Company: BSM
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-107202
Chunk: 80

Company: Black Stone Minerals, L.P.
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 80
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 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. The Audit Committee discussed with Ernst & Young, the Partnership’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ended December 31, 2024, matters required to be discussed by standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”).

Ernst & Young also provided to the Audit Committee the written disclosure required by applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding Ernst & Young’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence. The Audit Committee discussed with Ernst & Young the firm’s independence.

Based on the Audit Committee’s discussions with management and Ernst & Young, and the Audit Committee’s review of the report of Ernst & Young to the Audit Committee, the Audit Committee recommended that the Board include the audited consolidated financial statements in the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC.

The Audit Committee:

Carin M. Barth

Jerry V. Kyle, Jr.

William E. Randall

James W. Whitehead

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OTHER MATTERS**</div>

As of the date of this Proxy Statement, the Board does not intend to present any matters other than those described herein at the Annual Meeting and is unaware of any matters to be presented by other parties. If other matters are properly brought before the Annual Meeting for action by the unitholders, proxies will be voted in accordance with the recommendation of the Board or, in the absence of such a recommendation, in accordance with the judgment of the proxy holders.

<div align='center'>**PROPOSALS AND NOMINATION OF DIRECTOR CANDIDATES FOR THE 2026 ANNUAL MEETING**</div>

If our 2026 Annual Meeting is held within 30 days before or 70 days after June 12, 2026, in order to nominate a person for election to the Board, notice must be received in writing by our Investor Relations Department at our principal executive offices at 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2020, Houston, Texas 77002, no later than the close of business on March 14, 2026, and no earlier than February 12, 2026. If our 2026 Annual Meeting is held more than 30 days before or 70 days after June 12, 2026, the nomination notice must be received in writing by our Investor Relations Department at the address listed above not earlier than the close of business