Company: BSM
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-107202
Chunk: 64

Company: Black Stone Minerals, L.P.
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 64
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 units. |

| (2) | Percentages based upon 14,711,219 preferred units issued and outstanding as of April 14, 2024. |

| (3) | AP Basileia SPV, LLC is the record holder of 14,711,219 preferred units. The address of AP Basileia SPV, LLC is 9 West 57th Street, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10019. |

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<div align='center'>**PROPOSAL 2—RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM**</div>

**General

The Audit Committee of the Board has appointed Deloitte as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025. Ernst & Young LLP (“Ernst & Young”) served as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Representatives of Deloitte are expected to be present at the Annual Meeting and will have the opportunity to make a statement should they choose to do so. These representatives will also be available to respond to appropriate questions and inquiries from unitholders. We do not expect representatives of Ernst & Young to be present at the Annual Meeting, and, therefore, they will not make a statement or address questions.

Unitholder ratification of the selection of Deloitte as our independent registered public accounting firm is not required by the Partnership Agreement or otherwise. We have submitted ratification to a vote of the unitholders because we believe this ratification is consistent with best practices in corporate governance to do so. If the unitholders fail to ratify the selection, the Audit Committee will reconsider the retention of that firm, but may retain such independent registered public accounting firm regardless of the vote. Even if the selection is ratified, the Audit Committee, in its discretion, may direct the appointment of a different independent registered public accounting firm at any time during the year if the Audit Committee determines that such a change would be in the best interests of us and our unitholders.**

<div align='center'>**THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE RATIFICATION OF

DELOITTE AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE

YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2025.**</div>

**Change in Auditor

Dismissal of Ernst & Young

As previously reported, on February