barnwell-8k_021110.htm

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 11, 2010
  
   
BARNWELL INDUSTRIES, INC.
  
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  
   
Delaware
  
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
  
   
   
1-5103
72-0496921
  
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
  
 
Identification No.)
  
     
1100 Alakea Street, Suite 2900
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:
 
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Item 2.02  Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
 
On February 11, 2010, Barnwell Industries, Inc. issued a press release announcing its financial results for its fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2009.  A copy of such press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.
 
Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)           Exhibits
 
Exhibit No.
Description
   
99.1
Press release dated February 11, 2010

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 11, 2010
 

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

 
 
Exhibit Index
 

Exhibit No.
Description
   
99.1
Press release dated February 11, 2010