EX-10.8 2 dex108.htm AMENDMENT NO. 13 TO RECEIVABLES SALE AGREEMENT THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT Dated as of January 26, 2007 to RECEIVABLES SALE AGREEMENT DATED AS OF DECEMBER 21, 2001
Exhibit 10.8
THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT
Dated as of January 26, 2007
to
DATED AS OF DECEMBER 21, 2001
THIS THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT (the “Amendment”), dated as of January 26, 2007, is entered into among PerkinElmer Receivables Company, as Seller (the “Seller”), PerkinElmer, Inc., as Initial Collection Agent (the “Initial Collection Agent,” and together with any successor thereto, the “Collection Agent”), the committed purchasers party thereto (the “Committed Purchasers”), Windmill Funding Corporation (“Windmill” and together with the Committed Purchasers, the “Purchaser”), and ABN AMRO Bank N.V., as agent for the Purchasers (the “Agent”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Seller, the Initial Collection Agent, the Agent, the Committed Purchasers and Windmill have heretofore executed and delivered a Receivables Sale Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2001 (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. Upon execution by the parties hereto in the space provided for that purpose below, the Sale Agreement shall be, and is hereby, amended as follows:
(a) The defined term “Defaulted Receivable” appearing in Schedule I to the Sale Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety and as so amended shall read as follows:
“Defaulted Receivable” means any Receivable (a) on which amount is unpaid between 91-120 days past its original due date or (b) the Obligor on which has suffered a Bankruptcy Event.
(b) The defined term “Dilution Reserve Multiple” appearing in Schedule I to the Sale Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety and as so amended shall read as follows:
“Dilution Reserve Multiple” shall mean 3.0x.
(c) The defined term “Liquidity Termination Date” appearing in Schedule I to the Sale Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the date “January 26, 2007” appearing in clause (d) thereof and inserting in its place the date “January 25, 2008.”
(d) Clause (f) of the defined term “Termination Event” appearing in Schedule I to the Sale Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety and as so amended shall read as follows:
(f) the average Delinquency Ratio for the three most recent Settlement Periods exceeds 10%, the average Default Ratio for the three most recent Settlement
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Periods exceeds 6%, the average Dilution Ratio for the three most recent Settlement Periods exceeds 6%, the Charge-Off Ratio for the most recent Settlement Period exceeds 2% or the average Turnover Ratio for the three most recent Settlement Periods exceeds 90 days; or
Section 2. This Amendment shall become effective only once the Agent has received (i) this Amendment duly executed by the Seller, the Initial Collection Agent, and the Purchasers and (ii) the duly executed Guarantor’s Acknowledgment and Consent.
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 4. 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 5. The Seller hereby agrees to pay to the Agent on the date hereof all reasonable rating agency, accounting and other administrative expenses of the Agent and the Committed Purchasers in each case in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and the legal fees of Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxx LLP in the aggregate amount of $4,000.00.
Section 6. 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 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 and the other documents related hereto.
Section 7. 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 Illinois.
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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 Committed Purchaser | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Nevillo | |
| Title: | Vice President | |
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
| Director |
| WINDMILL FUNDING CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
| Title: | Vice President |
| PERKINELMER RECEIVABLES COMPANY | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
| Title: | Assistant Treasurer |
| PERKINELMER, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
| Title: | Assistant Treasurer |
Signature Page to
Thirteenth Amendment to Receivables Sale Agreement
GUARANTOR’S ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CONSENT
The undersigned, PerkinElmer, Inc., has heretofore executed and delivered the Limited Guaranty dated as of December 21, 2001 (the “Guaranty”) and hereby consents to the Amendment to the Sale Agreement as set forth above and confirms that the Guaranty and all of the undersigned’s obligations thereunder remain in full force and effect. The undersigned further agrees that the consent of the undersigned to any further amendments to the Sale Agreement shall not be required as a result of this consent having been obtained, except to the extent, if any, required by the Guaranty referred to above.
| PERKINELMER, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
| Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
