8-K/A

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report
August 19, 2011
(Date of earliest event reported)

Torch Energy Royalty Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) 1-12474
(Commission File Number) 74-6411424
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

Rodney Square North
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

302/636-6435
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On August 22, 2011, the Torch Energy Royalty Trust (“Trust”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Initial Report”) to report the announcement of a quarterly distribution. This Amendment No. 1 to Current Report on Form 8-K/A, which amends and restates the Initial Report in its entirety, is being filed solely for the purpose of amending the record date specified in Exhibit 99.1 to the Initial Report which is incorporated herein by reference and as is further modified herein. Specifically, the record date will be September 6, 2011, not August 31, 2011, as originally reported. A copy of the amended press release is furnished with this report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this report is being furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 “Results of Operations and Financial Condition”, not filed, for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). This information shall not be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

     (d) Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1 Torch Energy Royalty Trust Press Release dated August 25, 2011 (furnished not filed).

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.

	TORCH ENERGY ROYALTY TRUST By: Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee for the Trust
Date: August 25, 2011	By:	/s/ Bruce L. Bisson
		Bruce L. Bisson,
		Vice President (The Trust has no employees, directors or executive officers.)

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
Exhibit 99.1	Torch Energy Royalty Trust Press Release dated August 25, 2011 (furnished not filed).

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

N E W S   R E L E A S E

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	Contact:
AUGUST 25, 2011	Investor Relations Dept.
	(800) 536-7453
	AMENDED NEWS RELEASE

TORCH ENERGY ROYALTY TRUST REVISES RECORD DATE

HOUSTON — Torch Energy Royalty Trust (“Trust”) (NYSE: TRU) (www.torchroyalty.com) today announced that the record date for its recently declared cash distribution of 17.00 cents per unit has been changed to September 6, 2011 from the previously announced date of August 31, 2011. The cash distribution remains payable on September 12, 2011, as previously announced. The change to the cash distribution record date is to comply with New York Stock Exchange requirements.

About the Trust

The Trust’s underlying properties are depleting assets consisting of net profits interests in proved developed oil and gas properties located in Texas, Alabama and Louisiana. Approximately 99% of the estimated reserves are gas.

The Trust received the affirmative vote of the unitholders of more than 66 2/3% of the outstanding units to terminate the Trust at the meeting of unitholders held on January 29, 2008. Upon termination of the Trust, among other things, the Trustee is required to sell the net profits interests. No assurances can be given that the Trustee will be able to sell the net profits interests, or the price that will be distributed to unitholders following such a sale. Such distributions could be below the market value of the units.

The Trust can give no assurances of the effect of the results of the affirmative vote to terminate the Trust by the unitholders on the continued listing of the units on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or any other national quotation system.

Additional information about the Trust can be found in the Trust’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and on the Trust’s website, www.torchroyalty.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes “forward looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of

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1934. All statements other than statements of historical facts in this press release, including without limitation, statements about future production, production costs and termination of the Trust (except with respect to the fact that the Trust received the affirmative vote of the unitholders to terminate the Trust), are forward looking statements. No assurances can be given that these forward looking statements will prove to be correct. Factors which could cause such forward looking statements not to be correct include, among others, the cautionary statements set forth in the Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to, the volatility of oil and gas prices, future production costs, future oil and gas production quantities, operating hazards and environmental conditions.

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