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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.6

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                           CROWN MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.

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                              JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,

                           PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

                    PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

                          DATED AS OF DECEMBER 17, 2001

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE.................................................................................iii

Article I         DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION........................................................2
         Section 1.1       Definitions and Interpretation...............................................2

ARTICLE II        TRUST INDENTURE ACT...................................................................5
         Section 2.1       Trust Indenture Act; Application.............................................5
         Section 2.2       Lists of Holders of Securities...............................................5
         Section 2.3       Reports by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee...................................5
         Section 2.4       Periodic Reports to Preferred Guarantee Trustee..............................5
         Section 2.5       Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.............................6
         Section 2.6       Events of Default; Waiver....................................................6
         Section 2.7       Event of Default; Notice.....................................................6
         Section 2.8       Conflicting Interests........................................................6

ARTICLE III       POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE..............................7
         Section 3.1       Powers and Duties of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee.........................7
         Section 3.2       Certain Rights of Preferred Guarantee Trustee................................8
         Section 3.3       Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Guarantee.......................10

ARTICLE IV        PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE..........................................................10
         Section 4.1       Preferred Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility....................................10
         Section 4.2       Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Preferred Guarantee Trustee.........11

ARTICLE V         GUARANTEE............................................................................12
         Section 5.1       Guarantee...................................................................12
         Section 5.2       Waiver of Notice and Demand.................................................12
         Section 5.3       Obligations Not Affected....................................................12
         Section 5.4       Rights of Holders...........................................................13
         Section 5.5       Guarantee of Payment........................................................13
         Section 5.6       Subrogation.................................................................13
         Section 5.7       Independent Obligations.....................................................14

ARTICLE VI        SUBORDINATION........................................................................14
         Section 6.1       Agreement to Subordinate....................................................14
         Section 6.2       Default on Senior Indebtedness..............................................14
         Section 6.3       Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy........................................15
         Section 6.4       Subrogation.................................................................16
         Section 6.5       Indenture Trustee to Effectuate Subordination...............................17
         Section 6.6       Notice by the Guarantor.....................................................18
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         Section 6.7       Rights of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee; Holders of Senior Indebtedness...19
         Section 6.8       Subordination May Not Be Impaired...........................................19

ARTICLE VII       TERMINATION..........................................................................20
         Section 7.1       Termination.................................................................20

ARTICLE VIII      INDEMNIFICATION......................................................................20
         Section 8.1       Exculpation.................................................................20
         Section 8.2       Indemnification.............................................................20

ARTICLE IX        MISCELLANEOUS........................................................................21
         Section 9.1       Successors and Assigns......................................................21
         Section 9.2       Amendments..................................................................21
         Section 9.3       Notices.....................................................................21
         Section 9.4       Benefit.....................................................................22
         Section 9.5       Governing Law...............................................................22
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                             CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

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                                                                                         Section of Trust
Section of Guarantee                                                                            Indenture
of 1939, as amended                                                                         Act Agreement
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310(a)......................................................................................4.1(a) 310(b)
4.1(c) 310(c)................................................................................Inapplicable
311(a).............................................................................................2.2(b)
311(b).............................................................................................2.2(b)
311(c).......................................................................................Inapplicable
312(a).............................................................................................2.2(a)
312(b).............................................................................................2.2(b)
313...................................................................................................2.3
314(a)................................................................................................2.4
314(b).......................................................................................Inapplicable
314(c)................................................................................................2.5
314(d).......................................................................................Inapplicable
314(f).......................................................................................Inapplicable
315(a).............................................................................................3.1(b)
315(b)................................................................................................2.7
315(c).............................................................................................3.1(a)
315(d).............................................................................................3.1(a)
316(a)........................................................................................5.4(a), 2.6
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*        This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Preferred
         Securities Guarantee Agreement and shall not affect the interpretation
         of any of its terms or provisions.

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                    PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

                  This PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT ("Guarantee
Agreement"), dated as of December 17, 2001, is executed and delivered by Crown
Media Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Guarantor"), and JPMorgan
Chase Bank, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the "Preferred Guarantee
Trustee"), for the benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) from time to time
of the Preferred Securities (as defined herein) of Crown Media Trust, a Delaware
statutory business trust (the "Trust");

                  WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust (the "Declaration"), dated as of December 17, 2001, among the trustees of
the Trust named therein and the Guarantor as Sponsor, and the holders, from time
to time, of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust, the Trust
is issuing on the date hereof $265,000,000 aggregate stated liquidation amount
of preferred securities designated the 6.75% Trust Preferred Securities (the
"Preferred Securities");

                  WHEREAS, as incentive for the Holders to purchase the
Preferred Securities, the Guarantor desires to irrevocably agree on a
subordinated basis, to the extent set forth in this Guarantee Agreement, to pay
to the Holders of the Preferred Securities the Guarantee Payments (as defined
herein) and to make certain other payments on the terms and conditions set forth
herein; and

                  WHEREAS, the Guarantor is also executing and delivering a
guarantee agreement (the "Common Securities Guarantee") in substantially
identical terms to this Guarantee Agreement for the benefit of the holders of
the Common Securities (as defined herein), except that if an Event of Default
(as defined in the Indenture (as defined herein)), has occurred and is
continuing, the rights of holders of the Common Securities to receive Guarantee
Payments (as defined in the Common Securities Guarantee) under the Common
Securities Guarantee shall be subordinated to the rights of Holders of Preferred
Securities to receive Guarantee Payments (as defined herein) under this
Guarantee Agreement.

                  NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by each
Holder of Preferred Securities, which purchase the Guarantor hereby agrees shall
benefit the Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and delivers this Guarantee
Agreement for the benefit of the Holders.

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                                   ARTICLE I

                         DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

SECTION 1.1 DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION.

                  In this Guarantee Agreement, unless the context otherwise
requires:

                  (a) Capitalized terms used in this Guarantee Agreement but not
defined in the preamble above have the respective meanings assigned to them in
this Section 1.1;

                  (b) a term defined anywhere in this Guarantee Agreement has
the same meaning throughout;

                  (c) all references to "the Guarantee Agreement" or "this
Guarantee Agreement" are to this Guarantee Agreement as modified, supplemented
or amended from time to time;

                  (d) all references in this Guarantee Agreement to Articles and
Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Guarantee Agreement unless
otherwise specified;

                  (e) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same
meaning when used in this Guarantee Agreement unless otherwise defined in this
Guarantee Agreement or unless the context otherwise requires; and

                  (f) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice
versa.

                  "Administrative Agent" means JPMorgan Chase Bank, and any
successor, as administrative agent under that certain Credit, Security, Guaranty
and Pledge Agreement, dated as of August 31, 2001, by and among the Guarantor,
certain of its Subsidiaries, and the lenders and agents thereto.

                  "Affiliate" has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule
405 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor rule thereunder.

                  "Common Securities" means the securities representing common
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.

                  "Covered Person" means any Holder or beneficial owner of
Preferred Securities.

                  "Event of Default" means a default by the Guarantor on any of
its payment or other obligations under this Guarantee Agreement.

                  "Guarantee Payments" means the following payments or
distributions, without duplication, with respect to the Preferred Securities, to
the extent not paid or

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made by the Trust: (i) any accrued and unpaid distributions which are required
to be paid on such Preferred Securities to the extent the Trust shall have funds
legally available therefor, (ii) the redemption price, including all accrued and
unpaid distributions and premiums, if any, to the date of redemption or
repurchase, as the case may be (the "Redemption Price"), to the extent the Trust
has funds legally available therefor, with respect to any Preferred Securities
called for redemption or repurchase, as the case may be, by the Trust, and (iii)
upon a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding-up or termination of the
Trust (other than in connection with the distribution of Debentures to the
Holders in exchange for Preferred Securities as provided in the Declaration),
the lesser of (a) the aggregate of the liquidation amount and all accrued and
unpaid distributions and premiums, if any, on the Preferred Securities to the
date of payment, to the extent the Trust shall have funds legally available
therefor and (b) the amount of assets of the Trust remaining available for
distribution to Holders in liquidation of the Trust (in either case, the
"Liquidation distribution"). If an Event of Default (as defined in the
Indenture), has occurred and is continuing, the rights of the holders of the
Common Securities to receive Guarantee Payments under the Common Securities
Guarantee Agreement are subordinated to the rights of Holders of Preferred
Securities to receive Guarantee Payments.

                  "Guarantor" shall mean Crown Media Holdings, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, or any permitted successor thereof under the Indenture, in its
capacity as guarantor under this Guarantee Agreement.

                  "Holder" shall mean any holder, as registered on the books and
records of the Trust, of any Preferred Securities; provided, however, that in
determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of Preferred
Securities have given any request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, "Holder"
shall not include the Guarantor or any Person directly or indirectly controlling
or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Guarantor.

                  "Indemnified Person" means the Preferred Guarantee Trustee,
any Affiliate of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, or any officers, directors,
shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives or agents of the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee.

                  "Indenture" means the Indenture dated as of December 17, 2001
among Crown Media Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Debenture
Issuer"), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee, and any indenture supplemental
thereto pursuant to which certain subordinated debt securities of the Debenture
Issuer (the "Debentures") are to be issued to the Property Trustee of the Trust.

                  "Issue Date" means December 17, 2001.

                  "Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities"
means, except as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, Holder(s) of Preferred
Securities voting separately as a class, who vote Preferred Securities and the
aggregate liquidation amount

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(including the stated amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or
otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid distributions to the date upon which the
voting percentages are determined) of the Preferred Securities voted by such
Holders represents more than 50% of the above stated liquidation amount of all
Preferred Securities.

                  "Officers' Certificate" means, with respect to any Person, a
certificate signed by two Authorized Officers of such Person. Any Officers'
Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Guarantee Agreement shall include:

                  (a) a statement that each officer signing the Certificate has
read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto;

                  (b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation undertaken by each officer in rendering the
Certificate;

                  (c) a statement that each such officer has made such
examination or investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is necessary to
enable such officer to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such
covenant or condition has been complied with; and

                  (d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
officer, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

                  "Person" means a legal person, including any individual,
corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock
company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity
of whatever nature.

                  "Preferred Guarantee Trustee" means JPMorgan Chase Bank until
a Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such
appointment pursuant to the terms of this Guarantee Agreement and thereafter
means each such Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee.

                  "Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee, any officer of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee with direct
responsibility for the administration of this Guarantee Agreement. and also
means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to
whom such matter is referred because of that officer's knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.

                  "Senior Indebtedness" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Indenture.

                  "Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee" means a successor
Preferred Guarantee Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as Preferred
Guarantee Trustee under Section 4.1.

                  "Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended.

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                  Any reference to a party hereto shall include the successors
and permitted assigns of such party.

                                   ARTICLE II

                               TRUST INDENTURE ACT

SECTION 2.1 TRUST INDENTURE ACT; APPLICATION.

                  (a) This Guarantee Agreement is subject to the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Guarantee Agreement
and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions; and

                  (b) if and to the extent that any provision of this Guarantee
Agreement limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310
to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall
control.

SECTION 2.2 LISTS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES.

                  (a) The Guarantor shall provide the Preferred Securities
Trustee (i) within 14 days after January 1 and July 1 of each year, a list, in
such form as the Preferred Guarantee Trustee may reasonably require, of the
names and addresses of the Holders of the Preferred Securities ("List of
Holders") as of such date, provided that the Guarantor shall not be obligated to
provide such List of Holders at any time the List of Holders does not differ
from the most recent List of Holders given to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee by
the Guarantor, and (ii) at any other time, within 30 days of receipt by the
Guarantor of a written request for a List of Holders as of a date no more than
14 days before such List of Holders is given to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
The Preferred Guarantee Trustee may destroy any List of Holders previously given
to it on receipt of a new List of Holders; and

                  (b) the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall comply with its
obligations under Sections 311(a), 311(b) and Section 312(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act.

SECTION 2.3 REPORTS BY THE PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE.

                  Within 60 days after May 15 of each year commencing May 2002,
the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall provide to the Holders of the Preferred
Securities such reports as are required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture
Act, if any, in the form and in the manner provided by Section 313 of the Trust
Indenture Act. The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall also comply with the
requirements of Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 2.4 PERIODIC REPORTS TO PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE.

                  The Guarantor shall provide to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
such documents, reports and information as required by Section 314 (if any) and
the compliance

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certificate required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act in the form, in
the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 2.5 EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.

                  The Guarantor shall provide to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
such evidence of compliance with any conditions precedent, if any, provided for
in this Guarantee Agreement which relate to any of the matters set forth in
Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or opinion required
to be given by an officer pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) may be given in the form
of an Officers' Certificate.

SECTION 2.6 EVENTS OF DEFAULT; WAIVER.

                  The Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of Preferred
Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Preferred
Securities, waive any past Event of Default and its consequences. Upon such
waiver, any such Event of Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default
arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this
Guarantee Agreement, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

SECTION 2.7 EVENT OF DEFAULT; NOTICE.

                  (a) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall, promptly upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default known to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee,
transmit by facsimile and first class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders of
the Preferred Securities, notices of all such defaults with respect to the
Preferred Securities known to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, unless the
default to which such Event of Default relates has been cured before the giving
of such notice; provided, however, that for the purposes of this Section 2.7(a),
an Event of Default shall not include any periods of grace provided for therein
and irrespective of the giving of any notice provided therein.

                  (b) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be deemed to
have knowledge of any Event of Default except any Event of Default as to which
the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall have received written notice or of which a
Responsible Officer shall have obtained written notice.

SECTION 2.8 CONFLICTING INTERESTS.

                  The Declaration shall be deemed to be specifically described
in this Guarantee Agreement for the purposes of clause (i) of the first proviso
contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

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                                  ARTICLE III

            POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

SECTION 3.1 POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE.

                  (a) This Guarantee Agreement shall be held by the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Preferred Securities and
the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not transfer this Guarantee Agreement to
any Person except a Holder of Preferred Securities exercising his or her rights
pursuant to Section 5.4(b) or to a Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee on
acceptance by such Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee of its appointment to
act as Preferred Guarantee Trustee. The right, title and interest of the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall automatically vest in any Successor Preferred
Guarantee Trustee and such vesting and cessation of title shall be effective
whether or not conveyancing documents have been executed and delivered.

                  (b) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall enforce this Guarantee Agreement for the
benefit of the Holders of the Preferred Securities.

                  (c) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee, before the occurrence of
any Event of Default and after the curing of all Events of Default that may have
occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically set
forth in this Guarantee Agreement, and no implied covenants shall be read into
this Guarantee Agreement against the Preferred Guarantee Trustee. In case an
Event of Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to
Section 2.6), the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall exercise such of the rights
and powers vested in it by this Guarantee Agreement, and use the same degree of
care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use
under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

                  (d) No provision of this Guarantee Agreement shall be
construed to relieve the Preferred Guarantee Trustee from liability for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct, except that:

                        (i) prior to the occurrence of any Event of Default and
after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may have
occurred:

                                (A) the duties and obligations of the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this
Guarantee Agreement, and the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable
except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically
set forth in this Guarantee Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations
shall be read into this Guarantee Agreement against the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee; and

                                (B) (i) in the absence of bad faith on the part
of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee may
conclusively rely, as

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to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Guarantee Agreement; but in
the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to
determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Declaration;

                        (ii) the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable
for any error of judgment made in good faith by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee,
unless it shall be proved that the Preferred Guarantee Trustee was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts;

                        (iii) the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be
liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good
faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a
Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities at the time
outstanding relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, or exercising any
trust or power conferred upon the Preferred Guarantee Trustee under this
Guarantee Agreement; and

                        (iv) no provision of this Guarantee Agreement shall
require the Preferred Guarantee Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or
otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its
duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have
reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is
not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Guarantee Agreement or
adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to
it.

SECTION 3.2 CERTAIN RIGHTS OF PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE.

                  (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.1:

                        (i) the Preferred Guarantee Trustee may rely and shall
be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or
presented by the proper party or parties;

                        (ii) any direction or act of the Guarantor contemplated
by this Guarantee Agreement shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers'
Certificate;

                        (iii) whenever in the administration of this Guarantee
Agreement, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter
be proved or established before taking, suffering or omitting any action
hereunder, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee (unless other evidence is herein
specifically prescribed)

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may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and rely upon an Officers'
Certificate which, upon receipt of such request, shall be promptly delivered by
the Guarantor;

                        (iv) the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall have no duty
to see to any recording, filing or registration of any instrument (or any
rerecording, refiling or registration thereof);

                        (v) the Preferred Guarantee Trustee may consult with
counsel and the written advice or opinion of such counsel with respect to legal
matters shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of
any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
accordance with such advice or opinion. Such counsel may be counsel to the
Guarantor or any of its Affiliates, and may include any of its employees. The
Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek
instructions concerning the administration of this Guarantee Agreement from any
court of competent jurisdiction;

                        (vi) the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be under no
obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this
Guarantee Agreement at the request or direction of any Holder, unless such
Holder shall have provided to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee adequate security
and indemnity, against the costs, expenses (including attorneys' fees and
expenses) and liabilities that might be incurred by it in complying with such
request or direction, including such reasonable advances as may be requested by
the Preferred Guarantee Trustee provided, that, nothing contained in this
Section 3.2(a)(vi) shall be taken to relieve the Preferred Guarantee Trustee,
upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, of its obligation to exercise the
rights and powers vested in it by this Guarantee Agreement;

                        (vii) the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be bound
to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other
paper or document, but the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, in its discretion, may
make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may
see fit;

                        (viii) the Preferred Guarantee Trustee may execute any
of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either
directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of
any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;

                        (ix) any action taken by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
or its agents hereunder shall bind the Holders of the Preferred Securities and
the signature of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee or its agents alone shall be
sufficient and effective to perform any such action; and no third party shall be
required to inquire as to the authority of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee to so
act, or as to its compliance with any of the terms

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and provisions of this Guarantee Agreement, both of which shall be conclusively
evidenced by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee's or its agent's taking such
action; and

                        (x) whenever in the administration of this Guarantee
Agreement the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive
instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other
action hereunder the Preferred Guarantee Trustee (i) may request instructions
from the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred
Securities, (ii) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or taking such
other action until such instructions are received, and (iii) shall be protected
in acting in accordance with such instructions; and

                  (b) No provision of this Guarantee Agreement shall be deemed
to impose any duty or obligation on the Preferred Guarantee Trustee to perform
any act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or
imposed on it, in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance
with applicable law, to perform any such act or acts or to exercise any such
right, power, duty or obligation. No permissive power or authority available to
the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be construed to be a duty.

                  (c) No provision of this Guarantee Agreement shall be deemed
to empower the Preferred Guarantee Trustee to vary the investment of any Holder
of the Preferred Securities or to act in a manner inconsistent with the status
of the Trust as a grantor trust for federal income tax purposes.

SECTION 3.3 NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF GUARANTEE.

                  The recitals contained in this Guarantee Agreement shall be
taken as the statements of the Guarantor, and the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
does not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The Preferred
Guarantee Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of
this Guarantee Agreement.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                           PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

SECTION 4.1 PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE; ELIGIBILITY.

                  (a) There shall at all times be a Preferred Guarantee Trustee
which shall:

                        (i) be a "United States person" under the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and not be an Affiliate of the Guarantor;

                        (ii) be a corporation organized and doing business under
the laws of the United States of America or any State or Territory thereof or of
the District of Columbia, or a corporation or Person permitted by the Securities
and Exchange

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Commission to act as an institutional trustee under the Trust Indenture Act,
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined
capital and surplus of at least 250 million U.S. dollars ($250,000,000), and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial or District
of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at
least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the supervising or
examining authority referred to above, then for the purposes of this Section
4.1(a)(ii), the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed
to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published;

                  (b) if at any time the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall cease
to be eligible to so act under Section 4.1(a), the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
shall immediately resign in the manner and with the effect set out in Section
4.2(c); and

                  (c) if the Preferred Guarantee Trustee has or shall acquire
any "conflicting interest" within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee and Guarantor shall in all
respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act.

SECTION 4.2 APPOINTMENT, REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE.

                  (a) Subject to Section 4.2(b), the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
may be appointed or removed without cause at any time by the holders of a
Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities, or by the Guarantor
with the prior written consent of such Holders;

                  (b) the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be removed in
accordance with Section 4.2(a) until a Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee has
been appointed and has accepted such appointment by written instrument executed
by such Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor;

                  (c) the Preferred Guarantee Trustee appointed to office shall
hold office until a Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall have been
appointed or until its removal or resignation. The Preferred Guarantee Trustee
may resign from office (without need for prior or subsequent accounting) by an
instrument in writing executed by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee and delivered
to the Guarantor, which resignation shall not take effect until a Successor
Preferred Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment
by instrument in writing executed by such Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee
and delivered to the Guarantor and the resigning Preferred Guarantee Trustee;
and

                  (d) if no Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall have
been appointed and accepted appointment as provided in this Section 4.2 within
60 days after delivery to the Guarantor of an instrument of resignation, the
resigning Preferred Guarantee Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for appointment of a

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Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee. Such court may thereupon after such
notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a Successor
Preferred Guarantee Trustee.

                                   ARTICLE V

                                   GUARANTEE

SECTION 5.1 GUARANTEE.

                  The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to pay in
full to the Holders the Guarantee Payments (without duplication of amounts
theretofore paid by the Trust), as and when due, regardless of any defense,
right of set-off or counterclaim which the Trust may have or assert. The
Guarantor's obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by direct
payment of the required amounts by the Guarantor to the Holders or by causing
the Trust to pay such amounts to the Holders.

SECTION 5.2 WAIVER OF NOTICE AND DEMAND.

                  The Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this
Guarantee Agreement and of any liability to which it applies or may apply,
presentment, demand for payment, any right to require a proceeding first against
the Trust or any other Person before proceeding against the Guarantor, protest,
notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of redemption and all other
notices and demands.

SECTION 5.3 OBLIGATIONS NOT AFFECTED.

                  The obligations, covenants, agreements and duties of the
Guarantor under this Guarantee Agreement shall in no way be affected or impaired
by reason of the happening from time to time of any of the following:

                  (a) the release or waiver, by operation of law or otherwise,
of the performance or observance by the Trust of any express or implied
agreement, covenant, term or condition relating to the Preferred Securities to
be performed or observed by the Trust;

                  (b) the extension of time for the payment by the Trust of all
or any portion of the distributions, redemption price, liquidation distribution
or any other sums payable under the terms of the Preferred Securities or the
extension of time for the performance of any other obligation under, arising out
of, or in connection with, the Preferred Securities;

                  (c) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the
part of the Holders to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege, power
or remedy conferred on the Holders pursuant to the terms of the Preferred
Securities, or any action on the part of the Trust granting indulgence or
extension of any kind;

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                  (d) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution,
sale of any collateral, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the
benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment
of debt of, or other similar proceedings affecting, the Trust or any of the
assets of the Trust;

                  (e) any invalidity of, or defect or deficiency in the
Preferred Securities;

                  (f) the settlement or compromise of any obligation guaranteed
hereby or hereby incurred; or

                  (g) any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise
constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor, it being
the intent of this Section 5.3 that the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder
shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances.

                  There shall be no obligation on the Holders or any other
Person to give notice to, or obtain consent of, the Guarantor with respect to
the happening of any of the foregoing.

SECTION 5.4 RIGHTS OF HOLDERS.

                  (a) The Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the
Preferred Securities have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee in respect of this Guarantee Agreement or exercising any trust or power
conferred upon the Preferred Guarantee Trustee under this Guarantee Agreement;
and

                  (b) notwithstanding the rights of the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee to enforce this Guarantee Agreement under Article III, any Holder of
Preferred Securities may institute a legal proceeding directly against the
Guarantor to enforce the Preferred Guarantee Trustee's rights under this
Guarantee Agreement, without first instituting a legal proceeding against the
Trust, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee or any other Person. The Guarantor waives
any right or remedy to require that any action be brought first against the
Trust or any other person or entity before proceeding directly against the
Guarantor.

SECTION 5.5 GUARANTEE OF PAYMENT.

                  This Guarantee Agreement creates a guarantee of payment and
not of collection.

SECTION 5.6 SUBROGATION.

                  The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all (if any) rights of
the Holders of Preferred Securities against the Trust in respect of any amounts
paid to such Holders by the Guarantor under this Guarantee Agreement; provided,
however, that the Guarantor

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shall not (except to the extent required by mandatory provisions of law) be
entitled to enforce or exercise any rights which it may acquire by way of
subrogation or any indemnity, reimbursement or other agreement, in all cases as
a result of payment under this Guarantee Agreement, if, at the time of any such
payment, any amounts are due and unpaid under this Guarantee Agreement. If any
amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence,
the Guarantor agrees to hold such amount in trust for the Holders and to pay
over such amount to the Holders.

SECTION 5.7 INDEPENDENT OBLIGATIONS.

                  The Guarantor acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are
independent of the obligations of the Trust with respect to the Preferred
Securities and that the Guarantor shall be liable as principal and as debtor
hereunder to make Guarantee Payments pursuant to the terms of this Guarantee
Agreement notwithstanding the occurrence of any event referred to in subsections
(a) through (g), inclusive, of Section 5.3 hereof.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                                  SUBORDINATION

SECTION 6.1 AGREEMENT TO SUBORDINATE.

                  The Guarantor covenants and agrees, and each Holder of
Preferred Securities hereunder by such Holder's acceptance thereof likewise
covenants and agrees, that the Preferred Securities shall be issued subject to
the provisions of this Article VI.

                  The payment by the Guarantor and all amounts required
hereunder, shall, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, be
subordinated and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all
Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor, whether outstanding at the Issue Date or
thereafter incurred.

                  No provision of this Article VI shall prevent the occurrence
of any Default or Event of Default hereunder, nor the rights of the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee or any Holder to exercise such rights and remedies afforded to
each of them under this Guarantee Agreement with respect to any provision of
this Guarantee Agreement.

SECTION 6.2 DEFAULT ON SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS.

                  In the event that (a) any payment of principal, interest or
any other payment due on any Senior Indebtedness is not paid by the Guarantor
when due, any applicable grace period with respect to any such payment default
has ended and such default has not been cured, waived or ceased to exist, (b)
any other default occurs and is continuing with respect to Senior Indebtedness
that permits holders of the Senior Indebtedness as to which such default relates
to accelerate its maturity and the Preferred Guarantee Trustee receives notice
of such default (a "Payment Blockage Notice") from the Guarantor or any other
Person permitted to give such notice (including without

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limitation any representative of any holder of Senior Indebtedness); or (c) in
the event that the maturity of any Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor has been
accelerated because of a default, then, in any such case, no payment shall be
made by the Guarantor with respect to distributions on the Preferred Securities.
Payments on the Guarantee shall be resumed: (1) in the case of a payment default
on any Senior Indebtedness, upon the date on which such default is cured or
waived; and (2) in case of a nonpayment default, the earlier of the date on
which that default is cured or waived or 179 days after the date on which the
applicable Payment Blockage Notice is received; provided, however, that payments
on the Guarantee shall not resume if the maturity of any Senior Indebtedness has
been accelerated. A new Payment Blockage Notice may be delivered if 180 days
have elapsed since the delivery of the immediately prior Payment Blockage Notice
so long as such Payment Blockage Notice relates to a default under Senior
Indebtedness that has not been the subject of any prior Payment Blockage Notice.

                  In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment
shall be received by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee or any Holder from the
Guarantor when such payment is prohibited by the preceding paragraph of this
Section 6.2, such payment shall be deemed to be held in trust for the benefit
of, and shall be paid over or delivered to, the holders of Senior Indebtedness
or their respective representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any
indenture pursuant to which any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been
issued, as their respective interests may appear, but only to the extent that
the holders of the Senior Indebtedness (or their representative or
representatives or a trustee) notify the Preferred Guarantee Trustee and the
Guarantor in a written notice within 90 days of the date on which such payments
are disbursed by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee of the amounts then outstanding
under the Senior Indebtedness, plus accrued interest thereon, and only the
amounts specified in such notice to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee and the
Guarantor shall be paid to the holders of Senior Indebtedness.

SECTION 6.3 LIQUIDATION; DISSOLUTION; BANKRUPTCY.

                  Upon any payment by the Guarantor or distribution of assets of
the Guarantor of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities,
to creditors upon any dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization
of the Guarantor, whether voluntary or involuntary or in bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or other proceedings, all amounts due or to become due on all
Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor, shall first be paid in full, or payment
thereof provided for in cash in accordance with its terms, before any payment is
made by the Guarantor, on account of the Guarantee Payments; and upon any such
dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization, any payment by the
Guarantor or distribution of assets of the Guarantor of any kind or character,
whether in cash, property or securities, which the Holders of the Preferred
Securities or the Preferred Guarantee Trustee would be entitled to receive from
the Guarantor, except for the provisions of this Article VI, shall be paid by
the Guarantor, or by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee,
agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, or by the Holders of
the Preferred Securities or by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee under this
Guarantee Agreement if received by them or it, directly to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Guarantor (pro rata to such

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holders on the basis of the respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness held by
such holders, as calculated by the Guarantor) or their representative or
representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to
which any instruments evidencing such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued,
as their respective interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay such
Senior Indebtedness in full in cash, after giving effect to any concurrent
payment or distribution to or for the holders of such Senior Indebtedness,
before any such payment or distribution is made to or retained by the Holders of
Preferred Securities or to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee.

                  In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment
by, or distribution of assets of, the Guarantor of any kind or character,
whether in cash, property or securities, prohibited by the foregoing, shall be
received by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee or the Holders of the Preferred
Securities before all Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor is paid in full, or
provision is made for such payment in cash in accordance with its terms, such
payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of and shall be
paid over or delivered to the holders such Senior Indebtedness or their
representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any
indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing such Senior Indebtedness
may have been issued, and their respective interests may appear, as calculated
by the Guarantor, for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of
the Guarantor, remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay such Senior
Indebtedness in full in cash in accordance with its terms, after giving effect
to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness.

                  For purposes of this Article VI, the words "cash, property or
securities" shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the Guarantor as
reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Guarantor or any other
corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the
payment of which is subordinated at least to the extent provided in this Article
VI with respect to the Guarantee Payments to the payment of all Senior
Indebtedness of the Guarantor, that may at the time be outstanding, provided
that (i) such Senior Indebtedness is assumed by the new corporation, if any,
resulting from any such reorganization or readjustment, and (ii) the rights of
the holders of such Senior Indebtedness are not, without the consent of such
holders, altered by such reorganization or readjustment. The consolidation,
amalgamation or merger of the Guarantor with or into, another Person or the
liquidation or dissolution of the Guarantor following the conveyance, transfer,
lease or other disposition of its property as an entirety, or substantially as
an entirety, to another Person upon the terms and conditions provided for in
Article X of the Indenture shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up,
liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section 6.3 if such other
Person shall, as a part of such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, conveyance,
transfer, lease or other disposition, comply with the conditions stated in
Article X of the Indenture.

SECTION 6.4 SUBROGATION.

                  Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of
the Guarantor, the rights of the Holders of the Preferred Securities shall be
subrogated to the rights of the

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holders of such Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of
cash, property or securities of the Guarantor, applicable to such Senior
Indebtedness until the principal of and interest on, the Preferred Securities
shall be paid in full; and, for the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or
distributions to the holders for such Senior Indebtedness of any cash, property
or securities to which the Holders of the Preferred Securities or the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article
VI, and no payment over pursuant to the provisions of this Article VI, to or for
the benefit of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness by Holders of the
Preferred Securities, shall, as between the Guarantor, its creditors other than
holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor, and the Holders of the
Preferred Securities, be deemed to be a payment by the Guarantor, to or on
account of such Senior Indebtedness. It is understood that the provisions of
this Article VI are and are intended solely for the purposes of defining the
relative rights of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, on the one hand, and
the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand.

                  Nothing contained in this Article VI or elsewhere in this
Guarantee Agreement or in the Preferred Securities is intended to or shall
impair, as between the Guarantor, its creditors other than the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Guarantor and the Holders of the Preferred Securities, the
obligation of the Guarantor, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the
Holders of the Preferred Securities distributions on, the Preferred Securities
as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their
terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of the Holders of
the Preferred Securities and creditors of the Guarantor, other than the holders
of Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor, nor shall anything herein or therein
prevent the Preferred Guarantee Trustee or the Holder of any Preferred
Securities from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law
upon default under this Guarantee Agreement, subject to the rights, if any,
under this Article VI of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness in respect of
cash, property or securities of the Guarantor, received upon the exercise of any
such remedy.

                  Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Guarantor
referred to in this Article VI, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee and the Holders
of the Preferred Securities, shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree
made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution,
winding-up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending, or a
certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidation trustee, agent
or other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee or to the Holders of the Preferred Securities, for the
purposes of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such
distribution, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and other Indebtedness of the
Guarantor, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or
distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article VI.

SECTION 6.5 INDENTURE TRUSTEE TO EFFECTUATE SUBORDINATION.

                  Each Holder of Preferred Securities by such Holder's
acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Preferred Guarantee Trustee on
such Holder's behalf to take

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such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination
provided in this Article VI and appoints the Preferred Guarantee Trustee such
Holder's attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.

SECTION 6.6 NOTICE BY THE GUARANTOR.

                  The Guarantor shall give prompt written notice to a
Responsible Officer of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, with a copy to the
Administrative Agent, of any fact known to the Guarantor that would prohibit the
making of any payment of monies to or by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee in
respect of the Guarantee Payments pursuant to the provisions of this Article VI.
The Guarantor shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a copy of any notice
delivered by the Guarantor pursuant to this Guarantee Agreement. Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Article VI or any other provision of this Guarantee
Agreement, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge
of the existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment of
monies to or by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee in respect of the Guarantee
Payments pursuant to the provisions of this Article VI, unless and until a
Responsible Officer of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall have received
written notice thereof at the Corporate Trust Office of the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee from the Guarantor or a holder or holders of Senior Indebtedness or from
any trustee therefor; and before the receipt of any such written notice, the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee, shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no
such facts exist; provided, however, that if the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
shall not have received the notice provided for in this Section 6.6 at least two
Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any cash may
become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of
the liquidation amount of or distribution on, any Security), then, anything
herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such cash and to apply
the same to the purposes for which they were received, and shall not be affected
by any notice to the contrary that may be received by it within two Business
Days prior to such date.

                  The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be entitled to rely on
the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself to be a
holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor (or a trustee on behalf of such
holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of such Senior
Indebtedness or a trustee on behalf of any such holder or holders. In the event
that the Preferred Guarantee Trustee determines in good faith that further
evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of such
Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to
this Article VI, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee may request such Person to
furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee as to the amount of such Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the
extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or
distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under
this Article VI, and if such evidence is not furnished, the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as
to the right of such Person to receive such payment.

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SECTION 6.7 RIGHTS OF THE PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE; HOLDERS OF SENIOR
INDEBTEDNESS.

                  The Preferred Guarantee Trustee in its individual capacity
shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article VI, in respect of
any Senior Indebtedness at any time held by it, to the same extent as any other
holder of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in this Guarantee Agreement shall
deprive the Preferred Guarantee Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.

                  With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Guarantor, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe
only such of its covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth in this
Article VI, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders
of such Senior Indebtedness shall be read into this Guarantee Agreement against
the Preferred Guarantee Trustee. The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be
deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness and
the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable to any holder of such Senior
Indebtedness if it shall pay over or deliver to Holders of the Preferred
Securities, the Guarantor or any other Person cash or assets to which any holder
of such Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article VI or
otherwise.

SECTION 6.8 SUBORDINATION MAY NOT BE IMPAIRED.

                  No right of any present or future holder of any Senior
Indebtedness of the Guarantor to enforce subordination as herein provided shall
at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on
the part of the Guarantor, or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by
any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Guarantor, with the terms,
provisions and covenants of this Guarantee Agreement, regardless of any
knowledge thereof that any such holder may have or otherwise be charged with.

                  Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing
paragraph, the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor may, at any time
and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee or the Holders of the Preferred Securities, without incurring
responsibility to the Holders of the Preferred Securities and without impairing
or releasing the subordination provided in this Article VI or the obligations
hereunder of the Holders of the Preferred Securities to the holders of such
Senior Indebtedness, do any one or more of the following: (i) change the manner,
place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter,
such Senior Indebtedness, or otherwise amend or supplement in any manner such
Senior Indebtedness or any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under
which such Senior Indebtedness is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or
otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing such
Senior Indebtedness; (iii) release any Person liable in any manner for the
collection of such Senior Indebtedness; and (iv) exercise or refrain from
exercising any rights against the Guarantor and any other Person.

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                                  ARTICLE VII

                                  TERMINATION

SECTION 7.1 TERMINATION.

                  This Guarantee Agreement shall terminate upon full payment of
the Redemption Price of all Preferred Securities, upon the distribution of the
Debentures to the Holders of all of the Preferred Securities or upon full
payment of the amounts payable in accordance with the Declaration upon
liquidation of the Trust. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Guarantee
Agreement will continue to be effective or will be reinstated, as the case may
be, if at any time any Holder of Preferred Securities must restore payment of
any sums paid under the Preferred Securities or under this Preferred Securities
Guarantee.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                                 INDEMNIFICATION

SECTION 8.1 EXCULPATION.

                  (a) No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or
accountable in damages or otherwise to the Guarantor or any Covered Person for
any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or
omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith in accordance with this
Guarantee Agreement and in a manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed
to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by
this Guarantee Agreement or by law, except that an Indemnified Person shall be
liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified
Person's negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or
omissions; and

                  (b) an Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying
in good faith upon the records of the Guarantor and upon such information,
opinions, reports or statements presented to the Guarantor by any Person as to
matters the Indemnified Person reasonably believes are within such other
Person's professional or expert competence and who has been selected with
reasonable care by or on behalf of the Guarantor, including information,
opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets,
liabilities, profits, losses, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and
amount of assets from which distributions (as defined in the Declaration) to
Holders of Preferred Securities might properly be paid.

SECTION 8.2 INDEMNIFICATION.

                  (a) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the
Guarantor shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person from and
against any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason
of any act or omission

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performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith in accordance with
this Guarantee Agreement and in a manner such Indemnified Person reasonably
believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on such Indemnified
Person by this in accordance with this Guarantee Agreement, except that no
Indemnified Person shall be entitled to be indemnified in respect of any loss,
damage or claim incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason of negligence or
willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions; and

                  (b) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
expenses (including legal fees) incurred by an Indemnified Person in defending
any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, be
advanced by the Guarantor prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand,
action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Guarantor of an undertaking by or
on behalf of the Indemnified Person to repay such amount if it shall be
determined that the Indemnified Person is not entitled to be indemnified as
authorized in Section 8.2(a).

                  The provisions of this Section 8.2 shall survive termination
of this Guarantee Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 9.1 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.

                  All guarantees and agreements contained in this Guarantee
Agreement shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and
representatives of the Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Holders
of the Preferred Securities then outstanding.

SECTION 9.2 AMENDMENTS.

                  Except with respect to any changes which do not adversely
affect the rights of Holders (in which case no consent of Holders will be
required), this Guarantee Agreement may only be amended with the prior approval
of the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred
Securities. The provisions of Section 12.2 of the Declaration with respect to
meetings of Holders of the Securities apply to the giving of such approval.

SECTION 9.3 NOTICES.

                  All notices provided for in this Guarantee Agreement shall be
in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be delivered,
telecopied or mailed by registered or certified mail, as follows:

                  (a) if given to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee at the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee's mailing address set forth below (or such other
address as the

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Preferred Guarantee Trustee may give notice of to the Holders of the Preferred
Securities):

                           JPMorgan Chase Bank
                           450 West 33rd Street
                           15th Floor
                           New York, NY  10001
                           Attn: Institutional Trust Services

                  (b) if given to the Guarantor, at the Guarantor's mailing
address set forth below (or such other address as the Guarantor may give notice
of to the Holders of the Preferred Securities):

                           Crown Media Holdings, Inc.
                           6430 South Fiddlers Green Circle
                           Suite 500
                           Greenwood Village, CO  80111

                  (c) if given to any Holder of Preferred Securities, at the
address set forth on the books and records of the Trust.

                  All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when
received in person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class
mail, postage prepaid except that if a notice or other document is refused
delivery or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice
was given, such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered
on the date of such refusal or inability to deliver.

SECTION 9.4 BENEFIT.

                  This Guarantee Agreement is solely for the benefit of the
Holders of the Preferred Securities and subject to Section 3.1(a) is not
separately transferable from the Preferred Securities.

SECTION 9.5 GOVERNING LAW.

                  THIS GUARANTEE AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor and the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee have executed this Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement as of the
day and year first above written.

                                   CROWN MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.

                                   By: /s/  William J. Aliber
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                                   Name:  William J. Aliber
                                   Title: Chief Financial Officer

                                   JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
                                   as Preferred Guarantee Trustee

                                   By: /s/  Carol Ng
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                   Name:  Carol Ng
                                   Title: Vice President

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.7

                           CROWN MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.,

                                    Obligor,

                               CROWN MEDIA TRUST,

                          HALLMARK CARDS INCORPORATED,

                              JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,

                     Indenture Trustee and Property Trustee

                                       AND

                        CERTIFICATE HOLDERS NAMED HEREIN

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                       SUBORDINATION AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT

                          Dated as of December 17, 2001

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1.       Definitions....................................................................................2

2.       Agreement to Subordinate.......................................................................5

3.       Restrictions on Payment of the Subordinated Hallmark Obligations, Etc. ........................6

4.       Additional Provisions Concerning Subordination.................................................7

5.       Subrogation....................................................................................9

6.       Obligation to Provide Subordinated Support and Assumed Obligations Support.....................9

7.       Intercompany Payables.........................................................................11

8.       Legend........................................................................................12

9.       Negative Covenants of the Subordinated Creditors..............................................12

10.      Obligations Unconditional.....................................................................12

11.      Subordination to Senior Indebtedness..........................................................13

12.      Representations and Warranties................................................................13

         (b)      No Conflicts.........................................................................13

         (c)      No Disposition of Shares.............................................................14

13.      Further Assurances............................................................................14

14.      Expenses......................................................................................14

15.      Notice........................................................................................14

16.      Service of Process............................................................................15

17.      Miscellaneous.................................................................................16

EXHIBIT A:  Form of PROMISSORY NOTE...................................................................A-1
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                       SUBORDINATION AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT

                  This SUBORDINATION AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT, dated as of December
17, 2001, is executed and delivered by (i) CROWN MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the "Obligor"), (ii) the Subsidiaries of the Obligor that
are parties to the Subordinated Obligation Documents (as defined herein) from
time to time (the "Obligor Subsidiaries"), (iii) CROWN MEDIA TRUST, a Delaware
statutory business trust (the "Trust"), (iv) HALLMARK CARDS, INCORPORATED, a
Missouri corporation "Hallmark Cards") (v) and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, a New York
banking corporation in its capacities as indenture trustee under the Indenture
referred to herein (the "Indenture Trustee") and as property trustee under the
Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust, dated as of December 17,
2001 (the "Property Trustee"), and (vi) the HOLDERS of Certificates (as defined
below) identified on the signature pages hereto.

                  WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of an Indenture, dated as of
December 17, 2001, between the Obligor and the Indenture Trustee (such agreement
as hereinafter amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, from time to time
being referred to as the "Indenture"), the Obligor is authorized to issue up to
$273,196,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 6.75% Subordinated Debentures
due 2007 (the "Debentures");

                  WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of a Securities Purchase
Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2001, among the Obligor, the Trust and the
investors named therein (the "Investors") (the "Purchase Agreement"), the Trust
and the Obligor have agreed to issue and sell, and the Investors have agreed to
purchase, units consisting of $265,000,000 in aggregate liquidation amount of
6.75% Trust Preferred Securities (the "Preferred Securities") of the Trust and
265,000 contingent appreciation certificates (the "Certificates") of the Obligor
issued under that certain Contingent Appreciation Certificate Agreement, dated
as of December 17, 2001, between the Obligor and the holders named therein (the
"Contingent Appreciation Certificate Agreement");

                  WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of a Preferred Securities
Guarantee, dated as of December 17, 2001, between the Obligor and JPMorgan Chase
Bank, as preferred guarantee trustee (the "Guarantee"), the Obligor has agreed
to guarantee on a subordinated basis the obligations of the Trust under the
Preferred Securities and the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust governing
such Preferred Securities to the extent of the assets of the Trust;

                  WHEREAS, the Obligor has assumed the payment of certain
obligations from Hallmark Entertainment Distribution, LLC, as set forth in
Schedule 4.29(a) to the Purchase Agreement in connection with the acquisition of
certain films and related rights and properties from Hallmark Entertainment
Distribution, LLC (the "Assumed Obligations");

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                  WHEREAS, the Obligor will use $140,000,000 of the proceeds
from the sale of the Units to repay certain obligations (the "Intercompany
Payables") owed to subsidiaries of Hallmark Cards under: (a) certain promissory
notes, dated November 19, 1999, February 23, 2000 (as amended on April 14, 2000)
and July 10, 2001, in favor of HC Crown Corporation; and (b) those certain
Amended and Restated Program License Agreements, each dated as of January 1,
2001, between Crown Media International, Inc. and Hallmark Entertainment
Distribution, LLC and between Crown Media United States, LLC and Hallmark
Entertainment Distribution, LLC (the "Program Agreements"), which Intercompany
Payables shall be equal to $60,229,275.72 following application of the offering
proceeds and which amount shall be permanently reduced in accordance with
Section 7 and for the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto acknowledge and
agree that any amounts due, or obligations under, the Program Agreements (other
than such $60,229,275.72) that become due or arise after the Issue Date, shall
not constitute Intercompany Payables;

                  WHEREAS, in order to induce the Investors to enter into the
Purchase Agreement, Hallmark Cards has agreed, subject to the provisions of this
Agreement, that it will provide credit support to the Obligor, namely the
commitment to directly or indirectly advance the Obligor (a) $75,000,000,
subject to reduction pursuant to Section 6(c) hereof pursuant to a form of
promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, as such
promissory note may be amended from time to time, provided that such amendment
does not conflict with the terms of this Agreement (the "Subordinated Credit
Line"), and (b) amounts necessary to fund any payments of the Assumed
Obligations pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof at such time as any Assumed
Obligations become due and payable (the "Assumed Obligations Support" and,
together with the Subordinated Credit Line, the "Subordinated Support");

                  WHEREAS, the Subordinated Support and the balance of the
Obligor's obligations under the Intercompany Payables as of the Issue Date
remaining after application of the proceeds from the sale of Units, shall be
subordinated to the Senior Obligations (as defined herein) pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement;

                  NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other
good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

                  1. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, unless
otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the
respective meanings given to such terms in the Indenture. For purposes of this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth in
this section.

                  "Assumed Obligations Support" shall have the meaning set forth
in the recitals to this Agreement.

                  "Assumed Obligations" shall have the meaning set forth in the
recitals to this Agreement.

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                  "Bank Subordination Agreement" means that certain
Subordination and Support Agreement dated as of August 31, 2001 among the
Obligor, its subsidiaries named therein, Hallmark Cards and the JPMorgan Chase
Bank (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), as such agreement may be
amended, extended, renewed, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time.

                  "Business Day" means any day other than a day on which Federal
and State banking institutions in The Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York
are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or regulation to close.

                  "Certificates" shall have the meaning set forth in the
recitals to this Agreement.

                  "Contingent Appreciation Certificate Agreement" shall have the
meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

                  "Credit Agreement" means the Credit, Security, Guaranty and
Pledge Agreement, dated as of August 31, 2001 among the Obligor, the Guarantors
that are parties thereto from time to time, the Lender parties thereto from time
to time and the Agent named therein, as such Credit Agreement may be amended,
extended, renewed, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.

                  "Debentures" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals
to this Agreement.

                  "Equity Proceeds" means (i) 100% of the aggregate Net Cash
Proceeds received by the Obligor from the issuance or sale of its Capital Stock
(other than Disqualified Stock) subsequent to the date of this Agreement (other
than an issuance or sale to a Subsidiary of the Obligor and other than an
issuance or sale to an employee stock ownership plan or to a trust established
by the Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries for the benefit of their employees)
and 100% of any cash capital contribution received by the Obligor from its
shareholders subsequent to the date of this Agreement, plus (ii) the amount by
which Indebtedness of the Obligor is reduced upon the conversion or exchange
(other than by a Subsidiary of the Obligor), including as a result of an
exercise of the right to receive shares of Class A Common Stock of the Obligor
under the Certificates, subsequent to the date of this Agreement of any
Indebtedness of the Obligor convertible or exchangeable for Capital Stock (other
than Disqualified Stock) of the Obligor (less the amount of any cash, or the
fair value of any other property, distributed by the Obligor upon such
conversion or exchange).

                  "Event of Default" means an "Event of Default" (as defined in
the Indenture) has occurred and is continuing in respect of the Debentures or an
"Event of Default" (as defined in the Contingent Appreciation Certificate
Agreement) has occurred and is continuing in respect of the Certificates.

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                  "Free Cash Flow" means 50% of the Consolidated Net Income
accrued on a cumulative basis during the period (treated as one accounting
period) from the beginning of the fiscal quarter immediately following the
fiscal quarter during which this Agreement is dated to the end of the most
recent fiscal quarter ending at least 45 days prior to the date a payment is due
and payable with respect to Assumed Obligations (or, (a) in case such
Consolidated Net Income shall be a deficit, 100% of the Consolidated Adjusted
Net Loss or (b), to the extent such Consolidated Adjusted Net Loss shall not be
a deficit, zero).

                  "Guarantee" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals
to this Agreement.

                  "Hallmark Cards" shall have the meaning set forth in the
recitals to this Agreement.

                  "Indenture Trustee" shall have the meaning set forth in the
recitals to this Agreement.

                  "Indenture" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals
to this Agreement.

                  "Intercompany Payables" shall have the meaning set forth in
the recitals to this Agreement.

                  "Investors" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals
to this Agreement.

                  "Issue Date" means December 17, 2001.

                  "Obligor Subsidiaries" shall have the meaning set forth in the
recitals to this Agreement.

                  "Obligor" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to
this Agreement.

                  "Preferred Securities" shall have the meaning set forth in the
recitals to this Agreement.

                  "Purchase Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in the
recitals to this Agreement.

                  "Senior Obligation Documents" means the Indenture, the
Debentures, the Contingent Appreciation Certificate Agreement, the Certificates,
the Guarantee and the other documents, instruments and agreements contemplated
thereby as they may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, renewed,
replaced or extended from time to time.

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                  "Senior Obligations" means all obligations of the Obligor
under the Senior Obligation Documents, whether outstanding at the date hereof or
hereafter incurred or created, including, without limitation, all obligations to
pay principal, premium, if any, interest (including, without limitation,
interest accruing after the commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar proceedings with respect to the Obligor whether or not
determined to be an allowed claim in any such proceeding), payments, charges,
costs, expenses and fees including, without limitation, all renewals,
extensions, restructurings, refinancings or refunding of any indebtedness or
obligation under the Senior Obligation Documents in the nature of a "workout" or
otherwise.

                  "Subordinated Credit Line" shall have the meaning set forth in
the recitals to this Agreement.

                  "Subordinated Creditors" means Hallmark Cards and those of its
Subsidiaries that provide Subordinated Support pursuant to this Agreement.

                  "Subordinated Hallmark Obligations" means any and all
obligations of the Obligor and the Obligor Subsidiaries (i) to repay the
principal amount of loans or other extensions of credit owed by the Obligor to
Hallmark Cards or its subsidiaries in connection with the Subordinated Support
and the remaining balance owed under the Intercompany Payables on the Issue
Date, which amount shall be $60,229,275.72 as of the Issue Date following
application of the offering proceeds and shall be permanently reduced in
accordance with Section 7 hereof and (ii) arising pursuant to an obligation of
Hallmark Cards or any of its subsidiaries under Section 6 of the Bank
Subordination Agreement.

                  "Subordinated Obligations Documents" has the meaning set forth
in Section 3(a).

                  "Subordinated Support" shall have the meaning set forth in the
recitals to this Agreement.

                  "Trust" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to
this Agreement.

                  2. Agreement to Subordinate. The Subordinated Creditors agree
that the Subordinated Hallmark Obligations are and shall be subordinated and
subject in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set
forth, to the prior payment in full of the Senior Obligations. The Subordinated
Creditors further agree that any and all amounts paid by or recovered from the
Obligor or its Subsidiaries and paid to or recovered by the Subordinated
Creditors pursuant to any guarantees, security interests, mortgages and other
liens securing payment of any Subordinated Hallmark Obligations shall be
subordinate, to the fullest extent permitted by law and as hereinafter set
forth, to the payment in full of the Senior Obligations, and such amounts shall
be paid over to the holders of the Senior Obligations in accordance with Section
4(c) hereof. This Agreement may be enforced by (1) the Indenture Trustee upon
direction from the holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of
Debentures outstanding; (2) if the

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Indenture Trustee fails to promptly act as directed in accordance with the
foregoing clause, the Property Trustee of the Trust, upon direction by the
holders of at least 25% of the outstanding Preferred Securities; and (3) if the
Property Trustee fails to promptly act as directed in accordance with the
foregoing clause, by the holders of at least 25% of the Preferred Securities
outstanding.

                  The expressions "prior payment in full," "payment in full,"
"paid in full" or any other similar term(s) or phrase(s) when used herein with
respect to the Bank Obligations and the Senior Obligations shall mean the
indefeasible payment in full, in cash, of all of the Bank Obligations and Senior
Obligations. Any reference to a party hereto shall include the successors and
permitted assigns of such party.

                  3. Restrictions on Payment of the Subordinated Hallmark
Obligations, Etc.

                  (a) Except in connection with any dissolution, winding up,
liquidation or reorganization of the Obligor or any Subsidiary of the Obligor
(whether voluntary or involuntary and whether in bankruptcy, insolvency or
receivership proceedings, or upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors or
proceedings for voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or other
winding up of the Obligor or any Subsidiary of the Obligor, whether or not
involving insolvency or bankruptcy, or any other marshalling of the assets and
liabilities of the Obligor or any Subsidiary of the Obligor or otherwise) or as
otherwise set forth herein (including, without limitation, Section 3(b)), the
Subordinated Creditors will not ask, demand, sue for, take or receive, directly
or indirectly, from the Obligor or any Subsidiaries of the Obligor, in cash or
other property, by set-off, by realizing upon collateral, foreclosing on any
lien or otherwise, exercise of any remedies or rights under any documents
evidencing Subordinated Hallmark Obligations ("Subordinated Obligations
Documents") or by executions, garnishments, levies, attachments or by any other
action relating to Subordinated Hallmark Obligations, or in any other manner,
payment of, or additional security for, all or any part of the Subordinated
Hallmark Obligations unless and until the Senior Obligations shall have been
paid in full; provided, however, that any and all amounts paid by or recovered
from the Obligor and its Subsidiaries in violation of the foregoing pursuant to
any guarantees, security interests, mortgages and other liens securing payment
of the Subordinated Hallmark Obligations shall be subordinate, to the fullest
extent permitted by law and as hereinafter set forth, to the payment in full of
the Senior Obligations and shall be paid over to the Indenture Trustee for the
benefit of the holders of the Senior Obligations in accordance with Section 4(c)
hereof. The Obligor shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
make any payment on any of the Subordinated Hallmark Obligations, or take any
other action, in contravention of the provisions of this Agreement.

                  (b) Subject to Section 6 hereof, so long as none of the events
contemplated by Section 4(a) hereof shall have occurred, the Obligor may make
payments on the Subordinated Hallmark Obligations to the extent (but only to the
extent) permitted by and in accordance with Section 6(c) of this Agreement.
Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the Obligor from making any payments,
including with respect

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to the Subordinated Hallmark Obligations, in the form of Capital Stock (other
than Disqualified Stock) of the Obligor.

                  (c) Hallmark Cards further acknowledges and agrees that,
except in connection with any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or
reorganization of the Obligor or any Subsidiary of the Obligor (whether
voluntary or involuntary and whether in bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership
proceedings, or upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors or proceedings
for voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of the
Obligor or any Subsidiary of the Obligor, whether or not involving insolvency or
bankruptcy, or any other marshalling of the assets and liabilities of the
Obligor or any Subsidiary of the Obligor or otherwise) or as otherwise set forth
herein, the Subordinated Creditors will not accept any security for the
Subordinated Hallmark Obligations unless and until the Senior Obligations have
been paid in full; provided, however, that any and all amounts paid by or
recovered from the Obligor and its Subsidiaries in violation of the foregoing
pursuant to any guarantees, security interests, mortgages and other liens
securing payment of the Subordinated Hallmark Obligations shall be subordinate,
to the fullest extent permitted by law and as hereinafter set forth, to the
payment in full of the Senior Obligations and shall be paid over to the
Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the holders of the Senior Obligations in
accordance with Section 4(c) hereof.

                  4. Additional Provisions Concerning Subordination. Hallmark
Cards and the Obligor agree as follows:

                  (a) in the event of (i) any dissolution, winding up,
liquidation or reorganization of the Obligor or any Subsidiary of the Obligor
(whether voluntary or involuntary and whether in bankruptcy, insolvency or
receivership proceedings, or upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors or
proceedings for voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or other
winding up of the Obligor or any Subsidiary of the Obligor, whether or not
involving insolvency or bankruptcy, or any other marshalling of the assets and
liabilities of the Obligor or any Subsidiary of the Obligor or otherwise); or
(ii) any Event of Default or an event which with notice and/or passage of time
would constitute an Event of Default, any default under the Certificates, the
Contingent Appreciation Certificate Agreement or the Guarantee, or any default,
demand for payment or acceleration of maturity regarding the Subordinated
Hallmark Obligations:

                        (i) all Senior Obligations shall be paid first to the
Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the holders of the Senior Obligations, in
full before any payment or distribution is made upon the principal of or
interest on or any fees, costs, charges or expenses in connection with the
Subordinated Hallmark Obligations, and before any other action described in
Section 3 or 8 hereof is taken by the Subordinated Creditors; and

                        (ii) any payment or distribution of assets of the
Obligor or any Obligor Subsidiary, whether in cash, property or securities, to
which any of the Subordinated Creditors would be entitled except for the
provisions hereof, shall be paid

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or delivered by the Obligor or any Subsidiary of the Obligor, or any receiver,
trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, disbursing agent, agent or other
Person making such payment or distribution, to the Indenture Trustee, for the
benefit of the holders of Senior Obligations, in each case to the extent
necessary to pay in full all Senior Obligations remaining unpaid, after giving
effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the Indenture Trustee for
the benefit of the holders of the Senior Obligations before any payment or
distribution is made to the Subordinated Creditors.

                  (b) In any proceeding referred to or resulting from any event
referred to in subsection (a) of this Section 4 commenced by or against the
Obligor or any Obligor Subsidiary:

                        (i) The following Persons are hereby irrevocably
authorized and empowered (in their own names or in the name of the appropriate
Subordinated Creditors or otherwise) to, (i) demand, sue for, collect and
receive every payment or distribution referred to in subsection (a) of this
Section 4 and give acquittance therefor, (ii) file claims and proofs of claim in
respect of the Subordinated Hallmark Obligations and (iii) take such other
action as such party may deem necessary or advisable for the exercise or
enforcement of any of the rights or interests hereunder:

                             (1) the Indenture Trustee, upon direction by the
holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of Debentures
outstanding;

                             (2) if the Indenture Trustee fails to promptly act
as directed in accordance with the foregoing clause, the Property Trustee of the
Trust, upon direction by the holders of at least 25% of the outstanding
Preferred Securities; and

                             (3) if the Property Trustee fails to promptly act
as directed in accordance with the foregoing clause, by the holders of at least
25% of the Preferred Securities outstanding.

                  Any of the above Persons shall provide Hallmark Cards with
prior written notice, to the extent reasonably possible, in the event any such
Person waives or compromises any claim in respect of the Subordinated Hallmark
Obligations; and

                        (ii) The Subordinated Creditors will duly and promptly
take such action as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably request to collect the
Subordinated Hallmark Obligations for the account of the Indenture Trustee for
the benefit of the holders of the Senior Obligations and to file appropriate
claims or proofs of claim with respect thereto, to execute and deliver to the
Indenture Trustee such powers of attorney, assignments or other instruments as
the Indenture Trustee may request in order to enable it to enforce any and all
claims with respect to the Subordinated Hallmark Obligations, and to collect and
receive any and all payments or distributions which may be payable or
deliverable upon or with respect to the Subordinated Hallmark Obligations.

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                  (c) All recoveries, payments or distributions upon or with
respect to the Subordinated Hallmark Obligations which are received by the
Subordinated Creditors prior to the payment in full of the Senior Obligations or
otherwise contrary to the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to be the
property of the holders of the Senior Obligations, shall be received in trust
for the benefit of the holders of the Senior Obligations, shall be segregated
from other funds and property held by the Subordinated Creditors and shall be
forthwith paid over to the holders of the Senior Obligations in the same form as
so received (with any necessary endorsement) to be applied to the payment or
prepayment of the Senior Obligations until the Senior Obligations shall have
been paid in full.

                  (d) The Subordinated Creditors shall not take any action to
impair or otherwise adversely affect the foreclosure of, or other realization of
the rights of the holders of the Senior Obligations.

                  (e) (1) the Indenture Trustee, upon direction by the holders
of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of Debentures outstanding; (2)
if the Indenture Trustee fails to promptly act as directed in accordance with
the foregoing clause, the Property Trustee of the Trust, upon direction by the
holders of at least 25% of the outstanding Preferred Securities; and (3) if the
Property Trustee fails to promptly act as directed in accordance with the
foregoing clause, by the holders of at least 25% of the Preferred Securities
outstanding, are each authorized to demand specific performance of this
Agreement at any time when the Subordinated Creditors shall have failed to
comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement, and the Subordinated
Creditors hereby irrevocably waive any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy
at law which might be asserted as a bar to such remedy of specific performance.

                  5. Subrogation. The Subordinated Creditors agree that no
payment or distribution to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the holders
of Senior Obligations pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement shall entitle
the Subordinated Creditors to exercise any rights of subrogation in respect
thereof until the Senior Obligations shall have been paid in full.

                  6. Obligation to Provide Subordinated Support and Assumed
Obligations Support.

                  (a) Until the Senior Obligations are paid in full, Hallmark
Cards covenants and agrees to directly or indirectly loan the Obligor
$75,000,000 in such increments as requested hereunder pursuant to the
Subordinated Credit Line. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the
following parties may make a demand on Hallmark Cards to loan to the Obligor an
amount equal to the undrawn Subordinated Credit Line, if any: (i) the Indenture
Trustee, upon direction by the holders of at least 25% of the aggregate
principal amount of Debentures outstanding, or (ii) if the Indenture Trustee
fails to promptly act as directed in accordance with clause (i), the Property
Trustee of the Trust, upon direction by the holders of at least 25% of the
outstanding Preferred Securities or (iii) if the Property Trustee fails to
promptly act as directed in

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accordance with clause (ii), by the holders of at least 25% of the Preferred
Securities outstanding. The Subordinated Credit Line may not be reduced except
as provided in this Section 6(a) or Section 6(c). Loans in respect of the
Assumed Obligations Support shall not reduce the Subordinated Credit Line. Any
amounts the Company receives under any letter of credit or pursuant to any
guarantee or similar arrangement in respect of Subordinated Hallmark
Obligations, in either case where such letter of credit, guarantee or
arrangement is provided in connection with the Credit Agreement, shall be deemed
to constitute loans made by Hallmark Cards pursuant to the Subordinated Credit
Line under this Section 6(a).

                  (b) (i) Subject to reduction pursuant to Section 6(c)(i)
hereof and subject to Section 6(b)(ii) hereof, until the earlier of the
termination of this Agreement and such time as the Senior Obligations are paid
in full, Hallmark Cards covenants and agrees to directly or indirectly loan the
Obligor the Assumed Obligations Support in an amount necessary to pay, when due,
the Assumed Obligations. Obligor agrees that it will utilize only (A) such loan
proceeds received from Hallmark Cards pursuant to this Section 6(b)(i), (B) Free
Cash Flow, (C) Equity Proceeds, (D) Subordinated Obligations (as defined in the
Indenture), or (E) unless a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, sources other than as set forth in the foregoing clauses (A), (B),
(C) or (D) in an amount up to $40,000,000 in the aggregate to pay such Assumed
Obligations. The Obligor agrees to make payments on such Assumed Obligations
only when they become due and payable. Drawings under the Subordinated Credit
Line shall not be applied to repay, and shall not reduce, Hallmark Cards'
obligations with respect to the Assumed Obligations Support.

                        (ii) Hallmark Cards shall not, directly or indirectly be
obligated to loan or advance the amount of such Assumed Obligations to the
extent Obligor pays Assumed Obligations from the sources set forth in clauses
(B) through (E) of paragraph (b)(i) above. In the event that the Obligor makes a
payment on the Assumed Obligations other than from the sources set forth in
clauses (A) through (E) of paragraph (b)(i) above, the following parties may
make a demand on Hallmark Cards to loan to the Obligor an amount equal to such
payment, under the Assumed Obligations Support: (A) the Indenture Trustee, upon
direction by the holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of
Debentures outstanding, or (B) if the Indenture Trustee fails to promptly act as
directed in accordance with clause (A), the Property Trustee of the Trust, upon
direction by the holders of at least 25% of the outstanding Preferred Securities
or (C) if the Property Trustee fails to promptly act as directed in accordance
with clause (B), by the holders of at least 25% of the Preferred Securities
outstanding.

                  (c) (i) Hallmark Cards' obligations to provide the Assumed
Obligations Support shall be reduced, including with respect to the termination
of Hallmark Cards' commitment to advance or loan amounts under the Assumed
Obligations Support, to the extent the Obligor (A) utilizes Free Cash Flow to
pay Assumed Obligations, (B) utilizes Equity Proceeds to pay Assumed
Obligations, (C) refinances all or a portion of the Assumed Obligations with
"Subordinated Obligations" (as defined in the Indenture) or (D) utilizes up to
$40,000,000 in the aggregate from

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sources other than as set forth in the foregoing clauses (A), (B) or (C) (and
other than proceeds from the Subordinated Credit Line) to pay Assumed
Obligations and, in the case of clause (A) or (B), respectively, excludes (x)
such Free Cash Flow or Equity Proceeds from the calculation of amounts available
to make Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 4.05 of the Indenture and (y)
amounts used to reduce Hallmark Cards' obligations to provide the Subordinated
Support under Section 6(c)(ii) below or to reduce the Intercompany Payables
under Section 7.

                        (ii) Hallmark Cards' obligations to provide the
Subordinated Credit Line shall be reduced, including with respect to the
termination of Hallmark Cards' commitment to advance or loan amounts under the
Subordinated Credit Line, to the extent the Obligor (A) utilizes Free Cash Flow
to repay amounts drawn under, or reduce commitments under, the Subordinated
Credit Line, (B) utilizes Equity Proceeds to repay amounts drawn under, or
reduce commitments under, the Subordinated Credit Line or (C) refinances all or
a portion of the Subordinated Credit Line with "Subordinated Obligations" (as
defined in the Indenture) and, in the case of clause (A) or (B), respectively,
excludes (x) such Free Cash Flow or Equity Proceeds from the calculation of
amounts available to make Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 4.05 of the
Indenture and (y) amounts used to reduce Hallmark Cards' obligations to provide
Assumed Obligations Support pursuant to Section 6(c)(i) above or to reduce the
Intercompany Payables pursuant to Section 7.

                        (iii) To the extent Hallmark Cards' commitment to
provide Subordinated Support is reduced pursuant to this Section 6(c), such
commitment shall thereafter be permanently terminated

                  (d) Hallmark Cards shall be obligated to directly or
indirectly loan the Subordinated Support in accordance with this Section 6
whether or not an Event of Default shall have occurred.

                  (e) The release of any of the Subordinated Creditors from the
obligations set forth in this Section 6 shall not affect the other provisions of
this Agreement including but not limited to the subordination provisions
contained herein.

                  7. Intercompany Payables. The Obligor shall not repay, and
each party to the Intercompany Payables agrees that it will not accept any
payment with respect to, any outstanding amounts under the Intercompany Payables
to the extent such amounts constitute Subordinated Hallmark Obligations from any
source other than (A) Free Cash Flow, (B) Equity Proceeds or (C) Subordinated
Obligations (as defined in the Indenture), to the extent, in the case of clause
(A) or (B) respectively, such Free Cash Flow or Equity Proceeds are (x) excluded
from the calculation of amounts available to make Restricted Payments pursuant
to Section 4.05 of the Indenture and (y) not used to reduce Hallmark Cards'
obligations to provide the Subordinated Support under Sections 6(c)(i) or
6(c)(ii) above.

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                  8. Legend. The Subordinated Creditors and the Obligor will
cause each promissory note or other instrument evidencing any of the
Subordinated Hallmark Obligations, any replacement thereof and any mortgage or
security document relating thereto to include or have endorsed thereon the
following provision, in addition to any other similar provision thereon:

                  "The indebtedness evidenced by this instrument is subordinated
                  to other indebtedness pursuant to, and to the extent provided
                  in, and is otherwise subject to the terms of, the
                  Subordination and Support Agreement, dated as of December 17,
                  2001, as amended or supplemented by and among Crown Media
                  Holdings, Inc., various of its Subsidiaries, Crown Media
                  Trust, Hallmark Cards Incorporation, JPMorgan Chase Bank, as
                  Indenture Trustee and the holders of the Certificates named
                  therein."

                  9. Negative Covenants of the Subordinated Creditors. So long
as any of the Senior Obligations shall remain outstanding, the Subordinated
Creditors will not, without the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee:

                  (a) sell, assign, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of any
instrument evidencing the Subordinated Hallmark Obligations or any collateral
securing the Subordinated Hallmark Obligations unless such sale, assignment,
pledge, encumbrance or other disposition is made expressly subject to this
Agreement and the other party to such sale, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or
other disposition consents in writing to be bound by the terms hereof;

                  (b) permit the terms of the Subordinated Obligation Documents
or collateral securing any Subordinated Hallmark Obligations to be changed in
any way which would limit or impair these subordination provisions, or accept
any collateral;

                  (c) declare all or any portion of the Subordinated Hallmark
Obligations due and payable prior to the date fixed therefor or realize upon, or
otherwise exercise any remedies with respect to, any collateral securing the
Subordinated Hallmark Obligations or take any other action described in Section
2 hereof; or

                  (d) commence, or join with any entity other than the holders
of Senior Obligations or lenders under the Credit Agreement in commencing, any
proceeding referred to in subsection (a) of Section 4 hereof.

                  10. Obligations Unconditional. All rights and interests of the
holders of Senior Obligations hereunder, and all agreements and obligations of
the Subordinated Creditors, the Obligor and the Obligor Subsidiaries hereunder,
shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:

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                  (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Senior
Obligation Document or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;

                  (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or
in any other term of, all or any of the Senior Obligations, or any other
amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from any document evidencing
Senior Obligations;

                  (c) any exchange, release or nonperfection of any collateral,
or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any
guaranty, for all or any of the Senior Obligations; or

                  (d) any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a
defense available to, or a discharge of, either the Obligor or any Subsidiary of
the Obligor in respect of the Senior Obligations or of the Subordinated
Creditors, the Obligor or any Subsidiary of the Obligor in respect of this
Agreement other than the payment in full of the Senior Obligations.

                  11. Subordination to Senior Indebtedness. All payments by the
Obligor or any Subordinated Creditor (a) to the Indenture Trustee for the
benefit of the holders of Senior Indebtedness or to other holders of Senior
Obligations pursuant to this Agreement shall be subordinated and junior in right
of payment to the prior payment in full of all "Senior Indebtedness" (as defined
in the Indenture) of the Obligor, whether outstanding on the date hereof or
thereafter incurred, to the extent and in the manner set forth in Article XIII
of the Indenture with respect to the Debentures issued pursuant thereto, and (b)
to the holders of Certificates pursuant to this Agreement shall be subordinated
in right of payment to the same extent as set forth in Article XII of the
Contingent Appreciation Certificate Agreement.

                  12. Representations and Warranties. Hallmark Cards represents
and warrants as follows:

                  (a) Enforceability. This Agreement has been duly and validly
authorized by Hallmark Cards and, when duly executed and delivered by each of
Hallmark Cards and the other parties thereto, will be the valid and binding
obligation of Hallmark Cards, enforceable against Hallmark Cards in accordance
with its terms, except (i) as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws affecting creditors' rights and remedies generally and (ii) as to
general principles of equity, regardless of whether the same is sought in a
proceeding at law or in equity.

                  (b) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement by Hallmark Cards and its subsidiaries, the compliance by
Hallmark Cards and its subsidiaries with all the provisions hereof and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) require any
consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or qualification with, any
court or governmental body or agency (except such as have been obtained or made
by Hallmark Cards), (ii) conflict with or constitute a

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breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or a default under, the charter or
by-laws of the Hallmark Cards of any of its Significant Subsidiaries (as defined
in Regulation S-X); or (iii) any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or
other agreement or instrument to which Hallmark Cards or any of its Subsidiaries
is a party or by which Hallmark Cards or any of its subsidiaries or their
respective property is bound; except in the case of clauses (i) through (iii),
as would not have a material adverse effect on the business, prospects,
financial condition or results of operations of Hallmark Cards and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the ability of Hallmark Cards to perform its
obligations under this Agreement.

                  (c) No Disposition of Shares. Except as disclosed on Schedule
12(c) hereto, during the 30 consecutive Business Days immediately preceding the
date hereof, neither Hallmark Cards nor any affiliate thereof has purchased,
acquired, sold, transferred, conveyed, mortgaged or otherwise disposed of, or
undertaken, agreed or promised (whether orally or in writing) to acquire,
purchase, sell, transfer, convey, mortgage or otherwise dispose of (i) any
shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 (the "Common Stock"), of the
Obligor, (ii) any option, warrant, convertible or derivative security or
instrument, exercisable to, convertible into, or exchangeable for, Common Stock
or (iii) any other right in respect of any Common Stock.

                  13. Further Assurances. The Subordinated Creditors, the
Obligor and any Subsidiaries of the Obligor that become subject to the
provisions of this Agreement will, at their own expense and at any time and from
time to time, promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and
documents, and take all further action that the Indenture Trustee or other
Persons authorized hereunder may reasonably request, in order to perfect or
otherwise protect any right or interest granted or purported to be granted
hereby or to enable the Indenture Trustee or such other Persons authorized
hereunder to exercise and enforce their rights and remedies hereunder.

                  14. Expenses. The Obligor agrees to pay to the Indenture
Trustee or such other Persons authorized to enforce rights or interests
hereunder, the amount of any and all reasonable expenses of counsel, one lead
counsel and any requisite local counsel, which it may incur in connection with
the exercise or enforcement of any of its rights or interests hereunder,
provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Obligor shall only be
obligated to pay the expenses of one lead counsel and any requisite local
counsel.

                  15. Notice. All demands, notices and other communications
which any party hereto may desire or may be required to give to any other party
hereunder shall be in writing (including telegraphic communication) and shall be
mailed, telecopied, telegraphed or delivered to such other party at its address
as follows:

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                  (a)      to the Obligor at:

                           Crown Media Holdings, Inc.
                           6430 S. Fiddlers Green Circle
                           Suite 500
                           Greenwood Village, CO  80111
                           Attn:    Charles Stanford, Esq.
                           Fax:     (303) 221-3779

                  (b)      to the Subordinated Creditors at:

                           Hallmark Cards Incorporated
                           2501 McGee, P.O. 419126, Mail Drop # 339
                           Kansas City, MO 64108
                           Attn:    General Counsel
                           Fax:     (816) 274-7171

                  (c)      To the Trust at:

                           Crown Media Trust
                           6430 S. Fiddlers Green Circle
                           Suite 500
                           Greenwood Village, CO  80111
                           Attn:    Mark Thompson
                           Fax:     (303) 220-7660

                  (d)      To the Indenture Trustee or the Property Trustee at:

                           JPMorgan Chase Bank
                           450 West 33rd Street
                           15th floor
                           New York, NY  10011
                           Attn:    Institutional Trust Services

or to the holders of Certificates at the corresponding address set forth with
their respective names on the signature pages hereto and any such party at such
other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to each
other party, complying as to delivery with the terms of this Section 13. All
such demands, notices, and other communications shall be effective when received
or five business days after mailing, whichever is earlier.

                  16. Service of Process. THE SUBORDINATED CREDITORS (A) HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK AND THE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF BROUGHT
BY THE AGENT OR ITS SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS AND (B) HEREBY WAIVE AND AGREE NOT TO

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ASSERT, BY WAY OF MOTION, AS A DEFENSE, OR OTHERWISE, IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION
OR PROCEEDING, ANY CLAIM THAT THEY ARE NOT SUBJECT PERSONALLY TO THE
JURISDICTION OF THE ABOVE-NAMED COURTS, THAT THEIR PROPERTY IS EXEMPT OR IMMUNE
FROM ATTACHMENT OR EXECUTION, THAT THE SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN
AN INCONVENIENT FORUM, THAT THE VENUE OF THE SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS
IMPROPER OR THAT THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF MAY NOT BE ENFORCED
IN OR BY SUCH COURT, AND (C) HEREBY WAIVE IN ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING
ANY OFFSETS OR COUNTERCLAIMS (EXCEPT FOR COMPULSORY COUNTERCLAIMS). THE
SUBORDINATED CREDITORS AND THE OBLIGOR AND ANY SUBSIDIARIES OF THE OBLIGOR THAT
BECOME SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY CONSENT TO SERVICE OF
PROCESS BY REGISTERED MAIL AT THE ADDRESS TO WHICH NOTICES ARE TO BE GIVEN. THE
SUBORDINATED CREDITORS AGREE THAT SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION AND CONSENT TO
SERVICE OF PROCESSES BY MAIL IS MADE FOR THE EXPRESS BENEFIT OF THE HOLDERS OF
SENIOR OBLIGATIONS. FINAL JUDGMENT AGAINST THE SUBORDINATED CREDITORS IN ANY
SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER
JURISDICTIONS (A) BY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ON THE JUDGMENT, A CERTIFIED OR
TRUE COPY OF WHICH SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF THE FACT AND OF THE AMOUNT OF
ANY INDEBTEDNESS OR LIABILITY OF THE SUBORDINATED CREDITORS THEREIN DESCRIBED,
OR (B) IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY OR PURSUANT TO THE LAWS OF SUCH OTHER
JURISDICTION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE HOLDERS OF SENIOR OBLIGATIONS MAY AT
THEIR OPTION BRING SUIT, OR INSTITUTE OTHER JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS, AGAINST THE
SUBORDINATED CREDITORS OR ANY OF THEIR ASSETS IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF
THE UNITED STATES OR OF ANY COUNTRY OR PLACE WHERE THE SUBORDINATED CREDITORS OR
THEIR ASSETS MAY BE FOUND.

                  17. Miscellaneous.

                  (a) No amendment of any provision of this Agreement shall be
effective unless it is in writing and signed by the Subordinated Creditors, the
Obligor, the Indenture Trustee and the holders of at least a majority of the
Certificates then outstanding, and no waiver of any provision of this Agreement,
and no consent to any departure therefrom, shall be effective unless it is in
writing and signed by the Indenture Trustee and the holders of at least a
majority of the Certificates then outstanding, and any such waiver or consent
shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose
for which given.

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                  (b) No failure on the part of the holders of Senior
Obligations to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall
operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right.

                  (c) Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity without invalidating
the remaining portions hereof or thereof or affecting the validity or
enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

                  (d) This Agreement shall be binding on the Subordinated
Creditors, the Obligor and the Subsidiaries of the Obligor, and their respective
successors and assigns including without limitation any holders of the
instruments evidencing the Subordinated Hallmark Obligations.

                  (e) This Agreement  may be executed by one or more of the
parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of
said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same
instrument.

                  (f) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts to be
fully performed within the State of New York.

                  (g) Hallmark Cards agrees that it shall take whatever action
is necessary to bind each of the Subordinated Creditors to the terms of this
Agreement including, but not limited to, obtaining the agreement of such other
Subordinated Creditors to the Submission to Jurisdiction provisions contained in
Section 14 hereof. Hallmark Cards agrees to be responsible to the holders of the
Senior Obligations for the performance by the other Subordinated Creditors of
their obligations hereunder.

                  (h) The Obligor agrees that it shall take whatever action is
necessary to bind each of its Subsidiaries that become obligated under any of
the Subordinated Hallmark Obligations to the terms of this Agreement including,
but not limited to, obtaining the agreement of such Subsidiaries to the
Submission to Jurisdiction provisions contained in Section 14 hereof. The
Obligor agrees to be responsible to the holders of the Senior Obligations for
the performance by its Subsidiaries of their obligations hereunder.

                  (i) This Agreement is intended for the sole benefit of the
holders of the Senior Obligations, including the Indenture Trustee, the Trust,
any other holders of the Debentures, the holders of the Preferred Securities and
the holders of the Certificates, and their respective successors and assigns and
nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any
other Person, any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature
whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall
require or permit any action to be taken or power to be held that is
inconsistent with the status of the Trust as a "grantor trust" for United States
federal income tax purposes.

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company, the Trust, Hallmark Cards,
the Indenture Trustee, the Property Trustee and each Investor have executed this
Subordination and Support Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

                           CROWN MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.

                           By: /S/  William J. Aliber
                               -------------------------------------------------
                               Name:  William J. Aliber
                               Title: Chief Financial Officer

                           CROWN MEDIA TRUST

                           By: /s/  William J. Aliber
                               -------------------------------------------------
                               Name:  William J. Aliber
                               Title: Regular Trustee

                           HALLMARK CARDS, INCORPORATED

                           By: /s/  Judith Whittaker
                               -------------------------------------------------
                               Name:  Judith Whittaker
                               Title: Executive Vice President - General Counsel

                           JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Indenture Trustee

                           By: /s/  Carol Ng
                               -------------------------------------------------
                               Name:  Carol Ng
                               Title: Vice President

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                           JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Property Trustee

                           By: /s/  Carol Ng
                               -------------------------------------------------
                               Name:  Carol Ng
                               Title: Vice President

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                           INVESTORS

                                FARALLON CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.
                                By:  FARALLON PARTNERS, L.L.C., its General
                                Partner

                                By:  /s/  William F. Duhamel
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name:  William F. Duhamel
                                     Title: Managing Member

                                FARALLON CAPITAL INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS, L.P.
                                By:  FARALLON PARTNERS, L.L.C., its General
                                Partner

                                By:  /s/  William F. Duhamel
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name:  William F. Duhamel
                                     Title: Managing Member

                                FARALLON CAPITAL INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS II, L.P.
                                By:  FARALLON PARTNERS, L.L.C., its General
                                Partner

                                By:  /s/  William F. Duhamel
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name:  William F. Duhamel
                                     Title: Managing Member

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                               FARALLON CAPITAL INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS III, L.P.
                               By:  FARALLON PARTNERS, L.L.C., its General
                               Partner

                               By:  /s/  William F. Duhamel
                                    --------------------------------------------
                                    Name:  William F. Duhamel
                                    Title: Managing Member

                               RR CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.
                               By:  FARALLON PARTNERS, L.L.C., its General
                               Partner

                               By:  /s/  William F. Duhamel
                                    --------------------------------------------
                                    Name:  William F. Duhamel
                                    Title: Managing Member

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                                DLJ INVESTMENT PARTNERS II, L.P.

                                By:  /s/  Edward Tam
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name:  Edward Tam
                                     Title: Principal

                                DLJ INVESTMENT PARTNERS, L.P.

                                By:  /s/  Edward Tam
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name:  Edward Tam
                                     Title: Principal

                                DLJIP II Holdings, L.P.

                                By:  /s/  Edward Tam
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name:  Edward Tam
                                     Title: Principal

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                                TORONTO DOMINION INVESTMENTS, INC.

                                By:  /s/  Martha L. Gariepy
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name:  Martha L. Gariepy
                                     Title: Vice President

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                                JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

                                By:  /s/  Stephen J. Blewitt
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name:  Stephen J. Blewitt
                                     Title: Managing Director

                                JOHN HANCOCK VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

                                By:  /s/  Stephen J. Blewitt
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name:  Stephen J. Blewitt
                                     Title: Authorized Signatory

                                SIGNATURE 5 L.P.

                                By:  /s/  Stephen J. Blewitt
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name:  Stephen J. Blewitt
                                     Title: Managing Director

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                                TEACHERS INSURANCE AND ANNUITY ASSOCIATION OF
                                AMERICA

                                By:  /s/  Estelle Simsolo
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name:  Estelle Simsolo
                                     Title: Director - Private Placement

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                                NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

                                By:  /s/  S. Thomas Knoff
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name:  Thomas Knoff
                                     Title: Investment Vice President

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                                ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

                                By:  /s/  Ronald A. Mendel
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name: Ronald A. Mendel

                                By:  /s/  Patricia W. Wilson
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name: Patricia W. Wilson

                                              Authorized Signatories

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                                MAGNETITE ASSET INVESTORS III L.L.C.

                                By: BLACKROCK FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
                                As Managing Member

                                By:  /s/  Dennis M. Schaney
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name:  Dennis M. Schaney
                                     Title: Managing Director

                                MAGNETITE ASSET INVESTORS L.L.C.

                                By: BLACKROCK FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
                                As Managing Member

                                By:  /s/  Dennis M. Schaney
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name:  Dennis M. Schaney
                                     Title: Managing Director

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                                ARTHUR STREET FUND, L.P.

                                By: MLIM DivPEP I, LLC, its
                                       general partner

                                       By: MLIM Private Equity, L.P., its member
                                           manager

                                       By: Portfolio Administration & Management
                                           Ltd., its general partner

                                By:  /s/  Piers W. W. Cheyne
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name:  Piers W. W. Cheyne
                                     Title: Vice President

                                ARTHUR STREET PORTFOLIO, L.P.

                                By: MLIM DivPEP I, LLC, its managing
                                       general partner

                                       By: MLIM Private Equity, L.P., its member
                                           manager

                                       By: Portfolio Administration &
                                           Management Ltd., its general partner

                                By:  /s/  Piers W. W. Cheyne
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name:  Piers W. W. Cheyne
                                     Title: Vice President

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                                VESEY STREET FUND, L.P.

                                By: MLIM DivPEP I, LLC, its
                                       general partner

                                       By: MLIM Private Equity, L.P., its member
                                           manager

                                       By: Portfolio Administration & Management
                                           Ltd., its general partner

                                By:  /s/  Piers W. W. Cheyne
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name:  Piers W. W. Cheyne
                                     Title: Vice President

                                VESEY STREET PORTFOLIO, L.P.

                                By: MLIM DivPEP I, LLC, its managing
                                       general partner

                                       By: MLIM Private Equity, L.P., its member
                                           manager

                                       By: Portfolio Administration & Management
                                           Ltd., its general partner

                                By:  /s/  Piers W. W. Cheyne
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name:  Piers W. W. Cheyne
                                     Title: Vice President

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                                PASSAGE PORTFOLIO, L.P.

                                By: MLIM DivPEP I, LLC, its managing
                                       general partner

                                       By: MLIM Private Equity, L.P., its member
                                           manager

                                       By: Portfolio Administration & Management
                                           Ltd., its general partner

                                By:  /s/  Piers W. W. Cheyne
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name:  Piers W. W. Cheyne
                                     Title: Vice President

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                                MONY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

                                By:  /s/  Leonard Mazlish
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name:  Leonard Mazlish
                                     Title: Authorized Agent

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Acknowledged and Agreed to as of the date set forth above.

HC Crown Corporation

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

HALLMARK ENTERTAINMENT DISTRIBUTION, LLC

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

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                                   EXHIBIT A:

                                     Form of

                                 PROMISSORY NOTE

Amount:  $75,000,000                              Date:  As of December 17, 2001
                                                         Wilmington, Delaware

SECTION 1. SUBORDINATION.

                  The indebtedness evidenced by this instrument is subordinated
to other indebtedness pursuant to, and to the extent provided in, and is
otherwise subject to the terms of each of (a) the Subordination and Support
Agreement dated as of August 31, 2001, as amended or supplemented by and among
Crown Media Holdings, Inc., a Delaware company (the "Company"), various of its
subsidiaries, JPMorgan Chase Bank (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank),
as Agent for various Lenders and the Issuing Bank, and Hallmark Cards,
Incorporated (the "Bank Subordination Agreement") and (b) the Subordination and
Support Agreement dated as of December 11, 2001 by and among the Company,
various of its subsidiaries, Crown Media Trust, Hallmark Cards, Incorporated and
JPMorgan Chase Bank, as the trustee under the Indenture (defined below) and
other parties signatory thereto ("Subordination and Support Agreement"). Even
though HC Crown Corp., a Delaware corporation ("HC"), is not a signatory to the
Bank Subordination Agreement, it agrees to be bound by the terms thereof as if
it were a "Subordinated Creditor" as that term is defined in the Bank
Subordination Agreement and as if the obligations of the Company pursuant to
this Promissory Note were explicitly enumerated as being included in the
Subordinated Obligations as defined in the Bank Subordination Agreement.

SECTION 2. PROMISE TO PAY.

                  For value received, the Company and those Guarantors signatory
hereto ("Guarantors"), hereby promise to pay to the order of HC, at such place
as HC may, from time to time specify in writing, the principal amount
outstanding under this Note together with all fees and accrued interest no later
than the Maturity Date and in accordance with Section 6 hereof.

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SECTION 3. DEFINITIONS.

                  "Affiliate" means, with respect to any party, any entity which
directly or indirectly holds a controlling interest in, is controlled by or
under common control with such party.

                  "Applicable Interest Rate" means for any day with respect to
any LIBOR loan, the amount set forth in Section 5 hereof.

                  "Bank Facility" means that certain Credit, Security, Guaranty
and Pledge Agreement of the Company with JPMorgan Chase Bank (formerly known as
The Chase Manhattan Bank) as Agent, and certain Lenders identified therein dated
as of August 31, 2001 as amended or supplemented.

                  "Company" has the meaning specified in Section 1 hereof.

                  "Debentures" means the debentures authenticated and delivered
pursuant to the Indenture.

                  "Equity Proceeds" has the meaning specified in the
Subordination and Support Agreement.

                  "Free Cash Flow" has the meaning specified in the
Subordination and Support Agreement.

                  "HC" has the meaning specified in Section 1 hereof.

                  "Indebtedness" means all obligations of borrowed money
(including capital leases, notes payable and letters of credit) of the Company,
its subsidiaries, or of any acquired business (without duplication) including
contingent liabilities.

                  "Indenture" means that certain Indenture dated as of December
11, 2001 between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank as Trustee, whereby the
Company has issued its 6.75% Subordinated Debentures due 2007.

                  "LIBOR" means the three month rate published the first day of
each quarter in the Wall Street Journal.

                  "Limited Guarantee" has the meaning specified in the Bank
Facility.

                  "Maturity Date" means the earlier of (x) December 21, 2007,
(y) such time as the Maximum Amount has been reduced to zero and (z) six months
subsequent to the later of the date of the redemption of the Debentures and the
payment of Certificates and the termination of the commitments and all
obligations under the Bank Facility.

                  "Maximum Amount" means as of the time of any computation,
$75,000,000 less the sum of (i) any loan amounts previously advanced to the
Company and still outstanding under this Note, (ii) any amounts the Company
receives under the Replacement Hallmark Cards Letter of Credit and any amounts
advanced under the

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Limited Guarantee, (iii) Free Cash Flow applied in the manner permitted by
Section 6(c) of the Subordination and Support Agreement to reduce the commitment
hereunder, (iv) Equity Proceeds applied in the manner permitted by Section 6(c)
of the Subordination and Support Agreement to reduce the commitment hereunder
and (v) any portion of the Note refinanced with any indebtedness which is
subordinate or junior in right of payment to all obligations under the Bank
Facility and the Debentures and the Contingent Appreciation Certificates
(pursuant to a written agreement to that effect executed by the Person to whom
such indebtedness is owed). HC shall have no obligation to make loans under this
Note in an amount in excess of the Maximum Amount. To the extent that the
Maximum Amount decreases subsequent to the making of any loans hereunder, the
amount by which the outstanding principal amount of the loans exceeds the
Maximum Amount shall be subject to repayment to the extent allowed by the terms
of the Bank Subordination Agreement and the Subordination and Support Agreement.

                  "Replacement Hallmark Cards Letter of Credit" has the meaning
specified in the Bank Facility.

SECTION 4. USE OF PROCEEDS.

                  The proceeds of this Note shall be used: (i) to acquire,
distribute and market film and television related properties, and (ii) for
general corporate purposes.

SECTION 5. AVAILABILITY.

                  HC agrees to make the Maximum Amount available to the Company
in accordance with the terms hereof only at such time as the Company shall have
borrowed all amounts then available to it under the Bank Facility (giving effect
to all of the conditions precedent, restrictions and other terms of the Bank
Facility).

SECTION 6. INTEREST.

                  SECTION 6.1 Loans provided hereunder shall bear interest at a
rate equal to LIBOR plus three percent (3%). Interest shall be payable quarterly
as defined in Section 7.1. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the
Applicable Interest Rate plus 2% per annum shall apply on all outstanding loans.

                  SECTION 6.2 All calculations of interest and fees shall be
made on the basis of actual number of days elapsed in a 360-day year.

                  SECTION 6.3 In the event the interest provisions of this Note
shall result, because of (a) the reduction of principal, or (b) any other reason
related or unrelated to such interest provisions at any time during the life of
the loan or any combination of (a) and (b), in an effective rate of interest
which, for any period of time, exceeds the limits of the usury laws or any other
law applicable to the loan evidenced hereby, all sums in excess of those
lawfully collectible as interest for the period in question shall, without
further agreement or notice between or by any party hereto, be applied to
principal

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immediately upon receipt of such monies by HC with the same force and effect as
though the Company had specifically designated such extra sums to be so applied
to principal and HC had agreed to accept such extra payment(s) as a premium-free
prepayment.

SECTION 7. REPAYMENT AND MANDATORY PREPAYMENT.

                  SECTION 7.1 The obligation evidenced by this Note shall be
repaid on the basis of interest only installments. Such payments shall accrue as
of the end of each calendar quarter occurring during the term hereof and shall
be paid on or before forty-five (45) days after the end of each such calendar
quarter. The Company shall pay to HC a single principal payment (together with
all accrued and unpaid interest) on the Maturity Date, if not previously paid.

                  SECTION 7.2 To the extent permitted by the Bank Facility and
the Subordination and Support Agreement, the Company shall have the obligation
within five (5) days of receipt thereof to apply any Free Cash Flow and Equity
Proceeds realized since the date hereof to (i) prepay any outstanding balance of
this Note or (ii) reduce the Maximum Amount hereunder by such amount by delivery
of a written notice to that effect. Such mandatory prepayment shall be without
premium or penalty and the Company shall not be entitled to reborrow such
amounts.

                  SECTION 7.3 The Company shall have the privilege at any time
and from time to time, to prepay this Note in whole or in part without premium
or penalty to the extent permitted by the Bank Subordination Agreement, the Bank
Facility and the Subordination and Support Agreement.

SECTION 8. FEES.

                  In consideration of the loans provided hereunder, the Company
agrees to pay to HC a commitment fee of one and one-half percent (1.5%) of the
initial Maximum Amount, which at the Company's option may be paid in common
stock of the Company which shall be valued at the average closing price of the
common stock for the fifteen trading days prior to the date the fee is due. The
fee shall be payable in arrears in four equal installments on the last business
day of each of March, June, September and December 2002.

SECTION 9. COVENANTS.

                  The Company shall deliver to HC not later than 45 days after
the end of each fiscal quarter and not later than 90 days in the event of the
fiscal year end:

         (i)      A consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
                  subsidiaries as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal
                  year together with the consolidated statements of income,
                  shareholder's equity, and cashflows corresponding to the same;
                  and

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         (ii)     A balance sheet of the Company as of the end of the most
                  recently ended fiscal quarter (together with the consolidated
                  statements of income, shareholder's equity, and cashflows
                  corresponding to such period), and, if HC so requests, each
                  such statement shall be certified by the chief financial
                  officer or the chief accounting officer of the Company as to
                  fairness of presentation, generally accepted accounting
                  principles and consistency (subject only to normal year-end
                  adjustments).

SECTION 10. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

                  Subject to the terms of the Subordination and Support
Agreement referred to in Section 1 above, each of the following shall constitute
an event of default hereunder (an "Event of Default"):

         (i)      The failure of the Company to make any payment of interest
                  hereunder when the same is due and payable or to pay the
                  principal balance in the lump sum or balloon payment when the
                  same is due and payable (except when such payment is
                  prohibited by the Bank Subordination Agreement, the Bank
                  Facility or the Subordination and Support Agreement), and such
                  failure to pay continues for a period of five (5) days or more
                  after written notice thereof from HC;

         (ii)     The Company shall be in default with respect to the Bank
                  Facility or the Indenture and such default could accelerate
                  the maturity of the indebtedness thereunder and such default
                  is not cured or waived within the grace period provided
                  therein.

SECTION 11. REMEDIES.

                  Subject to the terms of the Subordination and Support
Agreement, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and at any time thereafter
during the continuance of such Event of Default hereunder, HC shall have the
right to declare the entire unpaid amount of principal and interest hereunder
immediately due and payable in full without presentation, demand or protest,
each of which is hereby waived by the Company and Guarantors.

SECTION 12. WAIVERS.

                  SECTION 12.1 The failure by HC to exercise any right or remedy
available hereunder in the Event of Default shall in no event be construed as a
waiver or release of the same. Likewise, HC shall not, by any act or omission or
commission, be deemed to waive any right hereunder unless such waiver is
evidenced in writing and signed by HC, and then only to the extent specifically
set forth in such writing. Moreover, a waiver with

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respect to any one event shall not be construed as continuing or as a bar to or
waiver of HC's rights or remedies with respect to any subsequent event.

                  SECTION 12.2 The Company and Guarantors expressly waive
presentment for payment, notice of dishonor, protest, notice of protest,
diligence of collection, and each other notice of any kind, and hereby consent
to any number of renewals or extensions of time for payment hereof, which
renewals and extensions shall not affect the liability of the Company.

                  SECTION 12.3 The Company and Guarantors hereby waive and
release all errors, defects and imperfections in any proceeding instituted by HC
under the terms hereof as well as all benefits that might accrue to the Company
or Guarantors by virtue of any present or future laws exempting any property,
real, personal or mixed, or any part of the proceeds arising from any sale of
such property, from attachment, levy or sale under execution, or providing for
any stay of execution, exemption from civil process, or extension of time for
payment; and the Company and Guarantors agree that any real estate that may be
levied upon pursuant to a judgment obtained by virtue hereof, or any writ of
execution issued thereon, may be sold upon any such writ in whole or in part or
in any other manner desired by HC.

SECTION 13. NOTICES.

                  Each notice required to be given to any party hereunder shall
be in writing and shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given for all
purposes when sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to
the party at its respective address as follows:

                  COMPANY:   Crown Media Holdings, Inc.
                             6430 S. Fiddlers Green Circle
                             Greenwood Village, CO 80111
                             Attn: Mark Thompson

                  HC:        HC Crown Corporation
                             103 Foulk Road, Suite 214
                             Wilmington, DE 19803
                             Attn: David C. Eppes, Vice President and Controller

SECTION 14. ASSIGNABILITY.

                  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of the Company and HC and their respective successors and assigns; provided,
however, that this Agreement, or any portion thereof, may not be assigned by the
Company without the written consent of HC.

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SECTION 15. MODIFICATIONS.

                  This Note may be modified only in a writing signed by the
Company and HC. Any amendment, extension of time or any other modification shall
not affect Guarantors' obligations hereunder.

SECTION 16. GOVERNING LAW.

                  This Note shall be governed by and construed according to the
laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the conflict of laws provisions
thereof.

SECTION 17. HEADINGS.

                  The heading preceding the text of each Section hereof is
inserted solely for convenience of reference and shall not constitute a part of
this Note, nor shall the same affect the meaning, construction of effect hereof.

SECTION 18. SEVERABILITY.

                  If any provision of this Note or the application thereof is
declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable,
the remaining provisions hereof shall be unaffected and remain valid and
enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned officers have executed
this Note as of the day and year first above written thereby legally binding
such party to the terms hereof.

HC CROWN CORP.                              CROWN MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.

By                                          By
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Name:                                       Name:
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Title:                                      Title:
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CROWN MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.             CROWN MEDIA UNITED STATES, LLC

By                                          By
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Name:                                       Name:
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Title:                                      Title:
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