# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000010048
**File Stem:** 0001140361-23-006384
**Filing Date:** 2023-2
**Character Count:** 7952
**Document Hash:** 89b7554aee7d0a636b093b0c26dade10
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001140361-23-006384.hdr.sgml**: 20230213

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001140361-23-006384

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 12

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230209

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230213

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230213

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** BARNWELL INDUSTRIES INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000010048
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 720496921
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0930

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-05103
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23619826

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1100 ALAKEA ST.
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 500
- **CITY:** HONOLULU
- **STATE:** HI
- **ZIP:** 96813
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 808-531-8400

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1100 ALAKEA ST.
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 500
- **CITY:** HONOLULU
- **STATE:** HI
- **ZIP:** 96813

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** BMA CORP/TN
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19770324

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** BARNWELL OFFSHORE INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19671101

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### UNITED STATES

### SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

#### Washington, DC 20549

### FORM 8-K

#### Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

#### of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): **February 9, 2023**

## BARNWELL INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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| **Delaware**  | **1-5103** | **72-0496921**  |
| (State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |

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#### 1100 Alakea Street, Suite 500

#### Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(808) 531-8400

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

#### Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, $0.50 Par Value | BRN | NYSE American |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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| **Item 5.02** | **Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers** |

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On February 9, 2023, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Barnwell Industries, Inc. (the "Company") expanded the size of the Board from seven to nine and appointed Mr. Joshua S. Horowitz and Mr. Laurance E. Narbut to serve as directors of the Company, effective immediately. The Board has determined that each of Messrs. Horowitz and Narbut is independent for the purposes of Section 803A of the NYSE American Company Guide.

Mr. Horowitz is the Portfolio Manager at Palm Management (US) LLC. Mr. Horowitz has held senior positions at Inverlochy Capital, an asset management firm, and Berggruen Holdings, the family office of Nicolas Berggruen. He began his career at Crossway Partners, a value strategy investment partnership. Mr. Horowitz holds a BS in Management, magna cum laude, from Binghamton University and also studied at the Bath School of Management in the United Kingdom. Mr. Horowitz previously served as a Director of The Lincoln General Insurance Company (private), as well as 1347 Capital Corp (Nasdaq: TFSC), and is currently a Director and Chair of the Finance Committee of Limbach Holdings (Nasdaq: LMB), a $500m mechanical engineering concern. He was formerly on the Board of 1347 Property Insurance Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: PIH) and Minim, Inc. (Nasdaq: MINM), and Interim Chairman of the Board of Birner Dental Management Services, Inc. (OTC: BDMS), where he led the Company's sale to Mid Atlantic Dental Partners. Mr. Horowitz also was a Board Observer at Biomerica, Inc. (Nasdaq: BMRA). Mr. Horowitz's background in management and the investment community gives him significant insight into corporate operations, investment opportunities, commodities and business issues facing the Company and his experience on numerous boards will bring significant strategic, consensus-building and management skills to the Company.

Mr. Narbut is the founder and Managing Partner of Acceleration Resources LLC, a private equity firm focusing on lower/middle market upstream energy sector since 2013. Mr. Narbut has held senior positions at Passport Capital, Richmond Financial, SUN Capital Partners, Credit Suisse First Boston, and the Parthenon Group. At Passport Capital, Mr. Narbut was a portfolio manager for the energy strategy, investing across multiple funds and focused on upstream oil & gas and energy service investments. Mr. Narbut attended Harvard Business School and the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Narbut's strong background in business, finance, energy strategy and energy investing brings to the Board deep insight into the Company's primary upstream oil and gas business as well as the evaluation and financing of a variety of businesses and business opportunities.

As previously disclosed, Messrs. Horowitz and Narbut were appointed to the Board pursuant to the Cooperation and Support Binding Term Sheet, dated as of January 21, 2023, by and among the Company, Alexander C. Kinzler, MRMP-Managers LLC, the Ned L. Sherwood Revocable Trust, NLS Advisory Group and Ned L. Sherwood, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 26, 2023.

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| **Item 9.01** | **<u>Financial Statements and Exhibits</u>.** |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Exhibits

<u>Exhibit No.</u> <u>Description</u> <br>104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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#### SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: February 10, 2023

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| BARNWELL INDUSTRIES, INC. | BARNWELL INDUSTRIES, INC. | BARNWELL INDUSTRIES, INC. |
| By: | /s/ Russell M. Gifford | /s/ Russell M. Gifford |
|  | Name: | Russell M. Gifford |
|  | Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |

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<u>Exhibit Index</u>

<u>Exhibit No.</u> <u>Description</u> <br>104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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