Exhibit 99.14

                     FIRST AMENDMENT TO LEASEHOLD MORTGAGE,
                   SECURITY AGREEMENT, FINANCING STATEMENT AND
                         ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS

         THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO LEASEHOLD MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT,
FINANCING STATEMENT AND ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS (this "Amendment") is
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dated as of May 16, 2002 and is by and between APW NORTH AMERICA INC., a
Delaware corporation, as Mortgagor (the "Mortgagor"), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
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a national banking association ("Bank of America"), in its capacity as
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Post-Petition Agent for the financial institutions as are, or may from time to
time become, parties to the Post-Petition Credit Agreement (as such terms are
hereinafter defined) and in its capacity as Administrative Agent for the
financial institutions as are, or may from time to time become, parties to the
Credit Agreement (as such term is hereinafter defined).

                                    RECITALS:

         A. Contemporaneously herewith, APW Ltd. (the "Company"), various
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financial institutions (the "Lenders") and Bank of America, as the post-petition
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agent and U.S. collateral agent (in such capacities, the "Post-Petition Agent",
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are entering into a Post-Petition Multicurrency Superpriority Credit Agreement
(the "Post-Petition Credit Agreement").
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         B. The Company, various financial institutions (the "Banks") and Bank
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of America, as administrative agent, have previously entered into an Amended and
Restated Multicurrency Credit Agreement dated as of May 15, 2001 (as amended,
the "Credit Agreement").
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         C. The Lenders have required as a condition to making the extensions of
credit provided for in the Post-Petition Credit Agreement that the Mortgagor
become a party to the Guaranty, dated May 16, 2002 (the "Post-Petition
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Guaranty") wherein Mortgagor guaranties the obligations of the Company under the
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Post-Petition Credit Agreement.

         D. The Mortgagor has executed and delivered to secure its obligations
to Bank of America, in its capacity as administrative agent under the Credit
Agreement, a Leasehold Mortgage, Security Agreement, Financing Statement and
Assignment of Leases and Rents (as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement)
(the "Original Mortgage") in favor of First American Title Insurance Company,
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which shall hereafter secure the Mortgagor's obligations with respect to both
the Post-Petition Credit Agreement and the Credit Agreement. The Original
Mortgage relates to real property legally described on Exhibit A hereto (the
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"Mortgaged Property"). The Original Mortgage was recorded in the real property
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records of the county in which the Mortgaged Property is situated, and recording
information for the Original Mortgage is set forth on Exhibit B hereto.
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         E. In connection with the execution of Post-Petition Credit Agreement,
and as a requirement to the effectiveness thereof, the Company, the Mortgagor
and other Subsidiaries of the Company have executed and delivered a
Reaffirmation of Guaranties (the "Reaffirmation") to
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confirm the effectiveness of each individual guaranty (the "Original
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Guaranties") executed by the Mortgagor as required in connection with the Credit
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Agreement and the Post-Petition Guaranty and various other loan documents and
that the Original Mortgage as amended hereby relates to the obligations of the
Company under both the Credit Agreement and the Post-Petition Credit Agreement.
As a further condition to the effectiveness of the Post-Petition Credit
Agreement, the Lenders have required that the Mortgagor execute and deliver this
Amendment.

                                   AGREEMENTS

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreement contained
herein, the Original Mortgage is amended, and the parties hereto agree, as
follows:

         1. Recital. The Recitals of the Original Mortgage are hereby amended to
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incorporate the Recitals of this Amendment.

         2. Guaranty. The term "Guaranty", as used in the Original Mortgage, is
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hereby amended to mean the Original Guaranties as confirmed by the Reaffirmation
and the Post-Petition Guaranty.

         3. Banks. Except as the context may otherwise require, as determined in
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the reasonable discretion of the Post-Petition Agent, the term "Banks" is hereby
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amended to mean the Banks (as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement) and
the Lenders (as such term is defined in the Post-Petition Credit Agreement).

         4. The Credit Agreement. The term "Credit Agreement," as used in the
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Original Mortgage, is hereby amended to mean both the Credit Agreement and the
Post-Petition Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended, modified, replaced
or substituted from time to time. Any other term (including, without limitation,
"Obligations" or "Loan Documents") used in the Original Mortgage as amended
hereby that is defined by reference to the "Credit Agreement" shall be deemed
defined by reference to the Post-Petition Credit Agreement.

         5. Other Defined Terms. Other capitalized terms used in this Amendment
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and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to
such terms in the Original Mortgage, or if not defined therein, the respective
meanings given in the Post-Petition Credit Agreement. In the event of any
inconsistency in defined terms between the Credit Agreement, the Post-Petition
Credit Agreement, the Mortgage or the other Loan Documents shall be resolved by
the Post-Petition Agent in its reasonable discretion.

         6. Lien Priority. Nothing contained herein shall in any manner affect
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or impair the priority of the lien of the Original Mortgage as to the
indebtedness secured thereby prior to giving effect to this Amendment, nor
affect any other security held by the Post-Petition Agent on behalf of the Banks
to secure repayment or performance of the obligations referred to therein, nor
constitute a novation of the Original Mortgage or the obligations secured
thereby.

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         7.  Intercreditor Agreement. Any proceeds of the Mortgaged Property
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shall be applied by the Post-Petition Agent to payment of expenses, including
reasonable attorneys' fees and legal expenses, and thereafter to the payment of
any and all Liabilities in such order of application as required by that certain
Intercreditor Agreement (the "Intercreditor Agreement"), as defined for purposes
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of the Post-Petition Credit Agreement, as the Intercreditor Agreement may be
amended, modified, replaced or substituted from time to time.

         8.  Reaffirmation. The Mortgagor hereby repeats, reaffirms and remakes
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all representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in the
Original Mortgage as of the date of this Amendment.

         9.  Representations. The Mortgagor represents and warrants that (i) no
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default or event of default currently exists under the Original Mortgage as
amended hereby or any of the other Loan Documents; and (ii) no condition exists
which with the giving of notice or the passage of time, or both, would result in
such a default or event of default, except as may arise as a result of the
commencement of a Chapter 11 proceeding in bankruptcy by the Mortgagor or its
affiliates.

         10. Full Force and Effect. All of the provisions, rights, powers and
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remedies contained in the Original Mortgage shall stand and remain unchanged and
in full force and effect, except to the extent specifically amended hereby, and
shall be applicable to all of the properties, rights and privileges subject to
the lien of the Original Mortgage as amended hereby.

         11. References. No reference to this Amendment need be made in any
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instrument or document at any time referring to the "Mortgage", and any
reference in any such instrument or document to the "Mortgage" shall be deemed
to be a reference to the Original Mortgage as amended hereby and as further
amended, modified, replaced or substituted from time to time.

         12. Time of the Essence. Time is of the essence with respect to the
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performance of all of the obligations to be performed under the Original
Mortgage as amended hereby.

         13. Successors and Assigns. The Original Mortgage as amended hereby
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binds the Mortgagor and its successors, assigns, heirs, administrators,
executors, agents and representatives and inures to the benefit of the
Post-Petition Agent and the Banks and their respective successors, assigns,
heirs, administrators, executors, agents and representatives.

         14. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of
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counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

         15. Amendments. No provision of this Amendment or the Original Mortgage
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as amended hereby may be modified, amended or waived except by a writing
executed by the party sought to be bound thereby. No consent or approval of the
Post-Petition Agent or the Banks shall be given or deemed to have been given
except to the extent expressly set out in a writing executed and delivered by
the Post-Petition Agent to the Mortgagor.

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         16. Amendment as Loan Document. This Amendment shall be considered a
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Loan Document and a Collateral Document and shall be construed in conjunction
with the other Loan Documents and Collateral Documents.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Amendment on the
date first above written.



[SEAL]                                 APW NORTH AMERICA INC., a Delaware
                                        corporation, as Mortgagor

                                         By: /s/ Michael Gusick
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                                          Its: Treasurer
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[SEAL]                                 BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking
                                        association, as Post-Petition Agent

                                       By:/s/ M. Duncan McDuffie
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                                        Its: Managing Director
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This document was prepared by
and after recording should be
returned to:

Robert V. Fitzsimmons
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw
190 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603-3441




STATE OF WI                )
                           ) SS.
COUNTY OF WAUKESHA         )

          On this 16th day of May, 2002, before me appeared Michael Gasick to me
personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did say that he/she is the
Treasurer, respectively, of APW NORTH AMERICA INC., a Delaware corporation, and
that said instrument was signed on behalf of said corporation, by authority of
its Board of Directors, properly exercised, and said Treasurer acknowledged said
instrument to be the free act and deed of said Company.

         IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal in the County and State aforesaid, the day and year first above
written.

                                              /s/ Anna M. Santfilippo-Stankevich
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                                              Notary Public


My term expires: 11/24/02                     (Seal)
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                                ACKNOWLEDGMENT

State of California          )
                             )  SS.
County of Los Angeles        )


     On May 16, 2002, before me, Marie I. Gayed, Notary Public, personally
appeared Malcolm Duncan McDuffie, personally known to me to be the person whose
name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he
executed the same in his authorized capacity, and that by his signature on the
instrument the person, or entity upon behalf of which the person acted, executed
the instrument.



WITNESS my hand and official seal.


                                                          Marie I. Gayed
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           Notary Seal                             Signature of Notary Public




                                                               2 Applegate Drive
                                                        Robbinsville, New Jersey

                                    EXHIBIT A

                                Legal Description
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All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and
improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Township of
Washington, County of Mercer, State of New Jersey:

BEGINNING at a point in the proposed Easterly right of way line of West Manor
Way (40 feet from centerline) said point being located the following two (2)
courses from the intersection of the southeasterly right of way line of New
Jersey Turnpike (300 feet wide) with the Easterly right of way line of West
Manor Way (50 feet wide) and from said intersection running;

a. Southerly distant 3202.78 feet along the Easterly right of way line of West
   Manor Way (50 feet wide) to a point; thence

b. South 54 degrees 52 minutes 51 seconds East along the common line between Tax
   Map Lots 19 and 20 in Block 41, 15.00 feet to a point and place of beginning
   and running thence;

1. North 34 degrees 24 minutes 41 seconds East along the proposed Easterly right
   of way line of West Manor Way, 820.19 feet to a point of curvature; thence

2. Northeasterly along a new line through Lot 19 in Block 41, along a curve to
   the right having a radius of 40.00 feet and an arc length of 62.83 feet to a
   point of tangency; thence

3. South 55 degrees 35 minutes 19 seconds East along same, 245.00 feet to a
   point; thence

4. South 57 Degrees 44 minutes 10 seconds East still along same, 200.14 feet to
   a point; thence

5. South 55 degrees 35 minutes 19 seconds East still along same, 168.13 feet to
   a point; thence

6. South 34 degrees 24 minutes 41 seconds West still along same, 875.76 feet to
   a point; thence

7. North 54 degrees 52 minutes 51 seconds West along the common line between Tax
   Map Lots 19 and 20 in Block 41, 653.18 feet to the true point and place of
   BEGINNING.

Being known as Lot 19.02 in Block 41 on the Tax map.

TOGETHER WITH the benefits as contained in that certain Cross Easement Agreement
recorded in Deed Book 3186, page 024.

Common Address:   2 Applegate Drive
                  Robbinsville, New Jersey




                                    EXHIBIT B
                     Identification of Mortgage Document(s)
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Site Address:     2 Applegate Drive
                  Robbinsville, New Jersey



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                                           Date of                                  Date of
Document                                  Document   Recording Information          Recording
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Leasehold Mortgage, Security Agreement,   8/8/01     Recorded in Mortgage Book        9/7/01
Financing Statement and Assignment of                6234, Page 258 in Mercer
Leases and Rents.                                     County Clerk's Office
                                                     (Instrument #RD 2001 038282).
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