Sirius XM Radio Inc. has agreed to pay $150 million to SoundExchange Inc. to settle lawsuits alleging that the satellite-radio giant underpaid royalties for recordings.

The Sirius XM Holdings Inc. subsidiary said it would make a one-time payment to SoundExchange, a not-for-profit offshoot of the Recording Industry Association of America, on or before July 7, according to a Monday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The settlement resolves claims for recordings from Jan. 1, 2007, to Dec. 31, 2017, Sirius said.

SoundExchange, which collects performance royalties from digital music services on behalf of record companies and artists, had sued Sirius in 2013, alleging Sirius refused to pay for recordings made before 1972. SoundExchange also filed a second lawsuit in December alleging that Sirius underpaid it by understating gross revenues.

Sirius had been setting aside the revenue generated by these pre-1972 spins before it calculated the royalties it owes rights holders. But SoundExchange believed Sirius should have paid royalties on all of its subscription revenue, without subtracting older music.

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