EVANSVILLE, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 2, 2014-- Please replace the release with the following corrected version due to the removal of a sentence in the first paragraph.

The corrected release reads:

BERRY PLASTICS GROUP, INC. ANNOUNCES SECONDARY PUBLIC OFFERING

Berry Plastics Group, Inc. (NYSE: BERY) (the “Company”) announced today the commencement of a secondary public offering of 10,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock by certain funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management, LLC (collectively, the “Selling Stockholders”). The Company itself is not selling any shares and will not receive any proceeds from the proposed offering, and it will not change the number of shares of the Company’s common stock that are currently outstanding.

Goldman, Sachs & Co. is acting as the sole underwriter for the offering. A shelf registration statement (including prospectus) relating to the shares is effective with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Before you invest, you should read the prospectus and other documents filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Company and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies of the prospectus and prospectus supplement, when available, may be obtained from Goldman, Sachs & Co., Attn: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, Tel: 866-471-2526.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The offering of these shares of common stock is being made only by means of a prospectus supplement and related prospectus.

About Berry Plastics

Berry Plastics Group, Inc. is a leading provider of value-added plastic consumer packaging and engineered materials delivering high-quality customized solutions to our customers with annual net sales of over $4.6 billion in fiscal 2013. With world headquarters in Evansville, Indiana, the Company's common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BERY.

Forward-looking Statements

Certain statements and information included in this release may constitute “forward looking statements” within the meaning of the Federal Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied in such forward looking statements. Additional discussion of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from management’s projections, forecasts, estimates and expectations is contained in the companies’ Securities and Exchange Commission filings. The companies do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, or to make any other forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Source: Berry Plastics Group, Inc.

Berry Plastics Group, Inc.
Media Contact:
Eva Schmitz, 812-306-2424
evaschmitz@berryplastics.com
or
Investor Contact:
Dustin Stilwell, 812-306-2964
dustinstilwell@berryplastics.com