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): March 21, 2016

HUGOTON ROYALTY TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Texas

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

1-10476	58-6379215
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
Southwest Bank
Trustee
P.O. Box 962020
Fort Worth, Texas	76162-2020
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(855) 588-7839

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

NONE

(Former Name or Former Address, 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. below):

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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On March 21, 2016, the Registrant issued a news release announcing that it will not declare a monthly cash distribution to unitholders for the month of March 2016. 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.

(c) Exhibits.

99.1 News Release dated March 21, 2016

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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.

	HUGOTON ROYALTY TRUST
	By:	SOUTHWEST BANK, TRUSTEE
Date: March 21, 2016	By:	/s/ NANCY G. WILLIS
		Nancy G. Willis
		Vice President
	EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ BETH E. CASTEEL
		Beth E. Casteel
		Vice President – Upstream Business Services

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number and Description

99.1 News Release dated March 21, 2016

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

[NEWS RELEASE LETTERHEAD OF HUGOTON ROYALTY TRUST APPEARS HERE]

HUGOTON ROYALTY TRUST

DECLARES NO CASH DISTRIBUTION FOR MARCH

Dallas, Texas, March 21, 2016 – Southwest Bank, as Trustee of the Hugoton Royalty Trust (NYSE – HGT) (the “Trust”), today reported that it will not declare a monthly cash distribution to the holders of its units of beneficial interest for the month of March 2016. The following table shows underlying gas sales and average prices attributable to the net overriding royalty for both the current month and prior month. Underlying gas sales volumes attributable to the current month were primarily produced in January.

	Underlying Gas Sales Volumes (Mcf) (a)				Average Gas Price per Mcf
	Total		Daily
Current Month		1,215,000		39,000	$	1.89
Prior Month		1,276,000		41,000	$	1.92

(a) Sales volumes are recorded in the month the trust receives the related net profits income. Because of this, sales volumes may fluctuate from month to month based on the timing of cash receipts.

XTO Energy has advised the trustee that it has deducted budgeted development costs of $187,500, production expense of $1,551,000 and overhead of $1,048,000 resulting in no net proceeds for March 2016. The trustee will use part of the expense reserve that has been established to pay the $110,000 in administrative expenses. The trustee intends to replenish the reserve out of future monthly net profits income prior to the payment of future distributions to unitholders.

Development Costs

XTO Energy has advised the trustee that based on the current level of actual development costs, it decreased the monthly development cost deduction from $300,000 to $187,500 beginning in February 2016. The monthly deduction is based on the current level of development expenditures, budgeted future development costs and the cumulative actual costs under or over the previous deductions. The development cost deduction will continue to be evaluated and revised as necessary.

Excess Costs

XTO Energy has advised the trustee that lower gas prices caused costs to exceed revenues on properties underlying the Kansas, Oklahoma and Wyoming net profits interests resulting in no net proceeds for March 2016.

For more information on the Trust, please visit our web site at www.hgt-hugoton.com.

Statements made in this press release regarding future events or conditions are forward looking statements. Actual future results, including development costs and future net profits, could differ materially due to changes in natural gas prices and other economic conditions affecting the gas industry and other factors described in Part I, Item 1A of the Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

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Contact: Nancy Willis Vice President Southwest Bank, Trustee 855-588-7839