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Issuer:     PERMIAN BASIN ROYALTY TRUST (PBT)
CIK:        0000319654
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-19T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-25-074006
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Permian Basin Royalty Trust declares $0.018841/unit May distribution; no Waddell Ranch proceeds due to excess costs
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- Distribution of $0.018841/unit payable June 13, 2025 to holders of record May 30, 2025, down from prior month due to lower Texas Royalty oil volumes and pricing.
- Waddell Ranch properties in excess cost position again in April; operator Blackbeard refused to provide monthly NPI data, switching to quarterly reporting.
- Trust litigation seeking >$25M in damages against Blackbeard for improper overhead charges; trial set for Nov 17, 2025 in Tarrant County.
- Texas Royalty properties contributed $976,194 to distribution; oil averaged $68.39/bbl, gas $9.42/Mcf for allocated volumes of 13,619 bbls and 9,894 Mcf.
- All excess costs must be recouped before any future Waddell Ranch proceeds flow to Trust; operator dispute continues.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/319654/000095017025074006/0000950170-25-074006-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/319654/000095017025074006/2025-05_permian_basin_8-.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-074006

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