Exhibit 10.1 EXECUTION COPY AMENDMENT NO. 1 AND WAIVER TO THE THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of September 30, 1998 AMENDMENT NO. 1 AND WAIVER TO THE THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT among AMF BOWLING WORLDWIDE, INC. (formerly known as AMF Group Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), the banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders parties to the Credit Agreement referred to below (collectively, the "Lenders"), GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P. ("Goldman") and CITICORP SECURITIES, INC., as arrangers (the "Arrangers"), GOLDMAN, as syndication agent (together with any successor appointed pursuant to Article VII of the Credit Agreement, the "Syndication Agent"), CITIBANK, N.A., as administrative agent (together with any successor appointed pursuant to Article VII of the Credit Agreement, the "Administrative Agent"), and CITICORP USA, INC., as collateral agent (together with any successor appointed pursuant to Article VII of the Credit Agreement, the "Collateral Agent"). PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS: (1) The Borrower, the Lenders, the Arrangers, the Syndication Agent, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent have entered into a Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November 7, 1997 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the "Credit Agreement"). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Amendment and Waiver have the same meanings as specified in the Credit Agreement. (2) The Borrower has requested that the Lenders agree, inter alia, to amend and/or waive temporarily certain covenants contained in Article V of the Credit Agreement. (3) The Required Lenders are, on the terms and conditions stated below, willing to grant the request of the Borrower and the Borrower and the Required Lenders have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement as hereinafter set forth. SECTION 1. Amendments to Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement is, effective as of the date hereof and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3, hereby amended as follows: (a) The definition of "Applicable Margin" in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended by (i) deleting subsections (a) and (b) thereof and the tables immediately following same and substituting therefor the following: "a percentage per annum determined by reference to the Total Debt/EBITDA Ratio as set forth below: Facility Total Applicable Margin Applicable Margin Debt/EBITDA For Base Rate for Eurodollar Rate Ratio Advances Advances - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Working Capital Level I Facility and Term less than or equal Loan Facility to 3.50:1 0.000% 0.750% Level II greater than 3.50:1 but less than or equal to 4.25:1 0.000% 1.000% Level III greater than 4.25:1 but less than or equal to 4.75:1 0.500% 1.500% Level IV greater than 4.75:1 but less than or equal to 5.50:1 0.750% 1.750% Level V greater than 5.50:1 but less than or equal to 6.00:1 0.875% 1.875% Level VI greater than 6.00:1 but less than or equal to 6.50:1 1.250% 2.250% Facility Total Applicable Margin Applicable Margin Debt/EBITDA For Base Rate for Eurodollar Rate Ratio Advances Advances - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Working Capital Level VII Facility and Term greater than 6.50:1 Loan Facility but less than or equal to 7.00:1 1.500% 2.500% Level VIII greater than 7.00:1 but less than or equal to 7.25:1 1.750% 2.750% Level IX greater than 7.25:1 2.000% 3.000% Facility Total Applicable Margin Applicable Margin Debt/EBITDA For Base Rate for Eurodollar Rate Ratio Advances Advances - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AXELs Series A Level I Facility less than or equal to 4.00:1 0.875% 1.875% Level II greater than 4.00:1 but less than or equal to 5.50:1 1.000% 2.000% Level III greater than 5.50:1 but less than or equal to 6.00:1 1.125% 2.125% Level IV greater than 6.00:1 but less than or equal to 6.50:1 1.750% 2.750% Level V greater than 6.50:1 but less than or equal to 7.00:1 2.000% 3.000% Level VI greater than 7.00:1 but less than or equal to 7.25:1 2.250% 3.250% Level VII greater than 7.25:1 2.500% 3.500% Facility Total Applicable Margin Applicable Margin Debt/EBITDA For Base Rate for Eurodollar Rate Ratio Advances Advances - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AXELs Series B Level I Facility and New less than or equal AXELs Series B to 4.00:1 1.125% 2.125% Facility Level II greater than 4.00:1 but less than or equal to 5.50:1 1.250% 2.250% Level III greater than 5.50:1 but less than or equal to 6.00:1 1.375% 2.375% Level IV greater than 6.00:1 but less than or equal to 6.50:1 2.000% 3.000% Level V greater than 6.50:1 but less than or equal to 7.00:1 2.250% 3.250% Level VI greater than 7.00:1 but less than or equal to 7.25:1 2.500% 3.500% Level VII greater than 7.25:1 2.750% 3.750% and (ii) adding immediately preceding the period at the end thereof the following: ", and provided still further, however, that for the period from September 30, 1998 until the third Business Day after the first date occurring after September 30, 1998 on which the Administrative Agent receives the relevant Financial Statements, the Applicable Margin shall be set at Level VI in the case of the Working Capital Advances and the Term Loan Advances and at Level IV in the case of the AXELs Series A Advances, the AXELs Series B Advances and the New AXELs Series B Advances, and for the period from December 31, 1998 until the third Business Day after the first date occurring after December 31, 1998 on which the Administrative Agent receives the relevant Financial Statements, the Applicable Margin shall be set at Level VII in the case of the Working Capital Advances and the Term Loan Advances and at Level V in the case of the AXELs Series A Advances, the AXELs Series B Advances and the New Axels Series B Advances". (b) Section 1.01 is further amended by adding the following definition in the appropriate alphabetical order: "Restricted Period" means the period from September 30, 1998 to December 31, 1999." (c) Section 2.03 of the Credit Agreement is amended as follows: (i) Subsection (a) thereof is amended by deleting the phrase "and each Working Capital Lender" from the first sentence thereof: and (ii) Subsection (b) thereof is amended in full to read as follows: "(b) Letter of Credit Reports. Each Issuing Bank shall furnish (A) to the Administrative Agent on the first Business Day of each month a written report summarizing issuance and expiration dates of Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank during the previous month and drawings during such month under all Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly furnish such report to any Working Capital Lender upon request and (B) to the Administrative Agent on the first Business Day of each calendar quarter a written report setting forth the average daily aggregate Available Amount during the preceding calendar quarter of all Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, and the Administrative Agent shall furnish such report to the Working Capital Lenders promptly upon receipt thereof." (d) Section 2.08(a) of the Credit Agreement is amended by deleting the number "0.375%" from the eighth line thereof and substituting therefor the following text: "(i) during such periods as the Total Debt/EBITDA Ratio shall be less than or equal to 6.00:1, 0.375% and (ii) at all other times, 0.500%,". (e) Section 3.02(a)(iii) of the Credit Agreement is amended in full as follows: "(iii) in the case of any Working Capital Borrowing the proceeds of which are to be used to make an acquisition or to refinance the costs of construction of a New Center, (A) after giving effect to the acquisition to be made, or costs of construction to be refinanced, with the proceeds of such Borrowing, the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with the covenants contained in Section 5.04, calculated based on the most recent Financial Statements (and including, for purposes of determining such pro forma compliance, the Debt and Modified Consolidated EBITDA attributable to the bowling center being so acquired or refinanced as though such acquisition or construction had occurred at the beginning of the 12-month period covered by such Financial Statements), (B) during the Restricted Period, no such Borrowing shall be permitted if, after giving effect to the acquisition to be made with the proceeds of such Borrowing, the sum of the aggregate purchase price of acquisitions made pursuant to Section 5.02(f)(ix) during the Restricted Period (other than any such acquisitions to the extent such acquisitions are paid for with common stock of Parent and other than the acquisition of bowling centers for a total acquisition price not to exceed $8,300,000 to be completed in the fourth quarter of 1998 as reflected in the projections furnished to the Lender Parties in connection with Amendment No. 1 and Waiver dated September 30, 1998 to this Agreement) plus binding commitments of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to make cash Investments during the Restricted Period consisting of or in connection with acquisitions would exceed (1) if the Total Debt/EBITDA Ratio at such time is less than 7.00:1, $30,000,000 or (2) in all other cases, $10,000,000, (C) after giving effect to the acquisition to be made, or costs of construction to be refinanced, with the proceeds of such Borrowing, the aggregate amount of all Unused Working Capital Commitments shall be not less than $100,000,000, and (D) the Borrower shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent demonstrating compliance with clauses (A), (B) and (C) above, provided, however, that prior to January 1, 2000, no such Working Capital Borrowing shall be used to refinance the costs of construction of a New Center;". (f) Section 4.01 of the Credit Agreement is amended by adding a new subsection (pp) at the end thereof to read as follows: "(pp) The Borrower has (i) initiated a review and assessment of all areas within its and each of its Subsidiaries' business and operations (including those affected by major suppliers, vendors and customers) that could be adversely affected by the risk that computer applications used by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (or major suppliers, vendors and customers) may be unable to recognize and perform properly date-sensitive functions involving certain dates prior to and any date after December 31, 1999 (the "Year 2000 Problem"), (ii) developed a plan and timetable for addressing the Year 2000 Problem on a timely basis and (iii) to date, implemented that plan in accordance with such timetable. Based on the foregoing, the Borrower believes that all computer applications (including those of its major suppliers, vendors and customers) that are material to its or any of its Subsidiaries' business and operations are reasonably expected on a timely basis to be able to perform properly date-sensitive functions for all dates before and after January 1, 2000, except to the extent that a failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect." (g) Section 5.02(f) of the Credit Agreement is amended as follows: (i) Clause (i) thereof is amended by adding immediately preceding the semicolon at the end thereof the following: "provided further, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, no Investments shall be made pursuant to this clause (i) during the Restricted Period". (ii) Clause (ii) thereof is amended by adding immediately preceding the semicolon at the end thereof the following: "provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, no Investments shall be made pursuant to this clause (ii) during the Restricted Period". (iii) Subsection (ix) thereof is amended in full to read as follows: "(ix) other Investments made in connection with the acquisition of all or any part of the assets or stock or other equity interest of any Person or the acquisition or construction of New Centers; provided that with respect to Investments made under this clause (ix): (1) any newly acquired or created Subsidiary of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall be a wholly owned Subsidiary thereof and such Subsidiary (unless such Subsidiary is a Foreign Subsidiary) shall become a Subsidiary Guarantor and execute and deliver the documents referred to in Section 5.01(n); (2) immediately before and after giving effect thereto, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom; (3) substantially all of any business acquired or invested in pursuant to this clause (ix) shall be in the same or a substantially related line of business as the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (after giving effect to permitted expansion by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries into golf-related business pursuant to Section 5.02(h)); (4) immediately after giving effect to the acquisition of a company or business pursuant to this clause (ix), the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with the convenants contained in Section 5.04, calculated based on the relevant Financial Statements, as though such acquisition had occurred at the beginning of the 12-month period covered thereby, as evidenced by a certificate of a Designated Financial Officer furnished to the Lender Parties, demonstrating such compliance and reflecting the Adjusted EBITDA of any bowling center so acquired for the immediately preceding 12-month period; (5) during the Restricted Period, no such Investment (other than acquisitions to the extent such acquisitions are paid for with common stock of Parent) shall be permitted if, after giving effect to such Investment, the sum of the aggregate purchase price of acquisitions made pursuant to this clause (ix) during the Restricted Period (other than any such acquisitions to the extent such acquisitions are paid for with common stock of Parent and other than the acquisition to the extent such acquisitions of bowling centers for a total acquisition price not to exceed $8,300,000 to be completed in the fourth quarter of 1998 as reflected in the projections furnished to the Lender Parties in connection with Amendment No. 1 and Waiver dated September 30, 1998 to this Agreement) plus binding commitments of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to make cash Investments during the Restricted Period consisting of or in connection with acquisitions would exceed (x) if the Total Debt/EBITDA Ratio at such time is less than 7.0:1, $30,000,000 or (y) in all other cases, $10,000,000; and (7) immediately after giving effect to the acquisition of a company or business pursuant to this clause (ix), the aggregate amount of all Unused Working Capital Commitments shall be at least $100,000,000." (h) Sections 5.02(q) of the Credit Agreement is amended in full as follows: "(q) Capital Expenditures. Make, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to make, any Capital Expenditures that would cause the aggregate of all such Capital Expenditures made by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to exceed $80,000,000 during the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 1998, $70,000,000 during the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 1999 and $100,000,000 during each Fiscal Year thereafter, provided, that, other than during the Restricted Period to the extent that any Capital Expenditures permitted to be made in any Fiscal Year shall not have been so made, such Capital Expenditures may be made in the immediately succeeding Fiscal Year; provided further, that for purposes of calculating the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures permitted in any Fiscal Year, any amounts so carried over from the immediately preceding Fiscal Year shall be deemed to be spent after amounts otherwise permitted to be spent in such Fiscal Year; and provided still further, however, that, during the Restricted Period, after giving effect to any such Capital Expenditure, the aggregate amount of all Unused Working Capital Commitments shall be not less than $100,000,000." (i) Section 5.03 of the Credit Agreement is amended by (i) deleting the words "the Borrower" and substituting therefor the word "Holdings" in the third, fifth, and eighth lines of subsection (b) thereof and in the third, fourth, sixth and eleventh lines of subsection (c) thereof, and (ii) by adding immediately following the phrase "all Other Additions, if any, for such Rolling Period" in subsections (b) and (c) thereof the following: "and (C) stating that the financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to this subsection are substantially the same as the financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the same dates and periods". (j) Section 5.03 of the Credit Agreement is amended by inserting the following as a new Section 5.03(v): "(v) On the 20th Business Day of each month occurring in the period beginning October 1, 1998 and ending December 31, 1999, a report concerning the Borrower's Consolidated financial status substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit S." (k) Section 5.04(a) of the Credit Agreement is amended by: (i) inserting the following phrase immediately after the numeral "(ii)" in the fourth line thereof: "for all Rolling Periods other than the Rolling Periods ending on September 30, 1998, December 31, 1998, March 31, 1999, June 30, 1999, September 30, 1999 and December 31, 1999 (for the aforementioned Rolling Periods no EBITDA Adjustment Amount shall be added),"; (ii) deleting the amount "$155,000,000" set forth across from the date "September 30, 1998" and substituting therefor the amount "$150,000,000"; (iii) deleting the amount "$155,000,000" set forth across from the date "December 31, 1998" and substituting therefor the amount "$150,000,000"; (iv) deleting the amount "$155,000,000" set forth across from the date "March 31, 1999" and substituting therefor the amount "$145,000,000;" (v) deleting the amount "$155,000,000" set forth across from the date "June 30, 1999" and substituting therefor the amount "$145,000,000;" (vi) deleting the amount "$165,000,000" set forth across from the date "September 30, 1999" and substituting therefor the amount "$145,000,000"; and (vii) deleting the amount "$165,000,000" set forth across from the date "December 31, 1999" and substituting therefor the amount "$145,000,000". (l) Section 5.04(b) of the Credit Agreement is amended by: (i) deleting the ratios set forth across from the dates "September 30, 1998" and "December 31, 1998" and substituting therefor the ratio "1.90:1"; (ii) deleting the ratios set forth across from the dates "March 31, 1999" and "June 30, 1999" and substituting therefor the ratio "1.85:1"; and (iii) deleting the ratios set forth across from the dates "September 30, 1999" and "December 31, 1999" and substituting therefor the ratio "1.80:1". (m) Section 5.04(d) of the Credit Agreement is amended by: (i) deleting the ratios set forth across from the dates "September 30, 1998" and "December 31, 1998" and substituting therefor the ratio "4.00:1"; and (ii) deleting the ratios set forth across from the dates "March 31, 1999", "June 30, 1999", "September 30, 1999" and "December 31, 1999" and substituting therefor the ratio "4.25:1". (n) Section 5.04(e) of the Credit Agreement is amended by: (i) deleting the ratios set forth across from the dates "September 30, 1998" and "December 31, 1998" and substituting therefor the ratio "7.00:1"; and (ii) deleting the ratios set forth across from the dates "March 31, 1999", "June 30, 1999", "September 30, 1999" and "December 31, 1999" and substituting therefor the ratio "7.5:1". (o) The document attached hereto as Exhibit A shall be attached to the Credit Agreement as Exhibit S thereto. SECTION 2. Waiver. Compliance by the Borrower with Section 5.04(c) of the Credit Agreement (which Section requires that the Borrower maintain a certain fixed charge coverage ratio) is, effective as of the date hereof and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3, hereby waived from the date hereof through and including December 31, 1999. SECTION 3. Conditions of Effectiveness. This Amendment and Waiver shall become effective as of the date first above written when, and only when, on or before 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on September 29, 1998, the following conditions precedent shall have been satisfied; (x) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at such time (after giving effect to the waiver set forth in Section 2) and (y) the Administrative Agent shall have received (a) counterparts of (i) this Amendment and Waiver executed by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or, as to any of the Lenders, advice satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that such Lender has executed this Amendment and Waiver and (ii) the consent attached hereto executed by each Loan Party (other than the Borrower), (b) certified copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Borrower and each other Loan Party approving this Amendment and Waiver and the transactions contemplated hereby and of all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action and governmental and other third party approvals and consents, if any, with respect to this Amendment and Waiver and the transactions contemplated hereby, (c) a favorable opinion of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, special counsel for the Loan Parties, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agents, and (d) an amendment fee for the account of each Lender approving this Amendment and Waiver in an amount for each such Lender equal to the product of (i) such Lender's Commitments (whether used or unused) and (ii) 0.25%. This Amendment and Waiver is subject to the provisions of Section 8.01 of the Credit Agreement. SECTION 4. Reference to and Effect on the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. (a) On and after the effectiveness of this Amendment and Waiver, each reference in the Credit Agreement to "this Agreement", "hereunder", "hereof" or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the Notes and each of the other Loan Documents to "the Credit Agreement", "thereunder", "thereof" or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment and Waiver. (b) The Credit Agreement, the Notes and each of the other Loan Documents, as specifically amended by this Amendment and Waiver, and except to the extent of the waiver specifically provided above, are and shall continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby in all respect ratified and confirmed. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Documents and all of the Collateral described therein do and shall continue to secure the payment of all Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents, in each case as amended by this Amendment and Waiver. (c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment and Waiver shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or any Agent under any of the Loan Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Loan Documents. SECTION 5. Costs and Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay on demand all costs and expenses of the Agents in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery and administration, modification and amendment of this Amendment and Waiver and the other instruments and documents to be delivered hereunder (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Agents) in accordance with the terms of Section 8.04 of the Credit Agreement. SECTION 6. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment and Waiver 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 but one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment and Waiver by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment and Waiver. SECTION 7. Governing Law. This Amendment and Waiver shall be 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 and Waiver to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written. AMF BOWLING WORLDWIDE, INC. By : /S/ Stephen E. Hare Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS, L.P., as Syndication Agent By : /s/ Stephen B. King Title: Authorized Signatory CITIBANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent By : /s/ Judith Fishlow Minter Title: Attorney-in-Fact CITICORP USA, INC., as Collateral Agent By : /s/ Judith Fishlow Minter Title: Attorney-in-Fact Lenders GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P. By : /s/ Stephen B. King Title: Authorized Signatory CITICORP USA, INC. By : /s/ Judith Fishlow Minter Title: Attorney-in-Fact ABN AMRO BANK N.V. By /s/ Lisa Megaeski Title: Vice president By :/s/Michael A. Kowalczuk Title: Corporate Banking Officer AERIES FINANCE LTD. By: Illegible Title: Director ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY By: Illegible Title: Authorized Signatory By: Illegible Title: Authorized Signatory AMARA - 2 FINANCE LTD. By : Illegible Title: Director AMSOUTH BANK By : /s/Brian Grantham Title: Assistant Vice President BANK OF AMERICA NT & SA By : /s/Francis J. Griffin Title: Attorney in Fact BANK OF HAWAII By : /s/Donna R. Parker Title: Vice President THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA By : /s/J.R. Trimble Title: Authorized Signatory BANK OF SCOTLAND By : /s/Janet Taffe Title: Assistant Vice President BANKBOSTON, N.A. By : Illegible Title: Group Executive BALANCED HIGH-YIELD FUND I LTD., By: BHF-BANK Aktiengesellshaft, acting through its New York Branch, as attorney-in-fact By : Illegible Title: AVP By : Illegible Title: A.T. BHF-BANK AG By : /s/John Sykes Title: Vice President By : Illegible Title: A.T. CAPTIVA FINANCE LTD. By : Illegible Title: CIBC INC. By : /s/Gerald Girardi Title: Executive Director CITY NATIONAL BANK By : Illegible Title: Vice President COMERICA BANK By : Illegible Title: Vice President COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE DE CIC ET DE L'UNION EUROPEENNE By : /s/Brian O' Leary Title: Vice President By : /s/Sean Mournier Title: First Vice President COMMERCIAL LOAN FUNDING TRUST I By: Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., not in its individual capacity but solely as Administrative Agent By : /s/Michele Swanson Title: Authorized Signatory CORESTATES BANK N.A. By /s/ Jon Anderson Title: Vice President CREDIT AGRICOLE INDOSUEZ By : /s/David Bouhl Title: F.V.P. By : /s/Dean Balice Title: Senior Vice President BANK AUSTRIA CREDITANSTALT CORPORATE FINANCE, INC. By : /s/ Clifford L. Wells Title: Vice President By : /s/Flona McKone Title: Senior Associate CRESTAR BANK By : Illegible Title: VP DEBT STRATEGIES FUND II, INC. By Title: DELANO COMPANY By Title: DRESDNER BANK AG, NEW YORK AND GRAND CAYMAN BRANCHES By : /s/ Illegible Title: By : Kam Pasha Title: Vice President ERSTE BANK, NEW YORK BRANCH By : /s/David Manheim Title: Assistant Vice President By: /s/John S. Runnion Title: First Vice President GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION By : Illegible Title: Manager-Operations (SFG) GOLDMAN SACHS AND COMPANY By Title: IMPERIAL BANK By : /s/Ray Vadalma Title: Senior Vice President INCOME STRATEGIES PORTFOLIO By Title: THE INDUSTRIAL BANK OF JAPAN, LIMITED By : /s/Takuya Honjo Title: Senior Vice President KEYPORT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY By: /s/Brian W. Good Title: Vice President & Portfolio Manager KZH III LLC By : /s/Virginia Conway Title: Authorized Agent KZH-CNC LLC By Title: LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER INC. By Title: MARINE MIDLAND BANK By : /s/Christopher F. French Title: Authorized Agent MELLON BANK, N.A. By : /s/Donald G. Cassidy, Jr. Title: First Vice President MERITA BANK LTD, NEW YORK BRANCH By : Illegible Title: VP By : Illegible Title: VP DEBT STRATEGIES FUND I, INC. By : /s/John M. Johnson Title: Authorized Signatory DEBT STRATEGIES FUND II, INC. By : /s/John M. Johnson Title: Authorized Signatory SENIOR HIGH INCOME PORTFOLIO, INC. By : /s/John M. Johnson Title: Authorized Signatory MERRILL LYNCH PRIME RATE PORTFOLIO By: Merrill Lynch Asset Management, L.P., as Investment Advisor By : /s/John M. Johnson Title: Authorized Signatory MERRILL LYNCH SENIOR FLOATING RATE FUND, INC. By : /s/ John M. Johnson Title: Authorized Signatory MERRILL LYNCH SENIOR GLOBAL INVESTMENT SERIES: INCOME STRATEGIES PORTFOLIO By: Merrill Lynch Asset Mangement, L.P., as Investment Advisor By : /s/ John M. Johnson Title: Authorized Signatory METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY By : /s/James R. Dingler Title: Director THE MITSUBISHI TRUST AND BANKING CORPORATION By : /s/Toshiro Hayashi Title: Senior Vice President ML CBO IV (CAYMAN) LTD. By: Highland Capital Management, L.P. as Collateral Manager By : /s/Mark K. Okada CFA Title: Executive Vice President MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC. By : Illegible Title: NATEXIS BANQUE BFCE By : /s/Frank H. Madden, Jr. Title: Vice President By : /s/William C. Maier Title: Senior Vice President NATIONAL CITY BANK By: Illegible Title: V.P. OCTAGON LOAN TRUST By : /s/Andrew D. Gordon Title: Managing Director OSPREY INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO By : /s/ Hans L. Christensen Title: Vice President PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION By Illegible Title: Vice President PPM AMERICA, INC., as attorney in fact, on behalf of JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY By : Illegible Title: Managing Director PAMCO CAYMAN LTD MANAGEMENT L.P. By: Highland Capital By : /s/ Mark K. Okada CFA Title: Executive Vice President ROYALTON COMPANY By: PACIFIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, as its Investment Advisor By : /s/ Raymond Kennedy Title: Sr. Vice President THE SAKURA BANK, LIMITED, NEW YORK BRANCH By : /s/ Yasuhiro Terada Title: Senior Vice President SENIOR DEBT PORTFOLIO By: Boston Management and Research, as Investment Advisor By : /s/ Payson F. Swaffield Title: Vice President FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO SIGNET BANK By : Illegible Title: Vice President SOCIETE GENERALE By : /s/ John M. Stack Title: Director TORONTO DOMINION BANK By : /s/ David G. Parker Title: Mgr. Cr. Admin. TRANSAMERICA BUSINESS CREDIT CORPORATION By : Illegible Title: SVP VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL PRIME RATE INCOME TRUST By : /s/ Jeffrey W. Maillet Title: Senior Vice president & Director VAN KAMPEN CLO I, LIMITED BY: VAN KAMPEN AMERICAL CAPITAL MANGEMENT INC., as Collateral Manager By : /s/ Jeffrey W. Maillet Title: Senior Vice president & Director EXHIBIT A TO AMENDMENT NO. 1 AND WAIVER TO THE THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT CONSENT Dated as of September 30, 1998 Each of the undersigned, as a Loan Party party to certain of the Loan Documents (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to in the foregoing Amendment No. 1 and Waiver to the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement), hereby consents to such Amendment and Waiver and hereby confirms and agrees that (a) notwithstanding the effectiveness of such Amendment and Waiver, each Loan Document to which it is a party is, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects, except that, on and after the effectiveness of such Amendment and Waiver, each reference in such Loan Document to the "Credit Agreement", "thereunder", "thereof" or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement, as amended by such Amendment and Waiver, and (b) the Collateral Documents to which such Loan Party is a party and all of the Collateral described therein do, and shall continue to, secure the payment of all of the Secured Obligations (in each case, as defined therein). AMF BCO-CHINA, INC. By : /s/ Stephen E. Hare Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer AMF BCO-FRANCE ONE, INC. By : /s/ Stephen E. Hare Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer AMF BCO-FRANCE TWO, INC. By : /s/ Stephen E. Hare Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer AMF BCO-UK ONE, INC. By : /s/ Stephen E. Hare Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer AMF BCO-UK TWO, INC. By : /s/ Stephen E. Hare Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer AMF BEVERAGE COMPANY OF OREGON, INC. By :/s/ Michael P. Bardaro Title: Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller AMF BEVERAGE COMPANY OF W. VA., INC. By :/s/ Michael P. Bardaro Title: Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller AMF BOWLING PRODUCTS, INC. By : /s/ Stephen E. Hare Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer AMF BOWLING CENTERS, INC. By :/s/ Michael P. Bardaro Title: Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller AMF BOWLING CENTERS CHINA, INC. By : /s/ Stephen E. Hare Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer AMF BOWLING CENTERS INTERNATIONAL INC. By : /s/ Stephen E. Hare Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer AMF BOWLING CENTERS (AUST) INTERNATIONAL INC. By : /s/ Stephen E. Hare Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer AMF BOWLING CENTERS (CANADA) INTERNATIONAL, INC. By : /s/ Stephen E. Hare Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer AMF BOWLING CENTERS (HONG KONG) INTERNATIONAL INC. By : /s/ Stephen E. Hare Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer AMF BOWLING CENTERS HOLDINGS INC. By : /s/ Stephen E. Hare Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer AMF BOWLING CENTERS SPAIN INC. By : /s/ Stephen E. Hare Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer AMF BOWLING CENTERS SWITZERLAND INC. By : /s/ Stephen E. Hare Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer AMF BOWLING HOLDINGS INC. By : /s/ Stephen E. Hare Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer AMF BOWLING MEXICO HOLDING, INC. By : /s/ Stephen E. Hare Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer AMF GROUP HOLDINGS INC. By : /s/ Stephen E. Hare Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer AMF WORLDWIDE BOWLING CENTERS HOLDINGS INC. By : /s/ Stephen E. Hare Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer BOLICHES AMF, INC. By : /s/ Stephen E. Hare Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer BUSH RIVER CORPORATION By :/s/ Michael P. Bardaro Title: Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller KING LOUIE LENEXA, INC. By :/s/ Michael P. Bardaro Title: Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller AMERICAN RECREATION CENTERS, INC. By : /s/ Stephen E. Hare Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer MICHAEL JORDAN GOLF COMPANY, INC. 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