---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-109979"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HGTXU"
cik: "0000862022"
company_name: "HUGOTON ROYALTY TRUST"
filed_at: "2025-08-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T11:40:44.417603+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hugoton Royalty Trust declares no August 2025 cash distribution; excess costs remain

## Summary
- No monthly cash distribution for August 2025 due to excess cost positions on Kansas, Oklahoma, and Wyoming conveyances.
- Cash reserve reduced by $42,000 for Trust expenses; replenishment required before future distributions.
- Underlying June production: 580,000 Mcf gas at $3.25/Mcf and 10,000 Bbls oil at $56.69/Bbl.
- Cumulative excess costs: Kansas $2.424M (incl. $204K interest), Oklahoma $7.694M ($584K interest), Wyoming $10.413M ($807K interest).
- Trust regained SEC compliance by filing Q1 and Q2 2025 Form 10-Q reports.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-109979
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HGTXU
- cik: 0000862022
- company_name: HUGOTON ROYALTY TRUST
- filed_at: 2025-08-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862022/000095017025109979/0000950170-25-109979-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862022/000095017025109979/hgt_8-k_2508_distributio.htm

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