DALLAS, April 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, as Trustee of the Hugoton Royalty Trust (NYSE: HGT), today declared a cash distribution to the holders of its units of beneficial interest of $0.196000 per unit, payable on May 14, 2010, to unitholders of record on April 30, 2010. The following table shows underlying gas sales and average prices attributable to the net overriding royalty payments made by XTO Energy Inc. (XTO Energy) to the Trust for both the current month and prior month distributions. Underlying gas sales volumes attributable to the current month distribution were primarily produced in February.



                                   Underlying Gas Sales
                                     Volumes (Mcf) (a)         
                                     ----------------     Average Gas
                                     Total     Daily     Price per Mcf
                                     -----     -----     -------------

      Current Month Distribution   2,130,000    76,000       $6.03

      Prior Month Distribution     1,790,000    58,000       $5.80

    (a)  Sales volumes are recorded in the month the trust receives
         the related net profits income.  Because of this, sales volumes may 
         fluctuate from month to month based on the timing of cash receipts.

XTO Energy has advised the trustee that a revenue receipt for approximately 298,000 Mcf that was expected in February, was not received until March 2010. The amount has been included in the calculation of the April 2010 distribution.

XTO Energy has advised the trustee that two wells are currently being drilled on the underlying properties and that it has deducted budgeted development costs of $500,000, production expense of $1,730,000 and overhead of $891,000 in determining the royalty payment to the Trust for the current month.

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SOURCE U.S. Trust