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Mills Music Trust filings document material-event reports for a trust that holds interests represented by Trust Certificates, or Trust Units. The 8-K record centers on quarterly distribution reports, Exhibit 99.1 computation schedules, and payments attributable to royalty income generated by the Trust's copyright catalogue.
The filings also disclose contingent portion payment mechanics under the Trust's asset purchase agreement, true-up payments from Sony Music Publishing, settlement matters with EMI entities, and amendments affecting payment calculations. Cover-page disclosures identify no securities registered under Section 12(b), while the reports are filed on behalf of the Trust by its corporate trustee.
Mills Music Trust reports first-quarter 2026 cash activity and provides an update on its royalty dispute with EMI. The Trust received $424,160 from EMI in March 2026, including a fourth-quarter 2025 Contingent Portion payment, a true-up for third-quarter 2025, and an additional fourth-quarter amount EMI characterizes as a computational correction.
After paying $78,865 of administrative expenses, the Trust distributed $345,295, or $1.2434 per Trust Unit, to holders of 277,712 units and ended the quarter with no cash and $35,536 of unpaid administrative expenses. The Trust states that, based on its interpretation of the Asset Purchase Agreement, EMI’s recent Contingent Portion payments are deficient, citing Calculation Method Underpayments totaling $271,140 for periods from March 31, 2025 through March 31, 2026, which EMI disputes. A prior $500,000 settlement resolved underpayment and methodology claims only through December 31, 2024, leaving the ongoing “Calculation Method Dispute” and post-2024 underpayment claims unresolved.
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.