UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 2, 2017
 
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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.)
 
 
1100 Alakea Street, Suite 2900
Honolulu, Hawaii  96813
(Address of principal executive offices)
96813
(Zip Code)
 
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:             (808) 531-8400
 
 
 
 
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if
changed since last report.)

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Item 7.01  Regulation FD Disclosure.
On October 2, 2017, Barnwell Industries, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that Kaupulehu Developments, the Company's 77.8%-owned real estate partnership, received a priority payment of $2,500,000, of which the Company's share is $1,652,000, and a percentage payment of $165,000, of which the Company's share is $110,000.  The Company will recognize a gain from these receipts in its quarter ended September 30, 2017.
Furthermore, the Company announced in the press release that its subsidiaries, KD Kona 2013 LLLP and Barnwell Hawaiian Properties, Inc., received distributions in September totaling $714,000 from the venture in which they invested in November of 2013.
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 October 2, 2017

 
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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:  October 2, 2017

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

 
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Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Press release dated October 2, 2017


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