EXHIBIT 10.84
NINTH AMENDMENT
DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 29, 2002
TO
RECEIVABLES SALE AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1999
THIS AMENDMENT (the "Amendment"), dated as of November 29, 2002, is
entered into among Ametek Receivables Corp. (the "Seller"), Ametek, Inc. (the
"Initial Collection Agent"), Amsterdam Funding Corporation, a Delaware
corporation ("Amsterdam"), ABN AMRO Bank N.V., as Amsterdam's program letter of
credit provider (the "Enhancer"), the Liquidity Provider listed on the signature
page hereof (the "Liquidity Provider") and ABN AMRO Bank N.V., as agent for
Amsterdam, the Enhancer and the Liquidity Provider (the "Agent").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Seller, Initial Collection Agent, Amsterdam, Enhancer,
Liquidity Provider and Agent have heretofore executed and delivered a
Receivables Sale Agreement, dated as of October 1, 1999 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified through the date hereof, the "Sale
Agreement"),
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Sale Agreement as
provided herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree
that the Sale Agreement shall be and is hereby amended as follows:
Section 1. Subject to the following terms and conditions, including
without limitation the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2, upon
execution by the parties hereto in the space provided for that purpose
below, the Sale Agreement shall be, and it hereby is, amended as follows:
(a) The date "November 29, 2002" appearing in clause
(d) of the defined term "Liquidity Termination"
appearing in Schedule I of the Sale Agreement is
deleted and replaced with the date "December 27,
2002."
(b) The date "November 29, 2002" appearing in clause
(c)(ii) of the defined term "Termination Date"
appearing in Schedule I of the Sale Agreement is
deleted and replaced with the date "December 27,
2002."
(c) The defined term "Eligible Receivables" appearing
in Schedule I of the Sale Agreement is hereby
amended by deleting clause (x) thereof.
(d) The following sentence shall be added at the end
of Section 9.11 of the Sale Agreement:
"The provisions of this Section 9.11 shall survive termination
of this Agreement."
(e) The following sentence shall be added at the end
of Section 9.12:
"The provisions of this Section 9.12 shall survive termination
of this Agreement."
(f) Exhibit F to the Sale Agreement is hereby amended
in its entirety to be read as Exhibit F attached
hereto.
Section 2. Section 1 of this Amendment shall become effective only once
the Agent has received in, form and substance satisfactory to the Agent (i) all
documents and certificates as the Agent may reasonably request and (ii) all
other matters incident to the execution thereof.
Section 3. To induce the Agent and the Purchasers to enter into this
Amendment, the Seller and Initial Collection Agent represent and warrant to the
Agent and the Purchasers that: (a) the representations and warranties contained
in the Transaction Documents, are true and correct in all material respects as
of the date hereof with the same effect as though made on the date hereof (it
being understood and agreed that any representation or warranty which by its
terms is made as of a specified date shall be required to be true and correct in
all material respects only as of such specified date); (b) no Potential
Termination Event exists; (c) this Amendment has been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate proceedings and duly executed and delivered by each of the
Seller and the Initial Collection Agent, and the Sale Agreement, as amended by
this Amendment, and each of the other Transaction Documents are the legal, valid
and binding obligations of the Seller and the Initial Collection Agent,
enforceable against the Seller and the Initial Collection Agent in accordance
with their respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws of general application affecting
the enforcement of creditors' rights or by general principles of equity; and (d)
no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification with
any governmental authority is required for, and in the absence of which would
adversely effect, the legal and valid execution and delivery or performance by
the Seller or the Initial Collection Agent of this Amendment or the performance
by the Seller or the Initial Collection Agent of the Sale Agreement, as amended
by this Amendment, or any other Transaction Document to which they are a party.
Section 3.1. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts
and by the different parties on separate counterparts and each such counterpart
shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same Amendment.
Section 3.2. Except as specifically provided above, the Sale Agreement and
the other Transaction Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are
hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects. The execution, delivery, and
effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right,
power, or remedy of any Agent or any Purchaser under the Sale Agreement or any
of the other Transaction Documents, nor constitute a waiver or modification of
any provision of any of the other Transaction Documents. All defined terms
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used herein and not defined herein shall have the same meaning herein as in the
Sale Agreement. The Seller agrees to pay on demand all costs and expenses
(including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) of or incurred by the Agent
and each Purchaser Agent in connection with the negotiation, preparation,
execution and delivery of this Amendment.
Section 3.3. This Amendment and the rights and obligations of the parties
hereunder shall be construed in accordance with and be governed by the law of
the State of New York.
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In Witness Whereof, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed
and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above
written.
ABN AMRO BANK N.V., as the Agent, as the Liquidity
Provider and as the Enhancer
By: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title: Group Vice President
By: Xxxxx X. Xxxx
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Title: Vice President
AMSTERDAM FUNDING CORPORATION
By: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Title: President
AMETEK RECEIVABLES CORP.
By: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Treasurer
AMETEK, INC.
By: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President & Treasurer
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EXHIBIT F
LOCK BOXES AND WIRE ACCOUNTS
BANK LOCK BOX # DIVISION
First Union 6035 Aerospace Products
First Union 601461 Lamb Electric
First Union 601471 Rotron, Inc.
First Union 7455 Specialty Metals-84, PA
First Union 7915 Specialty Metals-CT
First Union 601456 TMD Division
First Union 8275 U.S. Gauge Division
Comerica 26601 Prestolite Power and Switch Division
First Union 18516 EDAX, Inc.
Bank of America 2325 Patriot Sensors and Controls Corp.
Bank of America 3770
Bank of America 99031
First Union 601175 Advanced Measurement Technology, Inc.
BANK WIRE ACCOUNT # DIVISION
Chase Manhattan 000-0-000000 Aerospace Products
Chase Manhattan 000-000-000 Lamb Electric
Chase Manhattan 000-000-000 Rotron/TMD
Chase Manhattan 000-000-000 Specialty Metals
Chase Manhattan 000-0-000000 U.S. Gauge Division
Chase Manhattan 000-0-000000 Test & Calibration Division
Chase Manhattan 000-0-000000 Process & Analytical Instruments
First Union 2030001065067 EDAX, Inc.
