SandRidge Mississippian Trust II Is Dissolving, Leaving Investors With Large Losses And Important Lessons

SandRidge Mississippian Trust II (SDR) (SDRMU) announced in late January 2020 it would dissolve by the end of 2020.

SDR owns oil and natural gas royalty interests in the Mississippian formation of southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma. These interests entitle SDR to royalty payments out of the income from 273 oil and gas wells drilled by SandRidge Energy (SD), the trust’s sponsor. Most of this royalty income is then distributed to the owners of the trust’s units (shares).

Once the trust is dissolved, SandRidge Mississippian Trust II’s unitholders will not get any more distributions. This will leave many of them, including investors who bought units in the trust’s IPO, with a large loss on their investment. This loss offers important lessons for future investors, especially investors in IPOs, the oil and gas industry, and in high yield stocks. (Read More)