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PRODUCER-WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA

PENSION PLAN

THIS AMENDMENT IN TOTO of the PRODUCER-WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA PENSION PLAN is made and entered into as of the 1st day of January, 2009, in the County of Los Angeles, State of California, by and between the signatory members of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, having its principal office in Los Angeles County, State of California (hereinafter “Alliance”), and AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANY, a division of American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., CBS BROADCASTING, INC., and NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC., and various employers who are not members of the Alliance but who in writing adopt and agree to be bound by the terms and provisions of this instrument and any amendments or modifications thereof, and WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA, WEST, INC. and WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA, EAST, INC. (hereinafter “Unions”), and evidences the terms of a Pension Plan for qualified employees.

This restatement of the Plan is effective on and after January 1, 2009. Notwithstanding the effective date set forth above, each Plan provision adopted to reflect a change in law (including any regulatory or other interpretive guidance) that was effective prior to January 1, 2009 and that does not specify an effective date shall be effective on the latest effective date permitted by law, including all transitional rules, and such Plan provision shall not apply to any employee or Participants unless the law requires that it so apply.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Unions, the Alliance and employers have entered into collective bargaining agreements which provide, among other things, for the establishment of a Pension Plan; and

WHEREAS, to establish the aforesaid purpose, it is desired to establish a Pension Plan under which contributions will be paid to a trust fund or funds to provide retirement and death benefits for eligible employees; and

WHEREAS, it is desired to restate said Plan, effective January 1, 2009;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, it is mutually understood and agreed as follows: