SEC FORM
3
SEC Form 3
| FORM 3 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
| C/O BERRY PETROLEUM COMPANY |
| 5201 TRUXTUN AVE., SUITE 300 |
(Street)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year)
08/29/2003
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3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BERRY PETROLEUM CO
[ BRY ]
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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Director |
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10% Owner |
| X |
Officer (give title below) |
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Other (specify below) |
| Vice President |
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year)
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
| X |
Form filed by One Reporting Person |
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Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr.
4)
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2.
Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr.
4)
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3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
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4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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| Class A Common Stock |
0 |
D |
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr.
4)
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2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year) |
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr.
4)
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4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
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5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
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6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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| Date Exercisable |
Expiration Date |
Title |
Amount or Number of Shares |
| Non-Statutory Stock Option (NSO) |
08/29/2004 |
08/29/2013 |
Class A Common Stock |
40,000
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15.48 |
D |
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| Explanation of Responses: |
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| Remarks: |
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Kenneth A. Olson under POA for Logan Magruder |
08/29/2003 |
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** Signature of Reporting Person |
Date |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. |
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person,
see
Instruction
5
(b)(v). |
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations
See
18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). |
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Instruction 6 for procedure. |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints the Corporate Secretary or any Assistant
Corporate Secretary, as duly appointed by the Board of Directors
from time to time for Berry Petroleum Company, as the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
1. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of
Berry Petroleum Company (the "Company"), Form 3, 4, 5, and
Form 144 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
2. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Form 3, 4, 5, and Form 144 and timely file such
form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
3. take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest
of, or legally required of, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-
fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney shall be in such form as such attorney-in-fact may
approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act
and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be
done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with
full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and further acknowledges
that the undersigned remains solely responsible for the
facts disclosed in any such form.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the expiration date noted below or until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5
with respect to the undersigned's holdings of securities
issued or interest in securities to be issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 29 day of
August 2003.
s/s Logan Magruder
Signature
12/31/2007 Logan Magruder
Expiration Date Print Name
