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                                                                    Exhibit 10.1

THE SECURITY REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED ON DECEMBER
31, 2001 IN EXCHANGE FOR A NOTE ORIGINALLY ISSUED ON JANUARY 12, 2000 AND HAS
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. THE TRANSFER OF SUCH SECURITY IS SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS
SPECIFIED IN THE NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF JANUARY 12, 2000, AS
AMENDED, between the issuer hereof and ING (U.S.) Capital LLC, and the issuer
hereof reserves the right to refuse the transfer of such security until such
conditions have been fulfilled with respect to such transfer. Upon written
request, a copy of such conditions will be furnished by the issuer hereof to the
holder hereof without charge.

                             MCM CAPITAL GROUP, INC.

                                SERIES NO. 1 NOTE
                              DUE JANUARY 15, 2007

No. R-002                                                     New York, New York
$7,250,000                                                     December 31, 2001

         MCM CAPITAL GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to the order of ING (U.S.) CAPITAL LLC
("ING"), or registered assigns, on January 15, 2007, the principal amount of
SEVEN MILLION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, with interest (computed on the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) from the date hereof on the
unpaid balance of such principal amount at the following rates: on and after the
date hereof through July 15, 2003, at a rate of 6.0% per annum, and on and after
July 16, 2003, at a rate of 8.0% per annum, payable semiannually in arrears on
the 15th day of each January and July (each, a "Payment Date") after the date
hereof, commencing July 15, 2002, until such unpaid principal shall become due
and payable (whether at maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment or by
declaration or otherwise), and with additional interest on any overdue principal
and premium, if any, and (to the extent permitted by applicable law) on any
overdue interest at the rate of 2.0% per annum, payable aforesaid or, at the
option of the registered holder hereof, on demand.

         Payments of principal and interest on this Series No. 1 Note shall be
made in lawful money of the United States of America at the principal office of
The Chase Manhattan Bank, 5 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, New York, or at such
other office or agency in New York, New York as the registered holder of this
Series No. 1 Note shall have designated by written notice to the Company as
provided in the Note Purchase Agreement referred to below. The Company may treat
the Person in whose name this Series No. 1 Note is registered on the register
kept by the Company as provided in such Note Purchase Agreement as the owner of
this Series No. 1 Note for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other
purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
The Note Purchase Agreement permits the Company to issue PIK Notes in lieu of
interest under certain conditions.

         This Series No. 1 Note is one of the Company's senior notes (the
"Series No. 1 Notes"), originally issued in the aggregate principal amount of
$10,000,000 pursuant to a Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 12, 2000
(the "Note Purchase Agreement"), between the Company and ING. The registered
holder of this Series No. 1 Note is entitled to the benefits of the Note
Purchase Agreement and may enforce the agreements of the Company contained
therein and exercise the remedies provided for thereby or otherwise available in
respect thereof. The Series No. 1 Notes are subject to optional prepayment, in
whole or in part, and are entitled to mandatory prepayments and redemption, all
as specified in the Note Purchase Agreement. In case an Event of Default, as
defined in the Note Purchase Agreement, shall occur and be continuing, the
unpaid balance of the principal of this Series No. 1 Note may be declared and
become due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Note
Purchase Agreement. By acceptance of this Series No. 1 Note, each holder agrees
to be bound as a Noteholder in accordance with Section 4.7 of the Note Purchase
Agreement, as amended.

         This Series No. 1 Note is a registered note and, as provided in the
Note Purchase Agreement, is transferable only upon surrender of this Series No.
1 Note for registration of transfer, duly endorsed, or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer duly executed, by the registered holder hereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing.

         This Series No. 1 Note is made and delivered in New York, New York and
shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York.

                                        MCM CAPITAL GROUP, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Barry R. Barkley
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                                          Barry R. Barkley
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                                                                    Exhibit 10.2

                                                                  EXECUTION COPY

                                 AMENDMENT NO. 2

         AMENDMENT NO. 2, dated as of December 31, 2001, between MCM CAPITAL
GROUP, INC., a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of
the State of Delaware (the "Company"), and ING (U.S.) CAPITAL LLC, a limited
liability company duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware ("ING").

         The Company and ING are parties to a Note Purchase Agreement dated as
of January 12, 2000 (as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 dated as of
April 28, 2000 and as further amended or otherwise modified prior to the date
hereof and in effect on the date hereof, the "Purchase Agreement"), providing,
subject to the terms and conditions thereof, for the purchase by ING of
$10,000,000 principal amount of 12.0% Series No. 1 Senior Notes due January 15,
2007. The Company and ING wish to amend the Purchase Agreement in certain
respects and, accordingly, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

         Section 1. Definitions. Except as otherwise defined in this Amendment
No. 2, terms defined in the Purchase Agreement are used herein as defined
therein.

         Section 2. Amendments. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions
precedent specified in Section 5 below (but (x) effective as of the date hereof
and (y) subject to the conditions subsequent specified in Section 6 below), the
Purchase Agreement shall be amended as follows:

         2.01. Section 1.l of the Purchase Agreement (Definitions) is hereby
amended by adding the following new definitions and inserting each in its
appropriate alphabetical location:

                  "`Amendment No. 2' means Amendment No. 2, dated as of December
         31, 2001, between MCM Capital Group, Inc. and ING (U.S.) Capital LLC."

                  "`CFSC Credit Agreement' means the Credit Agreement, dated as
         of December 20, 2000, between MRC Receivables Corporation, as borrower,
         and CFSC Capital Corp. VIII, as lender."

                  "Dollar' and "$" shall mean lawful money of the United States
         of America."

                  "`LIBOR' means, for any date, the rate per annum (rounded
         upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/16 of 1%) reported, at 11:00
         a.m. (London time) on the date two Business Days prior to such date, on
         Dow Jones Market Screen 3750 (British Bankers Association Settlement
         Rate) as the London Interbank Offered Rate for Dollar deposits having a
         term of one month and in an amount equal to or greater than
         $1,000,000."

                  "`LIBOR Interest' means, for any Payment Date and in respect
         of any Series No. 1 Notes, interest on such Series No. 1 Notes accrued
         during the period commencing on the immediately preceding Payment Date
         and ending on the date prior to such Payment Date at a rate per annum
         equal to LIBOR for such immediately preceding Payment Date (but in no
         event greater than the interest charged pursuant to Section 4.4(b) of
         the Purchase Agreement)."

                  "`Triarc Guaranty' means the Guaranty and Option Agreement,
         dated as of January 12, 2000 by Triarc Companies, Inc. in favor of the
         Purchaser, as the same shall be modified and supplemented and in effect
         from time to time."
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         2.02. Section 4.4(b) of the Purchase Agreement (Interest) is hereby
amended in its entirety to read as follows:

                  "(b) Interest. The Series No. 1 Notes will bear interest,
         prior to the occurrence of any Default pursuant to Section 7.1.1
         relating to the non-payment of principal of or interest on the Series
         No. 1 Notes, at the following rates per annum:

                           (i) on and after the Closing Date through December
                           30, 2001, at a rate of 12.0%,

                           (ii) on and after December 31, 2001 through July 15,
                           2003, at a rate of 6.0%, and

                           (iii) on and after July 16,2003, at a rate of 8.0%.

         Interest so accrued will be payable in arrears on each Payment Date,
         commencing with July 15, 2000 and at maturity; provided, that:

                           (a) on any Payment Date occurring prior to December
                  31, 2001, the Company may (in lieu of making any required cash
                  payment of interest on any outstanding Series No. 1 Notes)
                  issue on such date, and each Person then entitled to payment
                  of interest shall accept, a Series No. 1 Note (a "PIK Note")
                  in a principal amount equal to the interest owed to such
                  Person on such Payment Date; and

                           (b) on any Payment Date occurring after December 31,
                  2001, but prior to July 15, 2003, the Company may (in lieu of
                  making any required cash payment of interest on any
                  outstanding Series No. 1 Notes in excess of LIBOR Interest for
                  such Payment Date) issue on such date, and each Person then
                  entitled to payment of interest shall accept, a PIK Note in a
                  principal amount equal to the interest owed to such Person on
                  such Payment Date (other than LIBOR Interest for such Payment
                  Date).

         All PIK Notes shall have a maturity date of July 1.2005. At any time
         when the Company shall have defaulted in the payment when due (whether
         at maturity, or at a date fixed for payment or prepayment or by
         declaration or otherwise) of principal of or interest on the Series No.
         1 Notes (and for so long as such default shall continue), the Series
         No. 1 Notes will bear interest, payable semi-annually as aforesaid or
         at the option of a Noteholder on demand, at a rate equal to the sum of
         the foregoing rate plus an additional 2% per annum on the entire unpaid
         balance of such principal amount, on overdue premium, if any, and (to
         the extent permitted by applicable law) on overdue interest."

                  2.03. Section 7.16 of the Purchase Agreement (Non-Performance
         of Other Undertakings) is hereby amended by deleting clause (b) thereof
         in its entirety.

                  2.04. Section 5.5 of the Purchase Agreement (Absence of
         Material Adverse Change) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
         follows:

                           "SECTION 5.5 Absence of Material Adverse Change.
                  There have been no occurrences, events or changed
                  circumstances since September 30, 2001 which, individually, as
                  part of a series or in the aggregate, have had a Materially
                  Adverse Effect."

                  2.05. Section 6.2.5 of the Purchase Agreement (Restricted
         Payments, etc.) is hereby amended to add the following at the end
         thereof:

                  "except that the Company may declare and make cash dividend
                  payments in respect of the Equity Contribution (as that term
                  is defined in Amendment No. 2), so long as concurrently with
                  the making of each such cash dividend payment the Company
                  shall prepay the Series No. 1 Notes in an aggregate amount
                  equal to 100% of the amount of such cash dividend payment,
                  such prepayment to be applied as follows:

                           (i) first, to the outstanding PIR Notes; and

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                                    (ii) second, after the payment in full of
                           all outstanding PIK Notes, to accrued but unpaid
                           interest on all other Series No. 1 Notes."

         Section 3. Agreements of the Issuer and the Purchaser. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the Purchase Agreement or any other Purchase
Document and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified
in Section 5 below, but effective as of the date hereof, the Company and ING
hereby agree as follows:

         3.01 Reduction in Principal and Accrued Interest of Series No. 1 Notes.
ING and the Company agree that:

                  (i) on or prior to the date that the conditions precedent set
         forth in Section 5 hereof shall have been satisfied, ING will deliver
         to the Company all Series No. 1 Notes heretofore delivered to it by the
         Company (which are in an aggregate principal amount equal to
         $11,921,391.29) in exchange for a Series No. 1 Note (bearing interest
         as specified in Section 2.02 of this Amendment No. 2) in a principal
         amount equal to $7,250,000 (the "New Series No. 1 Note"), and

                  (ii) subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent
         set forth in Section 5 hereof (but subject to the conditions subsequent
         set forth in Section 6 hereof), all accrued but unpaid interest on the
         Series No. 1 Notes in the amount of $651,702.65 representing interest
         on the Series No. 1 Notes for the period July 16, 2001 through
         December 31, 2001 is hereby forgiven.

From and after the date that the conditions precedent and conditions subsequent
set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 hereof shall have been satisfied, (a) each
reference in the Purchase Agreement to Series No. 1 Notes shall be deemed to
include the New Series No. 1 Note issued pursuant to this Section 3.01, (b) each
reference in the Purchase Agreement to the interest rate on the Series No. 1
Notes shall be deemed to refer to the interest rate provided for in Section 2.02
of this Amendment No. 2 and (c) the Series No. 1 Notes returned to the Company
pursuant to this Section 3.01 shall be deemed to have been cancelled.

         3.02 Reduction in Principal and Interest of Series No. 1 Notes Upon
Payment of Fees. On each date that the amount of the "Guaranteed Obligations"
(as that term is defined in the Triarc Guaranty) is reduced by any amount (a
"Guaranty Reduction Amount") pursuant to Section 2.9 of the Triarc Guaranty, the
outstanding indebtedness under the Series No. 1 Notes shall be automatically
reduced through forgiveness by an amount equal to one-half of such Guaranty
Reduction Amount. Any such reduction shall be applied, Ratably, in the following
order: first to accrued interest, then to the outstanding principal amount of
outstanding PIK Notes, then to the outstanding principal amount of outstanding
New Series No. 1 Notes other than PIK Notes.

         3.03 Cancellation of Certain Warrants. ING agrees to deliver to the
Company, concurrently with the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set
forth in Section 5 hereof, Warrant Certificate No. W-001, representing the
right to purchase 428,571 shares of Common Stock of the Company, in exchange for
a new Warrant Certificate representing the right to purchase 228,571 shares of
Common Stock of the Company (the "New Warrant Certificate"). Except for the
number of shares that may be purchased upon exercise of such Warrant and the
omission of vesting dates that have already occurred, the New Warrant
Certificate shall have the same terms and conditions as Warrant Certificate No.
W-001. From and after the date of such exchange, Warrant Certificate No. W-001
shall be deemed to have been cancelled.

         3.04 Replacement of Bank of America Credit Agreement and Indebtedness.
ING hereby consents to the replacement of the Bank of America Credit Agreement
and the Bank of America Indebtedness with a credit agreement (the "Replacement
Credit Agreement") at market rates and with other terms no less favorable in the
aggregate to the Company than the Bank of America Credit Agreement and related
Indebtedness (the "Replacement Indebtedness") in a principal amount not to
exceed $15,000,000. Upon the closing of the Replacement Credit Agreement and the
payment in full of the Bank of America Indebtedness, all references in the
Purchase Agreement to the Bank of America Credit Agreement and the Bank of
America Indebtedness shall be deemed to refer to the Replacement Credit
Agreement and the Replacement Indebtedness, respectively.

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         3.05 Consent to Equity Contribution. ING hereby waives the provisions
of Section 6.2.11 of the Purchase Agreement to the extent necessary to permit
the Equity Contribution (as defined in Section 6 below), provided that the
Company shall have received a fairness opinion, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the independent directors of the Company, with respect to the
Equity Contribution.

         Section 4. Representations and Warranties, The Company represents and
warrants to MG that (a) subject to the updated Disclosure Schedule provided to
ING concurrently herewith and attached hereto as Schedule A, the representations
and warranties set forth in Article V of the Purchase Agreement (other than such
representations and warranties that are specifically made as of another date)
are tie and complete on the date hereof as if made on and as of the date hereof
and as if each reference in said Article V to "this Agreement" included
reference to this amendment No. 2, and (b) as of the date hereof, and after
giving effect to this Amendment No. 2, no Default shall be continuing.

         Section 5. Conditions Precedent. As provided in Section 2 above, the
amendments to the Purchase Agreement set forth in said Section 2, and the
agreements in Section 3 hereof, shall become effective, as of the Effective Date
and upon the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

         5.01 Execution of Amendment No. 2. This Amendment No. 2 shall have been
executed and delivered by the Company and by ING, and the Consent at the foot of
this Amendment No. 2 shall have been executed and delivered by the Subsidiary
Guarantor, and the Consent at the foot of this Amendment No. 2 shall have been
executed and delivered by Triarc Companies, Inc.

         5.02 New Series No. 1 Note and New Warrant Certificate. ING shall have
(a) received the New Series No. 1 Note and the New Warrant Certificate and (b)
delivered to the Company all Series No. 1 Notes heretofore delivered to it by
the Company and Warrant Certificate No. W-001.

         5.03 Equity Contribution. The Company shall have received cash in an
aggregate amount equal to or greater than $4,600,000 (or such lesser amount to
which ING may reasonably consent) as net proceeds of a contribution to the
equity capital of the Company in a gross amount equal TO $5,000,000 (the "Equity
Contribution").

         5.04 Equity Contribution Documentation. ING shall have received copies
of the executed purchase agreement, the filed certificate of designation and the
executed registration rights agreement (collectively, the "Equity Contribution
Documentation") providing for or governing the Equity Contribution (and a copy
of the fairness opinion referred to in Section 3.05 hereof), the terms and
conditions of the Equity Contribution, and the Equity Contribution Documentation
therefor, will contain terms no different than those set forth in the drafts
dated and delivered to ING as of February 20, 2002.

         Section 6. Conditions Subsequent. If, on or prior to February 28, 2002,
ING shall not have received a certificate of a senior financial officer of the
Company to the effect that (i) the Equity Contribution has been received, and
(ii) after giving effect to the Equity Contribution and this Amendment No. 2, no
Default under Section 7.1.2 of the Purchase Agreement in respect of the CFSC
Credit Agreement shall be continuing, then,

                           (a) this Amendment No. 2 shall be void ab initio
                  and shall be deemed never to have become effective, and

                           (b) the Company shall promptly execute and deliver to
                  ING all such documentation reasonably requested by ING to
                  effect the foregoing clause (a) including, without limitation,
                  new Series No. 1 Notes and new Warrants

         Section 7. Miscellaneous. Except as herein provided, the Purchase
Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect. This Amendment
No. 2 may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken

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together shall constitute one and the same amendatory instrument and any of the
parties hereto may execute this Amendment No. 2 by signing any such counterpart.
This Amendment No. 2 shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
laws of the State of New York. This Amendment No. 2 constitutes the entire
understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all prior written and oral proposals, understandings, agreements and
representations with respect thereto, all of which are merged herein.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment No. 2
to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.

                                        MCM CAPITAL GROUP, INC.

                                        By /s/ Carl C. Gregory, III
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                                          Name: Carl C. Gregory, III
                                          Title: President and CEO

                                        ING (U.S.) CAPITAL LLC

                                        By /s/ Robert L. Fellows
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                                          Robert L. Fellows
                                          Director

CONSENT:

The undersigned hereby consents to the
foregoing Amendment No. 2 and confirms its
obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty in
all respects:

MIDLAND CREDIT MANAGEMENT, INC.

By /s/ Carl C. Gregory, III
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  Name: Carl C. Gregory, III
  Title: President and CEO

The undersigned hereby consents to the
foregoing Amendment No. 2 and confirms its
obligations under the Triarc Guaranty in all
respects:

TRIARC COMPANIES, INC.

By /s/ Francis T. McCarron
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  Name: Francis T. McCarron
  Title: Senior Vice President

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