CRT Cross Timbers Royalty Trust

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 18, 2023

CROSS TIMBERS ROYALTY TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Argent Trust Company

Trustee

3838 Oak Lawn Ave, Suite 1720

Dallas, Texas 75219-4518

(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):

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 18, 2023, the Registrant issued a news release announcing its monthly cash distribution to unitholders of record on December 29, 2023. 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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EXHIBIT 99.1

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

CROSS TIMBERS ROYALTY TRUST

DECLARES DECEMBER CASH DISTRIBUTION

Dallas, Texas, December 18, 2023 – Argent Trust Company, as Trustee of the Cross Timbers Royalty Trust (the “Trust”) (NYSE:CRT), today declared a cash distribution to the holders of its units of beneficial interest of $0.142897 per unit, payable on January 16, 2024, to unitholders of record on December 29, 2023. 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 excess costs increased by $726,000 on properties underlying the Texas Working Interest net profits interests. However, these excess costs did not reduce net proceeds from the remaining conveyances. Underlying cumulative excess costs remaining on the Texas Working Interest net profits interests total $3,091,000, including accrued interest of $815,000.

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

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