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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.26

                               Dated 5 March 1999

                     UNITED PAN-EUROPE COMMUNICATIONS N.V.

                                      and

                                CHARLES BRACKEN

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                          EXECUTIVE SERVICE AGREEMENT
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THIS AGREEMENT is made on

BETWEEN:-

(1) UNITED PAN-EUROPE COMMUNICATIONS N.V., a public company with limited
    liability duly organised and existing under the laws of The Netherlands,
    whose registered office is at Fred. Roeskes Straat, 123 Amsterdam, The
    Netherlands (the "COMPANY"); and

(2) CHARLES BRACKEN of 22 Kildare Gardens, London, W2 5LU (the "EXECUTIVE").

THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

1.  DEFINITIONS

    In this agreement unless the context otherwise requires:-

1.1 "THE AGREEMENT" means the service agreement between the Executive and the
    Company;

1.2 "BOARD" means the management board of the Company;

1.3 "COMMCEMENT DATE" means the date on which the Executive is contractu-ally
    free to join the Company;

1.4 "GROUP COMPANIES" means the Company, its holding company and all subsi-diary
    and associated companies of its holding company;

1.5 "ASSOCIATED COMPANY" means a company which falls to be so treated as such
    for the purposes of Statement of Standard Accounting Practice No.1 of the
    Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales;

1.6 "SUBSIDIARY" and "HOLDING COMPANY" have the meanings given to them in
    section 736 of the Companies Act 1985.

2.  TERM AND APPOINTMENT

2.1 The Company shall engage the Executive and the Executive shall serve the
    Company as an employee and director as hereinafter provided (the
    "APPOINTMENT").

2.2 The Appointment shall commence on the Commencement Date and shall be for a
    fixed term of four years from the Commencement Date ("THE FIXED TERM").
    Either party may terminate the Agreement after expiry of the Fixed Term by
    giving to the other 6 months' notice of termination ("THE NOTICE PERIOD"),
    such notice not to be given before the expiry of the Fixed Term.

2.3 The parties have agreed that the Executive shall be entitled to payment of
    the liquidated damages ("THE LIQUIDATED DAMAGES") specified in clause 2.5 in
    the following circumstances:

    (a) If the Executive terminates the Agreement during the Fixed Term in
       response to and as a result of a fundamental breach by the Company of
       this Agreement; and/or

    (b) If the Company terminates the Agreement before the expiry of the Fixed
       Term otherwise than in circumstances which would warrant a summary
       termination under Clause 13.

2.4 The parties agree that the Executive is unlikely to terminate the Agreement
    during the Fixed Term save in the circumstances set out in clause 2.3
    (a) above. With a view to avoiding the time and cost involved in litigation,
    the parties have agreed the following Liquidated Damages and that such
    Liquidated Damages represent a genuine pre-estimate of the loss which the
    Executive would suffer if the Appointment is terminated in the circumstances
    set out in clause 2.3 (a)-(b) above. The parties further agree that the
    Executive is not obliged to mitigate his loss or bring into account any
    earnings following termination of the Agreement under this clause. The
    payment of Liquidated Damages under this clause shall be in full and final
    settlement of all or any claims that the

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    Executive may have arising out of this Appointment or its termination in the
    circumstances set out in clause 2.3 (a)-(b) above.

2.5 The Company shall pay the Liquidated Damages to the Executive within 14 days
    of the effective date of termination ("THE TERMINATION DATE"). The
    Liquidated Damages shall be a sum representing the Salary (including
    reasonable annual increments) and the value of all contractual benefits,
    which would have been payable or provided by the Company to the Executive
    between the Termination Date and the first date on which the Company could
    lawfully have terminated the Appointment pursuant to clause 2.2.

2.6 The parties agree that in calculating the Liquidated Damages each of the
    sums set out in 2.5 shall be calculated net of all or any Income Tax and
    National Insurance which would otherwise have been payable by the Executive
    on these sums.

2.7 Further, if the Appointment is terminated in the circumstances set out in
    clause 2.3 (a)-(b) above, all share options (including for the avoidance of
    doubt the 250,000 share options referred at clause 5.3 below) which shall
    have been awarded to the Executive as at the Termination Date, shall vest
    and the Executive shall be entitled to exercise the options at the IPO price
    of 29 Euros. If there is any conflict between the terms of the share option
    scheme and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall take
    precedence.

2.8 The parties further agree that each of the sums set out in clause 2.5 and
    the vesting of the options in clause 2.7 shall be separate and severable and
    that if a Court were to consider any of the sums set out in 2.5 to be a
    penalty payment, such sum could be severed from the remaining sums and not
    form part of the calculations of Liquidated Damages and that the remaining
    sum would be valid and enforceable.

2.9 Where following the expiry of the Fixed Period notice is served to terminate
    the Appointment whether by the Company or the Executive, the Company shall
    be entitled to terminate the Appointment forthwith and in full and final
    satisfaction of the Executive's claims under this agreement by paying to the
    Executive a payment in lieu of notice, which shall be calculated with regard
    to the Executive's common law duty to mitigate his loss.

3.  DUTIES

3.1 During the Appointment the Executive shall devote the whole of his time and
    attention to the duties assigned to him and shall well and faithfully serve
    the Company and use his best endeavours to promote the interests of the
    Company and subject thereto the Executive shall perform the duties of
    Managing Director of Development, Strategy, and Acquisitions, reporting
    directly to the Chief Executive Officer.

3.2 The Executive may be required in pursuance of his duties hereunder:-

    (a) to perform services not only for the Company but also for any of the
       Group Companies;

    (b) to travel to such places whether in or outside the United Kingdom by
       such means and on such occasions as the Company may require and in
       particular to the Netherlands;

    to make reports to the Board and/or the Board of its holding company on any
    matters concerning the affairs of the Company or any other Group Company as
    it or they may reasonably require.

3.3 Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this agreement the
    Company

    (a) shall not be under any obligation to vest in or assign to the Executive
       any powers or duties and may at any time require the Executive to
       perform:-

       (i) all his normal duties;

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       (ii) a part only of his normal duties and no other duties;

       (iii) such duties as it may reasonably require and no others;

       (iv) no duties whatever;

    (b) and may from time to time suspend or exclude the Executive from the
       performance of his duties and/or from all or any premises of the Company
       for the period of three months in total at any one time without the need
       to give any reason for so doing

    but in the case of 3.3(a) and (b) the Salary will not cease to be payable
    (in whole or in part) nor will he cease to be entitled to any other benefits
    hereunder by reason only of such requirement as mentioned in paragraphs
    3.3(b) to 3.3(d) of this clause or such suspension or exclusion (unless or
    until his employment under this agreement shall be terminated).

4.  HOLIDAY ENTITLEMENT

    During the Appointment the Executive shall be entitled to 25 working days'
    holiday (in addition to public holidays) in each calendar year January to
    December at full Salary to be taken at such time or times as may be approved
    by the Board. Holidays can only be carried over to the subsequent year with
    the prior approval of the Board. Upon the termination of the Appointment
    either the Executive shall be entitled to receive payment in lieu of accrued
    holidays not taken at that date (provided that such determination is not
    pursuant to clause 13) or the Company shall be entitled to make a deduction
    from the Executive's remuneration in respect of holidays taken in excess of
    the accrued entitlement.

5.  REMUNERATION

5.1 During the Appointment, as remuneration for his services hereunder, the
    Executive shall be paid a fixed salary at the rate of L250,000 gross per
    annum payable in equal monthly instalments in arrears on or before the last
    working day of each calendar month ("THE SALARY").

5.2 The amount of the Salary will be subject to annual performance evalua-tion
    in January of each year and will be reviewed upwards only.

5.3 The Executive shall receive 250,000 share options at IPO value of 29 Euros
    per share; 5224 share options shall vest at the end of the first calendar
    month after the Commencement Date and thereafter the shares shall vest at
    the rate of 5208 share options per month over the 47 months following the
    Commencement Date. The Company shall endeavour to construct a tax-effective
    solution for the Executive's stock option grant. The Executive shall be
    eligible to receive future share option grants, such grants to be reviewed
    annually.

5.4 The Company shall set up an Employee Benefit Trust ("THE TRUST") and request
    that the Trustees of such Trust appoint the Executive a beneficiary of the
    Trust.

6.  EXPENSES

    The Executive shall be entitled to recover all reasonable travelling, hotel
    and other expenses incurred in or about the performance of the duties
    hereunder, which expenses shall be evidenced in such manner as the Company
    may specify from time to time.

7.  COMPANY CAR

    To assist in the performance of the duties hereunder the Company shall
    during the Appointment provide the Executive with a car of a cost and type
    applicable to his seniority, or a car allowance in line with function shall
    be made available, subject to any terms and conditions of the company's car
    policy.

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8.  PENSIONS

   The Executive is entitled to participate in such UPC Services Limited Group
    Personal Pension Plan as exists from time to time. In line with Company
    policy, the Company will pay into the plan such contributions as are
    appropriate to the Executive's status as director.

9.  BENEFITS

9.1 The Executive and his family are entitled to become members of the Company's
    Private Medical Insurance scheme subject to the rules of the scheme as
    amended from time to time.

    All monthly premiums will be borne by the Company. Full details of the
    scheme are available from Human Resources.

9.2 The Executive may participate in the Company's Permanent Health Insurance
    scheme subject to the rules of the scheme as amended from time to time. Full
    details of the scheme are available from Human Resources.

9.3 The Company will provide the Executive with group life assurance cover. Full
    details of the scheme are available from Human Resources.

10. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION/TRADE SECRETS/NON-COMPETITION

    The Executive shall be subject to the Company's policy in respect of
    confidential information and trade secrets and non-competition as set out in
    Schedule 2 attached.

11. INVENTIONS AND CREATIVE WORKS

11.1 The Executive acknowledges that because of the nature of his duties and the
    particular responsibilities arising as a result of such duties which he owes
    to the Company and the Group Companies he has a special obligation to
    further the interests of the Company and the Group Companies. In particular
    the duties of the Executive shall include reviewing the products and
    services of the Company and Group Companies with a view to improving them by
    new and/or original ideas and inventions and implementing such improvements.

11.2 The Executive shall promptly disclose to the Company any idea, invention or
    work which is relevant to or capable of use in the business of the Company
    or any of the Group Companies made by the Executive in the course of his
    employment whether or not in the course of his duties. The Executive
    acknowledges that the intellectual property rights subsisting or which may
    in the future subsist in any such ideas, inventions or works created by him
    in the course of his employment will, on creation, vest in and be the
    exclusive property of the Company and where the same does not automatically
    vest as aforesaid, the Executive shall assign the same to the Company (upon
    the request and at the cost of the Company). The Executive hereby
    irrevocably waives any rights which he may have in any such ideas,
    inventions or works which are or have been conferred upon him by chapter IV
    of part I of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 headed "Moral
    Rights"

11.3 The Executive hereby irrevocably appoints the Company to be his attorney in
    his name and on his behalf to execute and do any such instrument or thing
    and generally to use his name for the purpose of giving to the Company or
    its nominee the full benefit of the provisions of this clause 11 and
    acknowledges in favour of any third party that a certificate in writing
    signed by any Director or Secretary of the Company that any instrument or
    act falls within the authority hereby conferred shall be conclusive evidence
    that such is the case.

12. CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND INTEGRITY POLICY

    The Executive shall be subject to the Company's policy in respect of
    conflict of interest and integrity as set out in Schedule 3 attached.

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13. TERMINATION BY EVENTS OF DEFAULT

13.1 The Appointment shall be subject to summary termination at any time by the
    Company by notice in writing if the Executive shall:-

    (a) have committed any serious breach or (after warning in writing) any
       repeated or continued material breach of the obligations hereunder; or

    (b) in the reasonable opinion of the Board have failed to perform his duties
       to a satisfactory standard; or

    (c) shall have been guilty of any act of dishonesty or serious misconduct or
       any conduct which in the reasonable opinion of the Board tends to bring
       himself, the Company or any of the Group Companies into disrepute
       including but not limited to any breach of the companies' Conflict of
       Interest and Integrity Policy as set out in Schedule 3; or

    (d) shall be declared bankrupt or shall compound with his creditors;

13.2 be convicted for activity of a criminal or legal nature under the laws of
    the Countries of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands (excluding road
    traffic offences).

13.3 Any delay by the Company in exercising such right to termination shall not
    constitute a waiver thereof.

14. INCAPACITY

    Following the expiry of the Fixed Term, if the Executive shall be
    incapacitated during the Appointment by ill-health or accident from
    performing his duties hereunder for an aggregate of 130 working days or more
    in any period of 12 months the Company may by written notice to the
    Executive forthwith (or as from a future date specified in the notice)
    discontinue payment in whole or part of the remuneration under clause 5
    above until such incapacity shall cease or (whether or not his remuneration
    shall have been discontinued as aforesaid) determine the Appointment
    provided that the Company shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that the
    Executive receives benefits pursuant to clause 9. Subject as aforesaid the
    said remuneration shall continue to be payable to the Executive under clause
    5 notwithstanding such incapacity but the Company shall be entitled to set
    off or deduct therefrom the amount of any sickness or other benefit to which
    the Executive is entitled under Social Security legislation for the time
    being in force.

15. OBLIGATIONS UPON TERMINATION

    Upon the termination of the Appointment howsoever arising the Executive
    shall:-

15.1 at any time or from time to time thereafter upon the request of the
    Company, resign without claim for compensation from:-

    (a) all offices held in the Company or any of the Group Companies; and

    (b) membership of any organisation and any office in any other company
       acquired by reason of or in connection with the Appointment;

    and should he fail to do so the Company is hereby irrevocably appointed to
    be the Executive's Attorney in his name and on his behalf to execute any
    documents and to do any things necessary or requisite to give effect to this
    clause;

15.2 deliver to the Board all documents (including, but not limited to,
    correspondence, lists of clients or customers, notes, memoranda, plans,
    drawings and other documents of whatsoever nature and all copies thereof)
    made or compiled or acquired by the Executive during the Appointment and
    concerning the business, finances or affairs of the Company or any of the
    Group Companies or customers

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15.3 be subject to the terms in respect of any bonus as set out in sub-clause
    5.3 above.

16. RECONSTRUCTION AND AMALGAMATION

    If at any time the Executive's employment is terminated in connection with
    any reconstruction or amalgamation of the Company or any of the Group
    Companies whether by winding up or otherwise and the Executive receives an
    offer on terms which (considered in their entirety) are not less favourable
    to any material extent than the terms of this Agreement from a company
    involved in or resulting from such reconstruction or amalgamation the
    Executive shall have no claim whatsoever against the Company or any such
    company arising out of or connected with such termination.

17. NOTICES

    Any notice to be given hereunder shall be in writing. Notices may be given
    by either party by personal delivery or post or by fax addressed to the
    other party at (in the case of the Company) its registered office for the
    time being and (in the case of the Executive) his last known address and any
    such notice given by letter or fax shall be deemed to have been served at
    the time at which the letter was delivered personally or transmitted or if
    sent by post would be delivered in the ordinary course of first class post.

18. PREVIOUS CONTRACTS

    This agreement is in substitution for any previous contract of service
    between the Company or any of the Group Companies and the Executive which
    shall be deemed to have been terminated by mutual consent as from the
    commencement of the Appointment.

    The Executive hereby warrants and represents to the Company that he will
    not, in entering into this agreement or carrying out his duties hereunder,
    be in breach of any terms of employment whether express or implied or any
    other obligation binding upon him.

19. PROPER LAW

    This agreement shall be governed and construed in all respects in accordance
    with English law.

20. CONSTRUCTION

    The headings in this agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall
    not affect its construction.

    Any reference to a statutory provision shall be construed as a reference to
    any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof (whether before or after
    the date hereof) for the time being in force.

21. STATUTORY INFORMATION AND SCHEDULES

    Schedule 1 hereto (in addition to this agreement) constitutes a written
    statement as at the date hereof of the terms of employment of the Executive
    in compliance with the provisions of the Employment Rights Act 1996.

    This agreement together with Schedules 1 to 3 constitute the entire
    agreement between the Executive and the Company.

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IN WITNESS whereof this agreement has been executed as a deed on the date first
before written.

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Signed as a deed by the said
CHARLES BRACKEN
in the presence of:-
Signed by JOHN FRANCIS RIORDAN
Duly authorised for and on behalf of
UNITED PAN-EUROPE COMMUNICATIONS N.V.
in the presence of:-
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                                   SCHEDULE 1

1.  The Executive has been continuously in the employment of the Company
    (including reckonable service with any of the Group Companies) since the
    Commencement Date.

2.  Rate of remuneration and the intervals at which it is paid are contained in
    clause 5.

3.  There are no specific terms and conditions relating to hours of work except
    as provided in clause 3.1.

4.  The terms and conditions relating to holidays are contained in clause 4 and
    those relating to sickness are contained in clause 14.

5.  Particulars as to the length of notice to terminate are contained in clause
    2.

6.  Particulars as to the work for which the Executive is employed are contained
    in clause 3.

7.  Subject to clause 3.2 the Executive's place of work at the date of this
    schedule is London.

8.  There are no disciplinary rules applicable to the Executive except as
    provided in this agreement and if the Executive is dissatisfied with any
    disciplinary decision he should apply orally or in writing to the Board.

9.  Any application for the purpose of seeking redress of any grievance relating
    to the Executive's employment should be made either orally or in writing to
    the Board.

10. Details of the Executive's work outside the UK are contained in clause 3.2.

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                                   SCHEDULE 2

          TRADE SECRETS, CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND NON-COMPETITION

During the Appointment, the Executive will acquire knowledge of confidential and
proprietary information regarding, among other things, the Company's and the
Group's present and future operations, its customers and suppliers, pricing and
bidding strategies, and the methods used by the Company and its employees.

Therefore, the Executive hereby agrees to the following:

A. During the Appointment and after the termination of the Appointment the
    Executive will hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company,
    and shall not directly or indirectly use or disclose any Trade Secret, as
    defined below, that the Executive may require during the Appointment for so
    long as such information remains a trade secret. The term "TRADE SECRET" as
    used in this Agreement shall mean information including, but not limited to,
    technical or non-technical data, a formula, a pattern, a compilation, a
    program, a device, a method, a technique, a drawing, a process, financial
    data, financial plans, product plans or a list of actual or potential
    customers or suppliers which:

    (1) derives economic value, actual or potential from not being generally
       known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by other
       persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use; and

    (2) is the subject of reasonable efforts by the Company or its Group to
       maintain its confidentiality.

B.  In addition to A above and not in limitation thereof, the Executive agrees
    that, during the Appointment and for a period of 2 years after termination,
    the Executive will hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the
    Company and the Group, and shall not directly or indirectly use or disclose,
    any Confidential or Proprietary information, as defined below, that the
    Executive may have acquired (whether or not developed or compiled by the
    Executive and whether or not the Executive was authorised to have access to
    such information) during the term of, in the course of or as a result of the
    Appointment. The term "CONFIDENTIAL OR PROPRIETARY INFORMATION" as used in
    this Agreement means any secret, confidential, or proprietary information of
    the Company not otherwise included in the definition of "Trade Secret" above
    and does not include information that has become generally available to the
    public by the act of one who has the right to disclose such information
    without violating any right of the client to which such information
    pertains.

C.  The Executive agrees that for a period of 6 months after termination of the
    Appointment he will not hire or attempt to hire for any purpose whatsoever
    (whether as an employee, consultant, adviser, independent contractor or
    otherwise) any senior employee of the Company or the Group or any person who
    was a senior employee of the Company or the Group at any time during the one
    year period prior to termination of the Appointment in either case provided
    that the Executive had contact with such employee during the 12 months prior
    to termination of employment.

D. The Executive agrees that for a period of six months after termination of the
    Appointment he will not solicit or interfere with or endeavour to entice
    away from the Company of any of the Relevant Group Companies any senior
    person, or any firm, company or entity who was a supplier to the Company
    whom the Executive was concerned or had personal contact with during the 12
    months prior to termination of employment;

E.  The covenants contained in this Schedule shall inure to the benefit of the
    Company, and successor of it and every subsidiary and affiliate.

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                                   SCHEDULE 3

                   CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND INTEGRITY POLICY

A. An employee of the Company shall conduct his/her business and personal
    affairs with such ethics and integrity that no conflict of interest with the
    Company's business, real or implied, can be construed. A conflict of
    interest shall be deemed to exist if an employee or an Affiliate (as defined
    in E below) of an employee has any interest (including, but not limited to
    equity ownership, interest arrangement, commission, gift) direct or
    indirect, in a client, supplier, contractor, or other principle dealing with
    the Company or the Group, and that interest is of such extent or nature that
    it might reasonably be perceived by the Board to affect the employee's
    judgement or decisions exercised on behalf of the Company.

B.  An employee or any Affiliate of the employee shall not personally or on
    behalf of the Company receive or be involved with any kickbacks, bribes,
    gratuities, reciprocal arrangements or other improper or illegal
    arrangements, or benefit personally from any rebates or discounts, with any
    other organizations and personnel conducting or soliciting, currently or
    prospectively, the business with the Company and the Group.

C.  An employee of the Company shall not bring the company into disrepute. More
    specifically, an employee or any Affiliate of an employee shall not permit
    or be involved in any direct or indirect pay, award, commission, or other
    compensation to any person or organisation for purposes of improperly or
    illegally inducing action of any kind whatsoever.

D. Where any questionable outside business activity is contemplated, an employee
    must obtain prior approval of the Board.

E.  For purposes of this policy, Affiliate shall include, but not limited to,
    any relative by blood or by marriage or any entity in which the employee or
    any such relative may have any financial, voting, controlling and/or
    management interest.

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.27

                             Dated 3 November 1999

                              UPC SERVICES LIMITED

                                      and

                                 SHANE O'NEILL

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                          EXECUTIVE SERVICE AGREEMENT
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THIS AGREEMENT is made on 3 November 1999

BETWEEN:-

(1) UPC SERVICES LIMITED, a limited liabilty company duly organised and existing
    under the laws of England and Wales, whose registered office is at 12
    Stanhope Gate, London W1Y 5LB United Kingdom (the "COMPANY"); and

(2) SHANE O'NEILL of 25 Friars Stile Road, Richmond, Surrey TW10 6NH (the
    "EXECUTIVE").

THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

1.  DEFINITIONS

   In this agreement unless the context otherwise requires:-

1.1 "UPC" means United Pan-Europe Communications N.V.; UnitedGlobalCom means
    United Global Com, Inc.;

1.2 "MANAGEMENT BOARD" means the management board of UPC;

1.3 "GROUP COMPANIES" means the Company, its holding company and all subsidiary
    and associated companies of its holding company;

1.4 "ASSOCIATED COMPANY" means a company which falls to be so treated as such
    for the purposes of Statement of Standard Accounting Practice No.1 of the
    Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales;

1.5 "SUBSIDIARY" and "HOLDING COMPANY" have the meanings given to them in
    section 736 of the Companies Act 1985;

1.6 "COMMENCEMENT DATE" shall mean 8 November 1999.

2.  TERM AND APPOINTMENT

2.1 The Company shall engage the Executive and the Executive shall serve the
    Company as an employee and director as hereinafter provided (the
    "APPOINTMENT").

2.2 The Appointment shall commence on the Commencement Date and shall be for a
    fixed term of four years from the Commencement Date ("THE FIXED TERM").

2.3 The parties have agreed that the Executive shall be entitled to payment of
    the liquidated damages ("THE LIQUIDATED DAMAGES") specified in clause 2.5 in
    the following circumstances:

    (a) If the Executive terminates the Agreement during the Fixed Term in
       response to and as a result of a fundamental breach by the Company of
       this Agreement; and/or

    (b) If the Company terminates the Agreement before the expiry of the Fixed
       Term otherwise than in circumstances which would warrant a summary
       termination under Clause 13.

2.4 The parties agree that the Executive is unlikely to terminate the Agreement
    during the Fixed Term save in the circumstances set out in clause 2.3
    (a) above. With a view to avoiding the time and cost involved in litigation,
    the parties have agreed the following Liquidated Damages and that such
    Liquidated Damages represent a genuine pre-estimate of the loss which the
    Executive would suffer if the Appointment is terminated in the circumstances
    set out in clause 2.3 (a)-(b) above. The parties further agree that the
    Executive is not obliged to mitigate his loss or bring into account any
    earnings following termination of the Agreement under this clause. The
    payment of Liquidated Damages under this clause shall be in full and final
    settlement of all or any claims that the

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    Executive may have arising out of this Appointment or its termination in the
    circumstances set out in clause 2.3 (a)-(b) above.

2.5 The Company shall pay the Liquidated Damages to the Executive within 14 days
    of the effective date of termination ("THE TERMINATION DATE"). The
    Liquidated Damages shall be a sum representing the Salary (including
    reasonable annual increments) and the value of all contractual benefits,
    which would have been payable or provided by the Company to the Executive
    between the Termination Date and the first date on which the Company could
    lawfully have terminated the Appointment pursuant to clause 2.2.

2.6 The parties agree that in calculating the Liquidated Damages each of the
    sums set out in 2.5 shall be calculated net of all or any Income Tax and
    National Insurance which would otherwise have been payable by the Executive
    on these sums.

2.7 Further, if the Appointment is terminated in the circumstances set out in
    clause 2.3 (a)-(b) above, all share options (including for the avoidance of
    doubt the 250,000 UPC share options as referred to in clause 5.3 below)
    which shall have been awarded to the Executive as at the Termination Date,
    shall vest and the Executive shall be entitled to exercise the options at a
    price equal to USD 4 less the issue price of UPC's Secondary Offering of
    shares on the 19th of October 1999. If there is any conflict between the
    terms of the share option scheme and this Agreement, the terms of this
    Agreement shall take precedence.

2.8 The parties further agree that each of the sums set out in clause 2.5 and
    the vesting of the options in clause 2.7 shall be separate and severable and
    that if a Court were to consider any of these sums set out in 2.5 to be a
    penalty payment, such sum could be severed from the remaining sums and not
    form part of the calculations of Liquidated Damages and that the remaining
    sum would be valid and enforceable.

2.9 In circumstances that lead to a change of control of UPC or UnitedGlobalCom,
    the Executive shall be afforded the same treatment of his compensation
    package, including for the avoidance of doubt the 250,000 UPC share options
    referred to in clause 5.3 below, as will then have been afforded to UPC's
    Chief Executive Officer, currently Mr. Mark Schneider.

3.  DUTIES

3.1 During the Appointment the Executive shall devote the whole of his
    professional time and attention to the duties assigned to him and shall well
    and faithfully serve the Company and use his reasonable endeavours to
    promote the interests of the Company and subject thereto the Executive shall
    perform the duties of Managing Director responsible for Strategy,
    Acquisitions, and Corporate Development reporting directly to the Chief
    Executive Officer of UPC N.V. The Executive shall also be recommended for
    appointment to the Management Board of UPC. One of the understandings of the
    Executive in entering into this agreement is that he will be appointed to
    the Management Board of UPC.

3.2 The Executive may be reasonably required in pursuance of his duties
    hereunder:-

    (a) to perform services not only for the Company but also for any of the
       Group Companies;

    (b) to travel to such places whether in or outside the United Kingdom by
       such means and on such occasions as the Company may require and in
       particular to the Netherlands;

    (c) to make appropriate reports to the Board and/or the Board of its holding
       company on any matters concerning the affairs of the Company or any other
       Group Company as it or they may reasonably require.

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3.3 Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this agreement the
    Company shall not be under any obligation to vest in or assign to the
    Executive any powers or duties and may at any time require the Executive to
    perform:-

    (a) all his normal duties;

    (b) a part only of his normal duties and no other duties;

    (c) such duties as it may reasonably require and no others;

    (d) no duties whatever;

   and may from time to time suspend or exclude the Executive from the
    performance of his duties and/or from all or any premises of the Company for
    the period of three months in total at any one time without the need to give
    any reason for so doing but his salary will not cease to be payable (in
    whole or in part) nor will he cease to be entitled to any other benefits
    hereunder by reason only of such requirement as mentioned in paragraphs
    3.3(b) to 3.3(d) of this clause or such suspension or exclusion (unless or
    until his employment under this agreement shall be terminated).

4.  HOLIDAY ENTITLEMENT

   During the Appointment the Executive shall be entitled to 25 working days'
    holiday (in addition to public holidays) in each calendar year January to
    December at full salary to be taken at such time or times as may be approved
    by the Board. Holidays can only be carried over to the subsequent year with
    the prior approval of the Board. Upon the termination of the Appointment
    either the Executive shall be entitled to receive payment in lieu of accrued
    holidays not taken at that date (provided that such determination is not
    pursuant to clause 13) or the Company shall be entitled to make a deduction
    from the Executive's remuneration in respect of holidays taken in excess of
    the accrued entitlement.

5.  REMUNERATION

5.1 During the Appointment, as remuneration for his services hereunder, the
    Executive shall be paid a fixed salary at the rate of L250,000 gross per
    annum payable in equal monthly instalments in arrears on or before the last
    working day of each calendar month.

5.2 The amount of the Executive's salary will be increased subject to annual
    performance evaluation in January of each year.

5.3 The Executive shall receive 250,000 UPC share options at an exercise price
    equal to USD 4 less than the issue price of UPC's Secondary Offering of
    shares as valued on 19 October 1999. The shares shall vest monthly over 48
    months. The Executive shall be eligible to receive future share option
    grants, such grants to be reviewed annually.

6.  EXPENSES

   The Executive shall be entitled to recover all reasonable travelling, hotel
    and other expenses properly authorised by the Board and incurred in or about
    the performance of the duties hereunder, which expenses shall be evidenced
    in such manner as the Company may specify from time to time.

7.  COMPANY CAR

   To assist in the performance of the duties hereunder the Company shall during
    the Appointment provide the Executive with a car allowance in line with
    function, subject to any terms and conditions of the Company's car policy.

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8.  PENSIONS

   The Executive is entitled to participate in the UPC Services Limited Group
    Personal Pension Plan as exists from time to time. In line with Company
    policy, the Company will pay into the plan such contributions as are
    appropriate to the Executive's status as director.

9.  BENEFITS

9.1 The Executive and his family are entitled to become members of the Company's
    Private Medical Insurance scheme subject to the rules of the scheme as
    amended from time to time. All monthly premiums will be borne by the
    Company. Full details of the scheme are available from Human Resources.

9.2 The Executive may participate in the Company's Permanent Health Insurance
    scheme subject to the rules of the scheme as amended from time to time. Full
    details of the scheme are available from Human Resources.

9.3 The Company will provide the Executive with group life assurance cover. Full
    details of the scheme are available from Human Resources.

10. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION/TRADE SECRETS/NON-COMPETITION

   The Executive shall be subject to the Company's policy in respect of
    confidential information and trade secrets and non-competition as set out in
    Schedule 2 attached.

11. INVENTIONS AND CREATIVE WORKS

11.1 The Executive acknowledges that because of the nature of his duties and the
    particular responsibilities arising as a result of such duties which he owes
    to the Company and the Group Companies he has a special obligation to
    further the interests of the Company and the Group Companies. In particular
    the duties of the Executive shall include reviewing the products and
    services of the Company and Group Companies with a view to improving them by
    new and/or original ideas and inventions and implementing such improvements.

11.2 The Executive shall promptly disclose to the Company any idea, inven-tion
    or work which is relevant to or capable of use in the business of the
    Company or any of the Group Companies made by the Executive in the course of
    his employment whether or not in the course of his duties. The Executive
    acknowledges that the intellectual property rights subsisting or which may
    in the future subsist in any such ideas, inventions or works created by him
    in the course of his employment will, on creation, vest in and be the
    exclusive property of the Company and where the same does not automatically
    vest as aforesaid, the Executive shall assign the same to the Company (upon
    the request and at the cost of the Company). The Executive hereby
    irrevocably waives any rights which he may have in any such ideas,
    inventions or works which are or have been conferred upon him by chapter IV
    of part I of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 headed "Moral
    Rights"

11.3 The Executive hereby irrevocably appoints the Company to be his attorney in
    his name and on his behalf to execute and do any such instrument or thing
    and generally to use his name for the purpose of giving to the Company or
    its nominee the full benefit of the provisions of this clause 11 and
    acknowledges in favour of any third party that a certificate in writing
    signed by any Director or Secretary of the Company that any instrument or
    act falls within the authority hereby conferred shall be conclusive evidence
    that such is the case.

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12. CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND INTEGRITY POLICY

   The Executive shall be subject to the Company's policy in respect of conflict
    of interest and integrity as set out in Schedule 3 attached.

13. TERMINATION BY EVENTS OF DEFAULT

13.1 The Appointment shall be subject to summary termination at any time by the
    Company by notice in writing if the Executive shall:-

    (a) have committed any serious breach or (after warning in writing) any
       repeated or continued material breach of the obligations hereunder; or

    (b) shall have been guilty of any act of dishonesty or serious misconduct or
       any conduct which in the reasonable opinion of the Board tends to bring
       himself, the Company or any of the Group Companies into disrepute
       including but not limited to any serious breach of the companies'
       Conflict of Interest and Integrity Policy as set out in Schedule 3; or

    (c) shall be declared bankrupt;

    (d) be convicted of any criminal offence under the laws of the countries of
       the United Kingdom and the Netherlands (excluding road traffic offences).

13.2 Any delay by the Company in exercising such right to termination shall not
    constitute a waiver thereof.

14. INCAPACITY

   If the Executive shall be incapacitated during the Appointment by ill-health
    or accident from performing his duties hereunder for an aggregate of 130
    working days or more in any period of 12 months the Company may by written
    notice to the Executive forthwith (or as from a future date specified in the
    notice) discontinue payment in whole or part of the remuneration under
    clause 5 above until such incapacity shall cease or (whether or not his
    remuneration shall have been discontinued as aforesaid) determine the
    Appointment provided that the Company shall take all reasonable steps to
    ensure that the Executive receives benefits pursuant to clause 9. Subject as
    aforesaid the said remuneration shall continue to be payable to the
    Executive under clause 5 notwithstanding such incapacity but the Company
    shall be entitled to set off or deduct therefrom the amount of any sickness
    or other benefit to which the Executive is entitled under Social Security
    legislation for the time being in force.

15. OBLIGATIONS UPON TERMINATION

   Upon the termination of the Appointment howsoever arising the Executive
    shall:-

15.1 at any time or from time to time thereafter upon the request of the
    Company, resign without claim for compensation from:-

    (d) all offices held in the Company or any of the Group Companies; and

    (e) membership of any organisation and any office in any other company
       acquired by reason of or in connection with the Appointment;

       and should he fail to do so the Company is hereby irrevocably appointed
       to be the Executive's Attorney in his name and on his behalf to execute
       any documents and to do any things necessary or requisite to give effect
       to this clause;

15.2 deliver to the Board all documents (including, but not limited to,
    correspondence, lists of clients or customers, notes, memoranda, plans,
    drawings and other documents of whatsoever nature and all

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    copies thereof) made or compiled or acquired by the Executive during the
    Appointment and concerning the business, finances or affairs of the Company
    or any of the Group Companies or customers

16. RECONSTRUCTION AND AMALGAMATION

   If at any time the Executive's employment is terminated in connection with
    any reconstruction or amalgamation of the Company or any of the Group
    Companies whether by winding up or otherwise and the Executive receives an
    offer on terms which (considered in their entirety) are not less favourable
    to any material extent than the terms of this agreement from a company
    involved in or resulting from such reconstruction or amalgamation the
    Executive shall have no claim whatsoever against the Company or any such
    company arising out of or connected with such termination.

17. NOTICES

   Any notice to be given hereunder shall be in writing. Notices may be given by
    either party by personal delivery or post or by fax, to be confirmed,
    addressed to the other party at (in the case of the Company) its registered
    office for the time being and (in the case of the Executive) his last known
    address and any such notice given by letter or fax shall be deemed to have
    been served at the time at which the letter was delivered personally or
    transmitted or if sent by post would be delivered in the ordinary course of
    first class post.

18. PREVIOUS CONTRACTS

18.1 This agreement is in substitution for any previous contract of service
    between the Company or any of the Group Companies and the Executive which
    shall be deemed to have been terminated by mutual consent as from the
    commencement of the Appointment.

18.2 The Executive hereby warrants and represents to the Company that he will
    not, in entering into this agreement or carrying out his duties hereunder,
    be in breach of any terms of employment whether express or implied or any
    other obligation binding upon him.

19. PROPER LAW

   This agreement shall be governed and construed in all respects in accordance
    with English law.

20. CONSTRUCTION

20.1 The headings in this agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall
    not affect its construction.

20.2 Any reference to a statutory provision shall be construed as a reference to
    any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof (whether before or after
    the date hereof) for the time being in force.

21. STATUTORY INFORMATION AND SCHEDULES

   Schedule 1 hereto (in addition to this agreement) constitutes a written
    statement as at the date hereof of the terms of employment of the Executive
    in compliance with the provisions of the Employment Rights Act 1996.

   This agreement together with Schedules 1 to 3 constitute the entire agreement
    between the Executive and the Company.

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IN WITNESS whereof this agreement has been executed as a deed on the date first
before written.

<TABLE>
<S>                                               <C>
Signed as a deed by the said
SHANE O'NEILL
in the presence of:-
Signed by MARK L. SCHNEIDER
Duly authorised for and on behalf of
UPC SERVICES LIMITED
in the presence of:-
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                                   SCHEDULE 1

1.  The Executive has been continuously in the employment of the Company
    (including reckonable service with any of the Group Companies) since 8
    November 1999.

2.  Rate of remuneration and the intervals at which it is paid are contained in
    clause 5.

3.  There are no specific terms and conditions relating to hours of work except
    as provided in clause 3.1.

4.  The terms and conditions relating to holidays are contained in clause 4 and
    those relating to sickness are contained in clause 14.

5.  Particulars as to the length of notice to terminate are contained in clause
    2.

6.  Particulars as to the work for which the Executive is employed are contained
    in clause 3.

7.  Subject to clause 3.2 the Executive's place of work at the date of this
    schedule is London.

8.  There are no disciplinary rules applicable to the Executive except as
    provided in this agreement and if the Executive is dissatisfied with any
    disciplinary decision he should apply orally or in writing to the Board.

9.  Any application for the purpose of seeking redress of any grievance relating
    to the Executive's employment should be made either orally or in writing to
    the Board.

10. Details of the Executive's work outside the UK are contained in clause 3.2.

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                                   SCHEDULE 2
          TRADE SECRETS, CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND NON-COMPETITION

During the Appointment, the Executive will acquire knowledge of confidential and
propriety information regarding, among other things, the Company's and the
Group's present and future operations, its customers and suppliers, pricing and
bidding strategies, and the methods used by the Company and its employees.

Therefore, the Executive hereby agrees to the following:

A. During the Appointment and after the termination of the Appointment the
    Executive will hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company,
    and shall not directly or indirectly use or disclose any Trade Secret, as
    defined below, that the Executive may require during the Appointment for so
    long as such information remains a trade secret. The term "TRADE SECRET" as
    used in this agreement shall mean information including, but not limited to,
    technical or non-technical data, a formula, a pattern, a compilation, a
    program, a device, a method, a technique, a drawing, a process, financial
    data, financial plans, product plans or a list of actual or potential
    customers or suppliers which:

    (1) derives economic value, actual or potential from not being generally
       known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by other
       persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use; and

    (2) is the subject of reasonable efforts by the Company or its Group to
       maintain its confidentiality.

B.  In addition to A above and not in limitation thereof, the Executive agrees
    that, during the Appointment and for a period of 2 years after termination,
    the Executive will hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the
    company and the Group, and shall not directly or indirectly use or disclose,
    any Confidential or Propriety information, as defined below, that the
    Executive may have acquired (whether or not developed or compiled by the
    Executive and whether or not the Executive was authorised to have access to
    such information) during the term of, in the course of or as a result of the
    Appointment. The term "CONFIDENTIAL OR PROPRIETARY INFORMATION" as used in
    this Agreement means any secret, confidential, or proprietary information of
    the Company not otherwise included in the definition of "Trade Secret" above
    and does not include information that has become generally available to the
    public by the act of one who has the right to disclose such information
    without violating any right of the client to which such information
    pertains.

C.  The Executive agrees that for a period of 6 months after termination of the
    Appointment he or she will not hire or attempt to hire for any purpose
    whatsoever (whether as an employee, consultant, adviser, independent
    contractor or otherwise) any senior employee of the Company or the Group or
    any person who was a senior employee of the Company or the Group at any time
    during the one year period prior to termination of the Appointment in either
    case provided that the Executive had contact with such employee during the
    12 months prior to termination of employment.

D. The Executive agrees that for a period of six months after termination of the
    Appointment he will not solicit or interfere with or endeavour to entice
    away from the Company of any of the Relevant Group Companies any senior
    person, or any firm, company or entity who was a supplier to the Company
    whom the Executive was concerned or had personal contact with during the 12
    months prior to termination of employment;

E.  The covenants contained in this Schedule shall inure to the benefit of the
    Company, and successor of it and every subsidiary and affiliate.

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                                   SCHEDULE 3
                   CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND INTEGRITY POLICY

A. An employee of the Company shall conduct his/her business and personal
    affairs with such ethics and integrity that no conflict of interest with the
    Company's business, real or implied, can be construed. A conflict of
    interest shall be deemed to exist if an employee or an Affiliate (as defined
    in E below) of an employee has any interest (including, but not limited to
    equity ownership, interest arrangement, commission, gift) direct or
    indirect, in a client, supplier, contractor, or other principle dealing with
    the Company or the Group, and that interest is of such extent or nature that
    it might reasonably be perceived by the Board to affect the employee's
    judgement or decisions exercised on behalf of the Company.

B.  An employee or any Affiliate of the employee shall not personally or on
    behalf of the Company receive or be involved with any kickbacks, bribes,
    gratuities, reciprocal arrangements or other improper or illegal
    arrangements, or benefit personally from any rebates or discounts, with any
    other organizations and personnel conducting or soliciting, currently or
    prospectively, the business with the Company and the Group.

C.  An employee of the Company shall not bring the company into disrepute. More
    specifically, an employee or any Affiliate of an employee shall not permit
    or be involved in any direct or indirect pay, award, commission, or other
    compensation to any person or organisation for purposes of improperly or
    illegally inducing action of any kind whatsoever.

D. Where any questionable outside business activity is contemplated, an employee
    must obtain prior approval of the Board.

E.  For purposes of this policy, Affiliate shall include, but not limited to,
    any immediate relative by blood or by marriage or any entity in which the
    employee or any such relative may have any financial interest where the
    employee also has voting, controlling and/or management interest.

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