EX-99.5 6 ex99_5.htm EXHIBIT 99.5 - NEWS RELEASE BY BERRY PETROLEUM DATED JUNE 23, 2006, TITLED "BERRY PETROLEUM COMPANY ENTERS INTO AN AMENDED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH ITS PRESIDENT/CEO." Exhibit 99.5 - News Release by Berry Petroleum dated June 23, 2006, titled "Berry Petroleum Company Enters Into an Amended Employment Agreement with its President/CEO."
 

 
 
News Release
 
Berry Petroleum Company                                           Phone (661) 616-3900
5201 Truxtun Avenue, Suite 300                                                             E-mail: ir@bry.com
Bakersfield, California 93309-0640                                                          Internet: www.bry.com
 
Contacts: Robert F. Heinemann, President and CEO - - Ralph J. Goehring, Executive Vice President and CFO
 
BERRY PETROLEUM COMPANY ENTERS INTO AN
AMENDED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH ITS PRESIDENT/CEO
 
Bakersfield, California - June 23, 2006 - Berry Petroleum Company (NYSE:BRY) (the “Company”) announced that it has entered into an amended and restated employment agreement with Mr. Robert F. Heinemann, president and chief executive officer of the Company. The amended and restated agreement extends the term of the original employment agreement through January 31, 2010 along with modifying other provisions.

About Berry Petroleum Company
Berry Petroleum Company is a publicly traded independent oil and gas production and exploitation company with its headquarters in Bakersfield, California and a regional office in Denver, Colorado.


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