---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-089194"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MMTRS"
cik: "0000066496"
company_name: "MILLS MUSIC TRUST"
filed_at: "2022-03-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T14:04:42.665745+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mills Music Trust Q4 distribution drops to $0.5592/unit, down 32% YoY

## Summary
- Quarterly distribution of $0.5592/unit ($155,300 total), down from $0.8274/unit ($229,797) in prior-year quarter.
- Contingent payment from EMI fell to $220,729 ($0.7948/unit) from $280,912 ($1.0115/unit) a year earlier.
- Twelve-month distributions totaled $755,654 ($2.7210/unit), down 5.3% from $797,723 ($2.8725/unit).
- Gross royalty income collected by EMI for the quarter was $567,165, down 34% from $857,945 in 2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-089194
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MMTRS
- cik: 0000066496
- company_name: MILLS MUSIC TRUST
- filed_at: 2022-03-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66496/000119312522089194/0001193125-22-089194-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66496/000119312522089194/d336556d8k.htm

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