EXHIBIT 10.9




                            Amendment to Amended and
                           Restated Purchase Agreement





                                                                  EXECUTION COPY


                                    AMENDMENT
                                       TO
                              AMENDED AND RESTATED
                               PURCHASE AGREEMENT


                  THIS AMENDMENT dated as of November 30, 1998 (the "Amendment")
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to the Amended and Restated Purchase Agreement,  dated as of March 31, 1998 (the
"Agreement")  is  between  LEXMARK  INTERNATIONAL,   INC.,  as  originator  (the
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"Originator")  and  LEXMARK  RECEIVABLES  CORPORATION,  as buyer (the  "Buyer").
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Capitalized  terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings
assigned to such terms in the Agreement.

                                    RECITALS

                  WHEREAS,  in accordance  with the provisions of Section 7.6 of
the  Agreement,  the  Originator  and the Buyer wish to amend the  Agreement  in
certain respects as provided below, and the  Administrative  Agent is willing to
consent to such amendments upon the terms provided for herein;

                  NOW  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the  premises  and  the
agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

                  SECTION  1.  Amendment  to  Schedule  A to  Exhibit  K of  the
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Agreement. In connection with the amendments provided for by this Amendment, the
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calculation  of Net  Purchase  Price of  Receivables  as set forth on Schedule A
hereto  shall  supersede  the  Schedule  A to  Exhibit  K that  is  part  of the
Agreement,  and from and after the date of this Amendment all references to such
Schedule  A to  Exhibit  K  shall  refer  to the  Schedule  A  attached  to this
Amendment.

                  SECTION 2.  Agreement  in Full  Force and  Effect as  Amended.
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Except as specifically amended or waived hereby, all of the terms and conditions
of the Agreement  shall remain in full force and effect.  All  references to the
Agreement  in any  other  document  or  instrument  shall be deemed to mean such
Agreement as amended by this  Amendment.  This Amendment  shall not constitute a
novation of the  Agreement,  but shall  constitute  an  amendment  thereof.  The
parties hereto agree to be bound by the terms and  obligations of the Agreement,
as  amended  by this  Amendment,  as though  the terms  and  obligations  of the
Agreement were set forth herein.

                  SECTION 3. Effectiveness.  The amendments provided for by this
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Amendment  shall become  effective  as of the date  hereof,  upon receipt by the
Administrative  Agent of (i)  counterparts of this  Amendment,  duly executed by
each of the parties  hereto,  together  with the  consent of the  Administrative
Agent and (ii) notice that the  conditions to  effectiveness  of the Amended and
Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement, as amended, have been satisfied.


                  SECTION 4. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any
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number of counterparts and by separate parties hereto on separate  counterparts,
each of  which  when  executed  shall  be  deemed  an  original,  but  all  such
counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

                  SECTION 5. Governing Law.  THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE
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GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.






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


                                       LEXMARK RECEIVABLES CORPORATION


                                       By:  /s/ Gary E. Morin
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                                            Authorized Signatory

                                            President
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                                            Title

                                       LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.


                                       By:  /s/ Gary E. Morin
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                                            Authorized Signatory

                                            Vice President and Chief Financial
                                               Officer
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                                            Title


Acknowledged and consented to:
November 30, 1998


MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY
OF NEW YORK, as Administrative Agent


By:      /s/ Robert S. Jones
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         Authorized Signatory

         Vice President
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         Title






                                                                      SCHEDULE A


                        NET PURCHASE PRICE OF RECEIVABLES

A.       Outstanding Balance of new Receivables

B.       A x (12-month average Charge-off Ratio x 45 x 1.75)/360

C.       A - B

D.       (C x (Yield Rate x 45 x 1.75))/360

                  Yield Rate= LIBOR + 1.00%

E.       C - D

F.       (A x 1% x 45)/360

G.       Purchase Price of new Receivables (E - F)