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

Black Stone Minerals, L.P. (the "Partnership") held its 2023 annual meeting of limited partners (the "Annual Meeting") on June 15, 2023 via live webcast 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 (the "General Partner"), each to serve until the 2024 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, (2) to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Partnership's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023, and (3) to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the General Partner's named executive officers for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022. Each of these items is more fully described in the Partnership's proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2023.

Proposal 1 - Election of Directors

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



Nominee                   Votes For        Votes Withheld       Broker Non-Vote
Carin M. Barth            100,559,486              444,439            57,528,437
Thomas L. Carter, Jr.     100,606,504              397,421            57,528,437
D. Mark DeWalch            99,970,719            1,033,206            57,528,437
Jerry V. Kyle, Jr.        100,594,708              409,217            57,528,437
Michael C. Linn            99,893,299            1,110,626            57,528,437
John H. Longmaid          100,544,429              459,496            57,528,437
William N. Mathis          98,864,472            2,139,453            57,528,437
William E. Randall        100,558,255              445,670            57,528,437
Alexander D. Stuart       100,502,198              501,727            57,528,437

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, 2023 was ratified by the Partnership's unitholders, with votes as follows:

Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstain Broker Non-Vote 158,048,109 320,906 163,347

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Proposal 3 - Approval, on a Non-binding Advisory Basis, of the Compensation of the General Partner's Named Executive Officers

The compensation of the General Partner's named executive officers for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 was approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, by the Partnership's unitholders, with votes as follows:



Votes For    Votes Against   Votes Abstain   Broker Non-Vote
97,778,102     1,776,182       1,449,641       57,528,437



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