Court Approves Major Governance Changes, Lowering Indenture Amendment Threshold to Majority Vote

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A court approved modifications to the Trust Indenture, reducing the unitholder approval threshold for amendments from 75% to a simple majority and eliminating previously prohibited amendments.

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• Court Approves Indenture Modifications

  A Texas District Court approved SoftVest, L.P.'s petition to modify the Trust's Amended and Restated Trust Indenture.

• Reduced Amendment Threshold

  The requirement for 75% unitholder approval for certain amendments has been eliminated, replaced by a simple majority vote of unitholders constituting a quorum.

• Elimination of Prohibited Amendments

  The section of the Indenture that set forth certain prohibited amendments has been deleted, allowing any provision to be amended by a majority unitholder vote.

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A Texas court approved significant modifications to the Trust's Indenture, initiated by unitholder SoftVest, L.P. The key changes reduce the approval threshold for amendments from 75% to a simple majority of unitholders present at a quorum-constituting meeting. Additionally, the section outlining prohibited amendments has been removed, allowing any provision of the Indenture to be amended by a majority vote. This fundamentally alters the governance structure, making it significantly easier for a majority of unitholders to enact changes to the Trust's core operating document, potentially impacting future management, distributions, or strategic direction. While increasing flexibility, it also removes a higher safeguard for minority unitholders.