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Issuer:     BARNWELL INDUSTRIES INC (BRN)
CIK:        0000010048
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-05T21:00:27+00:00
Accession:  0001140361-26-038648
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 8.01, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Barnwell Industries to terminate pension plan; ~$3.7M surplus expected to revert in December 2026
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- Board approved termination of the Barnwell Employees' Pension Plan effective on or about November 30, 2026, with reversion anticipated in December 2026.
- Plan held ~$12.8M in assets as of September 30, 2026 versus an estimated termination liability of $7.3M, plus a ~$1.8M SERP obligation.
- Surplus of ~$3.7M over estimated retirement obligations is before administrative and transaction costs, excise and other taxes, and any participant benefit increase.
- CFO Philip Patman, Jr. said the reversion would free capital historically held in the pension plan, reduce complexity and ongoing costs, and add financial flexibility.
- Barnwell said it is evaluating strategic investments and acquisitions that could materially transform its scale and earnings profile.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10048/000114036126038648/0001140361-26-038648-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10048/000114036126038648/ef20083262_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-26-038648

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