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TPL

New York Stock Exchange


Item 5.02.			Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers, Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On June 30, 2020, Micheal W. Dobbs agreed to join Texas Pacific Land Trust (the “Trust”) as Senior Vice President and General Counsel, effective August 1, 2020.

Mr. Dobbs has been a partner at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP since 2016, having nearly two decades of experience in commercial, tort and environmental litigation matters, with an emphasis on environmental litigation. In addition, he has extensive experience representing clients in a variety of commercial, real estate, energy, land use and environmental regulatory matters. From 2008 to 2016, Mr. Dobbs was shareholder of Jackson Gilmour & Dobbs, PC, an environmental and litigation law firm in Houston, Texas that merged with Kelley Drye & Warren LLP in 2016. Mr. Dobbs does not have any family relationship with any trustee or executive officer of the Trust.

On June 30, 2020, the Trust entered into an Indemnification Agreement with each of its Trustees, John R. Norris III and David E. Barry (each, an “Indemnification Agreement”). The Indemnification Agreements are identical in form and each provides that, subject to certain limitations set forth therein, the Trust will indemnify the Trustee to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, against losses or expenses incurred in relation to the Trustee’s service to the Trust. The indemnification agreements also provide that the Trust will advance expenses, subject to certain limitations, to each Trustee in connection with proceedings covered by the indemnification agreement.

The foregoing description of the Indemnification Agreements is qualified in its entirety by reference to such agreements, a form of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits.

10.1

Form of Indemnification Agreement

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Trust has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.