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WARSAW, Poland - April 4, 2002 - Netia Holdings S.A. (the "Company" or "Netia") (Nasdaq: NTIAQ, WSE: NET) today announced that its Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders approved an amendment today to the Company's corporate statute concerning a conditional increase of the Company's share capital and also authorized Netia's Management Board to issue warrants in connection with its debt restructuring.

As previously announced by Netia, the resolutions adopted today concern, among other things, a conditional increase of the Company's share capital by up to PLN 83,222,437 (through the issuance of ordinary bearer series "J" and "K" shares) with the aim of facilitating the issuance of warrants to existing shareholders (up to 64,848,652 of series "J" shares), as well as a stock option plan for Netia's key employees (up to 18,373,785 of series "K" shares). In accordance with the terms of the Restructuring Agreement, dated March 5, 2002, the Company may not allocate more than 5% of its post-restructuring share capital, before the issuance of warrants, to this stock option plan.


Some of the information contained in this news release contains forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. For a more detailed description of these risks and factors, please see the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the Commission on March 28, 2002 and it Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on April 3, 2002. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.