---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001705873-25-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001705873"
company_name: "Berry Corp (bry)"
filed_at: "2025-01-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T19:54:38.690904+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Berry (bry) appoints Jeff Magids as CFO, effective Jan 21, 2025; Helm becomes CAO

## Summary
- Jeff Magids appointed VP & CFO, effective Jan 21, 2025; base salary $360,000, target bonus 70% of salary.
- Magids previously VP Finance & IR at SilverBow Resources (NYSE: SBOW) from March 2023 to July 2024.
- Magids also receives annual LTI grant target of $375,000 (RSUs), subject to Comp Committee approval.
- Michael Helm transitions to VP & Chief Accounting Officer, retains principal accounting officer role.
- Magids eligible for 3 months' salary severance on termination without cause plus pro-rated bonus.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001705873-25-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001705873
- company_name: Berry Corp (bry)
- filed_at: 2025-01-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705873/000170587325000006/0001705873-25-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705873/000170587325000006/bry-20250119.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001705873-25-000006
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001705873-25-000006.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001705873-25-000006.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael Helm changed role as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer at Berry Corp (bry).
  - Action: transitioned
  - Role: Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Concurrently with the appointment of Mr. Magids, Michael Helm will transition from Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer to Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and will continue to serve as the Company’s principal accounting officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705873/000170587325000006/0001705873-25-000006-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeff Magids was appointed as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at Berry Corp (bry).
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On January 19, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Berry Corporation (bry) (the “Company”) appointed Jeff Magids as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (serving as the Company’s principal financial officer), effective January 21, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705873/000170587325000006/0001705873-25-000006-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.