Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On April 20, 2009, the San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (the "Trust") issued a
press release (the "Press Release"), a copy of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit 99.1, announcing, among other things, a monthly cash distribution to the
holders of its units of beneficial interest of $286,391.63 or $0.006145 per
unit, based principally upon production during the month of February 2009.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
The Press Release issued by the Trust also announced that Burlington
Resources Oil & Gas Company LP ("BROG"), the operator of the properties from
which the Trust's royalty is carved (the "Underlying Properties"), entered into
four new contracts effective April 1, 2009 for the sale of all gas produced from
the Underlying Properties (other than the gas covered by the pre-existing
contract with New Mexico Gas Company, Inc.). The purchasers under the new
contracts are Chevron Natural Gas, a division of Chevron, USA, Inc., Pacific Gas
and Electric Company, BP Energy Company and Macquarie Cook Energy LLC. All of
the new contracts as well as the New Mexico Gas Company contract provide for
(i) the delivery of such gas at various delivery points through March 31, 2011
and from year-to-year thereafter, until terminated by either party on 12 months'
notice; and (ii) the sale of such gas at prices which fluctuate in accordance
with the published indices for gas sold in the San Juan Basin of northwestern
New Mexico.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
99.1 Press release, dated April 20, 2009.
In accordance with general instruction B.2 to Form 8-K, the information in
this Form 8-K shall be deemed "furnished" and not "filed" with the Securities
and Exchange Commission for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
section.