Exhibit 10.D
AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Amendment No. 4 to Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase
Agreement (this "Amendment") is entered into as of December 12, 2002, among
Avnet Receivables Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Seller"), Avnet, Inc., a
New York corporation ("Avnet"), as initial Servicer (the Servicer together with
Seller, the "Seller Parties" and each a "Seller Party"), each Financial
Institution signatory hereto (the "Financial Institutions"), each Company
signatory hereto (the "Companies") and Bank One, NA (Main Office Chicago), as
agent for the Purchasers (the "Agent").
RECITALS
Each of the parties hereto entered into that certain Amended and Restated
Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 6, 2002, and amended such
Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement pursuant to Amendment No. 1
thereto, dated as of June 26, 2002, and further amended such Amended and
Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement pursuant to Amendment No. 2 thereto,
dated as of November 25, 2002, and further amended such Amended and Restated
Receivables Purchase Agreement pursuant to Amendment No. 3 thereto, dated as of
December 9, 2002 (such Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement, as
so amended, the "Purchase Agreement").
Each Seller Party has requested that the Agent and the Purchasers amend
certain provisions of the Purchase Agreement, all as more fully described
herein.
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each of the parties hereto now
desires to amend the Purchase Agreement as particularly described herein.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
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Section 1. Definitions Used Herein. Capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth for such
terms in, or incorporated by reference into, the Purchase Agreement.
Section 2. Amendments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(a) Section 5.1(o) of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by
adding the following phrase to the end of the first sentence in such section,
"(other than a Permitted Adverse Claim)".
(b) Section 7.2(d) of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting, in its entirety, the last sentence of such section.
(c) Section 9.1(h) of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and
restated, in its entirety, to read as follows:
(h) (i) The senior unsecured long-term debt rating of Avnet
shall be withdrawn or shall be BB or lower, as determined by Standard &
Poor's Ratings Services, or (ii) the senior unsecured long-term debt
rating of Avnet shall be withdrawn or shall be Ba2 or lower, as determined
by Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.
(d) Section 9.1 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by
adding the following two new paragraphs to such section immediately after
paragraph (l) of such section:
(m) Any Person (other than the Agent or any Financial
Institution) party to or bound by the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of
December 12, 2002 (for purposes of this Section 9.1(m), such Intercreditor
Agreement, as amended, supplemented, restated, replaced or otherwise
modified from time to time, the "Intercreditor Agreement"), among Bank
of America, N.A., as lender agent thereunder, the Financial Institutions
and the Agent, shall fail to perform or observe in any material respect
any term, covenant, provision or agreement required to be performed by
such Person under the Intercreditor Agreement; or any representation,
warranty, certification or statement made by any Person (other than the
Agent or any Financial Institution) party to or bound by the Intercreditor
Agreement in the Intercreditor Agreement or in any other document
delivered pursuant thereto shall prove to
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have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made; or
the Intercreditor Agreement shall cease to be effective or to be the
legally valid, binding and enforceable obligation of each Person party
thereto or bound thereby; or any Person shall directly or indirectly
contest in any manner such effectiveness, validity, binding nature or
enforceability.
(n) Any "Lender" (as defined in the Avnet Multi-Year Credit
Agreement) shall replace or refinance any of the indebtedness evidenced
or created by the Avnet Multi-Year Credit Agreement or any other
agreement, instrument or document related thereto pursuant to any
arrangement or transaction involving any pledge of the capital stock of
Seller or any Adverse Claim (in each case, whether effective, contingent,
springing or otherwise) in any accounts receivable, chattel paper,
instruments, accounts, general intangibles or inventory of Avnet or
Seller, unless such replacement financing and/or refinancing is subject to
an intercreditor agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the
Agent and Scotia.
(e) Exhibit I to the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by adding
the following phrase to the end of the definition of "Change of Control"
appearing in such exhibit, "(other than a Permitted Adverse Claim)".
Section 3. Conditions to Effectiveness of this Amendment. This Amendment
shall become effective as of the date hereof, upon the satisfaction of the
conditions precedent that:
(a) Amendment. The Agent shall have received, on or before the date
hereof, executed counterparts of this Amendment, duly executed by each of the
parties hereto.
(b) Intercreditor Agreement. The Agent shall have received, on or
before the date hereof, duly executed copies of an intercreditor agreement, in
the form of Exhibit A hereto; and such intercreditor agreement shall be in full
force and effect.
(c) Amendment to Receivables Sale Agreement. The Agent shall have
received, on or before the date hereof, duly executed copies of Amendment No. 4
to Receivables Sale Agreement, dated as of the date hereof and in the form of
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Exhibit B hereto (the "RSA Amendment"), by and among Seller and Avnet; and the
RSA Amendment shall be in full force and effect.
(d) Fee Letters. Each of the Agent and Scotia shall have received,
on or before the date hereof, amended and restated Fee Letters, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent or Scotia (as applicable), in each case,
duly executed by the parties thereto.
(e) Amendment to Avnet Multi-Year Credit Agreement. The Agent shall
have received, on or before the date hereof, duly executed copies of the Fifth
Amendment to the Avnet Multi-Year Credit Agreement; and each of such amendment
and the Avnet Multi-Year Credit Agreement, as amended by such amendment, shall
be in full force and effect.
(f) Amendment Fee. The Related Financial Institution for the Bank
One Company shall have received, on or before the date hereof, in immediately
available funds, a non-refundable, fully-earned amendment fee equal to 7.5 basis
points (.075%) of the Bank One Company's Company Purchase Limit, as set forth on
Schedule A to the Purchase Agreement. The Related Financial Institution for the
Scotia Company shall have received, on or before the date hereof, in immediately
available funds, a non-refundable, fully-earned amendment fee equal to 7.5 basis
points (.075%) of the Scotia Company's Company Purchase Limit, as set forth on
Schedule A to the Purchase Agreement.
(g) Representations and Warranties. As of the date hereof, both
before and after giving effect to this Amendment, all of the representations and
warranties contained in the Purchase Agreement and in each other Transaction
Document shall be true and correct in all material respects as though made on
the date hereof (and by its execution hereof, each of Seller and the Servicer
shall be deemed to have represented and warranted such).
(h) No Amortization Event. As of the date hereof, both before and
after giving effect to this Amendment, no Amortization Event or Potential
Amortization Event shall have occurred and be continuing (and by its execution
hereof, each of Seller and the Servicer shall be deemed to have represented and
warranted such).
Section 4. Miscellaneous.
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(a) Effect; Ratification. The amendments set forth herein are
effective solely for the purposes set forth herein and shall be limited
precisely as written, and shall not be deemed to (i) be a consent to, or
acknowledgment of, any amendment, waiver or modification of any other term or
condition of the Purchase Agreement or of any other instrument or agreement
referred to therein or (ii) prejudice any right or remedy which any Purchaser or
the Agent may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with the
Purchase Agreement, as amended hereby, or any other instrument or agreement
referred to therein. Each reference in the Purchase Agreement to "this
Agreement," "herein," "hereof" and words of like import and each reference in
the other Transaction Documents to the "Receivables Purchase Agreement" or to
the "Purchase Agreement" shall mean the Purchase Agreement as amended hereby.
This Amendment shall be construed in connection with and as part of the Purchase
Agreement and all terms, conditions, representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements set forth in the Purchase Agreement and each other instrument or
agreement referred to therein, except as herein amended, are hereby ratified and
confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect.
(b) Transaction Documents. This Amendment is a Transaction Document
executed pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and shall be construed, administered
and applied in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof.
(c) Costs, Fees and Expenses. In addition to the fees payable
pursuant to Section 3(f), Seller agrees to reimburse the Agent and the
Purchasers upon demand for all costs, fees and expenses (including the
reasonable fees and expenses of counsels to the Agent and the Purchasers)
incurred in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this
Amendment.
(d) Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each such counterpart constituting an original and all of which
when taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(e) Severability. Any provision contained in this Amendment that is
held to be inoperative, unenforceable or invalid in any jurisdiction shall, as
to that jurisdiction, be inoperative, unenforceable or invalid without affecting
the remaining provisions of this Amendment in that jurisdiction or the
operation, enforceability or validity of such provision in any other
jurisdiction.
(f) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK EXCLUDING CHOICE-OF-LAW
PRINCIPLES OF THE
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LAW OF SUCH STATE THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF A
JURISDICTION OTHER THAN SUCH STATE.
(g) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES TRIAL BY
JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER
(WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF,
RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS AMENDMENT, ANY DOCUMENT EXECUTED BY ANY
SELLER PARTY PURSUANT TO THIS AMENDMENT OR THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED
HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER.
(h) Amendment to Receivables Sale Agreement. Each of the Agent and
each Purchaser, by its execution hereof, consents to Seller's execution and
delivery of the RSA Amendment. Each of the Agent and each Purchaser deems this
paragraph to constitute its prior written consent to Seller's execution of the
RSA Amendment and deems this paragraph to satisfy the requirements of Section
7.1(i)(N) of the Purchase Agreement.
(i) Pledge of Subordinated Note. Each of the Agent and each
Purchaser, by its execution hereof, consents to Avnet's pledge of the
"Subordinated Note" (as defined in the Receivables Sale Agreement) to the
"Administrative Agent" (as defined in the Avnet Multi-Year Credit Agreement) for
the benefit of the "Lenders" (as defined in the Avnet Multi-Year Credit
Agreement).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the
date first written above.
AVNET RECEIVABLES CORPORATION, as
Seller
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Vice President
AVNET, INC., as Servicer
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
PREFERRED RECEIVABLES FUNDING
CORPORATION, as a Company
By:
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Authorized Signer
BANK ONE, NA (MAIN OFFICE CHICAGO),
as a Financial Institution and as Agent
By:
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Name:
Title:
AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the
date first written above.
AVNET RECEIVABLES CORPORATION, as
Seller
By:
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Name:
Title:
AVNET, INC., as Servicer
By:
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Name:
Title:
PREFERRED RECEIVABLES FUNDING
CORPORATION, as a Company
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxx
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Authorized Signer
BANK ONE, NA (MAIN OFFICE CHICAGO),
as a Financial Institution and as Agent
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxx
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Name: XXXX X. XXX
Title: Director, Capital Markets
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LIBERTY STREET FUNDING CORP., as a
Company
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: President
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a Financial
Institution
By:
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Name:
Title:
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LIBERTY STREET FUNDING CORP., as a
Company
By:
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Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a Financial
Institution
By: /s/ J. Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: J. XXXX XXXXXXX
Title: MANAGING DIRECTOR
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