Key Investment Considerations
The following are some key investment considerations related to the Underlying Properties, the royalty interests and the common units:
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Royalty interests not burdened by operating or capital costs. The trust will not be responsible for any operating or capital costs associated with the Underlying Properties, including the costs to drill the PUD Wells. The trust will bear post-production costs, certain taxes and trust administrative expenses.
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Exposure to oil and natural gas price volatility mitigated through December 31, 2015. Pursuant to a derivatives agreement, SandRidge will provide the trust with the benefit of certain hedging arrangements it has or will enter into with third parties. Under this arrangement, approximately 54% of the expected production and approximately 60% of the expected revenues upon which the target distributions are based from April 1, 2011 through December 31, 2015 will be hedged. These hedging arrangements should reduce commodity price risks inherent in holding interests in oil and natural gas through the fourth quarter of 2015. After the expiration of the derivatives agreement, the trust will have no additional hedges and will not have the ability to enter into any additional hedge contracts.
