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SoftVest and Blackbeard Announce Preliminary Agreement for PBT Business Combination

SoftVest, L.P., a significant unitholder of the Permian Basin Royalty Trust, and Blackbeard Holdings announced that they have entered into a preliminary non-binding term sheet contemplating a business combination of PBT and certain Blackbeard assets. The Transaction would result in the formation of a new Texas-incorporated, NYSE-listed company. Under the terms of the proposed Transaction, New PubCo would acquire and own (i) all of the assets and operations of PBT and (ii) US Land Guild, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Blackbeard that will own approximately 66,500 acres of surface estate and a 15% royalty interest associated with certain acreage and mineral interests currently owned by Blackbeard or one of its affiliates. Immediately following the Transaction, former PBT unitholders would own approximately 58% of New PubCo and Blackbeard and its affiliates would own approximately 42%, reflecting the significant value attributed to PBT's existing asset base and unitholder base in the combined entity. The Transaction is expected to be presented to PBT unitholders for approval at a unitholder meeting to be called in due course. Following the recent court-approved amendment to the Trust's indenture, the Transaction may be approved by a simple majority of unitholders constituting a quorum at such meeting.

Permian Basin Royalty Trust Declares Cash Distribution of $0.010662 per Unit

Argent Trust Company, as Trustee of the Permian Basin Royalty Trust, declared a cash distribution to the holders of its units of beneficial interest of $0.010662 per unit, payable on April 14, 2026, to unit holders of record on March 31, 2026. The distribution does not include proceeds from the Waddell Ranch properties, as total production costs exceeded gross proceeds for the month of February, resulting in a continuing excess cost position for the Waddell Ranch properties. This month's distribution decreased compared to the previous month due primarily to Texas Royalty Properties having lower oil and natural gas volumes, along with lower oil pricing, partially offset by higher natural gas pricing. Information from Blackbeard, the operator of the Waddell Ranch properties, necessary to calculate the net profits interest proceeds for a given month is received after the announcement date for the month's distribution. As a result, in accordance with the Trust indenture, if NPI proceeds are received from the Waddell Ranch properties on or prior to the record date, they will be included in the following month's distribution . As noted above, no proceeds were received by the Trustee in February 2026 to be included in the March distribution. All excess costs, including any accrued interest, will need to be recovered by future proceeds from the Waddell Ranch properties before any proceeds are distributed to the Trust. Due to the fact that Blackbeard provides production, pricing and cost information quarterly instead of monthly, the Trustee will be disclosing that information in the quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and annual reports on Form 10-K for the foreseeable future. Production for the underlying Texas Royalty Properties was 15,009 barrels of oil and 9,793 Mcf of gas. The production for the Trust's allocated portion of the Texas Royalty Properties was 13,047 barrels of oil and 8,518 Mcf of gas. The average price for oil was $56.56 per bbl and for gas was $6.02, which includes significant NGL pricing, per Mcf. This would mainly reflect production and pricing in December for oil and November 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 Royalty Properties of $907,884. Deducted from these revenues were taxes and expenses of $124,031 resulting in a Net Profit of $783,853 for February. With the Trust's NPI of 95% of the underlying properties, this would result in a net contribution by the Texas Royalty Properties of $744,660 to this month's distribution. On or about February 10, SoftVest, a unit holder of the Trust, mailed documents to holders of units of beneficial interest which included a cover letter, a Citation in the District Court of Tarrant County, Texas, the Original Petition for Modification of Trust in the District Court of Tarrant County, Texas seeking judicial modification of the Trust's Indenture, and the Petitioner SoftVest, Notice of Bench Trial on Petitioner's Original Petition for Modification of Trust, also collectively known as the "Unitholder Mailing". The Unitholder Mailing advises Unitholders of a hearing to be scheduled Friday, May 8, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. before the 96th District Court of Tarrant County, Tom Vandergriff Civil Courts Building, 4th Floor, 100 North Calhoun Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76196, on the merits of SoftVest's Petition pursuant to which it seeks to amend Section 8.03 of the Indenture to eliminate the requirement that certain amendments require approval by 75% of the outstanding units of the Trust, and delete Section 10.01 of the Indenture that sets forth certain prohibited amendments and replace Article X of the Indenture with a provision permitting amendment of any provision of the Indenture by a vote of unitholders in accordance with Article VIII.