bsm-8k_20160526.htm

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO

SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):   May 26, 2016

 

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Black Stone Minerals, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware

001-37362

47-1846692

(State or other jurisdiction

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

of incorporation or organization)

 

Identification No.)

 

1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2020

Houston, Texas

 

 

77002

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

(Zip code)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 445-3200

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Black Stone Minerals, L.P. (the “Partnership”) held its 2016 annual meeting of limited partners (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 26, 2016 in Houston, Texas for the following purposes: (1) to elect directors to the board of directors of Black Stone Minerals GP, L.L.C., the Partnership’s general partner, each to serve until the 2017 annual meeting of limited partners and thereafter until such director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until such director’s earlier death, resignation, or removal and (2) to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Partnership’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2016. Each of these items is more fully described in the Partnership’s proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2016.

 

Proposal 1 – Election of Directors

 

Each of the eleven nominees for director was duly elected by the Partnership’s unitholders, with votes as follows:

 

Nominee

Votes For

Votes Withheld

Broker Non-Vote

William G. Bardel

107,036,371

57,599

16,320,509

Carin M. Barth

107,013,660

80,310

16,320,509

Thomas L. Carter, Jr.

107,043,806

50,164

16,320,509

D. Mark DeWalch

107,031,095

62,875

16,320,509

Ricky J. Haeflinger

107,019,331

74,639

16,320,509

Jerry V. Kyle, Jr.

107,028,971

64,999

16,320,509

Michael C. Linn

101,981,653

5,112,317

16,320,509

John H. Longmaid

107,030,731

63,239

16,320,509

William N. Mathis

106,913,350

180,620

16,320,509

Alexander D. Stuart

107,034,731

59,239

16,320,509

Allison K. Thacker

107,043,806

50,164

16,320,509

 

 

Proposal 2 – Ratification of Appointment of the Partnership’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Partnership’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2016 was ratified by the Partnership’s unitholders, with votes as follows:

 

 

Votes For

Votes Against

Votes Abstain

Broker Non-Vote

123,366,612

41,864

6,003

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SIGNATURES

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

BLACK STONE MINERALS, L.P.

 

 

 

 

By:

Black Stone Minerals GP, L.L.C.,

its general partner

 

 

 

Date:   June 2, 2016

By:

/s/ Steve Putman

 

 

Steve Putman

 

 

Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary