---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-091357"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ECTM"
cik: "0001487798"
company_name: "ECA Marcellus Trust I"
filed_at: "2023-08-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T10:48:11.392421+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ECA Marcellus Trust I announces no quarterly distribution for Q2 2023

## Summary
- No distribution for quarter ended June 30, 2023; Trust expenses offset net revenues.
- Trust withholding ~$90,000 this quarter to build cash reserve toward $3.8M target.
- Low natural gas prices directly reduce royalty proceeds available for distributions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-091357
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ECTM
- cik: 0001487798
- company_name: ECA Marcellus Trust I
- filed_at: 2023-08-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1487798/000110465923091357/0001104659-23-091357-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1487798/000110465923091357/tm2316780d2_8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-091357
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-091357.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-091357.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ECA Marcellus Trust I reported quarter ended June 30, 2023 results: net income no distribution paid ... as Trust expenses offset net revenues to the Trust for the quarter.
  - Period: quarter ended June 30, 2023
  - Net income: no distribution paid ... as Trust expenses offset net revenues to the Trust for the quarter
  - Result: reported results
  source text: announced today that there will be no distribution paid for the quarter ended June 30, 2023, for holders of record as of the close of business on August 24, 2023, as Trust expenses offset net revenues to the Trust for the quarter.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1487798/000110465923091357/0001104659-23-091357-index.htm

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