On March 22, 2015, Emerge Energy Services LP (the Partnership) notified The New York Stock Exchange that Peter Jones, a member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Emerge Energy Services GP LLC, the general partner of the Partnership (the General Partner), had ceased to be independent within the meaning of Section 303A.06 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual and SEC Rule 10A-3 incorporated into that listing standard, as a result of Mr. Jones's employment as an executive officer of a company affiliated with the Partnership. Effective March 20, 2015, Mr. Jones resigned from the Audit Committee, and, as a result, the Partnership was not in compliance with the requirement of Section 303A.07(a) of the NYSE Listed company Manual that audit committees be comprised of at least three independent directors. Mr. Jones continues as a director of General Partner and meets the NYSE independence standards applicable to a director who is not an audit committee member.

On March 23, 2015, the Partnership received an official notice from the NYSE with respect to this deficiency. Effective March 25, 2015, Mr. Mark Gottfredson was appointed as an independent director of the General Partner and the Board appointed Mr. Gottfredson as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board. SEC Rule 10A-3 imposes additional independence requirements for members of audit committees, and Mr. Gottfredson meets these additional independence requirements, in addition to the independence requirements generally applicable to independent directors.

The Partnership reported to the NYSE on March 25, 2015, that the Partnership is as of that date in compliance with the audit committee and other corporate governance requirements of the NYSE listing standards. The Partnership announced that effective March 25, 2015, Mr. Gottfredson has been appointed to the Board as an independent director. Mr. Gottfredson was also appointed as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board.

Mark Gottfredson is a director of Bain & Company's office in Dallas, Texas, which he founded in 1990. Throughout his career, he has advised chief executives and top-level managers in a wide range of industries. He has served in a number of leadership positions at Bain & Company including as a member of the board of directors and as the Global Head of Bain's Performance Improvement Practice.