Exhibit 10.4
AMENDMENT NO. 6 TO RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
            THIS AMENDMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of October 31,
2005 by and among:
            (a)       RPM Funding Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(“Seller”),
            (b)       RPM International Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“RPM-Delaware”),
            (c)       Blue Ridge Asset Funding Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (“Blue Ridge” or “Conduit”), and
    (d)       Wachovia Bank, National Association, a national banking
association, individually (“Wachovia” or a “Liquidity Bank” and, together with
Blue Ridge, the “Blue Ridge Group”), as Blue Ridge Agent (the “Co Agent”) and as
administrative agent the “Administrative Agent” and, together with the Co-Agent,
the “Agents”),
with respect to the Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of June 6, 2002 by
and among the Seller, RPM-Delaware, the Blue Ridge Group, and the Agents, as
heretofore amended from time to time (the “RPA”).
Unless defined elsewhere herein, capitalized terms used in this Amendment shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in the RPA.
WITNESSETH:
            WHEREAS, the parties wish to amend the RPA as hereinafter set forth.
            NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the other
mutual covenants herein contained, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
            1.       Amendment.
            The definition of “Liquidity Termination Date” is hereby amended and
restated to read as follows:
            “Liquidity Termination Date” means December 31, 2005.
            2.       Reaffirmation of Performance Undertaking. RPM-Delaware
hereby ratifies the Performance Undertaking and confirms that its obligations
thereunder remain in full force and effect.
            3.       Representations. In order to induce the Agents and the
Purchasers to agree to this Amendment, each of the Seller Parties hereby
represents and warrants that (a) the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 5.1 of the RPA (other than Section 5.1(m)) are

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true and correct on and as of the date hereof, and (b) no event has occurred and
is continuing that constitutes an Amortization Event or Potential Amortization
Event.
            4.       Conditions Precedent. This Amendment will become effective
as of the date first above written upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of
executed counterparts of this Amendment, duly executed by each of the parties
hereto.
            5.       Bankruptcy Petition. With respect to each Conduit, each of
the other parties hereto hereby covenants and agrees that, prior to the date
that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding senior
indebtedness of such Conduit, it will not institute against, or join any other
Person in instituting against, such Conduit any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other similar proceeding
under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States.
            6.       CHOICE OF LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS (AND NOT THE LAW OF CONFLICTS) OF
THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
            7.       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 OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS
OR THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER.
            8.       Binding Effect. This Amendment shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
permitted assigns (including any trustee in bankruptcy).
            9.       Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number
of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each
of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which
when taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

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            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to
be executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers or signatories as of
the date hereof.
RPM FUNDING CORPORATION

         
By:
  /s/ Keith R. Smiley    
 
       
Name:
  Keith R. Smiley    
Title:
  Vice President and Treasurer    

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RPM INTERNATIONAL INC.

         
BY:
  /s/ P. Kelly Tompkins    
 
       
Name:
  P. Kelly Tompkins    
Title:
  Sr. V.P., General Counsel & Secretary    

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BLUE RIDGE ASSET FUNDING CORPORATION
BY: WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC, ATTORNEY-IN FACT

         
BY:
  /s/ Douglas R. Wilson, Sr.    
 
       
NAME:
  DOUGLAS R. WILSON, SR.    
TITLE:
  VICE PRESIDENT    

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WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Individually, as Blue Ridge Agent and as
Administrative Agent

         
By:
  /s/ Gary G. Fleming, Jr.    
 
       
Name:
  GARY G. FLEMING, JR.    
Title:
  Director    

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