Dreamwork Animation
- Everyday investors can soon buy shares in the music rights to the "Shrek" franchise.
- Trading platform Public will offer 88,970 shares in the music rights for $10 each.
- Investors can also receive quarterly payouts from the royalties.
Music royalties from the "Shrek" franchise are set to become open to retail investors, who will soon have the option to purchase a share of the rights.
On Thursday, trading platform Public will let customers buy what has typically been the domain of private equity firms and institutional investors.
Public will offer 88,970 shares in the "Shrek" music rights for $10 each. The platform acquired a portion of the music rights from another investor, who bought them from composer Harry Gregson-Williams on Royalty Exchange. Public will take a 2.4% cut from the "Shrek" initial offering.