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Issuer:     BARNWELL INDUSTRIES INC (BRN)
CIK:        0000010048
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-09-15T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001140361-25-034938
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.03, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Barnwell reduces quorum to 33 1/3% for 2025 annual meeting amid proxy contest with Sherwood
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- Board amended bylaws to reduce quorum from majority to 33 1/3% on a one-time basis for the 2025 meeting.
- Annual meeting adjourned to Sept 19, 2025; previously submitted proxies will be voted unless revoked.
- Company says Sherwood Group defeated quorum, causing multiple adjournments and additional costs.
- Board recommends voting FOR its four nominees; urges stockholders to discard green proxy cards from Sherwood.
- Company remains open to settlement discussions but says Sherwood rejected offers seeking board control.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10048/000114036125034938/0001140361-25-034938-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10048/000114036125034938/ef20055578_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-25-034938

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