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 20~~August 6, 2025

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)

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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).

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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 52.0702 ~~Submission~~Results of ~~Matters~~Operations toand aFinancial ~~Vote of Security Holders~~Condition.

On ~~May~~August 206, 2025, Berry Corporation (bry) (the “Company”) ~~held~~issued ~~its~~a ~~2025~~press ~~Annual~~release ~~Meeting~~announcing ofits ~~Stockholders~~financial ~~(the~~condition ~~“Annual~~and ~~Meeting”).~~results ~~The~~of ~~following~~operations ~~actions~~for ~~were~~the ~~taken~~three atmonths ~~the~~ended ~~Annual~~June ~~Meeting~~30, ~~for~~2025. ~~which~~A ~~proxies~~copy ~~were~~of ~~solicited pursuant to Regulation 14A under~~ the ~~Securities~~press ~~Exchange~~release ~~Act~~is offurnished ~~1934,~~ as ~~amended,~~Exhibit ~~and~~99.1 ~~the~~to ~~final~~this ~~number~~report ofon ~~votes~~Form ~~cast for~~8-K, ~~against or withheld, abstentions~~ and ~~broker~~is ~~non-votes~~incorporated ~~for~~herein ~~each~~by ~~matter, as applicable, are set forth below:~~reference.

1.The ~~six~~information ~~director~~contained ~~nominees~~in ~~named~~this inreport and Exhibit 99.1 furnished hereto shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the ~~Company’s~~Securities ~~definitive~~Exchange ~~proxy~~Act ~~statement~~of ~~were~~1934, ~~elected~~as amended, (the “Exchange Act”), and shall not be incorporated by reference into any filings made by the ~~following~~Company ~~votes:~~under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as may be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

DIRECTOR NOMINEES	FOR	WITHHELD	BROKER NON-VOTES
Fernando Araujo	54,294,170	556,679	10,640,281
Matthew Bob	53,767,230	1,083,619	10,640,281
Renée Hornbaker	52,853,281	1,997,568	10,640,281
Anne Mariucci	52,856,898	1,993,951	10,640,281
Rajath Shourie	53,867,291	983,558	10,640,281
James Trimble	52,607,589	2,243,260	10,640,281


Item 9.01			Financial Statements and Exhibits.

~~2.The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory~~ (~~non-binding~~d) ~~basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, by the following votes:~~Exhibits.

FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN	BROKER NON-VOTES
Exhibit No.	Description
43,576,564	10,516,609	757,676	10,640,281
99.1	Press Release of Berry Corporation (bry), dated August 6, 2025
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

3.The ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 was approved by the following votes:

FOR						AGAINST						ABSTAIN
64,428,745						784,956						277,429

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~~August 226, 2025

Berry Corporation (bry) By: /s/ ~~Jenarae~~Jeffrey ND. ~~Garland~~Magids ~~Jenarae~~Jeffrey ND. ~~Garland~~Magids Vice President, ~~General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and~~ Chief ~~Compliance~~Financial Officer

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