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The SEC filings page for Mills Music Trust CBI (MMTRS) provides access to official documents filed by Mills Music Trust with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These include current reports on Form 8-K that describe material events affecting the trust’s contractual arrangements, payment calculations, and distributions to unit holders.
Key filing topics include the trust’s deferred contingent purchase price obligation, called a Contingent Portion Payment, under an Asset Purchase Agreement dated December 5, 1964. Filings explain how EMI Mills Music Inc. and EMI Consortium Music Publishing Inc. are obligated to make these payments to the trust, and how specific provisions of the agreement govern the calculation of those amounts.
One Form 8-K details a settlement between the trust and EMI that resolves claims related to past payment obligations and the interpretation of certain contract terms. The filing describes a settlement payment and amendments that cap foreign sub-publishing fees at twenty-five percent for calculation purposes and limit EMI’s ability to offset U.S. copyright renewal costs only against U.S. royalty income for the relevant song.
Other 8-K filings attach quarterly distribution reports as exhibits, labeled as Exhibit 99.1. These reports provide computation details for payments received by the trust for particular quarters and form a basis for understanding distributions to unit holders.
On this page, users can review these filings in sequence and use AI-powered summaries to highlight the most important points in each document. The summaries can help explain how amendments to the Asset Purchase Agreement, settlements, and quarterly distribution reports may affect the trust’s cash flows and unit holder distributions without requiring readers to parse every technical detail in the original filings.
Mills Music Trust reports 2025 results and details a royalty settlement with EMI. The Trust received $1,570,141 from EMI in 2025, including a $500,000 settlement payment for disputed historical Contingent Portion amounts. Cash distributions to Unit Holders totaled $652,817, or $2.35 per Trust Unit, slightly below 2024’s $658,733 or $2.37 per unit. Administrative expenses rose to $917,370 from $633,042. The Trust discloses that, based on its interpretation of the Asset Purchase Agreement, Contingent Portion payments for 2025 were underpaid by $147,742, which EMI disputes. A 2025 settlement narrowed certain foreign sub-publishing and renewal cost deductions from future royalty-based payments, but did not resolve the ongoing calculation dispute for periods after December 31, 2024.
Mills Music Trust reported royalty cash flows and distributions tied to its catalogue for the fourth quarter of 2025 and the twelve months ended March 31, 2026. For Q4 2025, the Trust received a contingent royalty payment of $241,647 or $0.8701 per unit, down from $260,759 or $0.9390 per unit for Q4 2024.
Including a Q3 2025 true-up of $92,550 and an $89,973 additional Q4 amount, total payments were $424,170. After $78,865 of expenses, $345,305 or $1.2434 per unit will be distributed to unit holders of record as of March 24, 2026. Sony EMI has since indicated the $89,973 additional Q4 amount was an overpayment and plans to offset it against future contingent payments. For the twelve months ended March 31, 2026, distributions totaled $1,184,136 or $4.2639 per unit, compared with $503,548 or $1.8132 per unit a year earlier.
Mills Music Trust reported that it has issued a quarterly distribution report to its Unit Holders. This report provides computation details related to the payments the Trust received in the fourth quarter of 2025, helping investors understand how those distributions were calculated. The full quarterly distribution report is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report, making the underlying payout information available in one place for Unit Holders who want to review the figures and methodology.
Mills Music Trust reported Q3 2025 cash activity and a post‑quarter settlement with EMI. The Trust received $356,533 in Contingent Portion payments attributable to Q2 2025 royalties and ended the quarter with $377,109 in undistributed cash reserved for potential administrative expenses. 277,712 Trust Units were outstanding as of September 30, 2025.
On October 30, 2025, EMI agreed to pay the Trust $500,000 within ten business days in full and final settlement of claims through December 31, 2024. The parties also amended the Asset Purchase Agreement, capping foreign sub‑publishing fees at 25% and limiting U.S. copyright renewal offsets to U.S. royalty income beginning July 1, 2025. The Trust plans to release the reserve and make a distribution equal to the cash balance plus the settlement payment, less unpaid invoices, after receiving the funds. The ongoing Calculation Method dispute remains unresolved for periods after December 31, 2024, with claimed underpayments totaling $1,637,819 as of September 30, 2025.
Mills Music Trust reported a settlement with EMI Mills Music Inc. and EMI Consortium Music Publishing Inc. that resolves all claims through December 31, 2024 related to contingent purchase price payments under a 1964 asset purchase agreement. EMI will pay the Trust $500,000 within ten business days of October 30, 2025 in full and final settlement of those past claims.
The parties also amended payment calculations beginning with the quarterly period starting July 1, 2025. EMI will cap the foreign sub‑publishing fee between EMI and any foreign affiliate at 25% when computing amounts due to the Trust, limiting certain deductions. In addition, EMI may offset U.S. copyright renewal costs only against U.S. royalty income for the specific song, and not against foreign royalty income, narrowing permissible offsets.
Mills Music Trust filed an 8-K noting it issued a report to Unit Holders with computation details for the payment attributable to the second quarter of 2025. The report is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and is dated September 29, 2025.
The filing is an administrative update related to the Trust’s quarterly distribution; any specific payment figures are presented in the exhibit.