PART II AND III 2 royaltytraders_1apos.htm PART II AND III

 

Explanatory Note: This Post-Qualification Amendment No. 5 amends the Offering Statement of RoyaltyTraders LLC dba SongVest originally qualified on September 28, 2021, as subsequently amended February 9, 2022 (“Post Qualification Amendment No. 1”), September 12, 2022 (“Post Qualification Amendment No. 2”), and November 21, 2022 (Post Qualification Amendment No. 3”), and January 3, 2023 (“Post Qualification Amendment No. 4”) to add, update and/or replace information contained in the Offering Statement. Additionally, this this Post-Qualification Amendment No. 5 adds, updates and/or replaces certain information contained in the 1-A POS filing made by RoyaltyTraders LLC dba SongVest on February 17, 2023.

 

AN OFFERING STATEMENT PURSUANT TO REGULATION A RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PRELIMINARY OFFERING CIRCULAR IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED BEFORE THE OFFERING STATEMENT FILED WITH THE COMMISSION IS QUALIFIED. THIS PRELIMINARY OFFERING CIRCULAR SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR MAY THERE BE ANY SALES OF THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL BEFORE REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE. WE MAY ELECT TO SATISFY OUR OBLIGATION TO DELIVER A FINAL OFFERING CIRCULAR BY SENDING YOU A NOTICE WITHIN TWO BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF OUR SALE TO YOU THAT CONTAINS THE URL WHERE THE OFFERING CIRCULAR WAS FILED MAY BE OBTAINED.

 

Offering Circular Dated February 21, 2023

 

 

RoyaltyTraders LLC dba SongVest

1053 East Whitaker Mill Rd., Suite 115

Raleigh, NC 27604

(919) 324-2945

www.songvest.com

 

Best Efforts Offering of Royalty Share Units

 

RoyaltyTraders LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (which we refer to as “SongVest”, “we,” “us,” “our” or “our company”), is offering, on a best efforts basis, units (the “Royalty Share Units”) representing the right to a portion of specified royalty sharing agreements (each, a “Royalty Share Agreement”) identified in the “Royalty Share Offering Table” beginning on page iii. The Royalty Share Units will be made available for purchase via our web-based investment platform www.songvest.com (the “SongVest Platform”).

 

All of the Royalty Share Units of our company offered hereunder may collectively be referred to in this Offering Circular as the “Royalty Share Units” and each, individually, as a “Royalty Share Unit.” The Royalty Share Agreements described above may collectively be referred to in this Offering Circular as the “Royalty Share Agreements” and each, individually, as a “Royalty Share Agreement.” Finally, the offerings of the Royalty Share Units may collectively be referred to in this Offering Circular as the “offerings” and each, individually, as an “offering.” See “Securities Being Offered” for additional information regarding the Royalty Share Units.

 

The Royalty Share Units represent the contractual right to receive a portion of any royalty stream from the music portfolio underlying Royalty Share Agreements. SongVest will enter into Royalty Share Agreements with music portfolio owners to obtain rights to the music portfolio which, once the purchase option is executed, will result in SongVest receiving all of, or a portion of the royalties generated by that portfolio. Investors will acquire Royalty Share Units from SongVest to receive a pro rata portion of what SongVest has received (net of SongVest’s Administrative Fee) based on the number of Royalty Share Units that investor holds compared to the outstanding number of Units for that interest. Purchasing the Royalty Share Units does not confer to the investor any ownership in our company or the underlying music portfolio.

 

There will be a separate closing with respect to each offering. The closing of an offering will occur on the earliest to occur of (i) the date subscriptions for the number of Royalty Share Units offered for a Royalty Share Agreement have been accepted or (ii) a date determined by our company in its sole discretion, provided that subscriptions for the number of Units offered for a Royalty Share Agreement have been accepted. If closing has not occurred, an offering shall be terminated upon (i) the date which is one year from the date such Offering Circular or amendment thereof, as applicable, is qualified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the Commission, or (ii) any date on which our company elects to terminate the offering for a particular Royalty Share in its sole discretion. No securities are being offered by existing securityholders.

 

Each offering is being conducted on a “best efforts” basis pursuant to Tier 2 of Regulation A promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The subscription funds advanced by prospective investors as part of the subscription process will be held in a non-interest bearing escrow account with North Capital Private Securities Corporation and will not be commingled with the operating account of our company until, if and when there is a closing with respect to that investor group. Our company will be permitted to purchase Royalty Share Units alongside investors in offerings of series of Royalty Share Units conducted by our company at its discretion. The company will not use the proceeds raised from an offering for such purposes – rather, the company would use its own, separate cash reserves to purchase such Royalty Share Units.

 

 

 

 

    Price to
public
    Broker-Dealer
discount and
commissions(1)
    Proceeds to
Issuer(5)
 
“YoungBoy NBA - Drawing Symbols” Royalty Share Agreement *                        
Per Royalty Share Unit   $ 100.00     $ 1.00 (3)   $ 99.00  
Total Minimum (4)   $ 7,700.00     $ 77.00     $ 7,623.00  
Total Maximum (4)   $ 13,800.00     $ 138.00     $ 13,662.00  
“Young L” Royalty Share Agreement *                        
Per Royalty Share Unit   $ 103.00     $ 1.03 (3)   $ 101.97  
Total Minimum (4)   $ 10,197.00     $ 101.97     $ 10,095.03  
Total Maximum (4)   $ 20,394.00     $ 203.94     $ 20,190.06  
“Cainon Lamb” Royalty Share Agreement *                        
Per Royalty Share Unit   $ 150.00     $ 1.50 (3)   $ 148.50  
Total Minimum (4)   $ 86,250.00     $ 862.50     $ 85,387.50  
Total Maximum (4)   $ 171,000.00     $ 1,710.00     $ 169,290.00  
“Erik Cain” Royalty Share Agreement *                        
Per Royalty Share Unit   $ 100.00     $ 1.00 (3)   $ 99.00  
Total Minimum (4)   $ 15,700.00     $ 157.00     $ 15,543.00  
Total Maximum (4)   $ 29,800.00     $ 298.00     $ 29,502.00  

 

 
* A “second-price” auction was utilized to help our company determine the Royalty Share Unit price for this series being offered by our company, which was conducted during “testing the waters” period under Rule 255 of Regulation A. See “Plan of Distribution and Selling Securityholders – Price Discovery” for further information on how our company determined the offering price per share for this series of Royalty Share Units. There is no obligation for any person who indicated interest as part of the auction process to invest in the Royalty Share Units.

(1) We have engaged Dalmore Group, LLC, member FINRA/SIPC (“Dalmore”) to perform administrative and technology related functions in connection with this offering, but not for underwriting or placement agent services. Compensation to Dalmore includes a 1% commission payable to Dalmore for proceeds raised, as well as a one-time due diligence fee of $5,000 and one-time consulting fee of $20,000 payable by our company to Dalmore.
(2) For this offering, the company has decided to assume all commissions and expenses payable to Dalmore in connection with sales of this series of Royalty Share Units.

(3)

For this offering, we intend to use a portion of our Sourcing Fee to pay the 1% commission payable to Dalmore.

(4)

Because these are best efforts offerings, the actual public offering amounts and proceeds to us are not presently determinable and may be substantially less than each total maximum offering set forth above. Further, for each offering set forth above, we will only close on investments and accept funds from investors if we have raised the minimum offering amount set forth above for each offering. Investors’ funds will be placed in an escrow account until the applicable minimum offering is met. Escrowed funds will be invested only in investments permissible under SEC Rule 15c2-4 (See Notice 84-7). In the event the Minimum Offering Amount is not met, all investors’ funds will be promptly returned to each subscriber in accordance with SEC Rule 10b-9.

(5) Our company has assumed and will not be reimbursed for offering expenses. See “Use of Proceeds to Issuer” for additional information.

 

 

 

 

We are an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or the JOBS Act, and, as such, may elect to comply with certain reduced reporting requirements for this Offering Circular and future filings after the offerings.

 

An investment in our Royalty Share Units involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” on page 5 for a description of some of the risks that should be considered before investing in our Royalty Share Units.

 

Generally, no sale may be made to you in any offering if the aggregate purchase price you pay is more than 10% of the greater of your annual income or your net worth. Different rules apply to accredited investors and non-natural persons. Before making any representation that your investment does not exceed applicable thresholds, we encourage you to review Rule 251(d)(2)(i)(C) of Regulation A. For general information on investing, we encourage you to refer to www.investor.gov.

 

THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION DOES NOT PASS UPON THE MERITS OF OR GIVE ITS APPROVAL TO ANY SECURITIES OFFERED OR THE TERMS OF ANY OFFERING, NOR DOES IT PASS UPON THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY OFFERING CIRCULAR OR OTHER SOLICITATION MATERIALS. THESE SECURITIES ARE OFFERED PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION WITH THE COMMISSION; HOWEVER, THE COMMISSION HAS NOT MADE AN INDEPENDENT DETERMINATION THAT THE SECURITIES OFFERED ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION.

 

We are offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, our Royalty Share Units only in jurisdictions where such offers and sales are permitted. You should rely only on the information contained in this Offering Circular. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with any information other than the information contained in this Offering Circular. The information contained in this Offering Circular is accurate only as of its date, regardless of the time of its delivery or of any sale or delivery of our Royalty Share Units. Neither the delivery of this Offering Circular nor any sale or delivery of our Royalty Share Units shall, under any circumstances, imply that there has been no change in our affairs since the date of this Offering Circular. This Offering Circular will be updated and made available for delivery to the extent required by the federal securities laws.

 

This Offering Circular is following the Offering Circular format described in Part II (a)(1)(i) of Form 1-A.

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ROYALTY SHARE UNIT OFFERING TABLE   iii
SUMMARY   1
RISK FACTORS   5
DILUTION   10
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION AND SELLING SECURITYHOLDERS   11
USE OF PROCEEDS TO ISSUER   19
THE UNDERLYING PORTFOLIO   21
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS   48
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY   53
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATION   54
DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND SIGNIFICANT EMPLOYEES   59
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS   60
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT AND CERTAIN SECURITYHOLDERS   61
INTEREST OF MANAGEMENT AND OTHERS IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS   62
SECURITIES BEING OFFERED   63
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS   F-1

 

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INFORMATION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

The information contained in this Offering Circular includes some statements that are not historical and that are considered “forward-looking statements.” Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our development plans for our business; our strategies and business outlook; anticipated development of our company, our manager, our company and the SongVest Platform; and various other matters (including contingent liabilities and obligations and changes in accounting policies, standards and interpretations). These forward-looking statements express our manager’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, and intentions regarding the future. In addition, without limiting the foregoing, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipates”, “believes”, “continue”, “could”, “estimates”, “expects”, “intends”, “may”, “might”, “plans”, “possible”, “potential”, “predicts”, “projects”, “seeks”, “should”, “will”, “would” and similar expressions and variations, or comparable terminology, or the negatives of any of the foregoing, may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking.

 

The forward-looking statements contained in this Offering Circular are based on current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments that are difficult to predict. Neither we nor our manager can guarantee future performance, or that future developments affecting our company, our manager or the SongVest Platform will be as currently anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

 

All forward-looking statements attributable to us are expressly qualified in their entirety by these risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties, along with others, are also described below under the heading “Risk Factors.” Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of the parties’ assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements and should not make an investment decision based solely on these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

 

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ROYALTY SHARE UNITS OFFERING TABLE

 

The table below shows key information related to the offering of each series of Royalty Share Units. Please also refer to “The Underlying Portfolio” and “Use of Proceeds” sections for further details.

 

Royalty Share Unit Name   Underlying Portfolio(s)   Offering
Price per
Unit
    Minimum
Offering
Amount
    Maximum
Offering
Amount
    Maximum
Units
    Opening
Date
  Closing
Date
 

Final Amount Sold

($)

    Distributions Paid (3)   Status(4)  
“Hit The Quan”   “Hit the Quan” Producer’s Share   $ 16.00 (1)    $ 31,200     $ 31,200       1,950     September 30, 2021   February 22, 2022   $ 31,200     $7,871.17    Closed  
“Sanguine Paradise”   “Sanguine Paradise” Writer’s Share   $ 250.00 (1)    $ 47,500     $ 158,000       632     February 9, 2022   N/A     N/A     N/A   Withdrawn  
“Gang Forever”   “Gang Forever” Artist’s Share   $ 250.00 (1)    $ 57,000     $ 190,000       760     February 9, 2022   N/A     N/A     N/A   Withdrawn  
“3 Headed Goat”   “3 Headed Goat” Writer’s Share   $ 250.00 (1)    $ 161,500     $ 537,750       2,151     February 9, 2022   N/A     N/A     N/A   Withdrawn  
“Chippass”   “Chippass” Record Label’s Share   $ 250.00 (1)    $ 13,750     $ 27,750       111     September 13, 2022   October 13, 2022   $ 27,750     $1,149.85    Closed  
“DJ Fresh”   “DJ Fresh” Record Label’s Share & Writer’s Share   $ 300.00 (1)    $ 39,600     $ 79,200       264     September 13, 2022   N/A     N/A     N/A   Withdrawn  
“Runnin’ (Lose It All)”   “Runnin’ (Lose It All)” Writer’s Share & Publisher’s Share   $ 250.00 (1)    $ 133,250     $ 266,500       1,066     November 22, 2022   N/A     N/A     N/A   Withdrawn  
“Fear No More”   “Fear No More” Writer’s Share   $ 100.00 (1)    $ 7,700     $ 14,000       140     November 22, 2022   December 22, 2022   $ 14,000      None to Date   Closed  
“Cross Me”   “Cross Me” Writer’s Share   $ 100.00 (1)    $ 11,500     $ 21,500       215     November 22, 2022   February 6, 2023   $ 12,300      None to Date   Closed  
“YoungBoy NBA – Drawing Symbols”   “YoungBoy NBA – Drawing Symbols” Writer’s Share   $ 100.00 (1)    $ 7,700     $ 13,800       138     January 3, 2023   [    ]     N/A     N/A   Open  
“Onyx, Travis Scott, The Notorious B.I.G. & More”   “Onyx, Travis Scott, The Notorious B.I.G. & More” Writer’s Share (excluding Performance) & Publisher’s Share   $ 150.00 (1)    $ 33,000     $ 64,500       430     January 3, 2023   February 2, 2023   $ 64,500      None to Date   Closed  
“Young L” *   “Young L” Writer’s Share & Co-Publisher’s Share   $ 103.00 (1)    $ 10,197     $ 20,394       198     [    ]   [    ]     N/A     N/A   Submitted for Qualification  
“Cainon Lamb” *   “Cainon Lamb” Writer’s Share   $ 150.00 (1)    $ 86,250     $ 171,000       1,140     [    ]   [    ]     N/A     N/A   Submitted for Qualification  
“Erik Cain” *   “Erik Cain” Sound Recording Owner’s Share   $ 100.00 (1)    $ 15,700     $ 29,800       298     [    ]   [    ]     N/A     N/A   Submitted for Qualification  

  

 

Asterisks (*) denote series submitted for qualification by the SEC in this Post-Qualification Amendment No. 5 to the offering statement of which this Offering Circular forms a part.

 

(1) The offering price per Royalty Share Unit for this offering was determined by our company. To assist in this determination, our company utilized a “second-price” auction during the testing the waters period under Rule 255 of Regulation A. See “Plan of Distribution and Selling Securityholders – Price Discovery” for further information on how our company determined the offering price per share for these Royalty Share Units being offered. There is no obligation for any person who indicated interest as part of the auction process to invest in any of our Royalty Share Units.

 

(2) As described on the cover page of this Offering Circular, the Minimum Offering Amount is the minimum amount of proceeds our company must raise in order to close on investments in this offering. The Maximum Offering Amount includes the (i) cost to acquire the 100% of the Music Royalty Asset set forth in the “Underlying Portfolio(s)” column in the table above, and the Minimum Offering Amount represents the cost to a smaller percentage of that Music Royalty Asset (as set forth in the applicable Royalty Share Agreement). Each of the minimum and maximum offering amounts (with the exception of the “Hit The Quan” offering) also includes the Sourcing Fee.

 

(3) Represents total distributions paid to holders of Royalty Share Units as of the date of this Offering Circular.
   
(4) In this column, “Open” indicates that the offering has been qualified by the SEC and the company is actively accepting investments in that offering. “Closed” indicates that the offering was previously Open and accepting investments, but is now no longer accepting investments. “Not Yet Qualified” indicates that the offering has not yet been qualified by the SEC, and therefore is not open for investment. “Withdrawn” indicates an offering that was either previously qualified by the SEC or submitted to the SEC for qualification in an offering statement that the company has subsequently decided to cancel, returning any investments received by the company from investors in that offering and preventing any future investment in that offering.

 

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SUMMARY

 

The following summary is qualified in its entirety by the more detailed information appearing elsewhere in this Offering Circular. You should read the entire Offering Circular and carefully consider, among other things, the matters set forth in the section captioned “Risk Factors.” You are encouraged to seek the advice of your attorney, tax consultant, and business advisor with respect to the legal, tax, and business aspects of an investment in our Royalty Share Units. All references in this Offering Circular to “$” or “dollars” are to United States dollars.

 

The Company

 

Overview

 

Revenue generated in the music industry is expected to grow in the foreseeable future. A June 2019 Goldman Sachs equity research report forecasted that the recorded music market will hit $45 billion by 2030, driven by 1.15 billion users paying for music-streaming subscriptions and 40% penetration in developed markets such as the U.S. Despite this optimistic outlook, many record labels continue to seek alternative methods of financing while optimizing their digital marketing strategy in the music streaming economy. Further, while donation crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter, and investment platforms like Royalty Exchange have seen some success in providing opportunities to invest in music to the public, investors and music fans still have limited access to investing in music royalty assets. Even those who do have access to top quality music royalty assets are faced with high fees, lack of transparency, and significant operational overheads. With high transactional costs and low transaction volumes, investors in music assets often suffer from illiquidity, resulting in long holding periods that make such investments inaccessible and unattractive for many investors.

 

The SongVest Platform is our proposed solution to this problem. The SongVest Platform combines crowdfunding, investing, and a social network involving fans to create a robust online marketplace where the public can acquire shares of music royalties in their favorite artists’ albums. The SongVest Platform allows investors to pick and invest in the royalty streams from compositions by their favorite artists, and get royalty distributions related to those assets. Additionally, SongVest allows investors to impact the success of artists with their albums. Record labels are provided with tools and strategies enabled by the SongVest Platform to collectively promote albums, potentially furthering the success of a release, and generating more revenue.

 

We plan to use the proceeds from these offering to acquire, hold and manage royalty interests derived from intellectual property created in the media industry (“Music Royalty Assets”). Music Royalty Assets are passive (non-operating) interests in media catalogs (collections of work) that provide the right to revenue produced from the catalog. As it relates to music catalogs, this includes revenue generated from streaming, downloads, physical album sales and other forms of usage by movies, television and advertisements.

 

We intend to acquire Music Royalty Assets ranging in price anywhere from $20,000 to $250,000. Some assets may also be below or above this range. Our mission is to democratize wealth accumulation by providing access, liquidity and transparency to investments in Music Royalty Assets.

 

Our company may charge a “Sourcing Fee” for Music Royalty Assets acquired using the proceeds from our offerings (the “Sourcing Fee”). The Sourcing Fee may be between 0% and 25% of the purchase price of the Music Royalty Asset set forth in the applicable Royalty Share Agreement for each offering, and will generally be set based on the level of difficulty and costs related to sourcing the particular Music Royalty Asset related to the series of Royalty Share Units. The Sourcing Fee may be waived by our manager. Additionally, our company will receive an “Administrative Fee” of up to 10% of value of the value of the royalty payments collected by our company to be distributed to holders of the Royalty Share Units, as compensation for managing the Music Royalty Assets (and corresponding Royalty Share Agreements). The amount of the Administrative Fee will be determined by the company for each series of Royalty Share Units on an individual basis, and will only be received by our company if distributions are made to Royalty Share Unit holders. If no distributions are made, no Administrative Fees will be received by our company.

 

 

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History and Structure

 

Our company is a limited liability company formed on March 18, 2021 pursuant to the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, or the LLC Act.

 

Manager

 

The company has designated Sean Peace and Alexander Guiva as the managers of our company. Throughout this Offering Circular, we refer to Sean Peace and Alexander Guiva together as the “manager”.

 

The manager has identified the Music Royalty Assets that the proceeds of the offerings described in this Offering Circular will be used to purchase, and generally is responsible for the day-to-day operations of our company.

 

Price Discovery

 

To determine the per Royalty Share Unit price for each series of such units, we may utilize a “second-price” auction during a testing the waters period under Rule 255 of Regulation A. SongVest will display the projected number of Royalty Share Units to be offered in a particular series’ offering in an auction environment. Each bidder can bid for as many or as few Royalty Share Units as they are willing to pay for, subject to a minimum bid size of one Royalty Share Unit. However, all winning test bidders have a projected payment based only on the lowest qualifying (successful) bid. The bid price will only increment higher when all Royalty Share Units of the next bid increment are completely bid out. Then the process repeats itself for the next round of bidding. If there are more successful bids than Royalty Share Units available, priority goes to the bidders whose bids are the highest and then to bidders who submitted their bids first in time. In order to beat a competing bidder, a bidder must bid a higher price per Royalty Share Unit than the other bidder(s), regardless of the number of Royalty Share Units that are being bid for. Bidding is conducted in $1.00 increments.

 

Any bids submitted in the “second-price” auction described above will only be non-binding indications of interest as required by Rule 255 of Regulation A. No commitments to invest or funds will be accepted prior to qualification of a series of Royalty Share Units. The “second-price” auction is solely being used to gauge interest and to help guide our company in determining a price for a particular offering of Royalty Share Units. Any person who indicated interest as part of the auction process has no obligation to invest or respond to the company’s solicitations following qualification of the offering as the price determined by the auction. Our company has ultimate discretion as to what price will be set for all Royalty Share Units that it offers, and has no obligation to set a particular price based on the results of such an auction. We may also forego conducting a second-price auction altogether, and determine the price for our Royalty Share Units internally.

 

Distributions

 

The Royalty Share Units provide investors with the pro rata right to cash flow (consisting of music royalties) generated pursuant to a particular Royalty Share Agreement, following the deduction of Administrative Fees by our company. As royalties are paid to our company pursuant to a Royalty Share Agreement, we will place all those royalties in a designated bank account. Each quarter, all royalties received by our company pursuant to that Royalty Share Agreement will be distributed to the applicable Royalty Share Unitholders on a pro rata basis, after deducting the Administrative Fee. For the terms of each series of Royalty Share Unit being offered by our company, see the “Securities Being Offered” section of this Offering Circular.

 

 

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The Offerings

 

Securities being offered:  

We are offering the number of Royalty Share Units of each series at a price per interest set forth in the “Series Offering Table” section above.

 

Each series of Royalty Share Units relates to a different Music Royalty Asset, and has its own terms. See “Securities Being Offered” for further details. The Royalty Share Units are investment contracts which make royalty share payments based on the flow of royalties from a particular Music Royalty Asset, which is governed by the terms of the applicable Royalty Share Agreement relating to the Music Royalty Asset. The Royalty Share Units do not have any voting rights, and do not represent any ownership interest in our company. The purchase of a particular series of Royalty Share Units is an investment only in that particular Music Royalty Asset of our company and does not create any rights to royalty payments from any other Music Royalty Asset. The Royalty Share Agreements are structured as a purchase option, which gives us the right, but not the obligation to purchase a specific Music Royalty Asset subject to the agreement through the proceeds of the unit series offering related to that Music Royalty Asset.

     
Minimum subscription:   The minimum subscription by an investor is one (1) Royalty Share Unit. The per Royalty Share Unit price will vary by series.
     
Broker:   We have entered into an agreement with the Dalmore Group, LLC (the “Broker”), which is acting as our executing broker in connection with each offering. The Broker is a broker-dealer which is registered with the Commission and will be registered in each state where each offering will be made prior to the launch of such offering and with such other regulators as may be required to execute the sale transactions and provide related services in connection with each offering. The Broker is a member of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., or FINRA, and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, or SIPC. 
     
Restrictions on investment:  

Each investor must be a “qualified purchaser.” See “Plan of Distribution and Selling Securityholders—Investor Suitability Standards” for further details. Our manager may, in its sole discretion, decline to admit any prospective investor, or accept only a portion of such investor’s subscription, regardless of whether such person is a “qualified purchaser.” Furthermore, our manager anticipates only accepting subscriptions from prospective investors located in states where the Broker is registered.

 

Generally, no sale may be made to you in any offering if the aggregate purchase price you pay is more than 10% of the greater of your annual income or net worth. Different rules apply to accredited investors and non-natural persons. Before making any representation that your investment does not exceed applicable thresholds, we encourage you to review Rule 251(d)(2)(i)(c) of Regulation A. For general information on investing, we encourage you to refer to www.investor.gov.

     
Escrow account:  

For any offering with a minimum, the subscription funds advanced by prospective investors as part of the subscription process will be held in a non-interest bearing escrow account with North Capital Private Securities Corporation, the “Escrow Agent”, and will not be commingled with the operating account of any series of units until, if and when there is a closing with respect to that investor group. 

 

When the Escrow Agent has received instructions from our manager that an offering will close and the investor’s subscription is to be accepted (either in whole or part), then the Escrow Agent shall disburse such investor’s subscription proceeds in its possession to the account of the particular series of units.

 

If any offering is terminated without a closing, or if a prospective investor’s subscription is not accepted or is cut back due to oversubscription or otherwise, such amounts placed into escrow by prospective investors will be returned promptly to them without interest. Any costs and expenses associated with a terminated offering will be borne by our manager.

 

 

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Offering period:   There will be a separate closing with respect to each offering. The closing of an offering will occur on the earliest to occur of (i) the date subscriptions for the number of Royalty Share Units offered for a series have been accepted or (ii) a date determined by our manager in its sole discretion, provided that, if a minimum offering amount has been established, subscriptions for the minimum number of Royalty Share Units offered for that series have been accepted. If closing has not occurred, an offering shall be terminated upon (i) the date which is one year from the date such Offering Circular or amendment thereof, as applicable, is qualified by the Commission, which period may be extended with respect to a particular series by an additional six months by our manager in its sole discretion, or (ii) any date on which our manager elects to terminate the offering for a particular series of units in its sole discretion. No securities are being offered by existing securityholders.

 

Use of proceeds:   The proceeds received in an offering will be applied in the following order of priority of payment: 
       
     

Acquisition Cost of the Music Royalty Asset: Actual cost of the underlying Music Royalty Asset related to a series of Royalty Share Units;

       
     

Offering Expenses: In general, these costs include actual fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with an offering, including legal, accounting, escrow, underwriting, filing and compliance costs, as applicable, related to a specific offering;

       
     

Acquisition Expenses: In general, these include costs associated with the acquisition of the Music Royalty Assets related to a series of Royalty Share Units, such as due diligence costs (i.e. lien searches, confirming sellers have valid royalty rights, etc.) and legal costs (in connection with contract drafting, etc.).

       
     

Sourcing Fee: We will be paid a Sourcing Fee from the proceeds of each offering as compensation for sourcing each Music Royalty Asset in an amount between 0% and 25% of the consideration being paid for the “purchase price” for the Music Royalty Asset set forth in the applicable Royalty Share Agreement for each offering; provided that such Sourcing Fee may be waived by the company, at the discretion of our manager.

       
    Our company bears all offering expenses and acquisition expenses described above on behalf of each series of Royalty Share Units that are offered by the company, and will be reimbursed from the proceeds of each offering for certain offering expenses, but not for acquisition expenses or certain offering expenses (such as legal costs, etc.). See “Use of Proceeds to Issuer” and “Plan of Distribution and Selling Securityholders—Fees and Expenses” sections for further details.

 

Risk factors:   Investing in our Royalty Share Units involves risks. See the section entitled “Risk Factors” in this Offering Circular and other information included in this Offering Circular for a discussion of factors you should carefully consider before deciding to invest in our Royalty Share Units.

 

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

The Royalty Share Units offered hereby are highly speculative in nature, involve a high degree of risk and should be purchased only by persons who can afford to lose their entire investment. There can be no assurance that our investment objectives will be achieved or that a secondary market would ever develop for our Royalty Share Units, whether via the SongVest Platform, via third party registered broker-dealers or otherwise. The risks described in this section should not be considered an exhaustive list of the risks that prospective investors should consider before investing in our Royalty Share Units. Prospective investors should obtain their own legal and tax advice prior to making an investment in our Royalty Share Units and should be aware that an investment in our Royalty Share Units may be exposed to other risks of an exceptional nature from time to time. The following considerations are among those that should be carefully evaluated before making an investment in our Royalty Share Units.

 

Risks Related to the Structure, Operation and Performance of our Company

 

Our company was recently formed, has no track record and no operating history from which you can evaluate our company or this investment.

 

Our company was recently formed and has generated revenues to date from operations that are secondary to our company’s primary plan of operations, which is the acquiring and managing of Music Royalty Assets. With respect to acquiring and managing Music Royalty Assets, our company has no operating history upon which prospective investors may evaluate its performance. No guarantee can be given that our company will successfully employ the Music Royalty Assets to create a return for investors. 

 

We currently are not generating sufficient revenue to carry out our planned business operations. We expect our operations to continue to consume substantial amounts of cash.

 

We expect that, until we acquire a sufficient amount of Music Royalty Assets, we will not be generating sufficient revenue to carry out our planned operations. In order to generate sufficient revenues to carry out our plan of operations and cover our expenses, including the expenses of our offerings, we believe we will need to continue to acquire Music Royalty Assets until we reach a sufficient scale. We expect that our costs may increase as we continue identifying and negotiating with artists and record labels and entering into new Royalty Share Agreements and thereby incurring more costs. Further, the Music Royalty Assets we license may still be in development (such as an incomplete music album from an artist) and therefore may not be generating sales when we acquire such assets. If a lack of available capital means that we are unable to expand our operations or otherwise take advantage of business opportunities, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.

 

We expect that, in order to maintain and grow our operations, we will need to promote multiple Royalty Share Unit offerings. There can be no assurance that we will be able to promote enough offerings to sustain our business model.

 

Although SongVest already has a pipeline of royalty holders to seed our company with offerings, we will need to have a continuous pipeline of offerings that allow us to achieve certain economies of scale in regard to marketing, distribution and other functions. However, we may fail to have enough pipeline of offerings to support our business model and we may fail to achieve economies of scale. There can be no assurance that we will be able to have a sufficient number of successful offerings to achieve revenues that exceed our costs and margins that justify our continued operations.

 

There are few businesses that have pursued a strategy or investment objective similar to ours, which may make it difficult for our company and Royalty Share Units to gain market acceptance.

 

We believe that few other companies crowd fund Music Royalty Assets or propose to run a platform for crowd funding Music Royalty Assets. Our company and our Royalty Share Units may not gain market acceptance from potential investors, potential asset sellers or service providers within the music industry. This could result in an inability of our manager to operate the Music Royalty Assets profitably. This could impact the issuance of further series of Royalty Share Units and additional Music Royalty Assets being acquired by us. This would further inhibit market acceptance of our company and if we do not acquire any additional Music Royalty Assets in a timely manner, it will be difficult for us to establish a sustainable business strategy and gain market acceptance.

 

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Our success depends in large part upon our manager and its ability to execute our business plan.

 

The successful operation of our company is in part dependent on the ability of our manager to enter into Royalty Share Agreements for Music Royalty Assets. The success of our company (and therefore, each series of Royalty Share Units) will be highly dependent on the expertise and performance of our manager, its expert network and other investment professionals (which include third party experts) to source, acquire and manage the Music Royalty Assets. The loss of the services of one or both members of the manager could have a material adverse effect on the Music Royalty Assets, in particular, their ongoing management and ability to provide value for the holders of the series Royalty Share Units.

 

In the event a royalty holder breaches the terms of a Royalty Share Agreement, we would have limited recourse and due to that we may not be able to collect the royalties the royalty holder represented and may not be able to get the funds paid to the royalty holder back to reimburse the investors.

 

Each Royalty Share Agreement will be between a royalty holder and SongVest. Holders of our Royalty Share Units will have no rights under any Royalty Share Agreement, whether as third-party beneficiaries or otherwise. In the event that we terminate any Royalty Share Agreement due to a material breach by a royalty holder – for example, if the royalties they represent they owned were in fact not theirs to assign royalty income rights to – we will likely not make any royalty payments to holders of the relevant Royalty Share Units.

 

We intend to enforce all contractual obligations to the extent we deem necessary and in the best interests of our company and holders of Royalty Share Units. However, the royalty holder who misrepresents the royalties they have assigned in the Royalty Share Agreement may not return some or all of the payments they received as part of the sale of the Music Royalty Asset to SongVest, which means that Royalty Share Unit holders may not receive some or all of the investment they made in those units.

 

Potential breach of the security measures of the SongVest Platform could have a material adverse effect on our company, each series of our Royalty Share Units and the value of your investment.

 

The highly automated nature of the SongVest Platform through which potential investors bid during the testing the waters phase, or acquire Royalty Share Units may make it an attractive target and potentially vulnerable to cyber-attacks, computer viruses, physical or electronic break-ins or similar disruptions. The SongVest Platform processes certain confidential information about investors. While we intend to take commercially reasonable measures to protect our confidential information and maintain appropriate cybersecurity, the security measures of the SongVest Platform, our company, our manager or our service providers could be breached. Any accidental or willful security breaches or other unauthorized access to the SongVest Platform could cause confidential information to be stolen and used for criminal purposes or have other harmful effects. Security breaches or unauthorized access to confidential information could also expose us to liability related to the loss of the information, time-consuming and expensive litigation and negative publicity, or loss of the proprietary nature of our manager’s and our company’s trade secrets. If security measures are breached because of third-party action, employee error, malfeasance or otherwise, or if design flaws in the SongVest Platform software are exposed and exploited, the relationships between our company, investors, users and the asset sellers could be severely damaged, and our company could incur significant liability or have its attention significantly diverted from utilization of the Music Royalty Assets, which could have a material negative impact on the value and payments available for the Royalty Share Units.

 

Because techniques used to sabotage or obtain unauthorized access to systems change frequently and generally are not recognized until they are launched against a target, we, the third-party hosting used by the SongVest Platform and other third-party service providers may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate preventative measures. In addition, federal regulators and many federal and state laws and regulations require companies to notify individuals of data security breaches involving their personal data. These mandatory disclosures regarding a security breach are costly to implement and often lead to widespread negative publicity, which may cause investors, the asset sellers or service providers within the industry, including insurance companies, to lose confidence in the effectiveness of the secure nature of the SongVest Platform. Any security breach, whether actual or perceived, would harm our reputation and the SongVest Platform and we could lose investors and the asset sellers. This would impair our ability to achieve our objectives of acquiring additional Music Royalty Assets through the issuance of further series of Royalty Share Units and monetizing them together with existing assets through revenue generating events and leasing opportunities.

 

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We may encounter limitations on the effectiveness of our internal controls and a failure of our internal controls to prevent error or fraud may harm our business and holders of Royalty Share Units.

 

Because we operate with minimal employees, we may encounter limitations on the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting, public disclosures and other matters. For example, as a result of our staffing, our processing of financial information may suffer from a lack of segregation of duties, such that journal entries and account reconciliations are not reviewed by someone other than the preparer. If we encounter limitations on the effectiveness of our internal controls and are unable to remediate them, we may not be able to report our financial results accurately, prevent fraud or file our periodic reports as a Regulation A reporting company in an accurate, complete and timely manner. This could harm our business and holders of Royalty Share Units.

 

Risks Related to the Music Industry

 

Income generated by music royalty rights may be reduced if the recorded music industry fails to grow or streaming revenue fails to grow at a sufficient rate to offset download and physical sales declines.

 

Legal digital music has rapidly grown since 2003, and revenue from music downloads and streaming services have emerged, with streaming revenue experiencing multi-year growth and currently accounting for more than 50% of the overall revenue in the recorded music business. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (“IFPI”), digital downloads accounted for only 5.9% of global digital recorded music revenue in 2019. Although revenue from digital downloads fell by 15.3% in 2019, that decline was more than offset by the 22.9% increase in streaming revenue in 2019.

 

There can be no assurances that this growth pattern will persist or that digital revenue will grow at a rate sufficient to offset declines in physical sales, or that changes in streaming models will not negatively impact income generated from our music royalty rights. A declining recorded music industry is likely to lead to reduced levels of revenue and operating income generated by the recorded music business. There are also a variety of factors that could cause the prices in the recorded music industry to be reduced. They are, among others, consumption during a global pandemic and fear for economic downturns, price competition from the sale of motion pictures and videogames in physical and digital formats, the negotiating leverage of mass merchandisers, big-box retailers and distributors of digital music, the increased costs of doing business with mass merchandisers and big-box retailers as a result of complying with operating procedures that are unique to their needs and any associated changes.

 

Changes in technology may affect our ability to receive payments from music royalty rights.

 

The recorded music business is dependent in part on technological developments, including access to and selection and viability of new technologies, and is subject to potential pressure from competitors as a result of their technological developments. For example, the recorded music business may be further adversely affected by technological developments that facilitate the piracy of music, such as Internet peer-to-peer filesharing activity, by an inability to enforce intellectual property rights in digital environments, and by a failure to develop successful business models applicable to a digital environment. The recorded music business also faces competition from other forms of entertainment and leisure activities, such as cable and satellite television, motion pictures, and videogames, whether in physical or digital formats. The new digital business, including the impact of ad-supported music services, some of which may be able to avail themselves of “safe harbor” defenses against copyright infringement actions under copyright laws, may also limit the recorded music industry’s ability to receive income from music royalty rights. Due to such “safe harbor” defenses, revenue from ad-supported music services may not fully reflect increases in consumption of recorded music. In addition, the recorded music industry is currently dependent on a small number of leading digital music services, which allows such services to significantly influence the prices that can be charged in connection with the distribution of digital music. It is possible that the share of music sales by a small number of leading mass-market retailers, as well as online retailers and digital music services, will continue to grow, which could further increase their negotiating leverage and put pressure on prices, ultimately decreasing the income we will receive from music royalty rights.

 

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Failure to obtain, maintain, protect and enforce our intellectual property rights could substantially harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

 

The success of our company depends on our ability to obtain, maintain, protect and enforce our rights under each Royalty Share Agreement. The measures that we take to obtain, maintain, protect and enforce our rights, including, if necessary, litigation or proceedings before governmental authorities and administrative bodies, may be ineffective, expensive and time-consuming and, despite such measures, we may not be able to enforce royalty collection on our Music Royalty Assets. Additionally, changes in law may be implemented, or changes in interpretation of such laws may occur, that may affect our ability to obtain, maintain, protect or enforce rights to our Music Royalty Assets. Moreover, with music royalty rights, it is possible that despite our due diligence efforts there could be successful challenges by third parties to the ownership of a particular copyright or royalty stream or, if acquired as a group of assets, the entire group in which case the value of the asset(s) might be significantly less valuable, or have no value. Failure to obtain, maintain, protect or enforce our rights could harm our brand or brand recognition and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operation.

 

Digital piracy may lead to decreased sales in the recorded music industry and affect our ability to receive income from music royalty rights.

 

The combined effect of the decreasing cost of electronic and computer equipment and related technology such as the conversion of music into digital formats have made it easier for consumers to obtain and create unauthorized copies of music recordings in the form of, for example, MP3 files. For example, based on a global study conducted by IFPI in April 2018, more than one-third of music consumers pirated music, and that approximately 32% of the music privacy took place via stream-ripping. Such piracy will have a negative effect on revenues attributable to music royalty rights we acquire. In addition, while growth of music-enabled mobile consumers offers new opportunities for growth in the music industry, it also opens the market up to risks from behaviors such as “sideloading” and mobile app-based downloading of unauthorized content. As the business shifts to streaming music or access models, piracy in these models is increasing. For example, the practice of “stream-ripping,” where websites or software programs enable end-users to obtain an unauthorized copy of the audio file associated with a music video, is a growing practice among young people and in parts of the world with high mobile data costs. The impact of digital piracy on legitimate music sales and subscriptions is hard to quantify but we believe that illegal filesharing and other forms of unauthorized activity has a substantial negative impact on music sales and on the royalty income that we may receive, including royalties derived from music royalty rights. The music industry is working to control this problem in a variety of ways including by litigation, by lobbying governments for new, stronger copyright protection laws and more stringent enforcement of current laws, through graduated response programs achieved through cooperation with Internet service providers and legislation being advanced or considered in many countries, through technological measures and by enabling legitimate new media business models. However, we do not know whether such measures will be effective, and if such measures are not effective, our royalty income derived from our music royalty rights may decrease.

 

Sellers of the Music Royalty Assets do not owe any fiduciary duties to us or our investors, and they have no obligation to enhance the value of the underlying music royalty rights or disclose information to our investors.

 

The intellectual property owners have no obligation to enhance the value of the underlying music royalty rights we may acquire. For example, the recording artist may decide to retire which may have the effect of decreasing future royalty income on the music. Furthermore, neither the recording artist nor the intellectual property rights owner owe any fiduciary duties to us or our investors. Our investors will have no recourse directly against the recording artist or the intellectual property rights owner, either under the agreement to purchase the music royalty rights or under state or federal securities laws. 

 

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Risks Related to the Offerings and Ownership of our Royalty Share Units

 

Any amounts paid to holders of a particular series of Royalty Share Units will only reflect the royalty performance of the underlying Music Royalty Asset.

 

Investors are acquiring Royalty Share Units which reflect the royalty performance only of the Music Royalty Asset associated with those units. As such, investors will not receive the benefit of diversification in assets or share in the performance of other Music Royalty Assets relating to other series.

 

There is currently no public trading market for our Royalty Share Units; there can be no assurance that any trading market will develop.

 

There is currently no public trading market for any series of our Royalty Share Units, and an active market may not develop or be sustained. If an active public trading market for our Royalty Share Units does not develop or is not sustained, it may be difficult or impossible for investors to resell their Royalty Share Units at any price. Even if a public market does develop, the market price could decline below the amount an investor paid for their Royalty Share Units.

 

If a market ever develops for our Royalty Share Units, the market price and trading volume may be volatile.

 

If a market develops for our Royalty Share Units, the market price of our Royalty Share Units could fluctuate significantly for many reasons, including reasons unrelated to our performance, such as reports by industry analysts, investor perceptions, or announcements by our competitors regarding their own performance, as well as general economic and industry conditions. For example, to the extent that other companies, whether large or small, within our industry experience declines in their share price, the value of our Royalty Share Units may decline as well.

 

In addition, fluctuations in operating results of a particular series of Royalty Share Units or the failure of operating results to meet the expectations of investors may negatively impact the price of our securities. Operating results may fluctuate in the future due to a variety of factors that could negatively affect revenues or expenses in any particular reporting period, including vulnerability of our business to a general economic downturn; changes in the laws that affect our operations; competition; compensation related expenses; application of accounting standards; seasonality; and our ability to obtain and maintain all necessary government certifications or licenses to conduct our business.

 

There may be state law restrictions on an investor’s ability to sell its Royalty Share Units making it difficult to transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of our Royalty Share Units.

 

Each state has its own securities laws, often called “blue sky” laws, which (1) limit sales of securities to a state’s residents unless the securities are registered in that state or qualify for an exemption from registration and (2) govern the reporting requirements for broker-dealers and stock brokers doing business directly or indirectly in the state. Before a security is sold in a state, there must be a registration in place to cover the transaction, or it must be exempt from registration. Also, the broker must be registered in that state. We do not know whether the Royalty Share Units being offered under this Offering Circular will be registered, or exempt, under the laws of any states. A determination regarding registration will be made by the broker-dealers, if any, who agree to serve as the market-makers for our Royalty Share Units. There may be significant state blue sky law restrictions on the ability of investors to sell, and on purchasers to buy, our Royalty Share Units. Investors should consider the resale market for our Royalty Share Units to be limited. Investors may be unable to resell their Royalty Share Units, or they may be unable to resell them without the significant expense of state registration or qualification.

 

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DILUTION

 

Dilution means a reduction in value, control or earnings of the Royalty Share Units the investor owns. There will be no dilution to any investors associated with any offering because once a particular series of Royalty Share Units is fully issued, our company will not sell additional Royalty Share Units of that same series.

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION AND SELLING SECURITYHOLDERS

 

Plan of Distribution

 

We are offering, on a best efforts basis, the membership Royalty Share Units of each of the series in the “Series Offering Table” beginning on page iii. The offering price for each series was determined by our manager.

 

The SongVest Platform allows investors to acquire a series of our Royalty Share Units, which are tied to the performance of a specific Music Royalty Asset under the terms of a Royalty Share Agreement entered into by our company and the royalty rights holder. Through the use of the SongVest Platform, investors can browse and screen the potential investments and sign legal documents electronically. We intend to distribute each series of Royalty Share Units exclusively through the SongVest Platform. Neither our manager nor any other affiliated entity involved in the offer and sale of our Royalty Share Units is a member firm of FINRA, and no person associated with us will be deemed to be a broker solely by reason of his or her participation in the sale of our Royalty Share Units.

 

There will be a separate closing with respect to each series of Royalty Share Units. The closing of each series will occur on the earliest to occur of (i) the date subscriptions for the number of Royalty Share Units offered for a series have been accepted or (ii) a date determined by our manager in its sole discretion, provided that subscriptions for the number of Royalty Share Units offered for a series have been accepted. If closing has not occurred, an offering shall be terminated upon (i) the date which is one year from the date such Offering Circular or amendment thereof, as applicable, is qualified by the Commission, which period may be extended with respect to a particular series by an additional six months by our manager in its sole discretion, or (ii) any date on which our manager elects to terminate the offering for a particular series of units in its sole discretion.

 

The Royalty Share Units are being offered by subscription only in the United States and to residents of those states in which the offer and sale is not prohibited. This Offering Circular does not constitute an offer or sale of Royalty Share Units outside of the United States.

 

Those persons who want to invest in our Royalty Share Units must sign a subscription agreement for the particular series of Royalty Share Units, which will contain representations, warranties, covenants, and conditions customary for offerings of this type. See “—How to Subscribe” below for further details. Copies of the form of subscription agreement for each series are filed as Exhibit 4.1 and onwards in the offering statement.

 

Investors’ funds will be placed in an escrow account until our company receives proceeds equal to the Minimum Offering Amount. Any escrowed funds will be invested only in investments permissible under SEC Rule 15c2-4. In the event the Minimum Offering Amount is not met, all investors’ funds will be promptly returned to each subscriber in accordance with SEC Rule 10b-9.

 

Our company will be permitted to purchase Royalty Share Units in offerings of series of Royalty Share Units conducted by our company at its discretion. The company will not use the proceeds raised from the offering for such purposes – rather, the company would use its own, separate cash reserves to purchase such Royalty Share Units, should it choose to do so. Our company primarily intends to purchase Royalty Share Units only in situations where the company believes a particular offering may not reach the Minimum Offering Amount, and rather than terminate the offering, the company would purchase the remaining Royalty Share Units so that the offering may close, and investors can receive their Royalty Share Units.

 

The Royalty Share Units will be issued in digital book-entry form without certificates.

 

The company has engaged Dalmore Group, LLC (“Dalmore”) a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and a member of FINRA, to perform the following administrative and technology related functions in connection with our offerings, but not for underwriting or placement agent services:

 

  Review investor information, including KYC (“Know Your Customer”) data, AML (“Anti Money Laundering”) and other compliance background checks, and provide a recommendation to the company whether or not to accept investor as a customer.

 

 

Review each investors subscription agreement to confirm such investors participation in the offering, and provide a determination to our company whether or not to accept the use of the subscription agreement for the investor’s participation.

 

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  Contact and/or notify the company, if needed, to gather additional information or clarification on an investor.

 

  Not provide any investment advice nor any investment recommendations to any investor.

 

  Keep investor details and data confidential and not disclose to any third-party except as required by regulators or pursuant to the terms of the agreement (e.g. as needed for AML and background checks).

 

  Coordinate with third party providers to ensure adequate review and compliance.

 

As compensation for the services listed above, the company has agreed to pay Dalmore $25,000 in one-time set up fees, consisting of the following:

 

  $5,000 advance payment for due diligence fees.
     
  $20,000 consulting fee due and payable immediately after FINRA issues a no objection letter.

 

In addition, the company will pay Dalmore a commission equal to 1% of the amount raised in the offering to support the offering once the SEC has qualified the Offering Statement and the offering commences. The commission payable to Dalmore for the “Hit the Quan” offering was $312.00, which was paid by the company. The commission payable to Dalmore for the “Chippass” offering was $277.50 and we used a portion of our Sourcing Fee to pay this commission. The commission payable to Dalmore for the “Fear No More” offering was $140.00 and we used a portion of our Sourcing Fee to pay this commission. The commission payable to Dalmore for the “Cross Me” offering was $123.00 and used a portion of our Sourcing Fee to pay this commission. The commission payable to Dalmore for the “YoungBoy NBA – Drawing Symbols” offering will be at most $138.00 and we intend to use a portion of our Sourcing Fee to pay this commission. The commission payable to Dalmore for the “Onyx, Travis Scott, The Notorious B.I.G. & More” offering was $645and we used a portion of our Sourcing Fee to pay this commission. The commission payable to Dalmore for the “Young L” offering will be at most $203.94 and we intend to use a portion of our Sourcing Fee to pay this commission. The commission payable to Dalmore for the “Cainon Lamb” offering will be at most $1,710.00 and we intend to use a portion of our Sourcing Fee to pay this commission. The commission payable to Dalmore for the “Erik Cain” offering will be at most $298.00 and we intend to use a portion of our Sourcing Fee to pay this commission. Additionally, we have agreed to pay Dalmore a flat fee of $1,000 for each series of Royalty Share Units that we offer. Thus, the total maximum fees to Dalmore for the offerings of the Company pursuant ot this offering statement is $12,939.44 (not including the $25,000 in one-time set up fees).

 

Investor Suitability Standards

 

Our Royalty Share Units are being offered and sold only to “qualified purchasers” (as defined in Regulation A under the Securities Act). “Qualified purchasers” include: (i) “accredited investors” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D and (ii) all other investors so long as their investment in any series of Royalty Share Units of our company (in connection with any series of units offered under Regulation A) does not represent more than 10% of the greater of their annual income or net worth (for natural persons), or 10% of the greater of annual revenue or net assets at fiscal year-end (for non-natural persons). We reserve the right to reject any investor’s subscription in whole or in part for any reason, including if we determine in our sole and absolute discretion that such investor is not a “qualified purchaser” for purposes of Regulation A.

 

For an individual potential investor to be an “accredited investor” for purposes of satisfying one of the tests in the “qualified purchaser” definition, the investor must be a natural person who has:

 

  1. an individual net worth, or joint net worth with the person’s spouse, that exceeds $1,000,000 at the time of the purchase, excluding the value of the primary residence of such person and the mortgage on that primary residence (to the extent not underwater), but including the amount of debt that exceeds the value of that residence and including any increase in debt on that residence within the prior 60 days, other than as a result of the acquisition of that primary residence; or 

 

  2. earned income exceeding $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with a spouse exceeding $300,000 for those years and a reasonable expectation of the same income level in the current year. 

 

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If the investor is not a natural person, different standards apply. See Rule 501 of Regulation D for more details. For purposes of determining whether a potential investor is a “qualified purchaser,” annual income and net worth should be calculated as provided in the “accredited investor” definition under Rule 501 of Regulation D. In particular, net worth in all cases should be calculated excluding the value of an investor’s home, home furnishings and automobiles.

 

Our Royalty Share Units will not be offered or sold to prospective investors subject to ERISA and investors living in Canada.

 

If an investor lives outside the United States, it is his or her responsibility to fully observe the laws of any relevant territory or jurisdiction outside the United States in connection with any purchase, including obtaining required governmental or other consent and observing any other required legal or other formalities.

 

Our manager will be permitted to make a determination that the subscribers of our Royalty Share Units in any offering are qualified purchasers in reliance on the information and representations provided by the subscriber regarding the subscriber’s financial situation. Before making any representation that your investment does not exceed applicable federal thresholds, we encourage you to review Rule 251(d)(2)(i)(C) of Regulation A. For general information on investing, we encourage you to refer to www.investor.gov.

 

An investment in our Royalty Share Units may involve significant risks. Only investors who can bear the economic risk of the investment for an indefinite period of time and the loss of their entire investment should invest in our Royalty Share Units. See “Risk Factors.”

 

Minimum Investment

 

The minimum subscription by an investor is one (1) Royalty Share Unit of a particular series. The per unit price will vary by series.

 

Escrow Agent

 

The Escrow Agent is North Capital Private Securities Corporation, who has been appointed as escrow agent for each offering pursuant to escrow agreements among the Escrow Agent and our company. A copy of the escrow agreement is included as Exhibit 8.1 in the offering statement of which this Offering Circular is part.

 

Fees and Expenses

 

See “Use of Proceeds to Issuer” for a description of the specific expenses for each offering.

 

Offering Expenses

 

Included in the proceeds for each series of Royalty Share Units will be specific amounts to cover fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the offering of that series of Royalty Share Units (which we collectively refer to as the “Offering Expenses”). Offering Expenses consist of legal, accounting, escrow, underwriting, filing and compliance costs, as applicable, related to a specific offering.

 

Sourcing Fee

 

Our company may collect a sourcing fee as compensation for sourcing each Music Royalty Asset (which we refer to as the “Sourcing Fee”). This fee will be set at between 0% and 25% of the “purchase price” – i.e. the price the company ultimately pays for the Music Royalty Asset upon purchase of such Music Royalty Asset which is set forth in the applicable Royalty Share Agreement. The “purchase price” is determined by the company in its sole discretion, and will generally be set based on the level of difficulty and costs related to sourcing the particular Music Royalty Asset related to the series of Royalty Share Units – however, we may utilize a “second price” auction to help determine an appropriate purchase price for an asset. The Sourcing Fee may be waived by our manager on per offering basis.

 

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Price Discovery

 

To help us determine the per Royalty Share Unit price for each series, we may utilize a “second-price” auction during a testing the waters period under Rule 255 of Regulation A. No commitments to invest or funds will be accepted prior to qualification of a series of Royalty Share Units. The “second-price” auction is solely being used to gauge interest and to help guide our company determine a price for a particular offering of Royalty Share Units. By “winning” the auction, bidders will have first access to purchasing Royalty Share Units following qualification of the offering. Any person who indicated interest as part of the auction process has no obligation to invest or respond to the company’s solicitations following qualification of the offering as the price determined by the auction.

 

Prior to commencing an auction, SongVest will enter into an agreement with an owner of the Music Royalty Asset, pursuant to which the owner of the Music Royalty Asset will agree to allow SongVest to conduct an auction to determine the value of the Music Royalty Asset (the “Listing Agreement”). Additionally, the Listing Agreement will contain a “reserve price”, representing SongVest’s estimated value of the Music Royalty Asset. The “reserve price” only represents an estimation of what the value of the asset is, and is not binding on the asset seller or SongVest. The Listing Agreement does not bind the owner of the Music Royalty Asset or SongVest to enter into a Royalty Share Agreement. A form of the Listing Agreement is included as Exhibit 6.6 to the offering statement of which this Offering Circular forms a part.

 

SongVest will display the projected number of Royalty Share Units to be offered in a particular series’ offering in an auction environment. Each bidder can bid for as many or as few Royalty Share Units as they are willing to pay for, subject to a minimum bid size of one Royalty Share Unit. However, all “winning” test bidders have a projected payment based only on the lowest qualifying (successful) bid. The bid price will only increment higher when all Royalty Share Units of the next bid increment are completely bid out. Then the process repeats itself for the next round of bidding. If there are more successful bids than Royalty Share Units available, priority goes to the bidders whose bids are the highest and then to bidders who submitted their bids first in time. In order to succeed, a competing bidder must bid a higher price per Royalty Share Unit than the other bidder(s), regardless of the number of Royalty Share Units that are being bid for. Bidding is conducted in $1 increments.

 

Each “second-price” auction will have a set start and end date and time, which will be prominently displayed on the webpage where the auction is being hosted.

 

Registered users will be notified in email of upcoming auctions and we will promote the auctions as well on social media so that new users can register on the website to also participate in the auction.

 

Once the auction goes live, all registered users will have the opportunity to place a bid with number of Royalty Share Units they request. After submitting a bid, a bidder will see (i) the number of Royalty Share Units bid for; (ii) the bid price submitted for each of those Royalty Share Units; and (iii) the total number of Royalty Share Units already bid (all bidders) and the number of shares still available at that price. In the example below, we can see the user bid 500 Units at $11, and visually they can see that 500 units were bid and 500 units are still available.

 

 

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The top bar chart visually represents how many Royalty Share Units (in total) were bid and how many are left. The bottom chart shows the status of the bidders’ units. Once all of the units for the current bid price are allocated, then the price moves to the next increment. In the example below, the $11 units have been fully bid out, and 750 units at the next price point ($12) have been allocated. The bidder can now visually see that the 750 units at $12 have taken 250 of the units they bid at $11. If all of the units at $12 are allocated, then this bidder will have zero units since their bid was at $11.

 

 

Bidders can always easily see the available Royalty Share Units as the share price increases and how that affects their current bid and/or proxy bid especially how it relates to their units being outbid which will reduce their number of units or totally eliminate their units they will have first access to following qualification. At that point they will need to enter a new bid at the next bid increment.

 

For proxy bids, in the example below, we can see how the user placed a proxy bid at a higher amount than the current bid. The bidder can easily see the priority of their Royalty Share Units as well as what bid price the proxy is.

 

 

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Although there will initially be a set time and date that an auction will end, an auction end-time can be extended if a bid is placed in the last 5 minutes of an auction. If this occurs, the auction will be extended an additional 5 minutes. This can repeat until there are no further bids in the last 5 minutes of an auction, at which point the auction will close. All bidders in an auction will receive notification via email when they are outbid on any number of units they have and of the close of an auction. In the example below, users can also see all bids being placed and if they are a hard bid or proxy (auto) bid as well as the end time of the auction in the upper right.

 

 

Any bids submitted in the “second-price” auction described above will only be non-binding indications of interest as required by Rule 255 of Regulation A. No commitments to invest or funds will be accepted prior to qualification of a series of Royalty Share Units. The “second-price” auction is solely being used to gauge interest and to help guide our company determine a price for a particular offering of Royalty Share Units, but our company has ultimate discretion as to what price will be set the price for all Royalty Share Units that it offers, and does has no obligation to set a particular price based on the results of such an auction. We may also forego conducting a second-price auction altogether, and determine the price for our Royalty Share Units internally.

 

Illustrative Example

 

Here is an example of how an auction might work (with “win” being used to represent the Royalty Share Units the bidder will have first access to following qualification of the offering):

 

If the series were to auction 1,000 Royalty Share Units for a certain Music Royalty Asset.

 

1. Bidder “A” bids for 300 units at $22 each.
2. Bidder “B” bids for 600 units at $21 each.
3. Bidder “C” bids for 250 units at $18 each.
4. Bidder “D” bids for 150 units at $17 each.

 

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The outcome of this auction would be:

 

1. Bidder “A” wins 300 units at $18 each.
2. Bidder “B” wins 600 units at $18 each.
3. Bidder “C” wins 100 units at $18 each.

 

The price is $18 per Royalty Share Unit as that was the lowest successful bid at which all of the Royalty Share Units are sold (hence the second price). Upon qualification by the SEC of an offering of the series of Royalty Share Units, all winning bidders would be given first access to buy the number of Royalty Share Units at which a successful auction is concluded during the TTW phase even if that number of units is lower than the number of units in their original bid. (See Bidder “C” in the example above). Non-winning bidders will not be provided first access to invest in an offering, and will gain access to the offering at the same time as the general public.

 

The auction may be extended if i) the quantity and price of bids fail to meet the reserve price (the minimum price at which the SongVest is willing to sell the series of Royalty Share Units in an offering) and SongVest agrees to extend the auction beyond its normal timeframe or ii) if a bidder places a bid within the last 5 minutes of the auction, the auction will automatically be extended for 5 minutes.

 

After the Auction

 

Once an auction has been completed for a particular Music Royalty Asset, our company will review the results of the auction, and use that information to assist our company in setting a price for the Royalty Share Units for the offering of that Music Royalty Asset. These Royalty Share Units will only be available for purchase once the SEC has qualified an offering related to those Royalty Share Units.

 

Once qualified, our company will offer all “winning” bidders who participated in the auction a special 24 hour window that is only available to those “winning” bidders. In this 24 hour window, only this group will be provided access to the offering, providing them with an opportunity to invest before the offering is opened up to the general public. At such time, these “winning” bidders would be given the opportunity to buy the number of Royalty Share Units for which they submitted a bid submitted in the auction (or less, if they choose). “Winning” bidders may also purchase additional Royalty Share Units beyond what they have reserved once the 24 hour early-access window has concluded. “Winning” bidders have no obligation to invest or even respond to the company’s solicitations following qualification of the offering.

 

The company will notify “winning” bidders via email that the offering has been qualified, the Royalty Share Units are available for purchase, and will advise them of this special 24 hour window available to them.

 

All Royalty Share Units will be offered for purchase via our web-based investment platform www.songvest.com.

 

Additional Information Regarding this Offering Circular

 

We have not authorized anyone to provide information regarding this offering other than as set forth in this Offering Circular. Except as otherwise indicated, all information contained in this Offering Circular is given as of the date of this Offering Circular. Neither the delivery of this Offering Circular nor any sale made hereunder shall under any circumstances create any implication that there has been no change in our affairs since the date hereof.

 

From time to time, we may provide an “Offering Circular supplement” that may add, update or change information contained in this Offering Circular. Any statement that we make in this Offering Circular will be modified or superseded by any inconsistent statement made by us in a subsequent Offering Circular supplement. The offering statement we filed with the Commission includes exhibits that provide more detailed descriptions of the matters discussed in this Offering Circular. You should read this Offering Circular and the related exhibits filed with the Commission and any Offering Circular supplement together with additional information contained in our annual reports, semi-annual reports and other reports and information statements that we will file periodically with the Commission.

 

The Offering Circular and all supplements and reports that we have filed or will file in the future can be read on the Commission website at www.sec.gov or in the legal section on the SongVest Platform (at www.songvest.com/offering). The contents of the SongVest Platform (other than the offering statement, this Offering Circular and the appendices and exhibits thereto) are not incorporated by reference in or otherwise a part of this Offering Circular.

 

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How to Subscribe

 

Potential investors who are “qualified purchasers” may subscribe to purchase our Royalty Share Units. Any potential investor wishing to acquire our Royalty Share Units must:

 

  1. Carefully read this Offering Circular, and any current supplement, as well as any documents described in the Offering Circular and attached as exhibits to the offering statement or which you have requested. Consult with your tax, legal and financial advisors to determine whether an investment in our Royalty Share Units is suitable for you. 

 

  2. Review the subscription agreement (including the “Investor Qualification and Attestation” attached thereto), which was pre-populated following your completion of certain questions on the SongVest Platform application, and if the responses remain accurate and correct, sign the completed subscription agreement using electronic signature. Except as otherwise required by law, subscriptions may not be withdrawn or cancelled by subscribers.

 

  3. Once the completed subscription agreement is signed, you will be instructed to transfer funds in an amount equal to the purchase price for Royalty Share Units you have applied to subscribe for (as set out on the front page of your subscription agreement) by ACH into the escrow account. The Escrow Agent will hold such subscription monies in escrow until such time as your subscription agreement is either accepted or rejected by our manager and, if accepted, such further time until you are issued the Royalty Share Units. 

 

  4. Our manager will review the subscription documentation completed and signed by you. You may be asked to provide additional information. Our manager will contact you directly if required. We reserve the right to reject any subscriptions, in whole or in part, for any or no reason, and to withdraw any offering at any time prior to closing. 

 

  5. Once the review is complete, our manager will inform you whether or not your application to subscribe for the Royalty Share Units is approved or denied and if approved, the number of Royalty Share Units you are entitled to subscribe for. If your subscription is rejected in whole or in part, then any subscription payments (being the entire amount if your application is rejected in whole or the payments associated with those subscriptions rejected in part) will be refunded promptly, without interest or deduction. Our manager accepts subscriptions on a first-come, first served basis subject to the right to reject or reduce subscriptions.

 

  6. If all or a part of your subscription is approved, then the number of Royalty Share Units you are entitled to subscribe for will be issued to you upon the closing. Simultaneously with the issuance of the Royalty Share Units, the subscription monies held by the Escrow Agent in escrow on your behalf will be transferred to the account of the applicable series as consideration for such Royalty Share Units. 

 

By executing the subscription agreement, you agree to be bound by the terms of the subscription agreement and the Royalty Share Units. Our company and our manager will rely on the information you provide in the subscription agreement, including the “Investor Qualification and Attestation” attached thereto and the supplemental information you provide in order for our manager to verify your status as a “qualified purchaser.” If any information about your “qualified purchaser” status changes prior to you being issued the Royalty Share Units, please notify our manager immediately using the contact details set out in the subscription agreement.

 

For further information on the subscription process, please contact our manager using the contact details set out in the “Where You Can Find Additional Information” section.

 

The subscription funds advanced by prospective investors as part of the subscription process will be held in a non-interest-bearing account with the Escrow Agent and will not be commingled with the operating account of our company, until if and when there is a closing with respect to that investor. When the Escrow Agent has received instructions from our manager that an offering will close and the investor’s subscription is to be accepted (either in whole or part), then the Escrow Agent shall disburse such investor’s subscription proceeds in its possession to our company. If an offering is terminated without a closing, or if a prospective investor’s subscription is not accepted or is cut back due to oversubscription or otherwise, such amounts placed into escrow by prospective investors will be returned promptly to them without interest or deductions. Any costs and expenses associated with a terminated offering will be borne by our company.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS TO ISSUER

 

The allocation of the net proceeds of each offering set forth below represents our intentions based upon our current plans and assumptions regarding the specified Music Royalty Asset associated with each current or planned offering of our company. The company reserves the right to modify the use of proceeds as set forth below.

 

“YoungBoy NBA – Drawing Symbols” Royalty Share Agreement

 

We estimate that the gross proceeds of the offering of “YoungBoy NBA – Drawing Symbols” Royalty Share Agreement will be approximately $13,800 assuming the full amount of the offering is sold, and will be used in the following order of priority of payment:

 

Uses   Minimum
Offering
    Percentage
Use
    Maximum
Offering
    Percentage
Use
 
Cash Consideration for Acquisition of Music Royalty Asset(1)   $ 5,301.72       68.9 %   $ 10,603.45       76.8 %
Sourcing Fee(2)   $ 898.28       11.7 %   $ 1,696.55       12.3 %
Offering Expenses(3)   $ 1,500.00       19.5 %   $ 1,500.00       10.9 %
Total Proceeds   $ 7,700.00       100.0 %   $ 13,800.00       100.0 %

 

 

(1) The company entered into a Royalty Share Agreement with the rightsholder of the “YoungBoy NBA – Drawing Symbols” Music Royalty Asset with an effective date of November 16, 2022, a form of which is included as Exhibit 6.16 to this offering statement of which this offering circular forms a part. At the Minimum Offering, our company will purchase only 50% of the full royalty interest acquirable under the Royalty Share Agreement.

(2) The company is entitled to receive a Sourcing Fee as compensation for sourcing the “YoungBoy NBA – Drawing Symbols” Music Royalty Asset in an amount equal to 16% of the value of the “purchase price” of the Music Royalty Asset set forth in the Royalty Share Agreement.

(3) Represents certain other offering expenses related to fees payable to Dalmore ($1,000) and our transfer agent ($500), and the 1% commission payable to Dalmore on gross proceeds raised in this offering, each of which the company has decided to assume directly without deducting from the gross proceeds. However, the company will use the proceeds from the Sourcing Fee to pay the 1% commission to Dalmore.

 

“Young L” Royalty Share Agreement

 

We estimate that the gross proceeds of the offering of “Young L” Royalty Share Agreement will be approximately $20,394 (assuming the full amount of the offering is sold, and will be used in the following order of priority of payment:

 

Uses   Minimum
Offering
    Percentage
Use
    Maximum
Offering
    Percentage
Use
 
Cash Consideration for Acquisition of Music Royalty Asset (1)   $ 8,790.52       86.2 %   $ 17,581.03       86.2 %
Sourcing Fee(2)   $ 1,406.48       13.8 %   $ 2,812.97       13.8 %
Offering Expenses(3)   $ -       0 %   $ -       0 %
Total Proceeds   $ 10,197.00       100.0 %   $ 20,394.00       100.0 %

 

 

(1) The company entered into a Royalty Share Agreement with the rightsholder of the “Young L” Music Royalty Asset with an effective date of January 12, 2023, a form of which is included as Exhibit 6.18 to this offering statement of which this offering circular forms a part. At the Minimum Offering, our company will purchase only 50% of the full royalty interest acquirable under the Royalty Share Agreement.
(2) The company is entitled to receive a Sourcing Fee as compensation for sourcing the “Young L” Music Royalty Asset in an amount equal to 16% of the value of the “purchase price” of the Music Royalty Asset set forth in the Royalty Share Agreement.
(3) Represents certain other offering expenses related to fees payable to Dalmore ($1,000) and our transfer agent ($500), and the 1% commission payable to Dalmore on gross proceeds raised in this offering, each of which the company has decided to assume directly without deducting from the gross proceeds. However, the company will use the proceeds from the Sourcing Fee to pay the 1% commission, and $1,500 in expenses to Dalmore and our transfer agent collectively.

 

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“Cainon Lamb” Royalty Share Agreement

 

We estimate that the gross proceeds of the offering of “Cainon Lamb” Royalty Share Agreement will be approximately $171,000 assuming the full amount of the offering is sold, and will be used in the following order of priority of payment:

 

Uses   Minimum
Offering
    Percentage
Use
    Maximum
Offering
    Percentage
Use
 
Cash Consideration for Acquisition of Music Royalty Asset (1)   $ 73,060.34       84.7 %   $ 146,120.69       85.4 %
Sourcing Fee(2)   $ 11,689.66       13.6 %   $ 23,379.31       13.7 %
Offering Expenses(3)   $ 1,500.00       1.7 %   $ 1,500.00       0.9 %
Total Proceeds   $ 86,250.00       100.0 %   $ 171,000.00       100.0 %

 

 

(1) The company entered into a Royalty Share Agreement with the rightsholder of the “Cainon Lamb” Music Royalty Asset with an effective date of January 13, 2023, a form of which is included as Exhibit 6.19 to this offering statement of which this offering circular forms a part. At the Minimum Offering, our company will purchase only 50% of the full royalty interest acquirable under the Royalty Share Agreement.
(2) The company is entitled to receive a Sourcing Fee as compensation for sourcing the “Cainon Lamb” Music Royalty Asset in an amount equal to 16% of the value of the “purchase price” of the Music Royalty Asset set forth in the Royalty Share Agreement.
(3) Represents certain other offering expenses related to fees payable to Dalmore ($1,000) and our transfer agent ($500), and the 1% commission payable to Dalmore on gross proceeds raised in this offering, each of which the company has decided to assume directly without deducting from the gross proceeds. However, the company will use the proceeds from the Sourcing Fee to pay the 1% commission to Dalmore.

 

“Erik Cain” Royalty Share Agreement

 

We estimate that the gross proceeds of the offering of “Erik Cain” Royalty Share Agreement will be approximately $29,800 assuming the full amount of the offering is sold, and will be used in the following order of priority of payment:

 

Uses   Minimum
Offering
    Percentage
Use
    Maximum
Offering
    Percentage
Use
 
Cash Consideration for Acquisition of Music Royalty Asset (1)   $ 12,241.38       78.0 %   $ 24,396.55       81.9 %
Sourcing Fee(2)   $ 1,958.62       12.4 %   $ 3,903.45       13.1 %
Offering Expenses(3)   $ 1,500.00       9.6 %   $ 1,500.00       5.0 %
Total Proceeds   $ 15,700.00       100.0 %   $ 29,800.00       100.0 %

 

 

(1) The company entered into a Royalty Share Agreement with the rightsholder of the “Erik Cain” Music Royalty Asset with an effective date of January 18, 2023, a form of which is included as Exhibit 6.20 to this offering statement of which this offering circular forms a part. At the Minimum Offering, our company will purchase only 50% of the full royalty interest acquirable under the Royalty Share Agreement.
(2) The company is entitled to receive a Sourcing Fee as compensation for sourcing the “Erik Cain” Music Royalty Asset in an amount equal to 16% of the value of the “purchase price” of the Music Royalty Asset set forth in the Royalty Share Agreement.
(3) Represents certain other offering expenses related to fees payable to Dalmore ($1,000) and our transfer agent ($500), and the 1% commission payable to Dalmore on gross proceeds raised in this offering, each of which the company has decided to assume directly without deducting from the gross proceeds. However, the company will use the proceeds from the Sourcing Fee to pay the 1% commission to Dalmore.

 

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THE UNDERLYING MUSIC PORTFOLIOS

 

The discussions contained in this section relating to the Music Royalty Assets underlying Royalty Share Agreements described herein, as well as the music industry in general are taken from the royalty statements from the royalty providers and third-party sources that we believe to be reliable. We believe that the information from such sources contained herein regarding the “Music Royalty Assets described below and the music industry are reasonable, and that the factual information therein is fair and accurate. However, investors should be aware that there is no guarantee that information derived from third-party sources is entirely accurate.

 

“Hit the Quan” Music Royalty Asset

 

Summary Overview

 

The “Hit The Quan” Music Royalty Asset is the underlying asset of the “Hit the Quan” Royalty Share Agreement. It contains the producer’s share of income from the master recording “Hit The Quan” recorded by the recording artist iLoveMemphis and released in 2015 by Sony Music. The producer, Cordarius Williams P/K/A BUCK NASTY, sold his producer royalty income previously to the Kingdom Trust Company FBO Sean Peace, which is a self-directed IRA of a member of our manager, Sean Peace. The “Hit the Quan” Music Royalty Asset if was purchased pursuant to the “Hit the Quan” Royalty Share Agreement with Kingdom Trust Company FBO Sean Peace (filed as Exhibit 6.5 to the offering statement of which this Offering Circular forms a part) upon the closing of the this offering, entitling our company can purchase the right to receive the producer royalty revenue from this asset.

 

“Hit the Quan” Royalty Share Agreement Terms

 

The “Hit the Quan” Royalty Share Agreement is between Kingdom Trust Company FBO Sean Peace and our company. Pursuant to the “Hit the Quan” Royalty Share Agreement, for the purchase price of $31,200 (i.e., the purchase option), our company has the right to receive 100% of the producer’s revenue share for a term of 40 years starting June 1, 2021 through June 1, 2061. Revenues the company will be entitled to receive from the “Hit the Quan” asset pursuant to this agreement include revenues earned in connection with the sale and exploitation of the Masters (i.e., the official original recording of the song, and the source from which all the later copies are made), which will be paid at the percentage interest as defined in the “Hit the Quan” Royalty Share Agreement for the applicable revenue sources (e.g., Streaming). Sales shall be determined by reference to the royalty statements from the royalties paid to the producer bi-yearly by Sony Music, which shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties to the agreement, absent manifest error. Further, the “Hit the Quan” Royalty Share Agreement provides that all earnings from video exploitation of “Hit the Quan” Music Royalty Asset will also be paid to the company.

 

Financial Highlights

 

The royalties paid over in 2019 and 2020 from all revenue streams contemplated in the “Hit the Quan” Royalty Share Agreement has averaged $3,851 per year.

 

    2018 H1     2018 H2     2019 H1     2019 H2     2020 H1     2020 H2     2021 H1     Grand Total  
HIT THE QUAN   $ 1,091.86     $ 1,130.70     $ 2,305.54     $ 1,609.10     $ 1,266.78     $ 2,555.86     $ 2,270.01     $ 12,229.85  

 

“Hit The Quan” was released in 2015. The revenue increased from 2018 to 2019 and has remained basically flat from 2019 to 2020.

 

Service Providers   2018 H1     2018 H2     2019 H1     2019 H2     2020 H1     2020 H2     2021 H1     Grand Total  
YouTube   $ 17.87     $ 102.09     $ 365.06     $ 412.01     $ 312.62     $ 836.07     $ 652.37     $ 2,698.09  
Apple   $ 474.13     $ 402.98     $ 372.38     $ 352.87     $ 307.14     $ 710.84     $ 559.97     $ 3,180.31  
Spotify   $ 300.02     $ 324.88     $ 282.42     $ 357.41     $ 287.09     $ 652.04     $ 598.61     $ 2,802.47  
Amazon   $ 66.37     $ 60.70     $ 24.77     $ 131.78     $ 79.82     $ 236.59     $ 189.11     $ 789.14  
Pandora   $ 123.36     $ 111.69     $ 72.90     $ 62.40     $ 54.07     $ 38.36     $ 43.55     $ 506.33  
Facebook           $ 30.45     $ 20.17     $ 31.11     $ 90.12     $ 31.55     $ 39.06     $ 242.46  
Peloton           $ 7.26     $ 12.51     $ 46.01     $ 43.39     $ 13.39     $ 8.57     $ 131.13  
Deezer   $ 9.71     $ 5.86     $ 7.60     $ 6.88     $ 6.95     $ 10.36     $ 11.63     $ 58.99  
The Rest   $ 100.40     $ 84.79     $ 1,147.73     $ 208.63     $ 85.58     $ 26.66     $ 167.14     $ 1,820.93  
Total   $ 1,091.86     $ 1,130.70     $ 2,305.54     $ 1,609.10     $ 1,266.78     $ 2,555.86     $ 2,270.01     $ 12,229.85  

 

(Note – the data in the tables above was taken from Sony Music royalty statements sent to the owner of the “Hit The Quan” Music Royalty Asset. Additionally, references to “H1” and “H2” refer to the first half of the year and the second half of the year, respectively).

 

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Administrative Fee for the “Hit the Quan” Royalty Share Agreement

 

The Administrative Fee (i.e., the amount to be paid to our company as a percentage of the value of the royalty payments collected by our company to be distributed to holders of “Hit The Quan” Royalty Share Units) is 10.00%.

 

“Chippass” Music Royalty Asset

 

Summary Overview

 

The “Chippass” Music Royalty Asset is the underlying asset of the “Chippass” Royalty Share Agreement. The agreement entitles the company to purchase up to ninety percent (90%) of the income earned in connection with the sale and exploitation of certain self-released master recordings for certain compositions recorded by the artist, Chippass, beginning in 2014.

 

Artist Background

 

Chippass once signed to E-40’s Sick Wid It Records and is part of Oakland, CA, street history. Along the way, he subconsciously studied the music art form. Attending high school alongside Lil B, he can recall critiquing early rhymes from “The BasedGod” before picking up a mic himself in NHT Boyz. The buzzing group made an impact in Northern California and landed national acclaim from The Fader but disbanded as “friends started getting sent to jail, quitting, or dying.” “Even when it ended, I wasn’t going to stop though,” Chippass continues. “I went crazy and full-fledged into rap solo in 2013.” Among a prolific series of mixtapes, he dropped the frequently downloaded Original Yangster and Original Yangster II, joined IamSu! on tour, collaborated with everyone from Marc E. Bassy to Mozzy, and more.

 

 

(Data provided by Chartmetric.com as of July 2022).

 

“Chippass” Royalty Share Agreement Terms

 

The “Chippass” Royalty Share Agreement is between the master owner (the “Seller”) and our company. Pursuant to this agreement, for a maximum purchase price of $23,922 (i.e., the purchase option), SongVest will have the right to receive up to 90% of the Seller’s revenue share earned in connection with the sale and exploitation of the master recordings (e.g. revenues from streaming) for the life of the copyright of the master recordings listed further below under the subsection entitled “Chippass Royalty Share Agreement Master Recordings”. “Master recordings: are the official original recording of the song, and the source from which all the later copies are made. Revenues earned by the master recordings will be determined by reference to the royalty statements from the royalties paid to the Seller monthly by EMPIRE Distribution, which shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties to the Chippass” Royalty Share Agreement, absent manifest error.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

The data in this section was taken from EMPIRE Distribution royalty statements sent to the owner of the “Chippass” Music Royalty Asset.

 

The royalties paid over the four quarters set forth in the table below from the revenue stream contemplated in the “Chippass” Royalty Share Agreement have averaged approximately $1,351 per quarter.

 

    2019     2020     2021     2022     Grand  
Chippass Royalties   Qtr1     Qtr2     Qtr3     Qtr4     Qtr1     Qtr2     Qtr3     Qtr4     Qtr1     Qtr2     Qtr3     Qtr4     Qtr1     Total  
Total   $ 895.80     $ 1,113.46     $ 957.76     $ 874.15     $ 939.71     $ 1,121.11     $ 873.48     $ 815.78     $ 886.71     $ 1,716.83     $ 1,303.49     $ 1,222.95     $ 1,159.61     $ 13,880.84  

 

 

 

The single, “Oooh,” was released in February 2021 and has generated twelve full months of royalties to-date as reported in the table below. Another single, “Me” features the artists E-40 and ALLBLACK and was released in February 2019. The below table includes a line titled “The Rest” under “Singles” releases. This line item includes revenues from approximately 140 different master recordings, none of which individually represents more than 1% of the “last four quarters” (as set forth in the table below)’s total royalties earned from all of the master recordings together.

 

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Chippass Royalty Share Agreement Master Recordings

 

    2019     2020     2021     2022     Last 4     % of  
Chippass Masters   Qtr1     Qtr2     Qtr3     Qtr4     Qtr1     Qtr2     Qtr3     Qtr4     Qtr1     Qtr2     Qtr3     Qtr4     Qtr1     Quarters     Total  
Singles                                                                                          
Oooh                                                                           $ 523     $ 343     $ 271     $ 165     $ 1,302       9 %
Me   $ 0     $ 255     $ 209     $ 130     $ 121     $ 99     $ 103     $ 103     $ 97     $ 133     $ 148     $ 157     $ 149     $ 587       4 %
Never Switchin   $ 21     $ 22     $ 21     $ 20     $ 18     $ 18     $ 16     $ 20     $ 22     $ 27     $ 31     $ 41     $ 43     $ 142       1 %
We Got It                           $ 16     $ 17     $ 6     $ 4     $ 3     $ 2     $ 122     $ 1     $ 1     $ 2     $ 126       1 %
I’m Shinin   $ 13     $ 15     $ 23     $ 26     $ 32     $ 28     $ 19     $ 26     $ 25     $ 36     $ 36     $ 26     $ 24     $ 121       1 %
Bluitt                                                           $ 1     $ 54     $ 49     $ 23     $ 18     $ 17     $ 107       1 %
Born in the Mob   $ 22     $ 17     $ 15     $ 11     $ 10     $ 68     $ 57     $ 27     $ 24     $ 45     $ 56     $ 32     $ 30     $ 163       1 %
I.D.G.A.F.   $ 23     $ 23     $ 20     $ 18     $ 20     $ 24     $ (2 )   $ 20     $ 18     $ 27     $ 25     $ 27     $ 24     $ 104       1 %
Level Up   $ 45     $ 40     $ 29     $ 18     $ 17     $ 15     $ 14     $ 16     $ 16     $ 22     $ 22     $ 27     $ 27     $ 98       1 %
CUZZO                                                                                   $ 28     $ 37     $ 23     $ 87       1 %
Keep It 100   $ 29     $ 23     $ 19     $ 15     $ 15     $ 17     $ 17     $ 26     $ 15     $ 17     $ 16     $ 19     $ 21     $ 73       1 %
Big                                                                                           $ 42     $ 30     $ 71       1 %
The Rest   $ 645     $ 638     $ 575     $ 548     $ 627     $ 716     $ 549     $ 534     $ 569     $ 640     $ 555     $ 504     $ 598     $ 2,296       17 %
Albums                                                                                                                        
General   $ 97     $ 82     $ 48     $ 72     $ 65     $ 130     $ 96     $ 39     $ 45     $ 75     $ 21     $ 21     $ 8     $ 124       1 %
Grand Total   $ 896     $ 1,113     $ 958     $ 874     $ 940     $ 1,121     $ 873     $ 816     $ 887     $ 1,717     $ 1,303     $ 1,223     $ 1,160     $ 13,881       100 %

 

Revenue by Income Type

 

Revenue sources are shown below:

 

    2019     2020     2021     2022     Grand  
Chippass Sources   Qtr1     Qtr2     Qtr3     Qtr4     Qtr1     Qtr2     Qtr3     Qtr4     Qtr1     Qtr2     Qtr3     Qtr4     Qtr1     Total  
Audio Stream   $ 571     $ 705     $ 678     $ 642     $ 682     $ 611     $ 712     $ 523     $ 581     $ 848     $ 757     $ 795     $ 767     $ 8,873  
Video Stream   $ 173     $ 223     $ 186     $ 135     $ 132     $ 316     $ 232     $ 225     $ 234     $ 713     $ 496     $ 366     $ 360     $ 3,791  
Album   $ 97     $ 82     $ 48     $ 72     $ 65     $ 130     $ 96     $ 39     $ 45     $ 75     $ 21     $ 21     $ 8     $ 796  
Track   $ 43     $ 93     $ 34     $ 15     $ 50     $ 63     $ 30     $ 28     $ 27     $ 72     $ 28     $ 40     $ 25     $ 549  
Royalty Collection   $ 12     $ 10     $ 13     $ 10     $ 10       $ (196 )   $ 0     $ 0     $ 9     $ 2     $ 1     $ 0   $ (129
Grand Total   $ 896     $ 1,113     $ 958     $ 874     $ 940     $ 1,121     $ 873     $ 816     $ 887     $ 1,717     $ 1,303     $ 1,223     $ 1,160     $ 13,881  

 

The above table includes a line titled “Royalty Collection”. Per the EMPIRE Distribution statements, this was a miscellaneous adjustment to earnings from SoundExchange, and not significant in total.

 

Administrative Fee for the “Chippass” Royalty Share Agreement

 

The Administrative Fee (i.e., the amount to be paid to our company as a percentage of the value of the royalty payments collected by our company to be distributed to holders of “Chippass” Royalty Share Units) is 5.00%.

 

“Fear No More” Music Royalty Asset

 

Summary Overview

 

The “Fear No More” Music Royalty Asset is the underlying asset of the “Fear No More” Royalty Share Agreement. This agreement entitles the company to purchase up to one-hundred percent (100%) of the songwriter’s share of performance income paid by ASCAP from the “Fear No More” composition listed below.

 

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Artist and Song Background

 

Since the release of its debut album in 2004, Building 429 has garnered widespread popular and critical acclaim, receiving numerous accolades all while delivering lyrically-driven, anthemic hit songs with a consistent message of hope along with high-energy concerts in sold-out venues internationally. The band received a 2013 GRAMMY nomination for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album for We Won’t Be Shaken, which debuted at No.1 on Billboard’s Christian Albums chart and launched the title track to No. 1 at radio. Building 429 also received a 2014 and multiple 2012 Song of the Year Billboard Music Awards for “We Won’t Be Shaken” and “Where I Belong,” respectively, two BMI Song of the Year Awards (“Where I Belong” in 2013 and “Glory Defined” in 2005), a 2014 Group of the Year K-LOVE Fan Award nomination, and a Best New Artist GMA Dove Award in 2005. RIAA-certified gold single, “Where I Belong,” became one of the longest-running Christian No. 1’s in Billboard’s history at 15 weeks and landed on Billboard’s Top 10 Songs of the Decade.

 

“Fear No More,” the band’s 2019 independent single, was one of the biggest independent artist singles to ever hit Christian radio, with 35 Christian radio stations adding the song to rotation in its debut week. The song climbed to No. 4 on Billboard’s National Christian Airplay chart and remained in the Top 5 for nine weeks. The first use recording of “Fear No More” was released by Building 429 in April 2019.

 

“Fear No More” Summary Statistics

 

 

(Data provided by Chartmetric.com as of October 2022)

 

Royalty Share Agreement Terms

 

The “Fear No More” Royalty Share Agreement is between the songwriter and our company. Pursuant to the Agreement, for a maximum purchase price of $10,776, SongVest will have the right to receive up to 100% of the songwriter’s performance revenue share for the life of the copyright of the “Fear No More” composition. Revenues the company will be entitled to receive from the “Fear No More” composition pursuant to this agreement include revenues earned in connection with the public performance of the “Fear No More” composition which will be paid at the percentage interest as defined in the “Fear No More” Royalty Share Agreement. Sales shall be determined by reference to the royalty statements from the royalties paid to the songwriter quarterly by ASCAP, which shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties to this agreement, absent manifest error.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

The data in this section was taken from ASCAP royalty statements royalty statements sent to the owner of the “Fear No More” Music Royalty Asset.

 

The royalties paid over the four quarters set forth in the table below from the revenue stream contemplated in the “Fear No More” Royalty Share Agreement have averaged approximately $333 per quarter.

 

 

    2020       2021       2022     Last 4  
    Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4     Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4     Q1     Q2     Q3     Quarters  
Total Royalties   $ 1,321     $ 2,564     $ 3,997     $ 2,723     $ 1,181     $ 72     $ 470     $ 413     $ 358     $ 280     $ 279     $ 1,331  

 

The decrease in royalties over time from Q1 2020 to Q3 2021 was driven by a reduction of radio royalties as the song moved from its chart peak and then out of current rotation into recurrent radio play. It should be noted that the Q2 2021 reported earnings does not include ASCAP domestic earnings due to a transfer of ownership of the royalty rights from the songwriter to the current owner and resulting unavailability of information for one period.

 

Revenue by Source

 

Revenue sources are shown below:

 

Royalties   2020   2021     2022     Last 4     % of Last 4  
By Source   Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4   Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4     Q1     Q2     Q3     Quarters     Quarters  
Radio   $ 1,240     $ 2,422     $ 3,864     $ 2,547   $ 1,030     $ 48     $ 218     $ 322     $ 262     $ 130     $ 123     $ 837       64 %
General - Other   $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -   $ -     $ -     $ 136     $ -     $ -     $ 89     $ 90     $ 179       14 %
Spotify   $ 11     $ 29     $ 26     $ 66   $ 27     $ -     $ 19     $ 26     $ 28     $ 15     $ 19     $ 86       7 %
Amazon Music   $ 2     $ 21     $ 42     $ 42   $ 39     $ -     $ 19     $ 23     $ 15     $ 7     $ -     $ 45       3 %
Apple Music   $ 33     $ 29     $ 22     $ 22   $ 19     $ -     $ 15     $ 13     $ 11     $ 6     $ 6     $ 35       2 %
The Rest   $ 34     $ 63     $ 42     $ 47   $ 67     $ 25     $ 63     $ 30     $ 43     $ 34     $ 42     $ 149       10 %
Total Royalties   $ 1,321     $ 2,564     $ 3,997     $ 2,723   $ 1,181     $ 72     $ 470     $ 413     $ 358     $ 280     $ 279     $ 1,314       100 %

 

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Radio royalties from Q1 2020 – Q1 2021 were much higher than in subsequent periods due to royalty earnings from Religious and Satellite radio when the song was an active charting radio single. Still, recurrent radio royalties due to the song’s popularity continue to provide a steady income stream, including 64% of the past four quarters’ earnings. The track also generates consistent royalties from streaming services including Spotify. The source “General – Other” relates to ASCAP reprocessing prior year results for unidentified sources.

 

Administrative Fee for the “Fear No More” Royalty Share Agreement

 

The Administrative Fee (i.e., the amount to be paid to our company as a percentage of the value of the royalty payments collected by our company to be distributed to holders of “Fear No More” Royalty Share Units) is 5.00%.

 

“Cross Me” Music Royalty Asset

 

Summary Overview

 

The “Cross Me” Music Royalty Asset is the underlying asset of the “Cross Me” Royalty Share Agreement. The Agreement contains one-hundred percent (100%) of the songwriter’s share of performance income paid by Royalty Exchange from the “Cross Me” composition by NBA YoungBoy.

 

About YoungBoy Never Broke Again and “Cross Me”

 

Originally known as NBA YoungBoy, YoungBoy Never Broke Again is a highly prolific rapper from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who has attracted a loyal following for his uncompromising street narratives. His debut album, the platinum-certified Until Death Call My Name, hit the Top Ten of the Billboard 200 when it appeared in 2018, and the rapper followed up that effort with multiple releases that year, including the album Realer which includes track “Cross Me.” That album was also subsequently certified platinum in the United States.

 

YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s 2019 mixtape, AI YoungBoy 2, topped the Billboard 200 chart. The rapper remained in the upper reaches of the chart in 2020 with multiple mixtapes before hitting number one with his sophomore album, Top. He closed his whirlwind year with yet another mixtape and a collaboration with Rich the Kid, Nobody Safe. YoungBoy returned to the top of the Billboard 200 with 2021’s Sincerely, Kentrell, additionally collaborating with Birdman for the mixtape From the Bayou and releasing the 2022 mixtape Colors.

 

The first use recording of “Cross Me” was released by YoungBoy Never Broken Again in December 2018 and features major label artists Lil Baby and Plies. The single was certified platinum in the United States in 2020.

 

 

(Data provided by Chartmetric.com as of October 2022)

 

Royalty Share Agreement Terms

 

The “Cross Me” Royalty Share Agreement is between the songwriter of the “Cross Me” composition and our company. Pursuant to the agreement, for a maximum purchase price of $17,242, SongVest will have the right to receive up to 100% of the songwriter’s performance revenue share for the life of the copyright of the “Cross Me” composition. Revenues the company will be entitled to receive from the copyright of the “Cross Me” composition pursuant to this agreement include revenues earned in connection with the public performance of the copyright, which will be paid at the percentage interest as defined in the “Cross Me” Royalty Share Agreement. Sales shall be determined by reference to the royalty statements from the royalties paid to the songwriter quarterly by Royalty Exchange, which shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties, absent manifest error.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

The data in this section was taken from Royalty Exchange royalty statements sent to the owner of the “Cross Me” Music Royalty Asset.

 

The royalties paid over the last four quarters in the table below from the revenue stream contemplated in the “Cross Me” Royalty Share Agreement have averaged approximately $474 per quarter.

 

 

    2019     2020     2021     2022     Last 4  
    1     2     3     4     1     2     3     4     1     2     3     4     1     Quarters  
Total Royalties   $ 4,555     $ 2,775     $ 1,951     $ 1,804     $ 1,769     $ 1,224     $ 466     $ 689     $ 549     $ 456     $ 483     $ 480     $ 477     $ 1,895  

 

The decrease in royalties from Q1 2019 to Q3 2020 was driven by reduced streaming performance royalties as the composition, whose underlying recording was released in December 2018, aged over time.

 

Revenue by Source

 

Revenue sources are shown below:

 

    2020     2021     2022     Last 4     % of Last 4  
    1     2     3     4     1     2     3     4     1     Quarters     Quarters  
Apple Music   $ 684     $ 579     $ 211     $ 255     $ 216     $ 189     $ 194     $ 196     $ 208     $ 787       42 %
YouTube   $ 438     $ 251             $ 154     $ 143     $ 126     $ 148     $ 139     $ 115     $ 529       28 %
Pandora   $ 182     $ 168     $ 93     $ 94     $ 88     $ 69     $ 57     $ 64     $ 43     $ 233       12 %
Spotify   $ 161     $ 109     $ 47     $ 44     $ 42     $ 41     $ 45     $ 48     $ 55     $ 189       10 %
SoundCloud   $ 38     $ 32     $ 13     $ 11     $ 11     $ 10     $ 11     $ 9     $ 13     $ 43       2 %
The Rest   $ 267     $ 85     $ 102     $ 132     $ 49     $ 21     $ 28     $ 25     $ 41     $ 115       6 %
Total Royalties   $ 1,769     $ 1,224     $ 466     $ 689     $ 549     $ 456     $ 483     $ 480     $ 477     $ 1,895       100 %

 

Potential investors will notice that the table above includes a line titled “The Rest.” For the last four quarters, this primarily relates to international royalties reported to Royalty Exchange by various foreign collection societies associated with specific titles but not specific sources.

 

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Administrative Fee for the “Cross Me” Royalty Share Agreement

 

The Administrative Fee (i.e., the amount to be paid to our company as a percentage of the value of the royalty payments collected by our company to be distributed to holders of “Cross Me” Royalty Share Units) is 5.00%.

 

“YoungBoy NBA – Drawing Symbols” Music Royalty Asset

 

Summary Overview

 

The “YoungBoy NBA – Drawing Symbols” Music Royalty Asset is the underlying asset of the “YoungBoy NBA – Drawing Symbols” Royalty Share Agreement, which contains fifty percent (50%) of the songwriter’s share of performance income paid by Royalty Exchange from the “Drawing Symbols” composition described below.

 

About YoungBoy Never Broke Again and “Drawing Symbols”

 

Originally known as NBA YoungBoy, YoungBoy Never Broke Again is a highly prolific rapper from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who has attracted a loyal following for his uncompromising street narratives. His debut album, the platinum-certified Until Death Call My Name, hit the Top Ten of the Billboard 200 when it appeared in 2018, and the rapper followed up that effort with multiple releases that year, including the album 4Respect 4Freedom 4Loyalty 4WhatImportant which includes track “Drawing Symbols.” That album was also subsequently certified platinum in the United States.

 

YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s 2019 mixtape, AI YoungBoy 2, topped the Billboard 200 chart. The rapper remained in the upper reaches of the chart in 2020 with multiple mixtapes before hitting number one with his sophomore album, Top. He closed his whirlwind year with yet another mixtape and a collaboration with Rich the Kid, Nobody Safe. YoungBoy returned to the top of the Billboard 200 with 2021’s Sincerely, Kentrell, additionally collaborating with Birdman for the mixtape From the Bayou and releasing the 2022 mixtape Colors.

 

The first use recording of “Drawing Symbols” was released by YoungBoy Never Broken Again in September 2018. The single was certified platinum in the United States in 2021.

 

 

* Data provided by Chartmetric.com

 

Royalty Share Agreement Terms

 

The “YoungBoy NBA – Drawing Symbols” Royalty Share Agreement is between the songwriter of the “Drawing Symbols” composition and our company. Pursuant to the agreement, SongVest will have the right to receive 50% of the songwriter’s performance revenue share for the life of the copyright of the composition. Revenues the company will be entitled to receive from pursuant to this agreement include revenues earned in connection with the public performance of the composition, which will be paid at the percentage interest as defined in the “YoungBoy NBA – Drawing Symbols” Royalty Share Agreement. Sales will be determined by reference to the royalty statements from the royalties paid to the songwriter quarterly by Royalty Exchange, which will be conclusive and binding upon the parties to the agreement, absent manifest error.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

The royalties paid over the last four quarters in the table below from the revenue stream contemplated in the “YoungBoy NBA – Drawing Symbols” Royalty Share Agreement have averaged approximately $327 per quarter.

 

 

    2019     2020     2021     2022     Last 4  
    Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4     Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4     Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4     Q1     Quarters  
Total Royalties   $ 1,623     $ 1,140     $ 1,178     $ 286     $ 473     $ 250     $ 338     $ 413     $ 374     $ 318     $ 349     $ 344     $ 296     $ 1,308  

 

The decrease in royalties from Q1 2019 to Q3 2020 was driven by reduced streaming performance royalties as the song was released in September 2018, and aged over time.

 

Revenue by Source

 

Revenue sources are shown below:

 

Royalties   2019     2020     2021     2022     Last 4     % of Las 4  
By Source   Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4     Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4     Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4     Q1     Quarters     Quarters  
YouTube   $ 640     $ 321     $ 346     $ 0     $ 0     $ 3     $ 98     $ 148     $ 138     $ 122     $ 138     $ 143     $ 111     $ 514       39 %
Apple Music   $ 614     $ 482     $ 399     $ 148     $ 134     $ 121     $ 119     $ 140     $ 118     $ 107     $ 121     $ 117     $ 115     $ 460       35 %
Pandora   $ 160     $ 162     $ 170     $ 75     $ 69     $ 65     $ 72     $ 81     $ 73     $ 56     $ 44     $ 46     $ 30     $ 176       13 %
Spotify   $ 126     $ 106     $ 90     $ 46     $ 32     $ 25     $ 27     $ 28     $ 27     $ 24     $ 28     $ 30     $ 26     $ 109       8 %
The Rest   $ 83     $ 68     $ 173     $ 17     $ 239     $ 38     $ 21     $ 17     $ 19     $ 10     $ 17     $ 8     $ 14     $ 49       4 %
Total Royalties   $ 1,623     $ 1,140     $ 1,178     $ 286     $ 473     $ 250     $ 338     $ 413     $ 374     $ 318     $ 349     $ 344     $ 296     $ 1,308       100 %

 

“The Rest” line in the table above represents amounts primarily from international royalties reported to Royalty Exchange by various foreign collection societies associated with specific titles but not specific sources. For the last four quarters, this represents less than 4% of total royalties earned on this composition.

 

Administrative Fee for the “YoungBoy NBA – Drawing Symbols” Royalty Share Agreement

 

The Administrative Fee (i.e., the amount to be paid to our company as a percentage of the value of the royalty payments collected by our company to be distributed to holders of “YoungBoy NBA – Drawing Symbols” Royalty Share Units) is 5.00%.

 

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“Onyx, Travis Scott, The Notorious B.I.G. & More” Music Royalty Asset

 

Summary Overview

 

The “Onyx, Travis Scott, The Notorious B.I.G. & More” Music Royalty Asset is the underlying asset of the “Onyx, Travis Scott, The Notorious B.I.G. & More” Royalty Share Agreement, which contains one hundred percent (100%) of the songwriter’s (Fred Scruggs, described below) share of income excluding performance and one hundred percent (100%) of the related co-publisher’s share of income paid by Universal Music Publishing Group from the compositions listed below.

 

About Onyx, Travis Scott, The Notorious B.I.G. & More

 

Fred Scruggs (aka Fredro Starr) is a member of the rap group Onyx and has written music recorded by other major artists such as Travis Scott and Notorious B.I.G. He is the common link in all of the compositions comprising the “Onyx, Travis Scott, The Notorious B.I.G. & More” Music Royalty Asset, having received songwriting credit on all songs in this group of compositions.

 

A combative and in-the-red style of hardcore rap brought Queens MCs Onyx unlikely Top Ten pop success in 1993 with “Slam.” That instant hip-hop classic pushed the parent album Bacdafucup to Top 20 placement on the Billboard 200. After their second and third albums for Jam Master Jay’s JMJ label, namely All We Got Iz Us (1995) and the Top Ten hit Shut ‘Em Down (1998), and some independent releases early the following decade, Fredro and Sticky paused the group for a while. Since the mid-2010s, they’ve been on a prolific run with releases ranging from #WAKEDAFUCUP to Onyx 4 Life and Versus Everybody.

 

Originating from Queens’ South Jamaica neighborhood, Onyx formed in 1988 and two years later made their recorded debut on the Profile label. “Ah, and We Do It Like This” presented permanent members Fredro Starr and Sticky Fingaz, along with Suavé (aka Sonsee and Sonny Seeza) and Big DS, as an eager if comparatively reserved crew. The group subsequently found an admirer in Run-D.M.C.’s Jam Master Jay, who signed the group to his Chaos / Columbia- affiliated JMJ label and co-produced their first album, Bacdafucup (1993). The set was led by the menacing “Throw Ya Gunz,” included in this offering, and the highly energized and anthemic “Slam.” Both singles topped Billboard’s rap chart. Bacdafucup consequently reached number 17 on the Billboard 200 and went platinum. Shortly after their commercial impact was made, Onyx courted the metal crowd with a pair of Biohazard collaborations: the “Bionyx” remix of “Slam,” and the title track to the motion picture Judgment Night.

 
Although All We Got Iz Us and Shut ‘Em Down both followed the debut into the Top Ten of Billboard’s R&B/hip-hop chart (and on the Billboard 200 placed respectively at the 22nd and 10th slots), Onyx left the major-label system after the latter and went independent with Bacdafucup, Pt. II (2002) and Triggernometry (2003). The second of those two albums was released the same year former member Big DS died of cancer. Fredro Starr and Sticky Fingaz had embarked on solo careers by then and also established themselves as in-demand actors, seen in films and television series such as Clockers, Dead Presidents, New York Undercover, Moesha, and The Wire.

 

Without Sonny Seeza, Fredro and Sticky eventually resumed studio work as Onyx the following decade and were as productive as ever. #WAKEDAFUCUP and #TURNDAFUCUP (both 2014), Shotgunz in Hell (a collaboration with Dope D.O.D., released in 2017), Black Rock (2018), and SnowMads (2019) were all out by the end of the 2010s. The MCs continued into the next decade with the Lost Treasures compilation (2020) and the studio albums Onyx 4 Life (2021) and Versus Everybody (2022).

 

Below statistics for the rap group Onyx of which Fredro Starr is a member:

 

 

*Data provided by Chartmetric.com

 

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One of the compositions included in “Onyx, Travis Scott, The Notorious B.I.G. & More” Music Royalty Asset is SICKO MODE which was recorded by the artist Travis Scott. Born Jacques Webster, Travis Scott grew up in a suburb of Houston and became known during the early 2010s for his heavily Auto-Tuned half-sung/half-rapped vocal style. Within seven years of his mainstream arrival via Kanye West ‘s Cruel Summer compilation (2012), on which he served as co-producer and featured artist, Scott attained numerous platinum singles as a lead artist, including a streak of four that began with “Antidote,” a track off his number three hit debut album, Rodeo (2015). He followed with a pair of number one full-lengths, Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight (2016) and Astroworld (2018), all the while assisting in platinum singles headlined by the likes of Rihanna (“Bitch Better Have My Money”), SZA (“Love Galore”), and Drake (“Portland”), and working extensively with Quavo as Huncho Jack. Whether leading or supporting, Scott’s presence was unmistakable, almost always colored with an array of ad-lib trills including but not limited to “It’s lit,” “Yeah, yeah,” and “Straight up.” Along with a collaborative 2019 album with his label collective Jackboys, Scott released the back-to-back 2021 singles “Escape” and “Mafia.”

 

In May 2018, Scott released “Watch,” a non-album track featuring Kanye West and Lil Uzi Vert, and within three months released Astroworld, which he considered the true follow-up to Rodeo. Featuring “Butterfly Effect,” the album – named after a demolished Houston amusement park – debuted at number one and was supported with a second single, “SICKO MODE.” Scott closed out 2018 by appearing on multiple tracks of Metro Boomin ‘s Not All Heroes Wear Capes album.

 

In December 2020, “SICKO MODE,” which is included in this offering, was certified as a Diamond single, having amassed more than ten million in U.S. sales.

 

Summary Statistics

 

 

*Data provided by Chartmetric.com

 

Royalty Share Agreement Terms

 

The “Onyx, Travis Scott, The Notorious B.I.G. & More” Royalty Share Agreement is between the songwriter and related co-publisher and our company. Pursuant to the agreement, SongVest will have the right to receive 100% of the songwriter’s share of income excluding performance and 100% of the related co-publisher’s share of income for the life of the copyrights listed below. Revenues the company will be entitled to receive from the copyrights listed below pursuant to this agreement include revenues earned in connection with the exploitation of the copyrights, which will be paid at the percentage interest as defined in the “Onyx, Travis Scott, The Notorious B.I.G. & More” Royalty Share Agreement for the applicable revenue sources (e.g., Streaming). Sales shall be determined by reference to the royalty statements from the royalties paid to the songwriter bi-annually by Universal Music Publishing Group, which shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties to this agreement, absent manifest error.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

The royalties paid over the last twelve months set forth in the table below from the revenue stream contemplated in the “Onyx, Travis Scott, The Notorious B.I.G. & More” Royalty Share Agreement have averaged approximately $3,402 per bi-annual period.

 

 

    2019     2020     2021     Last 12  
    H1     H2     H1     H2     H1     H2     Months  
Total Royalties   $ 3,390     $ 2,317     $ 5,031     $ 2,711     $ 2,282     $ 4,523     $ 6,805  

 

The royalties in 2020 H1 were higher than in other periods presented primarily due to one large synchronization placement. The increase in royalties from 2021 H1 to 2021 H2 was driven primarily by a combination of higher digital revenues from the top title, synchronization income for one title, and digital revenues from social media platforms which did not pay royalties in the earlier periods presented.

 

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Revenue by Title

 

Royalties   2019     2020     2021     Last 12     % of Total Last  
By Title   H1     H2     H1     H2     H1     H2     Months     12 Mos.  
Last Dayz   $ 919     $ 803     $ 1,565     $ 1,026     $ 951     $ 1,938     $ 2,889       42 %
Come Clean   $ 45     $ 52     $ 481     $ 49     $ 79     $ 663     $ 743       11 %
Sicko Mode   $ 863     $ 361     $ 270     $ 663     $ 188     $ 411     $ 600       9 %
2 Wrongs   $ 53     $ 59     $ 20     $ 61     $ 96     $ 428     $ 524       8 %
Gimme The Loot   $ 262     $ 151     $ 133     $ 147     $ 307     $ 211     $ 518       8 %
Throw Ya Gunz   $ 735     $ 232     $ 2,123     $ 168     $ 129     $ 230     $ 359       5 %
The Rest   $ 513     $ 658     $ 439     $ 598     $ 532     $ 641     $ 1,173       17 %
Total Royalties   $ 3,390     $ 2,317     $ 5,031     $ 2,711     $ 2,282     $ 4,523     $ 6,805       100 %

 

The top six titles accounted for a total of 83% of the last twelve months’ income, with top title “Last Dayz” accounting for 42%. Income for that title included higher digital revenues, primarily from YouTube, in the 2021 H2 period than in prior periods. Number two title “Come Clean” had higher revenues in both 2020 H1 and 2021 H2 from synchronization placements. Title “2 Wrongs” had higher Digital revenues from Facebook and YouTube in 2021 H2 than in prior periods, while title “Throw Ya Gunz” had one large synchronization placement paid in 2020 H1, contributing to much higher royalties in that period than in others.

 

Top Tracks   Artist(s)   Release     Last 12
Months
    % of Total Last
12 Mos.
 
Last Dayz   Onyx   1995     $ 2,889       42 %
Come Clean   Jeru The Damaja   1994     $ 743       11 %
Sicko Mode   Travis Scott, Drake   2018     $ 600       9 %
2 Wrongs   Onyx   1995     $ 524       8 %
Gimme The Loot   The Notorious B.I.G   1994     $ 518       8 %
Throw Ya Gunz   Onyx   1993     $ 359       5 %

 

Each of the top 6 titles had its first use recording released during the years 1993-1995 with the exception of 2018’s “SICKO MODE” for which the songwriter has a songwriting credit due to its use of a sample of the 1994 “Gimme The Loot” composition noted in the table above.

 

Revenue by Type

 

Revenue by type are shown below:

 

Royalties   2019     2020     2021     Last 12     % of Total Last  
By Type   H1     H2     H1     H2     H1     H2     Months     12 Mos.  
Digital   $ 2,207     $ 1,766     $ 2,266     $ 2,210     $ 1,699     $ 3,504     $ 5,202       76 %
Synchronization   $ 447     $ 98     $ 2,433     $ 65     $ 67     $ 583     $ 651       10 %
Performance   $ 547     $ 383     $ 262     $ 352     $ 378     $ 315     $ 693       10 %
Mechanical   $ 184     $ 70     $ 70     $ 84     $ 39     $ 120     $ 159       2 %
Other   $ 5     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 99     $ 0     $ 99       1 %
Total Royalties   $ 3,390     $ 2,317     $ 5,031     $ 2,711     $ 2,282     $