UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 8, 2017
Black Stone Minerals, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-37362 | 47-1846692 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer 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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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Black Stone Minerals, L.P. (the “Partnership”) held its 2017 annual meeting of limited partners (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 8, 2017 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 2018 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, 2017. Each of these items is more fully described in the Partnership’s proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2017.
Proposal 1 – Election of Directors
Each of the twelve 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 |
93,955,347 | 190,630 | 19,298,202 | |||||||||
| Carin M. Barth |
93,885,285 | 260,692 | 19,298,202 | |||||||||
| Thomas L. Carter, Jr. |
94,022,493 | 123,484 | 19,298,202 | |||||||||
| D. Mark DeWalch |
93,957,011 | 188,966 | 19,298,202 | |||||||||
| Ricky J. Haeflinger |
93,956,547 | 189,430 | 19,298,202 | |||||||||
| Jerry V. Kyle, Jr. |
93,961,911 | 184,066 | 19,298,202 | |||||||||
| Michael C. Linn |
93,919,151 | 226,826 | 19,298,202 | |||||||||
| John H. Longmaid |
93,954,447 | 191,530 | 19,298,202 | |||||||||
| William N. Mathis |
92,928,438 | 1,217,539 | 19,298,202 | |||||||||
| William E. Randall |
93,960,647 | 185,330 | 19,298,202 | |||||||||
| Alexander D. Stuart |
93,956,711 | 189,266 | 19,298,202 | |||||||||
| Allison K. Thacker |
93,966,811 | 179,166 | 19,298,202 | |||||||||
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, 2017 was ratified by the Partnership’s unitholders, with votes as follows:
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Votes Abstain |
Broker Non-Vote | |||
| 113,419,914 | 20,508 | 4,457 | — | |||
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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 14, 2017 | By: | /s/ Steve Putman | ||||
| Steve Putman | ||||||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary | ||||||