---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001609253-25-000104"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRC"
cik: "0001609253"
company_name: "California Resources Corp"
filed_at: "2025-11-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T21:12:58.282520+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HSR waiting period expires for CRC-Berry combination; deal still subject to other conditions

## Summary
- Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period expired at 11:59 p.m. ET on November 10, 2025, for CRC's acquisition of Berry.
- Consummation remains subject to Berry shareholder approval and FERC authorization under Section 203 of the Federal Power Act.
- Transaction announced September 17, 2025; definitive proxy statement/prospectus sent to Berry stockholders.
- If completed, Berry will become a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of California Resources Corporation (CRC).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001609253-25-000104
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRC
- cik: 0001609253
- company_name: California Resources Corp
- filed_at: 2025-11-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1609253/000160925325000104/0001609253-25-000104-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1609253/000160925325000104/crc-20251110.htm

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