Employees We employ approximately 1,200 full and part-time employees, most of which are currently covered by employment contracts, which generally include non-disclosure agreements. Of that total, approximately three quarters are directly employed in the production of our films as animators, modelers, story artists, visual development artists, layout artists, editors, technical directors, lighters and visual effects artists and production staff, approximately 180 are primarily engaged in supporting and developing our animation technology, and approximately 80 work on general corporate and administrative matters, including training. We also hire additional employees on a picture-by-picture basis. The salaries of these additional employees, as well as portions of the salaries of certain full-time employees who provide direct production services, are typically allocated to the capitalized costs of the related feature film. In addition, approximately 450 of our current employees (and some of the employees or independent contractors that we hire on a project-by-project basis) are represented under three industry-wide collective bargaining agreements to which we are a party, namely the Local 839 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Agreement and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employee Basic Agreement, which generally cover certain members of our production staff, and an agreement with the Screen Actors Guild, which generally covers artists such as actors and singers. The collective bargaining agreements with Local 839 and the IATSE expire in August 2006 and the SAG agreement expires in June 2008. We believe that our employee and labor relations are good. 21
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