Current Report Filing (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):   January 7, 2019

   

TEXAS PACIFIC LAND TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Not Applicable (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	1-737 (Commission File Number)	75-0279735 (IRS Employer Identification Number)

 

 

1700 Pacific Avenue, Suite 2770, Dallas, Texas 75201

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

  

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   214-969-5530

 

Not Applicable

(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:

¨		Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨		Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨		Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨		Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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.     ¨

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Item 2.01.	Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

On January 7, 2019, Texas Pacific Land Trust (the “Trust”) consummated the previously announced sale of approximately 14,000 surface acres of land in Loving and Reeves Counties, Texas to WPX Energy Permian, LLC for an aggregate price of $100,000,000 (the “Sale”). The Sale excludes any mineral or royalty interest in the lands to be conveyed and the Trust reserved certain usage, disposal and water rights in approximately 1,280 acres of the lands conveyed.

The Trust intends to use the proceeds from the Sale to acquire like kind properties.

 

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SIGNATURE

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

	TEXAS PACIFIC LAND TRUST
Date: January 8, 2019	By:	/s/ Robert J. Packer
		Robert J. Packer
		General Agent and Chief Financial Officer