 DALLAS, May 20, 2021 PRNewswire -- Simmons Bank, as Trustee of the Hugoton Royalty Trust OTCQB:HGTXU the Trust, today announced that the second interim final award has been issued by the arbitration panel the Panel with respect to the Trustees arbitration with XTO Energy Inc. XTO Energy over the amount of XTO Energys settlement in the Chieftain class action lawsuit that can be charged to the Trust as a production cost. The Panel in its decision has ruled that out of the 80 million settlement, the Trust is obligated to pay its share under the Conveyance of the 48 million that was received by the plaintiffs in the Chieftain lawsuit by virtue of the settlement of that litigation. 