Common Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

Agreement and Plan of Merger • February 21st, 2013 • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  February 21st, 2013
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 20, 2013, is by and among Berry Petroleum Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Bacchus HoldCo, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“HoldCo”), Bacchus Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of HoldCo (“Bacchus Merger Sub”), LinnCo, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“LinnCo”), Linn Acquisition Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of LinnCo (“LinnCo Merger Sub”), and Linn Energy, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Linn”).