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Exhibit 10.1




Supplemental Indenture




     SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of May 22, 2007, among Bally Total Fitness Holding
Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware (the “Company”), the
Guarantors listed on Schedule A hereto (the “Guarantors”) and U.S. Bank National
Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).



     WHEREAS, the Company has duly issued its 10 1/2% Senior Notes due 2011 in the aggregate
principal amount of $235,000,000 (the “Notes”) pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of July
2, 2003, between the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee (as amended or supplemented, the
“Indenture”), and the Notes are outstanding on the date hereof;



     WHEREAS, the Company has received consents pursuant to the Limited Waiver and Forbearance
Agreement, dated May 14, 2007 (the “Limited Waiver and Forbearance Agreement”), in the form
attached hereto as Schedule B, among the Company and the holders of the Notes listed on
Exhibit B thereto, from holders of the Notes representing at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Notes to certain waivers of Defaults or Events of Default and
amendments to the Indenture described therein;



     WHEREAS, pursuant to the Limited Waiver and Forbearance Agreement and Sections 5.13 and 10.20
of the Indenture, holders representing at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Notes have executed and delivered to the Trustee waivers of certain Defaults or Events
of Default under and prospective compliance with Sections 5.1(e), 7.4, 10.12(a)(i), 10.17 and 10.19
of the Indenture from May 14, 2007 to, but not including, the Fourth Waiver Expiration Date (as
defined in Section 1.1 hereof);



     WHEREAS, Section 9.2 of the Indenture provides that, with the consent of the Holders of at
least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, the Company and the
Trustee may enter into an indenture supplemental to the Indenture for the purpose of amending,
modifying or changing certain provisions of the Indenture or the Notes;



     WHEREAS, to waive compliance with Section 7.4 of the Indenture from May 14, 2007 to, but not
including, the Fourth Waiver Expiration Date, the Indenture requires the Company and the Trustee to
enter into an indenture supplemental to the Indenture in accordance with Section 9.2 of the
Indenture;



     WHEREAS, Section 9.4 of the Indenture provides that a supplemental indenture becomes effective
in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder of the Notes;



     NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:



     Section 1.1 Acknowledgements. (a) The Trustee acknowledges that the holders of the
Notes listed on Exhibit B to the Limited Waiver and Forbearance Agreement represent at least a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes as of the date hereof, and that
pursuant to and subject to the terms of the Limited Waiver and Forbearance Agreement, such holders
have waived, from May 14, 2007 to, but not including, the Fourth Waiver Expiration Date, the
Company’s obligation to (i) file with the SEC such reports as the Company is or may be required to
file with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and



 









 







furnish such reports to the Trustee and holders of the Notes in accordance with Sections 7.4
and 10.17 of the Indenture (the “Reporting Obligations”), (ii) make a scheduled payment of
interest on the Senior Subordinated Notes as due on April 16, 2007 in accordance with Section 10.1
of the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture, which would result in an Event of Default under Section
5.1(e) of the Indenture (the “Interest Payment Default”), (iii) comply with Section
10.12(a)(i) of the Indenture in connection with the Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated October 13,
2006, for the sale of 1901 West 39th Street, Hialeah, Florida and the Escrow Holdback
Agreement, dated October 24, 2006, as amended, concerning Escrow Trust #06-0806 (the “Sale and
Leaseback Matters”), and (iv) provide notice to the Trustee of a Default or Event of Default
arising in connection with any or all of the Reporting Obligations, the Interest Payment Default or
the Sale and Leaseback Matters in accordance with Section 10.19 of the Indenture (the “Notice
Obligations” and, together with the Reporting Obligations, the Interest Payment Default and the
Sale and Leaseback Matters, the “Waived Matters”), on the terms set forth in the Waiver and
Forbearance Agreement.



     (b) Subject to the terms of the Limited Waiver and Forbearance Agreement and the Indenture,
the Trustee acknowledges the effectiveness of the limited waiver of the Waived Matters contained in
the Limited Waiver and Forbearance Agreement.



     (c) The Company acknowledges and agrees that, notwithstanding the agreement of the holders
listed on Exhibit B to the Limited Waiver and Forbearance Agreement to grant a limited waiver in
respect of the Waived Matters, (i) such limited waiver shall not constitute a waiver of the
occurrence and continuance of any Waived Matter constituting a Default or Event of Default at any
time on or after the Fourth Waiver Expiration Date, if such Default or Event of Default has not
been cured or otherwise waived, (ii) such limited waiver shall not constitute a waiver of the
occurrence or continuance of any Default or Event of Default that is not a Waived Matter and (iii)
nothing contained in the Limited Waiver and Forbearance Agreement shall be construed to limit or
affect the right of the Trustee and the holders listed on Exhibit B to the Limited Waiver and
Forbearance Agreement to take any action to enforce or interpret any provision of the Limited
Waiver and Forbearance Agreement through the Fourth Waiver Expiration Date.



     Section 2.1 Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture or any supplemental indenture related
thereto.



     Section 3.1 Amendment to Section 1.1. The following defined terms are hereby inserted
into Section 1.1 of the Indenture in their respective correct alphabetical order. To the extent the
defined terms are already included in the Indenture, such terms are replaced in their entirety by
the defined terms set forth below.



     “Credit Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 16,
2006 (as amended), among the Company, as Borrower, the several banks and other financial
institutions parties thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding,
Inc., as Syndication Agent, and JPMorgan Securities Inc., as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole
Bookrunner.



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     “Credit Agreement Forbearance Agreement” means the Forbearance Agreement, dated as of April 5,
2007, among the Company, the Lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank. N.A., as Agent, and Morgan
Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Syndication Agent.



     “Fourth Waiver Expiration Date” means the earliest to occur of (A) July 13, 2007, (B) June 28,
2007, if the Company fails to deliver, before or on such date, copies of the documents referred to
in Section 5.1(b) of the Credit Agreement Forbearance Agreement to the Trustee, each Holder
Representative and each Holder (each as defined in the Limited Waiver and Forbearance Agreement),
with delivery only required to each such party that has executed a binding confidentiality
agreement with the Company, or (C) the date on which (i) a Default or Event of Default that is not
a Waived Matter occurs and such Default or Event of Default has not been cured or waived, (ii) (a)
the Agent Lender or any Lender commences any enforcement action under the Credit Agreement or (b)
the trustee or the requisite holders under the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture issue any
enforcement notice under Section 5.2 of the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture, including with
regard to the acceleration of the Senior Subordinated Notes, (iii) to the extent applicable, a
breach by any of the parties thereto of the Senior Subordinated Notes Forbearance Agreement or the
Credit Agreement Forbearance Agreement (which has not been cured or waived by the requisite parties
in accordance with the terms of such agreements) occurs, (iv) the Company takes any action to
challenge the validity or enforceability of the Indenture, the Limited Waiver and Forbearance
Agreement or any provision thereof (including by asserting such a challenge in writing) or (v) the
Company is no longer working in good faith on the terms of a consensual restructuring with the
Holder Representatives and the Restricted Holders (each as defined in the Limited Waiver and
Forbearance Agreement).



     “Limited Waiver and Forbearance Agreement” means the Limited Waiver and Forbearance Agreement,
dated as of May 14, 2007, among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and the holders of the
Notes party thereto, as amended and supplemented.



     “Senior Subordinated Notes” means the 9 7/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007 of the Company
issued pursuant to the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture.



     “Senior Subordinated Notes Forbearance Agreement” means the Limited Waiver and Forbearance
Agreement, dated as of May 14, 2007, among the Company and the holders of the Senior Subordinated
Notes party thereto.



     “Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of December 16, 1998, as
amended or supplemented, by and among the Company, as issuer, and the Trustee, as trustee.



     Section 4.1 Amendment to Section 5.1(c). Section 5.1(c) of the Indenture is hereby
amended by inserting the following at the end thereof:



     “provided, however, that any Default in connection with the Waived Matters (as defined in the
Limited Waiver and Forbearance Agreement) that arose prior to the Fourth Waiver Expiration Date and
that would not otherwise ripen into an Event of Default without delivery of a notice of default
hereunder shall constitute an Event of Default on the Fourth Waiver Expiration Date, in which event
the Company acknowledges that the execution of the Limited



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Waiver and Forbearance Agreement shall constitute a notice of default for this purpose, unless
such Default has been cured or otherwise waived;”



     Section 4.2 Amendment to Section 7.4. Section 7.4 of the Indenture is hereby amended
by inserting the following at the end of the last paragraph thereof:



     “Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, and subject to the terms of the Limited Waiver and
Forbearance Agreement, including Section 4.2 thereof, the Company shall not be required to comply
with this Section 7.4 during the period beginning on May 14, 2007 and ending on the Fourth Waiver
Expiration Date.”



     Section 5.1 Miscellaneous.



     (a) Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to applicable
choice of law principles to the extent that the application of the laws of another jurisdiction
would result thereby.



     (b) Headings. Section headings in this Supplemental Indenture are included herein for
convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of, or affect the interpretation of,
this Supplemental Indenture.



     (c) Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of
counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and each of
the parties hereto may execute this Supplemental Indenture by signing any such counterpart. A
facsimile or electronic mail transmission of this Supplemental Indenture bearing a signature on
behalf of a party hereto shall be legal and binding on such party.



     (d) Trustee Disclaimer. The Trustee has accepted the amendment of the Indenture
effected by this Supplemental Indenture and agrees to execute the trust created by the Indenture as
hereby amended, but only upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, including the
terms and provisions defining and limiting the liabilities and responsibilities of the Trustee.
Except as expressly set forth in this Supplemental Indenture, nothing in the Limited Waiver and
Forbearance Agreement shall modify the terms of the Indenture or affect, limit or impair the rights
of any person not party to the Limited Waiver and Forbearance Agreement.



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



	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	BALLY TOTAL FITNESS HOLDING CORPORATION	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	/s/ Ronald G. Eidell	 	 
	 

	 	 

Ronald G. Eidell
	 	 
	 

	 	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	THE GUARANTORS	 	 
	 

	 	 

Each Guarantor Listed on Schedule A Hereto
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	/s/ Ronald G. Eidell	 	 
	 

	 	 

Ronald G. Eidell
	 	 
	 

	 	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	/s/ Patricia J. Kapsch	 	 
	 

	 	 

Patricia J. Kapsch
	 	 
	 

	 	Assistant Vice President	 	 






 









 





SCHEDULE A




Bally Fitness Franchising, Inc.

Bally Franchise RSC, Inc.

Bally Franchising Holdings, Inc.

Bally Total Fitness Corporation

Bally Total Fitness Holding Corporation

Bally Total Fitness International, Inc.

Bally Total Fitness of Missouri, Inc.

Bally Total Fitness of Toledo, Inc.

Bally Total Fitness of Connecticut Coast, Inc.

Bally Total Fitness of Connecticut Valley, Inc.

Greater Philly No. 1 Holding Company

Greater Philly No. 2 Holding Company

Health & Tennis Corporation of New York

Holiday Health Clubs of the East Coast, Inc.

Bally Total Fitness of Upstate New York, Inc.

Bally Total Fitness of Colorado, Inc.

Bally Total Fitness of the Southeast, Inc.

Holiday/Southeast Holding Corp.

Bally Total Fitness of California, Inc.

Bally Total Fitness of the Mid-Atlantic, Inc.

BTF/CFI, Inc.

Bally Total Fitness of Greater New York, Inc.

Jack La Lanne Holding Corp.

Bally Sports Clubs, Inc.

New Fitness Holding Co., Inc.

Nycon Holding Co., Inc.

Bally Total Fitness of Philadelphia, Inc.

Bally Total Fitness of Rhode Island, Inc.

Rhode Island Holding Company

Bally Total Fitness of the Midwest, Inc.

Bally Total Fitness of Minnesota, Inc.

Tidelands Holiday Health Clubs, Inc.

U.S. Health, Inc.




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