Exhibit 10.1

                   Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement
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     AMENDMENT  AGREEMENT (this "Amendment  Agreement")  dated as of October 17,
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2002 among Lexmark Receivables Corporation  (the "Seller"), CIESCO L.P.
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("CIESCO"),  Citibank,  N.A.  ("Citibank"),  Citicorp North America, Inc.
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("CNAI"),  as Agent, and Lexmark International, Inc. ("Lexmark"), as Collection
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Agent and Originator.

     Preliminary Statements.  (1) The Seller, CIESCO, Citibank, CNAI and Lexmark
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are parties to a  Receivables  Purchase  Agreement  dated as of October 22, 2001
(the "Agreement";  capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings  attributed to them in the Agreement) pursuant to which, and subject to
and upon the terms and  conditions of which,  the Seller has  acquired,  and may
continue to acquire,  Receivables from the Originator,  either by purchase or by
contribution  to the capital of the Seller,  as determined  from time to time by
the  Seller  and the  Originator.  The  Seller is  prepared  to sell  Receivable
Interests in the Receivables.  CIESCO may, in its sole discretion, purchase such
Receivable  Interests,  and the Banks are prepared to purchase  such  Receivable
Interests, in each case on the terms set forth therein.

     (2) The parties hereto desire to amend certain  provisions of the Agreement
as set forth herein.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

     SECTION 1. Amendments.  Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment Agreement,
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the Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

     (a) The following new definition is added to Section 1.01 of the Agreement,
in proper alphabetical order:

          "Amendment Date" means October 17, 2002.
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     (b) The definition of "Applicable  Margin" in Section 1.01 of the Agreement
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is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

          "Applicable  Margin" means, at any time, a rate per annum equal to the
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          sum of (x) the  "Applicable  Margin" as defined in the Credit Facility
          plus (y)0.25%.
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     (c)  The  definition  of  "Consolidated  EBITDA"  in  Section  1.01  of the
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Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

          "Consolidated  EBITDA" has the meaning set forth in such definition in
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          the  Credit  Facility  as in  effect  on the  Amendment  Date  and any
          additional  defined  terms  used in such  definition  shall have their
          meanings as in effect on the Amendment Date.

     (d) The definition of  "Consolidated  Interest  Expense" in Section 1.01 of
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the Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:


          "Consolidated  Interest  Expense"  has the  meaning  set  forth in the
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          definition  of  "Consolidated  Total  Interest  Expense" in the Credit
          Facility as in effect on the Amendment Date and any additional defined
          terms used in such  definition  shall have their meanings as in effect
          on the Amendment Date.

     (e) The  definition  of  "Consolidated  Total Debt" in Section  1.01 of the
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Agreement  is  amended  in its  entirety  to read  as follows:

          "Consolidated  Total Debt" has the meaning set forth in the definition
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          of  "Consolidated  Total  Funded  Debt" in the Credit  Facility  as in
          effect on the Amendment Date and any additional  defined terms used in
          such  definition  shall  have  their  meanings  as in  effect  on  the
          Amendment Date.

     (f) The definition of "Credit Facility" in Section 1.01 of the Agreement is
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amended in its entirety to read as follows:

          "Credit Facility" means the Multicurrency  Revolving Credit Agreement,
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          dated as of May 29,  2002,  among the  Originator,  as  borrower,  the
          lenders party thereto,  Fleet National Bank, as  administrative  agent
          with Fleet Securities,  Inc. having acted as arranger,  JPMorgan Chase
          Bank and Citicorp USA, Inc. as co-syndication agents and Key Corporate
          Capital Inc. and Suntrust Bank as co-documentation agents, as amended,
          restated,  modified  or  supplemented  from  time  to  time,  and  all
          agreements, documents and instruments executed in connection therewith
          together with any replacement  facility or refinancing thereof entered
          into by the Originator.

     (g)  The  definition  of  "Excluded  Receivables"  in  Section  1.01 of the
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Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

          "Excluded Receivables" means the indebtedness of (i) KeyTronicEMS Co.,
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          (ii) Compaq Computer Corporation or its successors and assigns,  (iii)
          any Obligor  located  outside of the fifty states of the United States
          and  the  District  of  Columbia,   but  solely  to  the  extent  such
          indebtedness  arises from goods having a final destination or services
          rendered  exclusively outside of the fifty states of the United States
          and the  District  of  Columbia,  and (iv) any  Obligor of the managed
          print services  business of the Originator  (formerly known as Lexmark
          Solution   Services)   (but  only  with  respect  to  such   Obligor's
          indebtedness to the Lexmark Solution Services business),  in each case
          resulting  from the  provision  or sale of  merchandise,  insurance or
          services by the Originator under a Contract.

     (h) The phrase "or return  capital" shall be inserted after the phrase "and
pay cash dividends" in the seventh line of Section 5.01(p) of the Agreement.

     (i) Section 7.01(e) of the Agreement is amended as follows:

          (i) The amount "$25,000,000" is amended to read "$50,000,000."


          (ii)  The  parenthetical  immediately  following  the  above-mentioned
                amount is deleted in its entirety.

     (j)  Schedule  II of the  Agreement  is  replaced  with  Exhibit A attached
hereto.

     SECTION 2.  Effectiveness.  This Amendment Agreement shall become effective
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at such time that executed  counterparts  of this Amendment  Agreement have been
delivered by each party hereto to the other party hereto.

     SECTION 3.  Representations  and  Warranties.  The Seller makes each of the
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representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 of the Agreement (after
giving effect to this Amendment  Agreement).  The Collection Agent makes each of
the  representations  and warranties  contained in Section 4.02 of the Agreement
(after giving effect to this Amendment Agreement).

     SECTION 4.  Confirmation  of Agreement.  Each reference in the Agreement to
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"this Agreement" or "the  Agreement" shall mean the Agreement as amended by this
Amendment  Agreement,  and as hereafter  amended or restated.  Except as  herein
expressly  amended,  the  Agreement is ratified and  confirmed  in all  respects
and  shall  remain  in full  force  and  effect  in  accordance  ith  its terms.

     SECTION 5. GOVERNING LAW. THIS  AMENDMENT  AGREEMENT  SHALL BE GOVERNED BY,
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AND CONSTRUED IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH, THE  LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK  (WITHOUT
GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF).

     SECTION 6.  Execution in  Counterparts.  This  Amendment  Agreement  may be
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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.  Delivery of an  executed  counterpart  of a  signature  page to this
Amendment  Agreement by  facsimile  shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart of this Amendment Agreement.






                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment
Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized,
as of the date first above written.

                         LEXMARK RECEIVABLES CORPORATION


                         By: /s/ Kurt Braun
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                             Title: Treasurer


                         CIESCO L.P.

                         By: Citicorp North America, Inc.,
                             as Attorney-in-Fact


                         By: /s/ Richard C. Simons
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                             Title: Managing Director
                             Global  Securitized  Markets
                             388  Greenwich  St. - 19th Fl.
                             (212) 816-0778


                         CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
                         as Agent


                         By: /s/ Richard C. Simons
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                             Title: Managing Director
                             Global Securitized Markets
                             388 Greenwich St. - 19th Fl.
                             (212) 816-0778


                         CITIBANK, N.A.


                         By: /s/ Richard C. Simons
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                             Title: Managing Director
                             Global Securitized Markets
                             388 Greenwich St. - 19th Fl.
                             (212) 816-0778


                         LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.


                         By: /s/ Kurt Braun
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                             Title: Treasurer