---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-009259"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BRN"
cik: "0000010048"
company_name: "BARNWELL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-02-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T16:24:40.076767+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Barnwell Industries names Craig Hopkins CEO April 1; Kinzler becomes Executive Chairman

## Summary
- Craig Hopkins, currently President of Octavian and BOC, will become CEO and President on April 1, 2024.
- Alexander Kinzler transitions to Executive Chairman, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary effective same date.
- Kenneth Grossman steps down as Chairman to become Vice Chairman of the Board.
- Board amended bylaws to remove requirement that the President be a Board member.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-009259
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BRN
- cik: 0000010048
- company_name: BARNWELL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-02-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10048/000114036124009259/0001140361-24-009259-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10048/000114036124009259/ef20022289_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-009259
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-009259.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Alexander C. Kinzler was named as Executive Chairman, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary at BARNWELL INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: named
  - Role: Executive Chairman, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary
  source text: Mr. Alexander C. Kinzler, the current Chief Executive Officer and President, will remain as the Company’s General Counsel and, effective April 1, 2024, will become the Company’s Corporate Secretary. Mr. Kinzler, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), will become, effective April 1, 2024, Executive Chairman of the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10048/000114036124009259/0001140361-24-009259-index.htm
- Executive change
  Craig Hopkins was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and President at BARNWELL INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: Mr. Craig Hopkins would become the Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10048/000114036124009259/0001140361-24-009259-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kenneth Grossman was named as Vice Chairman of the Board at BARNWELL INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: named
  - Role: Vice Chairman of the Board
  source text: Mr. Kenneth Grossman, the current Chairman of the Board, will become Vice Chairman of the Board on that date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10048/000114036124009259/0001140361-24-009259-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  BARNWELL INDUSTRIES INC: Removed requirement that President must be a Board member (effective 2024-02-19).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2024-02-19
  source text: On February 19, 2024, the Board amended Article V, Section 5.01 of the Bylaws of the Company to remove the requirement that the President of the Company must be a member of the Board .
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10048/000114036124009259/0001140361-24-009259-index.htm

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