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Issuer:     PERMIAN BASIN ROYALTY TRUST (PBT)
CIK:        0000319654
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-12-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-337227
Event type: litigation
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

SoftVest sues to modify Permian Basin Royalty Trust, seeking to eliminate supermajority vote
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- SoftVest (13.3% unitholder) filed a petition on Dec 26, 2025 to amend Trust Indenture.
- Seeks to remove 75% supermajority requirement for amendments and delete prohibited-amendment provisions.
- At Dec 16, 2025 special meeting, 98.5% of votes cast (59.9% quorum) supported non-binding reformation proposal.
- Petition cites modern drilling costs causing no Waddell Ranch distributions since Oct 2024 despite revenue rise.
- Texas Property Code §112.054 invoked; modification would allow majority vote to amend Indenture.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/319654/000119312525337227/0001193125-25-337227-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/319654/000119312525337227/2025-12_pbt_judicial_ref.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-337227

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