X0201 4/A 2004-01-08 2004-01-09 0001098402 VIA NET WORKS INC VNWI 0001077832 GESMAR-LARSEN JAN H. WALAARDT SACRESTRAAT 401 1117 BM SCHIPHOL-OOST P7 1 0 0 0 Options to Purchase Common Stock 2.00 2004-01-08 4 A 0 25000 0 A 2014-01-07 Common Stock 25000 25000 D This amended Form 4 is being filed to clarify that the date of the transaction was January 8, 2004, not August 1, 2004, and to clarify that no cash consideration was paid for the option, which was issued in consideration of the reporting person's services to the issuer as a director. 1/3 of the shares subject to this option become exercisable on January 1, 2005. The remaining shares subject to this option become exercisable in equal instalments over the subsequent 24 month period beginning on February 1, 2005. Matt S. Nydell, Attorney in Fact 2004-02-09