8-K

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): December 20, 2019

HUGOTON ROYALTY TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Texas

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

1-10476	58-6379215
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

Simmons Bank Trustee 2911 Turtle Creek Blvd, Suite 850 Dallas, Texas	75219
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(855) 588-7839

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

NONE

(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	Name of each exchange on which registered
Units of Beneficial Interest	HGTXU	OTCQX

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 December 20, 2019, the Registrant issued a news release announcing that it will not declare a monthly cash distribution for the month of December 2019. A copy of the news release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in this Current Report, including the news release attached hereto, is being furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to liabilities of that Section.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit 99.1 News Release dated December 20, 2019

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SIGNATURES

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

	HUGOTON ROYALTY TRUST
	By:	SIMMONS BANK, TRUSTEE
Date:    December 20, 2019	By:	/s/ NANCY WILLIS
		Nancy Willis
		Vice President
	EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ DAVID LEVY
		David Levy
		Vice President – Upstream Business Services

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EX-99.1

EXHIBIT 99.1

[NEWS RELEASE LETTERHEAD OF HUGOTON ROYALTY TRUST APPEARS HERE]

HUGOTON ROYALTY TRUST

DECLARES NO DECEMBER CASH DISTRIBUTION

Dallas, Texas, December 20, 2019 – Simmons Bank, as Trustee of the Hugoton Royalty Trust (OTCQX:HGTXU) (the “Trust”), today declared there would not be a cash distribution to the holders of its units of beneficial interest for December 2019 due to the excess cost positions on all three of the Trust’s conveyances of net profits interests. The following table shows underlying gas sales and average prices attributable to the net overriding royalty for both the current month and prior month. Underlying gas sales volumes attributable to the current month were primarily produced in October.

	Underlying Gas Sales     Volumes (Mcf) (a)				Average Gas     Price per Mcf
	Total		Daily
Current Month		958,000		31,000	$	2.41
Prior Month		960,000		32,000	$	2.18
(a)   Sales volumes are recorded in the month the Trust receives the related net profits income. Because of this, sales volumes may fluctuate from month to month based on the timing of cash receipts.

XTO Energy has advised the Trustee that it has included oil sales volumes of approximately 32,000 barrels from the new horizontal wells drilled in Major County, Oklahoma and has deducted development costs of $140,000, production expense of $2,342,000 and overhead of $1,074,000 in determining the royalty calculation for the Trust for the current month.

Excess Costs

XTO Energy has advised the Trustee that excess costs were $123,000 on properties underlying the Kansas net profits interests for the current month. Underlying cumulative excess costs remaining on the Kansas net profits interests total $2,027,000, including accrued interest of $231,000.

XTO Energy has advised the Trustee that $1,313,000 of excess costs were recovered on properties underlying the Oklahoma net profits interests. However, after the partial recovery, there were no remaining proceeds from the properties underlying the Oklahoma net profits interests to be included in the current month’s distribution. Underlying cumulative excess costs remaining on the Oklahoma net profits interests total $26,000,000, including accrued interest of $782,000.

XTO Energy has advised the Trustee that excess costs were $877,000 on properties underlying the Wyoming net profits interests for the current month. Underlying cumulative excess costs remaining on the Wyoming net profits interests totaled $3,221,000, including accrued interest of $31,000.

For more information on the Trust, please visit our web site at www.hgt-hugoton.com.

Statements made in this press release regarding future events or conditions are forward looking statements. Actual future results, including development costs and future net profits, could differ materially due to changes in natural gas prices and other economic conditions affecting the gas industry and other factors described in Part I, Item 1A of the Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.

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Contact: Nancy Willis Vice President Simmons Bank, Trustee 855-588-7839