---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-099669"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MTR"
cik: "0000313364"
company_name: "MESA ROYALTY TRUST/TX"
filed_at: "2026-08-21T20:00:52+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-21T20:02:05.106266+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mesa Royalty Trust declares no distribution for August 2026 as costs exceed revenue

## Summary
- No distribution paid for August 2026; costs, charges and expenses exceeded royalty revenue received.
- Distributions to be materially reduced until Trust builds cash reserves to total $2.0 million for liquidity.
- Accumulated excess production costs will reduce Trust distributions and may cause no distributions in some periods.
- Trust holds overriding royalty interests in Hugoton field (Kansas) and San Juan Basin fields (New Mexico, Colorado).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-099669
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MTR
- cik: 0000313364
- company_name: MESA ROYALTY TRUST/TX
- filed_at: 2026-08-21T20:00:52+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313364/000110465926099669/0001104659-26-099669-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313364/000110465926099669/tm2623424d1_8k.htm

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