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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, DC 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">26-3718801</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>24275 Katy Freeway, Suite 600</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Katy, Texas</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. 2011 Incentive Compensation Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Stacy Russell </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Executive
Vice President, General Counsel&nbsp;&amp; Corporate Secretary </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>24275 Katy Freeway, Suite 600 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Katy, Texas 77494 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name
and address of agent for service) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(281) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">258-2170</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copy to: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>G.
Scott Lesmes </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Morrison&nbsp;&amp; Foerster LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2100 L Street NW, Suite 900 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20037 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(202) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">887-1563</FONT></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT> filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act: </P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement is being filed by U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;), in accordance with General Instruction E to Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> to register 3,200,000 additional shares of common stock for issuance under the Fifth Amended and Restated U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. 2011 Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended (the &#147;Plan&#148;), as
approved by the Company&#146;s shareholders on May&nbsp;
11, 2023. The contents of the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1524741/000119312512052956/d298990ds8.htm">No. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-179480
</FONT></A>) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on February&nbsp;
10, 2012, the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1524741/000119312515182123/d923740ds8.htm">No. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-204062</FONT></A>) filed
with the Commission on May&nbsp;
11, 2015, the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1524741/000119312520140407/d907963ds8.htm">No. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-238198</FONT></A>) filed
with the Commission on May&nbsp;
12, 2020, the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1524741/000119312521169387/d142313ds8.htm">No. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-256389</FONT></A>) filed
with the Commission on May&nbsp;21, 2021, and the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1524741/000119312522156181/d349351ds8.htm">No. <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-265119</FONT></A>) filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;20, 2022 each relating to the Plan, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents, which are on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference: </P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1524741/000162828023005026/slca-20221231.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the Registrant&#146;s fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2022; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1524741/000152474123000006/slca-20230331.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT></A> for the Registrant&#146;s quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2023; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1524741/000119312523012156/d395576d8k.htm">January&nbsp;20,
 2023</A>, the Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1524741/000119312523077966/d464242d8k.htm">March&nbsp;23, 2023</A>, and
the Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1524741/000119312523143545/d424066d8k.htm">May&nbsp;12, 2023</A>; and
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement
on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1524741/000119312512031005/d291983d8a12b.htm">Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT></A> filed on January&nbsp;31, 2012, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating
that description. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) (other than Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> including any exhibits included with such information, unless otherwise indicated therein) after the date of this Registration Statement, but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that
indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing
such documents. Our Commission File Number is <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">001-35416.</FONT> Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1524741/000119312517165881/d240269dex31.htm">Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc., effective May<U></U>&nbsp;
4, 2017 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission on May<U></U>&nbsp;
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1524741/000119312517165881/d240269dex32.htm">Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc., effective May<U></U>&nbsp;
4, 2017 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission on May<U></U>&nbsp;
10, 2017 (File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;001-35416))</FONT> </A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d448570dex51.htm">Opinion of Morrison&nbsp;&amp; Foerster LLP </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;10.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1524741/000119312523143545/d424066dex101.htm">Fifth Amended and Restated U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. 2011 Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s
Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission on May<U></U>&nbsp;12, 2023 (File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;001-35416))</FONT> </A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;23.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d448570dex231.htm">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP </A></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;23.2</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d448570dex51.htm">Consent of Morrison&nbsp;&amp; Foerster LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;23.3</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d448570dex233.htm">Consent of Third Party Qualified Person </A></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;24.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d448570ds8.htm#sig">Powers of Attorney (included on signature page hereto) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>107</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d448570dexfilingfees.htm">Filing Fee Table </A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Katy, State of Texas, on
May&nbsp;19, 2023. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS, INC.</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ STACY RUSSELL</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Name:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Stacy Russell</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Title:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Executive Vice President, General Counsel&nbsp;&amp; Corporate Secretary</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="sig"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each officer and director of U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. whose signature appears below hereby severally constitutes and
appoints Bryan A. Shinn and Stacy Russell, each of them individually (with full power to each of them to act alone), with full power of substitution and resubstitution, his/her true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in</FONT> fact
and agent, with full powers to each of them to sign for us, in our names and in the capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any and all amendments to said Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as each of them might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys,
and each of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts and all capacities to sign any and all amendments. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated
on May&nbsp;19, 2023. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ BRYAN A. SHINN</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Bryan A. Shinn</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Chief Executive Officer and Director</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ DONALD A. MERRIL</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Donald A. Merril</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ CHARLES W. SHAVER</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Charles W. Shaver</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle" ALIGN="center">Chairman of the Board of Directors</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ PETER C. BERNARD</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Peter C. Bernard</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle" ALIGN="center">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ DIANE K. DUREN</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Diane K. Duren</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle" ALIGN="center">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ WILLIAM J. KACAL</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">William J. Kacal</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 19, 2023
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
26-3718801
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
24275 Katy Freeway, Suite 600
Katy, Texas
77494
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. 2011 Incentive Compensation Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Stacy Russell
Executive
Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.
24275 Katy Freeway, Suite 600
Katy, Texas 77494
(Name
and address of agent for service)
(281)
258-2170
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
G.
Scott Lesmes
Morrison & Foerster LLP
2100 L Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, D.C. 20037
(202)
887-1563
Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act:
Large accelerated filer
☒
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement is being filed by U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. (the "Company"), in accordance with General Instruction E to Form
S-8,
to register 3,200,000 additional shares of common stock for issuance under the Fifth Amended and Restated U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. 2011 Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended (the "Plan"), as
approved by the Company's shareholders on May 
11, 2023. The contents of the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-8
(
No.
333-179480
) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on February 
10, 2012, the Registration Statement on Form
S-8
(
No.
333-204062
) filed
with the Commission on May 
11, 2015, the Registration Statement on Form
S-8
(
No.
333-238198
) filed
with the Commission on May 
12, 2020, the Registration Statement on Form
S-8
(
No.
333-256389
) filed
with the Commission on May 21, 2021, and the Registration Statement on Form
S-8
(
No.
333-265119
) filed with the Commission on May 20, 2022 each relating to the Plan, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which are on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference:
1.
The Registrant's Annual Report on
Form
10-K
for the Registrant's fiscal year ended December 31, 2022;
2.
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on
Form
10-Q
for the Registrant's quarter ended March 31, 2023;
3.
The Registrant's Current Report on Form
8-K
filed on
January 20,
 2023
, the Current Report on Form
8-K
filed on
March 23, 2023
, and
the Current Report on Form
8-K
filed on
May 12, 2023
; and
4.
The description of the Registrant's common stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement
on
Form
8-A
filed on January 31, 2012, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating
that description.
All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") (other than Current Reports on Form
8-K
furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form
8-K,
including any exhibits included with such information, unless otherwise indicated therein) after the date of this Registration Statement, but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that
indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing
such documents. Our Commission File Number is
001-35416.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
3.1
Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc., effective May
4, 2017 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form
8-K
filed with the Commission on May
10, 2017 (File No.
001-35416))
3.2
Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc., effective May
4, 2017 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form
8-K
filed with the Commission on May
10, 2017 (File No.
001-35416))
5.1
Opinion of Morrison & Foerster LLP
10.1
Fifth Amended and Restated U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. 2011 Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's
Current Report on Form
8-K
filed with the Commission on May
12, 2023 (File No.
001-35416))
23.1
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
23.2
Consent of Morrison & Foerster LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.3
Consent of Third Party Qualified Person
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page hereto)
107
Filing Fee Table
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form
S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Katy, State of Texas, on
May 19, 2023.
U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
/s/ STACY RUSSELL
Name:
Stacy Russell
Title:
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each officer and director of U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. whose signature appears below hereby severally constitutes and
appoints Bryan A. Shinn and Stacy Russell, each of them individually (with full power to each of them to act alone), with full power of substitution and resubstitution, his/her true and lawful
attorney-in
fact
and agent, with full powers to each of them to sign for us, in our names and in the capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form
S-8
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any and all amendments to said Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as each of them might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys,
and each of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts and all capacities to sign any and all amendments.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated
on May 19, 2023.
Signature
Title
/s/ BRYAN A. SHINN
Bryan A. Shinn
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ DONALD A. MERRIL
Donald A. Merril
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ CHARLES W. SHAVER
Charles W. Shaver
Chairman of the Board of Directors
/s/ PETER C. BERNARD
Peter C. Bernard
Director
/s/ DIANE K. DUREN
Diane K. Duren
Director
/s/ WILLIAM J. KACAL
William J. Kacal
Director
/s/ SANDRA R. ROGERS
Director
Sandra R. Rogers