Exhibit 10.17
FIRST AMENDMENT TO RECEIVABLES SALE AGREEMENT
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT (the "Amendment "), dated as of December 28, 2000, is
entered into among Swift Receivables Corporation (the "Seller"), Swift
Transportation Corporation (the "Collection Agent"), Amsterdam Funding
Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Amsterdam"), ABN AMRO Bank N.V., as
Amsterdam's program letter of credit provider (the "Enhancer"), the Liquidity
Provider listed on the signature page hereof (the "Liquidity Provider") and ABN
AMRO Bank N.V., as agent for Amsterdam, the Enhancer and the Liquidity provider
(the "Agent ");
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Seller, Collection Agent, Amsterdam, Enhancer, Liquidity
Provider and Agent have heretofore executed and delivered a Receivables Sale
Agreement dated as of December 30, 1999 (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. The defined term "Affiliate" appearing in Schedule I to the Sale
Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the phrase "ten percent (10%)" appearing
in clause (i) thereof and inserting in its place the phrase "twenty percent
(20%)".
Section 2. The defined term "Aggregate Commitment" appearing in Schedule I
to the Sale Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety and as so amended shall
read as follows:
"Aggregate Commitment" means $127,500,000, as such amount may be
reduced pursuant to Section 1.6.
Section 3. The defined term "Liquidity Termination Date" appearing in
Schedule I to the Sale Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the date
"December 28, 2000" appearing in clause (d) thereof and inserting in its place
the date "December 27, 2001 ".
Section 4. The defined terns "Purchase Limit" appearing in Schedule I to
the Sale Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety and as so amended shall
read as follows:
"Purchase Limit" means $125,000,000.
Section 5. The defined term "Termination Data" appearing in Schedule I to
the Sale Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the date "December 28, 2000"
appearing in clause (c)(ii) thereof and inserting in its place the date
"December 27, 2001".
Section 6. Schedule II to the Sale Agreement is hereby amended in its
entirety and as so amended shall read as set forth as Schedule II to this
Amendment.
Section 7. This Amendment shall become effective on December 28, 2000 if on
or prior to such date the Agent has received (i) counterparts hereof executed by
the Seller, Collection Agent, each Purchaser and the Agent and (ii) the
acknowledgment and consent in the form set forth below duly executed and
delivered by the Swift Transportation Co., Inc,
Section 8.1. To induce the Agent and the Purchasers to enter into this
Amendment, the Seller and 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 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 Collection Agent, enforceable against the
Seller and the 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
Collection Agent of this Amendment or the performance by the Seller or the
Collection Agent of the Sale Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, or any
other Transaction Document to which they are a party.
Section 8.2. 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 8.3. 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 a11 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.
Section 8.4. 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
Liquidity Provider and as the Enhancer
By: /s/ Joseph McManus
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Title: VP
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By: /s/ Thomas J. Educate
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Title: SVP
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AMSTERDAM FUNDING CORPORATION
By: /s/ Andrew L. Stidd
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Title: President
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SWIFT RECEIVABLES CORPORATION
By: /s/ William F. Riley III
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Title: Vice President
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SWIFT TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION
By: /s/ William F. Riley III
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Title: Sr EVP - CFO
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