Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Royalty Trust Indenture of Permian Basin Royalty Trust

Summary

This amendment, effective May 4, 2022, updates the Permian Basin Royalty Trust's main governing document. Approved by the Trust's unitholders and executed by Simmons Bank as Trustee, it changes the requirements for any future successor trustee. Now, any new trustee must be a U.S.-domiciled state or national bank or trust company with at least $20 million in capital, surplus, and undivided profits as of its last fiscal year. The amendment ensures that only financially strong institutions can serve as trustee for the Trust.

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Exhibit 4.1

AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO THE

AMENDED AND RESTATED ROYALTY TRUST INDENTURE

OF

PERMIAN BASIN ROYALTY TRUST

This Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Royalty Trust Indenture (this “Amendment”) of Permian Basin Royalty Trust (the “Trust”), is made and entered into effective as of May 4, 2022, by the undersigned Trustee of the Trust (the “Trustee”), after receiving approval of the unitholders of the Trust.

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, on May 4, 2022, the unitholders of the Trust voted to approve an amendment to that certain Amended and Restated Royalty Trust Indenture of the Trust dated as of June 20, 2014 (the “Trust Indenture”) with respect to the requirements to serve as successor trustee;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and in the Trust Indenture and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Trustee desires to amend the Trust Indenture to reflect the amendments approved by unitholders by amending and restating the third sentence of Section 6.05 as follows:

“Any such successor Trustee shall be a state or national bank or trust company domiciled in the United States which has a capital, surplus and undivided profits (as of the end of its last fiscal year prior to its appointment) of at least $20,000,000.”

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has executed this Amendment as of the day and year first above written.

 

TRUSTEE:
SIMMONS BANK

By:

  /s/ Ron E. Hooper

Name:

  Ron E. Hooper
Title:   Senior Vice President, Royalty Trust Management

 

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