The Carrier advises that Productivity Fund checks will be mailed today to those still receiving checks by mail and should be available to those with direct deposit on December 20, 2002. Based on our calculations, the former Frisco districts this year totaled $4,829,902.18, and there were 528 protected employees who received checks. Twenty-four employees had offsets for the 1/3 earnings maximum, totaling $39,869.07 in offsets. Thus, the net amount actually distributed was $4,790,033.11. Those 528 protected employees had a total of 106,353 shares, for an overall average share value of $45.04. The overall average check this year was $9,072.04.