Document:

THE EARTHGRAINS COMPANY

                              AMENDED AND RESTATED

                          DIRECTORS DEFERRED FEE PLAN

          [Effective October 6, 1998, as amended as of March 29, 2000]

<PAGE>

                            THE EARTHGRAINS COMPANY

                          DIRECTORS DEFERRED FEE PLAN

                                   ARTICLE I

                                  DEFINITIONS

1.01.  Annual Committee Chair Fee:  A fee in the amount indicated on Exhibit A
under the heading "Annual Committee Chair Fee" payable annually to each
Participant who is named as the chairperson of a committee of the Board (but not
to any Participant who merely serves as the chair of a committee meeting instead
of such committee's named chairperson) pursuant to Section 4.01(c).

1.02.  Account:  Any of the Deferred Stock Unit Account or the Phantom Share
Account.

1.03.  Accrual Date:  The date, as determined by Section 4.01(c)(ii), upon which
certain Director's Fees accrue to a Participant's Deferred Stock Unit Account or
Phantom Share Account (to the extent deferred) or become payable in cash (to the
extent not deferred).

1.04.  Annual Equity Grant:  The annual award of the amount indicated on Exhibit
A under the heading "Annual Equity Grant" accruable annually in the Deferred
Stock Unit Account of each Participant pursuant to Section 2.02.

1.05.  Annual Retainer Fee:  A fee in the amount indicated on Exhibit A under
the heading "Annual Retainer Fee" payable to each Participant who is a Director
on the date of the Company's annual shareholder meeting (including each
Participant who is elected as a Director at such meeting, but not including any
Participant whose term as a Director ends with such meeting) pursuant to Section
4.01(c).

1.06.  Balance:  For each Account of each Participant under the Plan:  (a) the
number of Deferred Stock Units held in such Participant's Deferred Stock Unit
Account, or (b) the number of Credited Shares in the Phantom Share Account.

1.07.  Board:  The Board of Directors of the Company.

1.08.  Board Meeting Attendance Fee:  A fee in the amount indicated on Exhibit A
under the heading "Board Meeting Attendance Fee" payable to a Participant for
each Board meeting attended by such Participant (including meetings attended by
telephone conference, video conference, chat room, or other similar technology)
pursuant to Section 4.01(c).

1.09.  Committee Meeting Attendance Fee:  A fee in the amount indicated on
Exhibit A under the heading "Committee Meeting Attendance Fee" payable to each
Participant for each meeting of a committee of the Board attended by such
Participant (including meetings attended by telephone conference, video
conference, chat room or similar technology) pursuant to Section 4.01(c).

<PAGE>

1.10.  Company:  The Earthgrains Company.

1.11.  Credited Shares:  The shares of the Company's common stock that, for
accounting purposes only, are credited to a Participant's Phantom Share Account.

1.12.  Deferred Fees:  For each Participant, the sum of such Participant's
Elective Deferred Fees and Mandatory Deferred Fees.

1.13.  Deferred Stock Unit Account:  An Account administered for the benefit of
a Participant, pursuant to Section 4.01.

1.14.  Deferred Stock Units.  The shares of the Company's common stock that, for
accounting purposes only, are credited to a Participant's Deferred Stock Unit
Account from time to time.

1.15.  Director:  Any duly elected or appointed member of the Board who is not
an employee of the Company.

1.16.  Director's Fee:  Any fee or other similar compensation payable to a
Director by the Company for services rendered to the Company as a Director,
including, without limitation, the Annual Committee Chair Fee, the Annual
Retainer Fee, the Board Meeting Attendance Fee and the Committee Meeting
Attendance Fee.  The amount for each type of Director's Fee shall be as
contained in Exhibit A, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein.

1.17.  Effective Date:  October 6, 1998.

1.18.  Elective Deferred Fees:  The amount of a Participant's Eligible Fees
deferred pursuant to a Participant's elections made in accordance with Section
3.01(a).

1.19.  Eligible Fees:  All Director's Fees other than those that are Mandatory
Deferred Fees.

1.20.  Initial Equity Grant:  The award of the amount indicated on Exhibit A
under the heading "Initial Equity Grant" to be accrued in the Deferred Stock
Unit Account of each new Director pursuant to Section 2.03.

1.21.  Mandatory Deferred Fees.  The amount of Director's Fees required to be
deferred and maintained in a Participant's Deferred Stock Unit Account or
Mandatory Phantom Stock Account pursuant to Section 2.01.

1.22.  Market Value:  For any given day (as a "day" is then customarily defined
by the New York Stock Exchange (or such other exchange on which the Company's
securities are then traded)), the average of the high and low sale price per
share of the Company's common stock on such day, as reported on the composite
tape of the New York Stock Exchange.  If such day is a day on which the

                                       2

<PAGE>

New York Stock Exchange is closed, or for which there are no sales of the
Company's common stock reported, the Market Value as of the most recent trading
day shall be used.

1.23.  Normal Retirement Age:  Age 70.

1.24.  Number of Payments:  The number of payments to be made to the Participant
to completely distribute the Balance of all of such Participant's Accounts under
this Plan, as elected by each Participant, as changed from time to time pursuant
to Section 3.02.

1.25.  Participant:  Any Director, and any former Director who has a positive
Balance in any Account.

1.26.  Payment Start Date:  The date chosen by a Participant pursuant to Section
3.01(b) on which a Participant is to receive the first payment from such
Participant's Accounts under this Plan; if such chosen date is not a business
day for the Company's corporate headquarters, the Payment Start Date shall be
the next business day after such chosen date.

1.27.  Phantom Share Account.  An Account administered for the benefit of a
Participant pursuant to Section 4.02.

1.28.  Plan:  The Earthgrains Company Directors Deferred Fee Plan, as set forth
herein, and as duly amended from time to time.

1.29.  Plan Year:  The short year commencing on the Effective Date and ending
December 31, 1998, and each calendar year thereafter.

                                   ARTICLE II

                              MANDATORY DEFERRALS

2.01.  Mandatory Deferred Fees.  Each Participant shall be required to defer 25%
of his or her Director's Fees, which shall be credited as Deferred Stock Units
if earned on or after March 29, 2000 (subject to the Participant's right under
Section 3.05), or as Phantom Stock Units if earned before March 29, 2000.

2.02.  Annual Equity Grant.  Each Plan Year, beginning with the 2000 Plan Year,
on the date of the annual meeting of the Company's shareholders, the Deferred
Stock Unit Account of each Participant who is a Director on the date of such
annual meeting (including each Participant who is elected as a director at such
meeting, but not including any Participant whose term as a Director ends with
such meeting) shall be credited with that number of Deferred Stock Units equal
to the number of shares of the Company's common stock that could be purchased at
Market Value on such date for the dollar amount of the Annual Equity Grant.  At
the Board's discretion, any Participant who is elected or appointed as a
Director for the first time at any time other than the annual meeting of the
Company's

                                       3

<PAGE>

shareholders shall receive on the date of such election or appointment, a
fraction of the Annual Equity Grant equal to a fraction consisting of the number
of days remaining before the next annual meeting of the Company's Shareholders
as the numerator and 365 as the denominator.

2.03.  Initial Equity Grant.  For each Participant who first becomes a
Participant on or after March 29, 2000, on the date of such Participant's
election or appointment as a new Director, such Participant's Deferred Stock
Unit Account shall be credited with that number of Deferred Stock Units equal to
the number of shares of the Company's common stock that could be purchased at
Market Value on such date for the dollar amount of the Initial Equity Grant.

                                  ARTICLE III

                                   ELECTIONS

3.01.  Types of Election; Time of Election.  Any Director may make the following
elections for a Plan Year in writing on a form provided by the Company and
delivered to the Company not later than the Company may direct, but in any event
before the first day of the Plan Year:

       (a)  the portion of the Participant's Eligible Fees that shall be
deferred into Deferred Stock Units, if any (the "Elective Deferred Fees");

       (b)  the Payment Start Date; and

       (c)  the Number of Payments.

The elections made pursuant to this Section 3.01 shall remain in effect for
subsequent Plan Years until such time as the Participant changes his or her
elections as permitted by the terms of this Plan.

3.02.  Change of Certain Elections.  A Participant may change his or her Payment
Start Date and/or Number of Payments in writing on a form provided by and
delivered to the Company at any time which is at least one year in advance of
the previously elected Payment Start Date.  No such change shall be effective if
the Participant terminates service as a Director less than one year after the
date of the election change.

3.03.  Special Rule for Newly Eligible Participants.  Notwithstanding the
foregoing, an individual who becomes a Director after the beginning of a Plan
Year may make his or her elections pursuant to Section 3.01 after the first day
of the Plan Year, but not later than thirty (30) days after the first day on
which he or she becomes a Director, provided that any election made by such a
Director after the first day of the Plan Year shall be effective only with
respect to Director's Fees attributable to services rendered subsequent to the
election.

3.04.  Special Rule for Initial Plan Year.  Notwithstanding Section 3.01 above,
any Director as of

                                       4

<PAGE>

the Effective Date of the Plan may make his or her elections pursuant to Section
3.01 above within 30 days after the Effective Date; provided that any election
so made shall be effective only with respect to Director's Fees attributable to
services rendered subsequent to the election.

3.05.  Transition Rules.  Before December 31, 2000, each Participant may make a
one-time, irrevocable election, in writing, to convert, on a one-for-one basis,
all Deferred Stock Units earned from March 29, 2000 through December 31, 2000
(and all dividends reinvested pursuant to Section 4.04 that are attributable to
such Deferred Stock Units) into Credited Shares to be held in such Participant's
Phantom Share Account.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                       DETERMINATION OF ACCOUNT BALANCES

4.01.  Deferred Stock Unit Account.

       (a)  Deferred Stock Unit Account Balance.  Each Participant's Deferred
Stock Unit Account Balance shall equal the number of Deferred Stock Units in
such Deferred Stock Unit Account (as determined pursuant to Section 4.01(b)).

       (b)  Components of Deferred Stock Unit Account.  Each Deferred Stock Unit
Account shall consist of: (X) the sum of all Mandatory Deferred Fees, Elective
Deferred Fees, Annual Equity Grants and Initial Equity Grants credited to such
Participant's Deferred Stock Unit Account on or after March 29, 2000 and
Deferred Stock Units credited pursuant to Sections 4.04(a) and 4.05, minus (Y)
the sum of all payments of common stock made from the Deferred Stock Unit
Account pursuant to Section 4.06 and all transfers of Deferred Stock Units to
such Participant's Phantom Share Account pursuant to such Participant's election
under Section 3.05.

       (c)  Crediting of Deferred Stock Units.  The number of Deferred Stock
Units credited to each Participant's Deferred Stock Unit Account shall be
determined as follows:

            (i)  On each Accrual Date, such Participant's Deferred Stock Unit
Account shall be credited with the amount of Director's Fees required to be
deferred pursuant to Section 2.01, plus any amount of Eligible Fees elected to
be deferred by such Participant pursuant to Section 3.01(a).  The amounts so
credited shall be converted into that number of Deferred Stock Units equal to
the number of shares of common stock of the Company which could be purchased at
the Market Value of such stock on such Accrual Date with the amount of such
Director's Fees.

            (ii)  The Accrual Date for each type of Director's Fee shall be:

                  (A)  for any Annual Retainer Fee or Annual Committee Chair
Fee, the date of the annual meeting of the Company's shareholders; provided that
the Accrual Date for the Annual Committee Chair Fee for a Participant who is
named as a committee chair after the date of such

                                       5

<PAGE>

meeting shall be the date of such committee's first meeting for which such
Participant serves as chairperson.

                  (B)  for any Board Meeting Attendance Fee or Committee Meeting
Attendance Fee, the first day of the applicable Board or committee meeting;
provided that, if such Board meeting and committee meeting(s) held on
consecutive business days, then the Accrual Date shall be the first day of the
Board meeting.

4.02.  Phantom Share Account.

       (a)  Phantom Share Account Balance.  Each Participant's Phantom Share
Account Balance shall equal the number of Credited Shares in such Phantom Share
Account (as determined pursuant to Section 4.02(b)).

       (b)  Components of Phantom Share Account.  Each Participant's Phantom
Share Account shall consist of: (X) the sum of all Deferred Fees, Elective
Deferred Fees, Annual Equity Grants and Initial Equity Grants credited to such
Participant's Phantom Share Account before March 29, 2000, all amounts
transferred to such Participant's Phantom Share Account pursuant to such
Participant's election under Section 3.05 and all amounts credited under
Sections 4.04(b) or 4.05, minus, (Y) the sum of all payments from such
Participant's Phantom Share Account pursuant to Section 4.06.

4.03.  Credited Shares.  The number of Credited Shares credited to the Phantom
Share Account shall be determined pursuant to this Section 4.03.  On each day
before March 29, 2000 on which Participant earns Deferred Fees, such
Participant's Phantom Share Account shall be credited with such Deferred Fees.
The amounts so credited shall be converted into that number of Credited Shares
equal to the maximum number of shares of common stock of the Company which could
be purchased at the then Market Value of such stock with the amount so
credited.  In the event that a Participant elects, pursuant to Section 3.05,
to convert all Deferred Stock Units earned from March 29, 2000 through
December 31, 2000 (and dividends reinvested pursuant to Section 4.04
attributable to such Deferred Stock Units) into Phantom Stock Units, such
Deferred Stock Units shall be removed from such Participant's Deferred Stock
Unit Account and added to such Participant's Phantom Share Account as
Credited Shares on January 3, 2001.

4.04.  Dividends & Dividend Reinvestment.  On each date on which the Company
pays a cash dividend or other distribution on its common stock:

       (a)  each Participant's Deferred Stock Unit Account shall be credited
with the number of Deferred Stock Units equal to the amount of the cash
dividend, stock dividend (or fair market value of any other distribution) per
share multiplied by the number of Deferred Stock Units in such Account on the
dividend or distribution record date, and

       (b)  each Participant's Phantom Share Account shall be credited with the
number of Credited Shares equal to the amount of the cash dividend, stock
dividend (or fair market value of any other

                                       6

<PAGE>

distribution) per share multiplied by the number of Credited Shares in such
Account on the dividend or distribution record date.

4.05.  Adjustments.

       (a)  In the event of any change in the outstanding shares of Company
stock by reason of a stock split, stock dividend, combination of shares,
reorganization, merger, consolidation or other corporate change having a similar
effect, or any separation of the Company including a spin-off or other
distribution of stock or property by the Company, the Board shall make such
equitable adjustments as it shall deem appropriate to: (i) the number of
Deferred Stock Units in each Participant's Deferred Stock Unit Account, and (ii)
the number of Credited Shares in each Participant's Phantom Share Account, to
prevent the dilution or enlargement of each such Account.

       (b)  The Board's determination as to the appropriateness of any
adjustment made pursuant to this Section 4.05, including, but not limited to,
values and exchange ratios, shall be binding and conclusive.

4.06.  Payment From Accounts.  Subject to Section 6.01(g), any payment made to a
Participant consisting of amounts from both the Deferred Stock Unit Account and
the Phantom Share Account shall be made from each Account in proportion to the
percentage that each such Account represents of the aggregate Balance of all
such Accounts on the date of payment.  Payments from the Phantom Share Account
shall be made in cash in an amount equal to: (x) the number of Credited Shares
to be paid, multiplied by (y) the Market Value on the immediately prior day.
Payments from the Deferred Stock Unit Account shall be made in common stock of
the Company at the rate of one share of common stock for each Deferred Stock
Unit.

4.07.  Vesting.  All Credited Shares or Deferred Stock Units accrued in each
Account of each Participant shall be fully vested upon accrual.

                                   ARTICLE V

                            PAYMENTS TO PARTICIPANTS

5.01.  Payment Start Date.  Subject to the remaining provisions of this Article,
each Participant's first payment (or only payment, if applicable) of the
Company's common stock from such Participant's Deferred Stock Unit Account
and/or cash from such Participant's Phantom Share Account (if any) shall be made
on such Participant's Payment Start Date; provided, however, that the Payment
Start Date shall in all events be no later than the first business day of the
month following the Participant's actual termination of service as a Director
for any reason, including death or disability.

5.02.  Calculation and Form of Payments.  The amount of each payment shall be
equal to:  (X) the

                                       7

<PAGE>

aggregate dollar value of all Balances on the date of such payment, divided by
(Y) the number of installments (if any) remaining to be paid, except that
payments from the Deferred Stock Unit Account shall be made in common stock only
and rounded to the nearest whole share.  Payments from the Phantom Share Account
shall be made in cash only.

5.03.  Timing of Installment Payments.  Each installment after the first such
installment made on the Payment Start Date shall be due and payable as of the
first business day of the same month of the next succeeding Plan Year until all
annual installments have been paid.

5.04.  Acceleration of Payment for Unforeseeable Emergency.

       (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Company may
decide in its sole discretion that payment of any portion of any or all of a
Participant's Account Balances shall be accelerated on application of the
Participant or beneficiary on account of and subject to reasonable proof of
unforeseeable emergency.

       (b)  For purposes of this Section 5.04, an unforeseeable emergency is
severe financial hardship to the Participant or beneficiary resulting from a
sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the Participant or beneficiary or
of a dependent (as defined in section 152(a) of the Internal Revenue Code) of
the Participant or beneficiary, loss of the Participant's or beneficiary's
property due to casualty, or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable
circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the
Participant or beneficiary.  The circumstances that will constitute an
unforeseeable emergency will depend upon the facts of each case, but, in any
case, payment may not be made to the extent that such hardship is or may be
relieved:

            (i)   Through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or
otherwise,

            (ii)  By liquidation of the Participant's or beneficiary's assets,
to the extent the liquidation
of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship, or

            (iii)  By cessation of deferrals under the Plan if and when possible
under the remaining provisions of the Plan, or by cessation of elective
deferrals if and when possible under any other deferred compensation plan for
which the Participant or beneficiary is eligible.

Examples of what are not considered to be unforeseeable emergencies include the
need to send a Participant or beneficiary's child to college or the desire to
purchase a home.

       (c)  Withdrawal of amounts because of an unforeseeable emergency shall be
permitted only to the extent reasonably needed to satisfy the emergency need.

       (d)  All determinations under this Section 5.04 shall be made by the
Board of Directors of the Company, with the Participant requesting such a
determination to be excluded from voting with

                                       8

<PAGE>

respect thereto, and (with respect to certain legal restrictions) by the General
Counsel pursuant to Section 6.01(g).

5.05.  Change in Control.

       (a)  Upon a "Change in Control," as defined in the Company's Executive
Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended from time to time, the Company shall pay
each Participant (or beneficiary) all of such Participant's Account Balances in
one lump sum in the manner contemplated by Section 5.02.

       (b)  If, by reason of this Section 5.05, an excise or other special tax
("Excise Tax") is imposed on any payment under the Plan (a "Required Payment"),
the amount of each Required Payment shall be increased by a cash amount which,
after payment of income taxes, payroll taxes and Excise Tax on such additional
amount, will equal such Excise Tax on the Required Payment.

       (c)  This Section 5.05 may be amended in any way before a Change in
Control as the Board may determine in its sole discretion.  Notwithstanding any
other provision of the Plan, this Section 5.05 may not be amended following any
Change in Control.

       (d)  This Section 5.05 shall survive termination of the Plan.

5.06.  Acceleration of Payment.  Notwithstanding Section 5.01 or any Participant
election under Section 3.01, the Company in its sole discretion may direct
current payment of any or all of a Participant's Account Balances for any
reason.  No Participant or beneficiary shall have any right to demand
acceleration of payment of any portion of any of a Participant's Account
Balances for any reason other than the occurrence of a Change in Control
pursuant to Section 5.05.

5.07.  Payments After Death.

       (a)  Except as otherwise provided in this Section 5.07, any amount
payable under this Plan as a result of or following the death of a Participant
shall be applied only for the benefit of the beneficiary or beneficiaries
designated by the Participant pursuant to this Section 5.07.  Each Participant
shall specifically designate, by name, on forms provided by the Company, the
beneficiary(ies) to whom any such amounts shall be paid.  A Participant may
change or revoke a beneficiary designation without the consent of the
beneficiary(ies) at any time by filing a new beneficiary designation form with
the Company.  The filing of a new form shall automatically revoke any forms
previously filed with the Company.  A beneficiary designation form not properly
filed with the Company prior to the death of the Participant shall have no
validity under the Plan.

       (b)  More than one beneficiary, and alternative or contingent
beneficiaries, may be designated, in which case the Participant shall specify
the shares, terms and conditions upon which amounts shall be paid to such
multiple or alternative or contingent beneficiaries, all of which must be
satisfactory to the Company.

                                       9

<PAGE>

       (c)  If, at the time of the Participant's death, (i) no beneficiary
designation is properly on file with the Company, (ii) no beneficiary properly
designated by the Participant has survived the Participant, or (iii) there are
other circumstances which are not covered by the beneficiary designation form on
file with the Company, then the Participant's estate shall be conclusively
deemed to be the beneficiary designated to receive any amounts then remaining
payable under this Plan.

       (d)  In answering any question concerning a Participant's beneficiary,
the latest designation filed with the Company shall control and intervening
changes in circumstances shall be ignored; provided, however, that if a
Participant's spouse is designated as beneficiary but thereafter is divorced
from the Participant, such designation shall be invalid and the Participant's
estate shall be deemed to be the Participant's beneficiary unless and until a
replacement beneficiary designation form has been filed with the Company.

       (e)  Any payment under this Plan made on or before the date of a
Participant's death shall remain in the Participant's estate, whether or not the
stock certificate or check (as appropriate) is received by the Participant prior
to death.  Any payment under this Plan made after the date of the Participant's
death shall be the property of the Participant's beneficiaries determined in
accordance with this Section 5.07.

       (f)  Payment of any installments due a Participant under the Plan shall
not be automatically accelerated by reason of the Participant's death; provided,
however, that the Company may exercise its power to accelerate at any time as
set forth in Section 5.06 without regard to the timing of a Participant's death.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                                 ADMINISTRATION

6.01.  Administrative Duties of the Company.

      (a)  The Board shall have responsibility for the administration of the
Plan.

      (b)  The Board shall administer the Plan in accordance with its terms and
shall have all powers necessary to carry out the provisions of the Plan.  The
Board shall interpret the Plan; shall make all factual determinations arising in
the administration, interpretation, and application of the Plan; and shall
construe any ambiguity, supply any omission, and reconcile any inconsistency in
such manner and to such extent as the Board deems proper.  Any interpretation or
construction placed upon any term or provision of the Plan by the Board, any
decisions and determinations of the Board arising under the Plan, including
without limiting the generality of the foregoing:  (i) the eligibility of any
individual to become or remain a Participant and a Participant's status as such;
(ii) the time, method and amounts of payments payable under the Plan; (iii) the
rights of Participants and beneficiaries; and (iv) any other action or
determination or decision whatsoever taken or made by the Board in

                                       10

<PAGE>

good faith shall be final, conclusive, and binding upon all persons concerned,
including, but not limited to, all Participants and beneficiaries.

      (c)  The Board may adopt such rules as it deems necessary, desirable, or
appropriate to carry out its duties under the Plan.  All rules, decisions and
determinations of the Board shall be uniformly and consistently applied.

      (d)  The Board may appoint any officer or employee of the Company to carry
out its duties hereunder.

      (e)  The Board may employ accountants, counsel, specialists, and other
persons necessary to help carry out its duties and responsibilities as fiduciary
under the Plan.  The Board shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon any
opinions or reports which shall be furnished to it by such accountants, counsel,
specialists, and other persons.

      (f)  No Director shall participate in determining his or her own
entitlement under the Plan.

      (g)  The General Counsel of the Company shall have complete power from
time to time to adopt, amend, and rescind such rules as the General Counsel
shall deem necessary, appropriate, or prudent in order to comply with or avoid
liability under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
or the rules promulgated thereunder from time to time.  Without limiting the
generality of such authority, the General Counsel may adopt, amend, and rescind
rules which may have the effect of adding to, deleting from, or otherwise
modifying the terms of the Plan in any respect, provided only that the General
Counsel in good faith determines that such rules are reasonably likely to
further the objective of complying with or lawfully avoiding liability under
Section 16 or the rules thereunder.  In addition, from time to time the General
Counsel may (but need not) adopt, amend, and rescind rules which relax Plan
restrictions if and to the extent the General Counsel determines that such
restrictions no longer are necessary to conform the Plan to any applicable legal
requirements and no longer are appropriate to the prudent and convenient
administration of the Plan.  Any rules adopted, amended, or rescinded by the
General Counsel hereunder shall become effective at such times as the General
Counsel may determine, without approval or other action by the Board of
Directors of the Company.  The General Counsel shall notify the Board promptly
of any rules adopted, amended, or rescinded hereunder.  The Board at all times
shall retain the power to annul in whole or part any action taken by the General
Counsel hereunder.

6.02.  Books and Records.

      (a)  The Board shall keep such books, records, and other data as it deems
necessary for proper administration of the Plan, including but not limited to
records of each Participant's Director's Fees, elections, and Account Balances.

      (b)  The records of the Company shall be conclusive as to all persons
unless proved incorrect to the satisfaction of the Company.

                                   11

<PAGE>

      (c)  The Company shall comply with all reporting and disclosure
requirements of the law and shall maintain all records required by law.

6.03.  Notices.

       (a)  Any notice from the Company to any Participant or beneficiary shall
be in writing and shall be given by delivery to the Participant or beneficiary,
or by mailing to the last known residence address of such Participant or
beneficiary.  Any notice from a Participant or beneficiary to the Company shall
be in writing and shall be given by delivery to the Board, or by mailing to the
Board at the Company's headquarters.  Notices which are given by delivery shall
be effective on the date of delivery.  Notices given by mailing shall be
effective on the date of postmark.

       (b)  Each Participant or beneficiary shall furnish all information,
including, without limitation, post office address and each change of post
office address, proofs, receipts and releases, as may be required by the
Company.

       (c)  Any communication, statement or notice addressed to any individual
at the last post office address filed with the Company shall be binding for all
purposes of the Plan, and the Company shall not be obligated to search for or
ascertain the whereabouts of any such individual.

       (d)  Except as provided in Article III, any notice required by the Plan
may be waived by the person entitled thereto.

                                  ARTICLE VII

                           AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

7.01.  Amendment.  Except as provided in Section 5.05(c), the Company may amend
the Plan on a prospective basis at any time.  Except as provided in Section
5.05(c), the Company shall have no authority to amend the Plan retroactively in
any manner which is or may be detrimental to any Participant or beneficiary
without the prior written consent of all affected Participants or beneficiaries,
except to the extent that a failure to amend the Plan would result in required
inclusion in taxable income by Participants or beneficiaries of amounts not yet
received.

7.02.  Termination.  The Company may terminate the Plan on a prospective basis
at any time by paying each Participant all of such Participant's Account
Balances.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                                 MISCELLANEOUS

8.01.  Company's Obligations Unsecured.  Participants and beneficiaries have
only the status of general unsecured creditors of the Company.  The Plan
constitutes a mere promise by the Company

                                       12

<PAGE>

to make payments in the future.  It is the intention of the Company and all
Participants that the Plan shall be unfunded for tax purposes and, to the extent
applicable, for purpose of Title I of Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended from time to time.

8.02.  No Alienation.  Amounts payable under this Plan shall not be subject in
any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge,
encumbrance, attachment, or garnishment by any Participant or beneficiary.

8.03.  No Waiver of Rights.  No failure or delay by the Company or any
Participant or beneficiary to exercise any right, power or privilege hereunder
shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise
thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right, remedy, power or privilege.

8.04.  Severability.  The invalidity of any particular clause, provision or
covenant herein shall not invalidate all or any part of the remainder of this
Plan, but such remainder shall be and remain valid in all respects as fully as
the law will permit.

8.05.  Presumption of Competence.  Every person receiving or  claiming amounts
payable under this Plan shall be conclusively presumed to be mentally competent
and of legal age unless the Company receives proof satisfactory to the Company
that the person is incompetent or is a minor or that a guardian or other person
legally vested with the care of the person's estate has been appointed.

8.06.  Facility of Payment.  If any amount is payable hereunder to a minor or
other person under legal disability or otherwise incapable of managing his or
her own affairs, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion, payment
thereof shall be made in one (or any combination) of the following ways, as the
Company shall determine in its sole discretion:

       (a)  directly to said minor or other person;

       (b)  to the legal representatives of said minor or other person; or

       (c)  to some relative or friend of such minor or other person for the
support, welfare or education of such minor.

The Company shall not be required to see to the application of any payment so
made, and the receipt of the person to whom such payment is actually made shall
fully discharge the Company from any further accountability or responsibility
with respect to the amount so paid.

8.07.  No Guarantee of Position or Directors Fees.  No provision of this Plan
shall restrict the Company, the Board, or the Shareholders from removing a
Participant from his or her position as a Director, a committee chairperson, or

                                       13

<PAGE>

a committee member.  No provision of this Plan shall restrict any Participant
from resigning from his or her position as a Director, a committee chairperson,
or a committee member.  No provision of this Plan shall restrict the Company or
the Board from increasing or decreasing the Director's Fees payable to any
Participant or other Director.

8.08.  Plan Provisions Binding.  The provisions of the Plan shall be binding
upon the Company and all persons entitled to benefits under the Plan and their
respective successors, heirs and legal representatives.

8.09.  Missouri Law Controls.  Subject to any applicable provisions of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 which provide to the contrary,
this Plan shall be administered, construed, and enforced according to the laws
of the State of Delaware and in state courts in St. Louis County, Missouri or
federal courts in St. Louis City, Missouri.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The Earthgrains Company executed this Amended and
Restated Plan as of this 29th day of March, 2000.

                                         THE EARTHGRAINS COMPANY

                                         By:_________________________
                                         Title:______________________

                            14

<PAGE>FIRST AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
                                                     dated as of September 5,
                                                     2000 to the Credit
                                                     Agreement dated as of July
                                                     15, 1999 (the "Agreement")
                                                     by and among Global Payment
                                                     Technologies, Inc., a
                                                     Delaware corporation (the
                                                     "Company") and The Chase
                                                     Manhattan Bank, a New York
                                                     banking corporation (the
                                                     "Lender").

WHEREAS, the Company has requested the Lender to waive compliance with and to
amend certain provisions of the Agreement to the extent set forth below;

WHEREAS, the Lender has agreed, subject to the terms and conditions of this
FIRST AMENDMENT AND WAIVER, to waive compliance with and to amend certain
provisions of the Agreement to the extent set forth below;

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

1.   Amendment to ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS. SECTION 1.01.
     Definitions.

     The pricing grid set forth in the definition of "Interest Rate Margin"
     contained in Section 1.01. of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
     it in its entirety and substituting therefor the following in place
     thereof:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Unsubordinated            LIBOR Margin           ABR Margin
Liabilities to EBITDA           (360 day basis)        (360 day basis)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Less than 1.25:1.00             1.25%                  0%
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greater than or equal to        1.50%                  0%
1.25:1.00 but less than
1.50:1.00
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greater than or equal to        1.75%                  0%
1.50:1.00 but less than
1.75:1.00
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greater than or equal to        2.00%                  .25%
1.75:1.00 but less than or
equal to 2.00:1.00
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greater than 2.00:1.00          2.50%                  .75%
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

     The definition of "Interest Rate Margin" is hereby further amended by
     deleting the reference to "1.75:1.00" contained in the paragraph below the
     pricing grid in such definition and substituting therefor "2.00:1.00" in
     place thereof.

<PAGE>
                                     - 2 -

     The pricing grid set forth in the definition of "Unused Fee Rate" contained
     in Section 1.01. of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting it in its
     entirety and substituting therefor the following in place thereof:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                <C>
Total Unsubordinated Liabilities to                Unused Fee Rate
-----------------------------------                ---------------
EBITDA                                             (360 day basis)
------                                             ---------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Less than 1.50:1.00                                .250%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greater than or equal to 1.50:1.00 but less than   .375%
1.75:1.00
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greater than or equal to 1.75:1.00 but less than   .500%
or equal to 2.00:1.00
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greater than 2.00:1.00                             .625%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

     The definition of "Unused Fee Rate" is hereby further amended by deleting
     the reference to "1.75:1.00" contained in the paragraph below the pricing
     grid in such definition and substituting therefor "2.00:1.00" in place
     thereof.

     Section 1.01. of the Agreement shall be further amended by the insertion of
     the following new definitions in their proper alphabetical order:

     " "First Amendment and Waiver" shall mean the First Amendment and Waiver
     dated as of September 5, 2000 to the Agreement.

     "First Amendment Effective Date" shall have the meaning set forth in the
     First Amendment and Waiver dated as of September 5, 2000.

     "Net Loss" shall mean a net loss of the Company determined in accordance
     with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles but excluding from the
     calculation thereof (a) all extraordinary or unusual gains and (b) equity
     in positive income of unconsolidated Affiliates.

     "March Statement Receipt Date" shall mean the date which is five (5)
     Business Days following the receipt by the Lender of the unaudited
     financial statements of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries for
     the interim six (6) months ending March 31, 2001, as required pursuant to
     Section 6.03 (b) hereof.

     "Revolving Credit Loan Cap" shall mean (1) $3,500,000 at all times from (a)
     the First Amendment Effective Date to (b) the March Statement Receipt Date;
     (2) provided there exists no Default or Event of Default as of the interim
     six (6) months ending March 31, 2001 or the March Statement Receipt Date,
     the Revolving Credit Loan Cap shall be $4,000,000 at all times from (a) the
     March Statement Receipt to (b) the September Statement Receipt Date and (3)
     provided there exists no Default or Event of Default hereunder as of the
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2001 or the September Statement Receipt
     Date, the Revolving Credit Loan Cap shall equal the Revolving Credit
     Commitment at all times from the September Statement Receipt Date and
     thereafter. In the event there exists a Default or Event of Default as of
     March 31, 2001 or the March Statement Receipt Date, the Revolving Credit
     Loan Cap shall not increase to $4,000,000

<PAGE>
                                     - 3 -

     as contemplated by (2) above. In the event there exists a Default or Event
     of Default as of September 30, 2001 or the September Statement Receipt
     Date, the Revolving Credit Loan Cap shall not increase to the Revolving
     Credit Commitment as contemplated by (3) above.

     "September Statement Receipt Date" shall mean the date which is five (5)
     Business Days following the receipt by the Lender of the audited fiscal
     year financial statements of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries
     for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, as required pursuant to
     Section 6.03 (a) hereof."

2.   Waiver of ARTICLE VI AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS. SECTION 6.03. Financial
     Statements, Reports, etc.

     Compliance with Section 6.03. (a) (ii) of the Agreement is hereby waived
     for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1999 to permit (a) the late receipt
     of the unaudited consolidating financial statements of the Company and its
     consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1999,
     which statements were required to be delivered to the Lender no later than
     December 31, 1999 but were received by the Lender on February 17, 2000 and
     (b) such consolidating financial statements to not be in comparative form
     as required by Section 6.03. (a) (ii).

     Compliance with Section 6.03. (b) (ii) is hereby waived for the interim
     three (3) months ended December 31, 1999, the interim six (6) months ended
     March 31, 2000 and the interim nine (9) months ended June 30, 2000 to
     permit the consolidating financial statements of the Company and its
     consolidated Subsidiaries for such interim periods to not be in comparative
     form as required by Section 6.03. (b) (ii).

     Compliance with Section 6.03. (c) of the Agreement is hereby waived for the
     fiscal year ended September 30, 1999 to permit the late receipt by the
     Lender of the certificate of non-default of the Chief Financial Officer
     with respect to such fiscal year, which certificate was required to be
     delivered to the Lender no later than December 31, 1999 but was received by
     the Lender on February 17, 2000.

     Compliance with Section 6.03. (d) of the Agreement is hereby waived for the
     fiscal year ended September 30, 1999 to permit the late receipt by the
     Lender of the certificate of non-default of the Auditor with respect to
     such fiscal year, which certificate was required to be delivered to the
     Lender no later than December 31, 1999 but was received by the Lender on
     February 17, 2000.

3.   Amendment to ARTICLE VI AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS. SECTION 6.03. Financial
     Statements, Reports, etc.

     Section 6.03. of the Agreement is hereby amended by (1) deleting the word
     "and" at the end of subsection (g) thereof, (2) redesignating subsection
     (h) therein as subsection "(i)" and (3) inserting a new subsection "(h)"
     immediately succeeding subsection (g) therein as follows:

<PAGE>
                                     - 4 -

     "(h) as soon as available but in any event not later than the fifteenth
     (15th) day of each calendar month during the period commencing with the
     First Amendment Effective Date and ending September 30, 2001, a report
     prepared and certified by the Chief Financial Officer, in the form attached
     as Exhibit A to the First Amendment and Waiver."

     Section 6.03. (a) (ii) and (b) (ii) of the Agreement are each hereby
     amended by deleting the word "comparative" from each such section.

4.   Amendment to ARTICLE VI AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.

     Article VI of the Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new section 6.16.
     to the end thereof as follows:

     "SECTION 6.16. Grant of Collateral. In the event that (a) after giving
     effect to a requested Revolving Credit Loan on or after the First Amendment
     Effective Date (a "Requested Loan") the aggregate Revolving Credit Loans
     then outstanding under the Revolving Credit Commitment would exceed the
     Revolving Credit Loan Cap or (b) the Company incurs a Net Loss in excess of
     $500,000 (x) for the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2000 (calculated
     with respect to such fiscal quarter only), (y) for the fiscal quarter
     ending December 31, 2000 (calculated with respect to such fiscal quarter
     alone and with respect to the two fiscal quarters ending December 31, 2000)
     or (z) for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2001 (calculated with
     respect to such fiscal quarter alone and with respect to the three fiscal
     quarters ending March 31, 2001), then (1) the Company and each Guarantor
     shall grant to the Lender a first priority perfected security interest in
     all present and future accounts receivable of each such entity and in
     connection therewith, shall promptly execute and deliver to the Lender
     security agreements, UCC-1 financing statements, a legal opinion in form
     and substance satisfactory to the Lender as to the due execution, delivery
     and enforceability of such documents and such other matters as the Lender
     may reasonably request, and all such other documentation as shall be
     reasonably required by the Lender (all of the foregoing documentation to be
     in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender in all respects) in order
     to enable the Lender to obtain and perfect a first priority security
     interest in such collateral, with all expenses relating thereto (including,
     without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the
     Lender in connection with the preparation of such documentation and UCC
     search and filing fees) to be paid by the Company and the Guarantor and (2)
     the Company and the Lender shall execute an amendment, in form and
     substance satisfactory to the Lender, to the Agreement pursuant to which
     the aggregate outstanding amount of all Revolving Credit Loans and the Term
     Loan shall thereafter be required to be equal to or less than a borrowing
     base to be determined with respect to accounts receivable of the Company,
     such borrowing base formula and all aspects of such borrowing base
     arrangement including, but not limited to, the advance rate to be applied
     to eligible accounts receivable, the definition of eligible accounts
     receivable, reporting requirements and the requirement for periodic field
     audits to be performed by the Lender at the expense of the Company, shall
     be satisfactory to the Lender in its sole discretion. The Company shall
     promptly notify the Lender of the incurrence of a Net Loss in excess of
     $500,000 during the periods set forth in subsection (b) of the first
     sentence of this Section 6.16. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary

<PAGE>
                                     - 5 -

     herein, the Lender shall have no obligation to fund a Requested Loan until
     satisfaction by the Company of its obligations pursuant to this Section
     6.16."

5.   Amendment to ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS SECTION 7.13. Financial
     Covenants. (a) Tangible Net Worth.

     Section 7.13. (a) of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the text
     of such section in its entirety and substituting therefor the following in
     place thereof:

     "(a) Tangible Net Worth. Permit at any time Tangible Net Worth to be less
     than the amount set forth below opposite the applicable period:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Period                                                  Amount
------                                                  ------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                     <C>
July 1, 2000 - September 30, 2000                       $14,700,000
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
October 1, 2000 - September 29, 2001                    $14,500,000
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
September 30, 2001 - September 29, 2002                 $15,000,000
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
September 30, 2002 - September 30, 2003                 Actual Tangible Net Worth at September 30, 2001
                                                        plus 25% of Net Income (but not less than zero) for
                                                        the fiscal year ended 2002
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
September 30, 2003 through the Term Loan Maturity Date  Actual Tangible Net Worth at September 30, 2002
                                                        plus 25% of Net Income (but not less than zero)
                                                        for the fiscal year ended 2003.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

6.   Waiver of ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS SECTION 7.13. Financial Covenants.
     (b) Interest Coverage Ratio.

     Compliance with Section 7.13. (b) of the Agreement is hereby waived for the
     interim nine (9) months ended June 30, 2000 to permit the Interest Coverage
     Ratio to be less than 1.85 to 1.00 as of such interim period end provided,
     however, the Interest Coverage Ratio was not less than (3.3) to 1.00 as of
     such interim period end.

7.   Amendment to ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS SECTION 7.13. Financial
     Covenants. (b) Interest Coverage Ratio.

     Section 7.13. (b) of the Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the
     following phrase immediately preceding the period at the end of such
     section as follows:

     "commencing December 31, 2001".

8.   Waiver of ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS SECTION 7.13. Financial Covenants.
     (c) Total Unsubordinated Liabilities to EBITDA.

     Compliance with Section 7.13. (c) of the Agreement is hereby waived for the
     interim nine (9) months ended June 30, 2000 to permit the ratio of Total
     Unsubordinated Liabilities to EBITDA to be greater than 2.25 to 1.00 as of
     such interim period end

<PAGE>
                                     - 6 -

     provided, however, such ratio was not greater than (10.88) to 1.00 as of
     such interim period end.

9.   Amendment to ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS SECTION 7.13. Financial
     Covenants. (c) Total Unsubordinated Liabilities to EBITDA.

     Section 7.13. (c) of the Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the
     following phrase immediately preceding the period at the end of such
     section as follows:

     "commencing December 31, 2001".

10.  Amendment to ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS SECTION 7.13. Financial
     Covenants.

     Section 7.13. of the Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following
     new subsections "(d)" and "(e)" to the end thereof as follows:

     "(d) EBIT. Permit EBIT to be less than the following levels for the
     corresponding periods:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Period                                             Level
------                                             -----
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2000           ($675,000)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2000            ($80,000)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Two fiscal quarters ending March 31, 2001          $75,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Three fiscal quarters ending June 30, 2001         $310,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Four fiscal quarters ending September 30, 2001     $840,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     (e) Total Unsubordinated Liabilities to Tangible Net Worth. Permit at any
     time from July 1, 2000 through December 31, 2001, the ratio of Total
     Unsubordinated Liabilities to Tangible Net Worth to be greater than 0.75 to
     1.00."

11.  Amendment to SCHEDULE VI Existing Direct Affiliate Investments.

     Schedule VI to the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the text thereof
     in its entirety and substituting therefor the following in place thereof:

<PAGE>
                                     - 7 -

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Existing Direct Affiliate                               Aggregate Permitted Loans, Guarantee Obligations
                                                        and Capital Contributions
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                     <C>
Global Payment Technologies Holdings (Proprietary)      $650,000
Limited
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Global Payment Technologies Australia Pty.              $150,000
Ltd.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CBV China Venture Limited                               $300,000*
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Global Payment Technologies (Europe)                    $750,000
Limited
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Abacus Financial Management Systems Ltd.                $500,000
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Abacus Financial Management Systems Ltd.                $500,000
USA
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hangzhou CBV Plastics Corp., Ltd.                       $300,000**
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

     * Reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate outstanding permitted loans,
guarantee obligations and capital contributions to Hangzhou CBV Plastics Corp.,
Ltd.

     ** Reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate outstanding permitted loans,
guarantee obligations and capital contributions to CBV China Venture Limited.

This FIRST AMENDMENT AND WAIVER shall be construed and enforced in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York without reference to principles of
conflicts of law.

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
same meanings as defined in the Agreement.

Except as expressly amended hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect in accordance with the original terms thereof and is ratified and
confirmed.

The agreements herein contained are limited specifically to the matters set
forth above and do not constitute directly or by implication an amendment or
waiver of any other provision of the Agreement or any Default or Event of
Default which may occur or may have occurred under the Agreement.

The Company hereby represents and warrants that, after giving effect to this
FIRST AMENDMENT AND WAIVER, (1) no Default or Event of Default exists under the
Agreement or any other related document and (2) the representations and
warranties contained in Article IV. of the Agreement are true and correct as of
the date hereof as if made on the date hereof (unless limited to an earlier
date, in which event they shall be true as of such earlier date) after giving
effect to this FIRST AMENDMENT AND WAIVER.

Please be advised that should there be a need for further amendments or waivers
with respect to these covenants or any other covenants, those requests shall be
evaluated by the Lender when formally requested, in writing, by the Company.

<PAGE>
                                     - 8 -

This FIRST AMENDMENT AND WAIVER may be executed in one or more counterparts,
each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together
shall constitute but one FIRST AMENDMENT AND WAIVER. This FIRST AMENDMENT AND
WAIVER shall become effective (the "First Amendment Effective Date") when (a)
duly executed counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the
signatures of each of the parties hereto shall have been delivered to the Lender
and (b) the Lender has received payment from the Company of an amendment fee in
the amount of $5,000.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Lender have caused this FIRST AMENDMENT
AND WAIVER to be duly executed by their duly authorized officers, all as of the
day and year first above written.

                                            GLOBAL PAYMENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                                            By:
                                                --------------------------
                                            Name:
                                            Title:

                                            THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK

                                            By:
                                               ---------------------------
                                            Name:
                                            Title:

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT A

FORM OF MONTHLY SALES, HEADCOUNT AND INVENTORY REPORT - As of [10th day of each
   calendar month] (prepared on a consolidated basis including Global Payment
             Technologies, Inc. and its consolidated Subsidiaries)

Summary of GPT Monthly Sales Forecast

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          (A)                (B)                (C)               (D)              (E)

   As of Date             Act            Booked & or        Booked & or           Addl            Total
                     Q[1][2][3][4]         Shipped            Shipped           Forecast      Q[1][2][3][4]
                         sales          Q[1][2][3][4]      Q[1][2][3][4]     Q[1][2][3][4]       (sum of
                     (designate for    (designate for     (designate for     (designate for   columns C and
                      each quarter       immediately       then current       then current          D)
                    completed other       preceding        quarter only)     quarter only)
                      than quarter      quarter only)
                       covered in
                       column B)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                  <C>                 <C>                <C>              <C>              <C>
 (the 10th day of
   each month)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<CAPTION>

------------------------------------------------------
                          (F)              (G)

   As of Date          Forecast       Booked Outside
                         Total       Of Q[1][2][3][4]
                          FY          (bookings for
                        (sum of       quarters after
                     columns A, B      then current
                        and E)           quarter)

------------------------------------------------------
<S>                  <C>             <C>
 (the 10th day of
   each month)
------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

Head Count
----------

------------------- ----------------- ----------------

    As of Date           Actual           Budget
------------------- ----------------- ----------------
   (last day of
immediately prior
      month)
------------------- ----------------- ----------------

------------------- ----------------- ----------------

<PAGE>

                                      - 2 -

Inventory - Projected at Quarter End (excludes product development costs)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

------------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------------- ------------------- -------------------

    As of Date                              Mar               June                Sep                 Dec
------------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------------- ------------------- -------------------
<S>                 <C>               <C>              <C>                 <C>                 <C>
(10th day of each
      month)
------------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------------- ------------------- -------------------
</TABLE>

<PAGE>

                                     CONSENT

The undersigned, not a party to the Agreement but a "Guarantor" under a Limited
Corporate Guaranty executed by the undersigned in favor of the Lender, hereby
accepts and agrees to the terms of the FIRST AMENDMENT AND WAIVER contained
herein and further acknowledges that its Limited Corporate Guaranty is in full
force and effect and is ratified and confirmed.

                                                ABACUS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
                                                SYSTEMS LTD. USA

                                                By:
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                Name:
                                                Title:

Source: [{"source": "alea-institute/alea-institute/kl3m-data-edgar-agreements/train-00018-of-00352.parquet"}, [{"source": "alea-institute/alea-institute/kl3m-data-edgar-agreements/train-00018-of-00352.parquet"}]]