RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2025

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Kaupulehu Developments is entitled to receive payments from the sales of lots and/or residential units by KD I and KD II. KD I and KD II are part of the Kukio Resort Land Development Partnerships in which Barnwell holds indirect 19.6% and 10.8% non-controlling ownership interests, respectively, accounted for under the equity method of investment. The percentage of sales payments are part of transactions which took place in 2004 and 2006 where Kaupulehu Developments sold its leasehold interests in Increment I and Increment II to KD I's and KD II's predecessors in interest, respectively, which was prior to Barnwell’s affiliation with KD I and KD II which commenced on November 27, 2013, the acquisition date of our ownership interest in the Kukio Resort Land Development Partnerships. Changes to the arrangement above, effective March 7, 2019, are discussed in Note 6.

No lots were sold during the year ended September 30, 2025. During the year ended September 30, 2024, Barnwell received $500,000 in percentage of sales payments from KD I from the sale of the last two single-family lots within Increment I.

On September 29, 2025, the Board approved and ratified a common stock grant to directors Kenneth Grossman and Joshua Horowitz for their services on behalf of the Company and the Board pertaining to the various legal actions between Ned L. Sherwood and certain of his affiliates and the Company and the 2025 shareholder proxy contest. Each director was granted 65,000 shares of Barnwell common stock and the total value of the all the shares granted was $177,000 which was valued using the closing price of Barnwell's common stock on September 29, 2025, the date of grant.

Barnwell Pension Plan

In the quarter ended June 30, 2025, the Pension Plan purchased shares of Barnwell common stock which resulted in the Pension Plan owning more than 5% of the Company's common shares outstanding. The Pension Plan has filed Schedule 13Ds with the Securities and Exchange Commission reporting its beneficial ownership of Barnwell common stock. As of September 30, 2025, the Pension Plan held 666,077 shares of Barnwell common stock. All the shares purchased by the Pension Plan were made on the open market through a brokerage account.