UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Limited Partners of
BLACK STONE MINERALS, L.P.
To Be Held On:
June 14, 2018 at 2:00 p.m., local time
at the Four Seasons Hotel-Houston, 1300 Lamar Street, Houston, Texas, 77002
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This communication is not a form for voting and presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the Internet. We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting.
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| • Notice of Annual Meeting of Limited Partners • Proxy Statement • Form of Electronic Proxy Card • Annual Report on Form 10-K | ||||
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| IN PERSON: You may vote your units in person by attending the Annual Meeting. For directions to attend the Annual Meeting and vote in person, please contact Investor Relations at (713) 445-3229. | ||||
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| 1. Election of directors to the board of directors of Black Stone Minerals, L.P.’s general partner, each to serve until the 2019 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:
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2. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Black Stone Minerals, L.P.’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2018
3. Approval on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the executive officers of Black Stone Minerals, L.P.’s general partner, for the year ended December 31, 2017.
4. Approval on a non-binding advisory basis, the preferred frequency of advisory votes on executive compensation
In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR ALL NOMINEES” IN PROPOSAL 1, “FOR” PROPOSAL 2, “FOR” PROPOSAL 3, AND “ONE YEAR” IN PROPOSAL 4. | |||||
| NOMINEES: | ||||||
| William G. Bardel Carin M. Barth Thomas L. Carter, Jr. D. Mark DeWalch Ricky J. Haeflinger Jerry V. Kyle, Jr. Michael C. Linn John H. Longmaid William N. Mathis William E. Randall Alexander D. Stuart Allison K. Thacker
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