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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-23-002915
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230126
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230126

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BARNWELL INDUSTRIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000010048
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		IRS NUMBER:				720496921
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-05103
		FILM NUMBER:		23558343

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1100 ALAKEA ST.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			HONOLULU
		STATE:			HI
		ZIP:			96813
		BUSINESS PHONE:		808-531-8400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1100 ALAKEA ST.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			HONOLULU
		STATE:			HI
		ZIP:			96813

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BMA CORP/TN
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19770324

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BARNWELL OFFSHORE INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19671101
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">FORM 8-A/A</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">(Amendment No. 1)</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</div>
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        <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">BARNWELL INDUSTRIES, INC.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">&#160;(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Delaware</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">1100 Alakea Street, Suite 500</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;">(Address of principal executive offices)</div>
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                <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Title of each class</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Common Stock, $0.50 Par Value</div>
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      <div>If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box.&#160; &#9746;</div>
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      <div>If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A(d), check the following box.&#160; &#9744;</div>
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      <div>If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box.&#160; &#9744;</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates: Not Applicable.</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 24.5pt;">This Form 8-A/A is filed by Barnwell Industries, Inc. (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;), to supplement and amend the information set forth on the Form 8-A filed by the Registrant on October 17, 2023.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">On January 25, 2023, the Registrant and Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc., as rights agent (the &#8220;Rights Agent&#8221;), entered into an Amendment No. 1 (the &#8220;Amendment&#8221;) to the Tax Benefits
        Preservation Plan, dated as of October 17, 2022, by and between the Registrant and the Rights Agent (the &#8220;Rights Agreement&#8221;) filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The Amendment accelerates the expiration of the Registrant&#8217;s rights (the &#8220;Rights&#8221;) under the Rights Agreement to January 25, 2023. Consequently, the Rights Agreement terminated at that time. At the
        time of the termination of the Rights Agreement, all Rights distributed to holders of the Registrant&#8217;s common stock pursuant to the Rights Agreement expired.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 4.2 to this registration
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            <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10048/000114036123002907/brhc10047082_ex4-1.htm">4.2</a></td>
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              <div>Amendment No. 1 to Tax Benefits Preservation Plan, dated as of October 17, 2022, by and between Barnwell Industries, Inc. and Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc., as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of
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      <div style="text-indent: 27pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.</div>
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              <div>Date: January 25, 2023</div>
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