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      DREAMWORKSANIMATIONSKG,INC. NOTESTOCONSOLIDATEDFINANCIALSTATEMENTS—(Continued) distribution, worldwide television sales, accounting and finance, legal, employee benefits, risk management and information technology. DreamWorks Studios has allocated such costs to the Company to reflect the amounts that DreamWorks Studios believes is a fair and reasonable allocation of its costs to provide these services to the Company. In general, these allocations have been calculated based on the percentage that the Company’s films, headcount, revenue or other criteria constitute of the total films, headcount, revenue or other criteria of DreamWorks Studios (including those of the Company). Certain of these costs that are significantly or exclusively related to the production of films are included in capitalized overhead in accordance with the SOP and are reported as Film Inventories in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. All other allocations have been included in Selling, General and Administrative Expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. Costs, including capitalized costs, allocated from DreamWorks Studios for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 are $34.2 million, $34.6 million and $30.0 million respectively. Prior to the Separation, DreamWorks Studios provided all working capital required for the development, production, and marketing of films, as well as overhead, through centralized cash management. The net impact of DreamWorks Studios’ funding of the Company’s operations, after the allocation of its indebtedness (Note 6), have been reflected as a component of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficiency) in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. Totheextent that DreamWorks Studios provides these or other services to the Company after the Separation that are not covered by the Distribution Agreement, the Company will reimburse DreamWorks Studios pursuant to the Services Agreement. Allocations Worldwide Marketing and Distribution: Certain overhead expenses for the marketing and distribution of the Company’s films have historically been allocated to the Company by DreamWorks Studios. These costs include the salaries, fringe benefits, and operating expenses of the employees in DreamWorks Studios’ theatrical, home video, marketing and television sales/distribution departments. The allocation of the overhead associated with these functions has been based on several factors, including: (1) marketing costs incurred for the Company’s films as a percentage of marketing costs incurred for all DreamWorks Studios’ films; (2) the number of films the Company has released as a percentage of all DreamWorks Studios’ films released in a given year and (3) estimates of time spent on the Company’s releases as a percentage of time spent on all DreamWorks Studios’ releases. After the Separation, these services are provided under the Distribution Agreement. Executive Management: Executive management expense is comprised of the expenses relating to the principals and chief operating officers employed by DreamWorks Studios, including the costs associated with transportation provided by DreamWorks Studios to the Company’s executives. These costs were historically allocated to the Company based on a combination of (1) revenue generated by the Company as a percentage of DreamWorks Studios consolidated revenue and (2) the Company’s headcount as a percentage of DreamWorks Studios consolidated headcount. After the Separation, the Company directly incurs executive management expenses. Finance and Accounting: DreamWorks Studios has historically allocated accounting and finance services related costs, including the costs of financial systems, to the Company based on several factors, including: (1) revenue generated by the Company as a percentage of DreamWorks Studios consolidated revenue; (2) the Company’s headcount as a percentage of DreamWorks Studios total headcount and (3) estimates of time spent on the Company’s finance projects as a percentage of time spent on all DreamWorks Studios finance projects. After the Separation, the Company directly incur the costs of some accounting and finance services, such as strategic planning, financial reporting, treasury and investor relations. Other accounting and finance services, such as billing and collection of receivables (except receivables derived from rights retained by the Company, including 80

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