8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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, 2016

PERMIAN BASIN ROYALTY TRUST

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Texas	1-8033	75-6280532
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Royalty Trust Management Southwest Bank 2911 Turtle Creek Boulevard Suite 850 Dallas, Texas		75219
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including area code: (855) 588-7839

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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.):

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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On December 19, 2016, the Registrant issued a press release announcing its monthly cash distribution to unitholders of record on December 30, 2016. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

This Report on Form 8-K is being furnished pursuant to Item 2.02, Results of Operations and Financial Condition. The information furnished is not deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is not subject to the liabilities of that section and is not deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)    Exhibits

99.1 Press Release dated December 19, 2016.

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 thereunto duly authorized.

PERMIAN BASIN ROYALTY TRUST
By:	SOUTHWEST BANK, TRUSTEE FOR
	PERMIAN BASIN ROYALTY TRUST
By:	/s/ RON HOOPER
	Ron Hooper
	Senior Vice President

Date: December 19, 2016

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number	Description
99.1	Press Release dated December 19, 2016.

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Permian Basin Royalty Trust

PERMIAN BASIN ROYALTY TRUST

ANNOUNCES DECEMBER CASH DISTRIBUTION

DALLAS, Texas, December 19, 2016 – Permian Basin Royalty Trust (NYSE: PBT) (“Permian”) today declared a cash distribution to the holders of its units of beneficial interest of $0.058907 per unit, payable on January 17, 2017, to unit holders of record on December 30, 2016.

This month’s distribution increased from the previous month due to an increase in the net production of oil and gas for the Waddell Ranch properties, along with an increase in the pricing of oil and gas production. The Waddell Ranch Properties contributed $1,830,102 to this month’s distribution. The Texas Royalty Properties had an increase in oil and gas production, along with an increase in pricing of oil and gas production. The Texas Royalty Properties contributed $983,107 to this month’s distribution. Capital expenditures on the Waddell Ranch continue to be lower than previous months, with it being mostly facility projects for the remainder of the year.

WADDELL RANCH

Production for the underlying properties at the Waddell Ranch was 67,819 barrels of oil and 401,193 Mcf of gas. The production for the Trust’s allocated portion of the Waddell Ranch was 30,273 barrels of oil and 179,643 Mcf of gas. The average price for oil was $45.12 per bbl and for gas was $2.93 per Mcf. This would primarily reflect production and pricing for the month of October for oil and the month of September for gas. These allocated volumes were significantly impacted by the pricing of both oil and gas.

This production and pricing for the Underlying Properties resulted in revenues for the Waddell Ranch Properties of $4,261,746. Deducted from these would be the Lease Operating Expense (LOE) of $1,154,342, taxes of $371,372 and Capital Expenditures (CAPEX) of $295,895 totaling $1,821,609 resulting in a Net Profit of $2,440,137 for the month of November. With the Trust’s Net Profit Interest (NPI) of 75% of the underlying properties, this would result in a net contribution by the Waddell Ranch Properties of $1,830,102 to this month’s distribution.

ConocoPhillips has revised the 2016 capital expenditure budget which will total $2.45 million for the entire Waddell Ranch Project and $1.08 million net to the Trust. There will be no new drilled wells, no recompletions, and only some facilities projects.

	Underlying Properties				Net to Trust Sales
	Volumes				Volumes					Average		Price
	Oil (bbls)		Gas (Mcf)		Oil (bbls)		Gas (Mcf)			Oil (per bbl)		Gas (per Mcf)
Current Month
Waddell Ranch		67,819		401,193		30,273		179,643	*	$	45.12	$	2.93	**
Texas Royalties		24,833		31,732		23,591		30,145	*	$	43.68	$	4.47	**
Prior Month
Waddell Ranch		64,156		381,540		26,080		155,573	*	$	41.06	$	2.75	**
Texas Royalties		23,088		29,618		21,934		28,138	*	$	41.03	$	3.86	**

* These volumes are the net to the trust, after allocation of expenses to Trust’s net profit interest, including any prior period adjustments.

** This pricing includes sales of gas liquid products.

TEXAS ROYALTY PROPERTIES

Production for the underlying properties at the Texas Royalties was 24,833 barrels of oil and 31,732 Mcf of gas. The production for the Trust’s allocated portion of the Texas Royalties was 23,591 barrels of oil and 30,145 Mcf of gas. The

average price for oil was $43.68 per bbl and for gas was $4.47 per Mcf. This would primarily reflect production and pricing for the month of October for oil and the month of September for gas. These allocated volumes were impacted by the pricing of both oil and gas.

This production and pricing for the underlying properties resulted in revenues for the Texas Royalties of $1,226,511. Deducted from these would be taxes totaling $191,661 resulting in a Net Profit of $1,034,850 for the month of November. With the Trust’s Net Profit Interest (NPI) of 95% of the Underlying Properties, this would result in net contribution by the Texas Royalties of $983,107 to this month’s distribution.

General and Administrative Expenses deducted for the month were $68,156 resulting in a distribution of $2,745,603 to 46,608,796 units outstanding, or $0.058907 per unit.

The worldwide market conditions continue to affect the pricing for domestic production. It is difficult to predict what effect these conditions will have on future distributions.

The 2016 tax information packets are expected to begin mailing directly to unitholders in early March 2017. A copy of Permian’s 2016 tax information booklet is expected to be posted on Permian’s website by March 1, 2017. In addition to the tax booklet the Permian website also offers two simple calculators for computing the income and expense amounts and the cost depletion. To facilitate unitholder tax preparation, both the income and expense and the depletion calculators are expected to be updated on Permian’s website by the end of February for 2016 tax reporting.

Permian’s cash distribution history, current and prior year financial reports and tax information booklets, a link to filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission and more can be found on its website at http://www.pbt-permian.com/. The new toll free customer service number for the trust is 1-855-588-7839.

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Contact:	Ron Hooper, Senior Vice President
	Southwest Bank, Trustee, Toll Free – 1.855.588.7839