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PERMIAN BASIN ROYALTY TRUST ANNOUNCES MARCH CASH DISTRIBUTION AND EXCESS COST POSITION ON WADDELL RANCH PROPERTIES
Argent Trust Company, as Trustee of the Permian Basin Royalty Trust (NYSE: PBT) ("Permian" or the "Trust") today declared a cash distribution to the holders of its units of beneficial interest of $0.018047 per unit, payable on April 14, 2025, to unit holders of record on March 31, 2025. The distribution does not include proceeds from the Waddell Ranch properties, as total production costs ("Production Costs") exceeded gross proceeds ("Gross Proceeds") for the month of February, resulting in a co
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[{"type":"text","content":"DALLAS, March 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Argent Trust Company, as Trustee of the Permian Basin Royalty Trust (NYSE: PBT) ("Permian" or the "Trust") today declared a cash distribution to the holders of its units of beneficial interest of $0.018047 per unit, payable on April 14, 2025, to unit holders of record on March 31, 2025. The distribution does not include proceeds from the Waddell Ranch properties, as total production costs ("Production Costs") exceeded gross proceeds ("Gross Proceeds") for the month of February, resulting in a continuing excess cost position for the Waddell Ranch properties. More information regarding the Waddell Ranch properties is described below.","length":728,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"This month's distribution slightly increased from the previous month due primarily to the Texas Royalty Properties having higher oil and natural gas volumes, along with higher oil pricing, partially offset by lower natural gas pricing for the month reported. ","length":263,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"WADDELL RANCH","length":18,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Notwithstanding requests from the Trustee to Blackbeard, the operator of the Waddell Ranch properties, and the fact that prior to May 2024, Blackbeard has provided this information on a monthly basis since Argent Trust Company has become Trustee of the Trust, Blackbeard has refused to provide the Trustee information necessary to calculate the net profits interest ("NPI") proceeds for March 2025 as of the announcement date for this month's distribution. As a result of Blackbeard's failure to provide this information by the NYSE notification date for the distribution, in accordance with the Trust indenture, if NPI proceeds are received from the Waddell Ranch properties on or prior to the record date, they will be included in the April distribution.","length":774,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"As noted above, no proceeds were received by the Trustee in February 2025 to be included in the March distribution. All excess costs, including any accrued interest, will need to be recovered by future proceeds from the Waddell Ranch properties before any proceeds are distributed to the Trust. Due to the fact that Blackbeard is providing production, pricin...