8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 19, 2022

CROSS TIMBERS ROYALTY TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) ****

Simmons Bank

Trustee

2911 TurtleCreek Blvd, Suite 850

Dallas, Texas 75219

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code (855) 588-7839

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) NONE

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 2.02.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On December 19, 2022, the Registrant issued a news release announcing its monthly cash distribution to unitholders of record on December 30, 2022. A copy of the news release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in this Current Report, including the news release attached hereto, is being furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to liabilities of that Section.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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EX-99.1

EXHIBIT 99.1

[NEWS RELEASE LETTERHEAD OF CROSS TIMBERS ROYALTY TRUST APPEARS HERE]

CROSS TIMBERS ROYALTY TRUST

DECLARES DECEMBER CASH DISTRIBUTION

Dallas, Texas, December 19, 2022 – Simmons Bank, as Trustee of the Cross Timbers Royalty Trust (NYSE:CRT), today declared a cash distribution to the holders of its units of beneficial interest of $0.150335 per unit, payable on January 17, 2023, to unitholders of record on December 30, 2022. The following table shows underlying oil and gas sales and average prices attributable to the current month and prior month distributions.

Excess Costs

XTO Energy has advised the Trustee that $214,000 of excess costs were recovered on properties underlying the Texas Working Interest net profits interests. However, after the partial recovery, there were no remaining proceeds from the properties underlying the Texas Working Interest net profits interests to be included in this month’s distribution. Underlying cumulative excess costs remaining on the Texas Working Interest net profits interests after the current month’s distribution total $1.8 million, including accrued interest of $644,000.

XTO Energy has advised the Trustee that $6,000 of excess costs were recovered on properties underlying the Oklahoma Working Interest net profits interests. However, after the partial recovery, there were no remaining proceeds from the properties underlying the Oklahoma Working Interest net profits interests to be included in this month’s distribution. Underlying cumulative excess costs remaining on the Oklahoma Working Interest net profits interests after the current month’s distribution total $0.7 million, including accrued interest of $6,000.

New Trustee

On October 13, 2022, upon request of the Trustee and a unitholder of the Trust, the District Court of Tarrant County, Texas, 153rd Judicial District approved an order modifying the Trust indenture so that Argent Trust Company would quality as successor trustee. The effective date of the Trustee’s resignation and appointment of Argent Trust Company as successor trustee is anticipated to be December 30, 2022, subject to satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in the Trustee’s notice of resignation and the Trust’s definitive proxy statement.

For more information on the Trust, please visit our website at www.crt-crosstimbers.com.

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