EX-10.2






EXHIBIT 10.2

EXECUTION COPY




AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the
“Amendment”), dated as of May 31, 2012, among ANIXTER RECEIVABLES CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (the “Seller”), ANIXTER INC., a Delaware corporation (“Anixter”), as
the initial Servicer, each financial institution party hereto as a Financial Institution, CHARIOT
FUNDING LLC (successor by merger to Falcon Asset Securitization Company LLC) (“Chariot”)
and THREE PILLARS FUNDING LLC (“Three Pillars”), as conduits, (collectively, the
“Conduits” and each individually, a “Conduit”), SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY, INC.
and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (“J.P. Morgan”), as managing agents (collectively, the
“Managing Agents” and each individually, a “Managing Agent”) and J.P. Morgan, as
agent for the Purchasers (the “Agent”).



W I T N E S S E T H:




WHEREAS, the Seller, Anixter, the Financial Institutions, the Conduits, the Managing Agents
and the Agent are parties to that certain Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase
Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2011 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time, the “Agreement”); and



WHEREAS the parties hereto desire to amend the Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth
below;



NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises herein contained, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby
agree as follows:



SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Agreement.



SECTION 2. Amendments to the Agreement. Subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 below, the parties hereto agree that the
Agreement is amended as follows:




(a) Three Pillars shall cease to be a party to the Agreement and shall have
no further rights or obligations under the Transaction Documents other than those rights and
obligations under provisions that expressly survive termination of the applicable
Transaction Document.




(b) Each reference to the “Three Pillars Purchase Group” in the Agreement is
hereby replaced with a reference to “SunTrust Purchase Group”.




(c) Clause (b)(i) under the heading “AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT” in the
Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the reference to “CP Costs,” in such clause.




(d) Section 1.2 of the Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following
sentence to the end of such section:




“The Seller may not request more than one (1) Incremental Purchase per calendar
week.”




(e)
Section 1.3 of the Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following sentence to the end of
 such section:



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“The Seller may not issue more than one (1) Reduction Notice per calendar
week.”




(f) Section 1.4 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the final
sentence of such section in its entirety.




(g) Section 3.1 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the final two
sentences of such section in their entirety.




(h) Section 4.3(a) of the Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following
sentence to the end of such section:




“Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Tranche Period with
respect to any Purchaser Interest held by a Financial Institution in the SunTrust
Purchase Group shall be identical to each Accrual Period.




(i) Section 9.1(b) of the Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety
to read as follows:




“(b) Any representation, warranty, certification or statement made by any Seller Party
in this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or in any other document delivered
pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to have been incorrect when made or deemed made;
provided, however, that (i) any breach of the representations and warranties
set forth in Sections 5.1(i), (s) or (t) shall not constitute an
Amortization Event unless such breach or breaches apply in the aggregate to a material
portion of the Receivables and (ii) any breach of the representations and warranties set
forth in Section 7.1(j) with respect to account number 3750186815 maintained at Bank
of America, N.A. shall not constitute an Amortization Event unless such breach occurs after
sixty (60) days after May 31, 2012.”




(j) Section 9.1 of the Agreement is amended by adding the following new
clause (o) to the end of such section:




“(o) (i) Account number 3750186815 maintained at Bank of America, N.A. shall not be
re-titled in the name of the Seller on or before the date that is sixty (60) days after May
31, 2012 or (ii) the Seller shall fail to deliver, on or before the date that is sixty (60)
days after May 31, 2012, a fully-executed Collection Account Agreement (or another account
control agreement that is reasonably satisfactory to the Agent) with respect to account
number 3750186815 maintained at Bank of America, N.A.”




(k) Section 10.2(a) of the Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety
to read as follows:




“10.2 Increased Cost and Reduced Return. (a) If any Regulatory Change (i)
subjects any Purchaser or any Funding Source to any charge or withholding on or with respect
to any Funding Agreement or a Purchaser’s or Funding Source’s obligations under a Funding
Agreement, or on or with respect to the Receivables, or changes the basis of taxation of
payments to any Purchaser or any Funding Source of any amounts payable under any Funding
Agreement (except for changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of a Purchaser or
Funding Source or taxes excluded by Section 10.1) or (ii) imposes, modifies or deems
applicable any reserve, assessment, fee, tax, insurance charge, special deposit or similar
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deposits with or for the account of, or liabilities of a Funding Source or a Purchaser,
or credit extended by a Funding Source or a Purchaser pursuant to a Funding Agreement or
(iii) imposes any other condition the result of which is to increase the cost to a Funding
Source or a Purchaser of performing its obligations under a Funding Agreement, or to reduce
the rate of return on a Funding Source’s or Purchaser’s capital or assets as a consequence
of its obligations under a Funding Agreement, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or
receivable by a Funding Source or a Purchaser under a Funding Agreement, or to require any
payment calculated by reference to the amount of interests or loans held or interest
received by it, then, upon demand by the Agent or the relevant Managing Agent, Seller shall
pay to the applicable Managing Agent, for the benefit of the relevant Funding Source or
Purchaser, such amounts charged to such Funding Source or Purchaser or such amounts to
otherwise compensate such Funding Source or such Purchaser for such increased cost or such
reduction. Subject to the limitations contemplated by the last sentence of this Section
10.2(a), Seller acknowledges that any Purchaser or Funding Source may institute measures
in anticipation of a Regulatory Change, and may commence allocating charges to or seeking
compensation from Seller under this Section 10.2, in advance of the effective date
of such Regulatory Change and Seller agrees to pay such charges or compensation to the
applicable Managing Agent, for the benefit of such Purchaser or Funding Source, following
demand therefor without regard to whether such effective date has occurred. The term
“Regulatory Change” shall mean (i) the adoption after the date hereof of any
applicable law, rule or regulation (including any applicable law, rule or regulation
regarding capital adequacy or liquidity coverage) or any change therein after the date
hereof or (ii) any change after the date hereof in the interpretation or administration
thereof by any governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance with any request or directive
(whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable
agency; provided that for purposes of this definition, (x) the United States bank
regulatory rule titled Risk-Based Capital Guidelines; Capital Adequacy Guidelines; Capital
Maintenance: Regulatory Capital; Impact of Modification to Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles; Consolidation of Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Programs; and Other Related
Issues, adopted on December 15, 2009, (y) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder, issued in
connection therewith or in implementation thereof, and (z) all requests, rules, guidelines
and directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on
Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign
regulatory authorities, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Regulatory Change”, regardless
of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Seller
shall not have any obligation to pay to the applicable Managing Agent, for the benefit of
the relevant Funding Source or Purchaser, any amounts pursuant to this Section
10.2(a) to the extent that such amounts or compensation arise solely in connection with
any such Purchaser’s or Funding Source’s, as applicable, compliance with the liquidity
coverage ratio requirements contemplated by Basel III (the “LCR Increased Costs”)
unless such LCR Increased Costs arise, or relate to, any time on or after the sixtieth
(60th) day following Seller’s receipt of a written notice from such Purchaser,
such Funding Source or a Managing Agent, as applicable, to the effect that such Purchaser or
Funding Source intends to request compensation for such LCR Increased Costs.”




(l) The definition of “Applicable Margin” set forth in Exhibit I to the
Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:




“Applicable Margin” means 2.95%.



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(m) The definition of “Broken Funding Costs” set forth in Exhibit I to the
Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:




“Broken Funding Costs” means, with respect to the Falcon Purchase Group, Falcon
Broken Funding Costs and, with respect to the SunTrust Purchase Group, SunTrust Broken
Funding Costs.




(n) The definition of “Conduit” set forth in Exhibit I to the Agreement is
hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:




	 	 	 “Conduit” means each of Falcon, any other member of a Purchase Group identified as a
“Conduit” by the related Managing Agent, and their respective successors and assigns as
Conduits hereunder.






(o) The definition of “CP Rate” set forth in Exhibit I to the Agreement is
hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:




“CP Rate” means for any Accrual Period, with respect to any Purchaser Interest
owned by the Falcon Purchase Group, the Falcon CP Rate.




(p) The definition of “Default Fee” set forth in Exhibit I to the Agreement
is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:




“Default Fee” means with respect to any amount due and payable by Seller in
respect of any Aggregate Unpaids, an amount equal to interest on any such unpaid Aggregate
Unpaids at a rate per annum equal to 3.95% above the Base Rate.




(q) Clause (i) of the definition of “Eligible Receivable” set forth in
Exhibit I to the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:




“(i) the Obligor of which (a) if a natural person, is a resident of the United States
or, if a corporation or other business organization, is organized under the laws of the
United States or any political subdivision thereof and has its chief executive office in the
United States; (b) is not an Affiliate of any of the parties hereto and (c) is not the
subject of a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other insolvency proceeding;”




(r) The definition of “Falcon” set forth in Exhibit I to the Agreement is
hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:




“Falcon” means Chariot Funding LLC (successor by merger to Falcon Asset
Securitization Company LLC) and its successors and permitted assigns.




(s) The definition of “Falcon CP Rate” set forth in Exhibit I to the
Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:




“Falcon CP Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the thirty (30)
day London-Interbank Offered Rate appearing on the Bloomberg BBAM (British Bankers
Association) Page (or on any successor or substitute page of such service, providing rate
quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service, as
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the Administrative Agent from time to time in accordance with its customary practices
for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to U.S. Dollar deposits in
the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such day or, if
such day is not a Business Day in London, the immediately preceding Business Day in London.
In the event that such rate is not available on any day at such time for any reason, then
the “Daily/30 Day LIBOR Rate” for such day shall be the rate at which thirty (30) day U.S.
Dollar deposits of $5,000,000 are offered by the principal London office of JPMCB in
immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m.
(London time) on such day; and if the Administrative Agent is for any reason unable to
determine the Daily/30 Day LIBOR Rate in the foregoing manner or has determined in good
faith that the Daily/ 30 Day LIBOR Rate determined in such manner does not accurately
reflect the cost of acquiring, funding or maintaining a Purchaser Interest, the Daily/30 Day
LIBOR Rate for such day shall be the Base Rate.




(t) The definition of “LIBO Rate” set forth in Exhibit I to the Agreement is
hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:




“LIBO Rate” means the Falcon LIBO Rate or the SunTrust LIBO Rate, as the case
may be.




(u) The definition of “Liquidity Agreement” set forth in Exhibit I to the
Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:




“Liquidity Agreement” means the Falcon Liquidity Agreement or any other
Agreement between a Conduit and its related Financial Institutions related to the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.




(v) The definition of “Liquidity Commitment” set forth in Exhibit I to the
Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:




“Liquidity Commitment” means, for each Financial Institution that is the member
of a Purchase Group that has a Conduit, the commitment of such Financial Institution to
purchase interests in respect of (or lend against) Purchaser Interests from such Conduit in
an amount not to exceed (a) in the aggregate, the amount set forth opposite such Financial
Institution’s name under the Liquidity Commitment Column on Schedule A to this Agreement, as
such amount may be modified in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to any
individual purchase from such Conduit, its Adjusted Pro Rata Share of the Purchase Price
therefor. Any Financial Institution that is a member of a Purchase Group with no Conduit
shall not have any Liquidity Commitment.




(w) The definition of “Liquidity Termination Date” set forth in Exhibit I to
the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:




“Liquidity Termination Date” means May 31, 2015.



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(x) The definition of “Managing Agent” set forth in Exhibit I to the Agreement is
hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:




“Managing Agent” means, as to any Purchase Group, the financial institution
responsible for the administration of such Purchase Group. As of the date hereof, JPMCB is
the Managing Agent for the members of the Falcon Purchase Group, and SunTrust is the
Managing Agent for members of the SunTrust Purchase Group.




(y) The definition of “Purchase Group” set forth in Exhibit I to the
Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:




“Purchase Group” means a Managing Agent and its related Purchasers.




(z) The definition of “Purchase Limit” set forth in Exhibit I to the
Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:




“Purchase Limit” means $300,000,000, as such amount may be increased or
decreased in accordance with the provisions of Article XII.




(aa) The definition of “Settlement Period” set forth in Exhibit I to the
Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:




“Settlement Date” means (A) the Monthly Settlement Date, (B) in the case of
Financial Institutions that are members of any Purchase Group other than the SunTrust
Purchase Group, the last day of the relevant Tranche Period in respect of each Purchaser
Interest of the Financial Institutions and (C) in the case of Financial Institutions other
than Financial Institutions in the SunTrust Purchase Group that are members of the SunTrust
Purchase Group, each Monthly Settlement Date.




(bb) The definition of “Settlement Period” set forth in Exhibit I to the
Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:




“Settlement Period” means (A) in respect of each Purchaser Interest of the
Conduits and Purchasers in the SunTrust Purchase Group, the immediately preceding Accrual
Period, and (B) in respect of each Purchaser Interest of the Financial Institutions, the
entire Tranche Period of such Purchaser Interest; and




(cc) The definition of “Special Concentration Limit” set forth in Exhibit I
to the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:




“Special Concentration Limit” means, at any time, with respect to any Special
Obligor, a dollar amount equal to a percentage of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of
Eligible Receivables or such other limit as the Agent may designate for such Special
Obligor; provided, that any Managing Agent may, upon notice to Seller, cancel or
reduce any Special Concentration Limit. As of May 31, 2012, the Special Concentration Limits
described on the table below are in effect:



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	Special Obligor
	 	Special Concentration Limit

	 
	 	 

	Walgreen Co.
	 	6% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance

of Eligible Receivables

	 
	 	 

	Cummins Inc.
	 	6% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance

of Eligible Receivables

	 
	 	 

	All governments and governmental

subdivisions or agencies

collectively
	 	1% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance

of Eligible Receivable




	 
	 	 








(dd) The definition of “Special Obligor” set forth in Exhibit I to the
Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:




“Special Obligor” means any Obligor as may be designated by the Managing Agents
from time to time as a “Special Obligor.” As of May 31, 2012, the following Obligors are
“Special Obligors”: (i) Walgreen Co., so long as the Debt Rating of Walgreen Co. is greater
than or equal to BBB- by S&P and greater than or equal to Baa3 by Moody’s, (ii) Cummins
Inc., so long as the Debt Rating of Cummins Inc. is greater than or equal to BBB- by S&P and
greater than or equal to Baa3 by Moody’s and (iii) all governments and governmental
subdivisions or agencies collectively.




(ee) The definition of “Tranche Period” set forth in Exhibit I to the
Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:




“Tranche Period” means




(i) with respect to any Purchaser Interest held by a Financial Institution (other than
a Financial Institution in the SunTrust Purchase Group), including any Purchaser Interest or
undivided interest in a Purchaser Interest assigned to a Financial Institution pursuant to a
Liquidity Agreement:




(a) if Yield for such Purchaser Interest is calculated on the basis of the
LIBO Rate, a period of one, two or three months, or such other period as may be
mutually agreeable to the applicable Managing Agent and Seller, commencing on a
Business Day selected by Seller or such Managing Agent pursuant to this Agreement.
Such Tranche Period shall end on the day in the applicable succeeding calendar month
which corresponds numerically to the beginning day of such Tranche Period, provided,
however, that if there is no such numerically corresponding day in such succeeding
month, such Tranche Period shall end on the last Business Day of such succeeding
month; or




(b) if Yield for such Purchaser Interest is calculated on the basis of the
Base Rate, a period selected by Seller and agreed to by the applicable Managing
Agent, commencing and ending on a Business Day, provided no such period shall exceed
one month.



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If any Tranche Period would end on a day which is not a Business Day, such Tranche
Period shall end on the next succeeding Business Day, provided, however, that in the case of
Tranche Periods corresponding to the LIBO Rate, if such next succeeding Business Day falls
in a new month, such Tranche Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day. In
the case of any Tranche Period for any Purchaser Interest which commences before the
Amortization Date and would otherwise end on a date occurring after the Amortization Date,
such Tranche Period shall end on the Amortization Date. The duration of each Tranche Period
which commences after the Amortization Date shall be of such duration as selected by the
applicable Managing Agent. In no event shall any Tranche Period extend beyond the Facility
Termination Date.




(ii) with respect to any Purchaser Interest held by a Financial Institution in the
SunTrust Purchase Group, each Accrual Period.




(ff) Exhibit I to the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the following
defined terms in their entirety: Three Pillars, Three Pillars Broken Funding Costs, Three
Pillars Credit Agreement, Three Pillars Credit Bank, Three Pillars CP Rate, Three Pillars
LIBO Rate, Three Pillars Liquidity Agreement, Three Pillars Liquidity Bank and Three Pillars
Purchase Group.




(gg) Exhibit I to the Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following
defined terms in the appropriate alphabetical locations:




“London Banking Day” means any day on which dealings in dollar deposits are
conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.




“SunTrust Broken Funding Costs” if




(i) any request for an Incremental Purchase is made and such Incremental
Purchase does not occur; or




(ii) any Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment, has its principal reduced
without compliance by Seller with the notice requirements hereunder,




then, the amount of “SunTrust Broken Funding Costs” related thereto
shall be equal to the excess, if any, of (1) the fees that would have
accrued, assuming that, as applicable, such Incremental Purchase or
Reinvestment had occurred, or such reduction had occurred in compliance with
the notice requirements hereunder, over (2) the income, if any, actually
received during the remainder of such period by the members of the SunTrust
Purchase Group from investing the principal related to, as applicable, such
Incremental Purchase that did not occur or such reduction that occurred
without compliance with the notice requirements hereunder. All SunTrust
Funding Costs shall be due and payable hereunder upon demand.




“SunTrust LIBO Rate” means, for any Accrual Period, a rate per annum equal the
rate per annum appearing on page BBAM on the Bloomberg Terminal (successor to Telerate page
3750) (“Page BBAM”) (or any other page that may replace such page from time to time for the
purpose of displaying offered rates of leading banks for London interbank deposits for one
month in United States dollars) at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the second
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Business Day preceding the commencement of such Accrual Period; provided that in the
event no such rate is shown, the SunTrust LIBO Rate shall be the rate per annum (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of one percent) based on the rates at which
Dollar deposits for one month are displayed on page “LIBOR” of the Reuters Screen as of
11:00 a.m. (London time) on the second London Business Day preceding the commencement of
such Accrual Period (it being understood that if at least two (2) such rates appear on such
page, the rate will be the arithmetic mean of such displayed rates); provided further, that
in the event fewer than two (2) such rates are displayed, or if no such rate is relevant,
the LIBOR Rate shall be the rate per annum equal to the average of the rates at which
deposits in Dollars are offered by SunTrust at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the
second London Business Day preceding the commencement of such Accrual Period to prime banks
in the London interbank market for a one month period.




“SunTrust Purchase Group” means SunTrust and each of the other Financial
Institutions (if any) identified as a member of the SunTrust Purchase Group on Schedule A
hereto, together with each of their respective successors, assigns and participants. The
SunTrust Purchase Group does not include a Conduit.




(hh) Schedule A to the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety as Schedule A hereto.



SECTION 3. Effective Date. This Amendment shall become effective and shall
be deemed effective as of the date first written above when:




(a) the Agent shall have received counterparts hereof executed by each Person
for which a signature block is attached hereto;




(b) the Seller shall have paid all invoiced audit and legal fees of Sidley
Austin LLP incurred by the Agent in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Amendment and the Agreement; and




(c) the Managing Agents shall have received (1) counterparts to the Sixth
Amended and Restated Fee Letter duly executed by each Person for which a signature is
attached thereto and (2) all fees payable on the date hereof pursuant to such Sixth Amended
and Restated Fee Letter.



SECTION 4. Representations and Warranties of the Seller Parties. In order
to induce the parties hereto to enter into this Amendment, each of the Seller Parties represents
and warrants to the Agent and the Purchasers, as to itself, that:




(a) The representations and warranties of such Seller Party set forth in
Section 5.1 of the Agreement, as hereby amended, are true, correct and complete on
the date hereof as if made on and as of the date hereof and there exists no Amortization
Event or Potential Amortization Event on the date hereof, provided that in the case of any
representation or warranty in Section 5.1 that expressly relates to facts in existence on an
earlier date, the reaffirmation thereof under this Section 4(a) shall be made as of
such earlier date.



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(b) The execution and delivery by such Seller Party of this Amendment has been
duly authorized by proper corporate proceedings of such Seller Party and this Amendment, and
the Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of such Seller Party, enforceable against such Seller Party in accordance with
its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws of general applicability affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.



SECTION 5. Ratification. The Agreement, as amended hereby, is hereby
ratified, approved and confirmed in all respects.



SECTION 6. Reference to Agreement. From and after the effective date
hereof, each reference in the Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereof”, or “hereunder” or words of
like import, and all references to the Agreement in any and all agreements, instruments, documents,
notes, certificates and other writings of every kind and nature shall be deemed to mean the
Agreement, as amended by this Amendment.



SECTION 7. CHOICE OF LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, 735 ILCS SECTION 105/5-1 ET SEQ.,
BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS) OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.



SECTION 8. Execution of 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 taken together shall constitute one
and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or
other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart
hereof.



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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed and
delivered as of the date first written above:




ANIXTER RECEIVABLES CORPORATION, as the Seller




By: /s/ Rod Shoemaker

Name: Rod Shoemaker

Title: V.P. Treasurer





ANIXTER INC.,






as the initial Servicer




By: /s/ Rod Shoemaker

Name: Rod Shoemaker

Title: V.P. Treasurer




Signature Page to

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CHARIOT FUNDING LLC




By: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., its
attorney-in-fact




By: /s/ Joel Gedroic

Name: Joel Gedroic

Title: Executive Director





JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Financial




Institution, a Managing Agent and as Agent




By: /s/ Joel Gedroic

Name: Joel Gedroic

Title: Executive Director




Signature Page to

Amendment No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement






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THREE PILLARS FUNDING LLC




By: /s/ Doris J. Hearn

Name: Doris J. Hearn

Title: Authorized Signatory





SUNTRUST BANK, as a






Financial Institution




By: /s/ Joseph Franke

Name: Joseph Franke

Title: Senior Vice President





SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY, INC., as a Managing




Agent




By: /s/ Kyle Shenton

Name: Kyle Shenton

Title: Vice President




Signature Page to

Amendment No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement






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SCHEDULE A

COMMITMENTS OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS; PURCHASE LIMITS




FALCON PURCHASE GROUP

PURCHASE GROUP LIMIT: $172,000,000.00




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Financial Institution	 	Back-up Commitment	 	Liquidity Commitment
	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
	 	$	172,000,000.00	 	 	$	175,312,500.00	 






SUNTRUST PURCHASE GROUP

PURCHASE GROUP LIMIT: $128,000,000.00




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Financial Institution	 	Back-up Commitment	 	Liquidity Commitment
	SunTrust Bank

	 	$	128,000,000.00	 	 	N/A







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