds

Series 6  [6.20940] shares in New UPC for USD 1,000 nominally of bonds

Series 7  [6.22920] shares in New UPC for USD 1,000 nominally of bonds

Series 8  [4.02210] shares in New UPC for USD 1,000 nominally of bonds

Series 9  [6.01780] shares in New UPC for EUR 1,000 nominally of bonds


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Series 10 [6.17980] shares in New UPC for EUR 1,000 nominally of bonds

Series 11 [6.04120] shares in New UPC for EUR 1,000 nominally of bonds

Series 12 [4.18610] shares in New UPC for EUR 1,000 nominally of bonds

Series 13 [6.20940] shares in New UPC for EUR 1,000 nominally of bonds

B.  Other Creditors

Once the Effective  Date has arrived all other  creditors in respect of whom the
moratorium is effective  will be entitled to the  following  number of shares in
New UPC.

[5.36125] shares in New UPC for each EUR 1,000 nominally of claims.

A. + B.

Creditors  whose  claims  are  disputed  will  only  be  able  to  effect  their
entitlements  after, and to the extent that, their claim has been established by
a final  judgement,  not  subject  to any  appeals,  by the  relevant  court  or
arbitration-institution.


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Annex 1

Different series of bonds


------------------- ------------------- ----------------- ----------------------
Currency            Amount              Due               Interest/Percentage
------------------- ------------------- ----------------- ----------------------

------------------- ------------------- ----------------- ----------------------
1.       USD        200.000.000         2007              10 7/8%
------------------- ------------------- ----------------- ----------------------
2.       USD        800.000.000         2009              10 7/8%
------------------- ------------------- ----------------- ----------------------
3.       USD        735.000.000         2009              12 1/2%
------------------- ------------------- ----------------- ----------------------
4.       USD        252.000.000         2009              11 1/4%
------------------- ------------------- ----------------- ----------------------
5.       USD        478.000.000         2009              13 3/8%
------------------- ------------------- ----------------- ----------------------
6.       USD        600.000.000         2010              11 1/4%
------------------- ------------------- ----------------- ----------------------
7.       USD        300.000.000         2010              11 1/2%
------------------- ------------------- ----------------- ----------------------
8.       USD        1.000.000.000       2010              13 3/4%
------------------- ------------------- ----------------- ----------------------

------------------- ------------------- ----------------- ----------------------
9.       EUR        100.000.000         2007              10 7/8%
------------------- ------------------- ----------------- ----------------------
10.      EUR        300.000.000         2009              10 7/8%
------------------- ------------------- ----------------- ----------------------
11.      EUR        101.000.000         2009              11 1/4%
------------------- ------------------- ----------------- ----------------------
12.      EUR        191.000.000         2009              13 3/8%
------------------- ------------------- ----------------- ----------------------
13.      EUR        200.000.000         2010              11 1/4%
------------------- ------------------- ----------------- ----------------------


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Annex 2

For purposes of  distribution of the shares in New UPC to the bondholders of UPC
a record date will be  determined  and  bondholders  at such record date will be
entitled to such  distribution.  As soon as possible after the occurrence of the
Effective  Date,  all bonds will be  transferred to New UPC through book entries
through DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream.  Subsequently,  DTC will effect the book
entries that will result in the shares in New UPC that are offered  through this
draft composition plan being booked to the credit of the bondholders.  Thus, the
shares in New UPC will become available to the bondholders of UPC automatically,
through book entries.

Other  creditors of UPC,  other than  bondholders,  should inform the company to
which securities  account they want the shares in New UPC, to which they will be
entitled through this draft composition plan, to be credited.


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                                                                        Annex C

     ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001

                                [To Be Inserted]


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<PAGE>

                                                                        Annex D

                  AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
                  FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001

                                [To Be Inserted]



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                                                                        Annex E

  QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q FOR THE FISCAL QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2002

                                [To Be Inserted]


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<PAGE>
                                                                        Annex F


                         PROJECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

                                [To Be Inserted]


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<PAGE>




                                                                        Annex G

                              LIQUIDATION ANALYSIS



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                        LIQUIDATION ANALYSIS
                                         ---------------------    ----------------------    ---------------------------
STATEMENT OF ASSETS                         Book Value as of       Hypothetical Recovery    Estimated Liquidation Value       Note
($ in millions)                            September 30, 2002        (% of Book Value)                                     Reference
                                         ---------------------    ----------------------   ----------------------------    ---------
                                         (Unaudited)(Note A)        Low            High         Low          High
                                         --------------------     ----------------------   ----------------------------    ---------
<S>                                              <C>                 <C>            <C>        <C>           <C>              <C>
Cash.....................................               2.6        100.0%          100.0%       2.6           2.6              B
Receivables - Intercompany...............           9,371.8          1.2%            1.7%      14.8         154.8              C
Receivables - Third Party................               0.3         30.0%           40.0%       0.1           0.1
Investments..............................                NA           NA              NA       39.1          57.1              D
Other Receivables and Investments........              66.9         15.0%           30.0%      10.0          20.1              E
Property and Equipment, net..............              12.5         25.0%           35.0%       3.1           4.4              F
Intangible Assets........................              52.5          0.0%            0.0%       0.0           0.0              G
Other Assets.............................               8.2         12.1%           24.3%       1.0           2.0              H
                                                   --------                                --------      --------
    Total Assets                                    9,514.8          1.8%            2.5%     170.7         241.0
                                                   --------                                --------      --------
    Sales and Disposal Costs
      Associated with Liquidation                                                            (20.5)         (36.2)

    Chapter 7 Trustee Fees                                                                    (5.1)          (7.2)

    Chapter 7 Professional Fees                                                               (3.0)          (5.0)
                                                                                           --------       --------
                       Total Liquidation Costs                                               (28.6)         (48.4)
                                                                                           --------       --------
                       Net Liquidation Proceeds Available for Distribution                   142.1          192.6
                                                                                           --------       --------
</TABLE>




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                       LIQUIDATION ANALYSIS (cont'd)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS SUMMARY                                     Estimated Liquidation
($ in millions)                                                           Value
                                                              --------------------------
                                                                  Low           High         Note
                                                                                           Reference
                                                               ----------    ----------   -----------
<S>                                                             <C>             <C>       <C>
Net Liquidation Proceeds Available for Distribution              142.1          192.6

            Less:  Secured Claims                                 (2.6)          (2.6)          J

Net Liquidation Proceeds After Secured Claims                    139.5          190.0

            Less:  Administrative and Priority Claims             (5.0)          (5.0)          K


Net Liquidation Proceeds Available for Unsecured Creditors       134.5          185.0

            Less:  Unsecured Claims

                           Belmarken Notes Claims               (937.5)        (937.5)
                           UPC Notes Claims                   (4,690.5)      (4,690.5)
                           General Unsecured Claims             (200.0)        (200.0)
                                                               ----------    ----------

                           Total Unsecured Claims             (5,828.0)      (5,828.0)          L
                                                               ----------    ----------

                                                               ----------    ----------
Net Deficiency to Unsecured Creditors                          5,693.5       (5,643.0)
                                                               ----------    ----------


Hypothetical Recovery of Unsecured Creditors (%)
  under Chapter 7 Liquidation                                      2.3%             3.2%

Hypothetical Recover of Equity Interests (%)
  under Chapter 7 Liquidation                                      0.0%             0.0%
</TABLE>



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                          NOTES TO LIQUIDATION ANALYSIS

     This liquidation analysis (the "Liquidation Analysis") reflects the
Company's and Lazard's estimate of the proceeds that may be realised in a
liquidation of the Company's assets in accordance with Chapter 7 of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Code. These values have not been subject to any review, compilation
or audit by any independent accounting firm. Underlying this Liquidation
Analysis are a number of estimates and assumptions that, although developed and
considered reasonable by the management of the Company and by Lazard, are
inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive
uncertainties and contingencies beyond the control of Company and its
management, and are thereby subject to change. ACCORDINGLY, THERE CAN BE NO
ASSURANCE THAT THE VALUES REFLECTED IN THIS LIQUIDATION ANALYSIS WOULD BE
REALIZED IF THE COMPANY WERE TO UNDERGO SUCH A LIQUIDATION, AND ACTUAL RESULTS
IN A LIQUIDATION COULD VARY MATERIALLY FROM THOSE SHOWN HERE.

1.   Assumptions

     As the Company is a holding company and its assets consist largely of
direct and indirect investments in its operating subsidiaries in the form of
shareholder loans and share capital, this Liquidation Analysis assumes the
liquidation of these investments and not the liquidation of the operating
companies themselves. In certain cases, these investments are contractually and
structurally subordinated to other claims against the operating assets and
businesses, and would likely receive little or no recovery. This Liquidation
Analysis considers both the possibility of a sale of the assets on a piecemeal
basis and as a combined package, and assumes that the net proceeds would be
similar in both cases. This Liquidation Analysis also considers recent trends in
the market conditions and environment in which these businesses operate.

     This Liquidation Analysis contemplates certain negative effects associated
with a Chapter 7 liquidation (as opposed to a Chapter 11 reorganization) on the
ultimate recovery to unsecured creditors. These include: (a) substantial erosion
in the value of assets in the context of the "forced sale" atmosphere that would
prevail in a Chapter 7 case, (b) increased costs and expenses arising from fees
payable to the Chapter 7 trustee and professional advisors to such trustee, and
(c) the adverse impact of negative publicity on the operating companies and on
the saleability of the Company's assets. The Chapter 7 liquidation would also
result in the rejection of all or substantially all of the Company's contracts
and leases which could increase the amount of the General Unsecured Claims
against the Company's estate as contemplated in the Plan. It is also assumed
that, on average, disputed claims and litigation claims would be settled for
higher amounts and proceeds from the disposal of assets would be collected at
lower rates because the Chapter 7 trustee would lack the institutional knowledge
of the facts and circumstances surrounding such claims and assets under
disposal, and no current employees would be available to assist the Chapter 7
trustee in obtaining such knowledge.

     This Liquidation Analysis assumes a period of twelve months during which
the liquidation would occur. It is possible that proceeds from the sale of
certain assets would not be distributed immediately following the sale of the
asset but only after resolution of claims and a period of preparation for the
distributions. In the event litigation were necessary to resolve claims asserted
in the Chapter 7 case, the delay could be prolonged and administrative costs
further increased. The effect of these delays and costs have not been
considered. For purposes of this Liquidation Analysis, total proceeds are
assumed to be received at the end of the twelve month period and have been
discounted at a rate of 15%. The amount of proceeds are estimated net of
disposal costs in each case. It is assumed that the Company incurs no capital
gains taxes as a result of the disposal of its assets.

     The following notes describe other significant assumptions used in this
Liquidation Analysis:

     Note A - Book Values as of September 30, 2002

     The book values used in this Liquidation Analysis are unaudited pro forma
book values as of September 30, 2002 and are assumed to be representative of
the Company's unconsolidated assets as of the Effective Date. Values are
exchanged from Euros into U.S. Dollars at a rate of 1.00 U.S. Dollar per 1.00
Euro.

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     Note B - Cash

     Cash includes projected cash balances as of the Effective Date, including
cash collateral described under Note J below. It is assumed that all cash is
pledged as collateral for building leases and construction projects, and no
portion of the collateralized cash is available for distribution to unsecured
creditors. This Liquidation Analysis assumes no upstreaming of cash generated at
the Company's operating subsidiaries during the liquidation period.

     Note C - Intercompany Receivables

     Intercompany receivables consist primarily of shareholder loans which were
made to subsidiaries of the Company to fund operations at the operating
subsidiaries and for other corporate purposes. In the case of most receivables
the obligor is a holding company with obligations to parties other than the
Company. The largest receivable in this category is a Euro 6.0 billion loan
receivable from Belmarken. Recovery rates for each intercompany receivable are
based on a case-by-case valuation of the underlying business or asset, on the
relative priority of payment of the intercompany receivable at each entity, and
on the likelihood and difficulty of completing each disposal.

     Note D - Investments

     Investments consist of shares of various subsidiaries, affiliates and
equity investees of the Company. Book value is shown as "NA" as the only
information available was a negative value. Liquidation values for each
investment are determined based on a case-by-case valuation of each company and
on the likelihood and difficulty of completing each disposal. In certain cases
where the Company advanced loans to a particular subsidiary or affiliate company
in addition to making an equity investment, the equity investment is assumed to
have no value, and value accrues through the Company's (intercompany) loan
receivable.

     Note E - Other Receivables and Investments

     Other receivables and investments consist of sundry receivables from and
investments in the Company's subsidiaries, affiliated companies, equity
investees and third parties. The estimated recovery rate is 15-30% based on
discussions with the management of the Company regarding likely recoveries.

     Note F - Property and Equipment, Net

     Property and equipment, net, consists primarily of office equipment,
furniture and fixtures and leasehold improvements of the Company at the holding
company level, and are shown net of depreciation. The assumed recovery rate is
25-35%, consistent with historical market rates for such assets.

     Note G - Intangible Assets

     Intangible assets consist primarily of unamortized goodwill related to
acquisitions and are assumed to have no realizable value.

     Note H - Other Assets

     Other assets include sundry affiliate and third-party receivables, prepaid
expenses and value-added tax receivables. The sundry receivables and prepaid
expenses are assumed to be of de minimis value and the value-added tax
receivables are assumed to be 50% recoverable with the remaining 50% offset by
value-added tax payables.

     Note I - Liquidation Costs

     Sales and disposal costs include marketing and administrative costs and
sales commissions associated with the disposition of the assets, as well as
setup and holding costs associated with the property and equipment. Total costs
are estimated at 12-15% of total cash generated during the liquidation.

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     Chapter 7 trustee fees include those fees associated with the appointment
of a Chapter 7 trustee in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code. Trustee fees are estimated based on historical experience in other similar
cases and are calculated at 3% of total proceeds generated during the
liquidation.

     Chapter 7 professional fees include consulting, legal and accounting fees
and other expenses incurred by professionals employed by the Chapter 7 trustee
during the twelve-month liquidation period. Monthly professional fees are
assumed to be approximately US$250,000 to US$400,000 per month.

     It is assumed that liquidation costs would be deducted from the gross
proceeds of the asset disposals.

     Note J - Secured Claims

     Secured claims consist of claims relating to building leases and
construction projects in progress, and are assumed to be fully secured and paid
in full by the Company's cash deposits. This Liquidation Analysis excludes the
senior secured credit facility which is an obligation of UPC Distribution
Holding BV, an indirect subsidiary of the Company.

     Note K - Administrative and Priority Claims

     For purposes of this Liquidation Analysis, US$5.0 million of administrative
and priority claims are assumed, representing costs incurred during the
Company's Chapter 11 case, prior to conversion of the Chapter 11 case to a
Chapter 7 case. These costs consist of accrued professional fees and other
post-petition payables. It is assumed that these claims would be paid in full
from net liquidation proceeds (after liquidation costs) before the balance of
those proceeds would be made available to unsecured claims in accordance with
the rule of absolute priority.

     Note L - Unsecured Claims

     Unsecured claims include estimates of Allowed Claims relating to the
Belmarken Notes Claims, UPC Notes Claims and General Unsecured Claims. The
estimates of the Belmarken Notes Claims and the UPC Notes Claims are assumed to
be Allowed at the principal amount or accreted value of those notes as of the
Chapter 11 filing date. A total amount of US$200 million was assumed as the
maximum amount of the Allowed General Unsecured Claims; however, the actual
amount may be substantially different depending on the amount of General
Unsecured Claims ultimately Allowed by the Court.

2.  Conclusion

     As this Liquidation Analysis reflects, the Company and Lazard believe that
Holders of the Belmarken Notes Claims (Class 4) and of the UPC Notes Claims and
General Unsecured Claims (Class 5) would each obtain a recovery of no more than
approximately 3.2% of the principal amount or accreted value of their claims in
a Chapter 7 liquidation. This recovery to Holders of the Belmarken Notes Claims
is only in respect of their claims against the Company and does not include
recovery from Belmarken Holding BV and from exercise of their security interests
in the common stock of Belmarken Holding BV and UPC Internet Holding BV. The
Company and Lazard also believe that Holders in Classes 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 would
receive no distribution in a Chapter 7 liquidation. By contrast, under the Plan,
(i) Holders of the Belmarken Notes Claims would receive New UPC Common Stock
with a value of approximately ____% of the principal amount of their claims,
(ii) Holders of the UPC Notes Claims and General Unsecured Claims would receive
New UPC Common Stock with a value of approximately ____% of the principal amount
or accreted value of their claims and (iii) Holders in Classes 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10
would in the aggregate receive New UPC Common Stock issued under the Plan worth
approximately US$____ million. These recoveries under the Plan are based on the
midpoint of the estimated range of equity values of the reorganized Company and
are subject to dilution as provided in the Plan. See "--Valuation Analysis." The
Company and Lazard believe that Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 Claims would be
unimpaired under the Plan.

     Based on the foregoing, the Company and Lazard believe that the Plan meets
the requirements of Section 1129(a)(7) of the Bankruptcy Code and that each
Holder of an Impaired Claim or Interest will recover at least as much under the
Plan as in a Chapter 7 liquidation.

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