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The BoardVantage board portal was a clear choice for us, offering as the most complete suite of functionality for our Directors and Corporate Secretary staff, and by expanding use to our executives, we can further improve the information flow to our Directors, essential in a high-growth environment.

Robert F. Heinemann President and CEO Berry Petroleum Company
 

Berry Petroleum Selects BoardVantage

Streamlines board work and executive collaboration

Menlo Park, CA (August 8, 2008) — Berry Petroleum, Inc. (NYSE: BRY), a leading independent energy company engaged in the production, development, acquisition, exploitation and exploration of crude oil and natural gas, has selected BoardVantage to manage its board communications. Berry Petroleum will be using BoardVantage to prepare and distribute its board materials and facilitate its executive collaboration.

Robert F. Heinemann, President and CEO, comments, The BoardVantage board portal was a clear choice for us, offering as the most complete suite of functionality for our Directors and Corporate Secretary staff, and by expanding use to our executives, we can further improve the information flow to our Directors, essential in a high-growth environment.

We are proud to count Berry Petroleum among our growing roster of energy companies, said Joe Ruck, president and CEO, BoardVantage. They have shown themselves to be in the vanguard of corporate governance by extending their use of BoardVantage to their executive team.

About Berry Petroleum Company

Berry Petroleum Company is a publicly traded independent oil and gas production and exploitation company with operations in California, Utah, Colorado and Texas.

For more information, please visit: www.bry.com.

About BoardVantage

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