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A1114Distributor’s Assumption Agreementa) If the Producer, its successors and assigns, licences, sells, disposes orotherwise conveys any distribution rights in a program produced underthis Agreement, the Producer shall use its best efforts to obtain anexecuted Distributor’s Assumption Agreement. In respect of anyoutright sale or conveyance hereunder, (i.e. a disposition, the terms ofwhich, do not include a requirement to report revenue to a Producer) afully-executed Distributor’s Assumption Agreement with theapplicable Distributor(s) is a condition precedent to such sale orconveyance. The Distributor’s Assumption Agreement shall be in theform attached as Appendix H.b) Upon seeking the approval of the Guild to an assignment, licence, sale,disposition of conveyance of distribution rights, the Producer shall alsoprovide to the Guild such information and material pertaining to theDistributor, as the Guild may reasonably require, including but notlimited to, the financial status, the individual principals and directors ofthe Distributor, and the conditions of the agreement which licenses,sells, disposes or otherwise conveys the applicable distribution rights.c) The Producer shall not be relieved of any of its obligations forpayments due under the Agreement, unless the distributor to whom thedistribution rights have been licensed, sold, assigned, or otherwisedisposed of (the Distributor) assumes the obligations for such paymentsby a Distributor’s Assumption Agreement in the form contained inAppendix H, and the Guild approves the assumption in writing. TheGuild’s approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.ARTICLE A12 – ADMINISTRATION FEEA1201 The Producer shall assist in defraying the cost of administering the termsof this Agreement by paying as an administration fee the followingpercentage of Gross Fees:i) If the Producer is a Member in Good Standing of the CMPA as of thedate of the remittance of the fee, (which membership in good standingshall be confirmed by the CMPA by written notice), 2% to a maximumof $1,000 per production or episode to the Guild, and 2.75% to amaximum of $3,000 per production (Feature Film, Television Movie,51