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Music Entrepreneur Component - Aid to Canadian Music Publishing Firms
Instructions on how to complete the application form 2009-2010
1) The application form for the Aid to Canadian Music Publishing Firms sub-component includes twelve (12) working sheets that you can find by clicking
on the "tabs" located at the bottom of your screen. Each of the 12 pages must be filled, otherwise your application will be incomplete. The first working
sheet is called "Applicant identification", the second is called "Applicant info", etc.
2) Some of the cells (boxes) in the working sheets include formulas that are highlighted in gray. These boxes have been locked and you must not try to
modify or delete them. The locked boxes have been created to automatically perform some calculations that you will not have to perform yourself.
3) You should complete the application form electronically and save it on your computer (under the name of the applicant). Once completed, all pages
must be printed. You must also sign the last page called "Warranties & Agreements". You must send your application by mail or courier and by e-
mail to the following addresses:
MEC - Aid to Canadian Music Publishing Firms
Department of Canadian Heritage
15 Eddy Street, 4th floor, 15-4-E
Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0M5
E-mail: cmfmusic-fmcmusique@pch.gc.ca
4) For reference purposes, please keep both a hard copy and an electronic version of your application.
MEC—AID TO CANADIAN MUSIC PUBLISHING FIRMS 2009-2010
PROTECTED ONCE COMPLETED
MUSIC ENTREPRENEUR COMPONENT
AID TO CANADIAN MUSIC PUBLISHING FIRMS
Application Form 2009-2010
CANADA MUSIC FUND
Application deadline: November 4, 2008
Read the Music Entrepreneur Component (MEC) - Aid to Canadian Music Publishing Firms Application Guide thoroughly before completing this
application form. For assistance, call 1-819-934-3208 (for direct access to the program).
APPLICANT IDENTIFICATION
1. Applicant name and address
Legal name of applicant
Trade name
Address (line 1)
Address (line 2)
City
Province
Postal code
Web site
2. Official contact
The “official contact” is the owner or president of the applicant's music publishing firm. The application form must be signed by this person, unless a
statement authorizing someone else to sign is provided. If the application is successful, we will send the contribution agreement to this person.
First name
Last name
Salutation (Mr., Mrs., Ms., other)
Title
Telephone Ext.
Enter a 10 - digit number
Fax
Enter a 10 - digit number
Email
Language of communication English
MEC—AID TO CANADIAN MUSIC PUBLISHING FIRMS 2009-2010
APPLICANT IDENTIFICATION
3. Application contact
The “application contact” is the person responsible for completing this application form and the person in the applicant's firm most familiar with its
content. We will contact this person first if we require further information. (The official and application contacts can be the same person.)
If "Application contact" is the same as "Official contact", check this box and skip to section 4.
First name
Last name
Salutation (Mr., Mrs., Ms., other)
Title
Telephone Ext.
Enter a 10 - digit number
Fax
Enter a 10 - digit number
Email
Language of communication English
MEC—AID TO CANADIAN MUSIC PUBLISHING FIRMS 2009-2010
APPLICANT INFORMATION
4. Organization type and status
Establishment date
Enter the date that the applicant began business as a music publishing firm (dd-mm-yy).
Business status
1: Sole proprietorship 2: Partnership 3: Privately held corporation 4: Publicly traded corporation
Incorporation information
1: Federal 2: Provincial
Corporate registration number
Date of incorporation (dd-mm-yy)
Business number or GST/HST number
5. Ownership and control
State name of company to which the following table pertains.
Shares by class of share
For more than five (5) classes of shares, provide additional information on a separate sheet.
Number of authorized Number of issued Par value of issued Number of voting
Class of shares shares shares shares shares*
1
2
3
4
5
*Carrying voting rights exercisable under all circumstances.
Shareholders and owners
For more than eight (8) shareholders/owners, provide additional information on a separate sheet.
Number of
Name City Country Citizenship voting shares
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Note: If shareholder/owner is a corporation, attach an identical table for that corporation. Please provide a similar table for all classes of
shares.
MEC—AID TO CANADIAN MUSIC PUBLISHING FIRMS 2009-2010
APPLICANT INFORMATION
Directors and officers
Date of
Name Address Citizenship Position held appointment
1
2
3
4
5
Affiliated companies
A group of companies in which the same person, or group of persons, holds the majority of shares with full voting rights or has been shown to
have control in fact of these companies. For more than three (3) affiliated companies, provide additional information on a separate sheet.
2008-09 Aid to
Also applying to Aid to Canadian Sound
Music Publishing Firms Recording Firms
this year recipient
Name Enter an “x” for each applicable box.
1
2
3
6. Employees
Number of employees on the last day of the reference period
Full-time employees Full-time employees based in Canada
Full-time employees exclusively performing music publishing activities
Part-time employees Part-time employees based in Canada
7. Operations of the organization
Enter an “x” for each applicable box.
Music publishing
Production
Distribution
Promotion
Tour booking
Artist management
Merchandising
Concert production
Retail
Recording studio
Manufacturing
Video production
Other (specify):
Other (specify):
What was the applicant's principal activity in the reference year (based on
revenues)?
MEC—AID TO CANADIAN MUSIC PUBLISHING FIRMS 2009-2010
APPLICANT INFORMATION
8. Financial statements
Applicants must submit financial statements for the most recently completed fiscal year. This fiscal year must end on June 30, 2007 or
later. This period of 12 months will be referred to as the applicant's "reference year". Refer to the definition of "Financial Statements" in
section 7 in the MEC Application Guide for more information. Please enter the starting and ending dates of the fiscal year that will be
used as the reference year.
Reference Year to
Enter dates in the format: dd-mm-yy.
MEC—AID TO CANADIAN MUSIC PUBLISHING FIRMS 2009-2010
SONGWRITERS / COMPOSERS and MUSICAL WORKS
10. Songwriters / Composers
Canadian songwriters / foreign songwriters /
composers composers Total
Number of songwriters / composers under
exclusive contract with your organization on the last 0
day of the reference period
Number of songwriters / composers, which had a
new musical work published by your organization in 0
1
the reference period
1
Number of Canadian songwriters/composers must be at least four (4) to meet this elegibility criterion.
11. Musical Works
For musical works co-written by Canadian songwriters or composers, please include the amount equivalent to their contribution to the
creation. For example for a musical work whose lyrics were written by a Canadian and whose music was not written by a Canadian,
include the musical work as 0.5 for "by Canadian songwriters / composers" and 0.5 for "by foreign songwriters / composers".
by Canadian songwriters / by foreign songwriters /
composers composers Total
Total number of musical works that your
organization owned or controled in its catalogue on 0
the last day of the reference year
Number of musical works that your organization
owns or controls that have produced revenue 0
during the reference year
Number of new musical works that your
organization owns or controls which it published 0
during the reference year 2
Number of musical works that your organization
administered on behalf of other publishers on the 0
last day of the reference year
Number of musical works that your organization
sub-published on behalf of other publishers on the 0
last day of the reference year
2
Number of new musical works by Canadian songwriters/composers must be at least ten (10) to meet eligibility criterion.
MEC—AID TO CANADIAN MUSIC PUBLISHING FIRMS 2009-2010
ROYALTIES RECEIVED
12. Gross Royalties Received in the Reference Period
Please report ALL music publishing royalty revenues received for works your organization either owned or controlled, sub-published or administered on behalf of other publishers in the reference
period. Report all gross revenues, before royalty disbursal and other expenses, from both domestic and foreign sources.
Refer to the Application Guide for the definition of "eligible Canadian musical works"
Eligible
Canadian musical works Ineligible musical works Total
Domestic revenues Foreign revenues Domestic revenues Foreign revenues Domestic revenues Foreign revenues
GROSS ROYALTIES RECEIVED IN THE REFERENCE PERIOD ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) ($)
Performing rights
SOCAN (excluding private copying royalties) $0 $0
Other, e.g. direct licensing of Grand Rights, etc. $0 $0
Mechanical rights
Direct licensing $0 $0
CMRRA, excluding private copying royalties $0 $0
SODRAC, excluding private copying royalties $0 $0
Other, e.g. foreign collectives/societies, other publishers, etc. $0 $0
Synchronization Licensing Fees
Direct licensing $0 $0
CMRRA $0 $0
SODRAC $0 $0
Other $0 $0
Print Licensing rights $0 $0
Other rights
Private copying royalties $0 $0
Broadcast mechanical royalties $0 $0
Royalties from on-line music services $0 $0
Other, e.g. video games, ring tones, etc. $0 $0
1
TOTAL ROYALTIES RECEIVED $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
MEC—AID TO CANADIAN MUSIC PUBLISHING FIRMS 2009-2010
1 Totals for Royalties received must match totals entered in section 13-A (eligible musical works) and 13-B (ineligible musical works). To check accuracy of your data, domestic and foreign
revenues have to be combined.
MEC—AID TO CANADIAN MUSIC PUBLISHING FIRMS 2009-2010
REVENUES
The following sections collect financial information in the applicant's most recently completed financial year. Amounts in each category must reflect
actual revenues and expenses as reflected in financial statements, not estimates. The MEC performs audits every year and qualified applicants are
required to provide evidence to support how their music publishing activities were categorized. Refer to the Application Guide for the definition of
"eligible Canadian musical works".
13. Music publishing revenue
Royalties received - Eligible Canadian musical works
Revenue from eligible works owned or controlled or co-owned or co-controlled
Revenue from eligible administered works (where the applicant is the administrator)
Revenue from eligible sub-published works (where the applicant is the sub-publisher)
Total: Royalties received - Eligible Canadian musical works A $0
Royalties received - Ineligible musical works
Revenue from ineligible works owned or controlled or co-owned or co-controlled
Revenue from ineligible administered works (where the applicant is the administrator)
Revenue from ineligible sub-published works (where the applicant is the sub-publisher)
Total: Royalties received - Ineligible Musical Works B $0
Other music publishing revenue
Revenue from administration fees
Revenue from sub-publishing fees
Sales (disposition) of catalogues
Net sales of print music
Stock music library revenue (income from the sale of stock music CD's)
Rental of sheet music
Other revenue from music publishing
Total: Other music publishing revenue C $0
Total music publishing revenue (A+B+C) D $0
14. Other music-related revenue
Non-exclusive sales of print music
Artist management
Record production or distribution
Concert activities
Musical instruments
Other (not listed above)
Total: Other music-related revenue E $0
15. Other non-music-related revenue
Interest income
Other, e.g. book publishing, film production etc.
Total: Other non-music-related revenue F $0
16. Grants and contributions
Canada Music Fund
FACTOR
Musicaction
MEC - Aid to Canadian Sound Recording Firms
Other components of the Canada Music Fund (CMF)
Other grants and contributions
Radio Starmaker
Fonds RadioStar
Canada Council for the Arts (non-CMF)
Provincial programs
Tax credits
Other grants and contributions
Total: Grants and contributions G $0
Total Revenue (D+E+F+G) (must be the same as Total revenue in the financial statements) H $0
MEC—AID TO CANADIAN MUSIC PUBLISHING FIRMS 2009-2010
EXPENSES AND PROFIT
17. Royalties/Advances paid out to Songwriters / Composers
Royalties/Advances paid out to Canadian Songwriters / Composers
For works owned or controlled or co-owned or co-controlled
For administered works
For sub-published works
Total: Royalties/Advances paid out to Canadian Songwriters / Composers I $0
Royalties/Advances paid out to Foreign Songwriters / Composers
For works owned or controlled or co-owned or co-controlled
For administered works
For sub-published works
Total: Royalties/Advances paid out to Foreign Songwriters / Composers J $0
Total Royalties/Advances paid out to Songwriters / Composers (I+J) K $0
18. Active Music Publishing Expenses
Active Music Publishing Expenses - Eligible Canadian musical works and songwriters
Promotion of eligible Canadian musical works
Eligible Canadian songwriter / composer development
Business Development
Other expenses
Total: Active Publishing Expenses - Canadian musical works and songwriters L $0
Active Music Publishing Expenses - Ineligible musical works and songwriters
Promotion of ineligible musical works
Ineligible songwriter / composer development
Business Development
Other expenses
Total: Active Publishing Expenses - Ineligible musical works and songwriters M $0
Total Active music publishing expenses (L+M) N $0
19. Other expenses
Other music publishing expenses
Administration/sub-publishing fees paid (to another publisher for administering your works)
Cost of goods sold (costs related to print music sales; exclude royalty expenses)
General operating expenses (office supplies, accounting costs, etc.) excluding salaries/benefits
Stock music library expenses (incurred from the acquisition of stock music CDs)
Other music publishing expenses (include currency exchange fees, insurance, legal fees, copyrighting costs etc.,
relating to music publishing)
Total: Other music publishing expenses O $0
Other expenses
Employee wages and salaries (include benefits) and other human resource costs not included in "Active Music
Publishing Expenses"
Non-music publishing expenses (include insurance, consulting fees, subscriptions, rent, mortgage, legal fees,
currency exchange fees, etc.)
Total: Other expenses P $0
Total Expenses (K+N+O+P) Q $0
20. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) $0
21. Interest expense
22. Depreciation and amortization
23. Pre-tax profit (loss) $0
24. Net profit (loss)
Income taxes
Extraordinary gains/losses (net of income taxes)
Net profit (loss) - (must be the same as in the financial statements) $0
MEC—AID TO CANADIAN MUSIC PUBLISHING FIRMS 2009-2010
25. Retained earnings or owner's equity
Retained earnings or owners' equity, beginning of year
Plus: net income (loss) + $0
Plus or minus: prior years' adjustments + or -
Minus: dividends declared/withdrawals -
Retained earnings or owners' equity at year end $0
26. EBITDA margin % (EBITDA divided by total revenues ) #DIV/0!
MEC—AID TO CANADIAN MUSIC PUBLISHING FIRMS 2009-2010
Eligibility: Music Publishing Net Revenues
27. Eligibility: Music Publishing Net Revenues
To be eligible, applicants must meet the Music Publishing Revenue criteria found in section 2.4 of the Application
Guide.
Net Music Publishing Revenues
Total music publishing revenue (D) $0
minus: Total Royalties/Advances paid out to Songwriters / Composers (K) - $0
Total Net Music Publishing Revenues - must be at least $50,000 = $0
Net Music Publishing Revenues - Eligible Canadian Musical Works
Total: Royalties received - Eligible Canadian Musical Works (A) $0
minus: Total: Royalties/Advances paid out to Canadian Songwriters / Composers (I) - $0
Total Net Music Publishing Revenues - Eligible Canadian Musical Works - must
$0
be at least $25,000 =
Net revenue earned from Canadian musical works by songwriters or composers
who are shareholders or owners of the firm
Net revenues earned from Canadian musical works by songwriters / composers who
are shareholders or owners of the firm
Total Revenue (H) minus Total Royalties/Advances paid out to Songwriters /
$0
Composers (K) /
Percent of total net revenue earned from Canadian musical works by songwriters
or composers who are shareholders or owners of the firm #DIV/0!
MEC—AID TO CANADIAN MUSIC PUBLISHING FIRMS 2009-2010
BUSINESS PLAN
Please provide your business plan ensuring that it contains all the information described below. If you do not have an up-to-date business plan
available, provide the information requested using the headings listed below on a separate document. Please limit the length to 2 pages.
1) DESCRIPTION OF THE APPLICANT
Include the history of the applicant and key developments over the past three years.
2) SHORT-TERM OPERATIONAL PLAN (next twelve months)
Detail your music publishing strategy for the next 12 months. It should provide an overview of the projects included later in this application,
as well as all other activities.
Please provide an analysis of the financial situation of your company. For firms reporting a negative profit margin in the most recently
completed fiscal year, indicate plans to improve profitability and the concrete actions that have been or will be taken to address the
situation during the next year. A detailed answer is essential to evaluate the financial viability of your organization.
3) LONG-TERM OPERATIONAL PLAN (next three years)
Provide an overview of your music publishing strategy for the next three years, as well as your financial forecast and expected results.
MEC—AID TO CANADIAN MUSIC PUBLISHING FIRMS 2009-2010
2009-2010 PROJECTS
In a separate document, provide the requested information under the headings from 1 to 3 below.
Please refer to sections 3 and 4 of the Application Guide for a detailed explanation of the eligible projects and
expenses, as well as section 5.1 for an overview of how the projects will be assessed. Include all relevant
information that will assist MEC in determining the eligibility of each project.
For each project, provide the following information. Please limit this section to no more than two pages per
project.
Applicants can submit a maximum of five (5) projects for fiscal year 2009-2010. Applicants should make the
effort of grouping certains projects in order to respect the limit.
1) PROJECT OVERVIEW
a) Project name
b) Project category
- Promotion of Canadian Musical works
- Canadian Songwriter Development
- Business Development.
c) Detailed description of each project
d) Workplan presenting the main steps of each project
2) EXPECTED RESULTS
a) Indicate the expected results for each project submitted.
b) Describe how you will evaluate the progress made and the expected results.
c) Value added of a contribution from Canadian Heritage to the realization of the project.
3) BUDGET
Please provide a budget for each of your projects using the budget template under the heading «Budget
2009-2010».
MEC—AID TO CANADIAN MUSIC PUBLISHING FIRMS 2009-2010
Revenue and Expenses Budget for Projects Scheduled Between April 1, 2009 and March 31, 2010
Project 1 Project 2 Project 3 Project 4 Project 5 Total Budget
Project Name:
Planned start date of project (dd/mm/yy)*
Planned end date of project (dd/mm/yy)
Revenue:
MEC – Aid to Canadian Music Publishing Firms $0
Other federal programs $0
Provincial and/or municipal programs $0
Applicant’s investment (must be at least 50% of project) $0
Total Revenue: $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Eligible expenses, please specify (see p. 7 of
Application guide for list of eligible expenses)
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
Total Expenses: $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Surplus or Deficit: $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
* Eligible expenses for 2009-2010 are those made between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2010. Your budget must present only revenues and expenses that occur during this period.
Certification:
I hereby certify that the information provided in this budget is accurate and represents the planned outcomes of the project on the date of submission.
_____________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ___________________________
Signature Name & Title Date
MEC—AID TO CANADIAN MUSIC PUBLISHING FIRMS 2009-2010
CHECKLIST
MEC - AID TO CANADIAN MUSIC PUBLISHING FIRMS APPLICATION
This checklist describes the documentation that is required for a complete application. All items on this
list must be included to process the application. Please check each box.
Completed application form
Business plan
Description of projects and budgets
Refer to worksheets "Project Information" and "Budget 2009-2010" in this application form.
Financial statements
Refer to Section 7 in the MEC Application Guide for more information.
Evidence of published Canadian musical works
Applicants must submit evidence that they published ten (10) new eligible Canadian musical
works in their reference year by a minimum of four (4) Canadian songwriters or composers
who are not shareholders or principals in the firm, i.e. proof of registration from the SOCAN, the
SODRAC or the CMRRA.
Resumés for key management personnel
Refer to Section 7 in the MEC Application Guide for more information on key management
personnel.
Letter from the president or the owner authorizing submission of the application
This letter must be provided if the president or owner does not sign the application form.
Corporate documentation 1
File a copy of each of the following documents. If not applicable, check N/A.
Letters patent
Supplementary letters patent
By-laws
Shareholder agreement(s)
Special resolutions
1
2008-2009 recipients of the MEC - Aid to Canadian Music Publishing Firms do not have to submit their corporate
documentation if it was provided last year and has not been modified.
MEC—AID TO CANADIAN MUSIC PUBLISHING FIRMS 2009-2010
WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS
The undersigned applicant to the MEC—Aid to Canadian Music Publishing Firms.
1) attests that the applicant has read the MEC—Aid to Canadian Music Publishing Firms Application Guide and undertakes to comply
with the conditions and terms set forth therein;
2) affirms that the information in this application and the attached documents is accurate and complete; the applicant will reimburse all
the amounts paid by the Department of Canadian Heritage through the MEC—Aid to Canadian Music Publishing Firms if it is
demonstrated that false information was submitted in this application and may be declared ineligible for the MEC—Aid to Canadian
Music Publishing Firms for the two following years;
3) agrees that once funding is provided, any change to the proposal will require prior approval of the Department of Canadian
Heritage; agrees to publicly acknowledge funding and assistance by the Department of Canadian Heritage, in accordance with the
terms of the contribution agreement; agrees to submit reports and financial accounting for evaluation of the activity funded by the
Department of Canadian Heritage; understands that the information provided in this application may be accessible under the Access
to Information Act ; agrees to respect the spirit and intent of the various acts governing the programs of the Department of Canadian
Heritage;
4) agrees to submit a copy of all relevant agreements and contracts, as well as all information and additional documents that could
help the Department of Canadian Heritage determine who owns and controls the firm;
5) will cooperate with any future evaluation of MEC—Aid to Canadian Music Publishing Firms and must agree to participate in
research studies created and funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage;
6) agrees to the disclosure to Statistics Canada and to provincial and territorial statistical agencies with agreements with Statistics
Canada, the statistical data submitted to the Department of Canadian Heritage. The data are kept confidential by these agencies and
used for statistical purposes only;
7) will allow the Department of Canadian Heritage access to the applicant's books and files to confirm or have confirmed the accuracy
of the statements made, the information provided in this application or the intended use of the contributions provided, and undertakes
to reimburse any amount shown by an audit to have been paid in excess or to which the applicants had no claims under the terms of
the MEC—Aid to Canadian Music Publishing Firms;
8) guarantees that at the time of filing out this application, the firm is neither in default nor in arrears in the payment of royalties due to
artists or to their representative under the terms of agreements signed with them; the applicant also undertakes to inform the
MEC—Aid to Canadian Music Publishing Firms of any dispute recently resolved or not yet resolved in which the applicant is directly or
indirectly involved, and whose resolution could have an impact on its eligibility for the component, its right to financial assistance or the
calculation of financial assistance;
9) authorizes the Department of Canadian Heritage to forward to FACTOR and/or MUSICACTION or to obtain from them any relevant
information, including the present funding application for the purpose of review of the present application and the administration of
MEC—Aid to Canadian Music Publishing Firms. The applicant understands that this authorization includes information conveyed to
the Department of Canadian Heritage with regard to any other program administered by the Department, before or after this
application is submitted;
10) is willing to provide any assistance required to prepare a public announcement by the Minister of Canadian Heritage, if necessary.
Authorized officer Witness
Name Name
Title Signature
Signature
Date (dd/mm/yy)
MEC—AID TO CANADIAN MUSIC PUBLISHING FIRMS 2009-2010
