8-K

ARGENT TRUST COMPANY,

AS TRUSTEE FOR THE SAN JUAN BASIN ROYALTY TRUST

(Registrant)

Date: February 16, 2024

/S/ NANCY WILLIS

Nancy Willis

Director of Royalty Trust Services

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 16, 2024

San Juan Basin Royalty Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Texas

001-08032

75-6279898

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

Argent Trust Company

3838 Oak Lawn Ave

Suite 1720

Dallas, TX 75219

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code): (855) 588-7839

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Units

SJT

NYSE

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 2.02

Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On February 16, 2024, the San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (the “Trust”) issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, announcing a monthly cash distribution to the holders (the “Unit Holders”) of its units of beneficial interest (the “Units”) of $1,410,308.78 or $0.030258 per Unit, based primarily upon the reported production of the Trust’s subject interests (the “Subject Interests”) during the month of December 2023, by the owner of the Subject Interests, Hilcorp San Juan L.P. The distribution is payable March 14, 2024, to the Unit Holders of record as of February 29, 2024.

In accordance with general instruction B.2 to Form 8-K, the information in this Form 8-K shall be deemed “furnished” and not “filed” with the Securities and Exchange Commission for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Press Release dated February 16, 2024.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.