CKX Lands, Inc. Announces Retirement of Edward M. Ellington Ii from the Board of Directors
March 11, 2022 at 03:01 am IST
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On March 8, 2022, Edward M. Ellington II notified CKX Lands, Inc. (the Registrant) that he would retire from his position as a member of the Registrant's board of directors and thus will not stand for re-election at the Registrant's 2022 annual meeting of stockholders. Mr. Ellington will continue to serve on the board of directors until the 2022 annual meeting, when his current term will expire. Mr. Ellington's decision to retire was not the result of any disagreement with the Registrant's operations, policies or practices.
CKX Lands, Inc. is engaged in the business of ownership and management of land. Its activities consist of leasing its properties for minerals (oil and gas), raising and harvesting timber and surface use (agriculture, right of ways, hunting). Its segments include oil and gas, surface and timber. It leases its property to oil and gas operators and collects income through its land ownership in the form of oil and gas royalties and lease rentals and geophysical revenues. It receives income from royalty interests and mineral leases related to oil and gas production, timber sales, land sales and surface rents. Oil and Gas segment provides the customer access to a designated tract of land upon which the customer performs exploration, extraction, production and ultimate sale of the oil and gas. It receives royalties on all oil and gas produced by the customer. Timber income is derived from sales of timber on its lands. Surface income is earned from various recurring and non-recurring sources.