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Exhibit 4.4    
    


Contract No. P31009  


Moscow

01.01.2003 


 
 

JSC "Tetra Pak AO",    
    



        Moscow, hereinafter referred to as the "Seller", represented by N.I. Timoshenko acting in accordance with the Power of Attorney, on one part, and 


 
 

ZAO "Wimm-Bill-Dann Purchaser",    
    


        Hereinafter referred to as the "Buyer", represented by Executive Director Medvedev V.V., acting in accordance with the Regulation Rules have concluded the present
contract on the following: 


 
 

PART 1    
    


1.1.  SUBJECT OF THE CONTRACT  


        The
Seller sells and the Buyer buys packaging material and also attendant accessories in accordance with specifications (annex No. l to the present contract). The deliveries are
being fulfilled according to the preliminary orders placed by the Buyer in accordance with the Annex 2. 


1.2.  PRICES  



	 
	 

	1.2.1	Price for the packaging material which is stipulated in the Specification (Annex No. 1 to the present Contract), amount of insurance and transportation are fixed by the Seller in US dollars excluding VAT and included
separately into the invoices to be paid by the Buyer.
	

1.2.2	

Prices for the packaging material include pallets delivered to the Buyer and the cost of corresponding quantity of longitudinal strips (for the material Tetra Brik Aseptic)





1.3.  QUANTITY AND PAYMENT CONTITIONS  



	 
	 

	1.3.1	Payment should be made in Roubles to the Seller's account in accordance with the exchange rate of the Central Bank of RF on the date of transferring the amount from the Buyer's account after the delivery of packaging
material to the Buyer's warehouse. The factura-invoice should be paid within 61 calendar days from the date of issue of the factura-invoice.
	

1.3.2	

The date of issue of the factura-invoice can not be prior to the date of dispatch.
	

1.3.3	

In case the Buyer has failed to make a payment in accordance with the payment conditions the Seller has the right to charge the penalty on overdue amount of 20% yearly for every overdue day.
	

1.3.4	

Supplier shall be entitled to deliver up to 10% above or below the quantity of packaging material ordered by the Buyer, the final balance will be adjusted accordingly to the delivered quantity.








1.4.  TERMS OF DELIVERY  



	 
	 

	1.4.1	The goods are to be delivered to the Customer's warehouse (Moscow and Moscow region) by the transport of the Supplier due to the Buyer if not otherwise specified in the order.
	

 	

Delivery (within European part of R F territory is to be effected by fully-loaded trucks according to the order agreed by the parties, the only exception being the last shipment
	

1.4.2	

Delivery is to be effected within 6 weeks after the Seller receives the official order and if the design(s), duly approved by the Buyers, is available for the Seller.
	

1.4.3	

In case of delivery delay through the Seller's fault the Buyer has the right to charge the penalty on delayed delivery amount of 20% yearly for every overdue day.
	

1.4.4	

The Buyer shall undertake costs of storage of the unpaid goods at the Seller's warehouse in case of delay in shipment of goods, if the delay occurred due to the reasons depending on the Buyer and exceeded 10 calendar days from the established
shipment date.
	

1.4.5	

The Seller shall give shipment advice to the Buyer one e the truck has left the factory and supply the Buyer with all the documents and invoices needed for each shipment by fax within 24 hours.
	

1.4.6	

The production facilities are to be chosen in mutual agreement with the Buyer. In any case of changes the Buyer has to be informed beforehand.
	

1.4.7	

The Buyer shall compensate the demurrage cost after 24 hours from. The stand demurrage equals to:
	

—	

150.00 USD (excl.VAT) per day for the stay of one not unloaded truck arrived from Tetra Pak factories to the specified in transport documents address not later than 12:00am on the agreed arrival date.
	

 	

In case if the truck arrives to the specified in transport documents address earlier the agreed arrival date the demurrage cost should not be charged for the period from the arrival time up to 12:00am on the agreed arrival date.
	

 	

In case if the truck arrives to the specified in transport documents address later 12:00am on the agreed arrival date the demurrage cost should calculated after 24 hours from the time of arrival.
	

 	

In case if the truck arrives to the specified in transport documents address later the agreed arrival date the demurrage cost should calculated after 48 hours from the actual time of arrival. Actual time of arrival of the truck (date, time) is
to be stated by the Buyer's representative in transport documents.
	

 	

The time of the truck arrival stated in transport documents is to be the basis for the demurrage cost calculation.





1.5.  TRANSPORTATION RISCS  


All
the rises connected with the transportation of goods to the warehouse of the Buyer are born by the Seller. 


The
Seller is to reimburse to the Buyer all the losses caused by the damage of goods during transportation subject to the conditions of article 2.4."Acceptance of goods damaged during the
transportation". 


The
Seller shall The form of reimbursement: reimbursement of losses by cash or in kind shall be determined on the Parties' concordance. 


 
 

PART 2.    General conditions of sales    
    


2.1.  REQUIREMENTS TO PAYMENT INVOICES  


        The Buyer shall specify the following information when filling up the bank papers to effect the prepayment or the payment according to the invoice. 



	 
	 

	2.1.1	Invoice settlement
	

—	

Date and number of the Invoice
	

—	

INT
	

2.1.2.	

General Conditions








In
case the prepayment or the payment shall be effected by the third party it is necessary to specify the name of the Buyer in addition to the items numerated above. 


2.2.  PACKING AND MARKING  



The
goods is to be shipped in packing suitable for Ion g distance transportation. 


Each
reel is to be shrink-wrapped. Each pallet with the reels is to be shrink-wrapped as well. Marking shall be as follows: 



	 
	 
	 	 

	Contract No P 31009	 	 	 
	Consignee:	
	 	 
	Address of destination:	
	 	 





2.3.  STORAGE REQUIREMENTS  


For
Tetra Brik and Tetra Brik Aceptic packaging material: 


Under
normal circumstances, reels of packaging material are double-wrapped. 


	—
	Each
reel is tightly shrink-wrapped.



	—
	Each
pallet is enclosed in a shrink-film. 



Pallets
can be stacked three on top of each other pro vided a rigid divider board is placed on top of the lower pallets. 


Transportation
pallets are irrevocable and their life is limited. 


Temperature:
Between 0° and +20°C is not detrimental but ensure that immediately prior to production the material is to be conditioned in the
temperature of +20° +30°C. The ideal temperature for storage is +20°C. 


Humidity:
30% to 70% RH. 


Actual
storage temperatures and relative humidity in some cases deviate from recommendations. If so, it is advised that prolonged storage should be avoided through the use of efficient delivery
schedule and by ensuring a strict rotation system, i.e. "first in—first out" 


Whenever
possible correct such deviations by means of adequate heating, cooling or humidity control equipment. 


2.4.  ACCEPTANCE OF THE GOODS  



	 
	 

	2.4.1	On delivery and acceptance of goods by the Buyer or Consignee the notes should be done by them in the shipment documents.
	

2.4.2	

Final acceptance of the goods as to the quantity to b e made by the Buyer at the site within 10 days from the date of the delivery
	

2.4.3	

In case the Buyer has any claims as per the quality of the packaging material supplied he has the right to submit them for the attention of the Seller within 12 (twelve) months from the delivery date of the packaging material provided that all the
storage requirements given in Article 2.3 have been fully met. No claims are accepted if the above time is overdue.
	

2.4.4	

In case of any claims the Buyer should prepare the claim according to the "Packaging Material Claim Routine".
	

2.4.5	

If the claims as per the quality submitted by the Buyer and received by the Seller before 3 months expire from the date of the shipment, the claimed goods shall be compensated by the delivery of the packaging material equals to the amount of the
claimed material. If the total quantity of the packaging material to be replaced is less than one prefabricated reel for Tetra Brik packaging material, the claimed goods shall be compensated when producing the next coming order of the
Buyer.
	

2.4.6	

If the claims are submitted by the Buyer and received by the Seller after 3 months but before 12 months expired from the delivery date, the way to compensate the claimed goods shall be specified additionally.
	
2.4.7	

Acceptance of goods damaged during transportation





Shall
the goods be damaged during the transportation, the Buyers shall at his own expense and risk: 


	—
	effect
the acceptance of the damaged, 





	—
	inform
the Seller of the damages in writing by fax (cable) immediately,



	—
	take
all the necessary steps to prevent the further damaged and loss of the goods and transport facilities,



	—
	take
picture of the damaged goods prior to unloading from the transportation facilities (picture should show the type of damage and the reason of the damage if possible),



	—
	in
case of truck delivery of damaged goods, make the note in the shipment documents of the revealed damages during the transportation, provide for the signature of the
transportation company representative on the shipment documents containing the note of the damages. In case the transportation company representative denies to supply the shipment documents with the
note of the damage, the Buyer makes the following note himself.



	—
	in
case of damaged goods carriage by rail, to sign with a carrier representative a carrier's statement describing the damage.



	—
	forward
the originals of the above listed documents to the Seller through courier service within 72 hours from the moment of acceptance of goods. 




The
liability is to be determined by the Agreement of the parties. 


2.5.  INTANGIBLE PROPERTY AND TRADEMARKS  



	 
	 

	2.5.1	The Buyer releases the Seller of any obligations or responsibility for lawlessly placed order for packaging material in the face of the third persons.
	

2.5.2	

In case of unauthorized use of the Seller's or Buyer's trademarks by one of the Parties the injured party parties may terminate this Contract, seek damages, compensation or any other remedies available under applicable laws.





2.6.  FORCE MAJEURE  


If
the Seller or the Buyer are prevented to perform in whole or in part its obligations in accordance with this Contract or is unreasonably burdened by circumstances over which he has no control,
including but not limited to Acts of God, civil war, mobilization, military conscription on a large scale, riots, insurrections and revolutions, sabotage, requisition, confiscation, nationalization,
embargoes and expropriation, public decrees or any other prohibition acts of authorities, strikes, lockouts, natural cataclysms such as violent storms, earthquakes, lightning, fire, explosions, faults
this shall suspend performance of the obligation without incurring any liability for compensation whatsoever. 


The
circumstances of force majeure should be proved by the conclusion of the Chamber of Commerce of the Russian Federation. 


2.7.  ARBITRATION  


All
disputes, differences or demands which may arise out of or in connection with the present Contract, and connecting its fulfilment transgression, stoppage or nonvalidity, are to be settled in the
International commercial Arbitration court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of RF in Moscow in accordance with it's Rules. 


Arbitration
hearings is to be held in Moscow. 


During
the settlement of all disputes the parties must guided by the Material Rules of RF. 


The
award of the Arbitration Court is final and binding upon both parties. 








2.8.  OTHER CONDITIONS  



	 
	 

	2.8.1	The contract comes into effect from the date of signing.
	

2.8.2	

The validity of the Contract is one year.
	

2.8.3	

After signing the contract all the preliminary agreements, discussions and correspondence between the parties concerning this contract are to be considered in valid from the date of signing.
	

2.8.4	

All the appendices and addenda to the present contract make the integral part.
	

2.8.5	

All the amendments and Annexes to the present contract are valid only on condition of being made in written form and signed by both parties
	

2.8.6	

Neither party has the right to assign its obligations and rights under the present contract to any third party without written consent of the other party.
	

 	

However the Seller can assign its rights and obligations regarding this Contract to another company within Tetra Laval Group. The Buyer can assign its rights and obligations regarding this Contract to another company within Wimm Bill Dann group of
companies in the European part of the Russian Federation.
	

 	

In both cases the above should take place against written consent of the parties
	

2.8.7	

If the Buyer initiates the termination of this Contract the Seller must stop immediately further production of the goods for the deliveries as per this contract in case of a written request from the Buyer concerning termination of this contract.
Should there be any orders in production the Seller should immediately stop further production and the Buyer is obliged to pay the costs of order cancellation.





2.9.  LEGAL ADDRESSES OF THE PARTIES  


Seller:  


JSC "Tetra Pak AO"

2-nd Spasonalivkovsky per.,3, 117049, Moscow,

INT 7706017070

acc. 40702810900001000943 in ING Bank Evrazia Moscow

corr. acc. 30101810500000000222

BIK 044525222  


Address of the Bank:

123022 Moscow, Krasnaya Presnia, 31 


Buyer:  


Address:

ZAO "Wimm-Bill-Dann Purchaser"

17, 2nd floor, 8/10 b.2, Brjusov per., 103009,

Moscow, Russia

INN 7110225026 code [Russian characters] 45877002

code [Russian characters] 71100

BIK 044583342

Account 40702810738000130168

Corr. Account 30101810600000000342

Moscow Bank "Akcionerno-Kommerchesky" of

SberBank of Russian Federation

10-2, Mejdunarodnaya str, 109544, Moscow,

Russia 


The
Contract is made in English and Russian languages. In case of differences between English and Russian texts the Russian text shall always prevail over the English text. 


Annex
1: Specification

Annex 2: LQS and Quantity Discounts for packaging material

Annex 3: Packaging material claim routine customer 






FOR
AND ON BEHALF OF THE SELLER 



	

Date: 1 January 2003	
 	

By:	

/s/  N. TIMOSHENKO      
 N. Timoshenko





FOR
AND ON BEHALF OF THE BUYER 



	

Date: 1 January 2003	
 	

By:	

/s/  V. MEDVEDEV      
 V. Medvedev









 
 

Annex 1
  to the Contract P31009
  January 1, 2003    
    


 
 

SPECIFICATION    
    



	No
 
	 	Type of packaging material
	 	Package

volume, ml
	 	Price FCA TP factory,

USD/1000 packs
	 	Printing method

	Production place: Tetra Pak Kiev
	1	 	TBA/j

6296-810	 	1000	 	100.71	 	Flexoprocess
	2	 	TBA/j

6296-813	 	1000S	 	119.44	 	Flexoprocess
	3	 	TBA/j

6296-460	 	200	 	44.00	 	Flexoprocess
	Production place: Tetra Pak Kuban



	1	 	TBA/j

6296-810	 	1000	 	98.15	 	Flexo
	Production place: Tetra Pak Muerdijk



	1	 	TPA/j metallized

6884-602	 	330	 	72.04	 	Offset Metallized
	2	 	TPA/j metallized with Streamcap

6884-602	 	330	 	89.74	 	Offset Metallized
	3	 	TBA/j metallized

7209-813	 	1000S	 	132.40	 	Offset Metallized
	4	 	TBA/j metallized

7209-460	 	200	 	52.08	 	Offset Metallized
	Production place: Tetra Pak Budaors



	1	 	TBA/j

6296-813	 	1000S	 	119.44	 	Flexoprocess
	Production place: Tetra Pak Limburg
	1	 	TBA/j metallized

7209-813	 	1000S	 	132.40	 	Offset Metallized
	Production place: Tetra Pak Rubjera
	1	 	TBA/j

6824-350	 	125S	 	33.00	 	Rotogravure
	Production place: Tetra Pak Lund
	1	 	TBA/j

6296-705	 	500S	 	94.23	 	Flexoprocess
	2	 	TBA/j

6296-350	 	125S	 	32.00	 	Flexoprocess
	3	 	TBA/lk

6539-835	 	1500S	 	148.00	 	Flexoprocess









	 
	 	

Type of straws
 
	 	

Quantity
 
	 	Price FCA Furulund (Sweden) VAT excl (Duties include,

transportation and insurance excluded)
 

	Production place: Tubex AB
	10	 	U straws, 150mm long, 4 mm diam for TBA 200B. Code: 8775-919-01	 	1000	 	4.50	 	 
	11	 	T straws, 150mm long, 5/6 mm diam for TPA 330 Square T15056 Code: 8783-919-07 orange

Code: 8783-919-05 green	 	1000	 	6.50	 	 
	12	 	Straight straws, 100mm long, 4 mm diam	 	1000	 	2.50	 	 









 
 

Annex No. 2
  to contract No. P31009    
    


I. Low Quantity Surcharges and Quantity Discounts for Tetra Brik, Tetra Brik Aseptik packaging material  


	1.
	Low
Quantity Surcharges Flexoline/Flexoprocess 






	Order (1000 packs)
 
	 	Surcharge (USD)

	999–500	 	0,0
	499–250	 	7,0
	249–100	 	19.0




	2.
	Big
Quantity Discount 






	Order (1000 packs)
 
	 	Discount (%)

	1000–1999	 	0.0
	2000–2999	 	1.0
	3000–3999	 	2.0
	4000–4999	 	2.5
	> 5000	 	3.0





The
term "Single order" should be interpreted as Buyer's application for production of a certain quantity of packaging material with one approved design. 


The
term "Co-print order" should be interpreted as a set of Single orders with designs of similar colors in quantity multiple to: 


	—
	4–
for Tetra Pak factories in Kiev, Timashevsk and Moerdijk for packaging material 



TBA/m
TBA/j 1000mlBase 1000mlSlim, 


TPA/j
330ml, 


TB/m
1000ml 500ml 



	—
	6–
for Tetra Pak factories in Kiev and Timashevsk for packaging material 



TBA/m
TBA/j 200mlBase. 




When
placing "Single order" or "Co-print" order quantities stipulated in column "Order" a sum of USD stipulated in column "Surcharge" should be added to the price or reduce the price by the relevant
percent stipulated in column "Discounts" in case of surcharges and discounts application accordingly. 



Low
Quantity Surcharges are based on ordered quantity of "Co-print order" or "Single order". 


II. Low Quantity Surcharges for Tetra Rex packaging material  


	1.
	Low
Quantity Surcharges 






	Order (1000 packs)
 
	 	Surcharge (USD)

	249–100	 	5.0





Low
Quantity Surcharges are based on ordered quantity. When ordering quantities stipulated in column "Order" a sum of USD stipulated in column "Surcharge" should be added to the price. 





	2.
	Color
Surcharges for Tetra Rex packaging material Printing Method- flexo. 



All prices are based on 2 colors.  



	Color Surcharge
 
	 
	Order (1000 packs)
 
	 	Surcharge (%)
	 
	5	 	+3	%
	4	 	+2	%
	3	 	+1	%





When
ordering the packaging material with more then 2 colors the "Color Surcharge" should be added to the standard price including possible LQS or individual order discount. 



	 	 	THE SELLER
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  N. TIMOSHENKO      
 N. Timoshenko





	 	 	THE BUYER
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  V. MEDVEDEV      
 V. Medvedev







 
 

Annex No. 3
  to contract No. P31009    
    



Packaging Material Claim Routine Customer  


	1.1.
	In
case the buyer has any claims a per the quality of packaging material supplied that cannot be used in the filling machine, the Buyer should prepare a Claim Routine by the
following way:



	1.2.
	—
Two copies should be sent into Technical service.



	—
	One
copy to be retained by the Buyer/



	—
	One
copy to be attached to the faulty packaging material to show that it is placed on hold.






	1.3.
	The
material should then be moved to a separate location, placed on hold and stored according to the recommendations stated in the sales contract.



	1.4.
	Technical
Service will contact the Buyer to confirm receipt of the claim. This should be done in the fastest possible way.



	1.5.
	Depending
on the amount of packaging material claimed, the size of the order and the Buyer's situation two different actions could be carried out:



	A.
	Immediate
action



	B.
	Action
at next site visit






	1.6.
	An
agreement is made between Technical Service and the Buyer that in case A (article 1.5) Service Engineer is sent to site at a mutually convenient time, in case B (article 1.5) the
Claim will be investigated at the next site visit within two months. 



The
service engineer attends site and investigates the possibility to use the packaging material in the filling machine. If is possible after only minor adjustments, a report is to be completed by the
engineer detailing this and any other changes made to the filling machine. 


	—
	copy
to be returned to Technical Service. 




If
the service engineer investigated that the packaging material cannot be used in the filling machine, then Technical service should complete Claim Report and samples of the packaging material
obtained (at least 2 meters or 20 blanks). 


Within
four weeks an agreement with the Buyer should have been finalized. 



	 	 	THE SELLER
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  N. TIMOSHENKO      
 N. Timoshenko





	 	 	THE BUYER
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  V. MEDVEDEV      
 V. Medvedev











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Exhibit 4.4


JSC "Tetra Pak AO",

ZAO "Wimm-Bill-Dann Purchaser",

PART 1

PART 2. General conditions of sales




Annex 1 to the Contract P31009 January 1, 2003


SPECIFICATION



Annex No. 2 to contract No. P31009

Annex No. 3 to contract No. P31009