SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 23, 2002
United Pan-Europe
Communications N.V.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
The Netherlands
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
000-25365
(Commission File Number)
98-0191997
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
Boeing Avenue 53
1119 PE, Schiphol Rijk
The Netherlands
(Address and zip code of principal executive offices)
(31) 20-778-9840
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Item 5. Other Events
On September 23, 2002, United Pan-Europe Communications N.V. (the "Company")
confirmed (i) that it is continuing its negotiations with UnitedGlobalCom
("UGC") and a bondholder committee regarding the plan for the recapitalisation
of the Company, (ii) that the bank lenders and UGC have extended until September
27, 2002 the waivers of the defaults arising as a result of the Company's
decision not to make interest payments under its outstanding 10 7/8% Senior
Notes due 2009, 11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2010, 11 1/2% Senior Notes due 2010, 10
7/8% Senior Notes due 2007 and 11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2009 and (iii) that it
is negotiating with the bank lenders and UGC for a longer extension of the
waivers of the defaults. The terms of the waivers remain unchanged from those
announced on March 4, 2002.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
UNITED PAN-EUROPE COMMUNICATIONS N.V.
By: /s/ Anton A.M. Tuijten
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Name: Anton A.M. Tuijten
Title: Member of the Board of Management
and General Counsel
Dated: September 23, 2002