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) At least annually and while the production is in distribution, theProducer shall furnish to the Guild, a statement of all Distributors’Gross Revenue certified as correct by the Producer in the form of, anddisplaying the information required in Appendix G. Each report shallbe delivered to the Guild in the same manner and frequency as theProducer reports to government agencies and/or other financiers. Thefirst reporting period ends ninety (90) days following the delivery ofthe production to the Distributor. The reports shall be accompanied bythe aggregate Distribution Royalty payments payable to Writers and anoutline of the method of calculation of the Distribution Royalty. TheGuild shall be entitled to appoint one or more person(s) to examine therecords of a Producer relating to a Feature Film or program for thepurpose of satisfying itself as to the propriety of the statement.c) Distribution Royalty payments due under the terms of this Agreementshall be paid to the Writers out of Distributors’ Gross Revenue inpriority to payments due to all other parties entitled to a share of theDistributors’ Gross Revenue. The Producer shall be deemed to holdthe aggregate Distribution Royalty payments in trust for the Writer(s)from the time that Distributors’ Gross Revenue are received (or, in thecase of a Distributor that is not at arm’s length to the Producer,accrued) until the disbursement of same to the Guild on the due date,i.e. the date that each report is due.d) At the request of the Guild, the Producer will consent to the release oftrue copies of the reports dealing with Distributors’ Gross Revenue,which have been filed with the government agencies and/or otherfinanciers.e) When a Feature Film or program is distributed or otherwise exploitedas part of a package of Feature Films or programs, the DistributionRoyalty payments arising on account for such distribution shall be paidthe Guild in trust for the Writers entitled thereto. The Guild shalldetermine the allocation of such payments to such Writers, taking intoaccount the Producer’s allocation of the revenue among the FeatureFilms or programs in any package. The Producer shall report suchallocation when remitting the Distribution Royalty payments.48