U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS INC. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Charles W. Shaver

U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Charles W. Shaver”): 60,686,116 for, 2,320,581 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 10, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The final voting results for the proposals presented at the meeting are set forth below: Item 1-Election of Directors All director nominees were elected at the Annual Meeting to serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualified.”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 83 asset managers below reported 40,395,896 for, 775,200 against, 4,776 abstained, 4,840 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Jimmi Sue Smith

U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Jimmi Sue Smith”): 62,410,467 for, 556,338 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 10, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The final voting results for the proposals presented at the meeting are set forth below: Item 1-Election of Directors All director nominees were elected at the Annual Meeting to serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualified.”
Support: 99.1% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 83 asset managers below reported 41,140,301 for, 35,571 abstained, 4,840 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Peter C. Bernard

U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Peter C. Bernard”): 60,889,745 for, 2,117,062 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 10, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The final voting results for the proposals presented at the meeting are set forth below: Item 1-Election of Directors All director nominees were elected at the Annual Meeting to serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualified.”
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 83 asset managers below reported 40,365,101 for, 805,995 against, 4,776 abstained, 4,840 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Sandra R. Rogers

U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Sandra R. Rogers”): 61,383,094 for, 1,584,605 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 10, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The final voting results for the proposals presented at the meeting are set forth below: Item 1-Election of Directors All director nominees were elected at the Annual Meeting to serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualified.”
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 83 asset managers below reported 40,445,567 for, 694,734 against, 35,571 abstained, 4,840 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: William J. Kacal

U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: William J. Kacal”): 60,993,845 for, 2,012,651 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 10, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The final voting results for the proposals presented at the meeting are set forth below: Item 1-Election of Directors All director nominees were elected at the Annual Meeting to serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualified.”
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 83 asset managers below reported 40,453,907 for, 717,189 against, 4,776 abstained, 4,840 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Bryan A. Shinn

U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Bryan A. Shinn”): 61,953,516 for, 1,052,982 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 10, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The final voting results for the proposals presented at the meeting are set forth below: Item 1-Election of Directors All director nominees were elected at the Annual Meeting to serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualified.”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 82 asset managers below reported 41,158,581 for, 676 against, 4,776 abstained, 4,840 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Diane K. Duren

U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Diane K. Duren”): 62,135,622 for, 874,734 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 10, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The final voting results for the proposals presented at the meeting are set forth below: Item 1-Election of Directors All director nominees were elected at the Annual Meeting to serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualified.”
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 82 asset managers below reported 41,136,752 for, 22,505 against, 4,776 abstained, 4,840 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Simon Bates

U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Simon Bates”): 62,145,490 for, 789,073 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 10, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The final voting results for the proposals presented at the meeting are set forth below: Item 1-Election of Directors All director nominees were elected at the Annual Meeting to serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualified.”
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 82 asset managers below reported 40,811,058 for, 348,199 against, 4,776 abstained, 4,840 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Approval of our Sixth Amended and Restated 2011 Incentive Compensation Plan.

U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS INC.’s own tally for this item (“4. Amendment and Restatement of the Company's 2011 Incentive Compensation Plan The proposal to approve the adoption of the Plan, as described in the Definitive Proxy Statement”): 59,595,275 for, 3,390,419 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 10, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Item 4-Amendment and Restatement of the Company's 2011 Incentive Compensation Plan The proposal to approve the adoption of the Plan, as described in the Definitive Proxy Statement, was approved with approximately 94.4% of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting voting for the proposal.”
Support: 95% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
Voting standard, as the filing states it: a supermajority of the votes cast (“94.4% of the votes cast”).

The 85 asset managers below reported 39,986,532 for, 1,479,374 against, 4,776 abstained, 4,840 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers, as disclosed in the proxy statement.

U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS INC.’s own tally for this item (“2. Advisory Resolution to Approve Executive Compensation The advisory resolution to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers”): 60,224,472 for, 2,735,247 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 10, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Item 2-Advisory Resolution to Approve Executive Compensation The advisory resolution to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers was approved with approximately 95.4% of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting voting in favor of the advisory resolution.”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
Voting standard, as the filing states it: a supermajority of the votes cast (“95.4% of the votes cast”).

Also reported under other wordings, matched to the same row of U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS INC.’s official tally and shown with their own fund figures; their managers are not in the figures or the table on this card: “Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation” (4 managers, Fund and manager reports combined; may count the same shares twice; no share total shown); “Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation (Say-on-Pay)” (2 managers, 9,098 for).

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports, all 82 managers: 39,125,936 for, 1,596,149 against, 4,776 abstained, 4,840 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 189 managers: 25,419,405 for, 1,678,459 against. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our Independent Public Accounting Firm for 2024.

U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The proposal to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2024”): 70,042,657 for, 950,764 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 10, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Item 3-Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The proposal to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 was approved with approximately 98.4% of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting voting for the proposal.”
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
Voting standard, as the filing states it: a supermajority of the votes cast (“98.4% of the votes cast”).

The 83 asset managers below reported 40,844,725 for, 326,371 against, 4,776 abstained, 4,840 unknown.

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