bry-20220525

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 25, 2022

Berry Corporation (bry)

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware	001-38606	81-5410470
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

16000 N. Dallas Parkway, Suite 500

Dallas, Texas 75248

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(661) 616-3900

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:


☐			Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)


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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share			Trading Symbol BRY			Name of each exchange on which registered Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐


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

On May 25, 2022, Berry Corporation (bry) (the “Company”) held its 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The following actions were taken at the Annual Meeting, for which proxies were solicited pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the final number of votes cast for, against or withheld, abstentions and broker non-votes for each matter are set forth below:

1.The six director nominees named in the Company's proxy statement for the Annual Meeting were elected by the following votes:


DIRECTOR NOMINEE	FOR	WITHHOLD	BROKER NON-VOTES
Cary Baetz	57,327,342	3,777,727	14,738,459
Renee Hornbaker	60,425,802	679,267	14,738,459
Anne Mariucci	55,982,024	5,123,045	14,738,459
Don Paul	58,923,829	2,181,240	14,738,459
Rajath Shourie	61,051,504	53,565	14,738,459
A. Trem Smith	60,668,349	436,720	14,738,459

2.The ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 was approved by the following votes:


FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN
75,687,015	155,626	887

3.The Berry Corporation (bry) 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan was approved by the following votes:


FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN	BROKER NON-VOTES
57,829,712	3,260,335	15,022	14,738,459


Item 9.01			Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit No.						Description

104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: May 25, 2022



						Berry Corporation (bry)

By:						/s/ Danielle Hunter
						Danielle Hunter
						Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Berry Corporation (bry) filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Financial Statements and Exhibits