---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-395289"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HGTXU"
cik: "0000862022"
company_name: "HUGOTON ROYALTY TRUST"
filed_at: "2026-09-18T16:12:16+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-18T16:13:37.116724+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hugoton Royalty Trust skips September 2026 distribution; cites excess costs and going-concern doubt

## Summary
- No September 2026 cash distribution; no distributions since July 2023 due to excess costs on all three conveyances.
- Cumulative excess costs: Kansas $3.408M, Oklahoma $15.154M, Wyoming $13.312M, including accrued interest.
- Trust cash reserve down $4,000; trustee fee deferred since April 2024; going-concern doubt raised.
- Trust filed Form 12b-25 for Q2 10-Q delay; units moved to Expert Market (unsolicited quotes only).
- Trustee may seek termination or sale, but 80% unitholder approval required; no interested parties so far.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-395289
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HGTXU
- cik: 0000862022
- company_name: HUGOTON ROYALTY TRUST
- filed_at: 2026-09-18T16:12:16+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862022/000119312526395289/0001193125-26-395289-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862022/000119312526395289/hgt_8-k_2609_distributio.htm

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