SUBORDINATION AND INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10.44

SUBORDINATION AND INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

          This SUBORDINATION AND INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of January 5, 2007 is among TERREMARK WORLDWIDE, INC. , a Delaware corporation (“ the Company ”); NAP OF THE AMERICAS, INC.; NAP OF THE AMERICAS/WEST, INC.; OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; PARK WEST TELECOMMUNICATIONS INVESTORS, INC.; SPECTRUM TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP.; TECOTA SERVICES CORP.; TERREMARK FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.; TERREMARK FORTUNE HOUSE #1, INC.; TERREMARK LATIN AMERICA, INC.; TERREMARK MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.; TERREMARK REALTY, INC.; TERREMARK TECHNOLOGY CONTRACTORS, INC.; TERRREMARK TRADEMARK HOLDINGS, INC.; TERRENAP DATA CENTERS, INC. ; TERRENAP SERVICES, INC.; TERREMARK FEDERAL GROUP, INC. ; and TERREMARK EUROPE, INC. (each, a “ Guarantor ” and, collectively, the “ Guarantors ”), FALCON MEZZANINE PARTNERS, LP (“ Falcon ”), STICHTING PENSIOENFONDS VOOR DE GEZOND-HEID, GEESTELIJKE EN MAATSCHAPPELIJKE BELANGEN (“ SPM ”), STICHTING PENSIOENFONDS ABP (“ ABP ” and, together with Falcon and SPM, the “ Senior Creditors ”), FMP AGENCY SERVICES, LLC (the “Senior Agent”) and CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH (the “ Subordinated Agent ” and the “ Subordinated Creditor ”).

R E C I T A L S

          A. The Company, Senior Agent and the Senior Creditors have entered into a Purchase Agreement dated December 31, 2004 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time including, without limitation, as amended on the date hereof, the “ Senior Purchase Agreement ”), pursuant to which, among other things, Senior Creditors have purchased $30,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Senior Secured Notes due 2009 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time as permitted hereunder and including any notes issued in exchange or substitution therefore or replacement thereof, each individually a “ Senior Note ” and collectively the “ Senior Notes ”).

          B. The Company, Subordinated Agent, Subordinated Creditor and Credit Suisse, International have entered into a Purchase Agreement of even date herewith (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time as permitted hereunder, the “ Subordinated Purchase Agreement ”) pursuant to which, among other things, the Subordinated Creditor has extended credit to the Company as evidenced by certain Senior Subordinated Secured Notes due 2009 issued by the Company in favor of the Subordinated Creditor in the original aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time as permitted hereunder and including any notes issued in exchange or substitution therefor or replacement thereof, each individually a “ Subordinated Note ” and collectively the “ Subordinated Notes ”).

          C. As an inducement to and as one of the conditions precedent to the agreement of the Senior Creditors to consent to the transactions contemplated by the Subordinated

Purchase Agreement, Senior Agent and Senior Creditors have required the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Subordinated Creditor, Subordinated Agent and Obligors.

          NOW, THEREFORE, in order to induce Senior Agent and Senior Creditors to consent to the transactions contemplated by the Subordinated Purchase Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

     1.  Definitions . All capitalized terms used but not elsewhere defined in this Agreement (including the preamble and recitals hereto) shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Senior Purchase Agreement as in effect on the date hereof. The following terms shall have the following meanings in this Agreement:

      Bankruptcy Code shall mean the Federal Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. §101, et seq.), as amended and in effect from time to time and the regulations issued from time to time thereunder.

      Basic Documents shall have (and each capitalized term used therein shall have) the meaning ascribed to such term in the Senior Purchase Agreement, as in effect on the date hereof.

      Enforcement Action is defined in subsection 2.7(b) .

      Excluded Collateral shall mean Receivables Proceeds (as such term is defined in the Subordination Agreement dated as of December 31, 2004 among the Company, Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp. as senior creditor, and the holders of the Senior Notes as of such date, as Subordinated Creditor).

      Lien shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, charge or deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or otherwise) or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever and any contingent or other agreement to provide any of the foregoing.

      Obligor shall mean the Company and each other Person that guarantees or grants a Lien on any of its Property to secure the payment, observance or performance of all or any part of the Senior Indebtedness, including, without limitation, the Guarantors.

      Paid in Full or Payment in Full shall mean the payment in full in cash of all Senior Indebtedness and termination of all commitments to lend under the Basic Documents and Permitted Refinancing Debt Documents. Senior Indebtedness shall be considered to be outstanding whenever any commitment to make loans or otherwise extend credit under the Senior Purchase Agreement or Permitted Refinancing Debt Documents is outstanding.

      Permitted Refinancing shall mean any refinancing of the Senior Indebtedness under the Basic Documents; provided , that the financing documentation entered into by Obligors in connection with such Permitted Refinancing constitutes Permitted Refinancing Debt Documents and the aggregate principal amount of such refinancing does not

exceed the maximum principal amount of Senior Indebtedness permitted under the definition thereof.

      Permitted Refinancing Debt Documents shall mean any financing documentation which replaces the Basic Documents and pursuant to which the Senior Indebtedness under the Basic Documents is refinanced, as such financing documentation may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time as permitted hereunder, but specifically excluding any such financing documentation to the extent that it contains, either initially or by amendment or other modification, any terms, conditions, covenants or defaults other than those which (a) then exist in the Basic Documents or (b) could be included in the Basic Documents by an amendment or other modification that would not be prohibited by the terms of this Agreement.

      Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness Payments shall mean:

     (a) interest payments on account of the Subordinated Indebtedness evidenced by the Subordinated Notes but only to the extent made on a paid-in-kind or accretion basis (and not made in cash);

     (b) the accrual (and not payment in cash) of default interest on Subordinated Indebtedness evidenced by the Subordinated Notes;

     (c) reimbursement under the Subordinated Purchase Agreement for the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the holders of the Subordinated Notes pursuant to the terms of the Subordinated Purchase Agreement either (1) incurred in connection with the negotiation, execution or delivery of the Subordinated Purchase Agreement and paid within 30 days of the date hereof or (2) incurred in connection with the enforcement of the Subordinated Purchase Agreement or otherwise in an aggregate not to exceed $100,000;

in each instance, to the extent then due and payable in accordance with the terms of the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents.

      Person shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or Governmental Authority.

      Proceeding is defined in subsection 2.3.

      Property shall mean, with respect to any Person, all property and interests in property of such Person, whether real, personal or mixed, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising and wheresoever located.

      Related Fund shall mean, with respect to any holder of Subordinated Indebtedness, (a) any fund, trust or similar entity that invests in commercial loans in the ordinary course of business and is advised, managed or serviced by (i) such holder, (ii) an affiliate of such holder, (iii) the same investment advisor that manages such holder or (iv) an affiliate of an investment advisor that manages such holder, or (b) any finance company,

insurance company or other financial institution which temporarily warehouses loans for such holder or any Person described in clause (a) above.

      Reorganization Subordinated Securities shall mean any (a) equity securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (b) notes or other debt securities issued in substitution of all or any portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness that are subordinated, including in right of payment, to the Senior Indebtedness (or any notes or other securities issued in substitution of all or any portion of the Senior Indebtedness) at least to the same extent and, in the case of clause (b), on substantially the same terms that the Subordinated Indebtedness is subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and which securities have maturities and other terms no less advantageous to Obligors and Senior Creditors than the terms contained in the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents.

      Required Holders shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Senior Purchase Agreement; provided , that, after the consummation of any Permitted Refinancing, the term “Required Holders” shall mean the holders of Senior Indebtedness having the right and/or ability under the Permitted Refinancing Debt Documents to effectuate the waiver, amendment, granting of consent or other matter in question.

      Senior Agent shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble of this Agreement; provided , that, after the consummation of any Permitted Refinancing, the term “Senior Agent” shall refer to any Person appointed by the holders of the Senior Indebtedness as agent for themselves for the purposes of this Agreement.

      Senior Covenant Default shall mean any “Default” or “Event of Default” under the Senior Purchase Agreement or Permitted Refinancing Debt Documents, other than a Senior Payment Default.

      Senior Creditor or Senior Creditors shall mean any “Noteholder” or the “Noteholders,” respectively, as such terms are defined in the Senior Purchase Agreement; provided , that, after the consummation of any Permitted Refinancing, such terms shall refer to any holder or all of the holders, respectively, of the Senior Indebtedness.

      Senior Creditor Collateral shall mean all of the assets and property of any Obligor, whether real, personal. mixed, with respect to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted as security for any Senior Indebtedness.

      Senior Default Notice shall mean a written notice from Senior Agent or any Senior Creditor to Subordinated Agent and the Company pursuant to which the Subordinated Creditor is notified of the existence of a Senior Covenant Default.

      Senior Indebtedness shall mean all Indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations of any and every kind and nature now existing or hereafter arising, contingent or otherwise, of any Obligor or any other Person under, in connection with, or evidenced or secured by the Senior Purchase Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents, including, without limitation, all such Obligations to pay (i) principal, (ii) interest or premium (including interest accruing after the commencement of any Proceeding, whether or not con

stituting an allowed claim in such Proceeding), (iii) fees, (iv) costs, expenses and other amounts related to any indemnity against loss, damage or liability, (v) any other monetary obligation, and all such Indebtedness, obligations and liabilities incurred with respect to Permitted Refinancings, together with any amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals or extensions of any thereof permitted hereunder; provided , that, in no event shall the principal amount of the Senior Indebtedness exceed the sum of (a) $30,000,000, reduced by the amount of any principal repayments and permanent commitment reductions under the Senior Purchase Agreement or any Permitted Refinancing Debt Documents, to the extent that such repayments and reductions may not be reborrowed (specifically excluding, however, any such repayments and commitment reductions occurring in connection with any Permitted Refinancing), plus (b) costs and expenses incurred following the occurrence of a Senior Payment Default or Senior Covenant Default, as the case may be, by or for the account of the holders of Senior Indebtedness (or any representatives thereof) to preserve or protect any Senior Creditor Collateral, plus (c) the amount of interest that is capitalized and added to the principal amount of the Senior Notes in accordance with the terms thereof.

      Senior Payment Default shall mean a Default or Event of Default described in Section 10.01(a) or (b) of the Senior Purchase Agreement or any corresponding provision in the Permitted Refinancing Debt Documents or any other Default or Event of Default resulting from the failure of any Obligor to pay, on a timely basis, any principal interest, premium, fees or other obligations under any Basic Document or Permitted Refinancing Debt Document, including, without limitation, in each case, any default in payment of Senior Indebtedness after acceleration thereof.

      Shared Collateral shall mean all of the assets and property of any Obligor, whether real, personal, mixed, constituting either Senior Creditor Collateral or Subordinated Creditor Collateral, but specifically excluding the Excluded Collateral.

      Subordinated Creditor shall mean the Subordinated Creditor that is a signatory to this Agreement and any other holder of the Subordinated Note(s) or any other Subordinated Indebtedness from time to time.

      Subordinated Creditor Collateral shall mean all of the assets and property of any Obligor, whether real, personal. mixed, with respect to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted as security for any Subordinated Indebtedness.

      Subordinated Default shall mean a default in the payment of the Subordinated Indebtedness, or performance of any term, covenant or condition contained in the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents or the occurrence of any other event or condition constituting a default or event of default under the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents.

      Subordinated Default Notice shall mean a written notice to Senior Agent and the Company from Subordinated Agent or the Subordinated Creditor pursuant to which Senior Agent is notified of the existence of a Subordinated Default, which notice incorporates a reasonably detailed description of such Subordinated Default.

      Subordinated Indebtedness shall mean all Indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations of any and every kind and nature now existing or hereafter arising, contingent or otherwise, of any Obligor or any other Person under, in connection with, or evidenced or secured by any of the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents, in each case including, without limitation, obligations to pay (i) principal, (ii) interest or premium (including interest accruing after the commencement of any Proceeding, whether or not constituting an allowed claim in such Proceeding, and any premium payable with respect to any prepayment of the Subordinated Indebtedness pursuant to the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents), (iii) fees, (iv) costs, expenses and other amounts related to any indemnity against loss, damage or liability, and (v) any other monetary obligation.

      Subordinated Indebtedness Documents shall mean the Subordinated Notes, Subordinated Purchase Agreement, any guaranty with respect to the Subordinated Indebtedness, and all other agreements, documents and instruments evidencing, securing or pertaining to any portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time as permitted hereunder.

      UCC shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time in any applicable jurisdiction.

     The definitions in Section 1 shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including”, and words of similar import, shall not be limiting and shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. The words “asset” and “property” shall be construed as having the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all rights and interests in tangible and intangible assets and properties of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed, including cash, securities, equity interests, accounts and contract rights. The words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision of this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. Any reference to a Person, shall be deemed to include a reference to such Person’s successors and assigns (including any debtor in possession and any other Person to which substantially all of the assets of such Person are transferred). All references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require.

     2.  Subordination of Subordinated Indebtedness to Senior Indebtedness .

     2.1 Subordination . The payment of any and all of the Subordinated Indebtedness hereby expressly is subordinated, to the extent and in the manner set forth herein, to the Payment in Full of the Senior Indebtedness. Each holder of Senior Indebtedness, whether now outstanding or hereafter arising, shall be deemed to have acquired Senior Indebtedness in reliance upon the provisions contained herein.

     2.2 Restriction on Payments . Notwithstanding any provision of the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents to the contrary and in addition to any other limitations set forth herein or therein, no payment (whether made in cash, securities, other than any Reorganization Subordinated Securities, or other Property or by set-off) of principal, interest, premium or any other amount due with respect to the Subordinated Indebtedness shall be made or received, and neither Subordinated Agent nor the Subordinated Creditor shall exercise any right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any Subordinated Indebtedness, until all of the Senior Indebtedness is Paid in Full; provided , that, except as provided in the immediately succeeding sentence or in subsection 2.3 , the Company may make and Subordinated Agent and the Subordinated Creditor may accept and retain Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness Payments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Obligor may make, and neither Subordinated Agent nor the Subordinated Creditor may accept or retain, any payment of principal, interest, premium or any other amount with respect to the Subordinated Indebtedness (other than any payment made solely in Reorganization Subordinated Securities) if, at the time of such payment or, with respect to clause (a) below, immediately after giving effect thereto:

     (a) a Senior Payment Default exists; or

     (b) subject to the penultimate sentence of this subsection 2.2 , the Subordinated Agent or the Subordinated Creditor shall have received a Senior Default Notice from Senior Agent or any Senior Creditor stating that a Senior Covenant Default exists or would be created by the making of such payment.

          The Company may resume Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness Payments (and may make any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness Payments missed due to the application of clauses (a) or (b) of this subsection 2.2 ), and Subordinated Agent and Subordinated Creditor may accept and retain such Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness Payments:

     (1) in the case of a Senior Payment Default referred to in clause (a) of this subsection 2.2 , upon a cure or waiver (as evidenced by a written waiver from Senior Agent or the Senior Creditors to the Company) thereof in accordance with the terms of the Senior Purchase Agreement or Permitted Refinancing Debt Documents; or

     (2) in the case of a Senior Covenant Default referred to in clause (b) of this subsection 2.2 , upon the earlier to occur of (x) the cure or waiver (as evidenced by a written waiver from Senior Agent or the Senior Creditors to the Company) of all such Senior Covenant Defaults in accordance with the terms of the Senior Purchase Agreement or Permitted Refinancing Debt Documents, and (y) the expiration of 180 days from the date on which the Senior Default Notice was received.

     Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection 2.2 to the contrary:

     (A) the Company shall not be prohibited from making, and Subordinated Agent and Subordinated Creditor shall not be prohibited from accepting and retaining, Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness Payments by virtue of the payment blockage effected by clause (b) of this subsection 2.2 for more than an aggregate of 180 days within any period of 360 consecutive days;

     (B) no Senior Covenant Default existing on the date any notice is given pursuant to clause (b) of this subsection 2.2 shall, unless the same shall have ceased to exist for a period of at least 60 consecutive days, be used as a basis for any subsequent such notice (for purposes of this paragraph, breaches of the same financial covenant for consecutive periods shall constitute separate and distinct Senior Covenant Defaults); and

     (C) Senior Agent and the Senior Creditors shall not deliver more than three (3) Senior Default Notices, in the aggregate, prior to the termination of this Agreement.

          The provisions of this subsection 2.2 shall not apply to any payment with respect to which subsection 2.3 would be applicable.

     2.3 Proceedings . In the event of any insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, custodianship, liquidation, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors or other proceeding for the liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Property (a “ Proceeding ”): (i) all Senior Indebtedness first shall be Paid in Full before any payment (whether made in cash, securities or other Property) of or with respect to the Subordinated Indebtedness shall be made in such Proceeding (other than a distribution of Reorganization Subordinated Securities); (ii) any payment which, but for the terms hereof, otherwise would be payable or deliverable in such Proceeding in respect of the Subordinated Indebtedness (other than a distribution of Reorganization Subordinated Securities), shall be paid or delivered directly to Senior Agent (to be held and/or applied by Senior Agent in accordance with the terms of the Senior Purchase Agreement or the Permitted Refinancing Debt Documents) until all Senior Indebtedness is Paid in Full, and Subordinated Agent and the Subordinated Creditor each irrevocably authorizes, empowers and directs all receivers, trustees, liquidators, custodians, conservators and others having authority in the premises to effect all such payments and deliveries, and Subordinated Agent and the Subordinated Creditor each also irrevocably authorizes, empowers and directs Senior Agent to demand, sue for, collect and receive every such payment or distribution; (iii) Subordinated Agent and the Subordinated Creditor each agrees to execute and deliver to Senior Agent or its representative all such further instruments confirming the authorization referred to in the foregoing clause (ii) as Senior Agent may reasonably request; and (iv) Subordinated Agent and the Subordinated Creditor each hereby irrevocably authorizes, empowers and appoints Senior Agent its agent and attorney-in-fact to execute, verify, deliver and file any proofs of claim (but not vote such claims) in respect of the Subordinated Indebtedness in connection with any such Proceeding upon the failure of such Person to do so 15 days before the expiration of the time to file any such proof of claim; provided , that Senior Agent shall have no obligation to execute, verify, deliver, and/or file any such proof of claim. The Senior Indebtedness shall continue to be treated as Senior Indebtedness and the provisions of this Agreement shall continue to govern the relative rights and priorities of Senior Agent, Senior Creditors, Subordinated Agent and Subordinated Creditor even if all or part of the Senior Indebtedness or the Liens securing the Senior Indebtedness are subordinated, set aside, avoided or disallowed in connection with any such proceeding. This Agreement shall be reinstated if at any time any payment of any of the Senior Indebtedness is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by any holder of the Senior Indebtedness or any representative of such holder and the Senior Indebtedness, or portion thereof, intended to have been satisfied shall be deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not occurred.

     2.4 Incorrect Payments . If any payment (whether made in cash, securities or other Property) not permitted to be accepted by Subordinated Agent or Subordinated Creditor under this Agreement is received by Subordinated Agent or the Subordinated Creditor on account of any Subordinated Indebtedness before all Senior Indebtedness is Paid in Full, such payment shall not be commingled with any asset of such Person, shall be held in trust by such Person for the benefit of Senior Agent and Senior Creditors and shall be paid over to Senior Agent, or its designated representative, for application (in accordance with the Senior Purchase Agreement or the Permitted Refinancing Debt Documents, as the case may be) to the payment of the Senior Indebtedness then remaining unpaid, until all of the Senior Indebtedness is Paid in Full.

     2.5 Sale, Transfer . The Subordinated Creditor shall not sell, assign, dispose of or otherwise transfer all or any portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness unless following such sale, assignment, disposition or other transfer, there shall either be (i) no more than two (2) holders of Subordinated Indebtedness ( provided , that each holder of Subordinated Indebtedness and its respective affiliates and Related Funds shall be counted as a single holder for purposes of determining compliance with the foregoing limitation), or (ii) one Person acting as agent for all holders of the Subordinated Indebtedness pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to Senior Agent such that any Senior Default Notices and other notices and communications to be delivered to the Subordinated Creditor hereunder and any consents required by the Subordinated Creditor shall be made to or obtained from such agent and shall be binding on the Subordinated Creditor as if directly delivered to or obtained from such Subordinated Creditor. In the event of a permitted sale, assignment, disposition or other transfer, prior to or substantially contemporaneously with the consummation of any such action, the transferee thereof shall execute and deliver to Senior Agent a joinder to this Agreement, or an agreement substantially identical to this Agreement, in either case providing for the continued subordination and forbearance of the Subordinated Indebtedness to the Senior Indebtedness as provided herein and for the continued effectiveness of all of the rights of Senior Agent and Senior Creditors arising under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the failure to execute or deliver any such agreement, the subordination effected hereby shall survive any sale, assignment, disposition or other transfer of all or any portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness, and the terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of the Subordinated Creditor, as provided in Section 10 below.

     2.6 Legends . Until the Senior Indebtedness is Paid in Full, the Subordinated Purchase Agreement, each of the Subordinated Notes and all other Subordinated Indebtedness Documents evidencing or otherwise containing the grant of any Lien on any Shared Collateral at all times shall contain in a conspicuous manner the following legend:

“This Note [or other Subordinated Indebtedness Document] and the indebtedness evidenced hereby are subordinate in the manner and to the extent set forth in that certain Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement (the “ Subordination Agreement ”) dated as of January 5, 2007 among Terremark Worldwide, Inc. as the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein, FMP Agency Services, LLC, as the Senior Agent to the Senior Creditors named therein, and Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch, as the Subordinated Creditor named therein and each holder of this Note, by its acceptance hereof, shall be bound by the provisions of the Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement.”

     2.7 Restriction on Action by the Subordinated Creditor .

     (a) Until the Senior Indebtedness is Paid in Full and notwithstanding anything contained in the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents, the Senior Purchase Agreement, the other Basic Documents or the Permitted Refinancing Debt Documents to the contrary, neither Subordinated Agent nor the Subordinated Creditor shall, without the prior written consent of Senior Agent and each Senior Creditor, agree to any amendment, modification or supplement to the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents, the effect of which is to (i) increase the maximum principal amount of the Subordinated Indebtedness, (ii) increase the rate of interest on any of the Subordinated Indebtedness, except in connection with the imposition of a default rate of interest to the extent provided for in the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents on the date hereof, (iii) shorten the dates upon which payments of principal or interest on the Subordinated Indebtedness are due, (iii) change in a manner adverse to any Obligor or add any event of default, or add or make more restrictive any covenant with respect to the Subordinated Indebtedness, (iv) change the redemption, prepayment or put provisions of the Subordinated Indebtedness in a manner adverse to any Obligor, (v) alter the subordination provisions with respect to the Subordinated Indebtedness or any Lien securing the same, including, without limitation, subordinating the Subordinated Indebtedness or any Lien securing the same to any other indebtedness, (vi) alter the repayment terms of the Subordinated Indebtedness, (vii) take any Liens on any Property of any Obligor, any Subsidiary of any Obligor or any other Person, except to the extent that Senior Agent shall have been granted a Lien on such Property, (viii) obtain any guaranties or credit support from any Person, unless Senior Agent and Senior Creditors have obtained a guaranty or credit support, as the case may be, in respect of the Senior Indebtedness from such Person and such Person’s obligations in respect of such guaranty or credit support, as the case may be, in favor of Subordinated Agent and Subordinated Creditor in respect of the Subordinated Indebtedness are subordinated to its obligations in respect of the Senior Indebtedness on the same terms and to the same extent that the Subordinated Indebtedness is subordinated to the Senor Indebtedness pursuant the terms of this Agreement, or (ix) change or amend any other term of the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents if such change or amendment would increase the obligations of any Obligor or confer additional material rights on Subordinated Agent or the Subordinated Creditor or any other holder of the Subordinated Indebtedness in a manner adverse to any Obligor, Senior Agent or Senior Creditors; provided , that, notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Senior Purchase Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents are amended (x) to change any existing or include any additional financial covenants thereunder, Subordinated Creditor may amend the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents to reflect such changes, so long as the relative difference between such covenants as reflected in the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents and the Basic Documents, in each case as of the date hereof, shall be maintained, or (y) to include any additional covenants or defaults, the Subordinated Creditor may include such covenants and defaults under the applicable Subordinated Indebtedness Documents, so long as monetary thresholds, if any, referenced therein shall be adjusted ratably to incorporate the same relative difference as reflected generally between monetary amounts set forth in the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents and the Basic Documents, in each case as of the date hereof.

     (b) Until the Senior Indebtedness is Paid in Full, neither Subordinated Agent nor Subordinated Creditor shall, without the prior written consent of Senior Agent, take any action to collect, or enforce payment of the Subordinated Indebtedness, exercise any of the remedies with respect to the Subordinated Indebtedness set forth in any of the Subordinated Indebtedness

Documents or that otherwise may be available to Subordinated Agent or the Subordinated Creditor, either at law or in equity, by judicial proceedings (including by filing a Proceeding) or otherwise including, without limitation, taking any action under state or Federal law (including the UCC) to foreclose upon, take possession of or sell any Shared Collateral (an “ Enforcement Action ”), except as provided in the following sentence. Subject in any event to the terms and provisions of Section 21 , upon the earliest to occur of:

     (i) the passage of 180 days from the date of Senior Agent’s and each Senior Creditor’s receipt of a Subordinated Default Notice that includes a statement that Subordinated Creditor is commencing the 180-day standstill period provided for herein if the Subordinated Default described therein shall not have been cured or waived within such period;

     (ii) acceleration of the Senior Indebtedness ( provided , that if, following any such acceleration of the Senior Indebtedness, such acceleration in respect of the Senior Indebtedness is rescinded, then all Enforcement Actions taken by Subordinated Agent or the Subordinated Creditor shall likewise be rescinded if (A) such Enforcement Actions are based on this clause (ii) and (B) neither Subordinated Agent nor the Subordinated Creditor shall have any right under any other clause of this subsection 2.7(b) to take any Enforcement Actions).

     (iii) the occurrence of a Proceeding ( provided , that if such Proceeding is dismissed, the corresponding prohibition against Subordinated Agent or Subordinated Creditor taking any Enforcement Action shall automatically be reinstated as of the date of dismissal as if such Proceeding had not been initiated, unless Subordinated Agent and Subordinated Creditor shall have the right to take any Enforcement Action under another clause of this subsection 2.7(b) ; provided , further , that such reinstatement shall not affect the running of the 180 day period under clause (a) above to the extent the Subordinated Default giving rise thereto is not based on an acceleration of the Senior Indebtedness or the initiation of such Proceeding);

Subordinated Agent and Subordinated Creditor may, upon five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice to Senior Agent, take Enforcement Actions; provided , that no such notice shall be required in the case of any Enforcement Action permitted to be taken under clauses (ii) or (iii) of this subsection 2.7(b).

     3.  Continued Effectiveness of this Agreement; Modifications to Senior Indebtedness .

     (a) The terms of this Agreement, the subordination effected hereby, and the rights and the obligations of Subordinated Agent, Subordinated Creditor, Senior Agent and Senior Creditors arising hereunder, shall not be affected, modified or impaired in any manner or to any extent by: (i) any amendment or modification of or supplement to the Senior Purchase Agreement, any other Basic Document or any Permitted Refinancing Debt Document (to the extent such amendment, modification or supplement is not prohibited under the terms of this Agreement) or any Subordinated Indebtedness Document; (ii) the validity or enforceability of any of such documents; or (iii) any exercise or non-exercise of any right, power or remedy under or in

respect of the Senior Indebtedness or the Subordinated Indebtedness or any of the instruments or documents referred to in clause (i) above.

     (b) Senior Agent and Senior Creditors may at any time and from time to time without the consent of or notice to Subordinated Agent or the Subordinated Creditor, without incurring liability to Subordinated Agent or the Subordinated Creditor and without impairing or releasing the obligations of Subordinated Agent or the Subordinated Creditor under this Agreement, change the manner or place of payment or extend the time of payment of or renew or alter any Senior Indebtedness, or amend, supplement, restate or otherwise modify in any manner any Basic Document or Permitted Refinancing Debt Document; provided , that Senior Creditors shall not amend