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1. Rockport Capital Confirms Its Interest ...... 43
2. Draft Term Sheet and Letter Agreements ...... 44
3. Further Negotiation and Drafting ............ 48
4. Santa Monica Pictures, LLC, is Formed ....... 49
C. Final Agreements and Documents .................. 49
1. Side Letter Agreement ....................... 49
2. Exchange and Contribution Agreement ......... 51
3. SMP LLC Agreement ........................... 53
a. Amendment No. 1 ......................... 55
b. Amendment No. 2 ......................... 55
4. Deposit Account Agreement ................... 57
5. Advisory Fee Agreement ...................... 57
6. Consent ..................................... 58
D. Assignment to Santa Monica Finance, B.V. ........ 58
E. Exercise of the Put ............................. 59
VI. Film Rights Contributed to SMHC ..................... 59
A. Film Titles and Development Projects ............ 59
B. History of the EBD Film Library ................. 61
1. Epic Productions ............................ 61
2. EBD (Rotterdam) Finance, B.V. ............... 62
3. Selection of Film Titles for CDR ............ 62
4. Assignments Before the Contributions
to SMHC ..................................... 63
5. Storage Conditions of the EBD Film
Library ..................................... 64
VII. Due Diligence for the CDR Transaction ............... 65
A. James Rhodes .................................... 65
B. Troy & Gould .................................... 67
1. Chain-of-Title and Record Search ............ 67
2. Access Letters .............................. 69
VIII. Other Film Activities ............................... 70
IX. Relationship with TroMetro Films, LLC ............... 71
A. John H. van Merkensteijn ........................ 71
B. TroMetro Films, LLC ............................. 71
C. TroMetro’s Purchases of SMP’s Receivables ....... 72
1. First Note Purchase Agreement ............... 72
2. Second Note Purchase Agreement .............. 74
3. Purchase Price Determinations ............... 75
4. Payments on the TroMetro Notes .............. 75
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