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Exhibit 10.12  


 
  WAIVER AND FORBEARANCE OF COVENANT VIOLATIONS (INTEREST)
  FINANCE INDENTURE    
    


        TWG Finance Corp., a Delaware, U.S.A. corporation, the holder of one hundred percent (100%) of the total of $20,000,000.00 in aggregate principal amount of
Securities currently outstanding (the "Finance Noteholder") under the Indenture dated March 31, 1998, as supplemented by that certain First Supplemental Trust Indenture dated October 29,
1999, that certain Second Supplemental Trust Indenture dated October 15, 1999, and by that certain Third Supplemental Trust Indenture dated September 10, 2001 (collectively the "Finance
Indenture"), with TWG International U.S. Corporation, a Nevada U.S.A. Corporation (the "Issuer"), and The Bank of New York Trust Company of Florida, N.A., as successor in interest to the U.S. Trust
Company of Texas, N.A., as Trustee, and Value Partners, Ltd., a Texas limited partnership, the holder of $13,370,000.00 in aggregate principal amount of the total of $20,000,000.00 in aggregate
principal amount of Securities currently outstanding (the "Primary Note Majority Holder") under the Indenture dated March 31, 1998, as supplemented by that certain First Supplemental Trust
Indenture dated October 29, 1998, that certain Second Supplemental Trust Indenture dated October 15, 1999 and by that certain Third Supplemental Trust Indenture dated
September 10, 2001 (collectively the "Primary Indenture") with Trans World Corporation, a Nevada, U.S.A. corporation, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, TWG International U.S. Corporation, a
Nevada, U.S.A. corporation, and TWG Finance Corp., a Delaware, U.S.A. corporation, and The Bank of New York Trust Company of Florida, N.A., as successor in interest to the U.S. Trust Company of Texas,
N.A., as Trustee, do hereby consent to the following: 





        1.     The Finance Noteholder, pursuant to Section 5.10 of the Indenture, by notice to the Issuer and the Trustee, hereby forbears the failure of the Issuer to pay when
due and payable as required in Section 3.1 of the Indenture (Payment of Principal and Interest) the following interest payments, but only to permit the Issuer to pay the following interest at a
later date as set forth herein: $424,200.00 of interest due the Holder on September 17, 2000, $799,200.00 of interest due on March 17, 2001, $799,200.00 of interest due on
September 17, 2001, $799,200.00 of interest due on March 17, 2002, $799,200.00 of interest due on September 17, 2002, $799,200.00 of interest due on March 17, 2003,
$799,200.00 of interest due on September 17, 2003 and $799,200.00 of interest due on March 17, 2004 (collectively the "Interest Payments"). Such Interest Payments shall all be due and
payable on April 1, 2004 (together with additional interest at the Default Rate, commencing on the date of non-payment of each installment, at which time such Interest Payments
shall be "Defaulted Interest Payments"). Nothing herein shall be construed to waive the obligation to pay such interest. Rather, this waiver and forbearance shall permit the later payment of such
interest pursuant to the terms hereof. Notwithstanding the above, all the Defaulted Interest Payments and all accrued unpaid interest thereon shall be due and payable no later than ten
(10) Business Days following (a) the receipt by Trans World Corporation or any Subsidiary (direct or indirect) of an investment of the collective sum of $6,000,000.00 or more from any
source, including borrowing or the sale of equity, whether payable in one or more installments, and whether from one or more sources or methods of acquisition ("Qualified Loan"), which sums are
collected on or after the date hereof; (b) the payment of Interest to another holder of the Securities (as defined in the Primary Indenture); or (c) the commencement of a voluntary or
involuntary insolvency proceeding against any Issuers of the Primary Indenture. For purposes of clarification, the obligation to pay the Defaulted Interest Payments shall be from the $6,000,000.00 or
more which constitutes the Qualified Loan. In the event a Qualified Loan occurs on or before September 17, 2003, the accrued unpaid interest due as of September 17, 2003 shall be due on
September 17, 2003. In the event a Qualified Loan occurs on or before March 17, 2004, the accrued unpaid interest due as of March 17, 2004 shall be due on March 17, 2004.
This waiver and forbearance is related solely to interest due Value Partners, Ltd. under the Primary Indenture. All sums payable herein shall, upon receipt by the Finance Noteholder and payment
to Trans World Corporation, be




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immediately payable, under the Finance Indenture and Primary Indenture, to Value Partners, Ltd. This forbearance and waiver shall not extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any
right consequent thereon. This forbearance and waiver shall not extend to any provision of the Indenture regarding the payment of principal and/or interest, including the timely payment thereof, other
than as set forth above. Upon this forbearance and waiver, any action or omission by the Issuer which may constitute a default or Event of Default under the Indenture, as set forth above, shall cease
to exist and be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, for every purpose of the Indenture. In the event a payment required herein is not made, Value Partners, Ltd. (or its
successors or assignees) may rescind this waiver upon written Notice to the Issuer. The obligation to make the payments required herein is a covenant of the Issuer to insure payment of the securities
issued Value Partners, Ltd. under the Primary Indenture. Value Partners may enforce such covenants without waiver of any other right or remedy available to it or to the Trustee.




        2.     Terms
not defined herein are defined as set forth in the Indenture. 


        3.     This
Waiver may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts when executed and
delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. A complete set of counterparts shall be lodged with the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holder. 



        4.     Pursuant
to Section 11.12 of the Finance Indenture (and Section 3.27 of the Primary Indenture), the holders of the same percentage of Securities issued
pursuant to the Primary Indenture who would be required to consent to an action under the Primary Indenture must also consent to the same action under the Finance Indenture. The Primary Note Majority
Holder consents for such purposes. 


        5.     Trans
World Corporation ("TWC") joins in this instrument to acknowledge and agree to the foregoing arrangement. Further, as a material inducement for the Trustee to
deliver this consent, TWC agrees to indemnify the Trustee and hold it harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred, arising out of or in connection with the action taken by the Holder
hereby, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection therewith. 





        6.     This Waiver shall not prevent Value Partners from participating in the Exchange Agreement presently being negotiated with Issuers and the other Holders of Securities, as
defined in and issued pursuant to the Primary Indenture, including the receipt by Value Partners of an interest note from TWC and TWG International U.S. Corporation and the Issuer for certain of the
interest subject to this waiver, or any other benefits accorded Value Partners in such exchange (including the receipt of common stock in exchange for the principal balance of the Securities, as
defined in the Primary Indenture, held by Value Partners).




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Dated: May 7, 2003

 



	

 	

 	
 	

 	

 
	Attested hereto by:	 	TWG FINANCE CORP.
	

By:	

/s/ Paul Benkley
	
 	

By:	

/s/ Rami S. Ramadan

	Title: Secretary	 	Name: Rami S. Ramadan

Title: Vice President
	

 	

 	
 	

 	

 
	 	 	 	VALUE PARTNERS, LTD.

Ewing & Partners, a Texas general partnership
	

 	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/ Timothy G. Ewing
 Timothy G. Ewing

Managing Partner of Ewing & Partners,

General Partner of Value Partners, Ltd.







The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the above waiver. 






	 	 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY OF FLORIDA, N.A. AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO U.S. TRUST COMPANY OF TEXAS, N.A. (Trustee)
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/ John C. Stohlmann
 John C. Stohlmann

Vice President








Executed for purposes of agreement to perform covenants and for indemnity. 



	Attested hereto by:	 	TRANS WORLD CORPORATION
	

By:	

/s/ Paul Benkley
	
 	

By:	

/s/ Rami S. Ramadan

	Title: Secretary	 	Name: Rami S. Ramadan

Title: Chief Executive Officer
	

 	

 	
 	

 	

 
	Attested hereto by:	 	TWG INTERNATIONAL U.S. CORPORATION
	

By:	

/s/ Paul Benkley
	
 	

By:	

/s/ Rami S. Ramadan

	Title: Secretary	 	Name: Rami S. Ramadan

Title: Chief Executive Officer







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