<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001193125-25-325066.txt : 20251218
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-25-325066
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20251218
FILED AS OF DATE:		20251218
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20251218

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MARIUCCI ANNE L
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001288050
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-38606
		FILM NUMBER:		251583932

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6539 N 31ST PLACE
		CITY:			PHOENIX
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85016

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Berry Corp (bry)
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001705873
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		EIN:				815410470
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		16000 N. DALLAS PARKWAY, SUITE 500
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75248
		BUSINESS PHONE:		214-453-2920

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		16000 N. DALLAS PARKWAY, SUITE 500
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75248

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Berry Petroleum Corp
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20170504
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        <footnote id="F1">On December 18, 2025, the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated September 14, 2025 (the &quot;Merger Agreement&quot;), by and among Berry Corporation (bry) (the &quot;Issuer&quot;), California Resources Corporation (&quot;CRC&quot;), and Dornoch Merger Sub, LLC (&quot;Merger Sub&quot;) were consummated. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into the Issuer with the Issuer surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of CRC (the &quot;Merger&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each share of the Issuer's common stock, par value $0.001 per share (&quot;Berry Common Stock&quot;), beneficially owned by the Reporting Person at the effective time of the Merger (the &quot;Effective Time&quot;) was converted into the right to receive 0.0718 (the &quot;Exchange Ratio&quot;) shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of CRC (&quot;CRC Common Stock&quot;), with cash paid in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares (the &quot;Merger Consideration&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each outstanding restricted stock unit not subject to performance-based vesting conditions (&quot;RSU&quot;) that accelerated at the Effective Time in accordance with its terms (&quot;Single Trigger RSU&quot;) was cancelled in exchange for an amount in cash equal to the number of shares of Berry Common Stock subject to such Single Trigger RSU multiplied by the product of (a) $47.21 (the VWAP per share of CRC Common Stock for the 15 consecutive trading days ending on and including the second full trading day prior to the Effective Time in accordance with the Merger Agreement) and (b) the Exchange Ratio .</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Danielle Hunter as attorney-in-fact for Anne L. Mariucci</signatureName>
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