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Prepare a resolution of the board to form an audit committee with this easy to use template form for USA corporations.

• The Board of Directors will pass resolutions to:
  • formally establish the audit committee and appoint the committee members,
  • mandate how committee meetings will be held,
  • set out how the committee will carry out its duties,
  • establish a procedure for committee reports to be made to the Board.
• These Directors Resolutions can be used throughout the United States.
• The template is available in MS Word format and is editable and reusable.

If you're hiring loan-outs for a film or TV production, this Addendum should be attached to their Deal Memo.

• This addendum should be used for any crew member / contractor that is a corporation or a loan-out.
• The contractor represents and warrants to the producers that s/he is either the sole owner or the major shareholder of the loan-out corporation's issued and outstanding shares.
• You can edit and re-use the template for all departments, and over multiple productions.
• Loan-outs require a bit more paperwork than other crew hires. Make sure yours is all in order - download the Loan-Out Addendum to Film Production Deal Memo form.

Use this easy standard template to prepare minutes of the annual meeting of the Board of Directors for a USA for-profit corporation.

• Most states require for-profit business corporations to hold an annual meeting each year following the corporation's inception. The annual meeting of directors takes place immediately following the annual meeting of shareholders when the directors for the ensuing year are elected.
• The purpose of the annual meeting is to:
  • appoint the officers for the coming year,
  • ratify the minutes of the shareholder meeting, and
  • conduct any other business which is required to be conducted at the meeting.
• This USA Minutes of Annual Directors Meeting standard form template is available in MS Word format.

Draft up a Pre-Incorporation Agreement between the incorporators of a new company with this easy-to-use template, which sets out:

• how shares of stock will be issued to each of the incorporators,
• what the consideration for the stock will be,
• each incorporator agrees not to sell or transfer any shares without first offering the shares to the corporation and to the other shareholders, who have right of first refusal,
• the incorporators agree to employ one of the parties as manager of the business of the corporation.

This Pre-Incorporation Agreement template is provided as a fully customizable Microsoft Word document.

Hire an actor on a loan-out basis with this USA Actor Loan Out Agreement for SAG Members.

• The performer will provide his/her services during principal photography, as well as pre-production (rehearsals, production meetings, etc.) and post-production services (reshoots, ADR, etc.).
• The actor will be paid a weekly rate for the services rendered, and a portion of the net profits of the picture as deferred compensation.
• The relationship between the actor and the producer is not that of employee and employer. The actor is an employee of his/her loan-out corporation, and not the producer. The corporation is responsible for withholding and/or paying all amounts required to be paid with respect to the actor's employment and compensation.
• The actor will be provided with transportation, a vehicle, an expense allowance, living accommodation, and dressing room facilities.
• The actor will get screen credit and credit in paid advertising for the motion picture.
• The actor agrees not to do anything that is prohibited under any policy of insurance covering the actor that is obtained by the producer.
• The file includes a Letter of Inducement from the performer, which makes representations about the performer's relationship to the loan-out corporation, and indemnifies the producer against any claims resulting from the performer's work on the picture.
• You can customize the USA Actor Loan Out Agreement for SAG Members, and re-use it on future film projects. Download your copy now.