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VOC Energy Trust

For the period ended Jun 30, 2026. Filed Aug 10, 2026.

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Jun 30, 2026 · Filed Aug 10, 2026

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Item 1. Financial Statements

STATEMENTS OF DISTRIBUTABLE INCOME

Three months ended June 30,Six months ended June 30,
2026202520262025
Income from net profits interest$1,700,695$2,484,950$3,286,819$4,383,770
Cash on hand used (withheld) for Trust expenses242,266(61,059)497,792(102,358)
General and administrative expenses (1)(327, 961)(213,891)(639,611)(626,412)
Distributable income$1,615,000$2,210,000$3,145,000$3,655,000
Distributions per Trust unit (17,000,000 Trust units issued and outstanding at June 30, 2026 and 2025)$0.095$0.13$0.185$0.215
(1)Includes $67,526 and $32,464 paid to VOC Brazos Energy Partners, LP (“VOC Brazos”) during the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively, and $99,990 and $63,679 during the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. Also includes $37,500 paid to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. during each of the three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 and $75,000 during each of the six-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025.

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND TRUST CORPUS

June 30, 2026December 31, 2025
(Unaudited)
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents$1,528,847$2,026,639
Investment in net profits interest140,591,606140,591,606
Accumulated amortization and impairment(133,050,882)(132,218,252)
Total assets$9,069,571$10,399,993
TRUST CORPUS
Trust corpus, 17,000,000 Trust units issued and outstanding at June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025$9,069,571$10,399,993

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN TRUST CORPUS

Three months ended June 30,Six months ended June 30,
2026202520262025
Trust corpus, beginning of period$9,719,075$11,471,407$10,399,993$11,871,877
Income from net profits interest1,700,6952,484,9503,286,8194,383,770
Cash distributions(1,615,000)(2,210,000)(3,145,000)(3,655,000)
Trust expenses(327,961)(213,891)(639,611)(626,412)
Amortization of net profits interest(407,238)(438,973)(832,630)(880,742)
Trust corpus, end of period$9,069,571$11,093,493$9,069,571$11,093,493

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1. Organization of the Trust

VOC Energy Trust (the “Trust”) is a statutory trust formed on November 3, 2010 (capitalized on December 17, 2010), under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act pursuant to a Trust Agreement dated November 3, 2010 (as amended and restated on May 10, 2011, the “Trust Agreement”) among VOC Brazos Energy Partners, L.P., a Texas limited partnership (“VOC Brazos”), as trustor, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the “Trustee”), and Wilmington Trust Company, as Delaware Trustee (the “Delaware Trustee”). The Trust was created to acquire and hold a term net profits interest for the benefit of the Trust unitholders.

VOC Brazos is a privately held limited partnership engaged in the production and development of oil and natural gas from properties located in Texas. VOC Kansas Energy Partners, L.L.C., a Kansas limited liability company (“VOC Kansas”), is a privately held limited liability company engaged in the production and development of oil and natural gas from properties primarily located in Kansas along with a limited number of Texas properties. In connection with the closing of the initial public offering of units of beneficial interest in the Trust (“Trust Units”) in May 2011, VOC Brazos acquired all of the membership interests in VOC Kansas in exchange for newly issued limited partner interests in VOC Brazos pursuant to a Contribution and Exchange Agreement, dated August 30, 2010, as amended, by and between VOC Brazos and VOC Kansas. This resulted in VOC Kansas becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of VOC Brazos.

The Trust was created to acquire and hold a term net profits interest representing the right to receive 80% of the net proceeds (calculated as described below in Note 5) from production from the underlying properties (as defined below). The net profits interest consists of working interests in substantially all of the oil and natural gas properties held by VOC Brazos and VOC Kansas in the States of Kansas and Texas as of the date of the conveyance of the net profits interest to the Trust. We refer to the properties in which the Trust holds the net profits interest as the “underlying properties.”

The net profits interest is passive in nature, and the Trustee has no management control over and no responsibility relating to the operation of the underlying properties. The net profits interest entitles the Trust to receive 80% of the net proceeds attributable to VOC Brazos’ interest from the sale of production from the underlying properties during the term of the Trust. The net profits interest will terminate on the later to occur of (1) December 31, 2030 or (2) the time when 10.6 million barrels of oil equivalent (“MMBoe”) (which is the equivalent of 8.5 MMBoe in respect of the net profits interest) have been produced from the underlying properties and sold, and the Trust will soon thereafter wind up its affairs and terminate.

As of June 30, 2026, cumulatively, since inception, the Trust has received payment for 80% of the net proceeds attributable to VOC Brazos’ interest from the sale of 9.9 MMBoe of production from the underlying properties (which is the equivalent of 7.9 MMBoe (unaudited) in respect of the net profits interest).

The Trustee can authorize the Trust to borrow money to pay administrative or incidental expenses of the Trust that exceed cash held by the Trust. The Trustee may authorize the Trust to borrow from the Trustee or the Delaware Trustee as a lender provided the terms of the loan are similar to the terms it would grant to a similarly situated commercial customer with whom it did not have a fiduciary relationship. The Trustee may also deposit funds awaiting distribution in an account with itself and make other short-term investments with the funds distributed to the Trust.

Note 2. Basis of Presentation

The accompanying Statement of Assets and Trust Corpus as of December 31, 2025, which has been derived from audited financial statements, and the unaudited interim financial statements as of June 30, 2026 and for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Accordingly, certain information and note disclosures normally included in annual financial statements have been omitted pursuant to those rules and regulations.

The preparation of financial statements requires the Trust to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Trustee believes such information includes all the disclosures necessary to make the information presented not misleading. The information furnished reflects all adjustments that are, in the opinion of the Trustee, necessary for a fair presentation of the results of the interim period presented. The financial information should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.

Note 3. Trust Accounting Policies

The Trust uses the modified cash basis of accounting to report receipts of the net profits interest and payments of expenses incurred. The net profits interest represents the right to receive revenues (oil and natural gas sales), less direct operating expenses (lease operating expenses, lease maintenance, lease overhead, and production and property taxes) and an adjustment for lease equipment costs and lease development expenses (which are capitalized in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”)) of the underlying properties, times 80%. Actual cash receipts may vary due to timing delays of actual cash receipts from the property operators or purchasers and due to wellhead and pipeline volume balancing agreements or practices. The actual cash distributions of the Trust will be made based on the terms of the conveyance that created the Trust’s net profits interest. Expenses of the Trust, which include accounting, engineering, legal and other professional fees, Trustee fees, an administrative fee paid to VOC Brazos and out-of-pocket expenses, are recognized when paid. Under U.S. GAAP, revenues and expenses would be recognized on an accrual basis. Amortization of the investment in net profits interest is recorded on a unit-of-production method in the period in which the cash is received with respect to such production. Such amortization does not reduce distributable income, rather it is charged directly to Trust corpus.

This comprehensive basis of accounting other than U.S. GAAP corresponds to the accounting permitted for royalty trusts by the SEC as specified by Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 12:E, Financial Statements of Royalty Trusts.

Investment in the net profits interest was recorded initially at the historical cost of VOC Brazos and is periodically assessed to determine whether its aggregate value has been impaired below its total capitalized cost based on the underlying properties. The Trust will provide a write-down to its investment in the net profits interest if and when total capitalized costs, less accumulated amortization, exceeds undiscounted future net revenues attributable to the proved oil and gas reserves of the underlying properties. There was no impairment of the investment in the net profits interest during the quarters ended June 30, 2026 or 2025.

The Trust has one business activity as the owner of an investment in net profits interest, as reported in accompanying the Statements of Assets and Trust Corpus, and operates in a single operating and reportable segment. Operating segments are defined as components of an entity for which separate financial information is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker (the “CODM”), which is the Trustee. The segment participates in activities and derives its income from net profits interest as reported in the accompanying Statements of Distributable Income, and the CODM uses this in making decisions about the allocation of cash reserves for current and future Trust general and administrative expenses and the ultimate distribution to the Trust unitholders.

No new accounting pronouncements were adopted or issued during the quarter ended June 30, 2026 that would impact the financial statements of the Trust.

Note 4. Investment in Net Profits Interest

The net profits interest was recorded at the historical cost of VOC Brazos on May 10, 2011, the date of the conveyance of the net profits interest to the Trust, and was calculated as follows:

Oil and gas properties$197,270,173
Accumulated depreciation and depletion(17,681,155)
Hedge liability(1,717,713)
20-year asset retirement liability(2,131,797)
Net property to be conveyed175,739,508
Times 80% net profits interest to Trust$140,591,606

Note 5. Income from Net Profits Interest

Three months ended June 30,Six months ended June 30,
2026202520262025
Excess of revenues over direct operating expenses and lease equipment and development costs(1)$2,125,869$3,106,187$4,108,524$5,479,712
Times 80% net profits interest to Trust80%80%80%80%
Income from net profits interest before reserve adjustments1,700,6952,484,9503,286,8194,383,770
VOC Brazos reserve for future development, maintenance or operating expenditures(2)————
Income from net profits interest(3)$1,700,695$2,484,950$3,286,819$4,383,770
(1)Excess of revenues over direct operating expenses and lease equipment and development costs reflect expenses and costs incurred by VOC Brazos during each of the December through February production periods for the three months ended June 30 and during each of the September through February production periods for the six months ended June 30. Pursuant to the terms of the conveyance of the net profits interest, lease equipment and development costs are to be deducted when calculating the distributable income to the Trust.
(2)Pursuant to the terms of the conveyance of the net profits interest, VOC Brazos can reserve up to $1.0 million for future development, maintenance or operating expenditures at any time. During the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, and the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, VOC Brazos did not withhold or release any dollar amounts due to the Trust from the reserve. The reserve balance was $1.0 million at June 30, 2026 and 2025.
(3)The income from net profits interest is based upon the cash receipts from VOC Brazos for the oil and gas production. The revenues from oil production are typically received by VOC Brazos one month after production; thus, the cash received by the Trust during the three months ended June 30, 2026 substantially represents production by VOC Brazos from December 2025 through February 2026, and the cash received by the Trust during the three months ended June 30, 2025 substantially represents production by VOC Brazos from December 2024 through February 2025. The cash received by the Trust during the six months ended June 30, 2026 substantially represents production by VOC Brazos from September 2025 through February 2026, and the cash received by the Trust during the six months ended June 30, 2025 substantially represents production by VOC Brazos from September 2024 through February 2025.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, MV Purchasing, LLC, an affiliate of VOC Brazos, purchased a significant portion of the production of the underlying properties. Sales to MV Purchasing, LLC are under short-term arrangements, ranging from one to six months, using market-sensitive pricing.

Note 6. Income Taxes

The Trust is a Delaware statutory trust and is not required to pay federal or state income taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal or state income taxes has been made.

Note 7. Distributions to Unitholders

VOC Brazos makes quarterly payments of the net profits interest to the Trust. The Trustee determines for each quarter the amount available for distribution to the Trust unitholders. This distribution is expected to be made on or before the 45th day following the end of each quarter to the Trust unitholders of record on the 30th day of the month following the end of each quarter (or the next succeeding business day). Such amounts will be equal to the excess, if any, of the cash received by the Trust relating to the preceding quarter, over the expenses of the Trust paid for such quarter, subject to adjustments for changes made by the Trustee during such quarter in any cash reserves established for future expenses of the Trust. From the first quarter of 2022 to the second quarter of 2023, the Trustee withheld a portion of the proceeds otherwise available for distribution each quarter and built a $1.175 million cash reserve for the payment of future known, anticipated or contingent expenses or liabilities of the Trust. The Trustee may increase or decrease this reserve amount at any time and may increase or decrease the rate at which it withholds funds to build the cash reserve at any time, without advance notice to the unitholders. Cash held in reserve will be invested as required by the Trust Agreement. Any cash reserved in excess of the amount necessary to pay or provide for the payment of future known, anticipated or contingent expenses or liabilities eventually will be distributed to unitholders, together with interest earned on the funds. This cash reserve is included in cash and cash equivalents on the accompanying Statements of Assets and Trust Corpus.

The first quarterly distribution during 2026 was $1,530,000, or $0.090 per Trust Unit, and was made on February 13, 2026 to Trust unitholders owning Trust Units as of January 30, 2026. Such distribution included the net proceeds of production collected by VOC Brazos from October 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025.

The second quarterly distribution during 2026 was $1,615,000, or $0.095 per Trust Unit, and was made on May 15, 2026 to Trust unitholders owning Trust Units as of April 30, 2026. Such distribution included the net proceeds of production collected by VOC Brazos from January 1, 2026 through March 31, 2026.

The first quarterly distribution during 2025 was $1,445,000, or $0.085 per Trust Unit, and was made on February 13, 2025 to Trust unitholders owning Trust Units as of January 30, 2025. Such distribution included the net proceeds of production collected by VOC Brazos from October 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024.

The second quarterly distribution during 2025 was $2,210,000, or $0.13 per Trust Unit, and was made on May 15, 2025 to Trust unitholders owning Trust Units as of April 30, 2025. Such distribution included the net proceeds of production collected by VOC Brazos from January 1, 2025 through March 31, 2025.

Note 8. Advance for Trust Expenses

Under the terms of the Trust Agreement, the Trustee is allowed to borrow money to pay Trust expenses. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, there were no borrowings or amounts owed for money borrowed in previous quarters. Under the terms of the Trust Agreement, VOC Brazos has provided a letter of credit in the amount of $1.7 million to the Trustee to protect the Trust against the risk that it does not have sufficient cash to pay future expenses.

Note 9. Subsequent Events

On July 20, 2026, the Trust announced a Trust distribution of net profits for the quarterly payment period ended June 30, 2026. Unitholders of record on July 30, 2026 will receive a distribution amounting to $4,760,000, or $0.28 per Trust Unit, which will be paid on August 14, 2026.

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