Company: BSM
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-107202
Chunk: 15

Company: Black Stone Minerals, L.P.
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 15
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 his experience with DeWalch Technologies, Inc.

Jerry V. Kyle, Jr. Mr. Kyle has served as director of the General Partner since March 2015. Mr. Kyle served as director of BSNR from January 2013 to 2015. Mr. Kyle has been a Partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP since 2018. From 2002 until 2018, Mr. Kyle was a Partner at Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP. Mr. Kyle received his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 1990 and his B.A. from The Colorado College in 1984. He is a member of the Texas Bar Foundation and the Austin Bar Association.

Mr. Kyle’s extensive experience as a lawyer practicing in matters related to finance, lending, securities issuance and regulation, and legislative and regulatory affairs qualify him to serve on the Board.

Michael C. Linn. Mr. Linn has served as a director of the General Partner since March 2015. Mr. Linn served as director of BSNR from January 2013 to 2015. Mr. Linn is the founder of Linn Energy LLC and served as a director of Linn Energy LLC from December 2011 to 2017. Prior to such time, he was Executive Chairman of the board of directors of Linn Energy LLC since January 2010 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Linn Energy, LLC from December 2007 to January 2010. Following his retirement as Executive Chairman of the board of directors of Linn Energy LLC in December 2011, Mr. Linn formed MCL Ventures LLC, a private investment vehicle that focuses on purchasing oil and natural gas royalty interests as well as non-operated interests in oil and natural gas wells. Mr. Linn has served as President and CEO of MCL Ventures LLC since 2012. Mr. Linn has also served as a member of the board of directors of Nabors Industries Ltd. since 2012 (where he served as Chairman of its compensation committee from 2012 until 2020 and has served as Chairman of its ESG committee since 2020), and a member of the board of managers of Cavallo Mineral Partners, LLC. Mr. Linn served as a member of the board of directors and Chairman of the conflicts committee of Western Refining GP, LLC from 2013 to 2017, a member of the board of directors of Centrica plc from June