Accounting Policies and General Information | NOTE 1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND GENERAL INFORMATION Organization and Background Mills Music Trust (the “ Trust Declaration of Trust Old Mills Contingent Portion Catalogue Asset Purchase Agreement The Contingent Portion amounts are currently payable by EMI Mills Music Inc. (“ EMI Sony/ATV HSBC Bank, USA, N.A. is the Corporate Trustee of the Trust (the “ Corporate Trustee Individual Trustees Trustees Proceeds from Contingent Portion Payments The Trust receives quarterly payments of the Contingent Portion from EMI and distributes the amounts it receives to the registered owners of Trust Certificates (the “ Unit Holders Trust Units Payments of the Contingent Portion to the Trust are based on royalty income which the Catalogue generates. The Trust does not own the Catalogue or any copyrights or other intellectual property rights and is not responsible for collecting royalties in connection with the Catalogue. As the current owner and administrator of the Catalogue, EMI is obligated under the Asset Purchase Agreement to use its best efforts to collect all royalties, domestic and foreign, in connection with the Catalogue and to remit a portion of its royalty income to the Trust as its Contingent Portion payment obligation, in accordance with the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement. Cash Distributions to Unit Holders The Declaration of Trust provides for the distribution to the Unit Holders of all funds the Trust receives after payment of, or withholdings in connection with, expenses and liabilities of the Trust. Contingent Portion Payments Payments of the Contingent Portion to the Trust are ordinarily made on a quarterly basis, approximately two to three months after a quarter ends. The Trust distributes the amounts it receives in Contingent Portion payments to the Unit Holders after payment of, or withholdings in connection with, expenses and liabilities of the Trust. The amount of each payment of the Contingent Portion is based on a formula provided in the Asset Purchase Agreement. Prior to the first quarter of 2010, the Contingent Portion was calculated as an amount ranging from 65% to 75% of gross royalty income from the exploitation of the Catalogue for each quarterly period, less royalty expenses. In addition, the Contingent Portion was guaranteed to be at least a minimum of $167,500 per quarter (the “ Minimum Payment Obligation Beginning with the first quarter of 2010, the Asset Purchase Agreement provides for certain changes with respect to the calculation of the Contingent Portion. One such change is that the Minimum Payment Obligation is no longer in effect. The Trust is also of the view that the Contingent Portion payable to the Trust changed to a fixed 75% of gross royalty income from the exploitation of the Catalogue for each quarterly period, less royalty related expenses (the “ New Calculation Method Underpayments Quarterly Payment Period Amount of Deficiency March 31, 2016 $ 79,889 September 30, 2016 37,529 March 31, 2017 85,359 September 30, 2017 41,557 March 31, 2018 98,901 September 30, 2018 75,712 March 31, 2019 71,489 June 30, 2019 41,786 September 30, 2019 68,571 December 31, 2019 42,572 March 31, 2020 40,025 June 30, 2020 15,557 September 30, 2020 40,085 March 31, 2021 42,742 June 30, 2021 43,148 September 30, 2021 38,846 December 31, 2021 38,112 March 31, 2022 0 June 30, 2022 70,709 September 30, 2022 83,438 December 31, 2022 0 Total $ 1,056,027 As of the date hereof, the Trust has not received the Underpayments, and EMI has expressly disagreed with the Trust. In addition, on October 1, 2020, the Trust engaged Citrin Cooperman & Company LLP, an accounting firm specializing in auditing royalty income (“ Citrin Audit Period Citrin Report The Trust can offer no assurance that it will be able to recover any of the Underpayments or other amounts identified in the Citrin Report, or that it will resolve the dispute relating to the New Calculation Method with respect to future payments of the Contingent Portion. Unit Holder Distributions and Trust Expenses Recent Payments During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Trust received a total of $1,127,613 from EMI, all of which was attributable to ordinary Contingent Portion Payments which EMI made to the Trust during the 2022 calendar year. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Trust received a total of $1,061,519 from EMI, all of which was attributable to ordinary Contingent Portion Payments which EMI made to the Trust during the 2021 calendar year. Recent Distributions During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Trust made cash distributions to Unit Holders in the aggregate amount of $800,903 ($2.88 per Trust Unit), as compared to cash distributions to Unit Holders in the aggregate amount of $830,151 ($2.99 per Trust Unit) during the year ended December 31, 2021. For computation details regarding the distributions made during the year ended December 31, 2022, please refer to the Current Report on Form 8-K, Cash and Administrative Expenses As of December 31, 2022 the Trust had an aggregate of $37,658 in unpaid administrative expenses for services rendered to the Trust. As of March 27, 2023, the Trust had received invoices for an aggregate of $89,981 in unpaid administrative expenses for services rendered to the Trust. Accounting Policies Payments from EMI to the Trust of the Contingent Portion are typically made in March, June, September and December for the prior calendar quarter. The payments received are accounted for on a cash basis, as are expenses. The Declaration of Trust provides for the distribution of all funds received by the Trust to the Unit Holders after expenses are paid. The Trust’s financial statements reflect only cash transactions and do not include transactions that would be recorded in financial statements presented on the accrual basis of accounting, as contemplated by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. The Trust does not prepare a balance sheet or a statement of cash flows. |